I'm gonna do today so far/plan too so I don't forget since I never manage to make it to 3FC on the weekend . . .

Friday:
B - multigrain cheerios (135) w/blueberries (8) and skim milk (85)
L - leftover pansit (400)
S - salad (7) w/carrots (10), sprouts (10), balsamic (90), 1C frozen peas/green beans mix (120)
D - pasta (197) w/sauce (90) & fresh basil (5)

Total planned: 1157, we'll see what I end up snacking on since I never seem to eat less than 1500 ;)
Exercise planned: elliptical or jogging for 30 mins

Thanks for asking Megan. I did. I stuck to my plan and ordered the chef salad, and scraped off most of the cheese. I used only vinegar for dressing, left some of the meat. I almost never drink anything but water at restaurants (I don't like soda or iced tea, won't spend the calories for juice, etc. I will drink wine if it's a nice dinner with DH :D ) so that was fine. I ate once piece of garlic bread, and concentrated more on visiting than eating!

Had a real sugar problem yesterday though. I put the details in the chat thread, but basically eating just one piece of pumpkin bread send me on a raging hunger (I suspect I was a little short with folds two :blush: ) until I had a rational moment and bought and ate some turkey. Scary out of control feeling though.

So, today:

B - cheerios with 7 walnut halves, strawberries; ww toast; :coffee:
S - unsweetened applesauce
L - grilled chicken salad
S - ?
D - leftover BBQ boneless pork ribs (I did these in the crockpot, and most of the fat cooked off and got discarded- they're quite lean), sauteed zucchini, with onions, red peppers; cous-cous.

OK, let's see if I can remember what I ate this weekend.

Friday modifications:
D - pasta (300) w/sauce (135), fresh basil (8), mozz (30) & parm (22) cheeses

Total: 1360
Exercise: walked, then jogged, then walked, total of 2.75 miles, plus ab & back exercises
Official weigh-in: 132/133 home scale, 139 gym scale

Saturday (made the mistake of going to future in-laws' house when I was super-stressed out and hungry -- on the way there I actually said to my fiance "I hope they have cookies, I really need cookies"):
B - raisin bran (200) w/blueberries (8) & skim milk (85)
L - leftover pansit (350)
S - frosting (200) :o , cookie (95), licking the bowl of cake batter and more frosting (no idea, 350??) :o :o :o
D - two small glasses of wine (140), one bacon-wrapped beef filet (260), pile of green beans (50), four roasted potato halves (red potatoes) (300?), bowl of peach slices (65)
S - big slice of marble cake (325) w/frosting (300?)

Total: 2728??? Please tell me I'm overestimating this or I think I might die.
Exercise: taping up our room to paint it

Sunday:
B - raisin bran (200) w/blueberries (8) and skim milk (85)
L - rotisserie chicken small drumstick, thigh, and wing, skin removed (300), salad (10) w/balsamic (60)
S - swig of OJ (15)
D - cooking light black bean chicken chilaquiles (293), two ears of corn (166)
S - cup of fruit salad, homemade (55), 3/4 C skim milk

Total: 1255
Exercise: 2 hour walk (covered about 5.5 miles), 3 hours painting and boy am I sore today!

Hi everyone,

I am sooo psyched that I had a great weekend! Stayed totally OP with food. I figured out that my caloric average for the last week was 1415 cal/day. Actually that's almost a little low - I think 1500 ave. would be good for me, but I'm sure I will be higher this week b/c I'm traveling for work (but not much higher!). The only problem is I've had some trouble sleeping, and not for lack of trying. I really like my sleep - makes me much more like a normal person.

I'm rather nervous about this week's travel. I'll be gone Tues-Friday. I am feeling confident right now, and have already packed instant oatmeal, apples, Kashi granola bars, etc. But I always seem to just get too tempted when I'm at a conference with people. We go to dinner, and everyone else always wants steak and potatoes smother in Ranch and butter, and I always feel so self-conscious even trying to find something healthy and the steak or whatever smells so good I'll give in. The co-worker I'm traveling with is definitely set on meat and potatoes. I will just have to exhibit willpower. Repeat after me, Megan. Willpower.

