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Showing posts with label soup. Show all posts

Sunday, April 27, 2014

10 MINUTE CHILI VERDE - P2 and P3


This recipe is a fantastic break from things such is P2 Chili.   Make a big batch and split it equally based on the number of portions of ground beef you added.

Makes 4 Servings
16 oz ground beef *  Use 95% or 96% lean for P2  or 85% lean for P3(grass fed if possible)
1 28 oz can diced organic tomatoes (or 5-6 Roma diced)
2 cups low sodium organic beef or chicken broth
1 1/2 packets stevia or 1 teaspoon
1 tablespoon cumin
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
2 tablespoons chili powder
Chili flakes to taste (spicy 1 - 1 1/2 teaspoons)
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 lb. fresh baby spinach

1)Brown beef in medium high pan for 3-5 minutes. Use a paper towel to pat out excess fat.
2)Add all spices and 1/2 salt
3)Add tomatoes, broth and stevia, stir bottom of pan. Bring to boil, then reduce heat to low for 3-4 minutes.
4)Pick stems off spinach (optional). I do this as I'm adding it to the chili.
Add spinach a couple cups at a time. Stir to incorporate. Just wilt, do not cook.
Turn off heat and serve!

Each serving is 280 calories with chicken broth and 85% lean beef. Should you use 95% lean beef, each serving is 240 calories! Packed with flavor and a very sustaining meal! 


In P3, garnish with fresh cilantro, avocado and sour cream.
Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

7-DAY DIET WEIGHT LOSS SOUP (WONDER SOUP!)


 7-DAY DIET WEIGHT LOSS SOUP (WONDER SOUP!)

INGREDIENTS
  ½ head of cabbage, chopped
1 cup celery, diced
1 cup white or yellow onion, diced
1 cup carrots, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
4 cups chicken broth
14 oz can basil, oregano, garlic diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon basil
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
few shakes of black pepper
½ teaspoon salt (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
Add celery, onions, bell peppers, and carrots.
Saute until slightly tender.
Stir in garlic.
Pour in chicken broth.
Stir in tomatoes and cabbage.
Bring to a boil and then reduce heat.
Cook until cabbage is tender.
Stir in oregano, basil, red pepper flakes, black pepper and salt (if using)
Taste broth and adjust seasoning if needed.

So here is a brief overview of the 7 Day Cabbage Soup diet plan.

Remember: This diet should only be followed for 7 days at a time, with at least two weeks in between.

Day One: Fruit: Eat all of the fruit you want (except bananas). Eat only your soup and the fruit for the first day. For drinks- unsweetened teas, cranberry juice and water. (I had coffee, no cream or sugar).

Day Two: Vegetables: Eat until you are stuffed will all fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. Try to eat leafy green vegetables and stay away from dry beans, peas and corn. Eat all the vegetables you want along with your soup. At dinner, reward yourself with a big baked potato with butter. Do not eat fruit today.

Day Three: Mix Days One and Two: Eat all the soup, fruits and vegetables you want. No Baked Potato.

Day Four: Bananas and Skim Milk: Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day, along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets.

Day Five: Beef or Chicken And Tomatoes: Ten to twenty ounces of beef and up to six fresh tomatoes. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body. Eat your soup at least once this day. You may eat broiled or baked chicken instead of beef (but absolutely no skin-on chicken). If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for beef on one of the beef days (but not both).

Day Six: Beef and Vegetables: Eat to your heart’s content beef or skinless chicken and vegetables this day. You can have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with leafy green vegetables. No Baked Potato. Eat your soup at least once.

Day Seven: Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables: Again stuff, stuff, stuff yourself. Be sure to eat your soup at least once this day.

Stick With The Cabbage Soup Diet For 7 Days…And Look Amazing Later, Too!

Be sure to eat your soup at least once to day.

No bread, alcohol, or carbonated beverages, not even diet soda.

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

R6 Phase 2 Day 20

Weight 136.4

Oh joy.. I stayed the same.  Sucky.  I'm eating somewhat normal P2 today and I did not inject.  I'm going to fly with the patches for a while and see how things go.  I did walk again today.  First time in 6 days.  Since my weight hasn't changed during that time I guess I can safely say the walking is not hampering losses.


