A recipe!

Tonight was another "Hungry Girl" meal night! Because my husband went out to eat, I decided 'Hey, that doesn't mean I have to give up on the meal I'd planned to cook'! So I just went on ahead and made a "Hola Breakfast Tostada"....and let me tell ya, it was WONDERFUL. The recipe bellow came straight out of the Hungry Girl "300 under 300" book :D

Ingredients:
1 medium/large high fiber tortilla(About 110 calories)
1/4 cup diced red and green bell peppers
2 tablespoons diced onion
1/2 cup fat free liquid egg substitute

1 tablespoon precooked real crumbled bacon
2 tablespoons shredded fat free cheddar cheese

Optional: Hot sauce, fat free sour cream, salsa

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375*
Place tortilla on a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick spray. Bake in the oven until slightly crispy, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and set aside. 

Bring a large skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium high heat on the stove. Add peppers and onion and, stirring occasionally, cook until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
Add egg substitute and bacon to the skillet. If you like, add a few dashes of hot sauce. Scramble until egg substitute is fully cooked, about 3 minutes.
Top the baked tortilla with scrambled egg mixture and sprinkle with cheese. If you like, add optional toppings.

Very quick and easy with minimal clean up! I haven't added my total calories for this meal, so I can't really insert it here, and because I haven't replace my camera I can't provide a picture =(

In the fridge -Or- A little slice of happiness?

It's official. This week marks week 1 of the great weight loss adventure! I've been copying recipes out of "Hungry Girl" & counting calories and water in take like a mad woman. I spent an hour in the kitchen cutting up vegetables to stuff in mason jars; this way, they are on hand, already prepped and ready for snacking or cooking. Along with all of this came a shocking surprise: Last night, after preparing a salad and sitting down to eat, my husband voiced a comment that made my heart happy; He said, "This is really good. Ya' know, I'm actually excited about this whole weight loss thing. Hungry Girl feeds hungry guys too!". I swear I about had a heart attack! Never in my life did I expect to hear him utter anything close to those words. And for him to actually LIKE the food I've been preparing?! Just....WOW. It was a total confidence booster. Nothing quite like having a true partner on board for the whole weight loss thing!

That's the good news. The bad? I haven't been sleeping, so there hasn't been any exercise in my life this week, like there should be. I'm so exhausted you guys! Even taking my ambien hasn't helped! I don't know what's going on with this! Maybe I just need to force my body into a state of over exhaustion and just stay up for 24 hours so that I pass out tomorrow? I don't know what to do!!!

A Shocking Development

Last night was the first evening I've cooked dinner in a few weeks (-_- I fail so hard at being a house wife sometimes) what with being on vacation and having little to no motivation. Yesterday was ALSO the first official day of my new diet. So I decided to crack open a "Hungry Girl" cookbook and set to work...

And you know what? The meal turned out REALLY well. Like...I wanted to make it again today. What I made was the "Cheesy Burger Skillet", except I ended up replacing the meatless burger with turkey burger, because our commissary isn't too well stocked on healthy options (and they wonder why their soldiers are overweight...). The meal was a whopping 439 calories. That's right. Less than 500 calories. I had enough leftover to go and eat ice cream! YAY!

Today is another day, though, and I find myself struggling. I'm so hungry...I want to eat everything, and sadly there isn't much in the house that won't put me over my calorie allotment. I need NOMS. >_<