What a busy weekend. I was home again on Friday with my sick little boy. He wasn't too bad (cold and ear infection) but this particular round of colds has led to a lot of kids with pneumonia so the pediatrician wanted him home until today. It is hard for me to post when I am at home so that is why you are getting your first update today.
Since Thurs I have lost a total of 4.2 lbs! That is such a great number! I had one day of zero loss, but lost all the other days. No complaints there!
Tried a few new recipes and most were dogs. Let's just put it this way, I am never going to try to puree chicken to make "cream of chicken soup" again. Blech!
Had dinner with friends at my house last night and was able to stay on program nicely. I made my "Not Rocket Science Grilled Chicken" and everyone loved it. And then I enjoyed a green salad with everyone else and they all had bread and/or mac and cheese (kiddos). I don't have amazing willpower to resist the carbs...I have Celiac Disease and the carbs would make me really sick and set off a firestorm of immune responses. No thanks. I guess the ability to resist soft, white bread is my silver lining in the cloud that is Celiac.
My lunch today is another new recipe and it is pretty good. I know I got it from somewhere out there in web world, but I don't know where. So, with humble apologies for not crediting the originator of the recipe, here it is:
Lemon Chicken Soup
1-2 C chicken broth
100g chicken breast, cooked and diced (I use leftovers)
baby spinach leaves (allowed amount)
1 Tbsp dried, minced onion flakes
1 tsp dried thyme (or your favorite herb)
lemon juice, up to 1 lemon's juice
salt and pepper to taste
Bring chicken broth to a boil, add next 4 ingredients, return to boil, reduce heat and simmer 5 min, add lemon juice 1Tbs at a time, stir and taste after each addition. Add until it reaches your desired taste. The lemon can really take over easily if you add all the juice at once. I used about 2 Tbs with this particular lemon today. Season with salt and pepper to your liking and enjoy!
This is pretty good. I might try oregano instead of the thyme next time. Thyme next time, I crack myself up! It might also be improved with the addition of a clove of garlic, crushed and sauteed in a little chicken broth as a first step.
Enjoy!
Amy
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Showing posts with label chicken recipes. Show all posts
Monday, January 24, 2011
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
R2P2D3
Another 1.8 lbs lost. Woot!
Yesterday was pretty good until I decided to push and do some time on my treadmill. Wow, it really wiped me out. I was tired before I got on there, but after I was queasy and exhausted. I am hesitant to try that again, but want to keep exercising so I minimize my lean muscle mass loss.
Today went really well. I struggle most in the evenings. I am hungriest between my afternoon snack of fruit and dinner. It is all I can do to avoid eating my arm. Then dinner comes along and I sometimes fill up before I am done with my servings. Weird, huh?
Okay, so I promised you the recipe for my Spicy Chicken Stir-fry and here it is. As usual, sub liquid aminos if your program involves pH levels.
Spicy Chicken Stir-fry (per serving)
100g chicken, cut into 1" cubes
equal parts soy sauce and rice vinegar (I use about 2-3 Tbs per serving of chicken)
Celery, sliced, allowed amount
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1-2 tsp fresh ginger root, minced
1/4 C chicken broth + more for stir-frying
1-2 tsp additional soy sauce
1 tsp additional rice vinegar
1 tsp dried, minced onions
1-2 tsp Sambal Oelek
Marinate chicken in equal parts soy sauce and rice vinegar for at least 30 min. Meanwhile mix sauce by combing in a small bowl the 1/4 C chicken broth, additional soy sauce, rice vinegar and dried mince onions, set aside. Drain chicken and stir-fry over med-hi heat using broth to avoid sticking/burning. Cook until chicken is browned on all sides (5-7 min). Remove chicken from pan and set aside. In more chicken broth saute the celery until it is just barely softening. Add the garlic and ginger and saute until strongly fragrant. Add sauce and cook for 1-3 min allowing to reduce just slightly. Return chicken to pan and cook another 1-3 min so chicken is heated through. (I always make this for my entire family and at this point I remove my kids portions). Stir in Sambal Oelek, cooking for about 1 more min.
