No Excuses! Maintainers Food and Exercise Accountability, 7/13 - 7/19

[midwife]

Today:

3 mile run--woohoo!
kashi, skim, berries, protein shake
greek yogurt, berries
hamburger patty, whole grain bread, tomatoes, onions, probably an apple
grape tomatoes, carrots, laughing cow
dinner: TBD
probably 1 hr at the gym
protein shake

[paperclippy]

Friday:
B - raisin bran, skim milk, strawberries, raspberries
S - nectarine
L - @work, it's either going to be pizza or panera, not sure yet
S - apple, plum
D - leftovers tonight, probably turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce, maybe some veg
E - ran 2 miles with the dog this morning

[mandalinn82]

This is me, holding out my unstained hands! Though I did have a mini-cupcake last night that I baked from the batter (I have a -thing- about serving new recipes that I haven't yet tried. Now that I've tried it, that excuse is dead, though I will be having a slice tonight for dad's birthday). Yesterday was OP, but not enough water to get out all of the Thai food sodium.

B - Greek yogurt, frozen strawberry, LF milk smoothie
S - Watermelon
L - Leftover superlean mini meatloaf, baked potato, squash sauteed with cherry tomatoes
S - Popcorn
D - Chicken Sausage sandwich on French Roll with peppers and onions, roasted green beans
S - Red Velvet Cake (small slice)

E - 60 min cardio
55-60 min strength

[WaterRat]

Yay for you Amanda! It is hard to serve food that you haven't tasted. I was pretty OP yesterday, though my dinner got derailed by DH eating the leftovers I'd planned for dinner for his lunch. I stayed in my calories, but had more carbs that I'd like.

B - omelet with onions, mushrooms, swiss chard; 1/2 ww bagel;
S - Luna bar (new to me flavor PB Cookie - won't bother again)
L - out with usual Friday gang. Green salad with shrimp - this place puts more than a dozen on the salad
S - cottage cheese and the last of the blueberries
D - grilled pork chop, veggies/salad/something

Ex: maybe. DH is leaving for a 5 day hiking trip at o'dark thirty tomorrow and is still packing.... So I'll probably not do any today and do both cardio and weights tomorrow - since I'll be up when he is in the morning.

[Shannon in ATL]

High five on not tasting the cake batter the whole time you were cooking, Amanda! I have a hard time serving untried recipes, too. I'm an average cook, so I often end up with bad combos...

Yesterday came in great calorie wise. No movie last night, so I ended up way low by dinner, then had a small dinner. Ended up making a peanut butter protein shake as my evening snack again. Yummy! And, actually made my 30% protein goal for I think the first time ever. I'm always around 27-28.

Today:
B: smoothie
L: grilled chicken salad
S: kashi with reduced fat milk
D: sandwich - either PB&J or ham, depends on how I'm feeling towards sodium at dinner time. Will probably have some reduced fat cheezits and an apple or some other fruit with it. Might skip the cheezits and do more fruit.
S: yogurt with blueberries, blackberries & raspberries I believe.

[kittycat40]

Go Amanda GO

exercise 2.5 mile run with 2lb handweights (I have heard this might put me at risk for injury but so far it has not. It's just a little bit of extra arm stuff with running- cuz I don't do much else)

balance bar (200)

lunch:
pastrami, diet cole slaw (splenda?, lunch at mom's) some tomato salad
a bit more of same
2 small pieces cantalope
4bits of edy's nibs
(probably 6-700cals)


dinner:
1 fish stick
salad greens with ranch dressing
corn on the cob
1tablespoon pb with tiny bit of fruit spread
3oz steak
rice crackers
.5 airhead
all that eaten very fast and I think it tops out at 800ish cals. 7minutes of eating- seriously!

1700-1800ish for the day. bit high for where I was intending to go.
I'll start pushing fluids and steel myself for weigh-in tomorrow am--
heading to jersey shore for daytrip and party in the evening to which I will wear a tube top/flared bottom shirt and white pants.

[Shannon in ATL]

Kitty - your outfit sounds great!

Friday came in about 100 calories over where I wanted, Ihad a banana before bed. No cookies or candy or anything, the banana was the only thing off my plan for the day. I was totally starving all day, and didn't want to wake up hungry again last night...ended at around 1950, which I think might actually be my maintenance level anyway.

