[Jillegal]

Starting a new thread for the week (even though quite a few people posted "Monday Eats" on the old one and I do have a few comments!)

My dear Beth ~ please don't be discouraged by the tiny gain. You've done amazingly well to have had a loss every single week since January, but you have to expect your body to adjust eventually. It doesn't mean you'll stop losing (look at Howie still going strong!), but it could mean things might even out a bit for awhile. Keep doing what you're doing and everything will work out to your advantage in the long run!

Tasty sounding impromptu chicken dish, Jillybean (and especially good in that it got your veggie juices running)

Looks like Sunday wasn't the greatest day for Claire, Ali or me...must be our English roots! Seriously though, Claire, you've been through a nasty shock and its sad to hear about your co-worker's colleague...no wonder you didn't have much of an appetite today.

I'd better get my eats in before the latecomers arrive and post in the old thread!!

Points
Breakfast
5 - smoothie *
Mid-morning snack
1 - 1/2c each of blueberries and sliced strawberries
Lunch
4 - 2 slices Dempsters whole wheat bread, spread with
3 - chunk light tuna (water packed, drained), mixed with
1 - Miracle Whip light dressing, celery, black pepper
Mid-afternoon snack
1 - raw baby carrots
Dinner
0 - huge spinach salad (with tomatoes)
3 - shredded roast chicken (white meat), tossed in salad with
1 - light balsamic vinaigrette
1 - Twizzler for dessert (1 stick)
Evening snack
1 - 2 slices Weight Watchers 60% whole wheat bread, toasted
2 - 1tbsp. peanut butter
22 total

* Weight Watchers Vanilla Smoothie powder mixed with 1c 1% milk and 1/2 of a medium banana

Beverages: 2 large mugs of caffeine-free tea, 2 500ml bottles of spring water, 1 can club soda, 1 small bottle Perrier water

Exercise: 20 minute morning walk with dog, 20 minute evening walk with dog, 4 times around the school 1/4 mile track (half jog, half walk)

[alphabetsoup]

Hi! I found the new thread. I'm always confused by the date b/c you do it backwards from the way Americans do it (or we do it backwards from you probably! ).

I'm still sick - today, I didn't even break 1000 calories - still sleeping a lot (DH off today) and just miserable. I didn't really eat any "meals" but here's a list:

Kashi cereal w/1% milk
peanut butter & jelly sandwich on organic wheat bread (ate 3/4 of it)
part of a smoothie (strawberries & milk)
crimini mushrooms
a few sunflower seeds
some cola (feels good on my throat)

kcal: 902

Exercise: At this point, just keeping myself alive is exercise enough :lol

[taekwondomom]

July 11, 2005
Day was thrown way off by the fact I slept way too late! Was extremely tired Sunday after work and slept 14 hours straight midnight-2pm! Now of course, I'm still awake and it's almost 3 am here. Just gonna post my food quick and get my butt to bed!

Breakfast/Lunch: 1 chicken mcgrill sandwich (white bun, grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato with no mayo)
Dinner: Ham and cheese sandwich (2 slices wheat bread, 3 oz 97% fat-free ham, 1 1/2 oz fat-free swiss cheese); 1/2 c raw baby carrots
Snack(s): 1/2 cup cracklin' oat bran cereal on top 1 cup fat-free vanilla yogurt
Beverages: 12 oz diet cola, 60 oz water, 12 oz vanilla soymilk

Exercise: 8 Minute Moves; 6 hours waitressing

[synger]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who occasionally just has bread and cheese and fruit for dinner. Cheese and Triscuits with strawberries for desert sounds yummy. One of my and Hunter's favorite quick dinners is soft pretzels (you can get them frozen and bake them) or good french bread, with brie and apples. I have to be VERY careful to measure, though, and savor it slowly so the "satisfied" indicator has time to kick in. Bread or crackers and cheese in any combination is serious comfort food for me, and I can eat a whole wheel of brie if I allowed myself to. But knowing that is half the battle.

MONDAY

Breakfast:
yogurt
plum
granola bar
coffee with cream

Lunch:
grilled chicken breast without skin
corn
greens
brussels sprouts

After-work snack to keep the Beast at bay:
skim milk

Dinner:
Beef chili with beans, over rice

Snacks throughout the day:
sample of chicken noodle soup at the grocery store (bought it and the chili)
fudge

Drinks:
lots of water
a diet coke

Calories:
about 1700

Exercise:
8 blocks walking
5 flights up, four flights down
a bit of gardening (tying up the tomatoes in my tomato jungle, trying to direct the zucchini that's growing from one of my compost piles, and collecting stray Japanese Beetles that are nibbling my flowers and veggies)
paddling about in the pool with Gem for half an hour, until I noticed I was getting bright yellow splotches on my skin. We got out so Hunter could check the chemicals. I think the PH was off. It only colored dead skin, like callouses and around my thumb where I nibble my cuticles, and a bit of skin around my ankles that didn't get sloughed off last time I loofa'd. It faded after about an hour, but it sure looked strange until then.

