A year later

Hello friends I haven't written in almost a year, but I wanted to give closure to my diet. I lost a total of 6 pounds, I did not restrict myself on any foods I just cooked everything myself. In the first 5 days I lost 3 pounds. However, I stopped cooking shortly after that. I ate whatever was laying around the house and I ate the food my mom cooked and stopped counting my calories. I did not gain any of the weight back, until I traveled and ate a lot of street food. It was my fault that I gained the weight back, because I was

Able to keep it off for a very long time without sacrificing my cravings. While I traveled my diet consisted of 2 coconuts a day, plus multiple meals. As you know a coconut has around 1,025 calories, now imagine all the unburned calories my body had. I recommend cooking at home to be a great weight loss strategy, as long you stay away from coconuts (kidding). Here are some pictures of
some of the meals I cooked and didn't post. (This pictures were taken also a year  ago) thank you for reading I will really try to keep up. 

Cauliflower Pizza 

Pasta Primavera 

Baked avocado and egg

Cabbage sesame salad 

I have a lot new recipes to share, some are my own. I can't wait to continue writing, I hope you all keep up with me.

4th day Stuffed Zucchini (lunch)

Hello! I'm into the 4th day already! Well, I don't know why my recipes are not in order in my blog. I think it's because I had the taco one in a draft. Anyway today's recipe is Stuffed Zucchini!

I am going to use the meat from the leftover recipe yesterday. I cooked 16 ounces but only used 4.

Ingredients:

4 oz of ground beef (350 cal)

1 small zucchini (41 cal)

1/4 of a cup of cheddar cheese (110 cal, but I actually used a little less so I'm saying its only 100 cal) 

Calorie count: 490

Cut the zucchini in half and cook in a pan. Do not use oil, just cook the zucchini, however do not cook the zucchini thoroughly. Carve the inside of the halves and mix with the meat. Add the mixture to each half and sprinkle 1/8 of a cup of cheese in each. Put it in the oven, until the cheese melts and it's crispy. Check with a fork if the zucchini is soft and Thoroughly cooked. Zucchini cooks really fast so it shouldn't take long. Now enjoy! This has been my favorite recipe so far. 

2nd Day Marinera Pasta (dinner)

Hello this is Dinner time for day 2! Today I am making bow tie pasta with marinara sauce! 

Ingredients:

1 cup of bow tie pasta (168 cal)

1/2 cup of Ragu marinara sauce (90 cal)

2 medium carrots (26 cal)

1/4 cup mozzarella cheese (90 cal)

1/8 cup of Parmesan cheese (40 cal) 

Salt to taste

Calorie count: 414

Warm up the sauce in a Pan, add 1/4 of a cup of water while cooking (it will evaporate) then, add mozzarella into the sauce and let it boil. Steam Carrots and add salt to taste. 

3rd day Lettuce wrapped tacos (lunch)

Hello this is the 3rd day!! I often don't have time for breakfast or I eat things like fruit, cereal, or anything my mother cooked in small quantities. I only post a recipe when I cook. Well, today's recipe is lettuce wrapped tacos

Ingredients:

Ground beef 4 oz (350 cal)

Lettuce leaves (13 cal)

1 small tomato (21 cal)

Half a lemon (10 cal)

1 oz cilantro (1 cal)

5 vinegar and salt kettled chips (40 cal)

1 serving =18 chips 150 cal around 8 cal per chip. 

Sprinkle of cheddar cheese (17 cal)

Calorie count: 452

Cook the meat with no oil, it has its own fat and it will excrete it once its cooked. Drain the meat and season with salt, paprika, and one tbsp of mustard. These condiments are 0 calories. Dice tomato and cilantro and add lemon and salt to taste. Eat with the chips and enjoy 

Start of the 15 day challenge.

Hello! I am doing a 15 day challenge of not eating out. I have realized I have been  eating out quite often. I want to lose a little bit of weight, and save money by cooking. I actually didn't record the ingredients on day one, but this is day 2. The first recipe is: Tuna lettuce wraps

Ingredients:

I can of tuna (100 cal)

2 Lettuce leaves (13 cal) 

Lemon juice (20 per whole lemon, about 5 for this dish)

Salt (0 cal)

1 serving of grapes (97 cal) 

Complete calorie count: 215

The "orphanage" bathrooms

A couple years ago, my dad discovered the yummy chicken enchiladas from Rio Grande; it wasn't hard to fall in love with them, my dad absolutely loved them. I had gone a couple times with my dad, but I had never entered their restrooms.I did everything to avoid restrooms, I had a phobia (like many of you) of using a public toilet. I still remember the first time I entered the ladies room, it was quite interesting. I wanted to keep staring at the sinks and take a picture. At the time I had a red brick LG phone, which had a full memory.... Ugh no picture opportunity. I absolutely loved the bathrooms, they reminded of a movie called the orphanage (not the one with the killer girl, but the one where the kids play hide and seek by knocking 3 times). The intriguing part of these bathrooms were the sinks, they were in the middle and surrounded by mirrors. When I entered the first time it was night time, and for some reason the bathrooms seemed bigger. The restaurant itself has a very old "fashioned" look; the inside has small square tables, big coca cola signs, high ceilings and a lady hanging from the inside of a taco, if I'm not mistaken it also has a train high up in the air. The restaurant is pleasant, and I personally really enjoy their food, specially their chips and salsa! They're the absolute B-E-S-T. I recently went back to this place with some friends and told them about the "orphanage" bathrooms. I went in, and this time I was a little disappointed. The restrooms didn't look the same as the first time I saw them. It was daytime, and the natural light was coming through the big windows, they looked much smaller from what I remembered. The sinks in the middle seemed like ehh.. Nothing special. Except this time I was able to take a picture. 

I guess I created a picture in my mind from the first impression, that was after distorted from my imaginary high expectations. I wasn't as impressed as I was the first time and neither were my friends ( I believe the men's bathroom looks different). However, I will keep coming to enjoy their food. If you want to try out this place, it's located on:

270 S Rio Grande St, Salt Lake City.I love their chicken enchiladas they are delicious! 

It saddens me a little that I will never see these bathrooms the same, but at the same time I still have a vivid picture in my head. I still enjoy coming in, I mean the sinks in the middle are pretty original in my opinion. After all I think they do hold to their tittle, because that's what it reminds me of every time I see them

 "the orphanage bathrooms".

Herbal Tea

3 words: I LOVE TEA!! Besides being a very delicious beverage, tea is low on calories and helps detoxify the body. However, I only do herbal tea so they're not technically derived from the Camellia plant. Ok ok, I drink "tisane" (that's the proper term) anyway, my obsession started with the raspberry iced tea from Taco Bell. I went through a phase of eating taco bell, and the drink I chose was always tea. I wanted to avoid soda so tea was it. Later, I started dating Alfredo and we would always go for McDonalds chicken nuggets. I chose sweet tea as my drink once again. I realized the tea was black and often too sweet, so I quit my daily buying. Stores like Teavana often carry both kinds, so I like to treat myself some days as I walk in the mall. Anyhow, I once read an article saying how a waste of money was to buy prepared tea; I analyzed this and I figured it was true. I still think its nice to buy prepared tea, just not daily. It's much cheaper to buy a pack at the super market and prepare it at home. I don't have a preference between iced and brewed tea, I equally like them. I do prefer fruity flavored tea like blueberry and raspberry to be iced (except citrus tea, lemon, orange etc.) flavors like cinnamon, vanilla, and chamomile taste better hot, in my opinion, I like keeping a variety. I recommend keeping a few packs on the go, they can be very convenient at times. well, for now these are my insights on tea, thanks again for reading. ❤❤