Yesterday's Dinner...Today's Lunch...

Lunch today was an easy fix. I took yesterday's dinner leftovers and packed them for today's lunch. In a Pyrex dish went:
1/3c quinoa
Sautéed veggies
1/2c of black beans

Ah, delicious, nutritious, vegan and oil free!

Day 1: Lunchtime

Lunch went really well. I made curried chickpeas and quinoa last night. I added this to a bowl of lettuce and stirred it all up to eat.

Lunch tasted great but was not too filling.










That's when I had some of this:

The ingredients were all whole foods(organic corn tortilla) BUT oil was also listed for both the hummus and chips.

I now know to bring more raw food snacks for tomorrow.

Mmmm... Chipotle lunch!

Lunch today was at Chipotle :-) Here's what was on the menu:
Vegetarian Fajita Bowl with black beans, veggies, corn salsa, salad, tomato salsa and a little bit of guacamole.
When you break it down I got my whole grains from the corn, veggies from all the veggies, healthy fats from the guac and protein from the beans!
A nice filling lunch! What did you guys have?

Day 5: Just 10 Challenge cont....

Mmm...I did eat my usual breakfast of toast with almond butter, banana and cinnamon. Today's snack was not a yogurt though, instead I munched on some crunchy baby carrots.


For lunch I had two slices of vegetable pizza. Now, before you go saying this is a carbo load lunch, what I did was only eat the vegetable and cheese from each slice. I admit, this may have been a bit much with the cheese and all, but I plan on keeping it light and simple for dinner. Also, I had lunch at 1pm and have not had the urge to snack in between. Hope your day is going well! More to come for dinner...

Just 10 lunch

So far my day has been going well! This mornings breakfast was the usual: two slices of ezekiel's toast with almond butter and a sliced banana. I also had my usual snack of a 90 calorie Yoplait Spitz yogurt. These are so delicious! I had the strawberry sundae flavor. Not only are they 90 calories, but they are also all natural. A great snack to hold me over til lunch! So, I knew I would be going out for lunch today, just didn't know where. I thought, ok wherever we go, I'm sure I'll be able to at least get a salad. We wound up going to a diner and I decided to get a Greek Omelet made with egg whites, tomatoes, peppers, onions and feta. My omelet came with plain rye toast and fries. I had one piece of toast and one fry. I feel like this was a fairly healthy lunch. I even asked that they make the omelet with little oil. Now, to get through dinner!

Chop't Mexican Steak Salad

Yesterday after my so not worth it 7 point yogurt breakfast I waited until 1pm to finally have my lunch! I decided to get a salad from Chop't, a highly addictive salad joint in the city. Now, just because it's a salad don't be fooled that it's low in points. In fact it's quite the opposite! I ordered the Mexican steak salad with the spa ranch. This baby was 9points!! However, unlike my morning yogurt which only kept me full a couple of hours, my Chop't salad kept me full straight until dinnertime. So, the Chop't Mexican steak salad was totally worth the points and all 425 calories!

Subway....no fail lunch options

Well guys, I've said this before...when in doubt for lunch, always choose Subway as an option! Today I had a six inch turkey sub on whole wheat, with mustard, lettuce, tomatoes and onions. A very filling five points. What are your healthy fast food choices?

And it's now time for lunch...

My dear friend Anne (hi Anne!) made me a chicken salad sandwich for lunch today. She told me she used Arnold's Bakery Light bread. This is one point for two slices. She also used white meat, no skin of a rotisserie chicken, which I'm guessing is 3pts. Anne likes to use light mayo and a few walnuts, I'm guessing 4pts here. Mmmm...all this deliciously seasoned with lemon juice, tarragon, salt and pepper...YUM! This was a delicious sandwich and I'm guesstimating 8pts. for this. How was your lunch?

My Bulgur Salad

Today for lunch I had a bulgur salad. I made this salad last night in 10 minutes! The best part of this salad is it's loaded with fiber and antioxidants. Each serving of bulgur has 7 grams of fiber! Here are the deets for my Bulgur Salad: Ingredients: 1c. cooked bulgur 1/2c. frozen broccoli florets 1/2c. frozen string beans 1/2c. frozen sugar snap peas 1/4c. low sodium soy sauce 1TB. chili powder 1TB. garlic powder 2 handfuls of spinach, chopped Preparation: Place your sauté pan on medium heat and add the frozen veggies. Stir in the soy sauce and garlic powder and chili powder. Cook this until the veggies have defrosted. Add the bulgur and spinach. Toss all together. Enjoy! Servings: 1 or 2 if this is a side dish.

Lunch time...finally

Lunch time finally came around and if you remember I said I did not have time to pack my own lunch. So I bought myself a 6pt Healthy Choice Cafe Steamer meal of chicken pesto, pasta and veggies. I have to say this was tasty, however I could hardly see any veggies!


What I would do differently is add some of my own veggies. Maybe some frozen broccoli or spinach. This would also make it a lot more filling. This meal also had 4 grams of fiber and 20 grams of protein! For 6pts this meal held me over through a 30 minute stair master session and a couple of hours after that. I would definitely have this again, only if I had an extra serving of veggies. How was your lunch today?

Can Madhur's Meals Make Me Skinny...

