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AM Apple Scramble

1 pc bread ( nickles 35 cal)

1 c peeled/ diced apple 53 cal

1/4 tsp vanilla extract (less than 1 cal... we will count as 1)

2 tbsp light vanilla soy milk 7.5 cal

1/2 c. egg btr 60 cal

1/2 tsp cinnamon 0 cal

2 pkts sweetener 0 cal

dash salt ( optional)

3 tbsp Oats 56.25 cal

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Per book ingredients 242 calories

*********** per my ingredients 212.75

Toast bread

Mix all ingredients except bread.

Tear toast in to pieces place In blender or Food processor & add mixture. Pulse to make it mixed & chunky looking.

Cook on stove top as you would scrambled eggs\

I tried this this morning & It was delicious

Thanks Hungry Girl cook book .

Taste like french toast.

Jacob tried and ask for a bowl of his own ( suggest real sugar for children)

5 Things you should eat

Dr Oz. I love him!!
He was who inspired me ( and some other stuff ) to change my eating habits.
I love his show & I think he is amazing. He smarts makes him a very Sexy Man! I must have a thing for older guys~

anyway here are 5 things that they believe will help to keep cancer at bay. But as in everything in life ... they can not garuntee it.... but they believe the help

1. Bok Coy cabbage 3 times a week 1/2 c.

2. Cooked Tomatoes (if fresh cook 30 mins before eating) or canned 2-3 times a week 1/2 c.

3. Flounder 6 oz. 3 times a week

4. Strawberries

5. Artichoke ( hearts) 1/4 c. per day.....( never had these before)

So there it is... Thanks Dr. OZ

Fruit Dip

2tbsp fat free kraft cream cheese 40 cal
6tbsp Cool Whip Lite ( green cntr) 45 cal
Mix & add 1 pkt equal
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85 calories & use as a fruit dip for your favorite Fruit

Egg & Broccoli Bake cups/ 1st day Preschool

Ok.... tried this for breakfast

Recipes

3/4 c- 1 c. egg beaters ( I used 3/4 c) *90 calories

1 c. Broccoli chopped into small pc. ( small as you like) *32 calories

Steam broccoli in Ziploc steam bag

1/2 c. fat free Kraft shrd cheddar cheese *90 calories

Spray 3 muffin cups with pam. Preheat oven 400*. split the broccoli between the 3 cups & then split the egg beater between the 3. ( cups my look full)

Bake for approx 10 mins check to see if they look like their cooking or browning and divide the cheese among the 3 let it melt

Have 2 pc Nickles 35 calorie Light Bread toasted

spray with a spritz I can not blv butter

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282 Calories

add a turkey sausage or fruit salad... Just count your calories

Delicious

Mellow Yellow Cupcakes- Update

Found this on Hungry girl website


Frosting
1 1/4 C cool whip Lite 150 cal
1 1/2tbsp jello sugar free Vanilla instant pudding 10 cal

Mix & refridge till cup cakes are ready
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160 calories for all 9 sup cakes


Half of 18.25 oz box of yellow cake mix ( moist cake mix) ( I used Dncans Hines) 1,080 calories
3/4 tsp Baking powder 2 calories
1 cup sprite Zero 0 cal
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract 6 cal
1/2 c egg btr whites 60 cal

preheat 350

Mix cake mix & baking powder till not lumpy. Add soda & vanilla Whisk till smooth.
In seperate bowl whip eggs with mixer till fluffy. gently add egg whites to batter & stir. Fill lined or spray cup cake pan. The nine will be full but do not worry. its okay!
bake 15-17 mins or till tooth pick is clear

Let cool & frost

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1148 cal for all 9


total 1308 calories which is 145.5 per Cup cake....


