I am proud to say that I got up to go to the gym yesterday morning – I had every intention of doing laps, but the pool was full – and I don’t share lanes. So I ended up getting the aqua dumbbells and ended up doing 40 minutes of upper body in the water – it was really hard to keep those floaty dumbbells under water – I did biceps, triceps and back. 😀
I had all my food packed to take for the day, so when I got home from the gym, all I had to do was put my work clothes on. I had breakfast nachos on the menu. Only one problem, the egg beaters I brought were frozen, but I put them in the fridge the night before, and they were still frozen when I got to work.
So I had eggless breakfast nachos – 1 serving tortilla chips, 1/3 cup refried beans, 3/4 ounce mozzarella cheese, baby spinach and taco sauce – my whole plate was 8 points.
As I was planning me and my SIL’s lunches over the weekend (Helen, I am positive the grammer is wrong in that last sentence!), I stumbled upon Kaylyn Kitchen’s Italian Sausage soup. Mine is a knock off of hers, I used regular Italian sausage and ended up adding more veggies. 😀
When I had it for lunch it tasted like a grown up version of Spaghettios! I am 43 years old, and still love spaghettios – served with toasted white bread and butter to dip in the spaghettios. 😀 I am positive my brother and sister would still eat spaghettios to this day too!
Grown Up Spaghettios (based on Kaylyn Kitchen’s Italian Soup) 1.5 cups = 8 points
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 29 ounce can tomato puree
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 cup dry macaroni
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 large zucchini, diced
Take the sausage out of the casing and cook up with the Italian seasoning and garlic. In a large stock pot, add chicken broth and tomato puree. Once the sausage is cooked, drain fat and add to broth pot. Bring to a poil and add macaroni and cook about 9 minutes, until the macaroni is tender.
Add zucchini and cook for 5 minutes on low. Remove from heat and add baby spinach – as it cools the spinach will wilt.
This was delicious, although I thought it needed a bit of heat, so I added about 1 teaspoon of Tabasco to my bowl.
I know its crazy to eat soup when its 98 degrees outside, but I can eat soup all year no problem. And I was hot on my walk/run yesterday – I probably walked 60% and ran 40% – it took me 50 minutes to go 3.5 miles.
Since my soup was only 8 points – I was hangry by the time I got home. I did have a peach later in the afternoon, but that didn’t hold me very well.
I made chicken parmesan – no real recipe, just dipped in egg/milk mixture, then Parmesan/bread crumb mixture – and fried with 1 teaspoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter. On the side I had new potatoes and green beans – to tell you the truth I was too lazy to put my dinner into eTools, but with 13 points to spend for dinner, I think I did okay!
See, you don’t need a lot of oil to get a crunchy crust. 😀
Stats for Tuesday:
- not more than 29 points 😀
- 40 minutes upper body in the pool with aqua dumbbells
- 50 minute 3.5 mile walk/run
- average blood sugar 104 (my blood sugar was 55 when I got back from my run at lunch!)
It’s going to be another scortcher today – off to walk my neighborhood before work, not sure I can handle another outing at lunch, but we’ll see.
And it’s Hanging with Hannah tonight – I haven’t seen much of her since Sunday – we might go see Mean Bosses – I heard it was funny.
Questions of the Day: Can you soup in the summer? Do you love spaghettios?
I used to love spaghettio’s when I was growing up!! Gosh I don’t think I’ve had them in forever though. I can totally eat soup any time of year too, what’s up with that haha?!
I can do soup, stews, casseroles, roasts…whatever in the summer. If I’m craving it, I’ll eat it. Mind you, we don’t get the heat/humidity you do, so that might also be why. Heck, we haven’t even had summer weather yet, and July is more than half over.
Oh my gosh!! How yummy! If it’s pasta soup, I’ll eat it anytime even if it’s 98 degrees outside. Thanks for sharing! I’m new to blogging and love that there is a foodie community! If you have time, please check out my blog: http://shecooksandheeats.wordpress.com/. And of course! Any advice would be great 🙂