Accountability Tuesday

 Made it to the OA meeting.  I am really glad I went.  It was not as hard as I thought it would be and it was good to hear other compulsive overeaters identify.  I made a commitment to go to the meeting again next week.  

Here is my food for today:

32 oz water and am vitamins
B:  1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese, 5 prunes, 14 almonds, 2 tbsp golden ground flaxseed and 1/2 tbsp stevia
Iced Venti sugar free vanilla 2% latte from Starbucks
L:  I cup quinoa/cheese/ham casserole
32 oz water and pm vitamins
S:  Pure Protein Choco Deluxe Bar
16 oz diet peach snapple
D:  Flatout flat bread, 1/2 cup ground turkey/fat free refried beans with sauteed onions and taco seasonings, 1/4 grated cheese

Cals:  1535, Fat:  66, Carbs:  111, Protein:  111

Feeling good about the food I am eating.  I am noticing that I am REALLY looking forward to the next meal, but I think that has more to do with getting used to being accountable again as opposed to just eating what I want when I want to.  I hope your day went well and your internet isn't giving you a hard time.  Thanks for the nice welcome back.  Its good that your here Dawn.  You are a rock!

Hi Leslie


                       How do you make your quinoa/cheese/ham casserole? If you don,t 
              Mind sharing.

                                                                                           Connie

 Hi Connie,

Here is the link to the website that has the recipe:

http://monicanelsonfitness.com/blog/meals/quinoa-mac-n-cheese/

I fudged it a little by adding roasted red peppers instead of tomatoes and I also added ham to bump up the protein.  I used 2% milk, regular cheddar cheese and 15 slices (the 3inch rounds of the canadian ham) and the nutritional stats I came up with are 436 cals, 20 grams of fat, 34 carbs and 27 grams protein.  The entire casserole yielded 6 x 1 cup servings, the majority of the carbs came from the quinoa. The cals and fat could definately be brought down if you used reduced fat cheese and fat free milk but I can't stand that stuff.

I found the receipe on Pinterest which has become a really good resource for recipes.