My husband thinks I'm weird for not refridgerating my sodas, I'm showing him this thread later as proof I'm not the only one that drinks them warm
Sorry to hear about your job SAPF, but be optomistic, something better may be around the bend for you.
Willow - Great job on lunch, I'm a sucker for wendy's chicken nuggets, so I can't go there..it's too much temptation!
Today's Foods -
Breakfast - 1 Luna Bar
Lunch - Zaxby's Chicken Salad Salad, no dressing...pretty darn good stuff.
Dinner - Split Pea Soup, with a green smilie in celebration
Porridge and banana
Low fat feta cheese and salad wrap
Banana
Risotto with mushroom, tomato, courgette and tuna
Low fat hot chocolate
Ryvita with marmite and sun-dried tomatoes
30 min swim, 20 min walk
And, I am very happy to announce that tomorrow I am going on vacation to Turkey, for a week......for some sun, sea and mountains. I am staying in what looks like a beautiful place, on the edge of a canyon, with huge swimming pool, gym, and great walking - so lots of exercise planned! Am 15 mins from a fantastic beach, although I'm told the sea is a bit cold for swimming at this time of year....
As for food, well apparently the World Health Organisation (WHO) rates Turkish food as one of the healthiest in the world - so I am planning to enjoy lots of fresh fish, fresh fruit and veggies, etc. I have been right back on track for the past month, and I really don't want to undo all that good work!
That sounds like a wonderful vacation spot, Claire! Enjoy all that sun, sea, mountains and healthy food. Be sure to tell us all about it when you get back!
Well, its now 7:30 pm and I'm vowing not to eat another bite until the morning. Mind you, I will have a big mug of tea later in the evening with a little 1% milk.
Breakfast: 1c Kashi Go Lean with 1/2c 1% milk (am I predictable, or what?)
Midmorning: 1 small banana
Lunch: Spinach salad consisting of - huge mound of fresh spinach, sliced fresh mushrooms, 1 hard boiled egg crumpled into it and all tossed with 3 tbsp. low-fat creamy garlic dressing.
Midafternoon: Astro fat-free, sugar-free yogurt.
Dinner: I don't cook on Fridays and tonight it was "children's choice". They chose pizza (with pepperoni and double cheese). No worries, I had a Lean Cuisine Roasted Vegetable pizza in the freezer. It wasn't quite the same, but it smelled the same and tasted pretty darn good. I also had a plate of sliced tomatoes with a liberal amount of ground black pepper.
Beverages: Plenty of water (both bottled and carbonated mineral), couple of mugs of tea. Coffee free day today!
Exercise: TWO hour hike in Lions Valley (had the day off). Walked the pup this morning for 20 minutes and we're all heading out now for a walk before it gets too dark.
I did fair today - around 4 we rode to my son's new apt. to have a look-see - while there we ate a McD's. I had a Grilled Chicken sandwich and a diet drink ( i also ate about 5 or 6 fries )
Eating out is so hard. I tried to estimate best I could. I had a roll and gave my soup to Jacob. It's weird, but even though I had a yummy dinner, I had no desire to go off plan. Could it be that I am finally getting this? One can only hope.
4/29/05
5 - Mint Zone Perfect Bar (Jill - I am predictable too!!! )
5 - Cheese Crackers
4 - McDonalds Grilled Chicken ceasar (no dressing)
2 - All Bran Bar
1 - Raspberry lemonaide
5 - Roll w/ butter (estimated)
14 - sauted perch (estimated)
10 - french fries (estimated) 2 - ww strawberry pie
48 - TOTAL (16 flex points used)
Breakfast: 2 small slices wholemeal toast with Marmite. Black coffee. Mid-morning: LF granola bar, banana blended with 1 cup sk. milk. Lunch: 100g steamed sole, 1 cup boiled rice, carrots and broccoli. Snack: LF granola bar, latte coffee. Dinner: Tuna sandwich on wholemeal bread with 1tblsp. FF mayo, medium apple, large green salad.
Total calories: 1401 (not incl. veggies)
I awoke this morning feeling all fat and bloated and although I'm not due to weigh myself until Tuesday, I couldn't resist jumping on the scales. I wish I hadn't because they show a pound gain from last week.
I'm hoping it's just a spot of water retention because I have stuck to my plan but it is psychologically discouraging nonetheless. No more ad-hoc weighing for me.
Claire, how do you make roasted leeks? I've always wanted to buy leeks but never have. I like onions all different ways.
Yes I'm lurking. Where else would I learn that my Cdn GoLean just isn't made right? lol I'm maintaining for pg and not having a hard time sticking to plan. That might change once I start to lose.
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Restarted in Jan 17 '05 at 243. Trying to maintain while pregnant.
An apple - A medium sized Boneless, skinless, grilled chicken breast - Macaroni pasta with 4oz of marinara sauce - grilled 2oz hamburger patty - 818 calories
OK I'm adding - 2 scrambled eggs with 2 slices of Oat toast and two more apples
Total for today - a little over 900 calories - I'm done
kclay - I hope you'll be eating something more today. I've been watching your intake for a few days, but held back my comments. I now feel compelled to suggest that your calorie count just isn't enough to keep your metabolism running so that you can burn fat. I know how disappointed you were over losing "only" one pound last week - but you can't expect to lose more than that if you don't eat enough. I want to see you succeed, hon, but in a healthy, lasting way. Believe me, when I was taught at Weight Watchers how much I HAD to eat to lose weight it surprised me. Mind you, it was a nice surprise. I do understand your point about how you can lose your appetite once you're in that weight-loss mindset. But its self-defeating to practically starve yourself, especially when you don't see the weight-loss results you want because of it.
Okay, I'll get off my
Breakfast: 1c Kashi Go Lean cereal with 1/2c low-fat milk.
Lunch: 2 slices Weight Watchers bread (toasted) with 1 tbsp. peanut butter. Fat-free sugar-free yogurt. 1c seedless red grapes.
Dinner: 6 little chicken meatballs in sweet and sour sauce over 3/4 cup rice. Large portion of green and yellow beans, carrots, pimento and onion.
Treat: 5 Ritz "Chips". Can't decide if I like these things - more cracker than chip and sort of a strange texture.
Beverages: 1 large Tim Horton's coffee with double milk, 3 500ml bottles of water, 1 small bottle lime flavoured mineral water. Will have a large mug of tea with milk later tonight.
Exercise: Awfully cold and rainy today, but I took the dog out to the highschool track and did a mile. Figure getting there and back was another 1/2 mile.
Jill, I'm eating what I'm told to eat - well except for the past two days, when I've been sick - but today I've been back OP - and right now I'm so full I feel like a stuffed turkey.
I didn't take it that way, honest. I just eat what the Dr. has told me to. And, believe it or not, I stay full. It don't seem like much, but it keeps me satisfied, and, to me, that is wonderful.
I now feel compelled to suggest that your calorie count just isn't enough to keep your metabolism running so that you can burn fat. I know how disappointed you were over losing "only" one pound last week - but you can't expect to lose more than that if you don't eat enough. I want to see you succeed, hon, but in a healthy, lasting way. Believe me, when I was taught at Weight Watchers how much I HAD to eat to lose weight it surprised me. Mind you, it was a nice surprise. 
I do understand your point about how you can lose your appetite once you're in that weight-loss mindset. But its self-defeating to practically starve yourself, especially when you don't see the weight-loss results you want because of it. 
