Living Maintenance - No Excuses! Maintainers Food and Exercise Accountability for January

New year, new month, new thread!

Friday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, pumpkin butter, skim milk
L - italian sausage and escarole soup
D - chicken cacciatore, pasta, broccolini
S - cream of wheat w/brown sugar and cinnamon
E - walk with dog in the freezing cold!

Off to a good start, Jessica.

B - English muffin, :coffee:
S - toast (see a trend here?)
L - leftover chili over romaine lettuce; 1/2 pear
S - tea
D - Seoul-ful chicken, roasted squash risotto (new, hope it comes out well)

LOL Pat, I love the Seoul-ful chicken!

Saturday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, pumpkin butter, skim milk
L - two rotisserie chicken drumsticks
D - sweet and sour cabbage soup, beer
S - mexican hot chocolate
E - NRLW S6W4B

And it was yummy as usual Jessica. :) And the risotta came out well too, flavorwise. I think I let it get a little to dry, but it was yummy.

B - oatmeal with raisins, walnuts, skim milk; 1/2 ww bagel
S - probably none as I had b'fast late, but having another :coffee:
L - homemade veggie soup (has lentils and white beans as well)
S - ?
D - must go peruse the freezer. :)

Sunday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - spaghetti, chicken cacciatore
S - slice of focaccia bread
D - lentil cottage pie
S - slice of focaccia bread, glass of red wine, handful of gummy bears :o, toast with apple butter and low-sugar apricot jam
E - none

Monday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftover lentil cottage pie
S - apple
D - leftover cabbage soup
S - ww toast w/half apple butter and half low sugar apricot jam
E - run on treadmill at lunchtime -- 5 min warmup, 20 min random program @5.5mph, 5 min cooldown

Monday -

B - Light bread/eggwhite french toast
S - Orange
L - Chicken and dumplings made lighter...mmm, so good
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ high fiber cereal, frozen berries
D - pork loin and broccoli stir fry, brown and wild rice
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 45 min dogwalk this morning, 60 min cardio, yoga possibly

Okay, getting back on with the accountability. Will chalk yesterday's crazy up to the furor or taking down Christmas decorations.

Today:
B - kashi go lean w/ berries & banana, coffee
S - berries, special k snack bar
L - grilled chicken salad
S - string cheese, yogurt w/ berries
D - ground chicken with peppers over rice, broccoli
S - maybe more yogurt, maybe an english muffin w/ peanut butter
E - strength training when I get home, it was too darn cold this morning in my garage

Today:

scale 163 (down from 165 yesterday, down from 167 on 12/24!)
english muffin with cheese and turkey
roast beef with a ton of mushrooms, onions, spinach, and green chile on a small bun
1 clementine so far. probably 2-3 more. mmmmmm! I'm addicted!
dinner will be BBQ turkey, beef, ham, assortment for FIL's birthday. Lots of side that aren't so great. I might roast a big pan of veggies to take along.
Exercise: maybe a run, my stomach is a little touchy today

First run of 2010 today! On the treadmill at work because it is way too cold and icy to run outside. It felt good. :D

Tuesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - pasta, frozen mixed veggies, sauce
S - apple
D - kasha with chicken and veggies, beer
E - NRLW S6W5A

Food and exercise came out fine yesterday.

Today -
E - planning on some treadmill time while DH watches the game tonight
B - kashi go lean w/ skim, berries & banana, coffee
S - berries, string cheese
L - grilled chicken salad
S - apple w/ laughing cow, yogurt w/ berries
D - some kind of take out salad from wherever DH gets chicken wings for tonight's bowl game
S - depends on dinner...

POP yesterday, so of course scale is up. Grrr. Also got another 7 cortisone shots this morning so I am cranky and can't lift today.

B - Light french toast
S - Orange
L - Leftover pork and broccoli stirfry
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ high fiber cereal
D - Spaghetti squash bake with meat sauce, light mozzarella
S - NSA Ice cream

E - 60-75 min cardio

Amanda - :hug: Have they figured out what exactly is wrong with your shoulder? Or are they just doing the "as long as the cortisone helps, we'll just do it forever" treatment?

POP yesterday.

Wednesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftover kasha veg chicken mix
S - apple
D - roasted cauliflower, pasta with sauce made from: low fat ricotta, a little margarine, pasta water, chicken, frozen peas, frozen green beans, frozen cherry tomatoes
E - rest day today, legs are too sore to run

Yesterday ended with no exercise & a pint of Cherry Garcia froyo. About 2350 cals for the day. Fell asleep on the bed instead of exercising. Ick - hope I'm not coming down with something. Feel pretty drained and yucky still.