Lunch - (220 calories)
**Spicy Beef & Celery Soup
100 g beef eye of round roast
165 g celery, diced
1 tbsp dried minced onion
2 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp cumin
red pepper flakes to taste
1 cup Pacific Natural Low Sodium Vegetable broth
1 cup water
96 g red apple




Dinner - (134 calories)
**Pico Chicken and A Salad
100 g grilled chicken breast
2 tbsp pico de gallo
150 g romaine
P2 mustard dressing


Total calories for the day 354
Daily Calorie Composition: 31% from carbs, 13% from fat and 56% from protein.

Fat 5 g; Fiber 10 g; Carb 28 g; Sodium 420 mg; Protein 50 g 

Sunday, May 27, 2012

R6 Phase 2 Day 14

Weight - 135.2

Well back up 0.4 which could be due to all the walking yesterday or the lack of sleep.  Who knows.  Today was family Sunday.  Hung out at home and watched a few sports things on TV, ran to Target for a bit, and I made chili dogs for the family (both the vegetarian and the omnis).

Plugging along.  Tomorrow starts week 3.  I am hoping that means some losses.

Lunch - (220 calories)
**Mexi Beef n onion soup with cilantro
 100 g beef eye of round, from a batch cook in the crock pot
100 g onion
45 g green onion
1 cup beef broth
1 cup water
1 tbsp fresh cilantro
dash of cumin, garlic powder, chili powder
1 grissini

Dinner - (190 calories) 
**Grilled Chicken with Cucumber Salad
150 g chicken, previously grilled
185 g cucumber
25 g radish
10 g onion
2 tbsp Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar


Total Calories for the day 410
Daily Calorie Composition: 20% from carbs, 17% from fat and 63% from protein. 

 Fat 7 g; Fiber 5 g; Carb 20 g; Sodium 951 mg; Protein 64 g

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

R6 Phase 2 Day 10

Weight - 135.6

Gee down 0.2  weeee.. NOT.  Still not down to the low for this round that I saw on Sunday.  I'm getting pretty frustrated with this week.  I'm at a loss for what to do to shake things up.

Lunch - (172 calories)
**Beef & Spinach Soup
106 g 96/4 lean ground beef
90 g baby spinach
1 cup beef broth
1 cup water
no salt seasoning, cumin, oregano


Dinner - (274 calories)
**Chicken & A Salad
150 g grilled chicken
210 g romaine
P2 dressing
1 grissini
Strawberry Slushy with 150 g of strawberries

Total calories for the day 446
Daily Calorie Composition: 25% from carbs, 17% from fat and 58% from protein. 

Fat 8 g; Fiber 11 g; Carb 28 g; Sodium 876 mg; Protein 70 g

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

R6 Phase 2 Day 9

Weight - 135.8

Well I'm down 0.8 of the unexplained gain.  Keep on trucking on.  Maybe I'll see that 130ish some day soon.

Rainy days here in Washington so we ended up walking the local mall to at least get some walking in.

** Note that I am doing extra protein at both meals.

Lunch - (269 calories)
**Strawberry Lemonade
 100 g strawberries, diced and mushed
1 to 2 tbsp lemon juice
stevia
ice and water
**Mexi Beef n onion soup with lime n cilantro
 150 g beef eye of round, from a batch cook in the crock pot
100 g onion
45 g green onion
1 cup beef broth
1 cup water
juice of half a lime
1 tbsp fresh cilantro
dash of cumin, garlic powder, chili powder



This soup is a play on things I already had made.   On Saturday I did a beef eye of round roast in the crock pot.  I put onion slices in the bottom of it.  When it is finished, I split the remaining broth and onions into portion sized containers.  I just add back in some of the already cooked beef, a few more onions, some seasoning and ta dah.






Dinner - (219 calories)
**Grilled Chicken & a Cucumber Salad
150 g chicken breast, previously grilled
165 g cucumber
15 g onion
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp water
garlic powder
1 grissini


Total calories for the day 488
Daily Calorie Composition: 27% from carbs, 15% from fat and 58% from protein.

