Glory - have you looked at my menus? Every week in Summer had some variation of a salad with grilled veggies and chicken or steak, a grilled chicken skewer with veggies, the same stirfry, and the same pasta dish. Every week in Fall has one or two of a rotation of three soups, a slightly different stirfry, the one of two pasta dishes, and some kind of meat/potato/veggie meal. It's easy and I like the food!
OK, I'll slink back in and report my weekend. It's not pretty.
Saturday:
B - raisin bran, skim milk, pear
L - spaghetti w/sauce
S - cinnamon roll, beer
D - minestrone soup
S - persimmon pudding, cinnamon roll
E - NRLW S5W2A
Sunday:
B - oat bran, raisins, brown sugar, 2% milk
L - sandwich w/1.5 slices wheat bread, rotisserie chicken (no skin), 1/3 tomato
S - potato chips, persimmon pudding
S - raisin challah, two bat bites
D - glass of wine, meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, broccoli rabe w/mushrooms and garlic
S - glass of dessert wine, slice of raisin challah
E - some walking, no formal exercise
and moving on to today . . .
Monday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftover pasta with a little garlic chicken and broccoli
S - fage 2% strawberry, pear
D - @dave & buster's for work again: veggies and salad w/salsa for dressing, 1 mini cheeseburger, 1 beef skewer
S - slice of raisin challah
E - ran 20 mins hills program on treadmill at 5mph, last 2 minutes at 6mph, plus 5 min warmup and 5 min cooldown
Last edited by paperclippy; 11-10-2009 at 11:03 AM.
Hey Jessica - it doesn't look THAT bad. I know this is the "no excuses" thread and we are hard on ourselves but I don't see a tub of ice cream, or a sleeve of Thin Mint cookies or anything to beat yourself up. A few party snacks, 2 glasses of wine, a nice dinner, a little dessert - it's a maintenance "treat" meal, not a disaster!
I did not muck around with cashew rice, just used the regular Trader Joe's brown rice I always use.
So, twice now, I've forgotten to add the sliced water chestnuts I bought. I even took them out of the cabinet last night and set them on the counter. Some kind of weird psychological thing with water chestnuts? I like them!
Oops, sorry ladies. This was my first week posting in this thread and I didn't clue in on that it was a weekly thing.
Well yesterday was a POP success. Made my challenge to myself of 5 days POP. Now to make it 5 more. I can't say the sugar cravings are gone, because I am still very aware of the Halloween candy that is stored in my hubbys car, (the one he drives to work), but I'm not jonesin' for it as badly....LOL
Day 6
B- 2 eggs, veggies, cheese, toast
s- yogurt
L- sandwich, soup and a pear
s- apple
D- taco salad, (with left over taco stuff from last night)
s- almonds
Oh Glory you asked about my shopping...well, it was great. I got TWO new winter coats. A black wool pea coat, and a white wool double breasted dress coat. I got 2 new cable knit sweaters (kelly green and light pink), 2 button up blouses (one scarlet red and one white), a black blazer type jacket, a pair of light tan cargo type casual slacks and a pair of cream colored corduroy pants. It's funny, but never in my life have I intentionally purchased "white/cream" clothes. I LOVE white now!.
Jessica, your weekend sounds not too bad! I personally would have had to finish the bottle of wine, and drink the entire 6 pack of beer...(That's why I quit drinking )
Jessica - My weekend was off track too. We'll get back in line this week!
Glory - thanks for the recipe!
Morning! Yesterday was absolutely OP. Ran 6 miles at the park, kept my food in line, no extra snacking. Had a peanut butter protein smoothie for my evening snack because I ended up with a large calorie deficit after dinner.
Today:
E - LB workout (Day 1 from this split) DONE!
B - protein chocolate milk after workout, kashi go lean w/ skim, craisins & banana, coffee
S: yogurt w/ berries & maybe granola
L: grilled chicken sandwich
S: 100 cal pack of almonds, will be downtown doing drug screens
D: either turkey sausage & peppers over rice or spaghetti
Last edited by Shannon in ATL; 11-10-2009 at 10:20 AM.
