I am still stuck at 237 but that's not even the worst part. I really was hoping to get under 230 in my last week but oh well.
The worst part is I have been overly hungry. So so hungry. I increased my injections but that doesn't seem to have done anything. This is beyond the not satisfied though that is rearing its ugly head as well. I've done so good with temptation this time around and it didn't even phase me. Now throw in serious hunger and temptation and it takes everything I have not to eat more. I ate extra fruit yesterday and had a handful of goldfish-really bad but they were sitting there and I was hungry. It helped but not for long.
The other thing is fatigue. Since yesterday, I have been crazy tired with today being the worst. It is taking everything I have to just stay awake and at that, I failed. Thankfully Braedon kept an eye on Cohen for the few minutes I was asleep but still. 500 calories a day is not a lot and it's certainly not enough to sustain energy but I have yet to be THIS tired since I started. The injections are supposed to help with that.
Oh well..another week to go. I'm really trying to hold out on not quitting early but if I don't see a loss tomorrow, I may just stop :(
I will, however, leave you with a couple more favorite recipes:
Spicy Crab Cucumber Salad
• 100g crab - shredded
• cucumber - peeled, seeded, and julienned (allowed amount)
• 1 T liquid aminos
• 1/2 T rice vinegar
• 1/2-1 T spicy mustard
• 1/2-1 t wasabi powder
• 1 Melba Toast - coarsely ground
1. Combine liquid aminos, rice vinegar, spicy mustard, and wasabi powder. Stir.
2. Add remaining ingredients, toss & serve.
*I didn't have wasabi powder so I used a full T of spicy mustard*
French Onion Soup
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 2 c beef broth
• 3-4 cloves minced garlic
• 1/2 t granulated sugar substitute
• 1/4 t black pepper
1. Preheat non-stick saucepan over MED heat.
2. Place onions and garlic in pan and cook uncovered 5-10 mins.
3. Stir in granulated sugar substitute
4. Cook 10-15 mins until onions are carmelized.
5. Add beef broth & bring to boil.
6. Reduce heat to simmer, cover, and cook 20 mins.
7. Add black pepper.
8. Serve.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
YES!!
Guess what!!! The 2 pounds I had gained yesterday.....ARE GONE TODAY! YESSSSS!!! 241.6 this morning :)
The new recipe's I tried yesterday were ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! I really enjoyed eating which has been the hardest part about this diet. I almost felt like I was pregnant again-eating because I had to not because I enjoyed it. I guess it's a sort of double edge sword. Enjoying food too much is how you become overweight BUT it's good to know you can still enjoy food that is good for you. And of course, it's all about portion control!
So for today's menu:
Breakfast- Strawberry Lemon smoothie (posted earlier)
Lunch- Meatloaf and Onion rings!
• 100g ground steak
• 1/2 t milk or bbq sauce
• 1 melba toast (ground into powder)
• 2-3 cloves minced garlic
• 1/2 t dehydrated minced onion
• 1/2 t spicy mustard
• 1/4 t allspice
• 1/8 t sage
• salt/pepper to taste
• Any additional seasonings you like
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In small bowl, combine all ingredients and form into a small meatloaf.
3. Place in glass dish, cover, and bake 25-30 mins.
4. Uncover dish, add bbq sauce or homemade sugar free ketchup to top, and bake 5-10 additional mins.
5. Serve immediately with a bit more of bbq sauce or homemade sugar free ketchup for dipping.
*I will use BBQ sauce in place of the milk so I can save the milk for the onion rings and dessert*
Onion rings:
• 80g sliced onion rings
• 1 melba toast
• 1 T skim milk (as allowed daily)
*I will adjust this to 2t*
• 1/4 t cayenne pepper
• 1/4 t salt
• 1/4 t pepper
1. Preheat oven to 450.
2. In a small bowl, add milk, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper. Mix to make a batter.
3. Grind melba toast in food processor until it is a powder.
4. Put powder in a separate small bowl.
5. Place rings in batter bowl and toss to coat fully. (It's best to use your hands here to ensure you coat each ring.)
6. Let sit in batter 2-3 mins then toss again.
7. Dip each ring into the powder by hand.
8. Place on cookie sheet lined with non-stick aluminum foil.
9. Cook 6-7 mins. Then flip, cooking an additional 6-7 mins.
10. Serve immediately.
Dinner- Chilli
• 100g ground steak
• 1 tomato
• 1/2 c water or broth
• 3-4 cloves minced garlic
Seasonings (to taste):