Yummy!
Enjoy today,
Amy
Yesterday was pretty good until I decided to push and do some time on my treadmill. Wow, it really wiped me out. I was tired before I got on there, but after I was queasy and exhausted. I am hesitant to try that again, but want to keep exercising so I minimize my lean muscle mass loss.
Today went really well. I struggle most in the evenings. I am hungriest between my afternoon snack of fruit and dinner. It is all I can do to avoid eating my arm. Then dinner comes along and I sometimes fill up before I am done with my servings. Weird, huh?
Okay, so I promised you the recipe for my Spicy Chicken Stir-fry and here it is. As usual, sub liquid aminos if your program involves pH levels.
Spicy Chicken Stir-fry (per serving)
100g chicken, cut into 1" cubes
equal parts soy sauce and rice vinegar (I use about 2-3 Tbs per serving of chicken)
Celery, sliced, allowed amount
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1-2 tsp fresh ginger root, minced
1/4 C chicken broth + more for stir-frying
1-2 tsp additional soy sauce
1 tsp additional rice vinegar
1 tsp dried, minced onions
1-2 tsp Sambal Oelek
Marinate chicken in equal parts soy sauce and rice vinegar for at least 30 min. Meanwhile mix sauce by combing in a small bowl the 1/4 C chicken broth, additional soy sauce, rice vinegar and dried mince onions, set aside. Drain chicken and stir-fry over med-hi heat using broth to avoid sticking/burning. Cook until chicken is browned on all sides (5-7 min). Remove chicken from pan and set aside. In more chicken broth saute the celery until it is just barely softening. Add the garlic and ginger and saute until strongly fragrant. Add sauce and cook for 1-3 min allowing to reduce just slightly. Return chicken to pan and cook another 1-3 min so chicken is heated through. (I always make this for my entire family and at this point I remove my kids portions). Stir in Sambal Oelek, cooking for about 1 more min.
Yummy!
Enjoy today,
Amy
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
P2D16
OMG! Down another 1.6 lbs! I have about 6 lbs to lose and I will be at my pre-pregnancy weight. That is still obese, but I haven't seen that weight in over 3 years! This is unbelievable.
Really, it is. It is taking my mind awhile to catch up. I am in weight loss denial and it kind of scares me. I am starting to really see the changes though. Mostly in the way my clothes fit. It is pretty amazing. Hard to tell if I am getting sagging skin, but I don't think so. The clapper is still very much at home on my body. It has shrunk quite a bit, but it not taking on that deflated balloon look I would expect if my skin was sagging. We shall see. I am slowly starting to believe this is real.
I need my hubby to get my smaller clothes from storage. I can probably wear a lot of them now. That will be another trigger for my brain. Clothes I haven't worn in years are in there. Clothes I spent a lot of money on because our budget was different a few years back. Can't wait to see them. It will be like reuniting with old friends. I may only be able to wear them for a short while though. If I keep up this pace, I may shrink beyond some of those items. Some of them are from when I was training to run 5ks. I was my smallest since college (again, still obese, but a good 10-15 lbs lighter than I am now). I might make it to those clothes. It's amazing.
I do feel a bit better today. Tomorrow is my last day on antibiotics. Yeah! My body doesn't like being on them. My intestines are particularly mad. They want their regular bacteria back. I am trying to keep things right by taking probiotics, but then the penicillin comes in twice a day to wipe them out. Oh well, everything will get back to normal in a few days.
Oh, last night's dinner: lemon garlic chicken. It was good. It took forever to bake in my oven. My oven is wretched. I bought an oven thermometer to see how bad it was and it is BAD. I had the temp set to 400 degrees, on the convection setting (so the temp should stay relatively constant) and it hovered close to 325. It is a wonder I haven't killed anyone with undercooked meat. It is a good thing I am obsessive about checking meat temps.