[DishyFishy]

Tues 12/07:

Breakfast: Banana shake (6 oz banana, ice. ¼ cup 0% milk, ½ cup 2% plain yogurt, vanilla extract).
Snack: ½ oz almonds, 1 oz raisins.
Late Lunch: Prawn & veggie stir-fry (2½ oz prawns with beansprouts, broccoli, garlic, ginger, onion, and sui choy stir-fried in 1 tsp. peanut oil with ½ tblsp. mirin and 1 tsp. sesame oil).
Rest of the Day: 5 oz strawberries, 5 oz cherries, 2 oz potato crisps, ice lolly.
Drinks: 500 ml coffee, 1 litre green tea, 750 ml sparkling mineral water, 2 litres water.

Total kcals: 1353 (plus free veggies).

Exercise: 2.12 mile walk plus 30 minute yoga.

Tuesday

B: Kashi w/ Yogurt
L: Chicken Breast
Wheat Bread
Mayo, lettuce tomato
D: Chicken stirfry
S: Ice cream

Total: 1590

[Jillegal]

How miserable for you, Alphabetsoup, to still be sick ~ hope you're over whatever ails you really soon ...

Okay, Laura, I'm going to stop wondering and just come out and ask where the heck "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." comes from!

Hope your skin is back to normal, Synger, that yellow splotchy thing you had going on is pretty freaky!

Mmmmm, I love prawns, Ali (although most North Americans call them big shrimp ~ which is rather an oxymoron, isn't it?)

Good calorie count there, Apryl (must have been "light" ice cream)

Points
Breakfast
5 - smoothie *
Mid-morning snack
1 - 1/2c each of blueberries and grapes
Lunch
5 - oriental dumplings (vegetable and pork) with a little soy sauce
2 - salad of mixed greens, mandarin orange slices, a few seeds & nuts
1 - balsamic vinaigrette dressing
Mid-afternoon snack
1 - Astro fat free sugar free yogurt (peach)
Dinner
3 - skinless chicken breast (BBQ'd)
2 - brown and wild rice
0 - green and wax beans (with minced garlic)
Evening snack
0 - sliced tomato, topped with
2 - reduced fat cottage cheese and freshly ground black pepper
22 total

* Weight Watchers Chocolate Smoothie powder mixed with 1c 1% milk and 1/2 of a medium banana

Beverages: 1 large mug of tea, 2 500ml bottles of spring water, 1 can club soda, 2 large glasses of tap water, 1 large glass of "Free and Clear" lime flavoured water

Exercise: 20 minute morning walk with dog, 1-1/2hr. league badminton playing (we've moved into second place! Wheeeeee)

[alphabetsoup]

I just noticed the other Laura's new quote - that's hilarious!

Yep, STILL sick - I'm going to the doctor tomorrow, it hurts to breathe and coughing is just torture - pretty sure I have bronchitis - I'm so suseptible, I get it every time I have the slightest cough!

Not much appetite makes it easy to stay low on the calorie scale, I feel like I'm cheating!

Lunch: Turkey sandwich (organic wheat bread, turkey, provolone cheese, swiss cheese, onion)
Dinner: Fish, a few popcorn shrimp, mushrooms
Snacks: sunflower seeds - I *might* have some ice cream...
Drinks: 20 oz cola & water

kcal: 1299 (not counting possible ice cream consumption which would push it a couple hundred higher ).

[taekwondomom]

Originally Posted by Jillegal

Okay, Laura, I'm going to stop wondering and just come out and ask where the heck "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." comes from!

Saw it on a bumper sticker a few years back and it never fails to crack me up! Plus, I was born in the Year of the Dragon (Chinese Zodiac), I love dragons and it reminds me to stay on plan so I can get my dragon tattoo! See how it all ties in? Have I confused anyone yet?!

Originally Posted by Jillegal

Mmmmm, I love prawns, Ali (although most North Americans call them big shrimp ~ which is rather an oxymoron, isn't it?)

:ahem: I do not call them "big shrimp" which is just plain silly; the correct term is "JUMBO Shrimp"!
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Now, on to the food and exercise portion of my post:

B: 1 c cracklin' oat bran, 1/2 c vanilla soymilk, 1 sliced banana
L: HUGE Salad-about 4 cups romaine and leaf lettuce topped with 3 oz turkey, 1/4 sunflower seeds, 1/3 fat-free cheese and low-fat dressing (about 3 TBS)
D: 2 Low-fat Lasagna Roll-Ups (2 lasagna noodles each topped with a mixture of spinach, shredded carrot, light ricotta cheese then rolled up placed in a baking dish, topped with 3 cups marinara (I used Barilla Campadnola Roasted Garlic and Onion-YUMMY!!) and baked until hot and bubbly, then topped with mozzarella cheese (low-fat) and baked until the cheese is melted. This was a new recipe I tried!!! For one serving you get two roll-ups! Not only are they yummy, they are filling and chock full of super nutritious veggies!!); 2 cups romaine and leaf lettuces topped with 1/4 c fat-free cheese, 1/4 c sunflower seeds and 1 1/2 TBS Creamy Vidalia Onion Vinnagrette.

