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 ) 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;
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) , cookie (95), licking the bowl of cake batter and more frosting (no idea, 350??)
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!
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.
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.
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)
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
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?) (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!
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
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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?)
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
) so that was fine. I ate once piece of garlic bread, and concentrated more on visiting than eating! 
, cookie (95), licking the bowl of cake batter and more frosting (no idea, 350??) 
