Hofo Challenge

coffee & almond milk
rice cake & hummus

pear

lean cusine steak & cheese panini
1 can chicken breast + 2 slice low fat american cheese

Hofo Challenge

coffee & almond milk
rice cake & hummus

veggie crudites
handful of almonds

Deli selection of ham & cheese rolls
Egg salad

2 mini meatloafs
3 clementines

Hofo Challenge

coffee & almond milk
rice cake & hummus

salad with a bit of bleu cheese, apple chips, and honeyed pecans
sandwich innards: slice of smoked gouda, turkey, bacon (just 1 slice and it was worth it!), tomato
pickles

2 mini meatloaf (I was hungry after self defense class!)
sugar free fat free pudding

HoFo Challenge

Weekend was shot from too many parties. I should just give up on my weekends. BAH.

coffee & almond milk
rice cake & hummus

grilled chicken breast
salad
2 BBQ shrimp
2 shrimp cocktail
roasted carrots

mini meat loaf
steamed edamame
sugar free fat free pudding

HoFo Challenge

coffee & almond milk
coffee & skim milk
1/3 of a personal ham quiche
1/2 bagel with lite cream cheese and cold smoke salmon slices
gherkin

pear
handful of almonds

Hofo Challenge

I haz gained back 1 lb. Sad panda.

coffee & almond milk
rice cake & homemade hummus

salad
ham & cheese rolls

handful of almonds

Grilled chicken tenders
grilled parmesan truffle asparagus

Hofo Challenge

coffee & almond milk
rice cake & homemade hummus

salad & grilled chicken

Grilled chicken tenders
grilled parmesan truffle asparagus (this is probably not the healthiest thing in the world for you but OMG was it delicious. Next time I'll cut back on the parm to a bare minimum. I added too much but I am totally making this again)

Return to Hofo Challenge

I fear I've gained a pound or two this past long weekend on Lunar New Year celebratory food. I ate to much I can't remember it all. My only consolation is that amongst the piles of sweets and fried foods (all of which I did sample) I gorged myself mainly on sweet juicy oranges, poached chicken, parsnip cake and the vegetarian dishes. What can I say? Mom makes damn good vegetarian and it has tons of different components in it so its not really worth making unless you're making it for a crowd. Mmm celebratory veggies... I still have a tupperware full for my dinner tonite. HA!

Breakfast:
coffee & almond milk
parsnip cake (my fav! I get my own personal one for my birthday I think *hopes*)

spinach salad
1 pear
handful of almonds
2 snack cheeses

chinese veggie mix
poached chicken

Hofo Challenge

Skim milk
1 green bean cookie

Grilled pork chop

Hofo Challenge

coffee & almond milk
1/3 of a personal broccoli quiche
1/2 bagel with lite cream cheese and cold smoke salmon slices
gherkin

handful of almonds
1 pear
2 snack cheeses

roasted pork chop
sugar free fat free p udding
trail mix
Sam Adams Light

Hofo Challenge

coffee & almond milk
1 rice cake & hummus

BBQ chicken
3 (ha beany!) forkfuls of mashed potatoes
pickes
2 forkfuls of pulled pork

cabbage rolls
sugar free/fat free vanilla pudding

Hofo Challenge

coffee & skim milk
homemade white bean "hummus" (1/2 can beans, splash of lemon juice, tblsp tahini, 1/2 tsp garlic, bit of truffle oil) spread over 2 toasted brown rice cakes (don't worry there's lots of hummus left. I didn't use it all in one go)

Grilled steak & edamame

2 toasted rice cakes with hummus
sugar free fat free pudding

Hofo Challenge

Coffee & skim milk
brown rice cake & PB

prosciutto. tomatoes and mozarella. pickles. dolmas. marinated and cooked eggplant and mushroom. chicken skewers.

handful of almonds

roasted salmon fillets & edamame

Hofo Challenge Day ?

No clue what I had since Thursday. I was sickly and basically reached for and ate anything and everything that made me feel better including bits of ice cream. Mmm ice cream for sore throats... On the plus side I checked sometime this weekend and hey I lost 4 lbs!

