Who picks salad over Pizza?! ~ ME!

Happy Friday all! Can I just say I really missed you all??  I honestly LOVED reading all your comments on my last post and hearing about your goals.  I think putting them in writing and telling others make you more likely to achieve them.  I know we are all going to kick some bootie this fall and be raving to each other about reaching our goals ~ I can’t wait to hear about your successes too!

I had a little bit more time this morning (since I didn’t hit snooze 3 x’s) so I whipped up another “Eggsellant” Breakfast 😀

1 Zucchini

1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

1/4 cup diced red onion

3 mini sweet peppers

Nonstick cooking spray

Then, I thought a little Morning Star Veggie Sausage sounded really good too.

Remove sausage & add 1/2 cup of Egg Beaters spiced up with Tapatio Hot Sauce, sea salt & black pepper.

I LOVE these little sausage patties ~ they taste like the real deal and I NEVER tell The Husband it’s a veggie patty 😉 He doesn’t ask and well, it’s good for him….shhhh!

I LOVED how adding a ton of veggies gives you a plateful of scrambled eggs.

You know I dumped more hot sauce all over this.  Not a bad breakfast for 3 points.

My mid-morning snack sounded really good in my head, but, it didn’t quite pan out on the plate.  I thought I’d make little cucumber sandwiches using cucumber spears, Low-Fat Swiss and Smoked Turkey.  Instead, it turned into a sandwich stacker. (2 pts)

You all would be SO PROUD of me at LUNCH ~ ok, well, I am proud of me 😀 LOL.  The Husband had today off and he drove out to meet me for lunch.  We went to ROUND TABLE PIZZA.

I asked myself ~ do I want to have a mediocre salad and like 1 or 2 slices of pizza OR do I want to make a GIGANTIC salad with everything I want on it?

—–>Remembering my “HARD CORE” GOALS, I picked the salad and LOADED it up!

 

Can I just say this was like the BEST salad I’ve ever had?! Or at least I was telling myself that as The Husband chowed down on pizza and garlic parmesan twists.

Believe it or not, there is romaine on the bottom

Broccoli

Cherry Tomatoes

3 Pepperoncini’s (does your mouth water when you type or read that? Mine ALWAYS does!)

Cucumber slices

1 Tbsp Kidney Beans & Garbanzo Beans

1 Tbsp Cheese (because I LOVE it)

1 Tbsp Olives (healthy fat)

1 Tbsp Sunflower Seeds (healthy fat)

2 eggs (for protein)

2 scoops of low-fat cottage cheese (more protein)

2 Tbsp Ranch dressing in a container on the side using my fork to dip

11-12 point estimate since the ranch is 4 points by itself.

I wanted something spicy and crunch for my mid-afternoon snack and honestly I couldn’t eat ANOTHER vegetable at the moment.  I opted for 20 H-O-T peanuts (2 pts)

Dinner was super EASY since I made my lunch up to take today.  It was the same salad at yesterday with guacamole plus swiss cheese & topped with Newman’s Lite Lime Vinaigrette.

I dunno….maybe because I am crazy and have wanted to make this soup FOREVER, I decided to cook anyway LOL.  It’s better than I thought it would be.

CHIPOTLE CHICKEN & CHICKPEA SOUP ~ recipe coming up tomorrow!

I am off to convince The Husband that there are other things on TV besides football.  I wonder if I’ll win 😉

Let the weeeeeeekend begin 😀

Night all!