Today:
E - depends on how the day goes. Would like to spend an hour on the treadmill or elliptical and/or do some yoga before bed.
B - kashi go lean w/ skim, banana, & berries, coffee
S - berries, string cheese
L - grilled chicken salad
S - yogurt w/ berries, protein shake if I exercise
D - pb&j
S - either a muffin or more yogurt

The shoulder has myofascial pain trigger points. Basically giant contractions in the muscle that won't release. The injections are supposed to help them release, and sometimes do, though they usually either come back or only go about halfway away. Typically, the pain just vanishes one day, when the muscles decide to unclench. Until then it's symptom management.

B - Egg beaters w/ broccoli and chicken sausage, orange
S - Apple
L - Leftover spaghetti squash bake
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ high fiber cereal
D - Grilled pork chop marinated in balsamic, curried pumpkin soup, sauteed cabbage
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 45 min dogwalk this morning, 60 min incline trainer

On plan again, did 75 min of incline trainer instead of 60, and scale is still really, really, really high. The combination of cortisone injections, painkillers, and TOM is packing quite a punch (I think it may be a new record...6 lbs in one day!).

Planning for tomorrow:

B - Eggbeater french toast
S - Orange
L - Leftovers: Pork chop, pumpkin soup, sauteed cabbage
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ high fiber cereal
D - Homemade wonton soup (chicken-filled wontons, mustard greens, carrots, snow peas...comfort food!)
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 45 min dogwalk, 60-75 min cardio

Amanda, ouch! I hope your shoulder and your scale are better soon.

Thursday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftover pasta and sauce
S - pear
D - mao pao tofu, rice, peas
S - ww toast w/apple butter and pumpkin butter
E - NRLW S6W5B

Phew, the scale is moving in the right direction again!

Friday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - @work, Panera - half mediterranean veggie sandwich, salad, piece of baguette, a mint
S - apple
D - pasta w/sauce, chicken, parmesan
E - none planned today, weather is too crappy

Yesterday was okay. Unfortunately there was another afternoon snacking experience, second day in a row. Kept it at about 400 calories both days, which didn't kill me on the calories but did kill me on the healthy calories. Yesterday at least had a granola bar with some protein. I am going to have some protein powder in milk this morning with breakfast to see if it keeps me from being so hungry after lunch.

E - 60 minutes of strength training, 10 miles on the stationary bike
B - kashi go lean w/ skim, berries & banana, coffee
S - 1/2 apple with 3 squares of laughing cow light swiss
L - grilled chicken salad
S - special K chocolate delight, afternoon snack binge of 1 palmers chocolate coin, 1 lindor truffle, 1 brach's chewy peppermint nougat, 1 serving of party mix, 1 thomas' mini bagel, 1 cascadian farms peanut pretzel granola bar
D - turkey sausage with pepper & onion over rice
S - popcorn, 2 hershey's kisses, 1 square lindor 85% dark chocolate, coffee

Today:
E - some quality treadmill time. Too cold and icy to go outside.
B - kashi go lean w/ skim, berries & banana, protein shake, coffee
S - string cheese
L - either one cup of leftover chinese food with no rice (broccoli & pepper with 2 shrimp) or a sandwich of some kind
S - yogurt w/ berries
D - vindaloo chicken over wild rice
S - peanut butter on english muffin or more yogurt

The scale will not be discussed. Temporary, temporary, temporary. And it would be ridiculous to avoid taking my pain meds so as scale would calm down, right? It's just so hard to watch it go up and up and up...

B - Protein shake
S - Orange
L - Leftover chicken wonton soup
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ high fiber cereal
D - Beef stew w/ carrots, potatoes, celery, onion
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 80 min cardio, 30 min LB

Amanda - sorry to hear about the scales. Um, you've read your sig, haven't you?

A while ago you said you rotated the same basic meal types (pasta was one, I think). I'm thinking about implementing something similar here so would you mind listing them again? Thank you. And anyone else - please pile in!

(SO & DB have huge appetites ... )

Yes, I have read my signature. Easier in theory than in practice! Especially when you're in pain, exhausted, and bloated up like a blowfish.

My winter meal rotation looks a lot like this.
1 time per week - bean or lentil soup. Add sausage, chopped veggies, greens.

1 time per week - Pasta. Add chicken sausage or lean ground meat, tomato sauce, and eggplant, peppers, and zucchini...or add chunks of chicken, broccoli, bell pepper, other veggies, and a faux cream sauce (basically a skim milk gravy with lots of pepper, lemon) then top with bread crumbs and bake. Lately we've been using spaghetti squash instead of the spaghetti, tossing with a ground beef/TVP mix, adding marinara, topping with cheese, and baking for a baked spaghetti.