Fat 8 g; Fiber 8 g; Carb 32 g; Sodium 798 mg; Protein 70 g

Friday, May 18, 2012

R6 Phase 2 Day 5

Weight 137.0

A drop of 0.6 this morning, but the hunger woke me up at 7:30 am after just 5 hours sleep and I was unable to sleep through it.  I decided to dose early today since I was awake and ravenous.  So I injected 175iu from a freshly mixed vial from a completely different batch of hcg.  Perhaps out of the 15 vials in the box there was one dud.   Hopefully as the level of hcg in my system comes back up I'll get some relief.

Today is my son's girlfriend's birthday.  I made her brunch this morning, then made my lunch.  We went walking late in the afternoon for a while.  She's still gearing up and building stamina.  We did 3 miles.  I stopped on the way home and got her Indian food take out.  Cooked dinner, worked some more, and then jumped in my infrared sauna for an hour.


Lunch - (195 calories)
**Ground Turkey & Spinach Soup & an Apple
100 g Jennie-O 99% lean ground turkey
1 cup Kirkland Organic Chicken Stock
1 cup water
90 g baby spinach
1 tbsp dried minced onion
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp minced garli
1/2 tsp pepper
105 g yellow apple



Dinner - (292 calories)
**P2 Chili & Strawberries
112 g 96/4 ground beef, browned
1 can (411 grams) no salt added diced tomatoes
1 tbsp dried minced onion
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp cumin or black pepper
150 g strawberries
1 grissini stick



Total Calories for the day 487
Daily Calorie Composition: 40% from carbs, 13% from fat and 47% from protein.

Fat 7 g; Fiber 13 g; Carb 48 g; Sodium 528 mg; Protein 57 g

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

R5 Phase 2 Day 43

Weight - 137.6

I am down another 0.8 today.  I'm almost to my lowest this round.   About 6 more pounds and I'm good to go.  Not having much hunger at all which is good and bad.  Couple with being sick, I'm not eating as much as I should.  I'm lucky to get through lunch and dinner.  Forget about the fruit.  If this continues I may need to increase my protein to get the calories in.

Lunch - (175 calories)
**Spicy Beef & Bok Choy Soup
100 g 96/4 ground beef
180 g baby bok choy
1 c Pacific Natural Beef Broth
cumin to taste
pepper to taste
garlic



Dinner - (132 calories)
**Chicken & Salad
110 g baked chicken breast
50 g Safeway Half & Half Lettuce Blend
P2 mustard dressing

Total Calories for the day 307
Daily Calorie Composition: 13% from carbs, 18% from fat and 69% from protein.  

Fat 6 g; Fiber 4 g; Carb 10 g; Sodium 861 mg; Protein 53 g 






Monday, January 16, 2012

R5 Phase 2 Day 14

Weight - 142.0

Wow.. 7 days straight of losses.  I'm amazed.  Down another 0.8 today.  I am way overdo for a day or two of gains or no loss.

It's been snowing off and on here all day.  We're supposed to get more tonight and tomorrow.  Good thing I don't need to go anywhere.

Friends.. don't try this at home.  After talking to a couple of people and reading up, I decided to try something new for dinner.  I was not a big fan and won't do it again.  You know how in P2, you can have 1 whole egg and 3 egg whites.   Well, there's some people that have been using that along with a few other ingredients to make what they call a Chocolate Souffle.  More like light fluffy chocolate foam.  Tomorrow's scale will really tell the story.

Lunch - (205 calories)
**Lemon Pepper Spinach Soup with Ground Turkey
150 g Jennie-O 99% Lean Ground Turkey
85 g baby spinach
1 c Kirkland Chicken Stock
1 c water
2 tbsp lemon juice
pepper to taste
garlic powder
1 tsp capers

Afternoon Snack - (105 calories)
**Strawberry Protein Smoothie
140 g frozen strawberries
15 g Jay Robb Vanilla protein
4 oz water
a few ice cubes

Dinner - (168 calories)
**Spinach Salad & P2 Chocolate Souffle
85 g baby spinach
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp water
garlic powder & Kirkland No Salt Seasoning
1 serving P2 Chocolate Souffle

Total Calories for the day 478
Daily Calorie Composition: 23% from carbs, 15% from fat and 62% from protein.

