It's a New Month!

Using the concepts from MyFitnessPal.com, MyRecipes.com Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, and The Complete Low Fat Cookbook recipes, I made the following recipes.  I left a little room for foods outside of what I'm making for flexibility.  My aim is to stay within the 1200-1400 calorie range as suggested by most diet programs. 

The texture for the vanilla bean ice cream recipe was super creamy but I wanted it thicker so I put it in the freezer and the texture came out better than expected.  The flavors were really good but Gimel said it tasted weird and couldn't explain it so I plan on using a non-egg ice cream recipe next month and making it like cookies and cream to see if there is a difference.

Week One

Item	Calories	Fat	Protein	Carbs	Type	Week
Base	1200	40	45	165
3-banana pancakes (p. 242)	255	1.5	9	51	Breakfast	1
chicken (p. 155)	210	11	11	11	Lunch	1
fudge brownie (p. 226)	140	3.5	2.5	2.5	Dessert	1
Shepard pie (p. 106)	220	7	3	15	Dinner	1
homemade ice cream	161	5.9	4.9	23.1	Dessert	1
extra: rice (1 cup)	205	0	4	45	Lunch	1
Total	1191	28.9	34.4	147.6
Left	9	11.1	10.6	17.4
Week Two
						2
pumpkin & chive muffin (p. 251)	130	4	4.5	20	breakfast	2
carrot cake (p. 234)	180	5	4.5	30	dessert	2
pesto beef salad (p. 44)	135	5	8	15	Lunch	2
Lasagne (p. 58)	450	12	15	50	Dinner	2
fudge brownie (p. 226)	140	3.5	2.5	2.5	Dessert	2
Total	1035	29.5	34.5	117.5
Left	165	10.5	10.5	47.5
Week Three
Frittata (p. 222)	125	5	8	10	Breakfast	3
raisin banana apple muffin (p. 251)	210	4	4.5	40	Dessert	3
Moussaka (p. 98)	175	10	10	15	Lunch	3
chickpea curry (p. 200)	200	9	8	17	Dinner	3
extra: rice (1 cup)	205	0	4	45	Dinner	3
fudge brownie (p. 226)	140	3.5	2.5	2.5	Dessert	3
Total	1055	31.5	37	129.5
Left	145	8.5	8	35.5
Week Four
3-banana pancakes (p. 242)	170	1	6	34	Breakfast	4
homemade ice cream	161	5.9	4.9	23.1	Dessert	4
Two-toned potato gnocchi (p. 208)	255	7	7	40	Lunch	4
Japanese style salmon (p. 171)	225	14	20	0	Dinner	4
extra: rice (1 cup)	205	0	4	45	Dinner	4
fudge brownie (p. 226)	140	3.5	2.5	2.5	Dessert	4
Total	1156	31.4	44.4	144.6
Left	44	8.6	0.600000000000001	20.4

Week Four Weigh-In

Weigh-in

My new goal is to loose 49.5 lbs.  As of today, I gained half a pound.  I am not sure why though.  I was more active and I ate a low-fat diet this past week.  I will just have to try harder I guess.  But overall, I lost a total of 4 lbs this month, and that means I met my monthly goal for the month!

Week 1: 1lb.

Week 2: 2lbs.

Week 3: 1.5lbs.

Week 4: -.5lbs

Total left: 45.5 lbs.

This also means that I have lost a total of 13.5 lbs in the past two months.

New Diet: Week Four

Final week on Hungry Girl. Next month I will be using a cook book called The Complete Low Fat Cookbook which I have had for the longest time but never used it.

Here are the Hungry Girl-inspired recipes I will be using this week.

Breakfast: Oatmeal Parfait

In this, I used packets of instant oatmeal instead of the plain oatmeal because I already had it and figured I should use that up. So I didn't use the spices or vanilla extract. I did use the almond milk and splenda. It came out great! I did not add strawberries or yogurt either. Instead, I ate a banana afterwards. It was satisfying.

http://www.hungry-girl.com/show/ginormous-food-berry-nana-oatmeal-parfait-recipe

Lunch: Sesame Chicken on White Rice

I have not eaten this yet but I can't wait! The recipe called for unsweetened syrup, wheat flour, scallion, chicken broth, and sesame seeds but the sauce still came out tasty. I used the lite butter syrup instead because, again, I had it already and didn't want to buy a whole new thing just for this. I also used vegetable broth instead and that was for the sauce as well. I used regular flour instead of whole wheat since I had a ton of it. So I basically had every other ingredient to make it good. I added 1 cup of cooked rice to the meal and it looks like it will be filling.

http://www.hungry-girl.com/show/chinese-food-sweet-n-sticky-sesame-chicken-recipe

Dinner: Meatless Burrito

I was going to make the sesame chicken for dinner and something else for lunch but realized that I didn't have any more ingredients to do it so instead I will be making this since I had the ingredients:

Meatless Burrito Ingredients

Calbot - 75% Reduced Fat - Extra Light Cheddar, 0.5 oz	Calories 30	Fat 1	Protein 5	Carbs 0
Goya - Black Beans Low Sodium, 0.25 cup	50	0	4	9
Corn - Sweet, yellow, canned, whole kernel, drained solids, 0.25 cup	33	0	1	8
Sauce - Pasta, spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve, 0.25 cup	46	1	1	7
Stop & Shop - 8" Whole Wheat Flour Tortilla, 1 tortilla	129	3	4	22
Yves Meatless Pepperoni - Vegetarian Pepperoni, 4 slices	20	0	4	1
Totals	308	5	19	47

Snack: Movie Night

In this recipe, I had everything except the tootsie rolls. So I doubled up on the kettle corn popcorn.

http://www.hungry-girl.com/show/movie-night-chewy-smores-snack-mix-recipe

Snack: Hot Cocoa

I have cocoa and I have marshmallows. Good, simple nighttime snack.