Weeekly Food Journals
 

In order to stay on track I thought it might be a good idea to start journalling again.

If anyone is interested in joining in then please post your daily meal plan or what you ate for the day :cool:

Today's entry:

1 bran/cranberry muffin
1 coffee with milk and sugar
1 ham, cheese and lettuce sandwich on wholewheat bread
1 orange
1 6inch subway BLT one wholewheat bread with mustard
1 bottle of water
1 piece of low-fat key lime pie
1 french vanilla coffee from Timmy's
1 tea biscuit with butter

(points out the window-didn't bother counting -damn PMS :mad: )

Tuesday:

2 slices Canadian Bacon
1 egg
1 cup tea
1/2 of a ham and cheese sandwich
1 chocolate milk
Lasagna
Salad
1 piece crusty bread

Me for Tuesday

B Oatmeal

S Nothing - forgot to pack one!

L Reuben ( I hope rye bread is on SBD)

S Nothing

D Taco salad, minus the taco...

Need more snacks...I have a cold and no appetite, though.

Tuesday
B-Atkins Cereal with 2% milk
S-1 laughing cow cheese
L-8 pieces of sushi (with rice wahh)
S-1 SF tofutti creamy ice bar
D- 1 Cup of low carb wheat pasta mixed with Edamane paste and a 1/2 T of romano cheese
S-1/4 raw macadamia nuts....

If I had just bypassed the sushi yesterday, it would have been a good OP day....

Wednesday

1 bran muffin
1 coffee
1/2 ham and cheese sandwich (leftover from yesterday)
1 cup of Tuscan bean soup
1 piece (4oz) of grilled steak
1/2 cup brown rice
1 cup of peas

Might have sugarfree creamsicle later :T

Wednesday:

B Oatmeal

L Reuben sandwich

D Whole wheat pizza, light on cheese


Thursday:

B Uncle Sam flax cereal

L Roast beef rollups

D Steak, salad, broccoli and cauliflower

Thursday:

1 cup cereal with 1/2 ccup 2% milk
1 coffee
Sandwich of provolone cheese, proscuitto ham, roasted red peppers on a wholeweat pannini bun
decaf tea
chicken parmesan
green beans
3 cups airpopped popcorn
2 diet sodas

Great idea Mauv!

Thursday

Well - if you guys read the other threads you`ll know that yesterday was a BAD day. But I`m going to write it down anyway. Gulp.

Slimfast shake
Nature Valley Bar
Bun with cheese slice
Salad
Yogurt
Apple
Italian Wedding soup
Small baguette
1/2 personal size East Side Mario`s pizza
4 icebox cookies

:(

Today:

B - Cheeseburger pattie ( I was running late)

L Pumpernickel club sandwich

S Piece of whole wheat bread with peanut butter and sugar free-pretend honey

D Chicken and Alfredo sauce, green beans

Friday:

1 lowfat blueberry muffin
1 french vanilla cofee
1 chicken sandwich on wholewheat bread
1 cup decaf tea
1 granny smith apple
2 pieces of chicken
1 handful of fries with gravy
bottled water

Saturday:

Sesame seed bagel with cream cheese
1 coffee
Bowl of chili with a bun
1 coffee
2 pieces of chicken (leftovers from Friday)
1 small salad
2 bottles of water

Sunday:
1 coffee
2 pieces of toast with nutella spread
1 ham and cheese sandwich
1 chicken pot pie
1 bottle of water
1 hot chocolate

Snack: planning on eating some airpopped popcorn while watching CSI :) Nothing like snacking while watching a forensic examiner at work :lol:

Food journals
 

What works best for you;a daily journal or weekly? Do you plan your meals all at once or one day at a time?

A daily journal works best for me. I also like to plan my meals in advance - I tend to stay on plan better that way. It also means I don't get home at 5:30 and wonder what's for dinner, get frustrated, then order out :rolleyes: I just hate it when I do that! :p

weekly food journals
 

I think planning them in advance would also help one in making a shopping list.
How do you avoid snacking after dinner so much? I made myself a snack box of pre-measured snacks of 100 calories or less but have run out, need to re-supply it. Snacks under 100 calories. Fresh fruit stays on the dining room table. Bananas go fast around here; hard to eat just 1/2 of one, except when having cereal. I'm a hot tea drinker, and seem to crave something sweet to go along with my tea. Any ideas?

Magnolia Blossom;

It does make it much easier to grocery shop! :lol: I look like a big geek going around the store with my computer print out of my grocery list in my hand but I get everything I need with very few impulse buys and I get out of the store a lot faster too :D Packing your lunch at night before going to bed helps a lot too - even if you are at home- you know what you are going to eat, it's ready and then you are not rummaging looking for "something" to eat. It takes a bit of work to get organized at first but it is worth it! By doing this I stay on plan more and save time and money.

I think eating breakfast everyday and having protein at lunch stops me from snacking. I don't eat potatoes, rice or pasta much so I go by the 2 veg rule at dinner = 4 oz of protein and 1 cup each of two types of vegetables or 4 ozprotein, 1 cup of vegetables and a small side salad. I try to eat more chicken and fish these days and I am trying to have one complete vegetarian day per week.

I don't snack as much on the weekends and I try to incorporate healthy snacks into my daily plan but once my snacks are gone I am done-can't have anything else for the night. Snacks are okay as long as you make good choices :)

I try to be active during the evenings when I am not at my dance classes. I putter about doing housework, work on the computer, read etc. I try not to plop down in front of the televison since when I do I end up snacking. If I keep my mind and my hands busy I am less likely to eat out of boredom.

I usually have wholewheat crackers, melba toast, low fat cheese, almonds, unsalted cashews and fruit in the house. I also like low fat chocolate pudding and sugar free jello. At work I keep cans of v-8 and WW 2 points bar in my desk. I also like to have celery with laughing cow spreadable cheese or baby carrots with hummous or salad dressing as a dip.

If you crave something sweet with tea ginger snaps are a good choice. I can have 2 for 2 ww points so I figure they can't be too bad, as long as I don't eat half the box that is :lol: fig newtons are pretty good too, again as long as you limit yourself to 1 or 2. I sometimes have a square of dark chocolate with a cup of decaf coffee :T I also like the fat free creamsickles and fudgesickles that are now available - I can't seem to remember the brand right now - but I can check for you when I get home.

Well I think I have blabbed enough now :blah: :blah: :blah:

Hope this helps! :D