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

paperclippy · 11-16-2009, 10:21 AM

The week before Thanksgiving! Don't give in to temptation!!!

Monday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, pumpkin butter, skim milk
L - cooking light biscuit topped chicken potpie
S - one small apple
D - baked ziti with some veggies snuck in
S - slice of sourdough
E - none

Glory87 · 11-16-2009, 11:21 AM

Hey Amanda - I think your new dog is adorable! She looks so lovey.

Sunday was Day 14 POP.

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

L - beef stew with apples

S - grande coffee with a splash of fat free milk

S - giant cameo apple

D - went to Claim Jumpers. Had the BBQ salad with the ranch/BBQ on the side. Pulled off all the tortilla strips (they were greasy and unappetizing anyway).

Monday

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

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

S - cheese string

D - *edit* we ended up going to Benihana's. I was excellent! I ate the bowl of broth, the salad and then had the "salmon in a bag" entree (the only thing safe from the spoons of garlic butter that get put on everything else). I didn't touch the fried rice, shrimp appetizer, buttery onions/zuchini or have the ice cream! This was a toughie.

Thanks to salmon in a bag, day 15 POP was in the bag!

Glory87 · 11-17-2009, 02:31 AM

Tuesday

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

*edit* a plate of fruit (mostly berries) at a huge work conference. I am going to consider this onplan because 1) it was fruit 2) I took fruit and not pastries AND I did not eat the pizza lunch

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

S - turkey jerky (120 calories)

D - 150 calories of Trader Joe's pulled beef brisket, on a whole wheat bun, side of roasted brussel sprouts

mandalinn82 · 11-17-2009, 02:47 AM

Today was POP. Lots of doggie time.

Today:
B - Crumpet, 1tbsp pb, small apple
L - Leftover chili, cheddar beer whole wheat muffin
S - Lowfat homemade yogurt
S - 1 90-cal serving WW crackers
D - Pork tenderloin and broccoli stirfry with brown rice (wow, I tried Alton Brown's oven brown rice recipe...phenomenal!)
S - Muscle milk and frozen strawberry protein shake

E - 80 min total walking with the dog, plus 60 min cardio

Tomorrow:
B - Toasted crumpet, pb, apple
L - Leftover pork and broccoli stirfry, brown and wild rice
S - Popcorn
S - Broccoli and carrots w/ hummus
D - White bean and sausage soup with lots of veggies
S - Protein shake w/ strawberries

E - 45 min dog walk in the morning, 45 min cardio, lifting

paperclippy · 11-17-2009, 10:07 AM

My days are starting to become less and less OP. I'm falling into the trap of "I haven't hit my calorie limit yet, so I should eat more." That's not the way it works!

Tuesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, cranberry butter, skim milk
L - for work, @Abuelo's - tilapia w/veggies and some kind of tomato sauce, side of veggies, three bites of rice, 3 chips and a little salsa
S - apple
D - one-dish chicken barley wild rice, slice of sourdough
E - NRLW S5W4A

Lori Bell · 11-17-2009, 10:47 AM

Cute Doggie Amanda!

Gonna try POP (1500 calories/day) until Thanksgiving Day.

B- 2 eggs, veggies, cheese, toast - 300 calories
s- pear - 100 calories
L- large veggie salad with 3 oz chicken breast, 1/4 cup low cal dressing, red wine vinegar, and sliced grapes - 400 calories
s- yogurt - 100 calories
D- 3 oz hamburger w/lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles on bun, veggie soup, crackers- 500 calories
s- large fuji apple - 100 calories

E- heavy duty house cleaning for Thanksgiving guests

WaterRat · 11-17-2009, 01:50 PM

Nice dog Amanda!

I've been in Jessica's mindset for a few days. Time to rein things in.

B - oatmeal with raisins, walnuts, skim; 1/2 ww bagel
S - ff latte
L - turkey sandwich on 100 cal sandwich round; left over cole slaw with pomegranate (did this for company, and boy is it good!)
S - fruit of some sort
D - leftover chicken butternut squash tagine

Ex: swimming

paperclippy · 11-18-2009, 10:14 AM

Even though I got home late and it was dark, cold, raining, and miserable, I did my workout! Yay! I kind of half-assed it and used lighter weights, but at least I did it.

Wednesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, pumpkin butter, skim milk
L - leftover baked ziti w/veg
S - apple
D - cabbage veggie meatball soup
S - hot cocoa
E - brisk walk/wog

midwife · 11-18-2009, 10:27 AM

Man, I missed all the fun stuff!! A new dog?? Cool! And look at Lori's new avatar! Hot mama!!!

Glory87 · 11-18-2009, 10:36 AM

Wednesday

B - 1/2 package of blackberries, Trader Joe's fat free Greek yogurt with honey (120 calories). Going to take it with me to the conference and eat breakfast at my regular time. That way, I wont be tempted by the conference food like yesterday (even if it was fruit)

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 - going out to dinner again with J's aunt. I've been going out to dinner a LOT this week and I'm pleased I've managed to stay on plan. Hopefully, we'll go someplace where I can get salad!

*edit*went to Old Spaghetti Factory. I had the minestrone soup (60 calories) and the spinach cheese ravioli (480 calories - I left 3). Dinner came with free dessert, but I passed on the ice cream and had a cup of coffee with one little container of half and half. Did not touch the bread although it smelled wonderful, consider the day POP!

mandalinn82 · 11-18-2009, 01:02 PM

I am pretty much in love with this dog. Unfortunately, that (well, really that my meeting schedule was insane yesterday, and she has to be locked out of room while I exercise and otherwise would have been alone all day) prevented me from lifting yesterday. Added some extra cardio so it was a total of 60 min on the incline trainer and about 60 walking her. Food was OP though (another side effect of new dog PLUS the crazy insane workweek...no time to eat. i am working on that part, because I am getting a little too hungry at meals).

Plan for today:
B - crumpet, egg whites scrambled with broccoli and a pinch of cheddar
S - grapes
L - Leftover white bean and sausage soup
S - popcorn
S - Hummus and veggies
D - Lamb skewer, butternut squash soup, sauteed cabbage
S - protein shake smoothie

E - 60 min walking dog, 60 min incline trainer, possibly some ab work during meetings

paperclippy · 11-19-2009, 10:39 AM

Thwarted again with my attempt to cook my chicken last night. MIL came by and gave us a big, still warm, pot of cabbage meatball soup. That chicken is SO getting cooked tonight!

Amanda, we struggled to get exercise in when we first got our dog too, since we had to stop going to the gym after work. I don't remember if you run or not, but running with the dog is a great way to get you AND her exercise! My dog loves when we go for runs, because while I'm running he's just going at an easy trot, which is his preferred speed.

Thursday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, cranberry butter, skim milk
L - leftover ziti w/veg
S - apple
D - chicken with apple cider and prunes, rice, and broccoli
E - NRLW S5W4B

Glory87 · 11-19-2009, 11:26 AM

Thursday - Day 18!

B - 1/2 package of blackberries, 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 - making Amanda's magic white bean soup with spicy sausage (I'm going to use chard instead of spinach)

Shannon in ATL · 11-19-2009, 12:45 PM

Amanda - great new puppy pix!

Back from my mountain getaway, not even going to bother posting food from while we were gone. Lets just say that there was a good amount of wine involved.

Today:
B: kashi go lean w/ skim, berries & banana, coffee
S: string cheese
L: grilled chicken salad
S: yogurt w/ berries and granola
D: turkey sausage over rice
S: yogurt w/ berries or cereal
E: planning some strength training when I get home from work.

mandalinn82 · 11-19-2009, 01:30 PM

I definitely want her to run with me, eventually. Right now, she's a little unconfident (very submissive dog, we're working on her confidence), so she'd be hard to run with if she got scared. Once she's walking well, we're going to work on running - it's definitely part of the plan!!

Plus, replacing 75 min of cardio with 60 min of hardcore cardio, plus 60-80 minutes of dog walking (45 in the morning, half an hour or so at night) can't be that bad, right? Even if it's not a fast walk, it is getting out there and getting moving. Lifting may move to next week, just to take things slowly.

Yesterday was POP.

B - Egg whites, broccoli, sprinkle of cheddar, toasted english muffin w/ a tsp of apple butter
S - Veggies and hummus
L - Leftovers: Butternut squash soup, grilled lamb skewer, sauteed cabbage
S - Popcorn
D - FiberGourmet pasta bake w/ chicken, veggies, garlic "cream" sauce, topped with whole wheat panko and parmesan
S - Strawberry chocolate protein shake

E - 60 min incline trainer, 75 min dogwalking.