Menu Monday - New Rules Apply
Okay. For me to reach my goal of 5 pounds lost by December 12, I'm going to have to get creative.
Here's my personal food rules for the next two weeks:
Black coffee or unsweetened tea.
Drink 64 ounces of water every day.
No eating unless I'm actually hungry.
Nothing but fruit until 5 pm. This is an experiment, obviously - but I think it is do-able.
Dinners to consist of simple proteins, small portions of whole grains/sweet potatoes and grilled or steamed veggies.
Limit dairy to next to nothing.
No eating after 7:30 pm.
So! With these stringent rules to follow:
Monday dinner: Grilled chicken with grilled asparagus and steamed brown rice.
Tuesday dinner: Half a roasted sweet potato topped with spicy black beans, with a green salad.
Wednesday dinner: Tortilla soup and jicama salad with avocado, red bell pepper and roasted corn.
Thursday dinner: Sauteed tofu and whole-wheat spaghetti noodles tossed with olive oil and parmesean, served with steamed broccoli.
Friday dinner: Scrambled eggs with sauteed bell peppers, onions, mushrooms and chopped tomato. I'll probably serve this with bacon for the rest of the family, and maybe some hash browns. Did you know that you're supposed to use precooked potatoes for hash browns? Like, boil up a few whole potatoes, and throw 'em in the fridge - when you shred and cook them, they will not be slimy and greasy like mine always were.
Saturday dinner: Ground turkey and white bean chili in the crockpot. I'll have to be VERY disciplined with my portion size of this. I'll eat a salad first and limit myself to one serving.
Sunday dinner: Grilled salmon, steamed brown rice and steamed green beans.
All I can say is I better lose some ding-dang weight. Eating all healthy and stuff. Sheesh.
I haven't gotten my exercise in yet, and it is nearly 2 pm. I'm determined, though. My trampoline is already groaning and cowering. It needs to suck it up, because Mama needs to get airborne.
Wahoo!
