2/5/2012 food diary

Breakfast:

SW pancakes with strawberries and bananas

Snack:

yogurt (1 syn)

Lunch:

Tuna with low fat mayo (2.5 syns)

baked chips (2 syns)

orange

Snack:

fat free pudding (3 syns)

Dinner:

baked chicken

corn

green beans

mac and cheese made with fat free cream cheese and low fat cheddar (HE)- no milk

Snack:

strawberries

SW Pancakes

This is my friend Helen's recipe and picture :)

Ingredients:
5 eggs
6 tbsp sweetener (or to taste)
4 tsp vanilla flavoring
fruit

Directions:
Separate eggs into 2 bowls.  Add sweetener to the whites and whisk until white and frothy.  Add vanilla to the yolks.  Fold yolks into the whites and pour into a small frying pan sprayed with fry light (or pam lite).  Cook for 1 minute, flip and cook for another minute.  Repeat until mixture is gone.  Top with fruit.  Helen adds yogurt on top of that :)  1 egg = 1 pancake

you can check out more of her recipes and pictures at  http://www.helensslimmingworldrecipes.com/

2/4/2012

Breakfast:
eggs
turkey bacon
potatoes

Lunch:
salad- lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, bacon, chicken, eggs, cheese (1 HE, 4 syns for the dressing)

Snack:
sugar free pudding snack (3 syns)

Dinner:
pizza- whole wheat, high fiber tortilla (HE), tomato sauce, pineapple, ham, cheese (HE)

Snack:
orange

2/3/2012 food diary

Breakfast:
turkey bacon
orange

Snack:
fiber bar

Lunch:
buffalo chicken dip (1.5 syns)
carrots
1/2 deviled egg (estimated 1.5 syns)
bbq sausage (estimated 2 syns)
1/2 brownie (estimated 6 syns)
3 pieces of turkey wrap (estimated 5 syns)

Dinner:
shrimp
broccoli
rice

*all estimated syns came from the online syns tool on the SW website.

This morning I woke up feeling nauseous and even got sick during a coughing fit (cold is now in chest).  I managed to eat some turkey bacon and an orange but no way was I forcing down eggs too, lol.  By lunch time I was starving but my plan of taking carrots and buffalo chicken dip seems to have worked ok to keep me from totally undoing myself at the pot luck at work today.  I did have about 14.5 syns off of that food table, but compared to what I would have done if I hadn't been prepared, I did excellent.  Normally I would have gorged myself on all those different chips and dips, the hot dogs, cakes, cookies, donuts, and brownies.  Then I would have gone back later for more.  I didn't do that today!  YAY me!  Dinner was small as I was still stuffed from lunch, man those carrots and chicken dip are filling!  I'm looking forward to planning my week and creating my grocery list tomorrow.  Heres to my small victory today!

Buffalo Chicken Casserole/Dip

3 breast tenders cooked and shredded

3 oz fat free cream cheese

1 1/2 oz low fat cheddar cheese

buffalo chicken sauce to taste

I boiled the chicken then shredded it using my kitchen-aid stand mixer.  I added the cream cheese and most of the cheddar and about 3 tablespoons of buffalo sauce.  I mixed it on medium speed until it looked well blended. I put the rest of the cheddar over it and will eat it warm with my carrot sticks.

This was 1 serving and I calculated it to be 1.5 syns if I use the cheeses as my HEs.

2/2/2012 food diary

Breakfast:
eggs
turkey bacon
cheese (HE)
orange

Snack:
fiber bar

Lunch:
chicken breast
white rice
green beans

Snack:
banana

Dinner:
homemade chili- crushed tomatoes, ground turkey, onions, kidney beans, seasonings
cheese (HE)
1 slice white bread (5 syns)

Tomorrow is the annual Super Bowl pot luck at work.  these things are always packed full of cakes and sweets and very little nutritional food.  I plan to take a veggie tray as my contribution.  I'm going to make myself a small buffalo chicken casserole to take along for my lunch along with some baked potato chips.  I'll shred some chicken breast, add some buffalo sauce, cream cheese, and cheddar.  I'll have to figure out the syns while I make it since I don't know how much of each thing I will need yet.  I'm thinking I will take a sweet treat with me as well, maybe a fruit flavored yogurt or a fat free, sugar free pudding.  Hmmmm.

2/1/2012 food diary

Breakfast:
eggs
bacon
orange

Snack:
Kellogg's fiber + antioxidants bar

Lunch:
Chicken breast with sweet chili sauce (1.5 syns)
broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots
white rice

Snack:
pineapple

Dinner:
curry chicken breast
green beans
white rice

Snack:
strawberry cheesecake fat free yogurt (1.5 syns)
Clancy's baked potato chips (1 syn)

Wow, I can't believe it is February already.  This month will bring several challenges for me.  First is Valentine's Day and all that candy!  Then is my husband's birthday and then my son's birthday and the cake that goes along with both of those.  The key will be to plan properly for those events.  Today I had rice with 2 meals.  I don't like to do that but I didn't realize when I grabbed my lunch this morning that we were going to have rice for dinner too.  Yummm, curry chicken is one of my favorites and I am so glad I can still eat it on this plan :)  Just noticed I didn't get my 2 dairy HEs in today.  I'm thinking I might have to add some cheese to my eggs or maybe do string cheese for a snack?  I don't drink milk.  I'll have to figure that one out.