Tonight BF and I are supposed to eat with his sister & BIL, who sometimes cook healthily but sometimes not. Also they always eat very late, and I'm ravenous by 8:00 or 9:00 dinner. My plan is to stay OP for breakfast & lunch, go to the gym after work, maybe eat a small snack before I go to their house for dinner. And remember portion control is key. I will handle the rest of their visit this weekend, after I make it through this conference for work.

Jessica, it sounds like Saturday was a tough night. You did a great job getting back on track Sunday, though. Just stick with it. I mean, if I'm guessing your "maintaining" caloric level is around 2000 and you had about 700 calories over that, that's what, about 1/7 of a pound(if 1 lb=3500 cals)? (I know a lot of us are here because our bodies don't work like "normal" bodies, but I'm just using the law of averages here.) And you went right back to a low cal day. Next time you are stressed out and going to your in-laws, perhaps you could try to just take 5 minutes and breath a bit and have some ___(insert low-cal snack that satisfies you here) and drink some water.

Pat, sometimes I think lean deli turkey has the power to make any situation better. ;) Funny what will set us off - I know certain triggers I have, PB, a whole cake or container of ice cream in the house, but sadly I discover new ones more often than I'd like.

Willpower. Willpower. I can handle this week successfully. I can do it! We all can do it!

Megan, how about just telling those folks "Sorry, I don't eat red meat." and ordering the fish or chicken. I know it's easier to go along, but most of the time, they're over it in about 5 minutes. :lol:

I think I need to pop in here. I am up to 135 as of this morning, which is a 3 lb gain. I had a horrendous weekend. I really like the strictness of losing better then the not so strictness of maintaining. Although there's no way to know had I still been trying to lose if I would have had this same kind of weekend, given that I was away for the weekend with huge eaters.

B - 2 Fat free/sugar free yougurts with 1/4 cup of Fiber One Cereal
S- cucumber
L- 1 Morning Star Chick Pattie with 3 cups of cooked cauliflower
S- some grapes
D- probably the same thing as lunch. Maybe an egg white omlette with veggies. Not quite sure yet
S- Fat free/sugar free yogurt with Fiber One cereal

Today is going real well. I wish the day was over, I'd like to get this one very good day under my belt. I am always so relieved that when I have an off day that I am able to jump back on track. Although this time it wasn't an off DAY I had - it was an entire weekend. A long weekend at that.

Hi,

trying to get back on track. Foodwise it is not Ok, but i did work out yesterdsay and today.

Rabbit

Megan, good luck on your business trip!

Last night we finished painting and dinner didn't get on the table until half an hour after our usual bedtime. Phew!

Monday:
B - quaker oat bran cold cereal (210) w/raspberries (15) and skim milk (85)
S - cherries (75)
L - chilaquiles (297)
S - banana (105), nectarine (60), cha shao bao (160), OJ (50)
D - watermelon/watercress/feta/herb salad from cooking light, 1.5 C (120)

Total: 1177
Exercise: painting for four hours

Finished yesterday on track. Yay!

Today:

B - boiled egg, ww toast w/pb
S - cottage cheese with fresh strawberries :)
L - homemade chile (7% ground beef) over spinach
S - Luna bar (at a meeting, running errands, needed something easy w/protein)
D - grilled chicken, broccoli, brown rice

Tuesday:

B - quaker oat bran cereal (210) w/raspberries (15) and skim milk (85)
S - plum (30)
L - half serving chilaquiles (148), half serving watermelon salad (40)
S - banana (105), nectarine (60), 1/4 C apple crisp (50?) and 1/4 C fruit salad w/syrup (50?) :o (I resisted the company luncheon, but not the leftovers!)
S - OJ (30), one 6-in corn tortilla (40), bite of spaghetti (15)
D - 1C basmati rice (205) w/ 1/4 C rotiss chicken (50), 1/2 C frozen green beans (60), 1/2 C frozen peas (60), 1 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce (10), and 1 tsp rice seasoning (10)
S - half a yam pancake (125)

Total: 1398
Exercise: 35 mins walking on "forest walk" program, top speed 3.5 since my hamstrings were so sore from painting

Well, yesterday's afternoon snack ended up being a Dole's fruit bar - only 60 cals, but I really noticed the lack of protein! And I had the same dinner as lunch, with the addition of about 1/2 cup of leftover rice (all there was).

