This weekend we had two days worth of family parties. My birthday was last Wednesday, and my stepson's and my Father in law's birthday's are this coming week. We wanted to eat some good food, but not have our diets completely thrown off track.
I did a little searching on-line, and found this cheesecake recipe. At only 211 calories per slice, it was pretty healthy for a cheesecake. I was a little nervous, but it turned out amazing! I didn't take a picture, but I think the picture on the website is pretty representative. It was rich and creamy, and no one could tell it was low-fat. I will make this again and again!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Last night's dinner
Turkey Italian Sausages! These were delicious. We (and by we I mean my husband, while I sat and watched) grilled them on the George Forman grill. Paired with a whole wheat hot dog bun and some spicy brown mustard, this was a 260 calorie plate of deliciousness!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Eating Healthy on Vacation...
Is impossible to do. Buy why? I recently came home from a trip to Disneyland. It was hard to eat well while traveling, but there are some things that can be done to minimize the damage.
I was thinking about it, and I don't think that most of us plan our vacations around food. We plan it around activities and sights that we are wanting to see. So why is it so hard to stay on track? Part of the reason is that we're often eating on the road, which always makes it more difficult to eat healthy. At that point I think a lot of us give up and just use vacation as a free pass to eat whatever we want whenever we want, even if we're not really enjoying it. Here are some of my ideas to try to minimize the impact of travel on weight loss:
1. Keep busy. While at Disneyland we walked for probably hours each day. This helps burn off the extra calories.
2. Only eat while sitting down at planned meals. If you're busy with fun vacation activities, it's easier to not snack. Make a conscious effort to not eat mindlessly.
3. Now, this may not be Dr. approved, so take it with a grain of salt. But sometimes skipping meals can help offset the extra calories consumed. For example, on Friday we stopped at McDonalds. I was hungry, it was a planned meal, and I wanted a treat. I probably ate 1000 calories in that one meal. But because that and breakfast was all I ate that day, the damage was minimized.
These are some things that helped me. What are some of your tips for not gaining weight on vacation?
I was thinking about it, and I don't think that most of us plan our vacations around food. We plan it around activities and sights that we are wanting to see. So why is it so hard to stay on track? Part of the reason is that we're often eating on the road, which always makes it more difficult to eat healthy. At that point I think a lot of us give up and just use vacation as a free pass to eat whatever we want whenever we want, even if we're not really enjoying it. Here are some of my ideas to try to minimize the impact of travel on weight loss:
1. Keep busy. While at Disneyland we walked for probably hours each day. This helps burn off the extra calories.
2. Only eat while sitting down at planned meals. If you're busy with fun vacation activities, it's easier to not snack. Make a conscious effort to not eat mindlessly.
3. Now, this may not be Dr. approved, so take it with a grain of salt. But sometimes skipping meals can help offset the extra calories consumed. For example, on Friday we stopped at McDonalds. I was hungry, it was a planned meal, and I wanted a treat. I probably ate 1000 calories in that one meal. But because that and breakfast was all I ate that day, the damage was minimized.
These are some things that helped me. What are some of your tips for not gaining weight on vacation?
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Chicken Fajitas
We eat a lot of tacos, tostadas and fajitas at our house. Mainly because you can put pretty much any kind of meat in or on a shell and, for better or worse, call it dinner. Tonight we made chicken fajitas/burritos/tacos. They were awesome!
Chicken Fajitas
7-8 inch tortillas - you should use whole wheat. I didn't.
1 lb chicken breast
1 package McCormick Chicken Taco seasoning
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Lime and Garlic Salsa, or your favorite Salsa
Avocado
Cook the chicken according to the directions on the seasoning package. Assemble your fajitas according to your wildest dreams. I used a lot of salsa, and about 1/8 of the avocado. The salsa was so strong that I couldn't really taste the avocado, so I'd probably leave it out next time.
This ended up being about 300 calories, 7.9 grams of fat, 24.7 grams of carbs, 31 grams of protein and 3.6 grams of fiber. They were very filling!
The end result:
This was so easy and so good! What are some of your easy, go-to healthy recipes?
Chicken Fajitas
7-8 inch tortillas - you should use whole wheat. I didn't.
1 lb chicken breast
1 package McCormick Chicken Taco seasoning
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Lime and Garlic Salsa, or your favorite Salsa
Avocado
Cook the chicken according to the directions on the seasoning package. Assemble your fajitas according to your wildest dreams. I used a lot of salsa, and about 1/8 of the avocado. The salsa was so strong that I couldn't really taste the avocado, so I'd probably leave it out next time.
This ended up being about 300 calories, 7.9 grams of fat, 24.7 grams of carbs, 31 grams of protein and 3.6 grams of fiber. They were very filling!
The end result:
This was so easy and so good! What are some of your easy, go-to healthy recipes?
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