So, it's been a little more than a week on the diet. Can you hear my excitement? This week I have been dealing with MAJOR chocolate cravings like never before. My sister gave me a tip a long time ago when we were both first on Atkins when we were like 18 or so that if you have a craving for sweets then you should eat a pickle or an olive. I have been downing the olives at work like crazy - I say like crazy but I mean 2-3 per day. Unfortunately you have to keep a watch on that as well because there is a load of sodium in regular green olives.
I am on a salad kick right now since we don't eat a lot of salads when we are not on our diet. I make a huge salad for lunch and the entire thing is like less than 390 calories, which isn't too bad. I have been using this awesome app called 'myfitnesspal' to keep track of what I am eating everyday, the calories that I am allowed to have, my current weight, etc. I really like this app because it has records of almost every food that I could want to eat and the calories that are in that food. Once you submit your food, water and exercise for the day, the app calculates a weight for you in five weeks if everyday was like that day. That is REALLY motivating. It will also do a rough calculation on the calories that you burn during certain exercise and changes your calorie count to net. That is neat as well. This app is really a big help during the day to keep me motivated and on top of this diet. I have already lost 12.4 lbs!
Back to the salad - my husband, being the supportive awesome guy that he is, found this recipe on Pinterest for a light ranch dressing. I was suspect of anything that claimed to be a large portion with little calories. However, my love for Ranch dressing won over my suspicion. I have tried other dressings and I still can't help but be loyal to Ranch dressing. We were raised eating it on salads and I just can't stop.
Light Ranch Dressing
1 cup Dannon Oikos plain Greek yogurt
1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch mix
1/2 cup 1% milk (we used skim and it was just fine)
Mix all ingredients together and chill at least one hour before serving.
We put the ingredients in a jar and shook it up. I take the whole jar to work and just pour a bit out when I am ready for lunch. The entire jar has 255 calories compared to 75ish (low estimate) calories for 2 tbsp of normal Ranch.
This dressing is amazing! I can't even tell that it is diet. It has a different underlying flavor because of the Greek yogurt but I think that it is awesome and I would even eat this if I wasn't on a diet. You definitely have to make this if you love Ranch dressing like we do!!
-Sara
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