Fat  8 g; Fiber 7 g; Carb 26 g; Sodium 1,247 mg; Protein 72 g

Friday, January 13, 2012

R5 Phase 2 Day 11

Weight - 143.8

Down another 0.6.  I'll take every bit I can because I know the bumpy road is close at hand.  I still don't know what to do with my dose.  Over the past day and a half I've bumped up.  It seems better at times, but still nothing like I remember my first two rounds or my rx rounds once dosing was correct.  For the first time in all my rounds, I'm totally at a loss for which way to go.

We spent the afternoon getting some groceries and shopping for baby items.  We are due to have some snow over the next 5 days.  I'd like to be able to not have to go anywhere.  I think everyone else had the same idea.  It was busy everywhere.

Lunch - (248 calories)
340 g Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
100 g raspberries

Dinner - (196 calories)
**Lemon Pepper Turkey & Spinach Soup
150 g Jennie-O Extra Lean Ground Turkey
85 g baby spinach
15 g onion
15 g celery
1 c Kirkland Chicken stock
1 c water
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp capers



Total Calories for the day 444
Daily Calorie Composition: 28% from carbs, 5% from fat and 67% from protein.

Fat  3 g; Fiber 3 g; Carb 31 g; Sodium 904 mg; Protein 76 g  

 

Thursday, January 12, 2012

R5 Phase 2 Day 10

Weight - 144.4

Down 1.4 today and boy will I take it.  7.2 lbs in 9 days.  I know that's nothing to sneeze at but it's lower than previous rounds so I grumble.  Quiet day at home today.  I'm still worn out from yesterday's shopping.

Lunch - (182 calories)
**Beef and Celery Soup
130 g 96/4 ground beef
130g celery
1 c Pacific Natural Beef Broth
1 c water
garlic powder, pepper and Franks to taste

Afternoon Snack - (68 calories)
**Strawberry Smoothie
140 g frozen strawberries
2 tbsp Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
3 ice cubes (optional)
Cold water to thin out a bit
Stevia (optional)

Dinner - (188 calories)
140 g chicken breast
180 g romaine lettuce
balsamic vinegar dressing

Total calories for the day 438
Daily Calorie Composition: 24% from carbs, 15% from fat and 61% from protein.

Fat  7 g; Fiber 7 g; Carb 26 g; Sodium 333 mg; Protein 65 g   

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

17 Day Diet Cycle 1 Day 11

Weight - 139.0

Down another 0.8 lbs.  Lazy day for the most part.  It is very rainy and windy here.  I did hit a sale at Macy's to use a coupon for a couple of cashmere sweaters.  I'm sadly had to part with all mine from previous years because they are way too big.

Breakfast - (147 calories)
6 oz Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
60 g raspberries
splash of half & half in coffee 

Lunch - (220 calories)
Can of Select Harvest Beef Barley Vegetable Soup
5 saltine crackers

Afternoon snack - (60 calories)
1 piece Hickory Farms Turkey Summer Sausage (mall sample)

Dinner - (415 calories)
**Chicken Egg Drop Soup with Veggies
200 g chicken breast
2 large eggs
85 c broccoli slaw
60 g green onion
1 c mushroom broth
1 c water

Total Calories for the Day 842
Daily Calorie Composition: 31% from carbs, 24% from fat and 45% from protein.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

17 Day Diet Cycle 1 Day 8

Weight - 140.2

Well I'm wondering if the calories being too low can cause some gain.  I know I didn't sleep well last night.

I was good all day until my son's GF decided to make chocolate chip cookies.  I just couldn't pass up a warm ooey gooey cookie.

Breakfast - (118 calories)
6 oz Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
60 g strawberries

Lunch - (342 calories)
**Chicken & Cabbage Soup
200 g chicken breast
150 g savoy cabbage
50 g onion
1 c Kirkland Chicken stock
1 cup water
1 tsp mexican spices
160 g strawberries



Afternoon Snack - (100 calories)
6 oz Fage 0% Greek yogurt
pumpkin pie spice

Dinner - (328 calories)
**Curry Chicken Soup
200 c chicken breast
150 g onion
50 g mushrooms
1 c chicken stock
1 c water
1 tsp curry
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Evening Snack - (120 calories)
Chocolate Chip Cookie

Total Calories for the day 1,008
Daily Calorie Composition: 31% from carbs, 11% from fat and 58% from protein.

