So last night, I ended up having a chicken and cheese quesedilla when we went out after work. Could have been worse, but it was an expensive restaurant, and that was one of the cheapest choices :p I did check out their salads, but none of them sounded very tempting, and all of their other appetizers were fried. Ahh well--c'est la vie...

Today's plan:

• fruit (strawberries, peaches, and pineapple)
• salad (lettuce, red onion, hard-boiled egg, cucumber, and a little cheese) w/honey mustard dressing
• who knows what for dinner after TOPS...

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast:
banana (pre-commute)
cottage cheese
peach
coffee w/flavored creamer


Lunch:
baked fish
corn
beans
acorn squash


Afternoon snack to keep the Beast at bay:



Dinner:
Zucchini soup (sauteed mushrooms, onions, garlic, then half a zucchini and a handful of green beans, some broth, cooked, then all blended into puree)
chicken breast w/blue cheese


Snacks:


Drinks:
water


Calories:
about 1300

Exercise:
walking, stairs

Weds 03/08:

Breakfast: Banana shake (6 oz banana, crushed ice, ¼ cup 0% milk, ½ cup 2% plain yogurt, vanilla extract).
Lunch: 3 large sushi maki rolls, salad (carrot, red & white cabbage, romaine lettuce, tomato).
Dinner: 3 oz salmon steak, 2 potato patties, green beans, tomatoes.
Snacks: Strawberry shake (4 oz strawberries, crushed ice, ¼ cup 0% milk, ½ cup 2% plain yogurt, orange extract); 4 oz strawberries, LF yogurt on a stick.
Drinks: 500 ml coffee, 2½ litres water.

Total kcals: 1035 (not incl. free veggies).

Exercise: 3 miles WATP, 20 minute bike ride, full-body strength workout.

8/3/05 -- woke up at 9:30

10:30
fried chicken thigh
Yoplait fat-free yogurt

1:30
Wendy's mandarin chicken salad (no noodles, with almonds and 1/2 pkt of dressing)

6:00
stuffed pepper (bell pepper stuffed with ground beef, rice, onions, and tomato sauce)
2/3 c. tomatoes w/ feta cheese and Italian dressing
1/2 c. moose tracks ice cream

11:20
3 sl. ham
1 oz. cream cheese

liquid
2 c. decaf coffee
102 (!) oz. water
20 oz. Diet Rite

exercise
30 min. on treadmill (1.66 miles at avg. 3.2 mph)

Now that school is back in session, I won't be staying up 'til all hours of the night. That should help with my little midnight snacks.

Thurs 04/08:

Breakfast: Banana & strawberry shake (5½ oz banana, 1 oz strawberries, crushed ice, ¼ cup 0% milk, ½ cup 2% plain yogurt, vanilla extract).
Lunch: 6 thin slices ham, ½ cup lima beans & sweetcorn, 1 tblsp. sliced almonds.
Dinner: 2 hotdogs in 86 g whole-wheat roll with 1 tblsp. mustard, onion, hot peppers, romaine lettuce, tomato.
Snacks: ¾ oz gouda, LF yogurt on a stick.
Drinks: 750 ml coffee, 3½ litres water, 750 ml sparkling mineral water.

Total kcals: 1100 (not incl. free veggies).

Exercise: 4 miles WATP, 20 minute bike ride.

August 4, 2005

B: Overslept. was up until late last night;) :o

L: 1 c Kashi GoLean; 1/3 c frozen raspberries and 1/2 c van soymilk; 2 slices multi-grain toast with 1 TBS peanutbutter

D: 5 slices turkey breast in gravy, 1 c mashed sweet potato with 1 tsp brown sugar and 1 tsp light margarine; 1 1/2 c stuffing (made with light margarine); 3 slices cornbread with 2 tsp light margarine

S: 1 dark chocolate square; 1.5 c marshmallow stars cereal with 1/2 c soymilk

Beverages: 64 oz water; 4 c calorie free orange breakfast drink; 2 cups soymilk
*****Total Calories=1908*****

Exercise: Core Moves (25 minutes)
Circuit Training (20 minutes)
Cool Down Stretching (10 Minutes)

THURSDAY

Breakfast:
Smoothie w/skim milk, banana, strawberries and blueberries

Lunch:
hamburger
2 slices cheese bread, toasted
zucchini

Afternoon snack to keep the Beast at bay:
cheese sticks

Dinner:
summersausage
zucchini soup

Snacks throughout the day:
cheese curds

Drinks:
tea, diet soda

Calories:
about 1600

Exercise:

