January 2008

Even though I was pretty drunk last night, I hardly ever get hangovers. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I’ve ever had one. I think it’s because I usually eat something after I’m drunk and drink water along with it, so that wards off the potential dehydration from drinking. I only had 3 glasses of cognac but my husband said they were pretty big glasses lol. I don’t enjoy the taste or smell of alcohol AT ALL. I don’t even like wine! I do like mixed drinks but because they are so big and I don’t really like to drink that much of something, except water of course. I’m also not into drinking even to want to waste that many calories on it, but a few drinks once or twice a month is cool. Sometimes I even go 6 or 7 months without drinking any alcohol at all, but I guess that’s a good thing, huh? LOL My husband usually has one drink every other night, either scotch or cognac. Blek! I’m not going to miss either of those anytime soon lol. Scotch tastes like burnt wood to me, do not love!

So, today I was back to 1200 calories BOO! LOL I felt REALLY bloated when I woke up but the funny thing is, I was 1.5 lbs LIGHTER when I weighed myself, before I even went potty! I couldn’t believe it. I thought for sure I’d be 4 or 5 lbs heavier. Of course now that I said that, I’ll wake up 6 lbs heavier tomorrow morning lol. Ah well, it’ll come off, it always does.

I was hungry when I woke up but more thirsty, so I drank lots of water and ate a banana. I originally had Shirataki noodles planned for dinner, but I changed it to regular pasta at the last minute and being I didn’t eat lunch yet, I was able to make the change easily and still stay in range. Whole wheat Rotini pasta with ground turkey breast, tomato paste, and onions:

First I browned 4oz (before cook) Perdue ground turkey breast (110 cal), added in 60g onions that I steamed in the microwave, dried oregano, garlic powder, 1 teaspoon olive oil (40 cal), 1/4 cup Hunt’s no salt added tomato paste (60 cal), and a few tablespoons of water. I let that cook together slowly while I boiled 1 oz whole wheat Rotini pasta (105 cal). When the pasta was done, I added the meat sauce to it and stirred, then topped it with 1 TBSP grated parmesan cheese (20 cal) — DEEEEEEELISH!! So filling and with a side salad, only 455 calories. The onions and turkey breast really add volume to a pasta dish and makes 1oz pasta go a long way!

The other day I froze the rest of the White chocolate-chocolate cupcakes I made so that they didn’t go bad. After dinner I took one out, popped it into the microwave for about 25 seconds and it was awesome! It tasted fresh out of the oven, all warm and gooey. YUM! I was worried they wouldn’t taste as good after I froze them, but they were still great. YAY!

I can’t seem to get enough of these Snyder’s unsalted mini pretzels lately:

1oz (28g) Snyder’s unsalted mini pretzels with 2 TBSP (12g dry) PB2 powdered peanut butter. I made the PB2 a little thinner to use as a dip for the pretzels. Mmmm! Such an awesome, crunchy and filling snack. That’s a 6″ plate by the way.

I had fun yesterday and especially last night, I really enjoy my free days. It’s so nice to not have to weigh and measure every morsel that goes into my mouth once in awhile. lol I love counting calories and planning my menus, but I think a change from the ordinary is great. Now I’m thinking about what I want to do with the next free day and what I want to bake this week. Hmm… maybe blueberry whole wheat muffins? Or… uh, I don’t know! lol I guess I’ll browse some recipe sites and blogs to get some ideas that I’ll probably twist into my own version lol.

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