Treat: One Culver's Frozen Custard "Turtle Sundae"! I used up all of my alloted snack calories for the day on this one item! OOOO, but it was so worth it!

Beverages: 90 oz water, 20 oz vanilla soymilk

Exercise;
8 Minute Moves
10 minutes jumping rope immediately followed by 10 minutes jogging in place and 5 minutes stretching

[artist]

Whoops, forgot to post Tuesday. I am struggling a bit, but did eat pretty healthily, despite some serious temptation along the way.....

Bean and tuna salad
Coffee
4 small sandwiches, I forget the contents, at meeting
Wild mushroom soup
Chicken tikka pieces
Laughing cow light cheese
Strawberries, raspberries, low fat natural yogurt

25 min walk

[synger]

The original quote is from Tolkien -- it's something Gandalf says, I think. "Do not meddle with the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."

Then came a cartoon of a dragon, belly swollen, picking his teeth with a knight's lance, while the knight's armor was strewn about him, with the byline "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." It's gone on from there to bumper stickers, buttons, and other versions (Do not meddle in the affairs of hackers... do not meddle in the affairs of Vorlons... do not meddle in the affairs of cats...).

It's a classic quote/joke from the sci-fi/fantasy fandom world.

TUESDAY

Breakfast:
cottage cheese
zone protein bar

Lunch:
turkey
cabbage
baked glazed winter squash
green beans

After work snack to keep the Beast at bay:
skim milk

Dinner:
Meat and Mud (hamburger gravy)
Broccoli slaw mixed with a bit of onion, salsa,a bit of low-fat mayo, one slice of crisp bacon, and 1 oz of diced good cheddar cheese, nuked until the cheese begins to soften and the broccoli is not-raw-but-still-really-really-crunchy

Snacks:
peach
plum

Drinks:
water
diet coke

[b]Calories:]/b]
1524

Exercise:
five flights up
six flights down (and two were the first time I've gone down our winding marble staircase at work without having to use the handrail!! ))
8 blocks walking

[BethC]

Thanks Jill, I'm ok. I had really bad PMS this month, I'm hoping it's just water....it won't stop me, I'm in for the long haul.

Here's my food from yesterday...

2 - coffee
1 - egg whites
3 - luna bar
8 - swordfish
5 - baked potato
2 - salad w/vinigerette
5 - zone bar
3 - non-fat frozen yogurt
29 points (1 flex)

45 mins - eliliptical machine - 530 cals.

Also, we went out from work to the Palm steakhouse for lunch. This is one of my favorites AND I ordered Swordfish instead of a big ole steak

Have a great day everyone!

[Ivanna B. Skinny]

Well, it certainly sounds like everyone is having a good week. It's been 72 hours since my last ciggarette....I've been hiding in my house since Sunday night. (Since we never smoked in the house, when I step outside, my body expects one!) Anyhoo...I'm doing OK with the not smoking, but I wont even go into all the food porn I've committed. We're talking XXX food porn here! (No exercise either.) But, tomorrow is the beginning of day four, and I need to buck up, and remember my commitment! So, I hope every one has a fantastic day tomorrow!!

[taekwondomom]

July 13, 2005
B: 1 c cracklin' oat bran, 1/2 c van soymilk, 1 sliced banana

L: oops! busy with housework and forgot to have lunch

D: 2 c romaine and leaf lettuces topped with 1/2 c fat-free cheese, 1/4 c sunflower seeds and 2 TBS Creamy Vidalia Onion Vinagrette dressing; 1/7 of a stuffed crust Bacon-Chicken pizza from Papa Murphey's; 1/16th of cheese bread dipped in 3 TBS marinara

S: 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce; 1/2 c cracklin' oat bran cereal

Beverages: 70 oz water; 20 oz diet cola; 12 oz van soymilk

Exercise: 8 Minute Moves (worked out my biceps and triceps today); 3 1/2 hours vacuuming, picking up toys and moving heavy furniture around

[taekwondomom]

Originally Posted by synger

The original quote is from Tolkien -- it's something Gandalf says, I think. "Do not meddle with the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."

Then came a cartoon of a dragon, belly swollen, picking his teeth with a knight's lance, while the knight's armor was strewn about him, with the byline "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." It's gone on from there to bumper stickers, buttons, and other versions (Do not meddle in the affairs of hackers... do not meddle in the affairs of Vorlons... do not meddle in the affairs of cats...).

It's a classic quote/joke from the sci-fi/fantasy fandom world.

I think I've seen the cartoon too. LOL Thanks for the extra info