Okay the recipe:
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Lemon Garlic Chicken
chicken breast, washed and patted dry
5-7 whole garlic cloves, peeled
1/4 C fat free chicken broth
juice of 1 lemon, approx 3 Tbsp
1/2 tsp dried oregano
salt
pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place garlic and broth in roasting pan. Lay chicken pieces over the garlic cloves. Pour lemon juice over chicken and sprinkle spices over the top. Roast in oven, turning occasionally until chicken is gold and most of the broth mixture has evaporated. I like to cook my chicken to an internal temp of 160-165. Let the cooked chicken breasts rest for 5-10 minutes before cutting into serving sizes. The roasted garlic cloves can be served with the chicken, along with some additional lemon wedges.
3 0z chicken for the HCG dieters.
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So this was well received by the whole family. I wouldn't say they raved about it, although my 7 year old did ask for more.
I am off to the local Farmer's Market. Enjoy your day!
Amy
Really, it is. It is taking my mind awhile to catch up. I am in weight loss denial and it kind of scares me. I am starting to really see the changes though. Mostly in the way my clothes fit. It is pretty amazing. Hard to tell if I am getting sagging skin, but I don't think so. The clapper is still very much at home on my body. It has shrunk quite a bit, but it not taking on that deflated balloon look I would expect if my skin was sagging. We shall see. I am slowly starting to believe this is real.
I need my hubby to get my smaller clothes from storage. I can probably wear a lot of them now. That will be another trigger for my brain. Clothes I haven't worn in years are in there. Clothes I spent a lot of money on because our budget was different a few years back. Can't wait to see them. It will be like reuniting with old friends. I may only be able to wear them for a short while though. If I keep up this pace, I may shrink beyond some of those items. Some of them are from when I was training to run 5ks. I was my smallest since college (again, still obese, but a good 10-15 lbs lighter than I am now). I might make it to those clothes. It's amazing.
I do feel a bit better today. Tomorrow is my last day on antibiotics. Yeah! My body doesn't like being on them. My intestines are particularly mad. They want their regular bacteria back. I am trying to keep things right by taking probiotics, but then the penicillin comes in twice a day to wipe them out. Oh well, everything will get back to normal in a few days.
Oh, last night's dinner: lemon garlic chicken. It was good. It took forever to bake in my oven. My oven is wretched. I bought an oven thermometer to see how bad it was and it is BAD. I had the temp set to 400 degrees, on the convection setting (so the temp should stay relatively constant) and it hovered close to 325. It is a wonder I haven't killed anyone with undercooked meat. It is a good thing I am obsessive about checking meat temps.
Okay the recipe:
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Lemon Garlic Chicken
chicken breast, washed and patted dry
5-7 whole garlic cloves, peeled
1/4 C fat free chicken broth
juice of 1 lemon, approx 3 Tbsp
1/2 tsp dried oregano
salt
pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place garlic and broth in roasting pan. Lay chicken pieces over the garlic cloves. Pour lemon juice over chicken and sprinkle spices over the top. Roast in oven, turning occasionally until chicken is gold and most of the broth mixture has evaporated. I like to cook my chicken to an internal temp of 160-165. Let the cooked chicken breasts rest for 5-10 minutes before cutting into serving sizes. The roasted garlic cloves can be served with the chicken, along with some additional lemon wedges.
3 0z chicken for the HCG dieters.
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So this was well received by the whole family. I wouldn't say they raved about it, although my 7 year old did ask for more.
I am off to the local Farmer's Market. Enjoy your day!
Amy
Monday, April 26, 2010
P2D8
What a weekend I had!
Friday evening started the weekend off on a great foot when my friend Kim came over for Scrap Friday. I know I was physically hungry, but there was an emotional/habitual eating pattern to overcome as well. We normally snack (sometime healthy, sometimes not) at these little scrap fests, but this night we abstained. We were both hungry, but we fought off those hunger pangs with lots of Rooibos Carmel Apple tea from Republic of Tea. Yummy! Lots of creativity and plenty of laughter got us through.
