Unofficial Weigh in - LOSS!!

I weighed in today and I'm at 213.0!!! That is a total of 17 lbs! I am so thrilled. I am so close to having lost 20 lbs. My goal by July 20th (my birthday) is to be at 199 (I want to be under 200) It is looking like a pretty reachable goal! 14 lbs to go in 46 days I totally can do that. 

Jim and I are keeping track of our weight on a chart on the wall in the hallway. Everyday we weigh in then mark it on the chart. For the first time in YEARS my weight is below his. I will take a picture of the chart and post it once I get his permission. (since it has his weight on it too)

I'm searching for more low fat, low calorie recipes to review for you. As soon as I find some I will be trying them out and letting you know how they are. 

I need to have Jim take new picture of me to see if there is any difference. But he's not home tonight so maybe tomorrow night. 

Chicken Parmigianino Review

Tonight's meal was

Chicken Parmigianino

Ingredients:

2 large egg white(s), lightly beaten

1 Tbsp Italian seasoning

1 spray olive oil cooking spray

1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast, thinly pounded (four 4-oz pieces)

1/2 tsp table salt, or to taste

1 tsp olive oil

1/2 cup dried bread crumbs

1 1/2 cup canned tomato sauce

1/2 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded

1 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

First, preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray an 8-inch square pan with light cooking spray.

In a small, shallow bowl place the egg whites. In another shallow bowl, mix the bread crumbs with salt and Italian seasoning and salt. Place the chicken in egg whites and coat each breast evenly. Then put the chicken in bread crumb mixture and evenly coat.

Spritz a large skillet with light cooking spray and add oil; heat over medium-high heat. When heated, put the chicken in the skillet and cook until lightly browned and no longer pink in center (approximately 4 minutes per side).

In a baking dish<>

Garnish with some fresh basil or oregano leaves.

Enjoy!

Servings: 4

Weight Watcher Points Value = 5 (WW POINTS)

CHANGES

The only change I made to this recipe was I added spaghetti noodles. That made it 9 points instead of 5.

JIM's REVIEW

3

He thought it had too much Italian Seasoning. If it had less Italian Seasonings, it would have been a 4. He also said it needed more sauce on the spaghetti noodles. But that was my fault not the recipes. I could and should have given him more sauce.

MEL'S REVIEW

4

I think it could have used a little less Italian Seasoning but not too much less.

OVERALL

We will definitely be doing this one again but next time I will only add ½ Tbsp of Italian Seasoning instead of the full tablespoon. It was a quick and easy recipe. The chicken was really juicy. Next time I will probably use spaghetti sauce instead of plain tomato sauce.

I got this recipe from

http://www.laaloosh.com/2008/03/10/low-calorie-chicken-parmigina-recipe/

Official Weigh In - LOSS!

Today was my official weigh in day!! I'm down to 217.2!! That's a total loss of 13 lbs in 3 weeks. I am so excited. My next goal is 207, which is only 10 more lbs.

I've made sure to eat all of my points lately. I'm even allowing myself to go into my weekly points every once in awhile. 

I also ordered some cookies and muffins from here: pennys low fat desserts. They should be here Wed or Thursday. I ordered their sampler pack. Included in their sampler pack are: One each of the muffin tops: Almond Poppy Seed, Carrot Raisin, Chocolate-Chocolate Chip, Apple Cinnamon and Orange Cranberry. Also one each of the Cookie flavors: Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin and Peanut Butter. They only have 2 points each and look pretty huge. I'm excited to try them and hope they are as good as they advertise to be. I promise to review them once they arrive!

Working through the pain.

I am so sore from working out. I've walked a mile every day this week and most of the days last week. My feet are killing me.

I wake up every morning so stiff and sore but I'm trying to work through it. I'm trying to just keep exercising and hoping that I'm going to see results.

But for now - I'm SORE!

Baked Chimichanga Review

Tonight's meal was

Baked Chimichangas

8 ounces ground 90% lean beef or turkey

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1 cup chunky salsa

1 teaspoon chili seasoning

8 (6-inch) flour tortillas

1/4 cup no-fat sour cream

Heat oven to 475 degrees F. Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with olive oil-flavored cooking spray.

In a large skillet sprayed with olive oil-flavored cooking spray, brown meat and onion. Stir in garlic, 1/2 cup salsa, and chili seasoning. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Spoon 1/4 cup meat mixture into center of each tortilla. Lightly spray tops with butter-flavored cooking spray.

Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.

For each serving, place a chimichanga on a serving plate, spoon 2 tablespoons salsa and 1 tablespoon sour cream over the top.

