No Excuses! Food and exercise accountability 11/16-11/29

[WaterRat]

Arghh, not been a good eating week. Halted that last night, and plan to continue on the OP road today

B - cheerios, walnuts, 1/2 banana, skim milk; 1/2 ww bagel (breakfast is usually not a problem with basically 3 rotating meals)
S -
L - turkey sandwich on sandwich round, small amt of coleslaw with pomegranate
S - again ? need to get some snack stuff
D - leftover chicken squash tangine over egg noodles

[Glory87]

So, you know how I said I'm making Amanda's white bean soup for dinner?

Funny instant message from my fiance:

Jason says:
Did you know you left a pot of beans on the stove getting soggy?

[mandalinn82]

LOL! Someone needs to teach him about proper dried bean prep! I did mine with chard earlier this week, too....mmmm.

[Glory87]

Soup turned out AWESOME! I was surprised by how much broth was absorbed, I might use a little more next time. But absolutely LOVE IT.

[Glory87]

Friday Day 19!

B - package of raspberries (75 calories), Trader Joe's fat free Greek yogurt with honey (120 calories).

S - big salad with romaine, red cabbage, carrot shreddies, 100 calories of cubed ham, grape tomatoes, 2 tbs lt dijon dressing (60 calories), a small amount of spicy wantons for crunch (35 calories)

S - 3 clementines (110 calories)

S - cheese string (85 calories)

D - white bean soup with spicy chicken sausage, swiss chard (400 calories)

[paperclippy]

Yesterday was POP! Hoping for the same today, since I took the day off to avoid the free food at work. I already got in a great workout -- ran the dog 2.85 miles to the park with HIIT the last mile, then walked around the park and walked home.

Friday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, cranberry butter, skim milk
L - couscous, leftover chicken and broccoli
S - ww toast w/jam
D - minestrone soup
E - Run with dog + intervals, long walk

[mandalinn82]

Yet another insanely busy day. I just want to get to my 5-day weekend!

Yesterday was OP

Today:
B - WW LC Tortilla, pb with flax, sliced apple
S - Veggies and Hummus
L - Leftovers - Pasta bake w/ chicken, veggies, fibergourmet pasta
S - Popcorn
D - Tilapia baked in parchment with lemon and shallot, red potatoes, green beans with lemon and garlic
S - Protein shake

E - So far took the dog for an hour walk, will do 1 hour cardio, and will attempt to fit in lifting (or at least do some leg work during one of my meetings, if a full lifting session is not an option). Dog will probably get a walk to the store tonight as well (we're walking twice a day, currently)

[WaterRat]

Amanda, so happy to hear that Miss Ellie is working out well. All my friends with dogs tell me that "a tired dog is a happy dog" so good going on 2 walks a day.

[paperclippy]

I made it to my thanksgiving goal! Woohoo!

This week's cheat meal is going to be brunch. I have a craving for scrambled eggs with various mixins and I don't have the ingredients at home. Next week's cheat meal? Thanksgiving, of course. :P I'll have to be careful with leftovers the weekend after Thanksgiving.

Saturday:
B - @Le Peep, not sure yet
L - probably taken over by the brunch
S - probably an apple or some such
D - I really want to eat fish tonight so we'll see if they have any at the grocery store that looks good
E - rest day, I'm way too sore from yesterday to do anything.

I'm laughing now that I posted this because it doesn't look like much of a plan. Oh well.

[Glory87]

Congrats at making your goal Jessica I love brunch.

Saturday Day 20

B - package of raspberries (75 calories), Trader Joe's fat free Greek yogurt with honey (120 calories).

D - white bean soup with spicy chicken sausage, swiss chard (400 calories)

S - 2 Godiva truffles (eggnog and salted caramel)

D - Chipotle. Chicken bol no beans, 2 scoops of pico, rice, tons of romaine about half a container of guac. It's about 500 calories.

[Shannon in ATL]

I can't remember if I posted yesterday so I'll catch up...

Friday:
E: day 3 (ub) of Pat's PN program
B: pb&j, coffee
L: apricot chicken w/ broccoli & mashed potatoes, small serving of salad, breadstick
S: banana, trail mix
D: turkey sausage w/ peppers over rice

Saturday:
E: 5k Turkey Chase (33:17!)
B: pb&j before run, coffee, banana after run, 3 chicken minis and 6 hash rounds after run
L: white turkey hot dog, .75 svg of Annie's mac & cheese, clementine
S: coffee w/ 4 tsp egg nog, ff redo whip and cinnamon
D: either fish sticks or frozen pizza I imagine
S: yogurt

[Shannon in ATL]

Jessica - on meeting the Thanksgiving goal!

[Glory87]

Yesterday was interesting, I had 2 Godiva truffles (I had planned to eat one) but I didn't have either of my 2 regular afternoon snacks. Even at 100 calories a truffle, I ended up under my calories for the day, so I'm going to count it as an on plan day!

[Glory87]

Sunday - day 21!!!

B - 1/2 cup oatmeal, 2 spoons apple butter

L - the last of the white bean soup with sausage and chard

Went out running errands which changed my 2 afternoon snacks. I ended up having:

S - small portion of orange sherbet frozen yogurt

S - small dark chocolate orange latte from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Yum

D - Small grilled steak, roasted brussel sprouts, small sweet potato

[paperclippy]

Hmm, I tried to change the title of this thread to make it another 2-weeker but I guess I didn't do it right or don't have permission. I figure we might as well go for two weeks again since people will probably only be sporadically checking in around thanksgiving.