Saturday when I weighed in on my home scale I was down, but I don't recall the exact numbers. We got up and did our usual Saturday morning routines. Just before lunch time we headed over to our friends' house to split wood then moved to our house for more of the same. We shared a power splitter and some trees that we cut from our property. While the power splitter helped a lot, it was still hours of hard work. We split, lifted heavy logs, and hauled and stacked wood for the better part of 8 hours. We were all exhausted after that. We enjoyed a dinner together, which I will elaborate upon, before we parted.
Despite a soak in the hot tub before bed, I woke many times in the night with a lot of muscle pain. Ibuprofen barely touched it. I wonder if my muscles were more painful than usual due to the HCG. Perhaps my body broke down muscle to compensate for the huge amount of extra calories it required with the strenuous labor of the day. Not sure. I know that I still saw weight loss when I weighed in on Sunday morning.
I tried to rest up on Sunday. Being a mom of 2 young children means resting is a relative thing. We still had to get chores and errands done and spending quality time as a family is not optional. All in all, it was a great and productive (not quite restful) day. I'll go over the fab food below.
So, today is Monday. I am showing a little more weight loss. Overall, just a couple of pounds over the weekend. There may be some residual inflammation from the weekend's exertions.
I am getting rest today. I have to. My regular physician called and told me that the strep test she took on Friday was positive. I have to take penicillin for the next 10 days. Goody. My HCG doc says it shouldn't interfere with my program. I am nervous though, doesn't antibiotic therapy usually mess with hormones? Guess we will wait and see. All I know is that I am looking forward to feeling better. While I have been less hungry, not getting dizzy anymore and have plenty of energy, I have felt off. I have been sweating at the slightest exertion, and getting shaky after small tasks. I wrote it off to overdoing it this weekend, but now I know. I can't wait to see how good I feel once the penicillin starts winning the battle in my body.
So, the food. By now you know my typical daily menu. Breakfast is a constant and lunch is usually leftovers. I will just go over the highlights of the weekends recipes.
Finally made the minted cucumber recipe:
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Minted Cucumbers
1 cucumber, peeled (optional), seeded and chopped
1 minced garlic clove
2 T. fresh lemon juice
2 T. chopped fresh mint or 1/2 t. crushed dried mint leaves
onion salt
black pepper
dash of stevia powder
Mix cucumber with garlic, lemon juice and mint. Season with onion salt and pepper. Add a sprinkle of stevia, mix and taste. Adjust as needed. Refrigerate for 45 minutes or longer. Toss before serving.
Servings: 1 vegetable
Oh...my...gravy. This was good. It was crunchy and fresh. I loved it and will be making it over and over again. The first time I made it, it sat for over 4 hours and it was delish! The second time it only sat for about 20 minutes. Still good, but I think it really needs the time for all the flavors to penetrate the cucumbers.
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Not Rocket Science Grilled Chicken
2 chicken breasts, boneless and skin removed
onion salt
pepper
Sprinkle both sides of chicken breast with onion salt and fresh cracked black pepper. Grill over medium heat until thickest part of breast reaches 165 degrees. If you do this on a Foreman Grill I would suggest about 8 minutes. Allow the breast to stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve 3 oz to HCGers.
3 oz=1 protein serving
I know, I know this one was not rocket science. I was worried how they would turn out, but I had to come up with something on the fly after splitting wood all day. I couldn't believe how good they turned out. My whole family, and the guests, gave it enthusiastic thumbs up. You would have thought I slaved over it or marinated it all day.
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Not Rocket Science Fish
Another, duh, that was simple recipe that turned out to be incredibly tasty.
halibut or other white fish
lemon pepper (find one that is HCG okay)
onion salt
Sprinkle both sides of fish with onion salt and fresh cracked black pepper. Grill over medium heat until fish is opaque, but still moist. Flaky is usually too dry, but cook it to your taste. My very thick (about 2") halibut took 25 minutes total.