No picture Yet I have not made them But I plan to try

Ok I tried them... And they are GOOD! One tip Do not use paper wraps... do in the cupcake pan with some pam & flour

Dinner Time~

1 turkey bgr 150 cal

1 pc. Bread Nickles light wheat 35 calories a slice AWESOME

1 pc Jarlsberg Lite Swiss (sold at Costco) 50 calories

Brushed top w/ BBQ & 2 slice pickle 10 calories

2 pc lettuce 5 calories

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250 calories

Zucchini 4.2 or 1 cup sliced 20 calories ( you could cut like a fries I suppose...also)

dip & Bread crumbs - est 50 calories Doubt this many

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70 calories

1 med ear corn 90 calories

total 410 calories...... Yummy

Baked Bread Zucchine recipe

1 tbsp sandwich shop Kraft mayo

1tbsp skim milk

1 egg

mix to make dip for zucchini. after dipping place in Itilain Bread crumbs. THe place on a cookie sheet sprayed w/ pam. Sprinkle them all w/ a little pepper & parmasan cheese & basil.

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My Southern Turkey Burger... Come n Get It!

1 arnold sandwh thin 100 cal

1 premade turkey burger 150 calories ( normally at walmart meat dept)

1 pc fat free kraft cheese 30 calories

1 tbsp BBQ Sauce 10 cal

Mushrooms cut and cook with burger 1oz est 10 calories

Pickle 10 calories

33 chips ( blue ginger Multi grn brn rice black sesame & sea salt ) ( good source of fiber) Found at costco) 110 cal

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420 calories

Stuffed Mushrooms

3.5oz white mushrooms ( basically 3 big mushrooms from Costco their huge)

20 calories

2oz ground turkey ( cooked) 100 calories

1/4 cup sauce ragu 35 calories

1/4 c fat free Mozzarella cheese 30 cal

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185 for approx 3 mushrooms.... bake in oven till cheese is lightly golden brown ( spray tin foil w. Pam so mushrooms do not stick) sprinkle w/ pepper & Italian seasoning

Serve with salad

My low cal Breakfast Parfait

1 yoplait blue thick crmy strawberry 100 cal

1/4c Bear Naked Triple Berry crunch Fit Granola 120 calories

1cup berries ( blueberry, strawberry, a few blackberries) 100 calories

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320 calories

Yummy!

Also I am an Aunt again.... Meet little miss Emily Rose

She is so cute

Taco salad

15 calories Spring Mix Lettuce (3oz or 3cups)

150 calories 11 doritos chips(crushed up)

45 calories 1/4 cup Fat Free Kraft cheddar Cheese

150 calories ground turkey 3oz

40 calories 4tbsp ortega taco sauce ( I add a little water to make it go further)

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400 calories

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh so yummy!

Waffles~

140 calories 2 whole grain low fat waffles
drizzle of 0 calorie Walden farms Pancake syrup
150 calories fresh fruit salad ( Guessing... Per calculation of fruit per calories & amt I made )
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290 calories

Snack Attacks.... What to eat

If you Find yourself wanting or needing a snack.. try a few things to avoid eating.... Snacking can be unnesscary calories....

Go for a walk ( 10 mins or so)
Read
Clean something
Do a load of Laundry
Call a friend
write out the bills
Chase your children around the house or yard
Go through your local Shopping adds
Get out of the house...


Anything can work ~


OR

Choose a healty snack


Special k crackers 17 for 90 calories
100 calorie pk ( these tend to leave me wanting more)
1 cup of your favorite cereal ( no milk)
a pc of fruit
CHEW Gum this is my go to first....

Low Cal Pepperoni Rolls

Roll out one biscuit with a glass or rolling pin

place Cheese & Pepperoni a little sprinkle of seasonings.

roll up as shown in picture above & pinch together at top so they stay closed ( I had one unroll but was able to fix)

bake @350 when half way done pull out with the tinest bit of butter lightly spread over top then sprinkle w/ seasonings. and bake till golden brown. Serve alone or serve with 1/4 c. favorite low cal sauce Mine is Ragu Basil & garlic 30 calories... ( I usually take any calories that may fall over 400 off my 4th 400 calorie meal but I try to stay as close to 400)

1 grand biscuit Light 160 calories

5 pc Turkey Pepperoni 20.5 cal

1/8 c. or ( 1oz.) Fat free Kraft shredded mozzarella cheese 22.5 cal
oregano season & tab butter ( I can't blv not butter)

kernal sanders Parmesan garlic sprinkle ( can find this in pop corn isle)

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Roughly 210 calories

Hope you like these everyone here did.. & so did my dad & mom & their doggy ( my mom spoils him)

good night!