Yesterday I made my first Madhur Jaffrey meal...Lentil with Onion and Garlic, a Middle Eastern dish. This recipe was so easy and seemed very healthy to me. The recipe only calls for onion, garlic, dried red chili and green lentils. Mrs. Jaffrey used 3TB of EVOO, but I was able to make the whole recipe with only 1TB, and still was able to make the four servings. Also, the recipe suggests eating this with pita or any other type of Middle Eastern bread. I, however decided to have this with bulgur and this seemed to pair up perfectly. So, lunch today was bulgur with green lentils. Very filling and full of fiber, protein and flavor. All for 5 WW pts. I will post a pic tonight!

***Recipe Alert- Smoky Chicken Bean Bowl***

This is great to make for a quick easy lunch or dinner, and of course, super easy :-)

Here are the deets:

One portion of Perdue Short Cuts chicken

1/2c. of black beans

1/2c. of pinto beans

1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced

1 c of sliced mushrooms

1/4c. of thinly sliced red onions

1TB. of chipotle pepper sauce

1TB. of steak sauce

Salt/Pepper to taste

Mix all of these ingredients in a bowl and allow to marinate over night. The flavors will all marry each and be ready for the next day.

This huge, filling portion as only 4 WW pts. -not to mention it's loaded with fiber!

Enjoy!!

Lunch Time...

I really think eating a low point snacks every couple hours is working for me! My lunch for today is whole wheat pasta w/ a fat free yogurt sauce, parsley and walnuts and chicken....DELICIOUS!!! One serving of this dish is 10WW pts, but I've divided this into thirds (honestly, one serving was huge!!)...Anywho, this made my lunch a little bit over 3 WW pts. Still not bad and very filling!! How was your lunch?

My Day...

Today was a pretty busy day, but I managed to eat pretty healthy and even get a workout in. To start off, for breakfast I made myself a smoothie which consisted of half a cup of plain nonfat yogurt, 3 tablespoons of skim ricotta, 1 cup of frozen berries and one teaspoon of EVOO. I would have used skim milk to thin this out, but I ran out so I used water. Still, not bad for a 4 point breakfast! My breakfast kept me full for a little over 3 hours and then I went for a snack. These days I'm snacking on 2 point string cheese. I tend to eat a late lunch, so a couple of hours later I had another snack. This time it was a cup of plain, non fat yogurt, with a teaspoon of honey - a filling 3 points. After a couple of more hours I was ready for lunch. Oh yes, lunch consisted of 100 percent whole wheat pasta (3 pts.), with steamed broccoli and spinach, with a 1 pt. tomato sauce. Now this kept me full for a few hours, then I had another string cheese snack. After work I managed to get a great workout in, where according to the machines I burned 400 calories. A few crunches and weights later, I was ready for dinner. Dinner was a burrito bowl from Chipotle, however I am really particular about this. I always order the bowl with NO rice, a little bit of black beans, green peppers and onions, barbacoa meat (its the lowest calorie meat), a little bit of corn, tomato salsa, a little bit of guacamole and a whole lotta salad. For those of you who want to know, I really do say "a little bit" when ordering :-) I was also craving something sweet today at work. My wonderful coworker had mini reeses peanut butter cups - I had one. Overall, today was not a really bad day. My workout also helped me out a lot -considering its been a while since I got one in. Right now its after 10pm and I'm heading home, but still a little bit hungry but I think I'm too tired to even try to eat :-p. How has your day been? Did you stay on track today?

***Lunch Time***

Hey Guys,

So, I was too busy to have my snack, I also didn't feel too hungry. So, I just waited out till lunch time. For lunch today I made a chopped salad from all of my left over veggies from my Greek Pizza night :-) Here are the deets for my lunch:

1/4 avocado: 2 points

1/2 turkey meatloaf: 3 points

onions, red peppers, tomatos: 0 points

1 tsp. of EVOO: 1 point

balsamic vinegar: 0 points

Total points: 6!

How was your lunch?

***Lunch Time***

Hey Guys,

Surprisingly I stayed full until Lunch Time :-) For lunch I had a home made spinach salad with sliced apples and walnuts. The dressing was garlic chips, lightly toasted in a teaspoon of EVOO, and balsamic vinegar added. This was delicious. Lightly toasting the garlic adds tremendous flavor to such a simple dressing! Total WW pts: 4. What did you guys have for lunch?

***Lunch Time***

Hello Everyone, Lunch today was whole wheat pasta, with fresh chopped tomatos. I also added one teaspoon of EVOO and grated two garlic cloves and added basil and oregano! All for a points value of 4. What did you guys have for lunch?

***Lunch Time***

Hello Everyone, Today, for lunch I had my Tuna Patty in a wrap, with arugula and 2% cheddar cheese. Total WW pts.: 4. What did you guys have for lunch?

***Lunch Time***

Hey Guys,

For lunch I had my tuna patty on an Arnold's Thin bread. I also drizzled some EVOO and hotsauce on this. All this for a points value of 3!!! What did you guys have for lunch?

***Daily Round Up***

Hey Guys, I thought I would do one posting on my food for the rest of the day, only because I've had these things many times before and did not want to bore you with the same pics :-) My lunch was a Basil, Mozzarella, Tomato on an Arnold's Thins: 5 WW pts. For my snack I had a Kellogg's Fiber Bar: 2 WW pts. For dinner I had my Channa Masala w/ a Roll-Up: 5 WW pts. How was your day?