3 oz=1 protein.
Again, delicious and a whole family hit.
Wahoo! I can cook HCG okay food and feed my entire family. They just have larger servings and more sides. I was so afraid that I would have to become a short order cook while on this phase. I am so glad I don't have to.
Here's to me feeling better in about 24 hours. I am really hating it now so I am heading to my bed for a nap.
Cheers,
Amy
Friday evening started the weekend off on a great foot when my friend Kim came over for Scrap Friday. I know I was physically hungry, but there was an emotional/habitual eating pattern to overcome as well. We normally snack (sometime healthy, sometimes not) at these little scrap fests, but this night we abstained. We were both hungry, but we fought off those hunger pangs with lots of Rooibos Carmel Apple tea from Republic of Tea. Yummy! Lots of creativity and plenty of laughter got us through.
Saturday when I weighed in on my home scale I was down, but I don't recall the exact numbers. We got up and did our usual Saturday morning routines. Just before lunch time we headed over to our friends' house to split wood then moved to our house for more of the same. We shared a power splitter and some trees that we cut from our property. While the power splitter helped a lot, it was still hours of hard work. We split, lifted heavy logs, and hauled and stacked wood for the better part of 8 hours. We were all exhausted after that. We enjoyed a dinner together, which I will elaborate upon, before we parted.
Despite a soak in the hot tub before bed, I woke many times in the night with a lot of muscle pain. Ibuprofen barely touched it. I wonder if my muscles were more painful than usual due to the HCG. Perhaps my body broke down muscle to compensate for the huge amount of extra calories it required with the strenuous labor of the day. Not sure. I know that I still saw weight loss when I weighed in on Sunday morning.
I tried to rest up on Sunday. Being a mom of 2 young children means resting is a relative thing. We still had to get chores and errands done and spending quality time as a family is not optional. All in all, it was a great and productive (not quite restful) day. I'll go over the fab food below.
So, today is Monday. I am showing a little more weight loss. Overall, just a couple of pounds over the weekend. There may be some residual inflammation from the weekend's exertions.
I am getting rest today. I have to. My regular physician called and told me that the strep test she took on Friday was positive. I have to take penicillin for the next 10 days. Goody. My HCG doc says it shouldn't interfere with my program. I am nervous though, doesn't antibiotic therapy usually mess with hormones? Guess we will wait and see. All I know is that I am looking forward to feeling better. While I have been less hungry, not getting dizzy anymore and have plenty of energy, I have felt off. I have been sweating at the slightest exertion, and getting shaky after small tasks. I wrote it off to overdoing it this weekend, but now I know. I can't wait to see how good I feel once the penicillin starts winning the battle in my body.
So, the food. By now you know my typical daily menu. Breakfast is a constant and lunch is usually leftovers. I will just go over the highlights of the weekends recipes.
Finally made the minted cucumber recipe:
---------------
Minted Cucumbers
1 cucumber, peeled (optional), seeded and chopped
1 minced garlic clove
2 T. fresh lemon juice
2 T. chopped fresh mint or 1/2 t. crushed dried mint leaves
onion salt
black pepper
dash of stevia powder
Mix cucumber with garlic, lemon juice and mint. Season with onion salt and pepper. Add a sprinkle of stevia, mix and taste. Adjust as needed. Refrigerate for 45 minutes or longer. Toss before serving.
Servings: 1 vegetable
Oh...my...gravy. This was good. It was crunchy and fresh. I loved it and will be making it over and over again. The first time I made it, it sat for over 4 hours and it was delish! The second time it only sat for about 20 minutes. Still good, but I think it really needs the time for all the flavors to penetrate the cucumbers.
