My Weekend Eats & Exercise, Steam Veggies Without a Steamer

Oct. 20 Food Diary

 Breakfast - 224 cals

Fruit on the Bottom, Blueberry - 140 cals
Coffee, cream w/ Stevia sugar, 16 oz., 2 cups - 84 cals

 Lunch - 518 cals

1 Baked garlic chicken thigh -287 cals
1 BBQ Chicken thigh - 230 cals

Snacks -  200 cals
Shoprite cream cheese, 2 Tbsp - 100 cals
w/ 6 whole grain saltine crackers - 60 cals
Fuji Apples Freeze Dried Crisps, 1 bag - 40 cals (pictured below)

These dried fruit snacks are very good! I like the strawberry and banana pack better than the apples. And might I add, they are only 45 calories a pack!




Dinner -  554 cals

1 Baked lemon garlic chicken thigh -287 cals
1 BBQ chicken thigh - 230 cals

(It's hard to add up the exact amount of calories with chicken. So I used the MyFitnessPal app where I tracked my calories and tried to get as close as possible.)

Plain steamed broccoli, 1 cup - 36 cals

(I'm trying to eat more veggies!)

Quick Tip:
Don't have a steamer? Me neither.
Grab your colander and steam your veggies that way, adding water in another pan and placing the colander handles on the side of the pan to create steam underneath during the cooking process. It works!



Baked BBQ chicken thighs (above) and baked lemon garlic chicken thighs (below). For less calories, take off the skin! ... which I failed to do.

I had a chicken feast this weekend! I didn't eat all of this myself, lol.
Chicken packs a lot of protein too which is good for repairing cells and muscles in the body.

Water - 8 cups

Total Calories Consumed - 1,496 cals

Cardio Exercises -  351 Total Calories Burned

 Walking, moderate pace, walking the dog, 9 mins, .38 miles - 41 cals
Walking, brisk pace, 36 mins, 1.76 miles - 212 cals
Aerobics, 6-8 inch step, 10 mins - 98 cals

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Oct. 21 Food Diary

 Breakfast - 364 cals

1 Grade A Large Shoprite eggs  - 70 cals
Coffee, cream w/ Stevia sugar, 16 oz., 2 cups - 84 cals
Quaker Grits, 1/3 cup - 130 cals
Hickory Smoked Bacon, 2 pieces - 80 cals

 Lunch - 287 cals

Baked garlic chicken thigh -287 cals

Snacks -  160 cals
CVS Gold Emblem Cashew Halves and Pieces (lightly salted) - 160 cals

Dinner -  738 cals

Salad, Mango & banana smoothie and rice
Romaine Lettuce - 40 cals
Baked lemon garlic chicken leg - 216 cals
Shoprite baby carrots, 1 oz - 12 cals
Cucumber - .5 cup slices - 8 cals
Half tomato - 18 cals
1 Banana - 89 cals
Half mango - 65 cals
Half Breyer's yogurt Yo-crunch - 90 cals
Zatarain's wild brown rice mix, 1 cup prepared - 200 cals

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Water - 6 cups

Total Calories Consumed - 1,549 cals

Cardio Exercises -   138 Total Calories Burned
Leisure walk with the dog, 39 mins, 1.17 miles - 138 cals

I should have walked more! I was being lazy today.