Calling All Non-Moms Again!

hey icky!

ps~chicken enchillada recipe!

~yours truly

Lol ok I got this! Now, this recipe is for the filling and topping. You'll have to add your own corn tortillas (or any small tortillas that you can find low-fat. Good luck with that.) It's kind of complicated, but not really. Just bear with me. My measurements are in grams because I weigh EVERYTHING, even my morning banana, because I'm a little (incredibly) crazy. I'll try to translate the best I can.

Ingredients
Discovery - Fajita Seasoning Mix, 10 g (1/3 of one of those little packs)
Tesco - Fresh British Chicken Breast Fillets, 200 g (like one large breast or two small breast fillets)
Tesco - Red Pepper, 100 g (one big bell pepper, chopped)

Garlic - Raw, 2 clove
Tesco - Sweet Shallots, 10 g (My husband is allergic to onion. It's one small shallot, but you can use like 1/2 a normal onion)
Peppers - Hot chili, green, raw, 2 pepper (omit if you don't like it spicy. I leave the seeds in but we like it very hot)
Tesco - Freshly Frozen Sweetcorn, 50 g (uh...half a cup?)
Nr Tesco - Baby Spinach, 50 g (Ok, normal people might replace this with mushrooms. It's like a cup, packed.)

Tesco Value - Tomatoes, Tinned, Chopped, 1 container (400 gs ea.) ( a regular can, 14 oz. I buy the low-sodium kind)
Spices - Chili powder, 1 tsp

Cathedral City - Mature Yet Mellow Lighter Cheddar Cheese, 30 g (I finely shred some from a big block, maybe 1/3 cup?)

Tesco - Light Choices Natural Normany Fromage Frais, 50 g (or fat-free sour cream)

Preheat your oven to 350, I guess. I do mine in the grill and it cooks in like 15 minutes. Sprinkle half of the fajita seasoning over the chicken, cook. While that's cooking, sprinkle half of what's left of the seasoning over the chopped pepper. Add to oven about 20 minutes before the chicken is done. (I put them in at the same time.) While those are cooking, chop shallot, garlic, chillies (carefully, no touching the peppers! Use gloves and wash your hands as soon as you're done. Make sure not to touch your face at all.) spinach (seriously, I'd use mushrooms if I didn't put spinach in everything, and I think you should too. Rinse, chop, and slice/dice.) Mix filling together (everything from garlic to spinach.) When chicken is done, remove from oven, add to filling, and use two forks to shred the chicken. Sprinkle fajita seasoning over filling, mix well, put the whole thing in a casserole or on a baking sheet and bake for about 10-15 minutes. While that's going, open can of tomatoes, dump into a nonstick saucepan, add chilli powder (I also add a tbsp of sriracha sauce, it's a hot chili sauce and if you like it spicy, add something like that, Tabasco would work.) Stir, cover, put heat on low if your stove is a monster like mine, medium if it's a pansy. Heat four of your tortillas in the microwave, 30 seconds, so they're flexible. No injuries, please. (Jillian joke, har har). Remove filling from oven and divide into four servings. Fill each tortilla with 1/4 of the filling. Roll tortilla. Place in a rectangular casserole, with the overlapping edge on the bottom or the side. Bake for about 10 minutes, until the tortillas are a little crispy. Remove from oven. Add tomatoes. Return for five minutes. Shred cheese, sprinkle over the top of the enchiladas, bake five to ten more minutes and it should be done. Top with sour cream.

Notes: I also cook some wholegrain rice during this time for some Mexican rice. I just take a couple of tbsps of the tomato sauce and add to the water I'm using to boil the rice and viola. Mexican rice.

These are yummy, but not particularly low-cal. Here are my stats for just the filling (everything you see listed in the ingredients)

Per Serving: Calories 316 Carbs 23 Fat 6 Protein 43 Fiber 6

Also, if I read a recipe like this before I made these, I wouldn't have tried to make them.

P.S. Use mushrooms. Also, I rub a lot of the fajita seasoning into the chicken, so it's evenly coated. One serving is 2 enchiladas, or half of the filling.

hello all im also a non-mom so hoping i can join in been reading all the posts and ur all doing soo well what an inspirtation im hoping to get down to 140lbs im currently 161.8. ive not got a goal just taking it slowly excersising and counting cals and using my fitnesspal app on my ifone, its become my bible lol
i dont cook alot but ive been having cous cous as its easy for me to make on my late shifts and yummy
hope ur all having a good week so far
jade x

anewpath, that sucks, it really does, but it happens. Really, everyone goes insane once in a while. I remember one night when I thought it would be a good idea to order pizza, eat chicken kickers, jalapeno poppers, a tub of the UK's (poor pathetic sad) answer to ranch dressing, all the condiments in my fridge as well, three big slices of pizza, wash it down with some wine and diet coke, and top it off with Cadbury's Dairy Milk and a piece of chocolate fudge cake. And what did I do the next day? Well, firstly, I felt horrible. Secondly, I got it together, and once I stopped feeling like I was going to throw up, I worked out. So now it's your turn. You pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get back to it. You want this, and you deserve it, so stop sabotaging yourself! We are all rooting for you. You know you can do this, we know you can do this. Now all you need to do is prove us right. Come on, girl, get back to it. Give us a reason to cheer you on.