1 time per week - stirfry w/ veggies and meat, over brown rice. Veggie is broccoli, long beans, or asparagus, depending on season. Meat can be thinly sliced beef, chicken, or pork loin, marinated in soy, garlic, ginger, and orange juice. Cook it up, make a quick sauce from chicken broth, more soy/ginger/garlic/lemongrass/hoisin/a little cornstarch to thicken, and serve over the rice.

1 time per week - beef stew. We cannot get enough of it in the winter, though we do vary it a little, using white or sweet potatoes depending what sounds good that week. Some weeks we sub this for chili, also delicious.

1 time per week, another winter favorite - some kind of winter squash (acorn, pumpkin, butternut) roasted, spiced up with curry, and pureed with broth into a soup. We serve with a sauteed veggie (I am loving sauteed cabbage with a dash of nutmeg, as well as brussels sprouts with balsamic and a hint of bacon) and a grilled chicken or beef skewer, so the soup takes the place of whatever starch we might otherwise have had.

Weekends we are often out and about, but we usually cook at home at least one night...we break out the long-cooking stuff, like roast chickens with root vegetables.

In summer, of course, it's different...we replace most of the soups with salads, and the featured veggies are usually more of the squash/tomato/pepper variety. We do a lot more lighter dishes with side salads...a nice frittata filled with veggies with a side of sliced tomatoes and basil, grilled sandwiches, etc.

Thank you very much indeed for this, Amanda. We are working on getting a better plan in place which suits everyone's needs and likes.

:hug:for the pain, swelling and exhaustion. It doesn't seem fair at all. :hug:

POP yesterday, up another 2 lbs. Grand total is 8.5 now from tuesday, when I got the shots.

B - Protein shake
L - Big salad w/ grilled chicken, veggies, balsamic
D - Some manner of black eyed pea, rice, and sausage stew.

E - 60-80 min on the incline trainer, some Wii, abs

Amanda - :hug: it is the medicine, I know. Stopping the medicine to help the scale may sound appealing, but I think you would regret it later. :hug:

Yesterday came in fine for. Scale is coming down a little, though still higher than I want. May have to go to cutting calories for a few weeks.

Today:
E - some strength training in a fewminutes
B -Kashi go lean w/ berries, skim & banana, coffee
L - white turkey burger on whitewheat roll, one brach's peppermint nougat
S - protein shake I think, after exercise
D - going out with friends, no idea where we are going
S - depends on dinner

Silver, my technique for planning out meals is that every Sunday I sit down with my recipe box and pick out 3-4 recipes for the week, then go shopping and buy all the ingredients. Since there are only two of us and the recipes all make at least 4 servings, the combination of 3 recipes + leftovers + the occasional pasta night gets us through the week pretty well.

Time for weekend catch-up!

Saturday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - rice, leftover tofu and peas
D - @restaurant - cocktail, chicken tamale, 3 1/2 butternut squash enchiladas
S - half a scoop of amaretto gelato
E - walk with dog

Sunday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - rice, peas, teriyaki sauce
D - spicy black and red bean soup, garlic bread
S - raisin bran, skim milk
E - walk with dog

Monday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftover bean soup
S - apple
D - pasta w/sauce, frozen mixed veggies, and parmesan
S (after swim class) - half serving chilaquiles
E - swim class

Well, well well well well....
I am sooo back to this thread :)

for starters, Amanda, thank you for the specific listing of weekly meals. I love it! And I am thinking in addition to frustrated you are prob so uncomfortable! :( short term nonsense!!!

goal: lose the junk food and be consistent with both food and exercise.

breakfast 2 eggs, cheese, turkey bacon
lunch .5 lb. deli meat

will account when figure snacks and dinner out

exercise: spin class

Thanks, Jessica. It's all very helpful.

Our current system is a work of art in progress. We try to plan on Sat or Sun but this can depend on what we find during the early Saturday morning raid on the local supermarket and the Sunday morning raid on the local farm shop. There are two other main sorties in the week: to a health food shop and possibly to the supermarket again (mercy dash for cottage cheese or leafy green veg, that kind of thing).

We try to add in interesting or more complex stuff. For example, the DB cured some fabulous bacon last week using some belly pork. His own idea and you can't say no to ideas like that. It was unplanned and fantastic as rashers (in the oven, there were so many of them) and in split pea and veg soup. I want a son who knows about and revels in real food. He's on the right track so far (except perhaps for the meringue nests with whipped cream and berries :o - but you can emphasise the berries and minimise the cream, can't you?)

