So! Day One

So. My weight as of yesterday was 186.7. My goal is to get that down as soon as possible. Yesterday, I planned out a calorie limit and burn goal. Today I started it. I’m keeping my calories at around 1200 a day with a goal to burn at least 800 calories a day. This is so hard in a house that loves to make sweets every other day. >_< There was apple crisp today. It was around 300 cal per serving. I gave in and took two spoonfuls of it, which about a little less than half a serving. Anyway, I’ll put my records up daily for accountability reasons. I have used My Fitness Pal for about a year. It is far more robust than any other app or website I’ve used before to track my progress. I’ve found that I tend to do better with sticking to my plans when I record it down somewhere.

I didn’t meet my exercise goal today, but I will tomorrow.

My dinner was amazing, though. Pics or it didn’t happen, right?

We made fish tacos, which is under the foil off in the top right corner of the first picture. Grilled up some Halibut and Salmon–bam, delicious food. On the side, we made black rice. My Salmon taco was wrapped in cabbage, topped with hot salsa, tomato, green onion and cilantro.

It was delicious. I would have gone for seconds, but I was already at my calorie limit for the day. Tip: drink hot tea and water with your food and you’ll be set. It helps me get that feeling of fullness that my brain won’t give on its own.

Well, that’s about it. I’ll just leave you with the sinful fondue-style food I ate yesterday and will probably not eat for a very long time. Awesome stuff at The Melting Pot. I definitely recommend the food if you’re willing to unbutton your pants before the night’s over…and have a great deal of extra cash in your wallet.

Easy Vegetable Soup

Soup is my savior when it comes to quick and easy meals. I can have low calorie, no fat soups made in just a few minutes. Too good to be true? Nah, it’s true.

    

Vegetable and chicken stock are my favorites to work with. I prefer organic vegetable stock, as they often are unsalted. Better yet, stock that you use should be unsalted for many reasons–the biggest one being heart disease. It’s better to add salt as needed than to have it already in the stalk. And chances are that your soup will taste better because of it too.

I just grab whatever frozen assorted vegetable mix I can find. These are all Kroger brand food.

I also put in Hunt’s No Salt Added Diced tomatoes. I am so happy that Hunt’s came out with the unsalted tomatoes. With a family that is genetically inclined to have heart disease and diabetes, a low sodium diet is ideal.

Okay.

1 package of frozen assorted vegetable mix

1 can of Hunt’s No Salt Added Diced tomatoes

vegetable/chicken stock to preference

 

I put all of this in a pot, covering the vegetables and tomatoes with the stock. I put more or less in depending on how much liquid I want in the soup at the time. I bring the soup to a boil, spicing as needed and stirring frequently. Then it’s done after I let it boil for about two or three minutes. Tada!

I wish I had a picture of the finished product! I made this yesterday evening not thinking I was going to write about it.  >_<  A picture will be posted eventually.

Cheers!