Serves 4 (2 each) Serving size - 2 chimichangas

Per serving: 276 cal, 8 fat, 2 fiber

Healthy Exchange: 2 bread, 1 1/2 protein, 3/4 vegetables

6 WW points

CHANGES

Added 1/2 cup shredded cheese to meat mixture

Added 3/4 cup shredded cheese to the top

Used 1/2 tsp chili powder instead of 1 tsp chili seasoning

I didn't have 90% lean beef so I used 3/4 lb of 85/15 ground beef

I used garlic powder instead of minced garlic

I put about 1/4 cup of the meat mixture into mine and a little over a 1/2 cup into Jim's. On top of Jim's I put about 1/2 cup of cheese and on mine I put about a 1/4 cup.

This changed the points to: 12

(wow. I changed alot. It's almost like a different recipe now lol)

JIM's REVIEW

3

He thought it had too much onion. If it had less onions it would have been a 4.

MEL'S REVIEW

3.5

I agree with Jim on it needing less onions. I loved how crunchy the tortillas got. The edges of mine were like baked chips.

OVERALL

We will definately be doing this one again but next time less onions. It was a quick and easy recipe. It had a lot of flavor. For Jim's dinner I served it with a side of beans with cheese on top.

I got this recipe from
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/wwbeef/baked-chimichangas.html

Not official Weigh In - Loss

Even though my official weigh in (WI) day is on Mondays, I actually weigh in everyday. Since I work out of the Wii you have the option to weigh yourself when you start so of course I do (since I have no patience to try to wait until Mondays).

Today I weighed myself and I was down 2 lbs!!! For a total 11 lbs lost!

I also measured myself as well.  I've lost a total of one inch in my waist. 5.5 in my hips and 3 in my chest. (Jim's not excited about that last one lol)


I made sure to eat all of my points yesterday. I'm going to work on doing that everyday. I'm not sure whats for dinner tonight. Any ideas?

Weight Watchers Southern Style Oven Fried Chicken Recipe

So it turns out that you are supposed to use ALL your points. It doesn't help if you leave some left over. I was thinking I was doing a good thing by not eating all my points everyday. Not so much.

So I'm gonna start planning out my meals for the week. I'm also learning how to cook better :) (Poor Jim. I'm trying out all my recipes on him. He has to rate them on a scale of 1 - 5. 5 being something he really enjoys and 1 being something I probably should never make again.)

Tonight I made
Weight Watchers Southern Style Oven Fried Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour

- Pam Butter Flavored Non-Fat, Nonstick Cooking Spray

- 1/2 tsp Kosher salt

- 1/4 tsp black pepper

- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

- 1/2 tsp granulated onion powder

- 3 oz buttermilk

- 1/2 cup cornflake crumbs, crushed finely

- 1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast, four 4-oz pieces*

* You can use chicken wings and drumsticks with this recipe as well, just make sure to remove the skin

Directions:

Preheat oven to 365ºF. Lightly coat an 8 X 8 X 2-inch baking dish with the butter flavored nonstick, non-fat cooking spray; set aside.

Combine flour, salt, pepper, onion powder and cayenne pepper together in a medium-size bowl. Place buttermilk and corn flakes crumbs in 2 separate shallow bowls.

Roll chicken breast halves in flour mixture and evenly coat each side. Next dip chicken into buttermilk and then corn flakes crumbs.

Place coated chicken breasts in prepared baking dish. Spray chicken with a light coating of the Butter Flavored non-fat cooking spray. Bake until chicken is tender and no longer pink, about 25 to 30 minutes (there is no need to flip the chicken during baking). Makes 4 servings.

Each serving = 4 Weight Watchers Points

REVIEW

On the Jim scale it came in at a 4

My review:

It was really easy to make. It came out really juicy (which I sometimes have trouble with when it comes to baked chicken.) I did make some minor changes to mine. The chicken breast I had were larger so it was a total of 7 points instead of the 4. (I needed to use more points up so it worked out well) Since the chicken was larger I increased the cooking time to about 40 minutes instead of the 25 - 30 minutes. I also Paprika instead of Cayenne pepper. I also used 1 tsp of regular salt instead of the 1/2 tsp of Kosher salt. Overall I gave it a 5. It tasted great and it was really easy to make! (This is coming from someone who not too long ago posted this http://tiggrrl72077.blogspot.com/2008/08/help-me.html)

I forgot to take pictures of it but next time I will.

I got this recipe at http://www.laaloosh.com/ They have tons of WW recipes. I plan to try many more of them and I will review them as I go.