On the plus side, the shoulder is becoming more tolerable and I am now only up 3 lbs over redline, as TOM ended and the swelling decreased. Still dealing with a little water retention and digestive slowness from the meds, but it's way better than before.

On the negative, I caught my wife's cold. Sigh. I am still OK to exercise gently today, but it will definitely effect intensity.

Plan for today:

B - WW Tortilla, peanut butter, half an apple
S - Muscle milk
L - Black eyed pea and rice stew w/ turkey kielbasa, veggies, tomato sauce
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ strawberries and blueberries
D - Chicken and wild rice soup with leftover chicken from roast chicken last night (mostly dark meat) and homemade stock from the same chicken, plus lots of veggies and brown and wild rice.
S - NSA Ice cream

E - 75 min incline trainer, adjusted for effort as necessary given cold symptoms (it's presenting with a headache and a sore throat, which should be work-through-able).

Food for evening, not exactly what I mentioned...

Plan, come home, have kim chi, then large bowl of soup with leftover kung pao chicken mush, broc (which I made sun night) and shiritaki nood.
Did that along with one tablespoon avocado/tomato salad, 2 cups roasted brussel srouts, rasperry fruit leather bar, one 2 bite brownie, some green olives stuffed with blue cheese, (measured, at least) half cup breyers ice cream.
Now done and counted. About 1850ish cals.
Goal, eat fewer and better planned cals tomorrow.

Did add more exercise with a 3 mile walk to train.

Hello~~~~

Today:
1/2 bagel, pnb, protein shake
cc, clementine
green chile stew (turkey, gr chile, beans, potatoes, tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, a little cheddar
tuna, tomatoes
protein shake after 1 hr heavy weights

Sunday wasn't great. Monday was tolerable. Today will be better. :)

Today's plan -
B - kashi go lean w/ blackberries, raspberries, blueberries & banana
S - string cheese, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries
L - grilled chicken salad
S - yogurt w/ blueberries
D - ground turkey breast w/ peppers over rice, broccoli
S - yogurt or muffin w/ peanut butter

E - going to try to go to the park today unless it is still cloudy and rainy like it is now, treadmill if weather is troublesome

Tuesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - black bean and chicken chilaquiles
S - apple
D - long life noodles
S - banana
E - none today, it's my NRLW rest week

Yesterday was OP, and now the scale is only up 1.5 since the shots...progress! I am still on painkillers and still have a cold so I think that's pretty reasonable.

Plan for today:

B - French toast w/ eggbeaters, sliced strawberries
S - Apple
L - Leftover chicken and wild rice soup, half a roll
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ berries
D - Pork loin roast, brown rice pilaf, sauteed bok choy with garlic and sesame
S - NSA Ice cream, strawberries

E - 60 min cardio, 60 min weights, 40 min dogwalk

Amanda - glad the scale is showing progress! :)

hey chicks :)
today---NADA----so far anyway, I have a doctor appt and they are drawing labs. Why o why did I make it for 3pm??? (well, I know why, but I will still complain about it ;))

plan balance bar as soon as the needle is out of my arm!
exercise: weight/strength class done

Oh my, Kitty, you are brave. I always make those appts as early in the morning as they'll take them... :)

Back to report final counts
Forgot bar in med office
Returned home, finshed leftover steak (maybe 3-4 oz)
One chicken marsala breast from trader joe prepackaged food
About .5 cup avocado tomato salad
2 tj ww locarb tortilla
1oz mixed shredded cheese
.25 boca burger
Less than 1/8cup, about 8 or 9 dark choc covered blueberries....
Total 1000-1200 cals

Tomorrow am spin
Bkfst balance bar
Packed chicken veg crockpot dinner for dh
Apple,/string cheese
Same chicken for dinner, maybe

This is not a good day, but since I've been avoiding this thread, I thought I ought to work on my accountability......

B: 1.5 eggs, poured over sauteed onions, red peppers and mushrooms; 1/2 ww bagel; clementine, :coffee:
S: sigh. 2 cookies
L: salad bar salad: lettuce, peas, kidney beans, 3 artichoke halves, 2-3 oz of fake crab, sprinkling of shredded cheese, topped with LF sesame dressing (I keep this at work)
S: sigh again, handful of reese's pieces....
D: provided by work due to early city council meeting - pizza and salad. I WILL only eat 1 piece and none of the mediocre desserts they provide. Concentrate on salad....

NPO til 3 pm? I would be chewing on drywall.

I'll consider today POP. I had 2 small chocolate covered peppermist sticks at 30 cal a pop, so, yeah, me!

Scale is not cooperating. I'm POP, why is my weight going up? Sigh.

Wednesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
S - tortilla
L - pasta w/veggies and sauce
D (pre-swim) - PB&J on ww bread
S (post-swim) - pear
E - swim class

Jessica, :hug:, that's hard, I know!! Been there, done that!!

Jessica - totally understand (heck, you KNOW I understand). Keep going and it'll get with the program eventually.

B - French toast made w/ light bread and egg beaters, berries
S - Apple w/ laughing cow
L - Leftovers: Pork roast, brown rice pilaf, sauteed bok choy with garlic and sesame
S - Greek yogurt, berries
S - Popcorn
D - Spaghetti squash, super lean ground beef, marinara sauce, sauteed onion and garlic - mixed, sprinkled with RF mozzarella, and baked.
S - NSA ice cream

E - SORE from yesterday. 75 min cardio, plus some stretching/yoga poses to try to loosen myself up.

Phew, it was sodium, the scale went down 2lbs overnight.

Thursday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - ww pasta, frozen veggies, sauce
S - small apple, small tangerine
D - baked ziti
S - tortilla
E - none planned today

Went a little off the rails (200-300 calories) on healthy stuff yesterday..tends to happen when I do heavy lifting and am really sore, I wonder if my body just needs the extra nutrition for repair.

Plan for today:

B - WW LC tortilla, 1 tbsp natural pb, sliced apple
S - Orange
L - Leftover spaghetti squash w/ ground beef, cheese
S - Yogurt w/ berries
S - Popcorn
D - Grilled chicken skewer, butternut squash soup, sauteed cabbage
S - NSA Ice cream

E - 40 min dog walk this morning, 75 min cardio, possibly more dog walk tonight.

Yesterday ended op andtoday was calories okbut poor dinner choice.
Exercise hath a yoga and. one mile.
New phone posting tricky.
Arg

returned from kitchen. now well above cal range for the day. expecting gain.
bloaty

Friday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - @work - thin crust cheese pizza, two regular squares and one small square
S - banana
D - salad and leftover baked ziti
S - oat bran w/brown sugar and raisins
E - walk with the dog, still too treacherous to run

Ended up skipping morning snack yesterday, which left me low, so subbed out dessert for frozen yogurt. Today's plan:

B - Sandwich thin w/ pizza sauce, mozzarella, and broccoli
S - Orange
L - Chicken skewer, cabbage, butternut squash soup
S - Protein shake
S - Popcorn
D - Chicken and broccoli stirfry, brown rice
S - Experiment with some sort of low-cal mousse in phyllo cups...its still only a loosely formed idea.

E - 60 min incline trainer, 60 min strength, 60-80 min dogwalking, cleaning mania

Yesterday came in about 200 calories over target - I was on track all day until I fell into a pot of plain lasagna noodles while I was setting up a pan to cook tonight. Felt very much like the old me who used to make and eat an entire box of plain noodles at a shot...

Yesterday:
B: kashi go lean w/ berries, banana & skim, coffee
L: Moe's salad bowl w/ chicken & black beans, some chips
S: Kashi peanut granola bar
D: ground turkey tacos
S: 1.5 servings of plain lasagna noodles
E: LB workout in the morning, running in the afternoon

Today:
B: kashi go lean w/ berries, banana & skim, coffee
S: berries, string cheese
L: grilled chicken salad
S: chocolate cheerios
D: lasagna-ish baked dish - noodles, lowest calorie natural red sauce I could find, 2% italian cheese, ground turkey with spices. App 296 calories per serving. Will probably make some broccoli for myself to go with it.
S: depends on how much I end up eating at dinner
E: planning a UB workout when I get home if time allows, otherwise will experiment with using the stationary bike after DSS goes to bed

So at my lunch meeting today they gave us pizza, but it was an off-brand and the kind that's cut into squares. Does anyone know how to calorie count it? I had two 3x3 squares and one that was about 1/3 that size. I thought it was probably equivalent to about two regular slices but I have no idea.

Nevermind, I just figured out that I should use basic math. If a 12" diameter pizza has 1122 calories, then a 3x3 square piece has 90, because the area of the 12" diameter pizza is 113.04 square inches, and the square piece is 9 square inches. Duh.

Good work, Jessica!

It appears some of my broccoli has gone bad - odd, because it normally lasts this long no problem. Shifting dinner plan to replace the stirfry with a homemade pizza on very thin, whole wheat homemade crust, light cheese, with broccoli, chicken, and olives - I'll likely throw a salad together as well.

Amanda - do you make pizza crust in your breadmaker or by hand? Do you have a crust recipe you could share? :) How is the shoulder after you lifting this week?

So the scale gods granted me a stay and o did not gain
I paid penance by being op yesterday along with a long awaited run yesterday.
Today sculpt class and one mile.
Balancebar,chicken so far today.
Happy weekend everyone. :)

I make my crust by hand, sort of...I knead it in a kitchenaid stand mixer with the dough hook.

