Being that it was father's day yesterday I was forced to eat out not once, but twice. I don't even know how to count everything, but I made pretty good choices and it was only 1 day, though it seemed to go on forever...
Here's what I ate:
3 - Luna bar
2 - egg whites w/
4 - goat cheese and spinach
5 - bacon
5 - salad
5 - tuna steak
4 - garlic mashed potatoes ?? - bite of chocolate cake
28 points + the cake
Yesterday was Father's Day AND my treat day, so I had cake. More cake than I should have had. Once I had a piece, I wanted another. So I resisted for about an hour, thinking the "full" trigger would ward it off. No go. So I figured if I'm going to have it, I will enjoy it, and try something to make it a bit healthier. So I fixed some strawberries, and crumbled a small piece of cake with them. Kinda like strawberry shortcake. Very tasty. And the strawberries did the trick. I was full, and didn't want more.
Breakfast:
Rice krispies
blueberries
milk
Lunch:
cherries
baked beans w/onions and bacon (I only ate half my portion, they were so heavy)
rice
low fat hotdog
We are lucky because we have our parents to ourselves on father and mothers day. So we always cook a meal here. We had a wonderful meal yesterday with grilled salmon steak topped with Kimberleys homemade salsa plus grilled shrimp. YUM! Then later we took the left over shrimp and made a nice big salad. Doubble Yum!
Hmmmm. I am coming here to confess......in the hopes that by taking a truly penitent attitude, Madame Jill may not be too harsh on me.....
I ate some seriously bad stuff over the weekend......including way too many Pringles, and an unsightly number of chocolate chip cookies. Plus far too much bread. I think this just happens every 6 weeks or so......The good news is that it has made me feel really really ill - my body just can't handle that kind of sugar and fat any more....which is something of an incentive to stay away from the stuff!
Anyway. Today was a lot better.....
Banana, tea
Tomato and basil soup, smoked salmon and salad
Risotto, mushrooms and olives
Banana
Ryvita and tomato pickle, jam
30 min walk
Hopefully, I have put the weekend behind me, and am back facing the right way on that track!
Breakfast: Shake made with 6 oz banana, ½ cup 0% milk, ½ cup 2% yogurt, vanilla extract. Lunch: 5½ oz prawns, 58 g whole wheat bread, 2 tblsp. FF Thousand Island dressing, green salad. Dinner: 8 oz macaroni, 4 oz tuna (packed in water & drained), ½ cup peas, 1 cup chopped tinned tomatoes. Snacks: 3 Starburst chews, 2 Nature Valley granola bars. Drinks: 500 ml coffee, 2½ litres water.
Total kcals: 1312 (plus free veggies).
Exercise: 1.81 mile walk. Still not enough. You'd think I could have managed another 0.2 miles, but noooo, I just couldn't be bothered.
Lunch: (picnic with the family -- had a GREAT time)
ham and turkey with smoked gouda and pickles on whole wheat bread with lowfat spread
6 tortilla chips and salsa
small baby dill pickles
raw carrots with fatfree dip
Fresh fruit -- cantaloupe, grapes, cherries
1 cup of sparkling apple cider
slice of strawberry shortcake
chocolate chip cookie
Dinner:
cottage cheese
grapes
cherries
raw carrots with fatfree dip
chocolate chip cookie
slice of cake
Snacks throughout the day:
mostly fruit
Drinks:
water, tea, coffee, diet coke
Calories:
1817
Exercise:
lots of walking at the playground, then shopping, then cleaning/swimming in the pool
OK, I'm in trouble here guys......here is what I ate all day:
Coffee
Meat kebab, rice, greek salad, fishcake, mixed salad (extremely nice lunch at meeting.....but I made pretty good choices)
Tomato soup
Raisins
Bananas
And, blush, for reasons that I cannot explain a hugely, unseemly amount of Pringles. Why? They don't even taste that good, and all that salt does horrible things to me....not to mention the huge amount of fat....
I have a sneaking suspicion that maybe if I had a house full of interesting fruit, veg etc I might be more likely to avoid the Pringles. Anyway, I guess at least I showed up here to account for my misdemeanours.
I will try and do better tomorrow....Correction. I WILL do better tomorrow.
Thanks, Howie, I hear you.....I think I just have to focus on the next good choice.....back to baby steps........its just they seem like giant steps right now!
Howie's right - don't beat youself up Claire.. Focus on ALL the great choices you made, rather than the 1 bad one.
As for me, I had my first day fully on plan in the last 3 months.. I'm so committed to getting back on track that I just know I will do it..even if its little bit by little bit!
Here's me for today:
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs, Slice whole wheat toast, 1 tsp. jam
Lunch: Spinach salad (spinach, 1 hard boiled egg, tomatoes, herb roasted chicken, 1 tbsp, dijon vinaigrette)
Dinner: Tuna, honey whole wheat pretzels, nectarine
Exercise: 30 minute walk (walked the skin off the back of my ankle. Need to find another form of exercise for the next few days not involving sneakers. No pain, no gain!)
Water: 32 oz water, 32 oz iced tea, 12 oz crystal light, diet coke
Last edited by cecilyisworking; 06-22-2005 at 12:10 AM.
WELCOME BACK!!!! It is great to see you here again......we have missed you.....and congrats on your first full day back on plan, that is really good going!
Welcome back Celina, the trick with this I've found is to post your food no matter what you ate. It really helps you be accountable, just keep plugging away at it.
You'd think I could have managed another 0.2 miles, but noooo, I just couldn't be bothered. 