• 1/2 t onion powder
• 1/2 t oregano
• 1/4 t cumin
• 1/4 t black pepper
• 1/4 t cayenne
• 1/4 t basil
• 1/4 t thyme
1. Preheat pan over MED heat.
2. Add minced garlic and 1 T of the water/broth to pan.
3. Saute 2-3 mins. Be sure not to burn the garlic. Add more water/broth as necessary.
4. Increase heat to MED-HI.
5. Add ground steak and saute until brown - about 5 mins.
6. Add all seasonings and cook an additional 3 mins. Continue to add more water/broth as necessary.
7. While that is cooking dice 1/2 of tomato and place other 1/2 in food processor or blender to puree.
8. Mix in tomatoes, puree, and rest of broth.
9. Turn heat down to MED-LO and simmer until it reaches desired consistency.
Dessert- Apple crisp
Filling:
• 1 apple
• half small lemon
• 1 T water
• 2 t Stevia
• cinnamon
1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Peel, core, and slice/chop apple.
3. Place apples in small baking dish.
4. Cover with juice of 1/2 small lemon, stevia, water, and few dashes of cinnamon. Toss.
Topping:
• 1 Melba toast
• 1 t milk
• 1/2 t cinnamon
• 1/4 t nutmeg
• 1/4 t pumpkin pie spice
1. Grind Melba toast into a powder using food processor or coffee grinder.
2. Add milk in 1/4 t increments. Slowly stir until mixture forms a slightly moist crumbly topping.
3. Sprinkle on top of apple filling.
Bake:
1. Cover dish and bake 20 mins.
2. Remove cover and broil 1-2 mins to crisp topping.
3. Serve immediately.
YUMMY! Can't wait to try everything!!
The new recipe's I tried yesterday were ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! I really enjoyed eating which has been the hardest part about this diet. I almost felt like I was pregnant again-eating because I had to not because I enjoyed it. I guess it's a sort of double edge sword. Enjoying food too much is how you become overweight BUT it's good to know you can still enjoy food that is good for you. And of course, it's all about portion control!
So for today's menu:
Breakfast- Strawberry Lemon smoothie (posted earlier)
Lunch- Meatloaf and Onion rings!
• 100g ground steak
• 1/2 t milk or bbq sauce
• 1 melba toast (ground into powder)
• 2-3 cloves minced garlic
• 1/2 t dehydrated minced onion
• 1/2 t spicy mustard
• 1/4 t allspice
• 1/8 t sage
• salt/pepper to taste
• Any additional seasonings you like
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In small bowl, combine all ingredients and form into a small meatloaf.
3. Place in glass dish, cover, and bake 25-30 mins.
4. Uncover dish, add bbq sauce or homemade sugar free ketchup to top, and bake 5-10 additional mins.
5. Serve immediately with a bit more of bbq sauce or homemade sugar free ketchup for dipping.
*I will use BBQ sauce in place of the milk so I can save the milk for the onion rings and dessert*
Onion rings:
• 80g sliced onion rings
• 1 melba toast
• 1 T skim milk (as allowed daily)
*I will adjust this to 2t*
• 1/4 t cayenne pepper
• 1/4 t salt
• 1/4 t pepper
1. Preheat oven to 450.
2. In a small bowl, add milk, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper. Mix to make a batter.
3. Grind melba toast in food processor until it is a powder.
4. Put powder in a separate small bowl.
5. Place rings in batter bowl and toss to coat fully. (It's best to use your hands here to ensure you coat each ring.)
6. Let sit in batter 2-3 mins then toss again.
7. Dip each ring into the powder by hand.
8. Place on cookie sheet lined with non-stick aluminum foil.
9. Cook 6-7 mins. Then flip, cooking an additional 6-7 mins.
10. Serve immediately.
Dinner- Chilli
• 100g ground steak
• 1 tomato
• 1/2 c water or broth
• 3-4 cloves minced garlic
Seasonings (to taste):
• 1/2 t onion powder
• 1/2 t oregano
• 1/4 t cumin
• 1/4 t black pepper
• 1/4 t cayenne
• 1/4 t basil
• 1/4 t thyme
1. Preheat pan over MED heat.
2. Add minced garlic and 1 T of the water/broth to pan.
3. Saute 2-3 mins. Be sure not to burn the garlic. Add more water/broth as necessary.
4. Increase heat to MED-HI.
5. Add ground steak and saute until brown - about 5 mins.
6. Add all seasonings and cook an additional 3 mins. Continue to add more water/broth as necessary.
7. While that is cooking dice 1/2 of tomato and place other 1/2 in food processor or blender to puree.
8. Mix in tomatoes, puree, and rest of broth.
9. Turn heat down to MED-LO and simmer until it reaches desired consistency.
Dessert- Apple crisp
Filling:
• 1 apple
• half small lemon
• 1 T water
• 2 t Stevia
• cinnamon
1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Peel, core, and slice/chop apple.
