Grocery Shrink

Breakfast:  7am Blueberry oat custard: 1 cup almond/coconut milk, 1/2 cup rolled oats, 1 packet stevia, 2 small eggs, 1/2 tsp almond extract, 1 cup wild (frozen) blueberries and a dallop of fit and active whipped topping.

After I drop off kids at school, I get to exercise with my friend Pam and SIL Erica. (Update: We did Jillian’s 30 day shred, level 1. I haven’t converted them all over to FYM’s exercises yet, but am working on it :).)

I had trouble yesterday getting my updated dining room pictures to load from my phone. Trying again:

You can see the new blue and gray colors. Today I will sand and paint trim, chair rail, and crown molding. Then hire my BIL to hang it if he has time.

Snack: Greek Yogurt chocolate mousse with 1 cup fresh strawberries. 6 oz fat free plain Greek Yogurt, 1 packet stevia, 1 Tbs cocoa powder (stir until smooth) then fold in 1/4 cup fit and active whipped topping.

Lunch: Apple chicken tossed salad with zucchini chips. I tried the chips with a different recipe (lower temp 225 for longer time) and they never did get crisp, even after 1 1/2 hours. So I’m going to try again later at 350 and see what happens.

Snack: 1 cup plain lowfat yogurt (Mountain High brand from Costco) 1/4 cup protein plus brand peanut flour, and 1 Tbs stevia. Stirred until smooth. Topped with 1 chopped Gayla apple.

For dinner, we had cornbread topped cowboy casserole: 1 can of Aldi baked beans undrained, one can black beans, rinse and drained, 1 12 oz turkey keilbasa (fit and active brand from Aldi) halved and sliced. I stirred all this together and spread in the bottom of a 9 x 13 casserole. Actually, I just mixed it right in the dish. Then I mixed up a cornbread mix (from Aldi) according to package directions, spread over the top and baked at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. It was a hit.

I ate 1/12 of the dish which was 212 calories and 12 grams of protein. I also added 1 cup of mixed peas and carrots; and 1 cup of homemade unsweetened applesauce (Taken from my freezer from last year’s harvest.)

So far for the day I’m at 1,618 calories at 98 grams of protein. If I need a snack later, I will choose something High Protein since I’m a little low for the day for my muscle building goals. I’m playing my calorie levels by ear and so far around 1600 feels pretty good.

Yesterday was rough. I had been used to 2500 calories a day or so and I was hungry a lot yesterday. Today I never felt hungry and just ate when the clock said it was time.

I’m mixing up a batch of homemade bread right now since I’m too busy with children to go to the store and we need to pack lunches tomorrow. I’m trying a new recipe: http://realfoodliving.com/recipes/award-winning-bread-2-loaf None of her recipes have ever disappointed so I have high expectations :).

Real Food Living: Award Winning 100% whole wheat bread

Oops, I just licked my finger and the spoon after measuring the honey in the bread, old habits die hard.  But to stay honest I have to write it down.

BOT is something I learned from Fit Yummy Mummy and Stands for “Back On Track.” My food choices have been all over the place. I’ll have a few days of good choices and a few days of bad that undo everything I worked for. My lack of consistency has kept me from reaching my fitness goals, so I decided a little extra accountability might help. For 7 days I won’t eat anything unless I write it down here.

Breakfast: 6 oz of Fage plain fat free Greek Yogurt (Costco) sweetened with 1 packet of truvia and topped with 3 oz of fresh sliced strawberries (Aldi) sprinkled with a little more stevia.

Planning ahead: Check in later for updates and more pictures.

Snack 1 at 9:30 is to be a spinach, peanut and banana smoothie. Lunch is a chicken, apple, mixed green salad.

Today at 10 two of my sister’s in law are coming to help me paint my dining room. Here’s a before shot:

EWWW!

I hope to faux leather the floor to last 5-7 years until we can afford wood look tile. But that is a week long project–one step at a time. I’ll have other things to share with you as I carve out time–like our cool Dinosaur party this weekend.

Smoothie: 1 cup almond/coconut milk, 1 scoop designer whey, 2 Tbs peanut flour, 4 cups spinach, and 1 frozen banana.

Apple chicken salad: 1/4 can chicken breast (Aldi), 4 cups torn mixed greens, 1 chopped apple, 2 Tbs sunflower seeds, 2 Tbs craisins, 2 Tbs raspberry vinagrette.

Progress! The blue is done. Will paint gray below after lunch.
Afternoon snack, around 3pm. 1 fit and active pumpkin yogurt with 1/4 cup fit and active whipped topping. 1 banana and 1 protein bar.

Dinner: 5:30–another chicken and apple salad–love these! and 1/2 cup each fresh broccoli and baby carrots with 2 Tbs hummus

It’s 8:00 and I’m typing my food into my fitness pal to see if I can have a snack. I’m super hungry which is a good sign that if I choose carefully tonight I could burn some fat :). Heidi just brought the presidential debates up on Youtube streaming live. We still don’t have regular TV reception so I’m glad youtube is providing this service.

Munchies are getting the best of me, so I have zucchini chips baking in the oven. I underestimated how long these need to cook. They take over an hour to crisp up..I’ll be super ready. Thankfully they have very few calories. I’m at 1632 calories and 111 grams of protein for the day.