8-4-05 - woke at 6:45

7:45
McDonald's breakfast burrito
fruit and walnut salad

12:00
4 grilled chicken drummettes
1/2 c. potato salad
1/2 c. baked beans
2" square of lemon cake

6:30
salad (lettuce, 1/2 c. cottage cheese, 1/2 c. peas)
6 oz. poached salmon
1 c. boiled cabbage
2 big pieces of broccoli
dinner roll w/ 1 tsp. honey butter
1 c. sugar-free Jell-o w/ 2 tbsp. sugar-free topping

liquid
lg. coffee
28 oz. diet Coke
68 oz. water

exercise
none

Some notes...I need to be extra-diligent about my breakfasts during the school year. It is far too easy to zip through the drive-thru and eat on the way to school. I need to make SURE I've got healthy, quick breakfast food at home. It's really important that you guys help keep me accountable here! If you see me eating too much breakfast fast-food, call me on it! I also need to start scheduling my exercise because I'm going to be one busy chickie between teaching and getting a master's degree!

Okay, Jennelle, I'll keep my eye on your brekkies. :drill: How much is too much for you though? More than once a week? For me, one visit to McDonald's a year is one too many. :barf: I've never seen anything they sell that's even remotely appetising. My fast-food weakness was fried chicken. :T I went cold :chicken: (well, turkey :p) in April and I'm amazed how rarely I even think about it now.

Fri 05/08:

Breakfast: 6 oz banana & 2 oz blueberry shake (crushed ice, ¼ cup 0% milk, ½ cup 2% plain yogurt, vanilla extract).
Lunch: 2 oz tuna (packed in water & drained) on 90 g whole-wheat bun, 1 tblsp. Hellmann's Ultra mayo, hot peppers, naked coleslaw, tomato.
Dinner: 3 oz roast chicken breast, 2 oz whole-wheat couscous, 1 tblsp. sliced almonds, salad (red & white cabbage, carrot, onion, yellow pepper, tomato).
Snacks: Berry shake (as above with 2½ oz blueberries & 4 oz strawberries), LF granola bar.
Drinks: 750 ml coffee, 2½ litres water.

Total kcals: 1338 (not incl. free veggies).

Exercise: 2 miles WATP.

August 5, 2005
B: 1 c Kashi GoLean with 1 banana sliced and 1/2 c soymilk
L:
D: 1 vegetarian gardenburger with cheese and vegetarian bacon on multigrain bread with BBQ sauce; 1 baked sweet potato with brown sugar and light margarine; large salad of romaine lettuce tossed with no salt added whole kernal corn, unsalted sunflower seeds, veggie mozzarella cheese and calorie free ranch
S: 1 serving of dark chocolate squares (4 squares)
Beverages: 64 oz water; 20 oz diet soda; 32 oz calorie free orange drink; 16 oz diet peach tea
****Total Calories=1555*****
Exercise: 25 minutes Yoga

Thanks, Ali! :) I think once a week breakfast at any fast-food joint should be more than enough for me. I used to live on McDonald's sausage biscuits with egg. Seriously - I ate them every single morning for a good stretch of time.

Now for the food log...
8-5-05 -- woke at 5:45

7:15
2 eggs over easy
2 sl. white toast w/ 1 tbsp. margarine
1 c. grits
3 sl. bacon

4:30
Boca burger on 2 sl. whole-wheat bread
1 tbsp. Miracle Whip
1 c. tomatoes w/1 oz. feta cheese and 2 tbsp. Italian dressing
Yoplait fat-free yogurt

8:30
6 oz. water-packed tuna
pear

10:45
pear
1 oz. cream cheese

liquids
3 c. coffee
72 oz. water

exercise
none...I will commit to an exercise schedule for the upcoming week and will go to the gym this afternoon.

A note about the huge gap between my first and second meals: I ate at Waffle House with Hubby, sort of a celebration of my last day of summer, I guess. When we were dismissed for lunch at 11:00, I wasn't hungry so I went back to my classroom and worked...figured I'd go out before 12:30 (when we had to be back) and get a sandwich. Of course, I got busy and when I looked up, it was 12:20 - too late to get anywhere and back to my rural school.

