Hungry Girl | Simply Southern

Dinner last night was inspired by a recipe in my Hungry Girl 200 under 200 cookbook called Spicy Tortilla Pizza Mexicali.

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Mexican Pizza (adapted from HG’s recipe)

Makes 7 servings

per serving: 180 calories, 19 carbs, 5g fiber, 6g fat, 14g protein

Ingredients:

7 white corn tortillas
1 package Morningstar soy crumbles
1 can diced tomatoes with green chilies
1 tbsp. lower sodium taco seasoning
1 cup reduced fat shredded Mexican cheese blend.
Fat free sour cream (optional)

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees

Spray a skillet with non-stick spray. Cook soy crumbles with juice from canned tomatoes and the taco seasoning over medium heat until heated thoroughly. About 10-15 minutes. Then add canned tomatoes, cook another few minutes until heated.

Meanwhile, bring a separate pan sprayed lightly with non-stick spray to medium heat on the stove. Cook each tortilla in pan for a few minutes on each side until slightly firm.

Place tortillas on a baking sheet sprayed with non-stick spray.

Put 1/3 cup of soy crumble/tomato mixture on each tortilla.

Top each pizza with 2 tbsp. of shredded cheese.

Bake in oven for about 5-6 minutes or until cheese is melted.

I topped my pizza with 1 tbsp. of fat- free sour cream which added 10 calories.

They were OMG good!

This morning I tried a new-to-me product in called Sunbutter

I used 1/2 tablespoon in my oats this morning instead of regular peanut butter. I loved it! Its so delicious. I love nut butters of all kinds, almond butter, nutella, cashew butter, peanut butter. It’s such a delicious way to get healthy fat into your diet. Adding healthy fats to your meals helps you feel full and keeps your blood sugar steady. They also rev up that metabolism helping you to burn fat. The hard part is to not eat spoon full after spoon full! You know you are a health nut when a spoon full of nut butter = DESSERT!

My workout sans heart rate monitor was awesome once again. SO glad that workout mojo is back! I did my 55 Minute Elliptical Workout and added 5 extra minutes on level five for a longer cool down period. I also have a new favorite workout song, Pitbull “Back in Time”, LOVES me some Pitbull! I need to get a list together and just buy all the latest and greatest on ITunes. They never fail to light the fire under my britches just when I think I have run out of steam.

Lunch

was another kitchen sink salad

4 cups baby spinach
1/2 cup sliced strawberries
1/2 cup blueberries
1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
1/4 cup chopped cucumber
7 baby carrots chopped
1 light string cheese stick chopped
1 grilled chicken breast chopped
2 tbsp. light balsamic vinaigrette.

This afternoon I am going to iron and iron and do some more ironing. Hopefully catching up on some DVR’d shows! Tonight I am going to take Luke for a haircut and then a dessert date! YAY for dessert! He hates getting his haircut but I figure I can ease the pain with some sweets.

I hope everyone has a GREAT Friday!!!!

I wasn’t really hungry for breakfast at my usual time yesterday morning for two reasons. First I slept in until 6:30 and also I had eaten dinner pretty late Thursday night. I didn’t have time for my usual oats because I was wanting to get to the gym within the next hour or so. Definitely not enough time to let those oats settle. So I made something lighter.

Breakfast

1/2 Thomas Whole Wheat Bagel Thin, 1 tbsp. JIF natural peanut butter, 1/2 small banana, & a sprinkle of cinnamon

Workout

My workout yesterday felt really good. It was interesting to note my heart rate. Normally when I run I have no problem getting it up into the zone it needs to be, even above. But yesterday it was staying pretty low even though I kept turning up the speed. This was going to be a perfect example of what the professionals mean when they say to change up your workouts if you have hit a weight loss plateau. When you see that your weight loss has stalled, they always recommend changing up your workout. Whether its to switch to a different cardio routine, increase the weight in your strength training, increase the speed, lengthen the duration, anything really. Your body gets used to a certain exercise and adapts, therefore it doesn’t have to work as hard and in turn not burn as many calories. This week I have been doing my runs outside. It’s much easier to run on the treadmill (in my opinion) because it is essentially propelling you forward. In an average hour long run I will burn over 500 calories, whether its on the treadmill or outside. Yesterday I only burned about 400 on the cardio alone. I was going to run the whole time but was getting frustrated that I wasn’t able to get my heart rate up so I switched to the elliptical halfway through. I haven’t done the elliptical in a long time because I never felt challenged enough. Most of the time I wouldn’t even sweat. This was not the case yesterday. I was working harder on it than I did in the 30 min I spent on the treadmill. This was such a huge A-HA! moment for me. I know you are supposed to change up your routine, but I have never actually experienced a time when it was so blatant. This is also an example of how valuable a Heart Rate Monitor can be. I would have never known what was going on if it weren’t for it. And, no you can’t really trust the machine’s reading. I use the Polar FT4 and highly recommend it. I am hoping to get this one very soon!

After the cardio I cooled down with some core work and stretching

Post Workout Snack

Banana

I had to finish up at home since we had run out of time for Aidan to be in the Kidzone at the gym.

Lunch

This salad had everything but the kitchen sink in it!

protein bread + 1 teaspoon peanut butter

Last night we had a very important performance to attend!

Aidan is in the Giraffes Class

I had never heard “Bushel and a Peck” so in order to help him learn it I had to look the song up on Youtube. I have been singing this song for a solid week. I bet you a million dollars you will too.

I was so proud of him! I am pretty certain he sang the loudest.

Aidan and Maddie

This kid……

Dinner

Oh how I love Hungry Girl. She uses mostly sugar-free/fat free/majorly processed diet foods which I really try to stay away from, but she does have many recipes that don’t. If there is something that the recipe calls for, an ingredient I’d rather not eat, I will just make a substitution. The recipe I used last night came from her 200 under 200 cookbook. I love this cookbook. I have used so many recipes from it. Last night I made her Crispy White Pizza. It was DELICIOUS!!!! I am definitely making this many more times this week. This is a gem of a cookbook!