Grocery Day

Suddenly I look around and another week is gone. I always mean to write every few days but there seem to be too many other things to take care of.

First, no gain or loss this week. I am still at 350. Part of it is my fault. I bought groceries last Tues and grocery day does something to me. Since I am only able to go to the store once a month I get cravings that have to wait for weeks. All that crap about wait a few hours and the yearning will go away, BULL FEATHERS. When I want something I will crave it for weeks and weeks, months even. In between nothing I eat will satisfy me. I have been trying to adjust my groceries so I can cover all possible cravings (in a healthy way) but I still have a little ways to go.

This past trip cubed steak and country ribs were on super low specials. I also decided to buy some ground beef for spaghetti and some chuck steak. If I can cut it into small servings I can have these items now and then if I stick with boneless, skinless chicken breasts for most meals.

I frequently don't do that on grocery week. It takes me several days to work my way through the meat packages and get them divided and into the freezer. As a result I have a different meat and yummy favorite meal each day.

Tues I was exhausted so I sauteed a few chicken tenders and several potatoes in olive oil. Wed was the cube steak - lightly breaded and cooked in olive oil. I added boiled potatoes with Alfredo sauce.

Thur was BBQ ribs and potato salad. I have learned that trying to convert to low fat mayo is disgusting and not going to happen. I end up tossing out the food and then raiding the cabinets in the middle of the night. I can mix regular mayo with LF ranch dressing to bring the content down and did that with the potato salad this time. Next trip to the store I am going to check out the olive oil mayo by Kraft. I don't know what it tastes like but it is supposed to be better for you.

Fri I finished up the decadence with a pot of spaghetti. I used whole wheat purchased noodles and made a full pot using one pound of beef.

Since then I have been on a chicken bender except for a small steak this evening. Today I made up a pot of homemade veggie soup. About 6 cups of water and I boiled a pound of diced carrots and some leftover celery and dehydrated onions. I added about 4 teas of Knorr beef bouillion powder (found in the Spanish foods section). After about 20 minutes I added 6 large potatoes, peeled and diced and cooked on medium another 20 minutes. Then I added one can each of - peas, corn, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, kidney beans, and black beans. After about 20 minutes more the potatoes were tender and it was ready. I had a bowl with my steak and another bowl with a piece of whole wheat toast for dinner. The dogs got a hearty helping and there is still almost 2/3 of a large pot. I will be able to eat off of this for a few days.

Well, time to get some zzzz's.
Happy Dieting,
Linda B in TN holding @ 350 *sigh*