Back to Work

Here I thought, "Yes! Back to work! This will be super easy to stick to my diet! I'm not home!"

Wrongo.

Everyone decided that they would bring in all of the cookies, candies, and cakes that they had at their homes that they didn't want there anymore. There was an entire TABLE full!!

But I was good, I sat there with my carrots, sandwich and orange. Totally unsatisfying, and all I wanted was a Reese's Pieces cookie! Like... I would've done more for that cookie than anyone would've done for a Klondike Bar.

Just thinking about it again now... mmmmmm...

BUT I RESISTED!

I came in today (after all of my meals, and about an hour of slow walking, didn't have the time for real workout) at about 400 calories under my budget! So I had my little bowl of Cheerios, my completely unsatisfying lunch, and then for dinner... oh dinner.. It was delish! (Recipe at the end)

It's always really tough for me to resist these sweets. I have always been a sweets person. Like I said in a previous post, if I had calories left over before I would have a big bowl of ice cream. Or some cookies, cake, muffins... Yeah I love sweets.

When I am wasting time on Pinterest, a majority of my waste is spent pinning baked goods. Which I just hope for a special occasion to pop up so I can make, and indulge in one of these amazingly devilish concoctions.

Eating dessert at Olive Garden

I love dessert. Sadly my dessert these days are apples (sometimes with crunchy or creamy peanut butter), which give me the sweet I like, but just aren't completely the same, and a cup of hot green tea (usually sweetened with Stevia, which, by the way, I recommend). 

Skinny Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo, I got this recipe through Pinterest. I added a couple of tweaks (a trend you will see in all of my cooking)

Here's the recipe.
Serves 4, 460 Calories per serving

3 Chicken Breasts
2 C. Broccoli Florets
8 oz. Fettuccini
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 Tbsp Flour
1 C. Fat Free Chicken Broth
1/4 C. Plain Greek Yogurt (I used Oikos)
1/4 C. Skim Milk
1/4 tsp. Pepper
pinch of Nutmeg
3/4 C. Fresh Grated Parmesan

I sliced up the chicken, and browned it in some oil with salt, pepper, garlic, oregano, basil and parsley. Put it on a different plate. I used frozen broccoli, and heated it up in the microwave with some garlic (did I mention I love garlic??) Put all of it aside.

In a pot cook pasta.

In a Med. sauce pan heat olive oil over Med-High heat. Add garlic, cook about 1-2 minutes stirring frequently. Whisk in flour until smooth, gradually whisk in chicken broth, Greek yogurt, milk, pepper, & nutmeg. Bring to a low boil, stirring constantly. Lower the heat and simmer, stirring gently until mixture thickens. This takes about 3 minutes. Stir in the cheese. Then add chicken broccoli and cooked pasta. Toss and eat!

My whole family really liked this meal! It was sooo good!!


Q. O. D. (Question of the Day)

Are you more of a sweets person, or a savory person and what item do you crave most?