Living Maintenance - No Excuses! Food and exercise accountability 8/24-8/30

Starting the thread this week . . .

Monday:
B - oatmeal squares, blueberries, skim milk
L - pasta and leftover chili (turkey + TVP for the "meat", lots of beans and tomatoes)
S - asian pear
S - piece of sourdough
D - rice, stir-fry of tofu, mushrooms, long beans, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and teriyaki sauce (made with about 1-1.5 T oil)
S - piece of sourdough
E - 20 min HIIT run

Yawn. Up with babies last night. Birth is cool.

breakfast: 1 egg + 4 whites, zucchini, chevre, toast/jam, water
nap :D
turkey sandwich!
dinner tbd
1 hr weights

Focusing on protein and lots of water today, trying to shed some of this "you've had events and eaten a lot of white carbs you wouldn't normally eat" weight. I don't think its actually fat, just water. But there's a lot of it!

B - Muscle Milk Light on way home from PT
S - Watermelon
L - Tuna, toasted sourdough, side salad
S - Greek yogurt and frozen mango smoothie
D - Roasted pork tenderloin, asparagus, side salad
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - PT, LB and Abs, 60 min cardio with intervals

Ugh, my peach was solid mush so I didn't get to eat it. :( I hate when that happens. Gross.

Today has been snacky already... I've eaten all my snacks for today and then some and it is only 2:50... I hate TOM crazy.

B: smoothie, coffee
S: nectarine, pita chip with one square laughing cow lite swiss, reduced fat wheat thins
L: grilled chicken salad
S: grapes, strawberries, blueberries, fiber fit bar
D: ground chicken breast cooked with peppers, served over rice
S: dunno... maybe just coffee
E: strength training or lawn mowing when I get home. Maybe both.

Wow, cutting out all my snacks is working amazingly well. I had breakfast, didn't get hungry until 11:30, had lunch at 12:15, didn't get hungry until 2:30, had a snack at 3:00, and now I'm a little hungry but it's almost time to go home. The "embrace the hunger" idea is really working. It's like, no, just because I'm hungry doesn't mean I need to eat NOW. I can eat in half an hour, or an hour, and I'll be okay, really.

Can you believe it? Just by that one simple concept, I went from two morning snacks and three afternoon snacks to just one afternoon snack. I probably cut out about 250 calories worth of unnecessary snacks.

Jessica - cool! :) Tell me to embrace the hunger today, too! I can't seem to stop snacking... :(

Jessica - when I get a peach like that I save it for a protein shake/smoothie where the texture doesn't matter.... Great job on cutting back on the snacks.

B - oatmeal with raspberries/walnuts/skim milk; 1/2 ww bagel w/pb; :coffee:
S - ff latte
L - salad with fake crab, hb egg, kidney beans, beets, peas, tomato (courtesy of the Safeway salad bar :lol:) and lf peanut sesame dressing
S - cottage cheese with 1/2 nectarine
D - protein (salmon, chicken, or steak), beets, green beans

Ex: full body workout, done.

Tuesday:
B - oatmeal squares, blueberries, skim milk
L - more leftover pasta and chili
S - asian pear
S - slice ww bread
D - red cabbage w/beets & pecans, 2 ears corn, small baked potato w/BBQ sauce, 1 Tbsp cheddar, and a few pieces of rotisserie chicken
E - NRLW S3W2A

Shannon, have you stopped snacking today?

Yesterday was POP and the first 5 of 8 total pounds of water weight flew off. Today's another day for focusing on protein, water, and eliminating the ridiculous water weight I have going on!

B - French toast w/ eggbeaters -
S - Smoothie w/ greek yogurt, frozen mango, LF milk
L - Leftovers - Pork tenderloin with blackberry balsamic sauce, roasted asparagus, side salad
S - Popcorn
D - Grilled chicken with roasted tomatillo chipotle sauce, black beans, grilled zucchini
S - NSA Ice Cream, berries

E - 60 min incline trainer, 60 min strength

Amanda - great on the five pounds!

Jessica - I haven't felt the same crazy compulsion to eat that I was feeling yesterday. I ended yesterday at about 200 cals over my TDP maintenance level, about 100 over where I normally target. I was going to come in right at my normal target and then I ate a granola bar before bed for no good reason...

Today -
E: 2.8 miles between treadmill and elliptical
B: smoothie, coffee
S: strawberries & grapes, string cheese
L: grilled chicken salad
S: apple w/ laughing cow, lowfat vanilla yogurt w/ blueberries, raspberries & pineapple
D: most likely PB&J w/ some kind of fruit or half of leftover sweet potato
S: kashi go lean w/ skim & berries

Shannon, I think you passed the snackiness to me... I've been avoiding it, but I feel VERY hungry for no real reason!