Used this one, subbed agave for the honey and wheat bran for the flax:
http://greenlitebites.com/2008/03/11/thin-crust-whole-wheat-pizza-dough/

Shoulder hurts. I am coming to accept that the shoulder may always hurt, just sometimes more than others. It's no better or worse after lifting, so I may as well lift.

Saturday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - lean cuisine beef chow fun
S - slice of cinnamon bread
D - cooking club - mac & cheese, chicken chili, rice pilaf, cottage pie, pumpkin custard pie, apple custard pie, banana bread, red wine, champurrado, slice of bread
S - piece of cinnamon bread
E - 30 min/15 lap swim

Plan for today is a little off...MIL is coming for her birthday, which earns me a glass of wine or two.

B - Tiger milk high protein bar at car wash while waiting for car to be done.
L - We are going out. All depends what MIL feels like getting once she lands (currently she's delayed)
D - Beef roast slow cooked in an italian tomato and mushroom sauce, served over polenta, side salad (the roast is a 200 year old recipe from the great-great-grandmother of a coworker of my dad's...it's kind of amazing)
S - Small slice ice cream cake

E - Dogwalking - at least 40-50 min, poss more if I need to escape later

Catching up . . .

Sunday:
B - slice of banana bread
L - mac & cheese, salad w/dressing
S - slice of cinnamon bread
D - salmon, rice, broccoli, half a beer
S - slice of cinnamon bread
E - none

I need to get rid of this cinnamon bread! I should never have bought it in the first place except I made the mistake of shopping while hungry.

Monday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - rice, mixed veggies, teriyaki sauce
S - apple
D (pre-swim) - lean cuisine carbonara
S (post-swim) - raisin bran, skim milk, slice of cinnamon bread
E - swim class

Friday came in pretty close to dead on plan.

Saturday & Sunday were pretty good as well.

Today:
B: kashi go lean w/ berries, banana & skim, coffee
S: berries
L: turkey, provolone, tomato, lettuce & avocado on whole wheat
S: yogurt w/ berries, kashi blackberry graham bar
D: spaghetti
S: english muffin w/ peanut butter

Work is insane and only going to get worse - crazy! Traveling down to the office this week, which'll complicate things, but my hotel has a gym, the breakfast includes fruit and yogurt, and there's a salad bar at the office, so there's no excuses.

Today:
B - Protein shake
S - Kashi bar
L - Tuna melt on sourdough w/ light cheese
S - Popcorn
D - Stirfry w/ broccoli, brown rice
S - NSA Ice cream

E - 90 min cardio - complete

Ugh, I feel so bloated today. Too much sodium yesterday.

Tuesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - turkish carrots and lentils
S - apple
D - minestrone soup, roasted asparagus
S - oat bran, brown sugar
E - NRLW S7W1

Yesterday was very close to on plan - I had some low fat vanilla yogurt with arils, blueberry & chopped up dark chocolate for evening snack. Yummy. Had Came in 107 calories over maintenance level.

Today:
B: out of good cereal at work... blend of chocolate cheerios & kashi puffs w/ skim, banana, berries, coffee
S: tuna pouch, cascadian farms granola bar
L: grilled chicken salad
S: string cheese, berries
D: I'm thinking Annie's version of Hamburger Helper w/ ground turkey
S: yogurt w/ dark chocolate, thinking about freezing it this time

Last day before the trip - prep, prep, prep.

B - Protein shake w/ strawberries
S - Orange
L - Leftovers - lamb skewer, rice pilaf, brussels sprouts
S - Greek yogurt w/ strawberries
S - Popcorn
D - Beef and broccoli stirfry, brown rice
S - NSA Ice cream

E - 70 min incline trainer, 60 min strength

Wednesday: (is it really only Wednesday? :( )
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - minestrone soup
S - banana
D (pre-swim) - lean cuisine ginger garlic chicken stir fry
S (post-swim) - pasta w/sauce, parmesan
E - swim class

No, Jessica, Wednesday is good, means we're more than half way through the work week. :)

I've been so unaccountable for the last couple weeks. I'm really trying to do better.

