Happy Monday! All day, for some reason, I felt like it was Thursday, but no such luck. I'm going to talk a bit about food...
Breakfast: Grape nuts, 1/2 banana, 1% milk
I measured for the first time in years. I was worried I was eating way too much but the measured amount wasn't that much less than I've been eating. I sliced 1/2 banana (fruit are 0 points on the new 2012 WW program) on top, something I haven't been doing lately, to bulk it up a bit.
Snack: other 1/2 of banana from breakfast
Lunch: Chipotle with a co-worker
I ordered a taco kit from the kid's menu and chose 2 corn tortillas with barbacoa (shredded beef), black beans and onion/bell pepper mix as my 3 choices. It comes with a 1% chocolate milk (which I saved for a snack on another day). I skipped the chips altogether. The kid meal is actually a quite fine amount for an adult.
Snack: 1/3 of a clif bar (maple nut) and an apple
Dinner: Tacos, sauteed zucchini
I made the taco meat from ground beef and sausage. I wanted ground turkey and turkey sausage but the store I went to had neither. So dinner ended up being WAY more Points than I planned. But the tacos were seriously good. I cooked the meat, drained off the fat, and then mixed in a can of refried beans. Lots of taco seasoning later and it was so yummy. I built my two tacos with a bit of the meat, grated cheddar, pico de gallo and a tiny bit of sour cream. I sauteed two zucchini in a tiny bit of olive oil and ate those too. I tracked all of this and dinner turned out to be 18 points. Remember, I get 26 for the day!
It's a darned good thing I exercised today! I earned 7 activity points and they all went toward dinner. And of course I had to dip into the "extra" points too. I now have 13 extra points left until Friday. Should be interesting. I find myself doubting if I can lose weight eating these AP points but I need to trust the program and see what happens this week. Then I can make adjustments if I need to.
Speaking of exercise...I went to the gym after work and did 25 minutes on the upright bike followed by strength training - chest/triceps/core. The bike was a challenge but doable. Strength training felt good, I like doing chest and tricep stuff. I have some serious triceps - it's too bad they are hidden under an even more serious layer of arm-fat!
p.s. I really want something to eat, preferably something sweet, but I'm having tea instead. Night all!
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Too bad about the ground turkey and ground sausage but it still sounds like you did alright. Good luck with the new WW!
ReplyDeleteThanks Meg. I was thinking this morning I could have just made a new plan but I really had tacos on the brain. I have such a hard time figuring out what to make for dinner on the days both Miguel and I work, when I come up with a plan it's hard to shift gears. Seriously though, they were *really* good and I limited it to two with probably 1/4 cup of the meat filling per taco so it shouldn't come back to haunt me, I hope. Thanks for the support.
ReplyDeleteOne of healthiest fast food options is a Fajita Bowl at Chipotle. . .been written about in many diet books, Men's Health magazine. Eliminate the cheese and white rice, get it with chicken, peppers/onions, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, even guacamole. . .around 540 calories, with 14 GRAMS FIBER;-)) Might be more than your goal per meal, but worth the extra after a hard workout. You can even get it with brown rice these days, or without if you're trying to slash carbs!! The beans make it plenty filling!!
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