No Excuses! Maintainer's Food and Exercise Accountability 5/18-5/24

[Megan1982]

Starting us off into the week of Memorial Day weekend!

Monday's plan:
B - protein pancake, low sugar jam, skim milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
S - small banana
L - ww tortilla, chicken breast, cucumber slices
S - lowfat yogurt, watermelon, raw walnuts
gym - cardio, chest, abs if I've got time/am so inclined
post-workout - homemade protein muffin
D - not sure. leftovers in freezer - turkey meatloaf, or chicken cheese spinach quesadilla, or if I'm eating alone turkey eggplant casserole. veggies will be roasted green beans.

I beat the Snickers bar Friday afternoon, but then I went home and ate a bunch of snacks that were definitely more calories than a candy bar! I know if I eat the candy bar it sets of high/low sugar swings that about always cause me to crave more sugar. But if I don't, I still get really worked up spending so much energy resisting it and then I eat crap anyway. Where can I buy myself some more ?

[Shannon in ATL]

Good morning! I totally disappeared Thursday night and didn't post here again all weekend...

Friday was my birthday, and I did okay considering... Sunday was worse...
B: smoothie, coffee
L: kung pao shrimp, brown rice, 1/2 bowl wonton soup, small egg roll, fortune cookie
D: vindaloo curry chicken over long grain and wild rice
S: ben & jerry's frozen yogurt... the entire carton... all 4 servings...

Saturday:
E: 75 minutes of strength training, ab video, stability ball
B: banana, sugar free nonfat latte
L: baked chicken nuggets with two soft corn tortillas, some hash browns
S: kashi go lean crunch with low fat yogurt, blueberries, raspberries
S: mini reese's peanut butter egg
D: ground turkey in red sauce over bow tie pasta
S: chips and salsa, coffee, mini laffy taffy bar

Sunday, lunch with my parents, desserts and cake sent home...
E: 55 mins of ab video, yoga fitness plus video
B: kashi go lean crunch with low fat yogurt, blueberries, raspberries, coffee
L: grilled Mexican Mahi-Mahi with veggies, about four bites of Mexican rice, a churro, one slice of sopapilla, four bites of vanilla ice cream, chips and salsa
S: sugar free, non fat latte
S: some popcorn my grandmother made, two handfuls I think?
D: frozen mickey mouse head hamburger pattie on double fiber wheat bread with a slice of velveeta
S: a healthy slice of my mother's triple chocolate devils food cake

Today:
E: 4.15 miles treadmill HIIT
B: smoothie, coffee
S: string cheese
L: grilled chicken salad, yogurt
S: reduced fat cheesits
S: SBD chocolate peanut butter bar
D: turkey sausage and rice, apple
S: skinny cow, 6 honey roasted peanuts

Megan - good job on the Snickers bar! Sorry the other snacks caught you this weekend.... I find the more I resist the candy the easier it is, though then I go and eat cake, so I obviously need will power dust, too!

[paperclippy]

Agh, wrong button deleted my whole post!!!

Saturday:
B - raisin bran, strawberries, skim milk
L - sole fillet, bulgur pilaf with tomatoes, green beans, and spinach
D - @cooking club - basil vodka gimlet, margarita, sangria, 2 chili beef skewers, asparagus and carrots with red pepper hazlenut dip and avocado yogurt dip, strawberry and small piece of chocolate with some other kind of dip, shrimp skewer with bloody mary soup shot, one finger sandwich, chocolate chip cookie, small piece lime torte, small piece strawberry tart, snow pudding, a couple tortilla chips, one swedish meatball
E - ran 5k

Sunday:
B - raisin bran, skim milk
L - leftover bulgur pilaf
S - lf yogurt, blackberries, lf granola
D - glass of red wine, pasta, volumetrics chicken merlot
S - half leftover fruit gelee, lf yogurt, lf granola
E - bike 8.4 miles, walked 5.4

Monday:
B - raisin bran, strawberries, skim milk
S - banana
L - leftover pasta and chicken merlot
S - tangelo, yogurt, slice of oat bran bread
D - rice and pinto bean skillet chili
S - lf yogurt, blackberries, lf granola
E - boot camp

[alinnell]

E~none. Decided sleep was more necessary. I feel great so therefore I'll get back to the treadmill tomorrow morning.

B~egg with peppers (110)
S~none
L~Healthy Choice General Tsao's chicken, small apple (400)
S~yogurt
D~scallops and a salad of avocado, papaya and watermelon. It sounds interesting?

[paperclippy]

You know, although I made a few bad choices at the dinner party, overall I actually didn't do too badly. Well, excluding the drinks. There were huge trays of chips, pita chips, toast rounds, etc, with the dips. I took a couple tortilla chips but I mostly stuck to the asparagus, carrots, and bell peppers, and only took small portions of the dips (~2 Tbsp). Really the problems were the drinks and dessert, and if we'd had less food available I probably wouldn't have eaten as much.

Goal for our next cooking club meetup: analyze the recipes BEFORE I go so I know which ones I can eat more of and which to avoid.

[mandalinn82]

Jessica -
I did GREAT this weekend, excluding the drinks. Sigh. I really need to reign it in, like immediately. So that is what I'll do!

