Hi everyone ! Lets keep the momentum going! January challenges help start the year off right!

Info needed: Surgery status, losing/maintaining, weight, goal (challenge specific)

Start Jan 2nd -Starting weight

End Feb 1st - Ending weight

To kick it up notch there will be incentives!!! From a city I have a complicated relationship with lol...

shhhhh, it's a surprise for the winners

Adding a few fun rules I found on Instagram (follow her!) you can throw in to maximize participation!!! Let's keep it fun!!!

Stay engaged and accountable. Participate as much as you like!

Even pre ops can participate with the 30 Day Challenge rules as well!

Allons y !!!

Edited December 26, 20187 yr by GreenTealael

On plan recipe. Adjust the brown sugar or omit as it fits best your plan. I’ve made this for nearly 20 years and it’s always a hit. Tonight will be the first time adjusting amounts with the brown sugar. I’m trying with splenda brown sugar blend. Hopefully still as delicious. Will edit with updated nutrition info. The nutrition information is for 4 ounces of chicken as recipe is written.
Chicken Picante
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (4oz each)
2 C chunky salsa or picante sauce
3 T brown sugar
1T brown mustard, prepared
Serve with brown rice if desired. (Not included in nutrition info)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place chicken in a shallow 2qt baking dish. I use one with a lid. In a bowl combine all other ingredients and stir well. Pour over chicken.
Bake for 30-35 min or until thermometer reads 170 degrees.

Nutrition:
Calories - 253
Total fat - 3g
Total carb - 18g
Fiber - 4g
Sugar - 14g
Protein - 22g

With Splenda:
Calories - 229
Total fat - 3g
Total carb - 11g
Fiber - 4g
Sugar - 7g
Protein - 22g

I’m sure there are other ways to lower the total carbs or net carbs (7 net carbs with Splenda). I’m open to any and all suggestions.

I hope everyone has a great day!!

Look I'm not doing anything special. Four shakes and a meal. I've been making some simple but yummy vegetarian dinner (I know oxymoron right? ?) and I'm satisfied. I feel I owe a lot it to the protein I drink every hour from 2pm - 5pm, then dinner a 6. I don't feel weak or tired. I did in the beginning. I think that was from cutting sugar cold turkey. I don't feel like I when I was starving myself. I even have the energy to work out regularly.

My recipe:

Good quality protein isolate powder

Water

blender bottle

Shake it. Twist it. Pull it. Bop it. (Nothing past shake it is necessary)

Enjoy (plot twist, you won't!)

Edited January 10, 20197 yr by LadySin

12 minutes ago, LadySin said:

Look I'm not doing anything special. Four shakes and a meal. I've been making some simple but yummy vegetarian dinner (I know oxymoron right? ?) and I'm satisfied. I feel I owe a lot it to the Protein I drink every hour from 2pm - 5pm, then dinner a 6. I don't feel weak or tired. I did in the beginning. I think that was from cutting sugar cold turkey. I don't feel like I when I was starving myself. I even have the energy to work out regularly.

My recipe:

Good quality protein isolate powder

Water

blender bottle

Shake it. Twist it. Pull it. Bop it. (Nothing past shake it is necessary)

Enjoy (plot twist, you won't!)

Oooooh enjoy!!!

BTW the protein I enjoyed wayyyy to much ($$$) is Isopure.

Your girl bought that 14 months ago and is still using it for special occasions LOL ( but will buy Antarctic waters and Japanese teas daily, priorities...)

Edited January 10, 20197 yr by GreenTealael

I'm gonna be useless for this challenge --as I don't cook for myself--I assemble. So no recipe--here is my assembly

Open dole very veggie salad mix --take out hand full and plop of plate--pray I don't get e-coli

Open bag of pre-made organic grilled chicken strips, take a pinch--plop

Get contanier of mixed olives, pick 6, plop (<--sense a pattern here?)

Shred some overly sharp cheddar on top in lieu of dressing.

Eat.

Luckily, I am a creature of habit and I don't tire of food too often, so I eat this like 3xs a week fir dinner. It works.

Since I live alone and can only eat an ounce or two at a time, I don't really cook for myself.

My on plan recipe has been my Medifast shakes with Fairlife milk, sometime with pb powder added as well. They get me a long way to my protein goal each day, and actually taste good. Also, I forgot to cancel my last autoship, so I have A LOT of shakes to get through. So this is also helping with my pantry project

24 minutes ago, YeahOkay31 said:

I'm gonna be useless for this challenge --as I don't cook for myself--I assemble. So no recipe--here is my assembly

Open dole very veggie salad mix --take out hand full and plop of plate--pray I don't get e-coli

Open bag of pre-made organic grilled chicken strips, take a pinch--plop

Get contanier of mixed olives, pick 6, plop (<--sense a pattern here?)

Shred some overly sharp cheddar on top in lieu of dressing.

Eat.

Luckily, I am a creature of habit and I don't tire of food too often, so I eat this like 3xs a week fir dinner. It works.

Listen....

I don't grown my own salads or chickens either, you're doing great!

