Hot Pot Not So Hot - Weight Loss Week Twelve Day Six - Weight Loss Eating Plan

Week 12

Day 6 - Monday
7/04/2014 
Hot Pot Not So Hot

Deliciousness in a bowl

Breakfast: Wildberry Bites with Fruit & Nut Mix

Homemade Coffee (low fat milk, no sugar)

Ingredients: 50 grams Weet-Bix Wildberry Bites (Woolworths)
30 grams Wholefoods Oh So Natural Nut & Fruit Mix (Aldi)
60 ml Paul's Smarter White Milk (Woolworths)
*This breakfast cost: $0.84 and would last approximately 10 serves due to the amount of cereal.

Mmmm Nutty and Fruity

This cereal mix was so good yesterday I decided to have it for breakfast this morning.  Seriously yummy!

Aren't they Grape

Morning Snack: Grapes (30 grams)

*This amount of Grapes cost: $0.05 and would last approximately 33 serves.

Oldie but a goodie

Lunch: Baked Bean & Cheese Toastie

Ingredients: 2 slices Molenberg 12 Grain & Seeds Original (Coles)
100 grams Baked Beans (Aldi)
25 grams Westacre Tasty Shredded Cheese (Aldi)
1 Pink Lady Apple (Aldi)
*This lunch cost: $1.83 and would last approximately 4 serves due to the amount of Baked Beans.

Simple, quick and delicious.  I can't remember the last time I had a baked bean toastie.

Mmm Banana

Afternoon Snack: Banana Smoothie

Ingredients: 2 Cavendish Bananas (Aldi)
100 ml Paul's Smarter White Milk (Woolworths)
10 grams Kraft Peanut Butter No Added Sugar Or Salt (Woolworths)
*This smoothie cost: $0.76 and would last approximately 10 serves due to the amount of milk.

I wanted to use up the last of the Bananas as they were getting a bit brown.  I really don't think there was enough Peanut Butter to add any flavour, I'd leave it out next time.  The Berry Banana Shake (recipe here) is so much better than this, I will have to make it again! 

Not So Hot

Dinner: Beef Hot Pot (Weight Watchers)

*This meal cost: $4.00 (Coles)
Thank you to those that told me about the special price, you know who you are :)

This meal was absolutely horrid! It looked disgusting, it's pretty bad when I can't make a dish look appealing.  It tastes just as bad as it looks, maybe even worse. 
It was bland, salty, goopy and the meat was fatty, stay away!

*Total cost for today's portions: $7.48
*These prices are calculated by current costs and specials and calculated per gram or item.
Keep in mind that I'm also consuming about 1500 calories on average.

Glasses of water: 7

A smaller workout is better than none

Exercise: Dancing (About my routine here)

I had to cut it short today as my foot was sore, sometimes it happens when I stand, walk or dance on them too much.  My heel was hot, sore and I could barely walk on it, I soaked it in an ice bath and it seemed to help.  Does this happen to anyone else?

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A Cookie For Breakfast? - Weight Loss Week Twelve Day Four - Weight Loss Eating Plan

Week 12

Day 4  - Saturday
5/04/2014

A Cookie For Breakfast? 

Mmm Cookie, this Cookie isn't a sometimes food!

Breakfast: Breakfast Cookie (Recipe here)

 Homemade Coffee (low fat milk, no sugar)

Ingredients: 1/2 Cavendish Banana (Aldi)
1/4 Cup Coles Smart Buy Rolled Oats (Coles)
1 teaspoon Masterfoods Ground Cinnamon (Coles)
1 teaspoon Queen Vanilla Extract (Coles)
1 teaspoon Coles Honey (Coles)
1/4 teaspoon Wards Baking Powder (Coles)
1 Egg White (Coles)
2 Tablespoons Chopped Walnuts (Used from Aldi Nut & Fruit Mix)
1 Tablespoon of Paul's Smarter White Milk
*This Cookie cost: $1.26 and would last approximately 12 serves due to the eggs.

Smelled so good!

