Besides a good veggie Pizza and McDonalds Big Macs I love me some KFC chicken! But those arent exactly in the relm of healthy…and certainly not low in fat no matter how you cut it. A friend of mine gave me a recipe he created that was his much lower fat version of KFCs chicken, you can get the recipe here in his blog, there is even a picture. Mine looked pretty close! Im feeling very domestic after this turning out so well! Ive got to be careful or my husband is going to expect these awesome meals from me every night! And that just isnt going to happen.When I checked out the recipe I thought hmmmm….that cant be it. It was way too simple. But I made it for dinner tonight and it was spot on for flavour and had a great crunchy texture without being fried or having the skin on. The recipe calls for MSG, which I have never purchased before. I stood in the spice isle of the market for almost forever before I finally found it!! I used ‘Accent flavor enhancer’ click on it to see what you are looking for if you havent bought MSG before, youll be able to find it much easier if you know what you are looking for! I made corn, mashed potatoes and (not from scratch) gravy. I think I officially consumed about 300% of my recommended daily intake of sodium. But it was SO worth it!! This will definatly be a make again recipe, next time Im going to experiment with the salt by cutting it by half. Ill be sure to review that change here when I try it.
I really want to show how a woman can eat, not starve herself for one moment and lose weight. This is what I eat in a pretty typical day
Breakfast usually around 6am
Honey nut cheerios, skim milk and a banana. I dont measure my cheerios out anymore. I used to do it everyday when I was watching my calories- I guestimate I pour about a cup and a half. Some mornings Im famished so I pour a bit more.
Snack at 10 am, my oldest is in school, my youngest and I usually share a bagel with jelly or cucumber and fat free mayo, sometimes hillshire farms pastrami if Im super hungry. a glass of sugar free peach tea or skim milk. I may score a fruit snack or two if my son is feeling generous.
Lunch 12-12:30
Fat free cottage cheese with strawberry or pineapple preserves (or topping)
I know my snack and lunch seem backwards, but it seems to work best for me. I can prepare my bagel and sit down and enjoy it with my youngest having his snack quietly, but at lunch things get a bit wild with two little boys so I usually throw the cottage cheese and fruit in a bowl and eat between refereeing fights between the boys.
Snack around 3 or 4
A bunch of dried pinapple
Dinner at 6
Usually some form of pasta ,chicken or veggie stir fry with rice. Today was the Low Fat KFC recipe, mashed potatoes (made with potatoes,skim milk) and corn.
Honestly this usually keeps me full till bedtime and I wake up in the morning hungry for some breakfast. Ive been losing steadily eating like this. I eat till Im full and I eat whenever Im hungry! I do need to eat more veggies but thats always been an issue for me.
As I was grocerie shopping the other day I saw some frozen ravioli on sale. My kids love noodles so I took a closer look. Oh yummy!! Poor kids…they got stuck with sponge bob mac and cheese(oh woe is them) instead because I snagged a package of portabello mushroom ravioli for myself. At 19% of the calories coming from fat this was an awesome score! They are Safeway Select Verdi brand and the best part about these is you drop them into a pot of boiling water and they are done about 2 minutes later. Awesome! My kids even liked them. They have a nice creamy mushroom flavour and a perfect texture, I remember tasting low carb pasta for the first time- oh gross. I am so happy that pasta is low fat! I could eat it every day. I used a basic spagetti sauce with them, they really didnt need much. But these would go amazingly well with a little low fat alfedo (which I have yet to find unfortunatly).
Today I had my regular training run. 5 minute warm up 45 minutes of running 4 minutes walking 1 minute. I was about a half an hour into my run walk when I came down a very busy street where I had met a female pitbull on my past two runs that took me down that street. I was watching for her and saw her, laying in her unfenced yard about 5 feet from a man working on his jeep. I thought ‘hmm good! her owner is right there’ I definatly got a false sense of security from that! I did slow to a walk as I came up on them, I know better than to run past an unrestrained dog. But she came after me anyway. I faced her as she circled me, She came closer and closer. Her owner was calling for her and came after her. I crossed the street trying to get away from her and she just kept on following and circling. Two more people came out of the house and were yelling for her. One man came after her trying to grab her. I had my mace unlocked and pointed at her but I that was my last resort. Macing someones dog with them there doesnt rank high on my to do list you know? Finally she backed off with the help of her owner and I walked on watching over my shoulder. I crossed the street back so I would be facing oncoming traffic. After several houses I decided to run again. My heart rate monitor was reading in the 160’s still so I took it slow. But after a few seconds I heard something and looked over my shoulder to see the dog racing back to me. I unlocked my mace again and pointed it and faced the dog. She came circling again. I was so mad and scared. This dog did NOT listen or respond to the yells of its owner. The lady who came out of the house yelled ’she wont bite, just turn around and walk away’ I was like Lady you are kidding. Yah she wont bite….till I give her a clear shot at me. I was so not thrilled. Finally one of the people came and had to physically remove her. It put a real damper on my fantastic run. Up until that point I had felt strong and fast. My feet felt like the were floating over the pavement. It was beautiful out, a bit windy, the sun was setting and I felt powerful. I am definatly feeling the difference with the Susan Powter way of eating low fat high quality high quantity food has definatly given me more power, more energy and has made me feel fantastic and strong on my runs. Low carb or low calorie will never be an option for me again!
Pepper spray comes with me on each and every of my runs, even if its just a quick 3 miles around my neighbourhood or a long slow 10 miles around town. Before you make your first purchase of pepper spray you need to know a few things about it. First you need to find if its legal in your area, you can do a search online or call your local police department.Next you need to decide what type you want. I purchased a 3oz canister, it is a nice size that I can hold easily, but its about time for it to be replaced and this time Im going with a half ounce ‘jogger friendly’ version. Its a 3 pack for about twenty bucks! Im sending one to a friend of mine who just started running and keeping the other two for myself.
How does Pepper spray work? The capsien in the spray causes inflamation of the skin and major burning! When its sprayed in the eyes it forces them shut. Even if the person is tweeked out and cant feel the pain it will still make them close their eyes for about 30 seconds. This is your time to get away. Always aim for the eyes! And try to be upwind so you dont get a face full too. If you are downwind youll get the same face full as your attacker.
Be sure to take your new pepperspray outside and test it, make sure you stand upwind and have all your pets inside, and keep them inside for several hours. Store your pepper spray in a secure place, get some good child locks and lock it up. This is serious stuff! You can keep this in your chemicals cabnet if you have one, most houses have this cabnet well secured.
You will need to test your spray every 90 days (I test it every month). Check the bottom of the canisters for an expiration date and chuck it when it nears. If you test as often as I do, especailly if you have a small canister (like the pen type) youll need to replace it within a year.