Skinny Pumpkin Overnight Oats In A Jar by Gina Homolka – Used with permission from Gina Homolka at SkinnyTaste.com
by Heather Robertson
Healthy eating tip of the week: Are you tracking everything you eat? Measuring out all your food and drinking plenty of water? Do you exercise regularly? Do you do ALL this and still find the scale isn’t budging?
Well, there’s one thing you’re doing you might want to look at.
The fruit you’re eating.
And most importantly, how much fruit you’re eating.
Because it’s viewed as healthy (and zero points plus for those of you following Weight Watchers), we often over-indulge in nature’s sweet treat.
To help with weight loss, try eating only three servings of fruit a day this week. See if it helps you on the scale. Also, you can replace fruits with vegetables instead. Fruit is healthy, but it does have calories and sugar.
Sometimes this small adjustment can make a big difference.
Do you over eat certain fruits? Tell me which ones in the comments!
Breakfast Meals
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- Egg Scramble
- eggs
- olive oil
- reduced-fat cheese
- onion
- mushroom
- green pepper
Lunch Meals
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- Leftover Pumpkin Chili
- Salad with leftover chicken teriyaki, tomato, asian sesame dressing light, cucumber and carrots
Dinner Meals
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- Pumpkin Chili (Double this recipe and have leftovers for lunch.)
- Grilled cheese for kiddos
- Light sour cream and reduced-fat cheese
- Low-sugar chicken teriyaki (Double this recipe and use extra for lunch salad.)
- Asian vegtables frozen
- Brown rice
- Crock Pot Lasagna (I’ll use 93% lean ground beef and low-fat mozzarella)
- Side Salad
- Slow Cooker New England Pot Roast (It’s a meal in a bowl!)
- Date-night dinner (This is something the hubby and I do every Saturday night. Sometimes it’s take out. Sometimes we make something at home. It depends on our mood!)
- Leftovers night (Yep, this is our weekly “clean out the fridge” night. Usually falls on a Wednesday or Thursday.)
Snacks
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- Cheese sticks
- Sugar-free, fat-free yogurt
- Cottage cheese and fruit
- Apples
