Baked Skinny Chicken & Veggie Pasta

I wanted to start off with some good news. I always dread the day of weighing in. Especially now that I am working out so much because it can get frustrating if you don't see a change. So when I got to the gym this morning I walked over and was pretty excited to see that I had lost 3 more pounds. So now all I have left is that last 10 pounds. I hear those are the hardest, so here I go... I am almost there!!

 

 

After I went to the zoo on Sunday I got to thinking what I could make for my lunch for the week. I wanted to of course try something that I had never made before so I went to the grocery store and just started pulling things that looked good. Here is what I came up with.

What you will need

1 spaghetti squash

3 large chicken breast

1 can of rotel tomatoes and green chilies

1/2 red pepper

1/2 large onion

oregano

italian seasoning

flax seed

low fat cottage cheese

skim mozzarella cheese

2 minced garlic cloves

 

 

Preheat oven to 400'

Once oven is ready put in your spaghetti squash and chicken (I put Italian  seasoning on both sides of the chicken)

 

Chop up all your veggies.

 

Start by sauteing your garlic with some extra virgin olive oil,

 

then your red pepper and onion.

 

While everything is cooking, in large bowl add 1 1/2 cups of low fat cottage cheese and 1 cup of skim mozzarella cheese.

 

Once your veggies are cooked add to large bowl. Don't forget your rotel ( I added a few jalapenos and hot sauce)

 

After your chicken is fully cooked pull apart into small pieces.

 

Then add your chicken and spaghetti squash to large bowl.

Mix well.

 

Then pour mixture into cooking dish.

Then sprinkle flax seed and mozzarella cheese to the top.

 

Cook for about 20 minutes or until the top is golden brown and crispy

(I have a stove from the 1900's so I don't like to give exact times because all stoves are different)

 

Then get ready, this is pretty tasty, you almost feel guilty for eating it :)

 

 

Week 4 Workout 1

 

Treadmill 20 minutes: 5 minutes 0 incline 4.5 mph- 5 minutes 0 incline 5.5 mph- 5 minutes 15 incline 4.5- 5 minutes 0 incline - 5 minutes 0 incline 6.0 mph

 

50 squats

25 mountain climbers

50 side lunges - both legs

25 jump squats

50 crunches

25 incline sit ups

25 upside down sit ups

25 push ups

 

10 minutes elliptical machine

 

Day 132:

Breakfast: smoothie (blueberries, spinach, 1 1/2 tbsp of pb, flax seed, almond milk, 1 banana and 2 ice cubes)

Snack: non fat yogurt

Lunch: Baked Skinny Chicken Veggie Pasta

Snack: a fresh peach and veggies with hummus

Dinner: went with the bf to our favorite thai place and had my usual garlic chicken and veggies with no rice.

 

81 days no diet mountain dew -35 days no soda

 

55 days till final goal -10 more pounds to go :)





 

HollyWild

This was such a great weekend. Friday I just grilled out with some of my favorites and then went home and got a good nights rest. The next morning I woke up bright and early for my first zumba class at my gym. Wow...that was a workout. I got to the class early so I did some extra stuff but I'll explain that a little later. After that I knew I better eat some lunch because I was spending the rest of the day at the pool.

 

This was such a delicious salad.

Turkey sausage, grilled peppers, parm cheese, romaine lettuce, low fat ceasar yogurt dressing and sriracha hot sauce.

 Afterwards I just laid by the pool with friends and enjoyed myself.

Then of course, we all grilled out again that night.

This time I had a turkey burger with sriracha, grilled peppers and asparagus.

 

Now the next day was the best part of the weekend. The bf and I decided to have a date day. So we went to lunch and then to HollyWild. It is a safari and petting zoo. This kind of stuff brings out the kid in me. So I wanted to share with you some of our adventures with the wild.

 

These were our cool rides on the safari (actually they were extremely hot)

 

Such a beautiful day for a safari ride.

 

They called this their unicorn, see how it only has one horn in the middle of it's head. (they told us the real name but unicorn is much more fun)

 

These guys had the longest tongues. I defiantly had to get used them.

 

Posing for this picture was a little scary. Kept thinking they were going to think my fingers were crackers. (dying of heat at this point)

 

 

Here are the camels. They said that we couldn't feed them because they keep them separate because they can spit balls the size of softballs. I'm good I don't need that in my face :)

 

Made the bf pose by the talking parrot,

 

and the hippo.

 

And of course I had to ride the hippo.

 

More posing :)

 

 

 

See they even wanting to pose.

 

 

We had a blast feeding all the animals, (even though our hands didn't smell the best by the end of the day, it was worth it.)

 

Now these fellers we didn't feed but they were the best animals to watch. If you can see at the top of the picture one bear was taking a bath.

 

I then found this guy. If you know me you know  I love turtles. I don't think this guy would fit in my purse so I couldn't sneak off with him :)

 

I forget what the name of this animal was but they were beautiful. This one was laying on her eggs.

 

Then we got to the lions and tigers. (ohmy)It was so neat to watch them (from far away) They look like such gentle animals, well until they eat you for dinner.

 

Then we get to the monkeys,

 

This little one was my favorite.

He was the size of my fist.

 

I had never seen an albino peacock.

 

They were clearly hungry.

 

I think they got the weirdest looking animal for the day. (the white one had buck teeth)

 

She was showing off. Aren't they beautiful.

 

This zebra was the luckiest animal at the park because I still had 1/2 bag of food and he got it all because it was time to go.

 

One last picture. I have to say it is my favorite :)

 

 

Week 3 Workout 4

bicycle 10 minutes

zumba 1 hour

arm and abs workout 15 minutes

 

 

Day 129:

Breakfast: 2 eggs

Lunch: turkey  sausage, grilled peppers, parm cheese, romaine lettuce, low fat ceasar yogurt dressing and sriracha hot sauce.

Dinner: turkey burger (no bun), sriracha hot sauce, grilled peppers, asparagus

 

 

Day 130:

Breakfast: skip

Lunch: we ate at Ryans where I had terryaki chicken with pineapple, a little coleslaw, salad, cabbage, fish and green beans. (small portions of all)

Snack: snow cone at the zoo, it was my cheat for the weekend but it was sooo hot I needed it.

Dinner: 1 turkey burger (no bun) and some of my Baked Skinny Chicken and Veggie Pasta. (make sure you check out tomorrow for step by step recipe)

 

 

Day 131:

Breakfast smoothie: spinach, banana, 1 1/2 tbsp of pb, light soy milk, 2 icecubes

Snack: 2 eggs with 1 tsp of sugar free syrup and skim cheese

Lunch: Baked Skinny Chicken and Veggie Pasta

Snack: fresh peach and mixed nuts

Dinner: salad with romaine lettuce, skim cheese, tuna, low fat ceasar yogurt, sriracha & a side of turkey sausage with peppers and onions
Then later I got a little hungry so I had a side of spaghetti squash with a tbsp of pizza sauce and skim cheese

 

 

80 days no diet mountain dew - 34 days no soda (excpet for a few sips from the bf's drink at the zoo because I was dying of thirst)

56 days till final goal: weigh in day tomorrow eeekkk