B - cheerios with skim milk, walnuts, blueberries; 1/2 WW bagel w/pb
S - blackberry yogurt
L - turkey sandwich on ww, lettuce, tomato
S - 1/2 apple and cheese
D - leftover stroganoff, rice, broccoli

Ex: LBWO

Oh my goodness. Worst flight story ever. And even with that, I was POP yesterday and today (OK, I cut my workouts to 45 min instead of an hour, and I replaced dessert with a glass of wine. Still! Thank goodness for the office salad bar, zone and pria bars, and oranges...hate for everything to be so processed, but you know, when the options are this or a breakfast buffet with nothing but junk, I'll take this)

Yesterday:
B - Zone bar
S - Pria 100 cal bar
L - Sandwich - Turkey, mustard, 1 slice cheese, wheat roll, side of 1/2 cup grilled veggies
S - Orange
D - Glass of wine, salad bar salad w/ chicken

E - After my crazy day, and that awful flight, exhausted, I still headed back into the hotel, went to the gym, and worked out for 45 min before dinner.

Today:
B - Zone bar
S - Orange
L - Big salad w/ grilled chicken
S - Pria Bar
D - Baked salmon, double veggies (skipped all forms of starch), glass of wine

E - 45 min in the hotel gym this morning.

Plan for tomorrow:
B - Zone Bar (LOL, I came stocked!)
S - Orange
L - Giant salad w/ chicken
S - Pria Bar to avoid the inevitable brownie tray at the office company meeting
D - Perhaps the halibut, since I had the salmon tonight...ah, hotel food. Double veggies, glass of wine

E - will do another 45 min in the gym tomorrow. That and walking around in heels all day, I think I am good. Hopefully Saturday I'll get to lift some weights, then we have a teambuilding bowling event so that'll be some movement...then the company party and we'll dance.

Apparently I completely neglected to post yesterday, oops.

Thursday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - minestrone
S - banana
D - veggie pilaf, piece of plain ww toast
S - raisin bran, skim milk
E - NRLW S7W2

and today . . .

Friday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - @work, On The Border - salad made from lettuce, salsa, grilled veggies, grilled chicken, and black beans, plus a few tortilla chips w/salsa and 1 tsp guacamole
S - banana
D - chicken soup
E - walk with dog

HUGE VICTORY ALERT....6 days away from home, with meetings and being off of my schedule and limited access to the typical foods I eat and lots of need for networking/glasses of wine with coworkers...and I did not gain an ounce! AND I did not miss a single workout (including doing cardio after the day from heck AND lifting weights on Friday after dinner with coworkers, just to get it all in).

Glad to be home, though!

Plan for today:
B - French toast w/ egg beaters on sourdough bread
S - Protein shake
L - Tuna melt on sourdough w/ light cheddar
S - Popcorn
D - Chicken and rice soup w/ veggies
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 75 min cardio

Amanda, great job!!! :high:

And thanks for bumping this thread, you reminded me I had to post on it!

Saturday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - vegetable pilaf
D - @Stone Creek - glass of white wine, most of a cup of french onion soup, 1/3 of the couscous on my main dish, 1 jump shrimp, 1 small crab cake, 3 scallops, a couple bites of mahi mahi, and a bunch of veggies, half of the brownie sundae dessert
E - 15 mins escalator-style stair climber, 10 min run, 18 min swim, walk with dog

Sunday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftovers from restaurant: 1 shrimp, mahi mahi fillet, couscous, veggies
S - half a big chocolate cupcake, 1 beer
D - 1 slice cooking light deep dish pizza, 1 hard cider
S - half a single-serve tiramisu
E - walk with dog

and on to today...

Monday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - piece of leftover cooking light pizza
S - apple, clementine
D (pre-swim) - leftover pilaf
S (post-swim) - cooking light pizza
E - swim class

Argh, the internet at home is out. This means that when I tallied up what I ate this morning, I came in over my calorie limit by 25 cals. How can I survive without my food log website at home??? :p Plus even though I wasn't too hungry when I got home from swim class, I stayed up late enough on the phone with tech support that I got hungry again. Blah.

Tuesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - lean cuisine lemongrass chicken
S - two clementines
D - beef stew
E - NRLW S7W3

I think the 25 calories will be OK. I was over by 200 yesterday, but was actually hungry, so I'm OK with it...it was healthy snacks added after I was still hungry.

Plan for today:

B - Egg beater french toast made w/ light sourdough
S - Yogurt
L - Leftover Chicken, rice, and mushroom soup, slice of sourdough
S - Popcorn
S - Protein shake w/ berries
D - Chicken and broccoli stir fry, brown rice
S - NSA Ice Cream

60 min cardio, 60 min strength

I have not posted on this thread since 1/19... Have to get back to the accountability.

Sunday & Monday were below calorie goal, 1543 & 1356 respectively. So, was below target. Makes up somewhat for the high Saturday and no exercise Sunday & Monday. Back to normal today.

