For the past six weeks, we have been counting our calories and I have tried to include those counts in my menu plan posts. Although Chef D and my total daily calorie goals are different (I am gearing for 1200 and he is looking at 2000 calories/day), we try to keep our dinner meal at 500 calories or less.We are participating in an 'encouragement and accountability group' at church where we are weighing in each Sunday morning. I was thrilled this morning that I lost 4 lbs. over the past week which brings my total lost since January 4 to 19 lbs.! Chef D is doing pretty good himself with 27 lbs. lost:) We decided to get serious about getting healthy for two reasons -- we had let ourselves go and were feeling the consequences PLUS we have a family wedding to attend in April and haven't seen most of the people since we have gained weight.
So, here's to another week of counting calories and exercising!
Monday: Baked Teriyaki Chicken (277 calories/2 thighs) with basmati rice (150 calories/.25 cup) and steamed broccoli florets (25 calories/1 cup)
Tuesday: Maple-glazed Salmon (285 calories/4 oz.) with whole-grain pilaf (170/.5 cup) and steamed asparagus (35 calories/15 stalks with .25 tsp butter)
Apprehension-Free Wednesday: Annual Chili Cookoff at church will be this night. Hot Dogs and dessert will also be served. Chef D won the competition last year and will be again submitting a superb entry to try to hold on to the trophy (a giant decorative bottle of chili peppers!). Prep: Prepare thighs for tomorrow.
Thursday: Mimi's sticky chicken thighs (100 calories/thigh) with sauteed zucchini squash with grated parmesan
Friday: --edited-- Chef D is going to the Men's Club sponsored dinner as a part of the Men's Retreat that is tonight and tomorrow morning. I will do something fun with the boys:)
Sous-chef Saturday: No SCS this week. Busy day with basketball game, helping friends move, and end of season basketball program
Hospitality Sunday: Mimi's sticky chicken with grilled vegetables, macaroni and cheese, and long-grain and wild rice. Blueberry dump cake for dessert.
Menu planning has taken a huge burden from my life. Thanks for Laura at OrgJunkie for hosting many menu plans to help get it together for a week!
3 comments:
Everything sounds so good - and congrats on the weight loss. We too are trying to lose - I am down I think 13 ... but this is the same point I get discouraged and say forget it! But I am determined this time! Anyway... good luck and the menu looks great.
I might have to try those sticky chicken thighs, you can't beat 100 calories! Have a great week...
Thanks for visiting my site. You have a great menu! Have a lovely week!
Allie
Learningtobefrugal.com
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