Originally Posted by 13380

Dagny you should try looking up those chinese food calories on calorieking.com... you may be eating many more calories than you think.. I can't imagine the buttered potatoes are very low cal... just an idea.

I agree, chinese food can be sneaky, plus they use alot of sodium.

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Ok cats, accountability!

Accountability:
B: Kashi with skim milk, banana, creamer
S: granola bar
L: turkey and cheese sandwich on whole grain bread, lite mayo, Sunchips, and some strawberries
S: cheese stick
D: leftover Mexicali turkey, salad, and a sugarfree pudding
64 oz water and vitamins
total: 1473
Will do L1-8 and Jillian's level 3.

Let's make this day count!

This was real good, and makes alot!
Mexicali Turkey Skillet
4 oz small elbow macaroni, uncooked
Cooking spray
1 lb ground turkey
1 14 1/2 oz can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 8 3/4 oz can corn, undrained
1 1.25 oz pkg of taco seasoning
Cook pasta according to directions on box, omitting fat.
While pasta cooks, coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Place over medium high heat, and brown turkey until it crumbles. stir in canned veggies, and taco seasoning.
Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Serves 4.
Cals 330
Hope you like it!

Here is the recipe!

Yay so I am back from the store, I can't wait for the picnic tomorrow. I am taking my bike up and going to ride it in the level part. There are stones on the road, and I wanted to ride in the stones (3 miles) until the smoother road, but my dad doesn't think I can ride my bike for 3 miles and my mom thinks I should stay in the park because my tire might go flat or something...
I always wanted to ride my bike on the road (it's not a highway but somewhat of a back road) but my mom said no because people don't like bikers on the road. and one time in high school I wanted to walk to my friend's house...it's like maybe less than a mile up the road. well my mom said no because someone would stop and kidnap me if I rode my bike or even walked...
so I guess I'll stay near the park...
we went to the store and got what kids wanted at the park...one girl (these are elementary kids) wanted pickles and another wanted olives! lol...odd cravings? I thought most kids wanted chips and candy?

Todays accountability:
B- Quaker Oatmeal to go
L-Tuna wrap (multi grain tortilla, romaine lettuce, sweet peppers)
Snacks: Small banana, and some watermelon I caught myself munching on
D-salad and salmon patty
This came up to about 1,228 calories I think...
Exercise-none, too hot for a walk...but I'm going to do the lower body team challenges tonight
I took my vitamins but I'm still working on my water, I will get it in though!

Hi Everyone,

This is what I made for dinner tonight and it was sooooo good! I usually don't cook (I'm lucky, my hubby does the cooking) but here's what I made. I didn't measure everything out so if you duplicate this you may have to make adjustments:
1 lb ground turkey
1 egg
1/2 c bread crumbs
1/4 c spicy bbq sauce (the hotter the better)
pepper, salt and garlic (as much as you like)
2 large ripe tomatoes - sliced thin
1/4 c diced onion
1 T dill
1 cup non fat plain yogurt
1 cucumber - sliced thin
1/4 c diced cucumber

Mix the salt, pepper, bread crumbs, egg, garlic and bbq sauce with the ground turkey. Form them into patties and grill them.
Mix the yogurt, dill, onion and diced cucumber together in a small bowl. Place the sliced tomatoes and cucumbers on a plate, crumble the turkey patty on top and top with a dollop of the yogurt sauce. Seriously, this is SO GOOD!

Have a great weekend!!

Thanks for the recipe, Lise! I printed it, sounds good!
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