Whatcha Eatin' Wednesday

Good morning, ladies!!!  So much excitement going on right now I can barely contain it!  First, My Fitness Pal app is now available for the iPhone/iTouch!  It's awesome!  I've been playing on it this morning.  It's so quick and I like that it shows net calories clearly at the top of the daily diary, and that the food & exercises are all on the same one page diary instead of on different tabs like on the website.  Second, this snow is AWESOME!  It's outrageous. Hubby's picking up a shovel for me today to go to town on it, maybe our patio and the sidewalk in front of our building :)  I really really want to go sledding tonight, too!  I just need to borrow someone's kids...and a sled... hahaha!  Third, the Biggest Loser finale last night was NUTS!  I am so happy about the outcome!  The person who won is the person I wanted to win (I'll keep that vague for you DVR'ing divas)! I think Tracey looked creepy, and Rebecca is much more beautiful as a brunnette, but overall, WOW!  It was so inspiring!  Michele & I kept texting back & forth, "WOW!!!" and "OH MY GOSH!!!!"  Something like that, watching so many success stories, it really amps me up and makes me motivated to push it harder & stronger in my resolve & workouts.  Incredible!  I think I'm going to run the stairs tonight for my workout!

Ok, so what have you ladies been eating lately?  Share some good new recipes!  Continuing on with yesterday's post & incredible comments about de-stressing to improve our health & wellbeing, here are some really cool articles on foods that you can eat that help to calm and relax you. 

Foods that will help keep you calm
Stress-busting snacks
What to eat for better sleep

Just made up last night my dinner meal plan for the next 7 days and will grocery shop tonight.  Unfortunately  most of them are NOT new recipes- they're all ones I've posted on here before- but just our favorites:

Meatloaf Mugs w/ Sweet Potato Fries
Thai Chicken Pasta (from Janis!) (my favorite meal!)
Feta-Topped Chicken w/ Pureed Cauliflower (hubby's favorite meal!)
Stuffed Pepper Soup (from Amy F!)
Sweet Potato Turkey Meatloaf w/ Steamed Green Beans
Steak Salad w/ Lemon Walnut Vinaigrette (hubby's 2nd favorite meal!)

And for breakfasts/lunches/mini-meals/snacks:

Pumpkin Pie Smoothies (had one for breakfast this morning- yum!)
Reduced-Fat Triscuits w/ Laughing Cow Bonbel Cheese Wheel & Honey Crisp Apple
Multi-Grain Cheerio's w/ Skim Milk
Roast Beef or Sliced Chicken or Turkey Sandwiches w/ Sara Lee 45 calorie Multi-Grain bread slices, Lettuce, Tomato, & horseraddish
Leftovers from dinners

Sweet Potato Fries recipe:
1 sweet potato
olive oil
paprika
cinnamon
3 truvia packets
*Peel sweet potato, cut into skinny shoe string fries, a few inches long.  Toss in bowl w/ just a tiny drizzle of olive oil until it's all lightly coated.  Spread on cookie sheet (we used baking stone).  Sprinkle on cinnamon, paprika, and about 2-3 truvia packets (zero calorie stevia sweetener).  Bake about 25 minutes at 350 ish, flipping/shuffling them halfway through.  SO GOOD! 

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie recipe:
1/4 cup canned Libby's pumpkin
1/4 cup fat free evaporated milk
1 single-serve container of light vanilla yogurt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 gingersnap cookie
1 truvia packet
*Combine all ingredients in a magic bullet or other blender.  If you want it thinner, add a half cup to a cup of skim milk.  Without the skim milk, though, it's about 198 calories.  And SO GOOD!