B - English muffin w/ 1 egg, 1 sl bacon
S - Greek yogurt w/ strawberries
L - Tuna on mini bagel with lettuce and pickles, sliced peach
S - Popcorn
D - Grilled chicken and veggie fajitas with salsa and FF sour cream
S - NSA Ice Cream, Strawberries

E - I'm going to do that kick-butt hi-lo video again. Today the elliptical repair man comes, since it broke a month ago and I've been too crazed to have him come fix it!

[WaterRat]

I'm erasing much of the weekend myself - the part that involved eating other people's cooking! Meals at home were spot on.

B - cheerios, skim, walnuts, ww toast, tbsp apple jelly
S - HB egg, 1/2 piece of choc b'day cake (my admin asst)
L - leftover dirty rice (with added black beans and tomato), 20 cherries
S - cottage cheese w/peaches
D - chicken, probably grilled; broccoli; sweet potato

[Glory87]

Monday

B – Trader Joe’s fat free Greek yogurt with honey, 6 oz blackberries

L – mixed greens, grilled chicken, pomegranate seeds, shredded carrot, candied walnuts, a few French fried onions for crunch, 2 tbs Trader Joe’s cranberry gorgonzola dressing (measured)

S – watermelon

S – cheese string

S – fat free latte

D – home made pizza – whole wheat boboli crust, spicy marinara sauce, spinach, sun dried tomatoes, red onion, kalamata olives, a little fat free feta

[mandalinn82]

Today was flawlessly OP (and quite delicious!). Planning for tomorrow:

B - Smoothie - Strawberries, Chocolate Slimfast (it's so HOT here...I need to come up with summer breakfast alternatives, because eggs have just seemed SO hot lately).
S - Greek yogurt w/ berries
L - Chicken Fajita Salad - all the fajita fixins, piled on a bed of greens instead of in the tortillas I had it in tonight.
S - Popcorn
D - Roasted veggie and ground chicken sauce with FiberGourmet pasta
S - NSA Ice Cream, Strawberries

E - 60 min cardio (my elliptical is supposedly fixed now...we'll see), 60 min strength intervals

[Glory87]

Monday was POP

Tuesday

B – Trader Joe’s fat free Greek yogurt with honey, 1/2 big package of strawberries

L – mixed greens, grilled chicken, pomegranate seeds, shredded carrot, candied walnuts, a few French fried onions for crunch, 2 tbs Trader Joe’s cranberry gorgonzola dressing (measured)

S – cherries (finally on sale!)

S – cheese string

S – fat free latte

D - making Thai yellow curry with TJ sauce, shrimp, red cabbage, onion, garlic, ginger, lime, baby corn, carrots and sliced water chestnuts, on top of Thai rice noodles - should have enough for 2 nights

[Megan1982]

Yesterday was OP, but I added an apple and tbsp of pb b/c I was STARVING. Since I also woke up today STARVING, I think it was fuel my body needed. I lost 1 lb over the last week. My weight is still way too high, but I'll take the downward movement!

Tuesday's plan:
B - protein pancake, 1/2 Tbsp jam, 1 c. skim milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h, small banana
L - ww tortilla, 1 oz. chicken breast, cucumber slices
S - lowfat yogurt, watermelon, 1 oz. raw almonds
gym - cardio, legs
post-gym snack - Eating a serving of turkey eggplant casserole - it's a big p-g snack but I'm just going ahead and eating enough so that I'll be functional for my meeting! Will save me from STARVING during the mtg, as I often do.
(theater meeting)
D - If I'm full enough from the casserole, I'll just have a salad or some veg. Otherwise, turkey meatloaf + salad/veg.

[Shannon in ATL]

Yesterday stayed almost OP - a small piece of my birthday cake was eaten... and then another small piece this morning... I just took the rest to the guys downstairs, so no going back now!

Today:
B: smoothie, coffee, cake
S: string cheese
L: grilled chicken salad
S: pb&j
D: hamburger helper with ground white turkey or plain spaghetti
S: skinny cow

E: strength training

[alinnell]

Yesterday was POP

Tuesday's plan

E~nope
B~egg
S~forgot
L~Kashi veggie entree, small apple
S~yogurt
D~roasted vegetable pasta

[paperclippy]

So it's 11:30 and I was thinking, why do I feel like it's not time to go do my lunchtime workout yet? Then I realized it was because I hadn't checked 3FC yet!

Tuesday:
B - raisin bran, strawberries, skim milk
S - banana
L - rice and pinto bean skillet
S - apple, yogurt/blackberries/granola
D - minestrone soup
E - NRLW 4A

[Megan1982]

Yesterday was OP.

Wednesday
B - protein pancake, 1/2 Tbsp jam, 6 oz. lf yogurt, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
S - small banana
L - ww tortilla, 1 oz. chicken breast, cucumber slices
S - watermelon, 1 oz. raw almonds, 1 oz. string cheese
gym - back, cardio (abs if I have time, but I must go pack so I doubt it)
D - Jenni-O turkey burger on light ww bun, salad w/ lt. dressing

I'm leaving for my college reunion tomorrow morning, so beyond what I can bring for breakfast, lunch, and the beef jerky, granola bars, and nuts I'll pack for snacks, food will be up in the air. I will make the best possible choices. There's a big chance my already largest-size pants I own will not fit if I decide to go crazy! My goal is to not gain weight while I'm gone. I'll try to fit in 1 workout outfit and get lots of walking done.