205.6 - Man, Finally Broke That Dumb Plateau!

Weight - 205.6
Weight Lost - 29.8 lb. in 76 days

Total Calories Eaten - 1329
Today's MFD calorie allowance range - 1781 for a 2 lb loss/week rate, 2781 for weight maintenance
MFD occupation activity level - Moderate Activity
Total MFD Exercise/Activity Calories Earned - 451
MFD Calorie Balance - 452 left to eat at 2lb loss/week rate
MFD Weight Loss Rate Today - 2.9 lb loss/week
HWHL Points Today - 36 (36 total this session) I did everything, except eat breakfast and take that darn multi-vitamin, but I also did 15 minutes extra exercising and I also posted
Cat's Challenge Points - starts Sept 1st and goes to December 31st, with weekly reports. The first report is this week on Thursday, Sept. 9th.
Exercise - 30 minutes on my Gazelle strider and later 15 minutes ice skating (this is all the time I had while Connor was at swimming)

Yey! The scales finally budged past 206!! I was beginning to think radical things, like I was pregnant or something, which is just about impossible since I had my tubes tied. I even went out and bought a pregnancy test. Of course, it was negative, but that's just how I am, irrational sometimes.

Missed breakfast again, darn it! I've gotta quit doing that! But today was sooo hectic with Connor's first day at kindergarden, and with getting the teenagers out the door by 7am made the morning just crazy. I'll do better tomorrow.

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Breakfast - none for me today, was just too busy, but I did have 24 oz water with my morning exercise.

Lunch - 2 plums, a little over 2 Tbsp. dry creamy wheat cereal cooked with 1/2 cup water and a dash of salt, 1 cup frozen strawberries cooked with the cereal, 6 Triscuit Reduced Fat crackers, 1-1/3 Tablespoons Naturally More peanut butter, 1 Tablespoon Smucker's Sugar Free raspberry jam, 1 Frigo Mozzarella Light string cheese, 24oz. water after lunch
Total calories - 487

Dinner - 14-1/4 oz. of chicken enchiladas, 2-1/2 cups romaine hearts lettuce, 1/2 cup diced tomato, 1-1/2 Tablespoon Hidden Valley Ranch Light, 0.5 oz. generic brand Cheetos, 1 package (6 sandwich crackers) Austin peanut butter chocolate sandwich crackers, 24 oz. water after dinner until bed time
Total calories - 842


Chicken Enchiladas - Makes a great crock pot meal!

-28 oz. can Las Palmas Green Chile Enchilada Sauce
-2 regular cans cream of chicken soup
-12 oz. water
-13 oz, or 3 cups, or 3 chicken breasts cooked & diced
-10 oz. cheddar or cojack cheese
-about 22 corn tortillas

33 calories per 1oz, 1.5 g fat, 1.9 g protein (I know, I know, who would only eat 1 oz?, but that's just how I set up the measurements. It makes it easy to tabulate by weight exactly how many calories I'm eating)

First, make the sauce by putting the green chili sauce, the 2 cans of cream of chicken soup, and the water in a pot and stir together. Heat until bubbly and well-blended. Then add the chicken and stir. Now, in a large crock pot or 9x13 pan, layer the tortillas one at a time with a scoop of sauce (enough to cover the tortilla, about 1/3 cup), and a sprinkle of cheese. Whatever sauce is leftover at the end just pour it on top. If you assemble it while the sauce is still hot, it will cook in the crock pot on low for about 3 hours and be nice and bubbly. You can also cook it in the oven, probably about 375 for 30 to 45 minutes.