----------------
Not Rocket Science Grilled Chicken
2 chicken breasts, boneless and skin removed
onion salt
pepper
Sprinkle both sides of chicken breast with onion salt and fresh cracked black pepper. Grill over medium heat until thickest part of breast reaches 165 degrees. If you do this on a Foreman Grill I would suggest about 8 minutes. Allow the breast to stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve 3 oz to HCGers.
3 oz=1 protein serving
I know, I know this one was not rocket science. I was worried how they would turn out, but I had to come up with something on the fly after splitting wood all day. I couldn't believe how good they turned out. My whole family, and the guests, gave it enthusiastic thumbs up. You would have thought I slaved over it or marinated it all day.
----------------------
Not Rocket Science Fish
Another, duh, that was simple recipe that turned out to be incredibly tasty.
halibut or other white fish
lemon pepper (find one that is HCG okay)
onion salt
Sprinkle both sides of fish with onion salt and fresh cracked black pepper. Grill over medium heat until fish is opaque, but still moist. Flaky is usually too dry, but cook it to your taste. My very thick (about 2") halibut took 25 minutes total.
3 oz=1 protein.
Again, delicious and a whole family hit.
Wahoo! I can cook HCG okay food and feed my entire family. They just have larger servings and more sides. I was so afraid that I would have to become a short order cook while on this phase. I am so glad I don't have to.
Here's to me feeling better in about 24 hours. I am really hating it now so I am heading to my bed for a nap.
Cheers,
Amy
Friday, April 23, 2010
P2D5
Happy. My scale at home says I am down another 1.4 lbs. Woot!
Feeling pretty good these days. Sure there is hunger, but not crazy, low blood sugar hunger. Just hunger 1-2 hours before my next meal. Energy level is great. Loving that!
Had my weekly doc appointment today and got some great results. So, they weighed me a week ago, before my load days. I never figured out what my weight gain was for the load days, but from the doc's numbers I think I gained about 4 lbs. Yikes. That all came off because my total loss according to his scale was 7 lbs this week. 4 lbs of that was fat!!!! .5 lbs was lean muscle and the rest was water. Still, 4 lbs of fat!!! They gave me an amino acid supplement to take that is supposed to help me preserve my lean muscle mass. Still, .5 lbs is not much considering how damned little I eat.
So, eating. I'll give you today's menu and then tell you about last nights experiment and a recipe:
B: MR blended with blackberries
L: left over garlic chicken, Asian cabbage and shirataki noodles
D: fish and minted cukes
tea and water until I am swimming :)
So, last night I decided to try the shirataki noodles (I am convinced these are the same thing as the Miracle noodles, just different, and more honest, packaging) I used the ones with the tofu for extra protein and I rinsed them well, very well. Yes, they did have an odd scent, but it didn't translate to an odd flavor once I had prepared them.
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Cabbage and Shirataki noodle stir fry
1 T fat free chicken broth (I think I ended up using more as the pan dried up)
1 tsp fresh, chopped ginger
1 tsp chopped garlic
2 Cups sliced cabbage (I used Napa, but you could use any)
1 package tofu shirataki noodles
1 Tbs soy sauce (I am not on a pH balance program and I have to use gluten free soy sauce, Bragg's Aminos would also work here)
1 Tbs sugar free rice vinegar
Saute the ginger and garlic over medium heat in the chicken broth until fragrant. Add cabbage and stir fry until it begins to wilt. I found that covering the pan with a lid prevented a lot of liquid loss. Add shirataki noodles and toss to coat. I allowed this to cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add in soy sauce and vinegar, toss to coat.
Makes 2 servings; each has 1 vegetable and 1??? for the noodles (they have no net carbs and my package only had 20 cals/serving. With the noodles and the soy sauce I added a total of 35 extra calories to my day and I still had a loss this morning, wahoo!)
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The garlic chicken I adapted from that wonderful list of HCG-friendly recipes.