Jan. 10th:

On plan eating: repetitive

I eat a lot of yogurt. I'm lazy. I buy 6-8 giant tubs at a time. The plain Greek doubles for cooking also. This is my favorite recipes. Lemon (stevia) Matcha yogurt with gluten free everything granola

First meal of the day

Day 10) on plan recipe!
This is probably my all favorite. It's a crustless taco pie! It really hits the spot when I'm craving nachos or tacos. I omit the salsa and green onion since my stomach isn't a fan these days. It makes 8 slices, my portion is 1/2 a slice! Two meals from one slice isn't bad right? So 177 calories for 3.5 oz (because I also weigh everything I eat) can't get more than 3.5 oz in without feeling overly stuffed.. feel free to add protein powder to the liquid mixture if you want/need to up your protein. I did a few times with my unflavored isopure and no one noticed!

https://pin.it/njggt7tn3uejtk

38 minutes ago, aussiemomdinoaunt said:

Day 10) on plan recipe!
This is probably my all favorite. It's a crustless taco pie! It really hits the spot when I'm craving nachos or tacos. I omit the salsa and green onion since my stomach isn't a fan these days. It makes 8 slices, my portion is 1/2 a slice! Two meals from one slice isn't bad right? So 177 calories for 3.5 oz (because I also weigh everything I eat) can't get more than 3.5 oz in without feeling overly stuffed.. feel free to add Protein Powder to the liquid mixture if you want/need to up your Protein. I did a few times with my unflavored Isopure and no one noticed!

https://pin.it/njggt7tn3uejtk

Y'all make me want to cook!!!

Day 10) on plan recipe

Chicken shu mai over kale, squash, cauliflower and kohlrabi mixed with sriracha, garlic and soy sauce! 230 calories in total :).

Jan. 10th update:

Bean and green stew over Salmon (hidden) , protein bar, protein shake as coffee creamer.

Rest of the day is hydration.

That should be all of the food... Maybe a ryvita crispbread before bed.

2 of my favorite recipes for no brainer food:

1. Eggwhite puff. Use whatever veg you have/want, meats, cheese. I like to see how much protein I can get in for the minimum in carbs/cals/fat. So I nuke them in 2 - 4oz ramekins. In 1 I do the baby spinach and mushrooms that I love with a shake of granulated garlic. In the other I put a frozen seasoning blend (onion, pepper, celery), precooked turkey crumbles, 70g of egg whites and a shake of granulated garlic.

Nuke both until done. I nuke the egg for 20 second intervals and it takes about a minute total. I nuke the veg for maybe 30-40secs. Then I put the cheese wedge on top of the veg and the egg on top of the cheese and go to town on it.

Here's the non-recipe. And a pic of doing it all in one bowl. No pics from this morning.

Recipe #2 Green Soup. Use any kind of veggies you have. I like frozen turnip greens, seasoning blend, broccoli, green beans, squash...anything you have!!! Or fresh baby spinach and mushrooms. Use any kind of meat and combine it so that it's 1cup total volume solids (or whatever you can eat at your stage for solid food). Then I fill with brothy liquid. I slurp the broth with a spoon without the solids until the solids are dry. Then I eat the solids. Sometimes when I'm being good, I will wait a few minutes between the liquid and solids. Other times I don't.

Here was today's soup, but it varies every time.

And here's a pic of the soup.

I got 28g of protein in for only about 200cals. Woot!

Edited January 10, 20197 yr by FluffyChix

I see some nice recipes in here, yay!!! Here's mine:

Cheesy Chicken Fritters
makes about 15

Mix all this stuff together:
3 large chicken breasts or 6 boneless skinless thighs, diced into tiny pieces
2 eggs
1/3 c mayo
1/3 c almond flour
4oz shredded mozzarella
2T chopped fresh dill
Salt & pepper
Let marinate overnight

Heat oil in a pan and pan fry for 4 min per side til chicken is completely cooked. Blot with paper towel and serve with aoli.

Aoli: mayo, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, pepper, fresh dill

Side salad: greens with olive oil, lemon juice parmesan

Recipe: gosh, this is tricky, mostly coz all my good ideas are from others here on BP.
My favourite breakfast is:
100 gm nonfat Greek yoghurt
8 red grapes
8 blueberries
10 gm granola
1 cap of sugar free syrup
All mixed together

My goto easy lunch or dinner:
In a pan with 1 tsp oil, stir fry:
- Cabbage sliced up into thin strips
- A couple garlic cloves crushed or chopped finely
- some mange tout or green onion or zucchini sliced up
Cook until soft, then remove from pan with slotted spoon.
Then in same pan, stir fry some prawns or scallops for a few minutes with a shake of garlic powder, a shake of onion powder and some salt and pepper.
Add the cabbage back in, toss, then serve and eat!

I am pre-op I go in on the 21. I weighed 243 on jan 1 and so far today I weigh 235. I am doing two protein shakes a day and eat a small dinner and sugar free jello with redi whip. I have a question do I just drink three shakes all next week an that it oh an water