Sonoma/Mediterranean Weekly Thread Nov 9-15, 2009

petra65 · 11-09-2009, 09:21 AM

Happy Monday everyone. Still waiting to hear what the Hurricane plans are at the hospital. I'm also getting frustrated with my scale which seems to be stuck despite the fact that I'm being very compliant with my diet. I can tell my body is changing so that counts for something I suppose.

petra65 · 11-09-2009, 07:36 PM

The pants I'm wearing today are getting pretty baggy. I think this may be the last time I'm able to wear them. That's progress even if my scale isn't moving. Here's my menu for today.

B: greek yogurt with blueberries, strawberries, granola, sugar free latte
L: barley and black bean salad, 2 clementines
S: indian spiced nuts
D: pork tenderloin with salty sweet glaze, millet and quinoa with sunflower seeds, roasted green beans, glass of white zinfindel

CardboardCutoutCat · 11-10-2009, 07:47 AM

Hi hi, that's great Mary, congrats on the progress

Here's my yesterday menu, will update later with todays.

D: 2 small bread rolls with butter, small fillet of rockfish, also ate about 4 of the fries that came with it. 4 glasses of rose

Zofia · 11-10-2009, 11:10 AM

Hey Petra

Im experiencing the exact same thing. My pants are getting too bif for me (and my underwear!) but the scale is just NOT moving...
I read on the internet it might be because im exercising but to me its liek not making sense.
I then washed my pants in case it was stretched from wearing them a lot but NO its really to big. So I went to my fav store and findout I am now inbetween a 16 and 18!!

All of this with the scale not moving LOL Im about to throw it out and keep going without it lol

So for me today:
Started wave 1 again to get back on track:
breakfast: 2 slice of toast with PB
Lunch: Green beans and brocoli soup with a little bit of pork.
Dinner: lasagna with a salad on the side.

Exercise: 45 mins of step.

petra65 · 11-10-2009, 07:22 PM

Zofia-welcome back. Nice to see our little group growing

B: 2 eggs scrambled with canadian bacon, green onions in 1/2 a pita
L: barley and black been salad, 2 clementines
D: pork tenderloin with salty sweet glaze, mixed grains with cashews, glass of white merlot

KatTheAmazon · 11-10-2009, 09:43 PM

Hey there! Another person joining in on this group

B- 1/2 cup egg whites with 1/4 cup each of onion and green peppers (pan sprayed with olive oil), whole wheat toast w/sugar free grape jam, and 1/2 banana.
S- 100 cal pack of almonds
L- whole wheat chicken pita with avocado, romain lettuce, green pepper, tomatoes, and feta cheese. Marinated cucumbers and 1 med. apple with honey.
S- 100 cal pack of almonds
S- whole wheat pita with 2 tbsp of hummus.
D- Backyard Burger's grilled chicken salad (romaine lettuce, mush, carrots, tom, and cubes) with 2/3 packet of basalmic vinaigrette

calories: 1485 (close to my approximation!)- unsure about the salad since it was from BYB and lord know they dress up that chicken some sort of marinade. I'm very pleased that i resisted the burger and fries.

Exercise: None today.

CardboardCutoutCat · 11-11-2009, 08:26 AM

Hullo, here's my yesterdays.. will update later with todays -
L: sweet potato baked fries, curried lentils
D: 3 green raviolis stuffed with ricotta and asparagus, piece of baileys cake, about 4 glasses of red (was at a celebratory dinner)

petra65 · 11-11-2009, 10:04 AM

Kat-welcome. Nice to have more people join our group and congrats on resisting the burger. Have you checked to see if they have their nutritional info on line? Some of the chain restaurants do. Maybe if our group continues to grow, we can add some other things to our forum......

KatTheAmazon · 11-11-2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by petra65

Kat-welcome. Nice to have more people join our group and congrats on resisting the burger. Have you checked to see if they have their nutritional info on line? Some of the chain restaurants do. Maybe if our group continues to grow, we can add some other things to our forum......

Thanks! Yes, i checked their website (forgot they had that online!). The salad is 220 cals- not bad!

KatTheAmazon · 11-11-2009, 05:31 PM

B- whole wheat toast w/sf grape jam, 1/2 banana, yogurt, 8 ounces of grape juice: 390
S- 1/2 whole wheat pita w/2 tbsp hummus: 160
L- 2 inch turkey on white (gah!), 1/2 ham croissant (double gah!), sunchips, and 1/2 brownie (triple and quadrouple gah!): too many calories.
S- med. apple w/tbsp honey: 160
D- chips/drip (left over from the weekend.....), chicken pita and another pita w/ too much hummus..

Total calories- way too many. That's okay... tomorrow will be a better day

Lunch was my monthly SDA meeting... so, that's why it's not my med. food. Oh well. My other eatings are/will be good, so i'm not going to beat myself up over it

exercise: prolly none.. had a bad headache when i woke up this morning, so no AM workout. Hubby was none too pleased.. Still have a headache. I dreamed way too much last night.. hopefully tonight the dreams will be minimal and i can get some restorative sleep!

Kat

CardboardCutoutCat · 11-11-2009, 06:54 PM

L: Wholewheat pasta cooked with tomato paste and chilis
No dinner, had cinema popcorn and a kit kat.

Back to work tomorrow and back to normal good food!

Night all

petra65 · 11-11-2009, 10:40 PM

Kat-what is SDA?
Here's my menu for today.

B: smoothie made with greek yogurt, whey protein, banana, mixed berries, sugar free davinci syrup, sugar free latte
L: zucchini and bok choy gratin, mixed grains with cashews
D: steak and bleu cheese salad. There is something wierd to me about drinking wine with salad. I just can't do it so no wine tonight.

Made it to my pilates class tonight. The other good news. My scale moved today but I won't change my ticker until Friday.

KatTheAmazon · 11-11-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by petra65

Kat-what is SDA?

It's the Society of Design Administration. It's an affiliate of the AIA (American Institute of Architects). Basically a support group for the administrative personnel of the design firm, whether it be from Architecture itself or from their consultants (mechanical, civil, etc). It's a GREAT exchange of ideas. Personally, my degree was in Anthropology with no idea about Architecture. Thankfully, the firm i work for is fantastic and has helped me with the learning curve. I joined the SDA last year and having other people out there to help you is great! As administrative personnel, we are expected to do so much and most of the time, we do not have a background in Architecture... anyway, i could go on and on

Hyacinth · 11-12-2009, 02:25 AM

Welcome, Kat!

B: fruit cup, 2 coffees with milk
L: TJ's bean enchiladas
S: 1 pc cake, hummus and crackers
D: 2 homemade taco pizzas (corn tortillas, refried beans, salsa, taco sauce, cheese), glass of rose
S: baked squash

CardboardCutoutCat · 11-12-2009, 06:44 PM

Holla

B: Bowl of pumpkin seeds, sultanas, raisins
L: Bowl of oatmeal with 1 tsp honey and raisins
D: Fillet cerna (fish) and sweet potato slices