MFP The Biggest Loser Yellow Team***Closed Group***

GO YELLOW!!!!!!! GET TO LOOSING THAT WEIGHT SO YOU CAN BRING ME BACK IN AND I CAN KICK @SS FOR YOU LADIES!!!!! ) How are you all doing with the Motivation Matters stuff??

I hope I survive this week. I lost over a pounds, but you just never know how that'll hold up against everyone else. I'm hoping we lost 25 so no one goes. And even better would be 40 so we can bring Kristy back!!!!!!!!!!!

One idea I have for dinner is white bean pumpkin chili. Bonus is hidden veggies with the pumpkin. It's super easy to make--just fry some turkey and dump it in the crock pot with the rest of the ingredients. No making multiple dishes. Just serve with some FF sour cream and/or shredded cheese if you want.

What do you all normally eat for breakfast? I'm stuck on this one, because I usually just make some instant cream of wheat, add 1 tsp peanut butter and eat some fruit.

Lunch: Something easily portable, in case whoever making it is in a work setting? I'm stuck on this one, too.

Snacks: I love whole wheat pitas with hummus. Fresh fruit. Oh, I also love to use one of those instant ranch dip packets and I mix it with Greek Yogurt instead of sour cream. Makes awesome ranch dip for a good snack.

I have an excellent fruit salad recipe that might be good for breakfast. It's chopped up apples, pears, grapes with fat free vanilla yogurt, a little bit of apple butter and chopped pecans.

I'm a bit stumped for lunch . . I usually eat a frozen entree at lunch or go over to the hospital cafeteria.

I would say for breakfast would be 2 egg whites omelet with some low fat sharp cheddar shredded cheese, and veggies of choice, a morning star sausage patty, or turkey patty, and some fresh fruit (small portion). This has a lot of protein, and tastes really good!

snack I would say a very popular snack is a handful of almonds, something with a lot of protein.

Lunch Tuna fish is really healthy...easy to take...but they wanted recipes..sooooooo


I go to skinnytaste.com and modify some of the entrees to make them even more healthy. I made a brown rice with sausage meal the other day for dinner, and for a whole cup was less then 200 calories. I'll just name off the ingred.
sausage of choice (i used morning star italian sausage, but turkey sausage or chicken sausage is good)
brown rice
mushrooms
onions
(celery...I didn't use because I don't like celery)
olive oil
chicken broth

It tasted good, but def can tell it's healthy
Check out skinnytaste.com and let me know if any other recipes seem good to ya'll!!

Wow, those are some really great ideas, everyone! I'm so impressed! I'm afraid I'm probably not going to be much help for this one, but I will certainly try to think of some ideas too. As I told ArmyWife earlier, I'm a vegetarian and a lot of the things I eat would probably be weird to most people. LOL.

I love the idea of the breakfast fruit salad - lots of fruits and some protein as well. The only other idea I can think of for breakfast would be some sort of breakfast scramble, or even breakfast burrito. Eggs (or egg whites), lots of veggies, maybe a whole wheat tortilla or something? I don't eat eggs, so I don't even know the nutrition/calorie value, but that seems like something that normal people might like. LOL

Lettuce wraps are also a great idea for lunch, I think. I wouldn't begin to know a recipe for tuna or chicken salad, but that seems like it would be a great healthy meal with lots of protein and the right amount of calories? I'll keep trying to think of some other ideas for lunch...

And that white bean pumpkin chili sounds AMAZING! Not for me, of course, but in general. I think that is a great idea, and it's very seasonal as well which is awesome. I definitely vote for that one.

Well, I know I'm not much help but I really will keep trying to come up with more ideas. I usually have a super-healthy green smoothie for breakfast that most people probably wouldn't like. For lunches I'll often have things like brown rice & veggies, or a quinoa meal or something with lentils. I'm a pretty simple cook, and use simple ingredients but I know I use a lot of things that the average person might not have in their kitchen.

You guys are awesome, though! I'll keep checking back here and see what else anybody comes up with and put down anymore ideas I might come up with. Let's have a great week and keep everybody safe!!!!

I personally like vegetarian meals some of the best food I have had was Vegen so please throw out some recipies if for nothing else for me:)

The chili recipe is on skinnytaste.com, but I modified it.

For the ingredients I used, the nutrition facts are: 215 cal, 26 carbs, 5 fat, 21 protein, 614 sodium. That's a 1 cup serving.

I think the lettuce wraps are a great idea for lunch. I don't have a tried and true tuna salad recipe, though.

Breakfast--I like the eggs. You can even do a Mexican twist on it and use a low carb/cal tortilla shell and add some salsa. Breakfast burriotos are one of my favs, but I usually eat the for supper. LOL!

How many snacks are we supposed to include? I know it's for a 1400 cal day, but I don't think there were specifics?

I'll take care of the info for the dinner with the chili, and I'll see if I can find a good recipe for cornbread that's healthy and low cal.

Anyone else want to tackle info for breakfast and lunch?

I also think a dessert is a good idea to add in. I'll browse skinnytaste. That pumpkin bread sounds really good!

Lunch Tuna wraps
3 Lettuce Leaves
1TBS of Kraft olive Oil Mayo
2oz of Tuna or 1/4 cup
diced white onion
salt
pepper
Organic seasoning (Costco)
For the whole meal it would be
Calories 111, Carbs 4, Fat 5, Protien 14, Sodium 255, Potassium 140

Those look good! I'm going to figure it all out now with calories and then I'll figure in snacks and maybe a dessert.

