After a week of "just winging it" I was able to really think about the foods I've missed and sit down and plan out my 5 meals a day for a week...
It's a BEAUTIFUL THING when what your body wants actually turns out to be a meal you planned for the day!
I started the morning out with a Strawberry Kefir and Ground Flaxseed Mixture. It's 4 smartpoints and I drank it this morning with a banana as a side. Kefir is a REALLY interesting thing...if you don't quite have a taste for Greek Yogurt or any type of fermented food, Kefir is not the best food to start with. I'm drinking this mixture for the next 2.5 weeks. It's a gentle colon cleanse, a helpful little mouthful of goodness to get your body back in to the flow of things. I had it last night and actually looked forward to it this morning, and as I type this, I'm actually looking forward to it again. It's only recommended to do this cleanse once a year, so this is my once a year. The beauty about it is I DON'T HAVE TO STARVE MYSELF THE REST OF THE DAY! It uses natural foods and lots of water...my kind of cleanse. When I got home from my LDS mission to Italy, I did a cleanse...it was the worst week of my life...and provided one of the funniest video my mom had on her phone for quite a while....
Anyways...
My second meal of the day was a delicious bowl of Kellogg's Origins Touch of Honey Ancient Grains Blend Cereal. Because I had a smaller point breakfast, I upped my cereal serving to a whole cup (6 sp) with 1/3 c Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk (0sp) and 3 egg whites, seasoned with my 21 Seasoning (1sp). Yes, a 7 smartpoint second meal of the day, but so satisfying!
Third meal rolls around...literally...it felt like the slowest three hours of my life! Actually, every break in between my meals felt that way. Whenever I come off of an extremely high smartpoint weekend...my desire for food ALL THE TIME takes a while to go away. How do I resist? Self-talk and remembering my plan and desire to stick to it!
My third meal was planned to be an apple with dip, but I decided to switch to my rice cakes with peanut butter. I know lots of you out there love rice cakes plain (like without anything else...but sometimes with flavor) because you can have so many for so little points. For me, I see them as empty food IF I don't put anything with them. There HAS to be SOME SORT of healthy fat or protein associated with them, or I could eat the whole bag and never feel satisfied. Thus, 2 Low Sodium Rice Cakes (2sp) with 3 T PB2 (2sp) and a Premier Protein Shake (2sp). I ate those things so slowly because I was SO excited to eat them...it was what I was WANTING at that exact moment...and all I needed to do was switch my planned 4th meal with my planned third meal.
Fourth meal was apple with fruit dip...I also made a switcheroo with this meal. Instead of the PB2 dip...I decided to go for my Vanilla Protein Pudding.
Anyways...
My second meal of the day was a delicious bowl of Kellogg's Origins Touch of Honey Ancient Grains Blend Cereal. Because I had a smaller point breakfast, I upped my cereal serving to a whole cup (6 sp) with 1/3 c Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk (0sp) and 3 egg whites, seasoned with my 21 Seasoning (1sp). Yes, a 7 smartpoint second meal of the day, but so satisfying!
Third meal rolls around...literally...it felt like the slowest three hours of my life! Actually, every break in between my meals felt that way. Whenever I come off of an extremely high smartpoint weekend...my desire for food ALL THE TIME takes a while to go away. How do I resist? Self-talk and remembering my plan and desire to stick to it!
My third meal was planned to be an apple with dip, but I decided to switch to my rice cakes with peanut butter. I know lots of you out there love rice cakes plain (like without anything else...but sometimes with flavor) because you can have so many for so little points. For me, I see them as empty food IF I don't put anything with them. There HAS to be SOME SORT of healthy fat or protein associated with them, or I could eat the whole bag and never feel satisfied. Thus, 2 Low Sodium Rice Cakes (2sp) with 3 T PB2 (2sp) and a Premier Protein Shake (2sp). I ate those things so slowly because I was SO excited to eat them...it was what I was WANTING at that exact moment...and all I needed to do was switch my planned 4th meal with my planned third meal.
Fourth meal was apple with fruit dip...I also made a switcheroo with this meal. Instead of the PB2 dip...I decided to go for my Vanilla Protein Pudding.
And yes, I ate it with a spatula instead of a spoon...
Little Man LOVES this pudding dish...He always asks for a bite and comes back for more...I should probably start making a double batch from now on...
Dinner was hard to be motivated to make, BUT I did it! We had homemade Chinese...Sweet and Sour chicken, veggies, fried rice, and these GREAT Wonton's from Costco...4 for 1 smartpoint! They have Chicken and Cilantro as well as a Honey Glazed Pork Wonton. You get them at Costco in the freezer section.
My homemade Sweet and Sour Chicken is about 6 smartpoints per serving, but I counted it as 4 because I don't eat hardly any excess sauce. When you cook it in the pan, a lot of sauce drains off and so you'd need to scoop it onto your plate versus just serving the glazed chicken. Enter in you ingredients when you make it for your recipe builder, but for 2 chicken breasts, cut and diced, I generously coated them with Emeril's Orginal BAM! Seasoning, 1/2 c Tropical Apricot Pineapple Preserve, and 1/4 c chili sauce. Add a little bit of each ingredient according to your taste! It's THAT simple and everyone loves it!
My homemade fried rice? I first got the rice cooking in my rice cooker (love that thing) cut up the veggies-carrots, green beans, canned corn- and seasoned them with my Smartpoint Friendly Stir Fry Sauce then added the rice. Served up 1/2 cup and called it dinner!
Use what you have, utilize what you know...and soon you'll be a master in the kitchen!
Keep cooking,
Camille
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