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