B: corn flakes w/ soy milk, banana
L: turkey and swiss sandwich on wheat, onion corn chips
S: small handful of cashews
D: veggie couscous stuffed in a pepper, blueberries for dessert!
S: apple with natural PB

I think I may make another grocery run... I'm craving some yogurt pretty badly.

Mmmkay, POP today. Getting my plan in place for tomorrow:

B - French toast w/ egg beaters
S - Apple, Babybel Light
L - Leftovers of tonight's delicious dinner...grilled chicken breast with chipotle tomatillo sauce, "refried" black beans (I just mash them with a tbsp of light sour cream...similar texture), grilled zucchini with chili and lime
S - Popcorn
S - Smoothie - Greek yogurt, almond milk, frozen peaches
D - Giant salad w/ carne asada steak, grilled bell pepper and squash, grilled onion, croutons, carrots, tomatoes, and cucumber, topped with a little bit of light zesty dressing
S - NSA Ice Cream, strawberries

E - 60 min cardio, 30-40 min yoga

I am so excited! My scale has gone DOWN every day this week. Yay for less snacking!

However, I have to go out to dinner for work tomorrow. :p I'm going to check the restaurant website to see if there are any healthy options.

Wednesday:
B - oatmeal squares, blueberries, skim milk
L - leftover rice w/teriyaki tofu and veg
S - asian pear
D - pasta w/sauce, chicken, parmesan, romano, and a pile of green beans
S - honeydew melon
E - none

Good morning! Yesterday came in much better - no serious snacking, though I did have one peanut butter nekot cracker before bed. At the time I justified it by thinking the sugar would help with my raging headache, which of course it didn't... :(

Iris - sorry I sent the snackies your way!

Jessica - yay for less snacking!

Today:
E: maybe some strength training when I get home, maybe nothing if the headache doesn't get better
B: smoothie, coffee, 1/2 banana leftover from smoothie because I was too lazy to walk across the kitchen for a baggie...
S: lowfat vanilla yogurt w/ berries & pineapple that I didn't eat yesterday
L: grilled chicken salad
S: apple w/ light swiss laughing cow, maybe some kashi w/ skim
D: ground chicken breast tacos w/ whole grain taco shells
S: cracker jacks

Bleh.

Starbucks pastries in the breakroom. I'm cranky and hungry and stressed. I've had a quarter of a pastry so far. I am posting because I am NOT going to have anymore.

Bite it, Starbucks.

Midwife - step away from the pastry...

I once interviewed with a logistics company that handled the delivery of starbucks pastries. They're essentially like Hostess cupcakes - mass made and shipped in plastic packages, opened and stacked by the Starbucks staff. Is a Hostess-quality pastry worth your calories? Step away!

Yesterday's eating was, um, interesting as I was at the courthouse all day. Had no snacks, but I did end up eating a few mini-chocolate bars out sheer boredom. (They had them out in the jury room)

I overslept this morning and so didn't get to the gym. Plan is to go after work and do both an UBWO and some HIIT on the elliptical.

B - protein shake: 1/2 banana, tbsp natural bp, whey protein, almond milk; 1/2 ww bagel; :coffee:
S - cottage cheese, 1/2 nectarine
L - ? either salad or turkey sandwich (both from the store)
S - ?
D - chili made with 7% ground beef, salad

I think my mind was elsewhere when I went grocery shopping last weekend, I'm sadly lacking in lunch choices. And the dinners I made had no leftovers.

Midwife, no more pastries!

Pat, the mini chocolate bars in my coworker's cubicle are calling my name today. Luckily I haven't had my afternoon snack yet so I have something else to eat.

Thanks guys!!

:drill: Ma'am, put down the pastry and step away. :drill: :lol:

Now that I am committed and accountable, I am doing pretty okay resisting them! Love you all!!!!

B: english muffin with peanut butter, coffee
L: turkey and RF swiss on wheat, veggie chips, coke zero
S: KIND bar, handful of mixed nuts
D: leftover curry veggies/couscous, small homemade quesadilla. then I ate another tortilla... oops.
S: blueberries! blueberries make me happy =)

I'm getting back in to drinking diet sodas.... I don't think this is a move in the right direction, but I suppose it could be worse.

