I walked off to work a second day in a row without my camera. No worries, I had my cell phone with me. Except I forgot to plug it in the night before, so it was dead when I got ready to take a picture of my breakfast.
Thanks Google images!! I had two breakfast tacos: 2 corn tortillas, 1/2 cup egg whites, 1/2 ounce chopped pepperoni, 1/2 cup of canned kidney beans, 1 cup baby spinach and 3/4 oz of cheese. I had a fuji apple on the side – breakfast came in at 501 calories, 15 fat, 60 carbs, 12 fiber and 32 protein.
I decided to do a bike ride at lunch to take at stab at my 170 mile challenge. I ended up doing 9 miles! Woop! I took the picture you see below, texted it to Tony and I got this wonderful text back that ended up saying WOW! In my head I was like “it’s just a bike ride!” Um, turns out he thought I ran that far – I wish! Thanks though Tony!
I tried to take a picture while I was still riding, that didn’t turn out so well!
Just like scallop potatoes have been my Achilles heal, so has potato soup. More than half the time it tastes like I am eating a bowl of mashed potatoes. Not this recipe! I think the key was cooking the potatoes separately and adding them back in at the end. This is creamy, but a bit chunky all at the same time.
Potato Soup
Makes 8 servings, 1.5 cups each: 274 calories, 8.6 fat, 40 carbs, 3.5 fiber and 13 protein
I left out the bacon in the soup recipe, but feel free to cook some up for a garnish.
Ingredients:
- 5 large baking potatoes (1.5 pounds), cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2/3 cup flour
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups skim milk
- 2 celery stalks, diced
- 1 cup chopped carrots, diced
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
Put the potatoes in a pot of water, covered an inch higher than the potatoes. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes, then drain.
In a stock pot, heat olive oil. Add garlic, celery and carrots. Cook for 10 minutes until carrots start to get tender. Add flour. Cook for 1 minute. Slowly add the chicken broth, stirring until the sauce starts to thicken and get bubbly. Put the potatoes and remaining ingredients in the pot and simmer for 10 minutes. I did use my potato masher to mash some of the potatoes.
This was so good. Creamy, with bits of potato and carrots. And I love that this whole bowl was under 250 calories!
The reason I was happy about how low in calorie my soup was going to be, was because I knew my dinner was going to be a calorie bomb. You see, over the weekend while flipping channels we saw a show that made a meatza deep dish pizza: Italian sausage, Canadian bacon, pepperoni AND bacon! Tony and I looked at each other and I was like “that’s going on the menu next week!”
Half of me didn’t even want to figure out the calories, but then I thought, I have to. I have to own up to what I eat.
I always have to stop myself and remember, I am nowhere near what I was like back in the day. I wondered “how the hell did I get to be 210 pounds?!” I’ll tell you how:
- Burger King breakfast croissant, cheezy hash browns and a 20 oz. pop: 1090 calories, 47 grams of fat
- McDonald’s 10 chicken nuggets, large fry, pop and an apple pie: 1,460 calories, 65 grams of fat
- On my way home: Auntie Ann’s pretzel for the train ride: 480 calories, 4 fat
- Dinner: 4 beef tacos, refried beans, Mexican rice: 1,120 calories, 68 grams of fat
- After Hannah went to bed? 12 inch Jack’s pizza: 1320 calories, 69 grams of fat
Not kidding, that was a typical day in the former life of Biz. That day totals 5473 calories, 253 grams of fat, 572 carbs (!!!) 39 fiber, 214 protein and get this . . . ready for it? 11,876 grams of sodium!!
So when I figured out the calories for my one slice of a 9 inch pizza, it came in at 642 calories, 32 fat, 55 carbs, 2.8 fiber and 28 protein.
When I finished entering the rest of my food for the day into fatsecret.com, I realized as a whole day, I didn’t do too bad!
Stats for Wednesday:
- 1417 calories, 55 fat, 156 carbs, 18 fiber and 73 protein
- 45% of calories from calories, 35% from fat and 20% from protein
- 9 mile bike ride
- 156.5 miles left of my 170 mile challenge
- average blood sugar 141
So while a part of me was beating myself up for eating that pizza, the other half was telling me “you don’t eat like you used to, It’s one slice of pizza – enjoy it and move on!”
Question of the Day: How have your eating habits changed over the years? All I know is that until I was about 30, the only vegetables I ate were cucumber and carrots!
Off to put my food together for the day – breakfast, lunch and dinner! I might have to work late tonight – but fingers crossed that I don’t. Somehow I think Tony will be just fine watching football tonight if I do work late!
Make it a great day!
My eating has gotten worse for sure. I used to consume no red meat or pork, but boy that went out the window after meeting Tom 🙂 That pizza looks so freaking good!!
I didn’t eat a vegetable until I was 24. I didn’t cook nor did I like to. I am pretty sure I lived on pizza and gigantic calzones throughout college. Oh and let’s not forget the huge bagels stuffed with cream cheese. At home with my family it was pasta, pasta and more pasta. The bigger the helping the better.
Things are much different today. My lunch at the moment is kale, spinach, a measured quarter cup of brown rice, mushrooms and a half a cup of lentils and it is delicious.
Don’t get me wrong I still dream of enormous Reese’s PB cups!! Way to go with the pizza. That is so hard to do.
Your old menu sounds familiar-lol. I don’t remember my daily eats when I was at my heaviest, but I do remember Dennis would often bring home a dozen doughnuts (he worked at the devil’s krispy kreme) and I’d eat them all by myself in a day. We also ate at Denny’s every night and I’d always get seasoned fries with my meal and dip them in ranch dressing. So glad to have left that behind me! I still indulge, but every hour of the day isn’t a food celebration any more-haha! Your pizza looks like a dream come true-I’d totally hit that. Good for you for stopping at one piece.
You want to know the worse part Biz, my husband can eat like you “back in the day” right now and doesn’t gain anything. Nothing. Zip. Zero. He must have a hell of a metabalism! The soup and the pizza look delish. I love pizza!! 🙂
WTF? Can you have him send me his metabolism? Thanks! 😀
I agree…I say wtf? all the time. If he weren’t bigger than me I’d kick his ass for both of us…bwah!!!! 😉