Day 300

Breakfast - Full from last night.  Ate the remainder of a FF cottage cheese (250) with some strawberries (35)

Snack - Applesauce (50)

Lunch - Broccoli Slaw Spaghetti with ground turkey and peas (295)

Snack - Small chocolate cupcake, easy on frosting (200)

Dinner - 500pm - turkey tamale casserole with veggies (330), avocado (50)

Snack - 600-700PM - ice cream (135), carrots and hummus (100) and pistachios (80)

SPlit Pea soup (100) and tortilla chips (200) with salsa  Mini PB cups (200) -- ugh.

Daily Total - 2025

Recipe - Broccoli Slaw Spaghetti

Tried a new meal tonight... Put jarred spaghetti sauce over packaged broccoli slaw.  Added ground turkey and a few leftover green olives and artichoke hearts.  Also added a side of green peas - which turned out to be the highest calorie ingredient!  No matter, still low-cal.  Will test out the taste at lunch tomorrow.  Didn't fit great into the black trays - the slaw takes up too much space when it's raw.

Update:  I liked this very much.  The best part of spaghetti for me is always the sauce, so I didn't really miss the pasta.  The ground turkey was good and I liked the green olives.  The only modification I would make is to par-cook the broccoli slaw a bit in the microwave before assembling the meals.  The raw slaw took awhile to cook, and by then the parm cheese and the peas were way past their prime...

Broccoli slaw spaghetti

servings 3

broccoli slaw 12oz = 100cal

extra lean ground turkey breast 6oz = 180 (cooked with crushed red pepper and garlic powder)

green olives 10 olives = 30

artichoke hearts 6 quarters = 15

Classico Mushroom/Olive sauce 1.5 cup = 180 (found a lower sodium one, 15% RDA per serving - shoulda gone with the 10% one if I was gonna use the cheese.)

Raleys 3 italian cheese shred 42g = 165

Green Peas 270g = 210

Total 880 cal

Per serving 293.33cal

Day 299

Stayed home all day, ate way too much snacky food.  Then went shopping late and ate some more.  :(  Not a good day AND not a good sign for the summer.  Gotta figure out how to NOT over-eat when I'm at home.  Not even gonna list everything, but I'd guess somewhere around 2500cal.  Nothing terribly unhealthy - aside from the TWO ice cream sandwiches (160each).

Day 298

Breakfast (800) - 3 pieces of leftover pizza (333)

Snack - 1 oz cheddar (120) and a slice of bread (100)

Lunch - BBQ beef (380) with corn and broccoli

Snack - Pistachios (80) and 10 whoppers (100)

Nap for 2 hours!

Mowed the lawn and pumped up the tires on my bike.  Quick trip around the block

Dinner - Beef Tips with noodles, spaghetti squash (280) and broccoli (20)

Daily total: 1413

Didn't really keep a running total as I ate today, like I normally do.  Ate when I was hungry and tried to be mindful... not too shabby.  Th nap helped keep me from snacking,,, plus, I was still working off last night's overindulgence.

Day 296

Breakfast (800) - Chicken Mushroom Crepes (270) - geez I love this and its pretty filling too.

Snack - hankering for something at 11am, but going to lunch at noon so... im gonna just suck it up.

Lunch (1200) - Elephant Bar - Ivory Coast Ultra Premium Margarita (tequila with citrus juices - 200?)  Moroccan Chicken breast spinach and mixed veggies (replacement for the normal couscous) - listed at 650, with cous cous removed, I'm guessing 500?

Snack (330):  Starbucks - iced coffee with TBS of half and half (20) really that's all I ever use!, no sweetner, and a lemon square (120)

Dinner ()

Daily Total: 1110

Day 295

Breakfast(645): Stuffed French Toast with sweet potatoes, veggie sausage and berries (340)

Snack (930):  String Cheese (80)

Lunch (1200):  Greek Chicken with lentils (410)  I like my lentil dish way better now... I'm getting close to just switching over and making all my own meals.  Will start the process this summer.  Will be mostly off BMD by end of summer.  I like my food better; BMD is not bad, but my food exactly matches my preferences...

SNack: 1 piece of cheesy bread (275?)

DInner: Salad from Jacks with 3 oz of chicken breast, garbanzo, kidney, beets, tomato, red pepper, mushroom and broccoli.(200)  with 1 TBS of ranch (65)

Dessert - half a cookie ice cream sandwich from TJ (220)

Late night, again: Lil Drum (135) and a mini bag of pretzels (100) -- ugh... although this is an improvement over previous late night foraging...


Daily Total: 1825 (would been 1590 without the late night stuff)

Day 294

Breakfast (700): buckwheat pancakes with berries and ham (340)

Snack(1000): Small apple (60)

Lunch(1230): Philly cheese chicken with spaghetti squash (245)

Dinner (530): Chicken with mushroom sauce, asparagus, cauliflower (330) and 86 cal of frozen brown rice.  Mixed the rice and cauliflower puree -- tasted sort of like a rice casserole.

Not pretty, but pretty tasty!

DinnerII:  hot dog (120), bun (110)

Dessert: 3.4oz of pie (318cal)
Daily Total: 1619cal