u/Dense-Marketing7887

▲ 164 r/CICO

Wanted to eat out but made the better choice - 464 cals

I did not want to bother with dinner. It took a lot of effort to pull out this steak from the freezer, defrost it, fire up the grill, cook it, bake the purple sweet potato, and microwave the peas. But it was so worth it. I did it! 💪🏻

Calories: 464
Protein: 41g
Fat: 11g
Carbs: 48g

u/Dense-Marketing7887 — 5 days ago

What I ate today - 1,516 calories

Calories: 1,516
Protein: 124g
Fat: 46g
Carbs: 183g
Fiber: 41g

Breakfast: Half a Sola Bagel, 1/2 cup egg whites microwaved, 1 slice fat free American, full fat cottage cheese & peach

Morning Snack: Apple Pie Light & Fit Greek Yogurt

Lunch: Air fried apple chicken sausage, heart of palm, mini Brie bite, celery, mini carrot, sugar snap peas, cucumber, cauliflower, pineapple, green grape, protein pretzel, lily’s caramel chocolate chips, full fat cottage cheese & mustard

Afternoon snack: Apple Cinnamon Rice Crisps

Dinner: Air Fried Butternut Squash & Turkey meatballs, steamed peas, avocado, pickled red onion, low fat cottage cheese mixed with G Hughes Sweet Thai Chili sauce

Evening snack: Sugar Free Popsicle, 2 jello cups

Drinks: 1 homemade latte, creatine, pre-workout

u/Dense-Marketing7887 — 7 days ago

Calories: 1,494

Protein: 111g

Fat: 58g

Carbs: 167g

Fiber: 36g

Breakfast: Half a Sola Blueberry Bagel with I Can’t Believe it’s not butter spray, 3 chicken breakfast sausages, 1 piece bacon, low fat cottage cheese, pear, peach

Morning Snack: Sumo citrus

Lunch: Air fried Roasted Garlic chicken sausage, heart of palm, mini Brie bite, celery, pickled carrot, sugar snap peas, cucumber, cauliflower, pineapple, sumo citrus, rice crackers, lily’s caramel chocolate chips, low fat cottage cheese & mustard

Afternoon snack: 3 Werther’s Hard Candies

Dinner: Air Fried Butternut Squash, steamed green beans, chicken tenderloin from rotisserie chicken, sauce made from Greek yogurt, honey, lemon juice & seasonings, topped with goat cheese, cucumber, pico & avocado

Evening snack: Sugar Free Popsicle, Chocxo Dubai Chocolate Cup

Drinks: 1 homemade latte, creatine, cotton candy Alani

u/Dense-Marketing7887 — 14 days ago

Simply desserts sugar free banana pudding, 1 2/3 cups of fat free fairlife, tsp vanilla paste - beat with electric mixer 3 minutes. Fold in 1.5 over ripe, mashed bananas. Divide into 4 servings. Top with mini nilla wafers if desired. Chill 30 minutes before serving. 9/10.

Without cookies:

91 calories

7g protein

Mini nilla wafers added 61 calories for 13g (about half a bag).

u/Dense-Marketing7887 — 16 days ago

Calories: 1,545

Protein: 119g

Fat: 48g

Carbs: 178g

Fiber: 32g

Breakfast: Egg White scramble with sautéed mushrooms and spinach, Melinda’s black truffle hot sauce, pico, avocado toast on sourdough

Morning Snack: Chia pudding made with Greek yogurt and strawberry puree (I ate som before snapping the pic)

Lunch: Sweet Kale salad kit (just the base, no dressing or toppings), chopped sugarbee apple, rotisserie chicken, Olive Garden light Italian dressing, sliced almonds, fat free feta

Afternoon snack: Pistachio crème chocolate, watermelon

Dinner: Pasta bowl - Air Fried Butternut Squash, fresh peas and green beans (boiled in the pasta water), lean ground turkey, banza protein pasta, the sauce was autumn harvest creamy sauce (tomato and squash) blended with cottage cheese and some pasta water, topped with Parmesan

Evening snack: Homemade Banana pudding (mix, Fairlife, smashed over ripe banana), with mini nilla wafers

Drinks: 1 homemade latte, creatine, strawberry ginger ale

u/Dense-Marketing7887 — 17 days ago

Calories: 1,548

Protein: 131g

Fat: 32g

Carbs: 151g

Fiber: 23g

Breakfast: Egg White scramble with sautéed mushrooms and spinach, Melinda’s black truffle hot sauce, blueberries, cottage cheese, avocado, sourdough

Lunch: Apple chicken sausage, cucumber, sugar snap peas, mini Brie cheese, grapes, cottage cheese, mustard, nectarines, cauliflower, pickled carrots

Afternoon Snack: Gruns Multi-vitamin

Dinner: Air Fried Butternut Squash and Zucchini, lean ground turkey, cottage cheese, avocado, pickled red onion, cherry tomatoes, taco sauce

Evening snack: 2 sugar free cream popsicles

Drinks: 1 homemade latte, Pre-workout, creatine, spylt cookies and cream protein shake, red wine

u/Dense-Marketing7887 — 19 days ago