What I eat in a typical day: 1500 calorie edition

Phase 2 of the Curves meal plan is 1500 calories/day for 3 weeks. So here's what I eat on a typical day.

7am - Greek Yogurt. I like Chobani Champions tubes. 70 calories of fruity yogurt goodness.

8:30 am - 1 slice of whole wheat toast with 1 1/2 T peanut butter, 1 hard boiled egg and 1 hard boiled egg white.

10:30 am - 1 string cheese and 8 wheat thins. Ok, wheat thins are probably not the best choice for weight loss, but this does qualify as a 100-200 calorie protein/carb balanced snack. On days I don't eat peanut butter for breakfast, I usually go with celery and peanut butter for my morning snack.

12:30 pm - Creamy chicken sandwich - 1/4 c 1% fat cottage cheese with 1 t ranch seasoning with 4 oz shredded chicken in a whole wheat pita with 1 oz provolone cheese and 1/2 c sliced cucumber on the side. This is probably my favorite quick lunch. My biggest struggle is that I want my lunch to be quick all the time, and cooking up a healthy lunch is not always as quick as I want.

3:00 pm - Apple and peanut butter with 1/2 c cottage cheese.

5:30 pm - Baked meatballs with tomato sauce, served with steamed mixed veggies. My family likes this one because I can just make some spaghetti noodles for them. I don't have to eat them, but they don't feel like they are missing out. Here's the recipe for the meatballs from the Curves book. I doubled it so I could share.

Preheat oven to 375.
Gently combine 5 oz 95% lean ground beef, 1 slice whole wheat bread (I just dumped in a bunch of bread crumbs...probably not even 1/4 c) 1/4 c egg substitute (or 1 large egg) and 1/4 c diced onions.
Wet your hands and form into 6 meatballs.
Brown meatballs on stove.
Finish cooking in the oven for 20 minutes, or until they are cooked through and reach an internal temp of 165.

They were really good meatballs. My husband loved them.