Right so, Jennelle. Once a week it is then. :)

I guess I have no right to take anyone to task for their eats. But, just because I have no restraint.... Don't do as I do and all that jazz.... :p

Hmm... skipping lunch, I see, Laura. Tsk, tsk! Good job on the kcals and exercise though. :high:

Jennelle: What exactly are grits? I keep seeing them around but I have no idea what they are. :o

Okay, I'm ashamed to post today's food. :eek: I stayed within my kcal allowance though.... :^:

Sat 06/08:

Food: 126 g whole-grain bagel, 2 tblsp. Phili Light, 4 thin slices ham.
Drinks: Starbuck's FF grande latte, 2 litres water, 1 bottle sparkling white wine, 500 ml Shiraz.

Total kcals: 1562

Exercise: 3 miles WATP, 20 minute bike ride.

I've been MIA in this thread - sorry. I've been over calories for 3 days now...but not in a bad way. :lol: I've been so busy and on the go so we've eaten out a lot. I'll give you a quick synopsis:

Thursday:

We had the daughter of our good friends in town from California, she's 12, and I let her choose where to eat. As you can imagine, it wasn't very healthy, but I made reasonable choices and didn't overeat:

Mini-Wheats & milk (I had a lot, I was so hungry!)
A&W cheeseburger w/mushrooms
20 oz cola
ColdStone Ice cream - small
Pepperoni & cheese pizza - 3 small pieces

Kcals: 3100 <faint>

Friday:

Kashi & 1% milk
2 pcs leftover pizza
Strawberry smoothie
Out to dinner: cheese enchilada, beef tamale, a few refried beans, chips & salsa
30 oz cola
sunflower seeds

kcal: 2172

Saturday:

Breakfast: Kashi & 1% milk
Lunch: Taco Bell: Crunchwrap Supreme & 30 oz cola
Dinner: Turkey Sandwich (wheat bread, turkey, provolone, swiss, light mayo), wheat thins
Snacks: 1 small pc pizza, sunflower seeds

kcal: 2105

Back under 1800 tomorrow - I'll be home most of the day and things will slow down a bit. :)

Too Fat Fish: Working in a chain restaurant that serves grits from open to closing, I know what grits are; they're a hot cereal type thing made from coarsly ground corn, they are similar to Cream of Wheat. I like them, but only with lots of sugar and cream. Alot of the guests I serve request cheese on them and then they top them off with lots of ground black pepper.
Regarding the skipping lunch.. I packed a lunch and took it with me to work, but didn't have a spare moment to actually sit down and eat it. Honest!
Here's my food for today with no meals skipped. :)
August 6, 2005
B: Peach smoothie made with 1/2 c yogurt, 1/2 c soymilk, 1 c frozen peaches and 2 scoops high protein shake mix
L: 6 oz tossed salad with 1 pkt fat free ranch dressing; 2 oz string cheese
D: BIG Salad (3 cups romaine lettuce topped with 5 oz grillled chicken, 24 croutons, 1/2 c imitation mozzarella cheese, 2 TBS imitation bacon bits, 1/4 c sunflower seeds, 2 TBS calorie free ranch and 3 TBS BBQ Sauce)
S: 28 chocolate graham cracker sticks dunked in 2 fat free pudding cups; 12 oz vanilla soymilk
Beverages: 80 oz water; vanilla soymilk; 20 oz sprite zero
*****Total Calories=1710*****
Exercise: Core Exercises (20 minutes); 1.5 mile run and .5 mile walk (25 minutes total); 10 minutes stretching

Since OmegaLaura answered Ali's question, I'll just chime in and say that I like my grits with butter and salt.

On to the food log...
8/6/05 - woke @ 8:30

9:30
Yoplait fat-free yogurt

12:00
1 snack-pack of chedder cheese Combos

1:15
1/2 c. hot and sour soup
3 skewers of cinnamon chicken
spring roll
1 c. lo mein
1 c. fried rice
fortune cookie

3:00
sm. chocolate-dipped ice cream cone

6:50
handful of mixed nuts
10 strawberries
Yoplain 99% fat-free yogurt
two string cheese sticks

liquid
1 c. decaf coffee
32 oz. diet Pepsi
64 oz. water

exercise
30 min treadmill (1.65 miles, 3 mph, #7 hill program)

This was thus far my worst day choice-wise, I think. The noon snack was grabbed on the way to shopping 45 minutes from my house. I could have eaten a pear or another yogurt before I left home. I also could have forgone the ice cream cone. It was an impulse purchase.