Garlic Chicken
2 chicken breast (skinless and boneless)
fat free chicken broth
3 tsp crushed garlic
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried oregano
dash of salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Poor a small amount of chicken broth in your baking dish and place the chicken breasts in the broth (my broth came about a 1/4 of the way up the breasts). Put the garlic and a little water into the microwave for 20 seconds. Add salt, pepper and herbs to form a paste, adding water if too dry. Spoon the paste over the chicken pieces. I tried to get a fairly even coating. Cook for approximately 30 mins. I watch my chicken with a thermometer so they don't get over cooked and dry.
Measure out 3 oz for the HCGers. Makes about 4 protein servings.
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This got thumbs up all around from my family. Moist and tasty. Mmmm.
So, one of these days I am going to discuss all of the great teas I have discovered and am enjoying daily.
But, for now, I say have a good weekend,
Amy
Feeling pretty good these days. Sure there is hunger, but not crazy, low blood sugar hunger. Just hunger 1-2 hours before my next meal. Energy level is great. Loving that!
Had my weekly doc appointment today and got some great results. So, they weighed me a week ago, before my load days. I never figured out what my weight gain was for the load days, but from the doc's numbers I think I gained about 4 lbs. Yikes. That all came off because my total loss according to his scale was 7 lbs this week. 4 lbs of that was fat!!!! .5 lbs was lean muscle and the rest was water. Still, 4 lbs of fat!!! They gave me an amino acid supplement to take that is supposed to help me preserve my lean muscle mass. Still, .5 lbs is not much considering how damned little I eat.
So, eating. I'll give you today's menu and then tell you about last nights experiment and a recipe:
B: MR blended with blackberries
L: left over garlic chicken, Asian cabbage and shirataki noodles
D: fish and minted cukes
tea and water until I am swimming :)
So, last night I decided to try the shirataki noodles (I am convinced these are the same thing as the Miracle noodles, just different, and more honest, packaging) I used the ones with the tofu for extra protein and I rinsed them well, very well. Yes, they did have an odd scent, but it didn't translate to an odd flavor once I had prepared them.
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Cabbage and Shirataki noodle stir fry
1 T fat free chicken broth (I think I ended up using more as the pan dried up)
1 tsp fresh, chopped ginger
1 tsp chopped garlic
2 Cups sliced cabbage (I used Napa, but you could use any)
1 package tofu shirataki noodles
1 Tbs soy sauce (I am not on a pH balance program and I have to use gluten free soy sauce, Bragg's Aminos would also work here)
1 Tbs sugar free rice vinegar
Saute the ginger and garlic over medium heat in the chicken broth until fragrant. Add cabbage and stir fry until it begins to wilt. I found that covering the pan with a lid prevented a lot of liquid loss. Add shirataki noodles and toss to coat. I allowed this to cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add in soy sauce and vinegar, toss to coat.
Makes 2 servings; each has 1 vegetable and 1??? for the noodles (they have no net carbs and my package only had 20 cals/serving. With the noodles and the soy sauce I added a total of 35 extra calories to my day and I still had a loss this morning, wahoo!)
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The garlic chicken I adapted from that wonderful list of HCG-friendly recipes.
Garlic Chicken
2 chicken breast (skinless and boneless)
fat free chicken broth
3 tsp crushed garlic
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried oregano
dash of salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Poor a small amount of chicken broth in your baking dish and place the chicken breasts in the broth (my broth came about a 1/4 of the way up the breasts). Put the garlic and a little water into the microwave for 20 seconds. Add salt, pepper and herbs to form a paste, adding water if too dry. Spoon the paste over the chicken pieces. I tried to get a fairly even coating. Cook for approximately 30 mins. I watch my chicken with a thermometer so they don't get over cooked and dry.
Measure out 3 oz for the HCGers. Makes about 4 protein servings.
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This got thumbs up all around from my family. Moist and tasty. Mmmm.
So, one of these days I am going to discuss all of the great teas I have discovered and am enjoying daily.
But, for now, I say have a good weekend,
Amy
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