3. Place apples in small baking dish.
4. Cover with juice of 1/2 small lemon, stevia, water, and few dashes of cinnamon. Toss.
Topping:
• 1 Melba toast
• 1 t milk
• 1/2 t cinnamon
• 1/4 t nutmeg
• 1/4 t pumpkin pie spice
1. Grind Melba toast into a powder using food processor or coffee grinder.
2. Add milk in 1/4 t increments. Slowly stir until mixture forms a slightly moist crumbly topping.
3. Sprinkle on top of apple filling.
Bake:
1. Cover dish and bake 20 mins.
2. Remove cover and broil 1-2 mins to crisp topping.
3. Serve immediately.
YUMMY! Can't wait to try everything!!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Delicious recipes!!
So I have found an amazing website full of hCG friendly recipes and I am SO EXCITED to try them all! After finding all of them, I am certain I will be doing a 3rd round! I will have to wait longer between though. The more times you do it, the longer it takes your body to get rid of it afterwards.
So here's the recipe I tried for lunch..and will definitely be doing again!
"Fried" Chicken Tenders
• 100g chicken
• 1 T milk
• 1 Melba Toast
• Seasonings (salt, pepper, paprika, ground red pepper, garlic powder)
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Slice chicken breast into 3 tenders.
3. In small bowl, mix milk and any seasonings you prefer.
4. Grind Melba Toast in food processor until it is a powder.
5. Put Melba Toast powder in a separate small bowl.
6. Add chicken to milk mixture and toss to coat well.
7. Then one at a time, place chicken in Melba Toast powder and coat both sides of chicken.
8. Place chicken in glass baking dish and bake 30-40 mins, turning over halfway through.
9. In last 5 mins, turn on broiler and broil 2-3 mins each side.
Serve immediately
This was SO good and very close to the weight watchers oven "fried" chicken I usually make!
For dinner, I will be having meatballs with marinara sauce!
Meatballs:
• 100g hamburger
• 1 Melba Toast (ground into powder)
• 1 T milk
• parsley
• onion powder
• basil
• oregano
• garlic
• salt
• pepper
1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. In bowl, combine all ingredients.
3. Form into 1" meatballs (makes about 6-7).
4. Place in baking dish or non-stick baking sheet and cook 10 minutes turning halfway through cooking time.
Top with marinara sauce.
Marinara Sauce:
• tomato
• water
• basil
• parsley
• onion powder
• garlic (fresh minced)
• salt
• pepper
1. Fill small saucepan with a few cups of water & bring to boil.
2. Score skin of tomato in a few places with serrated knife.
3. Blanch tomato in the boiling water for 1-2 mins.
4. Immediately transfer tomato to ice water to cool and discard boiling water.
5. Remove skin of tomato and discard skin.
6. Preheat small non-stick saucepan over MED-HI heat.
7. If want chunky sauce, crush tomato with your hands in saucepan (discard stem). If you prefer smoother sauce, puree tomato in blender or food processor then add to pan.
8. Add garlic, onion powder, salt, pepper.
9. Bring to low boil, then immediately reduce heat to low, cover & simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often to keep tomato from sticking.
10. Turn heat up to MED.
11. Add parsley, more garlic, and basil.
12. Cook 5-10 more minutes, stirring constantly. While cooking, start adding water 1T at a time until it reaches your desired consistency.
Can't wait to try it! Oh and for dessert...Orange Julius!
Orange Julius:
• 1 orange
• 5-10 drops vanilla creme liquid stevia (to taste)
• ice
• water (as needed)
1. Peel orange and place orange sections in blender.
2. Add about a handful of ice.
3. Blend.
4. Add vanilla creme stevia.
5. Blend to desired consistency. Add water as needed.
TIP: Place this in the freezer for about 1 hr after preparing and have an on protocol version of orange sherbet!
Oh yes!! I am in heaven!! The rest of this round will be a CAKE WALK!
So here's the recipe I tried for lunch..and will definitely be doing again!
"Fried" Chicken Tenders
• 100g chicken
• 1 T milk
• 1 Melba Toast
• Seasonings (salt, pepper, paprika, ground red pepper, garlic powder)
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Slice chicken breast into 3 tenders.
