OK, here's the rest of my day!

Jillegal, thanks for the welcome, but the post above was only my first one on this thread...LOL ;)



Mug of tea w/milk and sugar
1/2 cup cottage cheese

2 slices whole wheat bread with salsa and 1.25 oz. cheddar (melted in toaster oven...awesome)
2cups-ish salad with light ranch dressing

5-6 oz crock-pot roast pork...mmmmm
1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup green beans

scraped yogurt container after kids had dessert...maybe 1/4 cup
Mango
Popcorn later on in the evening (planned :) )

So my total for today will beee.... 1687 cal.

A little high for me I think, I'm going to ask about it tomorrow.

xoxo
Linda

This thread is getting pretty large. Maybe we should make this a weekly thread. What do you think Jill? Would be easier for people to join us that way. They would not feel like they were late comers.

Heres my eats for the day

1 cup Kashi w/ 1/2 cup blueberries and 1 cup skim milk

Peanut butter and Jelly w/banana sandwich

Turkey sauage w/ mango veggie mix and 1 oz cheese

Salad w/ 1 oz of walnuts and 1 oz cheese
Apple
ice cream cone

Turkey sandwich w/tomato and light mirical whip
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Total calories 1815
Total fat 51
Total water 128 oz

Had more than enough yesterday--I ended up trading in my chef boyardee mac n' cheese and apple for some Asian Steamed Dumplings at job #2 (Ruby Tuesday). So, I got rid of my planned 270-calorie dinner and ended up having about 500 calories instead. I still stayed below 1800 calories for the day (about 1730), so I think I'll be okay. I also ended up serving tables until about 10:30 last night because I switched shifts with someone else, so lots of running around the restaurant to burn more calories!

Here's the plan for today:

Breakfast: 2 Strawberry & Cream Cheese Toaster Streudles (I'm sure I butchered that spelling!)
Snacks: apple
strawberry-banana yogurt
Yoplait frozen yogurt and orange sherbet frozen sandwich thingy
Lunch: 2 low-fat hotdogs on wheat buns
Snack: Laughing Cow cheese
Dinner: Chef Boyardee mac n' cheese
Snack: apple
I also ordered the salad bar with my dumplings last night, but I ended up not having time to eat it, which is good, since I didn't need the extra calories. It just sucks that I paid for it and didn't eat it! :p I'm drinking plenty of water (fill up my bottle at the desk job all day long), but I fear I still need more exercise. I waitress for about 5 hours each night, so that gives me lots of walking around and lifting plates and stuff (I was complimented twice last night, actually, by guests who were surprised at the amount of plates/glasses I could carry at one time--those suckers get heavy!). I'll start going to the gym again once things are settled with the new car and I go to a doctor about my foot (infected ingrown toenail--ouch!). Good luck staying on plan today, everyone!

Originally Posted by lessofsarahtolove:
I did more exercise today, so I'm REALLY happy about that! Do oany of you guys know about Yourself!Fitness? It's pretty cool.

That is so cool! I had never heard about that but it looks great. Just ordered one for the PS2 :dizzy:

Shelby

Wow!! Look how great everyone is doing!!!

Apryl - Do you think that's enough calories for you???

Another on Plan day for me!!! :D I am Soooo confident that I will be successful this time that I have added back my weight tracker!! :D

4/26/05
5 - Mint Zone Perfect Bar
2 - Banana
5 - Salad w/ Chicken & Cheese
2 - All Bran Bar
5 - 5 oz. grilled chicken
2 - 1 slice cheese
4 - 1 cup rice
6 - 1 cup light ice cream
31 - TOTAL

That's great Sandi!

I'm sort of struggling. I haven't been able to excercise because of my knee, now I've kinda lost control of my food. I'm definately getting back on track right now this minute!

Have a great day!

Beth

OK, I'm starting my journal commitment over again. I don't logon during the weekend usually, and this was a long weekend for me, and I thought I'd remember everything (haha!). From now on, I'm writing my weekend eating down. Here's my food for yesterday:

B: 2 eggs cooked in 1 tsp. canola oil, 2 slices sprouted grain bread
Snack: banana, 4-5 cups coffee w/cream
Lunch:Mixed greens w/garbanzo beans and ranch dressing, Lean Cuisine, 1 c. lowfat yogurt with ground flaxseeds
Snack: 1/2 whole wheat pita w/ Moujadra (lentils, rice, onions, coconut oil) and romaine
Dinner: 2 large ww pitas w/ Moujadra, lettuce and onions w/ olive oil and vinegar

Exercise: 35 minutes step aerobics

I agree, a weekly thread would be nice. :) I am really glad we can edit our days, there were some things I forgot about. Also, I have re-discovered the beauty of decaf, for my second cup. The first cup is still full throttle. :cool: Girls Nite Out tonight @ TGI Friday's, wish me luck!

