Low Calorie, but not dull on the flavor!!

I love chicken but hate that there are only a couple common ways to use it... pretty soon it gets pretty bland and boring and it makes you wishing for something more.  Tonight I found an amazing recipe and I  just had to share. 

This amazing recipe cured my Mexican fix without me going overboard. Well without further ado:

Black Bean, Avocado & Chicken Wrap

Ingredients:

Servings:
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2

Servings Size

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• 1/4 avocado, mashed
• 1/4 cup salsa
• 2 ounces roasted chicken breast, chopped (or baked chicken breast)
• 1/4 cup low-sodium canned black bean, rinsed, drained and lightly mashed
• 2 small whole wheat tortillas

Directions:

Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins

1.  Mix salsa with avocado.
2.  Spread avocado mixture onto center of tortilla from end to end.
3.  Add beans and chicken on top.
4.  Tightly roll up tortilla.

 

I roasted my chicken with a little lime juice and garlic to give it more of an authentic flavor.  Again, this was DELICIOUS!  

Then I paired it with  homemade acorn squash fries. At first I was a little bit of a skeptic... but oh wow.  I will definitely be making these more often.  I didnt cook mine as long as they say.  I just kept checking and pulled them out when they got a little crispy out of fear of them getting burned.

Acorn Squash Fries (Baked)

Ingredients :

1 acorn squash sea salt cooking spray

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.

Use a vegetable peeler and peel the squash. Cut it in half and scoop out all the seeds. Slice up the squash into 1/2 inch thick-ish slices, Slice them again if you want them in a more fry-style shape.

Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray, put the squash on the pan and sprinkle with the salt.

Bake for 35-40 minutes or till they get a lil browned.

 

With both these recipes my dinner was just a little over 500 calories and I ate 2 of the wraps! If you make this please let me know if you enjoyed it as much as I did!

Cravings!!!???!!!

It has been almost a week since I have posted, and I told myself I will post.  I guess I am ashamed or embarrased by the fact I didnt do as well as I had hoped.  I didnt want to face this shame, therefore, I havent posted. 

 


Between dealing with my husband's unit not letting him clear, my mother getting on my last nerve and ending up in the ER with my sweet baby boy this weekend was nuts.

And I guess it was a test to see how I would eat under pressure... well.... I FAILED!  I have realized I AM an emotional eater. The more stressed I get the more I shovel in my mouth. 

I do need to give myself a little pat on the back bcs I did end up making healthier choices over the weekend.  Instead of running for donuts and chocolate cake I ate an orange, a sugar free pudding cup, or a sugar free Popsicle.   I found it did help some and will take some getting used to, BUT instead of gorging myself with 1,000 calories when I was anxious... the most I had was 60!

So here is to a new day.... to a new week... to a new adventure.

My Goals For This Week

Continue to make healthier choices

Exercise at least 3 hours aerobics total this week

Today is the first day to the rest of my life...

This is me right now. At my heaviest. 285lbs.  I am only 5'4.

Funny how it works.  You talk about it for months, and you have good intentions, but you never get around to it.  You know that eating that piece of cake is going to go straight to your thighs, but you tell yourself  "This is the last time. Tomorrow I will start my new diet"  Then one morning you wake up, you step on the scale, and you realize that maybe you had one too many pieces of cake, one too many hand fulls of chips, one too many "last bites".  And that is the day you either give up or push forward. 

I am choosing to push forward.  

When I went to bed last night, I did not have a plan "to lose weight" in place.   

It wasnt until this morning when I decided, "what the heck.... let's see how much I weigh"... 
"WOW! I have gained 25lbs in 6 months"

And... I cried.
 

My son is almost 10 months old and I weigh more now than I did at 9 months pregnant. I am not going to make excuses for myself like I have been doing over the last 15 years.  The truth is I am lazy.  I didnt get here overnight.  I didnt just suddenly wake up fat.  I did this to myself, and I have refused to do anything about it.


I weigh 285lbs. I am a size 24/26.

That means my knees, my back, and my ankles are carrying around the weight of 2 people EVERYDAY! No wonder I have back problems.  No wonder my knees give out on me!

Not anymore.  I REFUSE to be this person any longer.  I am now determined to become the person I should have been 15 years ago.  

My goals for myself right now:

Stop drinking soda (I will allow myself 1 Diet soda a day)

Drink 8 glasses of water a day

Exercise for 30 minutes AT LEAST 4 time a week

Track my calories EVERY DAY

Hold myself accountable for my eating habits

Write in my blog  at least once a week

I will to lose 2lbs a week.  

I will to weigh under 200lbs by 2012

From this day forward, I will love myself and the person I am becoming.  I will no longer hate the person staring back at me in the mirror, because I am changing my life.  I am becoming the best person I can.