How about a slice of banana pumpkin bread with pumpkin spread?!? It should take us up there right about 1400 calories!
The recipe is on skinny taste.com!

YAY our meals are semi festive!!!

I wish us all good luck! I am leaving for vacation early tomorrow morning, so I won't probably see the results until I get back!
Good luck everybody!!!

Okay, I added the pumpkin bread with cream cheese as a dessert and/or snack. However they'd like to eat it.

That brings us to 1270 cals. So how about an afternoon snack? I like the hummus. What kind of veggies with it??

For what its worth, that sounds absolutely fantastic Stacey!! I want to eat ALL that right NOW!! **waits for a knock at the door to help prepare and someone to share it with BESIDES the hubby, who will eat it all ;o)**

Seriously my Mellow Yellows......its gonna be a fantasticly planned meal!! I'm keeping this when you are DONE!

For your hummus - I like to use celery or unsalted saltine crackers ;o) You can do radishes too!!

FINAL MENU:

Breakfast: Southwest Border Scramble

Ingredients:
1 regular large egg
1 egg white
1 tsp of butter
1 turkey sausage patty
1 tbls of Pico De Gallo
Fat Free Saour Cream
diced tomato (add as much as you prefer)
diced green pepper (add as much as you prefer)
Sargentos low fat shredded chedder cheese 1/8 of a cup

Cook turkey sausage patty as directed on package and dice it up. Set aside. Scramble egg and egg whites with the 1 tsp of butter. Add in cooked sausage, tomatoes, green pepper. Top with sour cream, pico de gallo, and shredded cheese.

Calories: 279, Carbs: 7, Fat: 20, Protein: 48, Sodium: 489

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Mid-morning snack: 1 oz Almonds (~25 pieces), 1 medium stalk of celery

Nutrition:
Calories: 175, Carbs: 9, Fat: 14, Protein: 7, Sodium: 81

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Lunch: Tuna Wraps

Ingredients:

3 Lettuce Leaves
1TBS of Kraft olive Oil Mayo
2oz of Tuna or 1/4 cup
diced white onion
salt
pepper
Organic seasoning (Costco)

Mix together mayo, tuna, onion, salt and pepper, seasoning. Spoon onto lettuce leaves and serve as a wrap.

Nutrition:
Calories: 111, Carbs: 4, Fat: 5, Protein: 14, Sodium: 255

Serve with 1/2 cup cottage cheese and a honey crisp apple.

Meal total Nutrition:
Calories: 281, Carbs: 31, Fat: 8, Protein: 27, Sodium: 665

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Afternoon Snack: Athenos Roasted Red Pepper Hummus (2 tbsp) with sliced red pepper (1 cup) and cauliflower (1 cup)

Nutrition:
Calories: 114, Carbs: 19, Fat: 3, Protein: 4, Sodium: 183

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Dinner: White Bean Pumpkin Chili

Ingredients:
1.25 ground turkey
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic
1 can Bush's reduced sodium Garbanzo beans
1 can Bush's navy beans
1 15oz can of pure pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling--just plain pureed pumpkin)
1 can Swanson's reduced sodium chicken broth
1 can Great Value great northern beans

Fry ground turkey. Add to a crockpot. Mix in remaining ingredients and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours. Serve with Tostito's Baked Scoops. Makes nine 1 cup servings.

Chili Nutrition:
Calories: 215, Carbs: 26, Fat: 5, Protein: 21, Sodium: 614

Total meal Nutrition:
Calories: 335, Carbs: 48, Fat: 8, Protein: 23, Sodium: 754

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Dessert: Pumpkin Banana Bread with Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese

Ingredients:

Pam baking spray
3/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin spice (or 1/2 tsp ground cloves, 1/2 tsp nutmeg)
3 very ripe medium bananas, mashed
1/2 cup pureed pumpkin
2 tbsp butter, softened
1/2 cup light brown sugar, unpacked
1 large egg white
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 325°. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with baking spray.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice and salt with a wire whisk. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add egg whites, egg, bananas, pumpkin and vanilla, and beat at medium speed until thick. Scrape down sides of the bowl.
Add flour mixture and nuts (if using), then blend at low speed until combined. Do not over mix.

Pour batter into loaf pan and bake on the center rack for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let the pan cool at least 20 minutes, bread should be room temperature before slicing.

Nutrition (1 slice, recipes makes 12 slices):
Calories: 146.5, Carbs: 33.3, Fat: 2.7, Protein: 2.7

Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese:

Ingredients:
8 oz Philadelphia 1/3 fat cream cheese
1/2 cup pureed pumpkin (canned is fine)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2 tbsp brown sugar

Combine all the ingredients in a medium bowl and beat until smooth. You can easily 1/4 or halve this recipe if you wish to make less.

Nutrition (serving size, 1 oz):
Calories: 54, Carbs: 5.3, Fat: 3, Protein: 2.1

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Daily Total, Calories: 1384.5




****If anyone has a chance, check this over and make sure it sounds okay with everyone. It's 7pm here, so I have 2 hours until I have to send it to Don/Tira. Let me know if I should make any changes. I'll give it about an hour before I send it in. Thanks!!

Armywife you are rockin my world girl you slapped that all together like a pro and those ideas were fantastic I think we got this. Now that our teams are merged would that make us a new cool color like Yellurple or Purllow .