Well, I got sucked into the grocery store's Hawaiian chicken rice bowl at lunch. The chicken was fine - unadorned, but the rice was awful. I ate 2 bites, plus most of the chicken and threw it out. I did get a nice afternoon snack of vanilla lf yogurt and some mixed berries (enough for tomorrow too), and I also bought some roasted turkey sliced for tomorrow. Oh and I had a latte at an afternoon meeting as well (ff, no sweetner). Tonight's chili was delish! :)

Gave into a froyo craving. Need to be strict to get myself back down before leaving for Europe in a month...

B - Greek yogurt/peach/almond milk smoothie
S - Apple w/ babybel
L - Leftover - giant salad w/ grilled carne asada, grilled veggies, and lots of carrot, tomato, and cucumber.
S - Greek yogurt/peach/almond milk smoothie
S - Popcorn
D - Roasted veggie and chicken pasta, side salad, one slice rosemary bread (My best friend is driving up for dinner)
S - Cream puff shell, filled with NSA Ice Cream and sliced strawberries with lemon

I kind of fell face-first into a honeydew melon last night. Oh well, what's done is done. At least it was fruit.

Thursday:
B - oatmeal squares, blueberries, skim milk
L - pasta w/sauce, chicken, frozen mixed veggies, a little parmesan
S - peach, bite-sized plum
D - @restaurant for work: 1 glass of wine, 2 pcs bread w/a little butter, a bite or two of each of: mushroom pastry, baked brie, soba noodles, mahi mahi, then chicken breast with veggies and roasted potatoes, and half of a lemon sponge cake w/mascarpone filling and berries dessert.
E - NRLW S3W2B

Eh, fruit, not to worry. :)

B - cheerios with raspberries, walnuts, skim milk; 1/2 ww bagel
S - cottage cheese with strawberries
L - chili, pear
S - roast turkey slices
D - ?

Ex: UBWO this morning - done. I'm going to try to go for a bike ride between work and an evening meeting (hence the doubt on dinner - it may be sandwich in the car :) ) unless the forecasted rain appears.

I ended up 50 calories below maintenance yesterday but learned a valuable lesson... toasting a mini bagel with pb& jelly and eating it at 11:00pm (right before bed) will cause some upset tummy overnight and some water retention in the morning... :eek:

Today has been crazy - appointments and errands all day... no real meals all day so far, just smoothies and replacement bars...

E: going to run when I get home, most likely treadmill as it is raining where I am and probably at home too...
B: coffee, strawberry banana vivano
S: kashi crunchy cinnamon coffee cake bar
L: chocolate brownie think thin bar
S: going to have kashi w/ skim & berries, maybe greek yogurt when I get home
D: either vindaloo chicken over wild rice or ww pasta with peppers & onions in red sauce
S: depends - probably yogurt

B: english muffin w/ peanut butter, coffee
S: banana
L: turkey &rf swiss on wheat, onion corn chips, diet dr. pepper
S: KIND bar
D: curry couscous w/ veggies

having a glass of wine as a treat, but I'm already kind of wishing I'd opted for the scoop of ice cream instead.... such tough decisions!

Breakfast: nutritional shake
Snack: cherries
Lunch: a few bites of chickpea stew and a few bites of mac & cheese, carrots
Dinner: chickpea stew and spinach
Snack: half a protein bar
Dessert: fiber muffin with 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream, one small square of dark chocolate

They screwed up my plan at the restaurant last night by ordering two of every appetizer on the menu for everyone to share. Sigh. I only had a couple bites of each though. Then I got suckered into dessert, but at least I only ate half of it. Weight is up, of course. It was tasty though!

Friday:
B - oatmeal squares, blueberries, skim milk
L - @work again, panera - big plate of asian chicken salad (avoided the fried wonton strips as much as possible) w/dressing, piece of baguette
S - apple, hershey's almond nugget :o
D - leftovers, probably a baked potato and some cabbage with beets, I might finally cook that broccoli
E - none planned, maybe walk with the dog?

Yesterday came in fine on calories - right at my maintenance level, most of the water from earlier in the week is back off... Now I have to eat low sodium today and tomorrow to keep from being puffy for the reunion tomorrow night...

Today:
E: strength training after dinner, maybe some stationary bike chaser if I have enough time - will depend a lot on if DSS has a good day at daycare or not...
B: smoothie, coffee
S: string cheese, strawberries, blueberries
L: grilled chicken salad
S: apple w/ light swiss laughing cow, lf vanilla yogurt w/ berries & pineapple
D: slice cheese pizza, nectarine
S: kashi crunchy bar

Today: Had to go get a cortisone shot. May be taking the day off exercise as it made me feel sort of funny and face-flushy. Gross. If so, I'll do Sat and Sun.

