Breaking The Fast

Last week, I started intermittent Fasting again. I did it before but stress made me resort to anxiety eating. Until I saw the weight gain was out of control and my body is already complaining. 

I officially started last January 12, and with the help of a fasting app called Fastic, I am having a ball at this program. Through it I can monitor my progress, learn while I am doing it, stay connected with individuals with similar goals, and best of all, watch what I eat and stay focussed for the goal I have set for myself. 

Here are some of the meals I had when I broke my fast, today and the previous days.

I had Fried Chicken and Mushrooms earlier today.

Fried Chicken and Chicken and vegetables stir-fry yesterday.

And the last meal I ate was Baked Green Tomatoes with Chicken and Flaxseed topped with Parmesan and Cheddar cheeses.

Roasted Chicken, Boiled Eggs and sautéed vegetables with a thousand years beans the other day. 

You get the picture now of what I eat. Hahaha.. No rice. Rice and other carbs are always the culprit to weight gain. 

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Snacking on Something Healthy

Yesterday, I broke my fast a few minutes after my scheduled end. And I thought I should prepare the ingredients for Monday's meal. I actually bought Chicken breasts for the entire week, some fish and Chicken feet for natural source of collagen. No pork and beef for maybe 3 months or so. And vegetables of course. That should always be present in my meals. 

So while I was prepping and placing them in containers for the fridge, I boiled 2 of the Chicken breasts, just to have some Chicken stock and I was actually planning something to do with the boiled Chicken until I had a spur of the moment idea for a healthy snack. 

That's 2 Chicken breast, 2 medium-sized Onions, a head of Garlic, 1/2 cup Garlic Confit including some Olive oil, Himalayan Salt, White Pepper powder, Thyme, Mint and Basil, 4 eggs and 1 1/3 cup of Flaxseed, all mixed together in my food processor.

And then this brilliant idea of baking instead of frying Green Tomatoes, which, by the way, had been in my mind since last week. 

I cut each tomato in 4 slices and placed them on a baking sheet.

Then placed my Chicken and Flaxseed on top. Now, the tricky part is to make the dish yummy, so I thought of CHEESE. Nothing escapes us when there is cheese on it, even when we are on a diet. Hahaha.. 

In a saucer, I mixed Parmesan and Cheddar and dipped (literally) each one on the mix.

It was almost heaven.. See????

I baked at 250 C for 30 minutes. With heat on both top and bottom of my tabletop oven.

And... Tadaaah..

It's surprisingly good. And a healthy snack too. 

Placed the remaining pieces in the fridge, and anytime we, Tr. Grace and I, can snack on them within our eating window. There is also leftover Chicken and flaxseed mix that I am going to also do something with, but I want to do something different with it. That will be posted soon. 

Happy Sunday everyone. Enjoy your day..

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