B: kashi go lean w/ skim, blueberries, banana; coffee
S: string cheese, 2 true north pistachio crisps
L: grilled chicken salad
S: yogurt w/ blackberries & blueberries, probably some trail mix
D: ground turkey with peppers and tomato over rice
S: depends on the calories - I'm thinking a protein shake
E: planning a run at the park

Amanda, yeah, it's not so much the 25 calories that bothers me as it is the fact that had I been able to access the internet and my food log, I would have picked something to eat that had fewer calories to keep me in my limit. But since I couldn't access it, I thought that I had enough room to eat what I did and ended up 25 over. Oh well.

Jessica - no online access always makes me a little crazy, too. 25 isn't too bad, considering. :)

Internet is back at home! It was the modem. DH and I pulled an old one out of the closet that we had used 6-7 years ago with a different company, and it worked just fine. We'll buy a new one soon anyway though since the old one is three times the size of newer ones.

POP yesterday!

Wednesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - beef stew
S - carrot sticks
D (pre-swim) - spaghetti w/sauce, frozen veggies, and parmesan
D (post-swim) - oat bran w/log cabin lite syrup
E - swim class

POP for me yesterday, too!

Today -
B: kashi go lean w/ arils, bluberries, blackberries, banana, :coffee:
S: yogurt w/ blueberries & blackberries, string cheese
L: grilled chicken salad
S: protein shake, trail mix
D: probably a pb&j, maybe spaghetti
S: kozy shak pudding w/ fat free redi whip

POP and prepping for my first acupuncture treatment today. Will be slightly sweaty because I have to get my workout in first (no excuses!)

B - French toast w/ eggbeaters
S - Apple
L - Leftovers: Chicken and broccoli stirfry, brown rice
S - Popcorn
S - Protein shake
D - London broil, sweet potato fries, chard
S - NSA Ice Cream

E -60 min incline trainer, more after acupunture depending on how it feels.

Good luck with the acupuncture Amanda! I had acupuncture a couple years ago with mixed results, but I can at least tell you that it is usually relaxing, and the needles don't really hurt. They go in pretty quickly.

140 cals over yesterday. I needed that post-swim snack though, and the scale is down today, so no worries.

Thursday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - lentil edamame stew
S - two clementines
D - country captain chicken and rice, beer
E - NRLW S7W4

Not POP yesterday - tried a new fro yo place. But not too far over.

B - French toast w/ eggbeaters
S - Apple
L - Leftovers: London broil, sweet potato fries, chard
S - Popcorn
S - Protein Shake
D - Chicken, red beans, and rice stewed up with tomatoes, veggies, and lots of chili powder. Yummo!
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 80 min cardio

40 calories over my TDP recommended maintenance goal. Which I set with myself defined as 'sedentary' so I'm not too worried about 40 cals.

Today:
B - kashi go lean w/ berries, arils & banana, coffee
S - 10 true north pistachio crisps, almond trail mix, yogurt w/ blueberries
L - grilled chicken salad
S - cascadian farms granola bar, maybe a string cheese
D - either ground turkey tacos, a pb&j or a store bought salad. Depends on DH's work schedule tonight
S- yogurt or pudding

Friday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - @work, 1 slice veggie pizza, 1 slice cheese
S - two clementines
D - @in-laws' house, salad w/grapefruit and creamy balsamic, sweet potato parsnip peanut puree, spinach cheese quiche, 1 chocolate coin, small piece homemade cheesecake
E - none today

Edit to add the weekend...

Saturday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftover rice and country captain chicken
D - @restaurant - bite sized piece of polenta, 1.5 pretzel rolls with herb butter, 1 glass red wine, 3 southern fried oysters with some kind of veggies, duck confit with mushroom potato mash, chocolate mousse cake with vanilla ice cream (all small portions)
E - swim, walk with dog

Sunday:
B - raisin bran, skim milk
L - ww sweet potato gnocchi w/veggies and chicken sausage
S - clementine, bite of pumpkin bread, 2/3 toblerone mini
D - meatloaf, broccoli, roasted sweet potatoes/squash/carrots
S - clementine, slice of toast
E - walk with dog

Good food day yesterday, changed some of the food items. Had some veggie chips as an afternoon snack and a flat out wrap with cheese, turkey, tomato & broccoli for dinner.

today:
B: kashi go lean w/ berries, arils & banana, coffee
S: broccoli, berries
L: grilled chicken salad
S: string cheese, yogurt w/ berries
D: either spaghetti or sandwiches
S: yogurt or kozy shak pudding

POP yesterday.

Today:

B - WW Tortilla, PB, sliced apple
S - Greek yogurt
L - Leftover Red beans and rice with sausage
S - Protein shake w/ strawberries
S - Popcorn
D - Beef stew
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 60 min cardio, 60 min strength