B - Good Grains bagel from Noah's with 1 tbsp light cream cheese, turkey, cucumber, pickle
S - Strawberry smoothie w/ greek yogurt, almond milk
L - Leftover FiberGourmet penne with chicken, roasted veggies, homemade tomato sauce
S - Popcorn
D - Chicken and broccoli stirfry over brown jasmine rice
S - NSA Ice Cream, Strawberries

E - TBD

Hope the funny feelings go soon, Amanda.

Yesterday was POP....I had to take it moment by moment for part of it, but there you go. Ain't it funny how I avoid the scale and this thread when I have a string of off-plan days?

Today:
toast, pnb, strawberries, protein shake
peach, protein shake (I was thirsty, not so hungry, but wanted the protein)
turkey sandwich with tomatoes, onion, LC cheese
snack and dinner tbd
exercise 3 mile run---done!

Midwife - I tend to put this thread off to the very last thing when I've had an off plan day as well..
Amanda - hope you feel better soon! I had a cortisone shot only once and it made me a little wiggy too.

Add a serving of Indulgence Trail Mix to today - I'm trending low on the calories today, needed some good fats, and the chips in it help with the chocolate craving I've been fighting off.

Yesterday got kind of munchie, weird. Not awful, but annoying.

B - omelet with onions, red peppers, zucchini; 1/2 ww bagel; :coffee:
S1 - ff latte
S2 - pb/banana/almond milk/whey protein shake
L - leftover homemade chili
S3 - cottage cheese with strawberries
D - probably grilled chicken or salmon, broccoli, and ?? salad? Have to see what DH picks from the garden :)

Ex: LBWO after work

I've got to try almond milk... I saw it in two different smoothie posts today... Do you guys do sweetened or unsweetened? I remember Meg talking about the difference between the two, but can't remember - can you tell a difference?

Unsweetened Vanilla, personally. I just like that its only 40 calories a cup, less than half as skim milk, and adds a sort of vague nutty creaminess and a vague vanilla flavor. It's good (I like the texture way better than skim, regardless of the calorie benefits).

I changed into my gym clothes in a fit of optimism. The plan is to try to do 30 min of cardio, then more after another meeting if I'm still OK. I'm also due for a LB/ab workout, but we'll see on that.

Unsweetened original here, but I only use it in shakes, haven't tried it on cereal etc. My DH uses a fair amount of milk so we always have it. Might try the almond though, I bet it'd be good on oatmeal.

I'm just back from the grocery store. My Precision Nutrition program had us go to the store and get a few things that we may not have used before (then we have to photograph them, so they know we did it. :lol: ) Most of the stuff wasn't new to me, but I did get some almond butter and I'm looking forward to trying that. My store here in the boonies didn't have some of the stuff like hemp seeds (what would I do with those?), amaranth (though I've gotten it before in Anchorage) and canned lentils (canned lentils? why? I've never seen it - I'll photograph the dry ones I already have).

Did the LB work. Apparently, there's such a thing as a "cortisone flare"...where the cortisone shot makes the pain spike before it goes away. I was unaware. Am aware now.

Oh, yeah. My DH had that, OUCH for you. :hug:

Sunday~
3 mile run---done (I LOVE typing DONE!! So worth getting up early!)
pnb toast, berries, protein shake
cc/ berries
salad, probably a turkey sandwich or some such
peach
salmon with berries & zucchini & balsamic vinagrette (we'll see how it tastes!)

hallo! scale up, accountability down.
br and lunch prepped for tomorrow.

will be posting. i realy mean it stanley..... anyone ever read that book as a child?

Accountability for Sunday:

B - 1.5 tbsp PB and 1 tsp honey with 1/2 a sliced banana on light bread
L - Sandwich on 2.5 ounces baguette, lean turkey breast, 1/2 slice monterey jack, veggies, 1 cup fruit salad
D - 2 slices pizza, 1 large plate salad
S - NSA Ice Cream, Strawberries

E - Nothing, except we were running around all day (Farmers Market, Costco) and lugging boxes of beer/sodas for the wedding we are in at the end of Sept up to the happy couple's apartment.

Sunday:

Breakfast: nutritional shake
Lunch: black beans in a brown rice wrap, with spinach on the side
Snack: apple, brown rice cake
Snack: one slice of spelt bread, one slice of cheese, carrots
Dinner: Amy's Mac & Cheese, carrots
Snack: apple
Dessert: 3/4 cup ice cream, half a dark chocolate bar, tiny bite of brownie

Went a little overboard today. Will be back on track tomorrow.