So since I need to post my food intake or I end up eating junk, and Anne had mentioned being interested in a thread to post food on that was not at all related to any goals, I figured I'd start a new one (the old one was getting long anyway).

So I'll start off with my food from yesterday.

Tuesday:
B - raisin bran (200) w/blueberries (10) and skim milk (85)
S - red bell pepper (40)
L - rice noodles (160) w/asian pesto (45) and mixed veggies (15)
S - banana (105), peach (60)
S - half slice of sunflower bread (50) w/1 Tbsp soft cheese (50?)
D - pasta (197) w/sauce (80) and parmesan (30), 1 ear corn (60), pile of asparagus (40)
S - half slice of sunflower bread (50) w/apricot jam (30)

Total: 1307 (I must be missing something...)
Exercise: 20 min run/walk intervals + 10 min warmup/cooldown, back exercises, 15 mins yoga

Edit: I was missing something, half a beer: 75, bringing the total to 1382

Yesterday - Aug 28

B - 2 kashi waffles, 1 with natural peanut butter, 1 with cherry jam

S - 6 oz blackberries

L - portabello mushroom tomato bisque, whole wheat roll

S - tall non fat sugar free raspberry latte, 1 whole wheat apricot ginger cookie (did not plan on eating cookie, was weak when faced with temptation)

D - Emerald city salad (made with kale, dark greens, olive oil, wild rice, yellow peppers, lemon), 1/4 chicken (thigh/leg), 1/2 roasted sweet potato (all picked up from local organic deli)

Somewhere in the day I also had a small handful of jelly bellies (also atypical).

Today - Aug 29

Actual (up to this moment)

B - 2 kashi waffles, 1 with natural peanut butter, 1 with cherry jam

S - completely unplanned - manager brought donuts/bagels to our early am meeting. I folded like a laundromat and had 3/4 of a maple donut (really wanted to finish it, told myself NO) and a chunk of asiago cheese bagel with a tiny bit of chive cream cheese (full fat - so decadent!)

S - 6 oz raspberries

L - salad - romaine, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, chickpeas, turkey, snow peas, a little low fat dressing

S - tall non fat sugar free latte

Planned

S - tangelo

D - 1/4 cup whole wheat couscous mixed with lemon and tons of wilted kale, stuffed tomato (with pine nuts and all kinds of yummy stuff from the local organic deli)

Yesterday was pretty much on plan:

B~1 c ff cottage cheese with 1 c pineapple
S~1 slices cantaloupe
L~salad (Romaine, 1 oz turkey, 1/2 tsp cranberries, lite raspberry dressing)
S~4 pieces of candy (ok, ok, not on plan, but within my calories!!!)
D~layered southwest salad and a homemade panini (turkey, ham, lf provolone, tomatoes, ff mayo)

Yesterday -
Breakfast out - veggie eggbeater omelete with mozzarella, 2 pieces dry toast, black coffee

Lunch - leftover ginger chicken and broccoli, peach

Snacks (scattered) almonds, FOUR dove promises (oops), oatmeal(realized my carbs were WAY low)

Dinner - divine roasted eggplant "lasagne" (eggplant, onions, spag sauce and mozzarella and olive oil), leftover grilled chicken, salad, barilla pasta

Snack - peach, ezekiel bread with smart spread

Total ~ 2420 depending on oil at restaurant - below maintenance level, above loss level. Above target but I was losing control and I reeled it in.

Today so far
Breakfast - eggbeater omelette with leftover eggplant, oatmeal

Snack - string cheese

Lunch - slice pizza, salad, icecream cone (planned and accounted for)

- Depression eating around 30 grapes and 3 doves.

CRUD just realized I am a day off in fitday...sigh, oh well

Anyway about 1450 so far, well in plan especially with a 9.5 mile run AND a 2+ mile walk (and hungry boy who keeps nursing today), just need to not give in to depression.

HAvent decided what to do for dinner tonight. I have leftovers, I also kind of want to go to the farmers market which is usually risky, but it is another walk.

