January 18th

Love to start my day with hot lemon water
and 1/2 medifast w/ 1 cup coffee, so I can sip it while I work.

1/2 grapefruit (30 cal)
Ate this while I decided what I was going to make

Here is all the ingredients that when into my oatmeal protein pancakes, except I forgot to put the baking soda in picture. I took this recipe from the Clean Eating cook book that is full of great recipes, but of course I modified it a little to make it less calories.

It turned out so good.
Oatmeal Protein Pancake (201.25 calories)
I topped it with 1.5 tsp Agave Nectar (30 cal) and 75g strawberries (24 cal)

Snack - Cucumber & Dip (76 calories)

• 1/4 cup Tzatziki (60 cal)
  
• 104g cucumber (16 cal)
  

Lunch

Portabella Pizza (90 cal)

• 154g portabella mushroom
  
• 1/4 cup classica spag. sauce
  
• 10g mozzarella cheese

Baked the mushroom cap up for 10 min & cap down for 5 min- added topping and broiled for ~6 min till nice and brown

Ceaser Salad (183 calories)

• 2 cups romain
• 10g Parmesan cheese
• 3 oz chicken
• 1 tablespoon light ceaser dressing fm Whole Foods

Dessert- Truchocolate (36 cal)

Dessert/Snack
1.5 kidz cliff bar
Had 1/2 bar for dessert and another bar as a snack later- so so good.

Big Snack

• 85g banana (72.4 cal)
  
• 2 tablespoons almond butter (trader joes- unsalted) (190 cal)
  
• Ezekiel Tortilla (150 cal)
  
• 1 tsp light jam
  

Love to slice the banana in 1/2 and put almond butter in between

Dinner (240 calories)

Don't worry if you don't cook, just learn how to prepare food. I had this ready in 10 minutes.
Used the organic frozen brown rice - microwaved for 3 min
Steamed broccoli for 8 min
bought the just chicken that is already cooked from TJ

• 85g steamed broccoli
• 1/4 cup brown rice
• 3 oz chicken
• 2 tablespoons Campbell's healthy request cream of chicken
• 2 tablespoons water
• thyme
  
• pepper

Dessert- 1/4 cup blueberries & 75g strawberries - 45 cal

The berries are so good now that they are in season I had to have more.
8 strawberries 45 cal
1/4 blueberries not shown 21 cal


Today's Debrief:

Whenever I get in more complex carbs earlier on in the day it makes having a lighter dinner so much easier. Also, adding in enough protein during each meal/snack keeps me satisfied so much longer. The oatmeal protein pancake was so filling and good I saved the rest to have the next couple of days. The chicken dinner was also experimental with the cream of chicken, but it was good. Making new recipes and experimenting keeps eating healthy fun and interesting.
The berries make a great dessert and satisfy wanting something sweet afterward.