And good luck to everyone else! I am proud of us. :)


4/27
8 oz coffee
1 cup 1% milk
1 Egg McMuffin, no ham
8 oz decaf :barf:
1/2 liter water

McDonald's Bacon Ranch salad (sans chicken)
2-3 T ranch dressing
1 fortune cookie
1 Wendy's grilled chicken sammich, tomato only
1 cup lemon ginseng green tea

1 cup mint green tea
1/2 liter water

1 Electric Lemonade
3 Jack Shrimps
3 pieces Sesame Jack chicken
Bruschetta Grouper
1.5 cups steamed broccoli
1 cup rice
2 seltzer's w/lime
1/2 oreo madness dessert :kickcan:

I'm so proud of everyone who has committed (and re-committed) here - we're doing so well! :D Its interesting how some meal plans seem to be changing for the better in terms of nutrition as the number of "on plan" days accumulate. Funny how we eat better the healthier we become. I think it was Howie who said at the beginning he didn't pay a whole lot of attention to what he ate as long as it didn't exceed his caloric target, but once he got into the swing of things healthier foods such as fruits, veggies and lean meats became the norm. I've really noticed that in his journal here (and the one at H-Man). Look at us - we're budding nutritionists! :smug:

I agree that the thread is becoming unwieldly and should turn into a weekly one, especially if it encourages new members - Miss Sandi? Can you take care of that please? :thanks:

Please don't forget to enter your losses here along with your eats so we can see the tangible results of your efforts! :goodscale

I am confident that you will be successful this time also Sandi. I just know you can do it.

Thanks to everyone for the welcome in other threads. :wave:

Originally Posted by Jillegal:
Funny how we eat better the healthier we become. I think it was Howie who said at the beginning he didn't pay a whole lot of attention to what he ate as long as it didn't exceed his caloric target, but once he got into the swing of things healthier foods such as fruits, veggies and lean meats became the norm.

I can identify with what Howie said. I'm right at the start of my last ever diet and I'm really only concerned with calorific values right now. I'm allowing myself 1600 per day (or more accurately, 11200 per week to allow for a little flexibility) plus unlimited LC vegetables.

I'm keeping an Excel sheet of my food intake and it makes quite interesting reading: mostly I've been eating pretty healthily but on one day last week I used more than 1100 cals just munching on cheesy tortilla snacks! They were already in the cupboard before I started my diet and I couldn't resist them. :devil:

I studied nutrition many years ago so I know it's not good to do that on a regular basis, but when I'm craving a particular food that I know is available I have to have it. At that point, my only concern was accurate recording of the calories with no thought to the nutritional content.

I won't be buying any more of them though because they are a real trigger food for me. I've replaced them with unsweetened dry cereal whenever I get my munchie head on. I find that to be not too bad an alternative. :)

A weekly thread would be wonderful, I've enjoyed watching this one progress. And it's helped me a lot in my food journaling. I was very lack-a-daisy about it before.
Anyways... Today's Menu

Breakfast - 2 oz of trail mix. I came into work today and my boss had bought doughnuts for everyone. :nono: But I resisted, there's still one back in the kitchen that's gonna be thrown away after lunch today... I figured it had it's shot to be eatten.
Lunch - Veggie Pita from McAlistors w/ Fruit cup instead of chips and a water to drink :D
Dinner - bbq chicken sandwich w/ chips
Snack - 1 snickers fun size bar, 2 oz of cheese

Well, I said that I was back on track, so here goes...

Breakfast
1- Coffee w/milk
4- eggs
3- bacon
2- WW toast
Lunch
4- Wonton Soup
3- Steamed Veggie Dumplings (4)

I don't usually eat Chinese food, but for some reason I had a craving for it. I had to stand there while they packed all of the fried stuff up for other customers, I almost mugged them! It was pretty bad, I don't know why I feel the need to test myself like that.

For dinner, I'll have a Lean Cuisine, I like their new Spa Cusine, the Salmon w/Basil and Chicken in Peanut sauce are really good. They're supposed to be healthier, made with Whole wheat pastas/orzo/rice. They're like 5 or 6 points.

Have a good rest of the day everyone.

4/27/05

1/4 c ff cottage cheese

1 hour water aerobics

1/2 c oatmeal
.25 oz chopped walnuts
1 Tbl. maple syrup

1 hour walking dogs at the Humane Society

2 slices light bread
veggie burger
lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, mustard
1 Tbl. lite mayo
1 C. hearty tomato soup
1 banana

a piece of celery with 1.5 Tbl. peanut butter

20 min. dog walk with my own dog

cripsy cornmeal chicken (1 breast)
1/2 curried baked potato
broccoli
1 C wine
strawberry smoothie (ff yogurt, frozen strawberries, splenda)

Good idea to make this a weekly thread....

Today I walked for 30 mins, swam for 30 mins, and ate:

Porridge and banana
Flakes of fresh salmon and salad
Fruit salad
Spicy bolognese, peas and sweet potato
Peas and bbq sauce
Low cal hot chocolate
Banana