RECIPE: Crockpot Italian Chicken

This could not be easier!!

Crockpot Italian Chicken

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (Mine were huge so more like 6 equivalent)
1 cup light Italian salad dressing (I used Olive Garden Light Italian)
8 oz fat free cream cheese

Put chicken in crockpot and pour Italian dressing over it.  Cook on low for 6-8 hours depending on your crockpot.  Or do it on high for like 4 hours.  When you are about 30 minutes from when you want to eat turn the crockpot up to high and cube the cream cheese and add it.  After it softens you can mix it in with a spoon or wisk to make a creamy sauce.

Serve over egg noodles or rice.  As you will see in the picture below I had mine over riced cauliflower.

Enjoy!

Italian Crockpot Chicken

Weigh-In: Weeks 47, 48 & 49

The last three weeks have been a bit of a roller coaster...

Week 47:
    This week:  +1.8
    Total to date:  -99.6  (I am NOT happy that I have slipped below the 100 pound mark!)

Week 48:
    This week:  -3.0
    Total to date:  -102.6

Week 49:
    This week:  +2.4
    Total to date:  -100.2

Week 49 was Christmas week so I wasn't surprised by the gain.  I wasn't upset by it either.  I enjoyed the holiday and didn't stress about counting points too much.  I feel comfortable that I have got this and that I can go off plan very briefly and come back to it.  And I did.  I have no doubt that if I hadn't gotten back on plan it would have been more like a 5 pound gain that week!!

What did I eat to gain 2.4 pounds?

• pizza
• chicken wings
• deep fried mushrooms
• cream cheese stuffed peppers
• onion rings
• Christmas cookies
• chocolate
• breakfast casserole (our Christmas morning tradition)
• chicken fingers
• beef on weck
• cheese--LOTS of cheese!
• WINE--even more wine than cheese!
• Moscow Mules (my new favorite alcoholic drink!)

And it was all delicious!  Was it worth it?  Some of it was and some of it wasn't.  I definitely wish I had skipped the chicken wings, deep fried mushrooms and onion rings.  They were good but I felt gross after eating them.  And on Christmas day I munched on snacks so much that when it was time for dinner I wasn't even hungry.  Of course I ate anyway and after dinner I was STUFFED!  I haven't had that feeling in a long time and I can't say that I enjoyed it.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve and it'll be another rough one!  I am saving all of my points till evening and I definitely will be WAY over!  But I don't care.  This is a journey, not a sprint, and I believe that to be able to do this forever I need to be able to have these special "days off"....but only one day off...New Year's Day it's back to business!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and enjoy your NYE tomorrow!!!

Weigh-In: Week 46 & 100 POUNDS!!

This week:  -2.0
Total to date:  -101.4

Yep, that just happened!!!  I have lost ONE HUNDRED FREAKIN' POUNDS!!!  I said I was going to do it but holy crap....I actually did!!

The whole thing feels kinda weird.  Not like I expected to feel when I reached 100 pounds.  I thought I would be celebrating and so happy.  Don't get me wrong....I'm happy about it....but it's just another day in the journey.

When I look in the mirror I still see the old me.  I don't feel like I look like I lost 100 pounds.  I guess I thought it would be more significant....but maybe it's just because it's happened gradually?  When I see people that I haven't seen in a while they definitely notice a difference.  When I look at pictures from a year ago I can see a difference.  But when I look in the mirror it just looks like me.  Hmmm....

I'm loving my new bling...If you had told me I would have that 100 pound charm someday I probably wouldn't have really believed you...

I AM doing this!!

The journey continues...

My 100 pound charm!!

Weigh-In: Week 45

This week:  -5.2
Total to date:  -99.4

Who loses 5+ pounds over Thanksgiving week??  Yep... ME!!  I was totally excited about that number!!

No, not my actual dinner.  Mine might not have been presented
 as well but I bet it was every bit as delicious!

Thanksgiving was delicious! LOL  I didn't go crazy but I definitely didn't stay within my points.  I stayed away from the butter and the rolls and stuff....but definitely enjoyed turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and my favorite--stuffing!!  Man, I love that stuff!  We tried to prepare the foods more healthy--like not adding butter to the squash and the mashed potatoes.   We substituted green beans for the usual corn as beans have 0 points and corn has points!   And did you know there are less points in white meat vs. dark meat?   And the next day I did it again and indulged in the leftovers!  Good thing I went Black Friday shopping and did a lot of walking to offset all of the calories!