Well yesterday was a POP success. Made my challenge to myself of 5 days POP. Now to make it 5 more.
Congratulations on your 5 day POP and for your fun shopping trip - it sounds like you got a good haul of pretty things
Tuesday
B - 1/2 big package of blackberries, Trader Joe's fat free Greek yogurt with honey
L - Big salad - romaine, broccoli slaw, carrot shreddes, mandarin orange slices, sliced water chestnuts, a few edamame, grilled chicken, measured 2 tbs of spicy asian peanut vinaigrette, measured serving of spicy wontons for crunch
S - big cameo apple
S - string cheese
D - the return of pork loin stir fry! Broccoli, onion, mushrooms, carrot shreddies, garlic, ginger and a little lime, over a measured serving of brown rice
Glory, the bat bites were leftovers from Halloween -- it's basically a cheese ball with tortilla chips that looks like a bat. Here is the recipe.
You guys are right, it doesn't look too bad when I write it down. The problem is that I violated my plan rules that I set for myself as part of my 5 lbs by Thanksgiving challenge. A couple cinnamon rolls here, a few glasses of wine there, and I'll be gaining again before I know it. However, the scale is back down today so I'm hoping for the best, and they actually had salad at D&B's last night so no harm done there!
Tuesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftover meatloaf, broccolini, and scalloped potatoes
S - pear
D - linguini puttanesca, roasted asparagus, glass of wine
E - none, moved Tuesday's workout to Saturday due to work commitments
Last edited by paperclippy; 11-11-2009 at 09:06 AM.
Lori, that is the good thing about being a lightweight when it comes to drinking -- I start to get tipsy after one glass of wine or one beer. If I finished the wine bottle off I'd be passed out on the floor!
Yesterday was POP - switched my ice cream for a protein but I am still a giant water retention sponge. Hopefully another day of water helps that out a bit (TOM ain't helping).
Plan for today:
B- toasted crumpet, egg whites with broccoli
S - Apple
L - Leftover sausage and lentil soup
S - Protein shake
D - Chicken and long bean stirfry, brown and wild rice (oy, that's not gonna help with the water retention)
S - NSA Ice Cream
Came in under my planned (1600) calories yesterday. No alcohol was no problem as I was cold and could not seem to warm up. I walked around the house in a flannel shirt and a fleece vest over my clothes, and ended up drinking two cups of hot tea.
B - scrambled eggs, 1/2 ww bagel, 1/2 pear
L - leftover chicken stir-fry, brown rice, very last of leftover sweet potato (2-3 slices)
D - ?? City council night, so either pizza/salad, or sandwiches
Ss - cottage cheese with peaches, pouch of tuna, ff latte (maybe)
Ex: some ss cardio between work and the council meeting
Wednesday dinner is a little up in the air. It's game night where Jason works, so we might get Chipotle first.
B - 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup dried blueberries
L - Big salad - romaine, broccoli slaw, carrot shreddes, mandarin orange slices, sliced water chestnuts, a few edamame, grilled chicken, measured 2 tbs of spicy asian peanut vinaigrette, measured serving of spicy wontons for crunch
S - big cameo apple
S - string cheese
D - Went out for sushi, but stayed on plan. I ate: my seaweed salad garnish (and Jason's too), bowl of miso soup, 7 piece hamachi sashimi and 1 unagi hand roll. Yum.
Today I skipped my strength (work explosion) and will move it to tomorrow...did 70 min of cardio (which is the normal Wednesday) so I think it'll work out.
Another protein shake dessert. They're tasty, and more of a metabolic boost than my normal NSA ice cream.
Planning for tomorrow:
B - Toasted crumpet, scrambled egg whites w/ broccoli
S - Apple
L - Leftover: Chicken and long bean stirfry, brown jasmine rice
S - Popcorn
S - Veggies and hummus
D - Chicken skewer, sauteed cabbage, butternut squash soup
S - Probably another muscle milk/strawberry shake
E - 60 min incline, 60 min strength moved from Tues
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