Today:
B - cheerios w/walnuts, strawberries, 1% milk; ww toast w/Laughing Cow light cheese
S - hard boiled egg, applesauce
L - frozen dinner or salad from grocery (having my hair cut which will take most of my lunch hour)
S - cottage cheese, orange
D - grilled chicken, broccoli, some sort of starch

Must resist the chocoloate cake for someone's birthday!

Wednesday:
B - quaker oat bran cereal (210) w/raspberries (15) and skim milk (85)
S - cherries (75)
L - watermelon salad (80)
S - plum (30), banana (105), one packet Quaker cinnamon roll oatmeal (160)
S - OJ (30)
D - cooking light chicken w/summer veggie pasta, 1 serving (588)
S - watermelon (100)

Total: 1478
Exercise: 35 mins elliptical, still going slow b/c of my sore hamstrings

The gym scale weighed me at 138.8 yesterday! That's an improvement. :)

Thursday:
B - oat bran cereal (210) w/ raspberries (15) and skim milk (85)
S - plum (30)
L - leftover chicken/veggie/pasta, not quite 1 serving (500)
S - nectarine (60), cherries (75)
D - green beans (45), broccoli (30), 1 ear corn (83), 1.5 cha shao bao (240)
S - OJ (30), watermelon (100)

Total: 1503
Exercise: upper back exercises

Friday so far/plan:
B - raisin bran (200) w/milk (85)
S - banana (105)
L - 1/2 serving chicken/pasta except there's no chicken left in it (260)
S - cherries (75), strawberries (45), baked Lay's (130) - those were unplanned!
D (plan) - spaghetti (197) w/meat sauce -- lean ground beef (140?) + canned pasta sauce (80) + zucchini (10) + frozen peas (10) + frozen green beans (20), parmesan cheese (30)
S (plan) - watermelon (100)

Total (plan): 1487, but that's a pretty rough estimate and I'll probably end up eating extra pasta
Exercise (plan): 35 mins elliptical, upper back exercises

Tough weekend in Vegas...there were...buffets :\

Back on track today!

Friday actual -- didn't put the meat in the sauce, so cut out some calories, but added a salad, for a total of about 1400. Official weigh-in: 132 at home, 138 at gym.

Saturday:
B - oat bran cereal (210) w/blackberries (15) and skim milk (85)
L - (restaurant) granny smith apple sandwich, here's my estimates: two small slices multigrain bread (180), half a granny smith apple (40), 1.5 Tbsp PB (142), 1/2 C sprouts (10), 1 slice cheese (100), 1 Tbsp honey (60), 1/4 C red onion slices (15), plus three bites of "Floribbean" cole slaw (40)
S - chunk of french bread (175), bite of cookie (20)
D - (restaurant) half serving of fettucini w/pomodoro sauce (275), glass of white wine (70), brownie a la mode (570?) :o

Total: 1797 (phew)
Exercise: not much, walked around town a little bit

Sunday:
B - oat bran cereal (210) w/blackberries (15) and skim milk (85)
L - half of leftover fettucini pomodoro (140), 1/2 C spaghetti (98) w/leftover sauce from Friday night (75)
S - half a peach (30), quesadilla: 1 corn tortilla (40) w/ 1/4 C cheese (100), OJ (30)
D - tortilla pie from cooking light, about 1.5 servings (635, hm, that's not very light!)
S - raisins (30)

Total: 1488
Exercise: scrubbed the bathroom, plus back exercises