Day 148 & 149: 2 Recipes, Measurements & a New Low Weight

So Friday night went as I said it would! We watched a movie, I had a glass of wine and a few more sips of Austin’s, and I passed out early! I ended up at 1,525 calories, 171 carbs and 43 fat grams. Not bad! Here’s what I ate.

Saturday did NOT go as planned. I got up early ready to hit the day… but I did nothing. I laid around and chilled, watched a few Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes, took a 3-hour nap, etc. I didn’t go to the gym. I did NOTHING. Hehe It felt pretty good to be honest. We had cereal for breakfast, sandwiches/chips for lunch and for dinner we had a more complicated meal slated but I just wasn’t feeling it. I remembered Prettyface’s quick Mexican wraps and decided to make them! Only I didn’t have cilantro, or green onion… or tomatoes… so we improvised and made Black Bean Chicken Tacos. Here’s how for 2 servings:

8 oz. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2-4 Mission low-carb tortillas***
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp chili powder
1/8 cup water
1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed
60 g Kroger fat-free cheddar cheese
2 tsp taco sauce
4 tbsp salsa
Salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Set mediums-sized pan on medium; spray with PAM. Defrost chicken. While defrosting, drain and rinse beans, divide into two 1/2 cup portions of beans, two 30-gram portions of cheese, and get out enchilada sauce and salsa. Place tortillas on pan and put in oven for 4 minutes. Cut chicken into strips and add to pan. Sprinkle on cumin and chili powder (it’s a lot!) and stir. Add water and salt to pan. Stir and cook until chicken is no longer pink, about 4 minutes. Once chicken is done, spoon into small chopper/food processer. Grind to make shredded chicken. Remove tortillas from oven. Spoon chicken onto tortillas, add enchilada sauce, then beans, then salsa, then cheese. Serve! Notes: We put salsa on the side, but decided next time we’d put salsa on between beans and cheese. We also added a bit of salt to each taco after the bean layer – I’m glad we did! ***After putting in spark people I realized it added up quick to more calories than I want to give to a meal – eek! So I decided next time I would make 1 taco as normal – then put the mix from the second taco in a bowl without a second shell. Nutritional Information (with 2 shells per serving): 545 calories, 81 carbs, 6 fat grams and 51 grams of protein. Nutritional Information (with 1 shell per serving): 425 calories, 47 carbs, 5 fat grams and 48 grams of protein. Now THAT’S more like it! I don’t think I’ll miss the second tortilla at all!


So after our filling, yummy dinner we headed over to our friends’ for a night of drinking games and debauchery. There ended up being 4 couples – all awesome friends including my sister/husband and Scott/Mary who is my inspiration (I literally was close enough friends to say how much do you weigh? 115? K – I want to weigh that because you look fabulous). I’m trying to get her to start her own blog – she’s SUCH an inspiration. Anywho – we had a great time playing a new game Scott/Mary made (a build your own game turned into a drinking game with crazy rules – super fun!) I had lots of vodka and stayed up until 3. Lovely. Great times though!! I ended up at 1,876 calories, 197 carbs and 27 fat grams – high night but way worth it but DANG that second tortilla. Blah – I’ve learned. :) Here’s what I ate.

This morning I got up at 9 and we headed home STARVING. But before making breakfast I weighed myself: 114 people! Yes – that’s what I’m talking about. (Have I told you yet that I’ve decided I want to be at 115 so in order to do that I’ve decided to work towards getting to 113 or 114 so when I fluctuate I’m at 115 or under? I heart a plan!) As usual, I didn’t trust the scale but moved it around and it was 114 three times. Then I remembered, it’s February! Time to measure. Here’s my updated chart:


So my chest, bust, hips, arm and thigh are a bit smaller - FAB! After all of the fun & games I was just STARVING so we threw together a new recipe with the same old ingredients. We call it Quick & Easy Sausage/Egg Wraps. Here’s how for 2 servings:

2 Mission Low carb tortillas
3 eggs
2 tbsp egg whites
1 tbsp milk
2 morningstar farms sausage patties
Salt, tony’s creole, Texas Pete hot sauce to taste

Preheat the oven to 350. Set medium-sized pan to medium and spray with PAM. Whisk together eggs, egg whites, milk and as much salt and tony’s creole seasoning as you’d like. Pour egg mixture in pan. Heat up sausage patties (40 seconds on both sides) and shred to pea-sized pieces. After two minutes, pour sausage into egg mix and stir. Put tortillas in oven. Continue stirring egg/sausage mixture until eggs are cooked, 2-3 more minutes. Remove tortillas from oven and spoon hot sauce in center. With the back of a spoon, smear it on the tortilla. Spoon egg/sausage mixture onto tortillas. Roll them up and cut them in half to make two wrap halves. Enjoy! Nutritional information per serving: 335 calories, 31 carbs, 12 fat grams and 26 protein grams.

K- off to do as little as possible (little bit of laundry, some reading and I’m seriously considering busting out my Windsor pilates DVDs… we’ll see). I’m also going to do my monthly assessment for January, my goals for February, my meal play for February and probably hit the grocery store – yay! Hope you’re all having awesome Sundays – I’m off to read your blogs now before going down for my nap.