Weekend was decent. I made good choices, and calories weren't high, but scale is still up from the inject-a-thon on Friday. Lame.

Monday:
B - Bagel thin, cream cheese, roast beef
S - Melon
L - Tuna melt on sandwich thin, baby carrots
S - Protein Shake
D - Chicken baked in panko, fresh cherry tomato sauce, whole wheat angel hair, lots of veggies tossed in w/ the angel hair (bell pepper, zucchini, onion).
S - NSA Ice Cream Cone

E - 45 min kickboxing, 45 min incline trainer

Amanda, my scale's been going nuts too. Bouncing around all over the place. As long as it stays under my red line I'm not going to worry too much.

Tuesday:
B - oatmeal squares, shredded wheat, skim milk
L - tuna noodle casserole
S - banana, plum
D - tofu banh mi
E - NRLW S1W5A, dog walk

Mine is NOT staying under my red line. So that's not good. I will continue to be on plan, even though honestly, I feel like no matter what I do my scale is going to continue to mess with my head.

B - Bagel thin w/ cream cheese, roast beef
S - Melon
L - Leftover WW spaghetti w/ cherry tomato sauce, chicken cutlet breaded w/ WW panko.
S - Protein Shake
D - Soup: Chile verde pork, beans, zucchini, bell pepper, onion, garlic, topped with FF sour cream, a little cheese, a crumbled taco shell
S - NSA Ice Cream Cone

E - 80 min incline trainer, 40 min total body strength

Hope you all are doing well. Am going to post my daily menus in the Atkins forum.

Wednesday:
B - oatmeal, blueberries, peach jam, skim milk
L - tofu banh mi, lf string cheese
S - banana, piece of bread, clementine
D - cherry tomato spaghetti, lf string cheese
E - none

It's the cortisone and painkillers, right? Because 5 days OP does not equal 5 lbs gained. It's just not logical.

B - Bagel thin, cream cheese, turkey
S - Melon
L - Leftover Mexican chicken soup
S - Protein Shake
S - Popcorn
D - Pork and long bean stirfry, brown and wild rice.
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 75 min cardio, 40 min strength (pushed cardio to 85 yesterday and skipped strength, since shoulder was not happy with that plan).

Definitely the cortisone and painkillers Amanda! You've seen this pattern before.

Thursday:
B - raisin bran, skim milk
L - pasta, sauce, frozen veggies, parmesan
S - cake (peer pressure...)
D - tofu lo mein
E - NRLW S1W5B at lunch today

Scale is up. This is what I get for cooking three dishes that use soy sauce and/or oyster sauce this week.

Friday:
B - oatmeal, blueberries, peach jam, skim milk
L - @work, on the border - few tortilla chips (big ones) w/little bit of refried beans and guac, one flour tortilla w/grilled veggies, taco salad made with lettuce, salsa, beans, chicken, veggies, rice
S - apple
D - gnocchi with meat sauce (lean ground beef, tomato sauce, spinach, onion, garlic, spices), parmesan, glass of wine
E - dog walk in the park

Weekend catch-up time.

Saturday:
(Yom Kippur, fasted until dinner)
D - @cooking club - 1 mandarin orange cocktail, 2 egg rolls, 1.5 shrimp/pineapple skewers, 1 beef skewer, some coconut rice, some noodle stir fry, 2 green onion pancakes, probably too much red bean coconut jelly
E - a couple hours walking around

Sunday:
B - oatmeal squares, skim milk
S (post-run, at noon) - 3/4 clif bar, 1 C 2% milk
L (at 2:30pm) - leftover tofu stir fry
S - the rest of the red bean jelly
D - 2 squash and apple turnovers, some roasted potatoes, 2/3 chicken breast with wine sauce, glass of wine
S - way too much plum cake
E - combination of walking/hiking and running for 2+ hours. Total run distance 4.66 miles (3 miles, then walking, then 1.66 miles).

And on to today.
Monday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, cinnamon sugar, skim milk
L - leftover potatoes, turnover, and turnover filling
S - lf string cheese, grapes
D - lentil stew, rice
E - dog walk

Weekend was good, calorie and activity wise. Scale is still up because I haven't been able to scale back the painkillers yet. Going to try tonight if shoulder will let me.

B - 1.5 slices whole wheat bread soaked in 1/2 cup eggbeaters, cooked, with sugar free syrup
S - Fruit
L - Leftover chicken and dumplings - dumplings were whole wheat, stew had chicken, parsnip, carrot, celery, garlic, leek, and tarragon
S - Yogurt and fruit
D - Pork tenderloin, corn, zucchini
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 80 min incline trainer

B -

Well, I definitely proved that this is painkiller weight, and worse than ever before. Last night, I decided not to take them (and then was up all night because it hurt, so I'm probably not ready to down the dose yet). Scale this morning was literally 7 lbs lighter than yesterday morning. SEVEN POUNDS IN A DAY. I wonder if the med they gave me to help the opiate-related nausea intensifies the bloating effect. I'm relieved, though - I was up in the 180s (which is my DANGER DANGER PANIC zone), and now am back under redline.

Unfortunately, I may have picked up another minor injury at the dog park yesterday (a dog in full run ran smack into the outside of my tricky knee, which caused the kneecap to dislocate and pop back on...feels fairly unstable now but I won't know if its a big-deal dislocate or a minor-deal dislocate for a few days). Fingers crossed!

Plan for today:
B - French toast w/ whole wheat bread, eggbeaters
S - 1 c watermelon, 1 c grapes
L - Pork tenderloin, zucchini, grilled corn
S - Protein Shake
S - Yogurt OR popcorn (depending whether I feel more like creamy or crunchy)
D - Turkey chili w/ black beans, heaps of veggies (tomatoes, bell pepper, zucchini, onion, jalapeno, garlic, kernels from an ear of corn), tbsp fat free sour cream and tbsp reduced fat cheddar on top.
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - Braced knee, did some slow pace/high incline stuff that didn't seem to irritate it but got my HR up, for 80 min. Followed with 50 min strength

Hope your knee isn't seriously hurt Amanda!

Shannon - me too! I normally average one doctor-seeking injury a year (I'm clumsy!) and I'm actually below my average...since the shoulder a year and a half ago, I'd been clumsy-injury free until now. I don't want to hurt my average

Amanda, it's good to know it's just med-related water weight! I hope your knee is okay.

Tuesday:
B - oatmeal squares, banana, skim milk
S - hot cocoa
L - leftover rice and lentil stew
S - lf string cheese, grapes
D - chicken bratwurst on ww bun w/bbq sauce, red cabbage, 2 ears corn
E - NRLW S1W6A, dog walk

Wednesday:
B - raisin bran, skim milk
L - leftover pasta w/meat sauce
S - apple, squash turnover
D - rice, chinese veggies, korean chicken meatballs
E - none, I am such a bum.