Why 400 Calories

I have had several questions on what is my diet or as I like to try to tell myself.....LIFE STYLE CHANGE. Well I heard on TV one day The lady who is the editor for Prevention magazine say about eating 4 ... 400 calorie meals a day.

It just so happened that morning I got on the scale for the first time in months & was very upset by the number I saw... so I figured why not try it. So that night my husband came home to me packing all the junk food & I explained that I was done living & eating the way we had been. That things were going to change. Meals were going to be healthier & exercise was a priority. So I woke up the next day & started my diet. For the first 3-4 days I was like I had a severe case of PMS... ( no Joke) but I realized it was just my body response to being De sugared & the decrease in food intake.

On the 8th day first thing the morning we both weighed in. I lost 11 lbs....... I was happy & shocked. I thought did I really eat that badly that it was enough for me to lose 11lbs. The answer to that is Yes & No. I love healthy stuff but some times it was the portion or the hidden calories. Like adding that extra piece of cheese or not knowing really how many calories in salad dressing I was placing on that salad. Now I learned how to read the labels & still need to work on understanding everything about what we should be eating & consuming in a day. Such as the sodium, sugar, carbs etc... But one thing at a time~

Now I have tried other diets in the past.... Weight watchers was great I just got tired of converting everything to points. Also I found it strange that veggies did not count as points (or something like that) which I did not understand. Cause some are high in calories.Also I did the Doctor Phil book & it worked but then my emotions got the best of me.

So here I am trying something else & hopefully it will work. I have a great support group. My dad & husband are on it also. My dad who I love dearly & want to be here forever & ever has lost 61lbs. I am beyond proud of him. He has a very long road but He will get there... And I will help him.

All in all I just got to keep my eye of the prize...... being Skinny!!!

Ha ha just joking.... I would settle for being healthy & living a long life filled with awesome memories. And seeing my son grow & hopefully in the future grand kids....

Pictures....

My dad & son

Husband & Son

Me & my son

My Anytime Bagel

I call these Pictures

What you want & what you should have......

But the one is so Yummy... if you De Sugar yourself the flavors of food come out & you enjoy them so much more. I have had nibble of goodies I use to love & think wow that taste Like Crap.

I took a bite of my favorite cookie & all I could taste was Veggie Oil... Yes Veg Oil~

So above is what I call my Anytime Bagel

100 Calorie Bagel Thin Or sandwich Thin ( 100 cal)

3 tbsp Fat free Strawberry Cream Cheese (60 cal)

1/2 c strawberries & Few blueberries (30 cal)

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total calories 190

And my little guys LOVES these I usually end up sharing... Look at that face..its hard not to share with him...

Oats with Yogurt & Berries

I love this breakfast!!! But I have to admit one thing..... I HATE OATS!

Or so I thought. I refused to eat them for years. Then I heard on TV about some guy that made his oats in Micro wave & added Yogurt. So I tried it..... & LOVED IT.

So here is my recipe I make

3/4cups Oats

cook in Microwave in water that is enough to coat oats but not cover them in water. Cook for 2-2:30 mins

after cooking add 1 yogurt ( I love Yoplait Thick N Creamy Light strawberry)

Mix 1 cup of Berries ( my favorite Blueberries & strawberries)

add some sugar... reg sugar 1tsp = 15 calories or use your favorite sweetner

So calories

Oats 225 cal

ygrt 100 cal

Berries 50-75cal

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total 375- 400 calories

So So Yummy in my Tummy

Had this for dinner tonight~

Greetings~

Hello My name is Ann. I am a mother & wife who is on the move towards a healthier life style. I have slowly figured out what works for me. KEEP in MIND what may work for me may not work for you.
Since I have started this journey I have lost 40 lbs in 103days. I refuse to give up eveything I enjoy. But have been more in tune with what is an actual portion. I am asked by alot of friends & family on how am I losing it, what do I eat, etc...
So this is my blog to try to help others..... again KEEP IN MIND what may work for me may not work for you. I am not a doctor so I can not advise you to do or try anything. It is simply what works for ME~

Enjoy~