Today:
No exercise planned at this point.
B: kashi go lean crunch w/ skim milk, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries,
L: either sandwiches or fish sticks, cheezits or small amount of mac and cheese depending, apple
S: yogurt
D: most likely a slice of cheese pizza, maybe spaghetti
S: depends on how the day shaped out...

We don't go out to eat nearly as much as we used to on DSS weekends, fish sticks and cheese pizza aren't great but are so much better than we were doing. Baby steps...

[mandalinn82]

Friday was OP, so far as On Plan means having a small piece of cake. I did skip a snack to make caloric room (and the cake was well-enjoyed).

Today, so far:
B - Egg white omelette w/ chicken, broccoli, sauteed spinach, and very small amt of cheese, sourdough toast (pretty good for a diner breakfast).

Planned:
S - Small frozen yogurt after seeing Harry Potter
D - Asian Appetizer Night pt 2
S - NSA Ice Cream

[WaterRat]

Mmmph! I've been wanting a banana all week. They were out when I shopped last weekend. Mid-week and yesterday I went to the store, and every single banana - regular and organic - was bright green! Grrrrrr. Does this happen to anywhere else, or is it just an Alaska thing? I know they'll ripen - all at once! - but it's annoying. I like my bananas all the way yellow, but with little or no brown spots. Soft, not mushy. ANd certainly not hard. Yesterday was OP until I had a piece of toast with my tea at 9 pm.

B - cottage cheese w/ strawberries and walnuts, spoonful of yogurt mixed in; 1/2 ww bagel with pb;
S - more and the other 1/2 bagel with weight watchers cream cheese
L - D - going to a BBQ at 2, so I'll combine these meals and the afternnon snack

[mandalinn82]

Well, after breakfast, the plan went away for a movie...I ate popcorn! And 3 red vines!

So -

B - Aforementioned healthy ordered breakfast
S - Movie theater popcorn and 3 red vines
L - Chicken Salad at Costco (got a chicken ceasar, but used maybe 2 tbsp of the giant tub-o-dressing and removed all but 1 tbsp of cheese, so we had lettuce, chicken, and small amounts of the high-fat stuff.
D - Leftovers - Grilled sausage sandwich with peppers and onions, broccoli slaw made with LF dressing, fruit
S - NSA Ice Cream, Peach raspberry sauce

The good news...I bought myself an incline trainer today, to replace the elliptical. YAY! And I proceeded to kick my *** for 45 minutes until sweat fell off of my arms onto the floor.

[midwife]

Today:

3 mile run
1/2 bagel, laughing cow, protein shake
greek yogurt, berries
salad with protein & carb
protein shake, cherries
hamburger patty, zucchini, bell pepper
My trainer really wants me to get in a prebed protein shake, so that is my goal for this week.

[mandalinn82]

Plan for today -

B - English muffin w/ light cream cheese, turkey, a tsp of cranberry apple butter
L - Big salad - greens, peppers, cucumbers, broccoli, grilled chicken, a sprinkle of sunflower seeds, and carrots, with light spray dressing.
S - Fruit
D - Grilled chicken breast, sweet potatoes cooked in foil packets on the BBQ, green beans.
S - NSA Ice Cream, berries and/or peaches.

E - 45 min on the incline trainer

[Shannon in ATL]

Hi all -
Yesterday wasn't stellar - ate some extra fruit throughout the day, and a hersey's kiss before bed. Otherwise not terrible.

Today:
B: kashi go lean, skim milk, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, coffee
L: roast beef, pepper & onion blend, small amount of mashed potatoes, small ear of corn, three spoons of macaroni & cheese, oreo no bake dessert...
S: movie theater popcorn
D: don't know yet... will see after movie...

[WaterRat]

Yesterday was a complete disaster - think of a BFL free day. Ugh, and I felt awful last night. Sigh. Today is much better. Starting with a clean slate.

B - Cheerios with 1/2 banana, strawberries, walnuts, skim milk; 1/2 ww bagel with pb
S - after church: about 1 oz of cheddar, 1/2 banana, small pineapple/almond bar
L - smoothie (protein powder, frozen strawberries, banana); other half of bagel with pb
D - leftover chicken, the end of the spaghetti squash, spinach

Midwife - the PN program I'm following has us eating protein with every meal/snack, and more than I've been eating before. That, coupled with cutting back on carb dense foods, and increased WL has enabled me to get down a size in pants, even though I haven't lost a lot of pounds - 8? maybe.