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I have decided to document my weight loss here and write about my struggles and successes. I am currently down 13 pounds in 3 weeks. My dad is down 11. So far since Monday, I have had points left over. Yesterday I had one point left at the end of the day and Monday I had six. Today I still have 23 left. It's been an interesting few weeks. I have only eaten red meat once and that was when I had a Wendy's burger on Saturday. For someone who loves red meat and often craves it, it's just weird that I haven't had it nearly as much. My family used to buy ground beef all the time. We'd have red meat almost every day. Now we have ground turkey, chicken, or fish. Tonight we had turkey chili and corn on the cob. It didn't really taste any different if we had used ground beef. Yesterday we had turkey tacos and I added corn to the taco meat for more filling. I have been adding kidney beans and corn to almost every Mexican dish I make. I did it for the enchiladas I made last week. My dad thought they were amazing and I thought they were pretty damn good too. I'm excited to go to the doctor and see what she says about me losing weight and about my blood pressure. I hope to go off my blood pressure meds soon. I went and got my pressure checked two weeks ago and it was 124/80 which is phenomenal. The weight loss must be working.
I thought I'd post the enchiladas recipe too.
Turkey Enchiladas
1 pound extra lean ground turkey (Jennie-O)
40oz enchilada sauce, divided (I like the green medium flavor)
12 oz reduced fat colby jack cheese, divided
10 whole wheat tortillas
12 oz frozen corn
15 oz kidney beans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown the turkey in a pot, add the corn, beans, 8 oz of cheese and 20oz of enchilada sauce to the pot. Stir briefly. Scoop 1/10 of the mixture into a tortilla, roll it up and place in a large cake pan or multiple cake pans. Repeat 10 times. Add the remaining enchilada sauce, top with the remaining cheese and bake for 20 minutes. Serve with sour cream and/or guacamole.
I thought I'd post the enchiladas recipe too.
Turkey Enchiladas
1 pound extra lean ground turkey (Jennie-O)
40oz enchilada sauce, divided (I like the green medium flavor)
12 oz reduced fat colby jack cheese, divided
10 whole wheat tortillas
12 oz frozen corn
15 oz kidney beans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown the turkey in a pot, add the corn, beans, 8 oz of cheese and 20oz of enchilada sauce to the pot. Stir briefly. Scoop 1/10 of the mixture into a tortilla, roll it up and place in a large cake pan or multiple cake pans. Repeat 10 times. Add the remaining enchilada sauce, top with the remaining cheese and bake for 20 minutes. Serve with sour cream and/or guacamole.