Friday, November 11, 2011

17 Day Diet Cycle 1 Day 3

Weight - 139.8

Down 2 pounds today.  Amazed after the .2 yesterday.  Well, plugging onward.

I've been sick the past few days.  I have the sinus headache from hell.  It's not been fun.

Breakfast - (129 calories)
6 oz Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
60 g raspberries

Lunch - (380 calories)
**Chicken & Vegetable Egg Drop Soup
175 g chicken breast
1 large egg
2 egg whites
60 g onion
60 g mushrooms
60 g celery
1.5 c Kirkland Chicken stock
1.5 c water
ginger, white pepper, garlic powder, poultry seasoning

Afternoon Snack - (219 calories)
6 oz Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
1 tbsp Simply Fruit Strawberry
180 g apple
1 slice Fat Free Kraft Cheddar

Dinner - (340 calories)
**Chicken Veggie Italian Saute
220 g chicken breast
200 g frozen stir fry veggies
3 tbsp Italian dressing

Total Calories for the day 1,068
Daily Calorie Composition: 31% from carbs, 9% from fat and 60% from protein. 

Fat  11 g; Fiber 13 g; Carb 80 g; Sodium 2,083 mg; Protein 156 g    

Thursday, November 10, 2011

17 Day Diet Cycle 1 Day 2

Weight - 141.8

Only down .2, but I had pretty much no output overnight.  If I can get the output going with all this input, I may be in business.

Breakfast - (124 calories)
6 oz Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
50 g raspberries

Lunch - (402 calories)
**Egg Drop Soup & An Apple
2 large eggs
60 g leftover chicken broth
1.5 c Kirkland Chicken Stock
1 c water
80 g celery
80 g green onion
white pepper, ginger, garlic powder
180 g apple



Afternoon Snack - (145 calories)
6 oz Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
1.5 tsp Simply Fruit Orange Marmalade
1 slice Kraft Fat Free Cheddar

Dinner - (341 calories)
168 g roasted turkey breast
200 g broccoli
28 g Fat Free Feta

Total Calories for the day 1,012
Daily Calorie Composition: 30% from carbs, 17% from fat and 53% from protein.

Fat  19 g; Fiber 16 g; Carb 74 g; Sodium 1,586 mg; Protein 134 g  

Thursday, November 3, 2011

R4 Phase 4 Day 81

Weight - 138.6

Down 2.2 from steak day.  I'm sure there will be some sort of a rebound tomorrow.   I'm sick.. sore throat, tonsils are swollen, body aches, and a headache that won't quit.  Not fun for eating.  I just want comfort food.

Lunch - (577 calories)
3 large eggs
1 Al Fresco Garlic Chicken Sausage link
50 g onion
50 go mushroom
50 g bell pepper
20 g provolone cheese
1 tbsp diced green chilies
2 tbsp enchilada sauce
2 tbsp half & half in two mugs coffee

Dinner - (530 calories)
Campbells Select Garden Vegetable Soup
130 g 96/4 ground beef
8 saltines
1 slice Oroweat Fiber and Flax bread

Total calories for the day 1,107
Daily Calorie Composition: 30% from carbs, 39% from fat and 31% from protein.

Monday, October 31, 2011

R4 Phase 4 Day 78

Weight - 141.2

What goes up, should come down.  1.2 lbs today.  We'll see how tomorrow goes before I do anything crazy.  We had a blast taking the grandbaby to the mall for trick or treating and then through the neighborhood a bit.  She was a zombie pirate this year.  She loved it and was totally too pooped out to eat much candy.

