Day 58: Darn It!

Surprisingly enough, I lost weight this morning, and I'm only 0.1 pounds above LIW now.  What's wrong with that?  Why, now I'm convinced I can do little cheats without repercussions!  The munchies have not yet subsided, so I snagged a couple more Snapea Crisps today AND a couple crackers.  Again, a couple were enough, so that's good, right?  Hopefully that doesn't catch up to me tomorrow!


I've still been struggling with meal preparation in Phase 3.  I got tired of cooking and I ran out of ideas, so I've gotten pretty lazy with the cooking again.  I had a package of ground beef out yesterday, but I wasn't really in the mood for burgers, so I decided to try to make what my family calls S.O.S. (I've heard others call it Hamburger Stroganoff)--you know, the gloppy concoction of ground beef and a can of mushroom soup over a pile of your favorite carbs.  The canned soup is on my own personal BANNED list now, so I started with chopped onion, garlic, fresh onions, ground beef, and a bunch of stuff from the spice cabinet.  I rounded it out with a bit of vegetable broth, heavy cream, and sour cream, and it tasted pretty much like the "canned" variety!  The plan was to make the Littles some rice and for HS and me to just eat the meat, but at the last minute I decided we really should have it ON something, so I threw a bag of broccoli in the microwave.  HS and I both approached the dish with a skeptical eye, but I've gotta say...it was delicious!  Even when I CAN return to carbs (not that I'm sure I will), I think I'd still chose broccoli over egg noodles because I didn't feel tired and bloated after dinner.  


Tonight I threw about 5 pounds of chicken breasts into the pressure cooker and we had them unadorned for dinner.  I have enough chicken left over for several meals, so dinner should be easy for the next couple nights. Tomorrow will likely be stuffed chiles again--YUM!--and then we'll still have plenty of shredded chicken for salad, chicken nachos for the kids, and maybe even some stir fry.  Music to my lazy ears!