Coffee with skim milk
Brown rice cake with 1 tsp of PB

salad with spritz dressing
2 slices roasted chicken breast with honey mustard
roasted carrots
handful of raw almonds

Grilled salmon steaks
fat free sugar free pudding
Cauliflower braised in milk then topped with parmesan
trail mix

Hofo Challenge Day 4

Coffee with sugar free vanilla syrup and almond milk
3 pieces chicken tenderloin pan seared
1 egg
Coffee with soy milk and splenda

Spinach salad with a tsp of goat cheese and marinated shrooms
grilled salmon, asparagus and carrots

Hofo Challenge Day 3

Trying to get back on the horse again.

Coffee with sugar free vanilla syrup and almond milk.
1/4 c eggbeaters with 1tsp shredded low fat cheese and 1/2 a 97% fat free hot dog

Salad with 2 slices of turkey ham, 1 roast beef slice, and 1 slice swiss cheese

1 pear

Hofo Challenge Day 2

Coffee with sugar free vanilla syrup and almond milk.
1/4 c eggbeaters with 1tsp shredded low fat cheese and 1/2 a 97% fat free hot dog (the hot dog was shaped like a cartoon waddly penguin and at 40 calories per dog it made me happy)

Salad: mixed leaves, 1tsp of chopped pecans, some ham and cheese strips with my spray dressing

1 can V8

I have cheated massively. I confess. Sushi pig out. Passed by my most fav sushi joint in the whole town with my buddy while starving at 8PM and we just couldn't resist. Plus was, most of it was sashimi. Minus, we had some tempura too. SPLURGE!

steamed shu mai
lobster tempura
uni tempura
uni sashimi
foie gras tempura
seared chu toro
salmon sashimi
yellow tail roll

Cabbage Rolls

1 head cabbage
1/2 onion minced
2 tsp minced garlic
1 cup finely chopped celery
2 cup quinoa cooked
1 cube light firm tofu
1 lb ground turkey
1 28 oz can of diced tomatoes
1/2 cup low fat sour cream

Core cabbage head. Dump into boiling water and remove the leaves as they fall off. Cut out the thick vein from the bottom of each reserved leaf, making a V-shaped cut to enclose filling. Set aside to cool.

Cook onion, garlic, and celery until onion is translucent and fragrant. Mix into turkey. Add spices here if you want. I used a bit of salt, pepper, and cumin. Mix in quinoa and tofu crumbled up.

Take the outer leaves of cabbage and line your pot with them. For the rest of the big leaves, use to wrap filling and place rolls seam side down in pot. Chop up the remaining part of the cabbage and add to pot. Pour tomatoes on top. Cover and simmer for about an hour. When done, take out rolls leaving the sauce behind and stir in the sour cream. Spoon that on top of the rolls to serve.

OPTIONAL: I wanted to add extra nutrition and make this more of a one pot meal so after taking out the rolls I added 1 cup navy beans (cooked) and a bag of frozen okra. I also had extra filling left over that I made into tiny malt ball sized meatballs and added to the sauce to simmer. When all that cooked through (about another 20 mins or so) I added the sour cream.

Hofo Challege Day 1

Coffee with sugar free vanilla syrup and almond milk. (~40cal total)
1/2 cup egg beaters with 1 tblsp low fat shredded cheese. (~80cal total)

Salad:
baby spinach leaves covered in grape tomatoes, shredded zuke, marinated shrooms, avocado, cucumber, 2 tblsp poached diced shrimp/scallop mix, 1/2 hard boiled egg, 1 sliced grilled chicken breast, 1 tsp hummus, 3 squirts dressing (10 cal a squirt)

2 home made cabbage rolls (recipe to follow)

HoFo Reboot!

So begins the great hofo challenge. Hopefully with my friends behind me I will lose some of this fat. Possibly because my new schedule leaves me so tired and with so little energy or time to (my commute has doubled after all) to work out I have totally ballooned up since moving into my new place. I refuse to get a larger pant size so now I'm basically cutting off the circulation to my lower body every day when I sit my fat rear down. Must. Lose. 50 lbs! Though I'd settle for 30. I'm not too ambitious.