Maintain

176 still this morning and I will so take it as I had the munchies this weekend and ate waffles with too much butter and syrup, about 1 tray of oreo cookies with whole milk (not all in the same sitting but over the course of the weekend), rice crispy treat, shortbread cookies, chips and chicken nuggets from Braums along with french fries one night.

On the flip side I did deep clean my whole house Saturday, both floors and all 3,000 sq feet of it which took almost all day to do then me and the little blond monster went outside to color on the driveway with chalk - well she did while I pulled weeds out of both the flowerbeds and the front yard so maybe the movement / exercise offset the major munchies attack that I was experiencing.

Made a pretty yummy meal last nite - not sure how healthy it is but here is the recipe:

3 chicken breast
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup Fire roasted green salsa
1 Tablespoon cumin
1 can quartered artichoke hearts
1 small package sliced baby bella mushroms
1/4 cup sliced black olives

Preheat oven to 350. Salt and pepper chicken breast, place in a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. While baking mix together the soup, cumin and salsa and drain the artichoke hearts. After the chicken has cooked for 20 minutes place the artichoke hearts and mushrooms on and around chicken and pour soup mixture on top then sprinkle with olives. Cook for another 25 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.

This was yummy but a bit spicy so next time I will probably try to cut it with some 2% milk or evaporated milk. Then I served it over some Basmati rice and a huge salad with my new favorite dressing - Paul Newmans Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing. Seriously this stuff is like crack dressing and it only has 1.5 grams of fat and 35 calories per serving which is 2 Tbsp - that and it has all natural ingredients and nothing unprounceable in it. Plus the company gives heavily to charities.

Had 1 breast left over after the Mr. and I ate dinner and I took the other half of my breast for lunch today so tonight's dinner will consist of the remaining chicken boobie warmed and sliced then rolled up in a whole wheat tortilla along with the artichoke hearts, mushrooms, some of the sauce and lots of lettuce - spring mix lettuce as that is what we eat. The sauce will serve as a dressing and will keep the wrap moist enough (I think - will see). I will serve the rest of the green salsa with some tortilla chips to the Mr. to round out his meal but the wrap will be enough for me. Little miss blond thangie will get fish sticks, salad and corn as this chicken is definately too hot for her delicate little palate.

Did 2.5 miles on the treadmill at lunch and can tell that my strength is almost back to normal. Will try to fit in another 1.5 miles down to check on the lake levels tonight if this evening's activities allow such grand plans. Still need to reach my goal of 100 miles but that ole ticker is creeping up there every week.