3. In small bowl, mix milk and any seasonings you prefer.
4. Grind Melba Toast in food processor until it is a powder.
5. Put Melba Toast powder in a separate small bowl.
6. Add chicken to milk mixture and toss to coat well.
7. Then one at a time, place chicken in Melba Toast powder and coat both sides of chicken.
8. Place chicken in glass baking dish and bake 30-40 mins, turning over halfway through.
9. In last 5 mins, turn on broiler and broil 2-3 mins each side.
Serve immediately
This was SO good and very close to the weight watchers oven "fried" chicken I usually make!
For dinner, I will be having meatballs with marinara sauce!
Meatballs:
• 100g hamburger
• 1 Melba Toast (ground into powder)
• 1 T milk
• parsley
• onion powder
• basil
• oregano
• garlic
• salt
• pepper
1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. In bowl, combine all ingredients.
3. Form into 1" meatballs (makes about 6-7).
4. Place in baking dish or non-stick baking sheet and cook 10 minutes turning halfway through cooking time.
Top with marinara sauce.
Marinara Sauce:
• tomato
• water
• basil
• parsley
• onion powder
• garlic (fresh minced)
• salt
• pepper
1. Fill small saucepan with a few cups of water & bring to boil.
2. Score skin of tomato in a few places with serrated knife.
3. Blanch tomato in the boiling water for 1-2 mins.
4. Immediately transfer tomato to ice water to cool and discard boiling water.
5. Remove skin of tomato and discard skin.
6. Preheat small non-stick saucepan over MED-HI heat.
7. If want chunky sauce, crush tomato with your hands in saucepan (discard stem). If you prefer smoother sauce, puree tomato in blender or food processor then add to pan.
8. Add garlic, onion powder, salt, pepper.
9. Bring to low boil, then immediately reduce heat to low, cover & simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often to keep tomato from sticking.
10. Turn heat up to MED.
11. Add parsley, more garlic, and basil.
12. Cook 5-10 more minutes, stirring constantly. While cooking, start adding water 1T at a time until it reaches your desired consistency.
Can't wait to try it! Oh and for dessert...Orange Julius!
Orange Julius:
• 1 orange
• 5-10 drops vanilla creme liquid stevia (to taste)
• ice
• water (as needed)
1. Peel orange and place orange sections in blender.
2. Add about a handful of ice.
3. Blend.
4. Add vanilla creme stevia.
5. Blend to desired consistency. Add water as needed.
TIP: Place this in the freezer for about 1 hr after preparing and have an on protocol version of orange sherbet!
Oh yes!! I am in heaven!! The rest of this round will be a CAKE WALK!
Oh the joys
The joys of being a woman! AF visited me today..fun fun! A few days ago, my weight was down to 241.6 -woot- I hadn't weighed myself in a couple of days because 1 day, I had just taken a shower (the scale is downstairs) and wet hair would certainly not give me an accurate weight, another day, I forgot my injection, and the third day, I just forgot..or maybe I subconsciously knew I would be having a visitor soon which was almost certain to bring a gain. I was right. During round 1, I gained 10 pounds and it felt horrible! After much discussion with my doctor, I felt better that it was strictly water weight due to my cycle. This time, I am pleased to say, it was *only* 2 pounds :) Again, I'm *hoping* this is water weight. I have been getting off course a bit the last couple of days with bites here and there of "forbidden" foods. Literally bites but sometimes that is all it takes. And since AF made her apprearance today, I will be stopping the injections until she leaves or I start to feel hungry again.
Oh and on a side note, if I didn't have children and other responsibilities, I would put my butt back in bed with a heating pad and a good book! Today should be fun!
And now I'll leave you with a new hCG friendly-but good just because-smoothie recipe I found last night :)
Strawberry Lemon Smoothie
*Handful of strawberries-stem cut off* (On protocol, you are allowed 5 strawberries)
*Juice from 1/2 of a lemon*
*1-2 handfuls of ice*
*water (about 3/4c)
*2 packets of Stevia/Truvia* (Off protocol, any zero calorie sweetener would work)
Blend and enjoy! Oh and if you use frozen fruit, you won't need as much ice :)
Oh and on a side note, if I didn't have children and other responsibilities, I would put my butt back in bed with a heating pad and a good book! Today should be fun!
And now I'll leave you with a new hCG friendly-but good just because-smoothie recipe I found last night :)
Strawberry Lemon Smoothie
*Handful of strawberries-stem cut off* (On protocol, you are allowed 5 strawberries)
*Juice from 1/2 of a lemon*
*1-2 handfuls of ice*
*water (about 3/4c)
*2 packets of Stevia/Truvia* (Off protocol, any zero calorie sweetener would work)
Blend and enjoy! Oh and if you use frozen fruit, you won't need as much ice :)
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