It should be no surprise to me that I gained 4 pounds the month of June!  Maybe these could be some of the culprits?

Fried Food Fest

Homemade Boston Cream Pie Donuts

Buttermilk Biscuits with Sausage Gravy

Pizza Fridays!

And a lack of consistent exercise.  So the beginning of South Beach brings me in at 164 pounds – I can still fit into my size 12’s so that’s a good thing!

It’s a new month and a new plan!  I have noticed one main thing though with this South Beach eating – I have taken about 50% less insulin than last week!  That’s huge! 

So I have a new long term goal – it has nothing to do with the number on the scale or what size pants I am wearing, but I want to run the 5K I did last year in October and beat my time by five minutes!   I think that will get me to the gym!!

Onto tonight’s dinner. . . I flew too close to the sun on this one!  First off, I should have realized that the slices of zucchini would leach out any liquid, so instead of having a square piece of lasagna, it was more like . . .dog food!

While the taste was good, you didn’t get a lot for the calories – I adapted the recipe from Pioneer Woman, but it just didn’t come together.  I have a feeling Tony and I may be hungry before bedtime!

11 ounces of cottage cheese mixed with 2 eggs and Italian seasoning
11 ounces of cottage cheese mixed with 2 eggs and Italian seasoning
1 pound ground beef and 6 ounces Italian sausage, cooked and then mixed with 2 cups of my homemade sauce
1 pound ground beef and 6 ounces Italian sausage, cooked and then mixed with 2 cups of my homemade sauce
first layer zucchini
first layer zucchini
then cottage cheese, then meat sauce, then more zucchini
then cottage cheese, then meat sauce, then more zucchini
then finished off with 6 ounces of mozzarella
then finished off with 6 ounces of mozzarella

I put it together last night so I went from fridge to oven when I got home from work – 45 minutes at 375, then a quick spin under the broiler to melt the cheezy top:

I let it sit for 5 minutes before cutting
I let it sit for 5 minutes before cutting
1/6 of this casserole comes in at 557 calories, 41 fat, 34 protein, 10 carbs, .3 fiber
1/6 of this casserole comes in at 557 calories, 41 fat, 34 protein, 10 carbs, .3 fiber

Hannah doesn’t like sauce, so her go to plan for dinner is:

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Stats for the Day:

  • 1354 calories
  • 74 fat
  • 116 protein
  • 46 carbs
  • 5.9 fiber
  • 35 minute jog/sprint
  • 5 minutes abs

I am off to get more ideas for breakfast – believe it or not, without the bread I am kind of sick of my egg sammies!   Hope you all have a short work week like me – tomorrow is our Friday! 😀