Brunch - (502 calories)
3 large eggs
1 Al Fresco Garlic Chicken Sausage link
50 g onion
50 go mushroom
50 g bell pepper
20 g Cotija cheese
2 tbsp half & half in two mugs coffee

Afternoon Snack - (164 calories)
1 small container Fage 2% greek yogurt
50 g strawberries

Dinner - (503 calories)
Progresso Savory Beef Barley soup
116 g eye of round steak
5 saltines

Total calories for the day 1,169
Daily Calorie Composition: 26% from carbs, 36% from fat and 38% from protein. 

Fat  47 g; Fiber 7 g; Carb 74 g; Sodium 2,908 mg; Protein 109 g  

Friday, October 28, 2011

R4 Phase 4 Day 75

Weight - 138.0

Back up 0.4.  Meh.. no rhyme or reason.  Dropping the calories a bit today and adding some cocoa crack for fat.

I was on a tirade this morning and when I'm mad or upset, I clean.  Today my closet was the victim.  It's getting there.

Lunch - (415 calories)
**Ground Beef and Cabbage Soup
168 g 96% lean ground beef
150 g savoy cabbage
1 c Pacific Natural Minimal Ingredient Beef Broth
1 c water
dash of Franks Hot Sauce
Garlic powder and pepper
1 tbsp Nutiva Coconut Oil
1 tbsp half and half in a mug of coffee



Afternoon Snack - (77 calories)
.5 tbsp Cacao Crack

Dinner - (280 calories)
**Lemony Soup
200 g Jennie-O extra lean ground turkey
80 g spinach
25 g celery
20 g onion
1 c Kirkland Chicken Broth
1 c water
4 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp minced garlic
a few capers

Evening Snack - (230 calories)
1/5 tbsp Cacao Crack

Total calories for the day 1,002
Daily Calorie Composition: 10% from carbs, 48% from fat and 42% from protein. 

Fat  52 g; Fiber 9 g; Carb 23 g; Sodium 1,300 mg; Protein  100 g

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

R4 Phase 4 Day 72

Weight - 141.2

Down 3 pounds.  More of the same today, but I'm adding some coconut oil to increase the calories a bit without doing it with dairy.

Lunch - (361 calories)
**Soup with turkey and celery
168 g Jennie-O Extra Lean ground turkey
200 g celery
1 c Kirkland Chicken Stock
1 c water
2 tsp Nutiva Coconut oil
Mexican spices
3 tbsp half & half in 3 mugs of coffee



Afternoon snack - (45 calories)
150 g strawberries

Dinner - (387 calories)
**P2 Chili
168 g 96/4 Ground Beef
1 can no salt added diced tomatoes
2 tsp Nutiva Coconut oil 
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp chili powder



Total calories for the day 793
Daily Calorie Composition: 18% from carbs, 38% from fat and 44% from protein. 

Fat  32 g; Fiber 11 g; Carb 36 g; Sodium 837 mg; Protein  85 g

Monday, October 24, 2011

R4 Phase 4 Day 71

Weight - 144.2

And the final total, another 1.6 lbs for a total of 6 pounds since Friday morning.  Boy, when I do it, I do it big.  So, today I am trying something a bit different.  Since I like the ease of Phase 2 eating, I am going to eat those type of foods for a few days as a means of getting this back under control.  Now, you may ask "you've just binged like crazy on a ton of carbs and junk, what makes you think you'll stay out of the junk now?"  I guess that remains to be seen, but I did so today.  My calories are lower than I'd like them to be, but I didn't use any fats for cooking today.  I also had two meals with six ounce of protein in each.   For me, there is a fine balance between calories and too much protein.  I know from the past if I load up with much more than 120g of protein in a day, I have run into issues.  Trying to get the calories in without bulking on protein is going to be interesting. 

Lunch - (230 calories)
**Turkey Meatball & Spinach Soup
168 g Jennie-O Extra Lean ground turkey
100 g baby spinach
20 g onion
20 g celery
1 c Kirkland Chicken Stock
1 c water
1/8 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp Franks Hot Sauce



Afternoon Snack - (86 calories)
180 g apple

Dinner - (249 calories)
168 g eye of round steak
200 g cucumber
2 tbsp white wine vinegar

Total Calories for the day 565
Daily Calorie Composition: 22% from carbs, 15% from fat and 63% from protein.