Chans, I love your pep-talk! I'm going to need that some day soon. Also, I look forward to kicking your butt (even though I really enjoy pity parties as there's usually cake) as soon as you give me the "go ahead!" Hmm, that seems weird, but hey, that's what we're here for, is it not? Kicking butt when it's needed and cheering on when it's due, that's the non-mom way!

Hi Jade and Jackie and welcome! Jade, our goal weight is the same and we are at almost the same weight right now! I'm at 162. Also, I just checked out your profile and we're the same age.

P.S. I (really really really really really hate) do not like goat's milk!

I'm sick. :sad: Apparently we tried a bit too hard to change my non-mom status this weekend... ehem... :blushing: Anyhoo... I'll be sucking down cranberry juice like it's going out of style, so I imagine by the end of the week, I'll be up again, but at this point I don't even care.

Wow! Congratulations/condolences. I don't know what else to say, but it kind of makes me want to start trying for a baby. Well, not that much. Ok, maybe a little.

16 days now on this plateau ...my first official plateau. It's making me insane.

Argh. I'm on my way to a plateau. I can feel it. The closer I get to a healthy BMI, the slower it goes. I'm lucky to have started/stopped enough times to never have hit an actual plateau until well, whenever it starts, and it's coming. I'm on the scale every day and I'm losing nothin' this week. As frustrating as it is, I'm feeling ok. I keep telling myself "you've lost almost 90 pounds now. This can only be a learning experience." I fear it's going to be a test of my already fragile sanity, but I'm holding it together so far. Good luck with yours. When all else fails, bust out the tape measurer and see if you've lost inches.

One more cup of coffee and I'm off to week 4 day 2 of c25k. I gotta tell ya, ladies, goat's milk is not good in coffee. I do, however, feel a lot better now that I'm drinking it instead of cow's milk. I miss cow's milk. :frown:

@ ickybella - Thank you, hun! I appreciate the encouragement and advice. Yeah, I have a feeling I'm still losing inches even though I'm not losing any pounds, but I guess I need to get the tape-measure out and see. I've lost almost 70 lbs but I'm still over 300 so I know it's WAY too early for my weight loss to be slowing down this much. It's depressing. Oh well, I know that if I just keep sticking with it the pounds will eventually stop coming off again. I just have to be patient.

By the way, awesome job on the C25K! I started that but found that the running is a bit harsh on my knees right now - I think I need to lose some more before continuing the program, as they say that you put 3-4 times your weight on your joints when you run. So for someone my weight that's probably not a good idea. lol

hahah I totally "LOL'd" over the goat's milk! Too funny!

No problem, that's what we're here for. 70 pounds! You should be proud of yourself for that. That's almost an adult penguin. Unfortunately, we have no control over when/why/how our bodies decide to fight back and maintain or gain, it seems. Keep at it! About c25k, I know some people have just walked it, like a normal walk, a very fast walk, a normal walk, etc...and that seems to work. I still find it a little hard on my knees too. Actually, running is harder for me now than it was when I was 250. I don't really know why! I think I might just be a wimp. Good day, ladies. Gotta find a Christmas dress. Ugh.

Good Wednesday Morning Everyone!

Well, I had my official weigh-in this morning and I'm happy, but confused. I lost 3.8 pounds since last Wednesday - which is about 2 or 3x what I typically lose in a week. My scale has always been really accurate and gives me the same weight as the doctors' scales, and it has the % body fat and hydration levels (which have been almost spot on with the calculations I've gotten from a bodpod reading at my gym)... so anyway, I was really hydrated this morning (on the higher end of my normal), so I didn't lose the extra weight from water. I guess I just have a hard time believing it - I want to, but my brain is skeptical and afraid. I was really sick for most of this last week with a bad cold, so I wasn't able to exercise for 3 days, and on those days I didn't meet my calorie goal (but I still had a calorie deficit, just not my goal). Is it possible to suddenly lose MORE weight by eating a little more and having a bad cold? I am going to just keep doing what I've always been doing - exercising daily and eating to my calorie goal - but I'm worried that next week when I weigh in, the scale will go back up because today was a fluke.

Has anyone else ever had this happen? Are there any thoughts or insight? I know I should just be happy and enjoy it... but weight loss is a funny process... my body adapts a lot more quickly than my mind.

hi all ur all doin soo well. ive never hit a plateau either lol i always end up slipping up about a week into a diet BUT this time i am so determined to do it. ive had enough of being chubby, u have all lost so much weight i wish i had ur will power all everyone seems to be doing at work is bringin in chocolates and sweets. thats not really a prob for me as i hate eating in front of people any way so i always refuse. im shatterd but still managed a small work out so im quite pleased. hope ur all having a lovely evening
nite nite
jade xx

Congrats to all of you resisters out there! I'm not one of you. The potato soup from Panera Bread did me in. :ohwell:

jackie

I have been migraine free for several days now, thank God! I woke up with a small headache this morning, but it's also PMS time too. Not to mention to dam@ dog has been keeping us awake by pacing around and jumping on us so my sleep has been interrupted about three times a night. If it wasn't so cold out, we'd kick him out into the outdoor kennel.

So what did the Doctor say it was? did he change your meds? can it be the weather? i'm glad you're migraine free now, i bet that's a lot of tention lifted