I've seen many versions of the Breakfast Cookie around and have been wanting to try one for a while.  I decided on this recipe because I had all the ingredients and it sounded pretty good and it was!  It smelled delicious coming out of the microwave, Banana, Oats and Cinnamon mmmmm.

Yum!

It does look a little strange I must admit but it is lovely!  It tasted like warm Banana, Oats, Brown Sugar and Walnuts all mixed together.  I will definitely make it again!  It's really quick to do.

Just a little snack

Morning Snack: Grapes
*These Grapes cost: $0.18 and would last approximately 10 servings

Not very exciting with the morning snack, but I have 1 kg of Grapes to get through! 

Nacho Nacho!

Lunch: Tortilla Wrap Nachos 
and a Mandarin
Ingredients: 1 x Bakers Life Wholegrain Wraps (Aldi)
75 grams Edgell Red Kidney Beans (Coles)
50 grams El Tora Medium Chunky Salsa Dip (Aldi)
20 grams Westacre Tasty Grated Cheese (Aldi)
10 grams Farmers Union Light Greek Yoghurt (Coles)
1 x California Mandarin (Aldi)
*This lunch cost: $2.06 and would last approximately 6 servings due to the amount of Salsa.

So quick and Yummy!

I didn't want to have Sandwiches or Salad Wraps all this week, how exciting would that be for you to read?  So I started thinking of new ways of doing things with the current ingredients I had.  I had Salsa so I thought of Nachos but wasn't sure what to use as the chips.  I then had an idea to nuke the Tortilla Wraps in the microwave and wasn't sure what to do if they went horribly wrong, but they worked out perfect! 

Step: 1

To make the Tortilla Wrap Chips: 
Place the Wrap on a Microwave safe plate and cut into 8 pieces (4 halves), you can cut them however you like but just do it before nuking them.

Step: 2

I then cut those sections in half horizontally and then placed them in the Microwave.  I nuked them for 1 minute (1100 watt), took them out, turned them over and placed them back in for 30 seconds.  Just be careful as the plate will be hot.  

Step: 3 & 4

They turned out nice and crunchy.  You can even put seasonings or flavourings on them if you wish.  To make the Nacho mix I combined Red Kidney Beans with Salsa and heated the mixture.  I then added Cheese, melted that on top and added a dollop of natural Yoghurt, because to me it tastes like sour cream.  You could add beef, or whatever you like, I just wanted to keep it quick and simple. 

Just a quick snack

Afternoon Snack: Rice Cake with Hommus

Rice Cake with Peanut Butter and Banana

Ingredients: 2 x Pure Harvest Rice Cakes (Aldi)
20 grams Coles Simply Less Hommus Dip (Coles)
10 grams Kraft Peanut Butter No Added Sugar Or Salt (Woolworths)
1/2 Cavendish Banana (Aldi)
*These snacks together cost: $0.79 and would last approximately 10 serves.

The snacks this afternoon aren't very original but I ran out of time.  I just needed something quick to have in the afternoon and after exercising.

Mmm Look at that Peanut Butter!

Dinner: Lean Cuisine (Woolworths)

You know how I said I was running out of time?  I had friends coming over and didn't realise how late it was and before I knew it they arrived.  They had all had dinner previously, we got to talking and about 9pm I realised that I hadn't eaten dinner!  I know! It's horrible!  Truth is though, I really wasn't hungry as I had my last snack about 6pm.

Dinner would have cost: $6.69
*Total cost for today's portions: $10.98
*These prices are calculated by current costs and specials and calculated per gram or item.
Keep in mind that I'm also consuming about 1500 calories on average.

Glasses of water: 8

Just a small workout today

Exercise: Dancing and Cleaning

This blog is really a labour of love and it does take a lot longer now that I am calculating the prices and adding recipes.  I really enjoy doing it but hours can go by quite easily, especially today!  I realised in the afternoon that I didn't have time to do a full hour of dancing that I normally do and have time to clean the house, so I combined them.

I put on some tunes, danced for around 20 minutes and then danced around cleaning.  It worked!  I got so much done and I didn't even mind doing it!  If I could have incorporated some wine into the mix I think things would have been a whole lot messier  funner! ;)

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