Weird day, totally not typical for me -

1 - 6 oz. Danon Light and Fit yogurt with 1/4 cup of Fiber One Cereal
3/4 cup of Cheerios - don't ask me what ever possessed me eat to these. Totally air food.
about 3 -4 oz. of Fat free/sugar free frozen yogurt, while out today. Was going to wait til I got home to eat lunch, but I was with my daughter and she wanted, so I succembed. Delicious, it was.
Easily about 30 red grapes, probably more
10 strawberries
1/4 chicken breast, boiled
1/4 baked sweet potato
1 piece of my daughters avocado sushi
2 - 3 cups cooked cauliflower
2 egg white omlette
1 - 15 calorie sugar free ices, might still have another one

My food today was certainly not on plan.

BF: PB and SF jelly sandwich on whole wheat with 2 cups of coffee
Lunch: ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato and LF mayo. on whole wheat
Dinner: 1/2 baked chicken breast, 1 ear of corn, 1/2 cup of instant potatoes

snack: (atypical) small ice cream from Sonic that I let my SD talk me into. GRRRRRRRR.

B - Bowl of Fiber One cereal and a non fat yougurt
L - Cup of non fat cottage cheese and three oat bran muffins
D - two bowls of soup, bowl of kashi go lean almond crunch
S - two handfuls of almonds

So yesterday was a day at the fair, and then pizza with my quilting group who were just eating to celebrate (it's a long story) so I can't even begin to count the calories, but I will say that the homemade tamale (from a booth run by my former hairdresser ) was THE BEST - vegetarian, and nicely spiced.

Today:

B - cheerios with 1% milk, walnuts (7 halves) and blueberries.
S - got busy and didn't eat one!
L - Large turkey sandwich on foccia with avocado, tomato, onions and a slice of some kind of smoked cheese. It was good, but really too big.
S - um, it's after 5, and I need to leave work and go home, kinda late now. I'll just have dinner as soon as I get home.
D - chicken with?? veggies of some sort. We have lots.

I was posting on whole foods, but today was so NOT whole foods, that perhaps this is more appropriate.

S (pre-run): Banana (post-run): OJ
B: Heart healthy cereal w/ added Fiber One, wild blueberries, & vanilla soymilk, coffee w/ skim
S: graham crackers
S: carrots & cauliflower w/ roasted red pepper hummus
L: leftover homemade lasagne, yogurt, peach
S: grapes
S: Fiber One bar
S: popcorn
Here and there: hard candy
D: turkey breast, green beans, couscous w/ herbs
S: Clif nectar bar, graham crackers

The kitchen is now closed. That clocks in at about 2400 calories, give or take. About in energy balance for me on a run day, except that I was hoping for a bit of a deficit.

Anne

PS: Oh yeah, I had some French bread and light butter also for supper. It is included in the calorie total.

Oh yeah...pre run a kashi bar forgot that until Anne mentioned it. Run food tends to slip my mind

continued from above:
Snack - apple, 3 oz turkey
Dinner - minestrone, salad bread & butter, leftover eggplant and a little leftover orange couscous chicken.

Total for the day with the kashi bar ...probably about 2500? Pretty close to today's target. I may have a little snack later. 2600 would be a loss target today, maintenance would be around 3000

Yesterday:
B~1c ff cottage cheese 1c fresh pineapple
L~carrots, celery, peapods, dip and a chicken salad sandwich
D~chicken breast in pesto (not too much sauce), mushroom risotto and broccoli and cauliflower
S~2 cookies. Yes, I ate 2 of the infamous cookies! They weren't that good so they won't be calling my name!
Here and there~6 pieces of hard candy at work

Today~
B~1 c ff cottage cheese and 1c fresh pineapple
L~2 c lettuce, 10 small shrimp, 1 hard boiled egg, cocktail sauce as a salad dressing
D~plan is for some homemade tamales and leftover southwest salad (corn, black beans, pasta, red pepper, gr onions, blk olives with a salsa/sour cream dressing)

Yesterday

L - a bowl of Kashi Go Lean Cruch & milk

D - 3 oz of broiled salman, smoked cheddar chese, goulda chese, 1/4 cup of peanuts

S - a frozen chocolate dipped banana

Today

L - 1/2 cup of peanuts

I better eat some salad later today.

Continuing yesterday -

D - chicken and mushrooms, 1/2 cup or so of potatoes (fresh from our garden!), steamed swiss chard, glass of red wine

S - toast w/pb, tea

Today:

B - 2 small blueberry pancakes (wild berries tha DH picked yesterday) with 1/4 cup of cottage cheese and 1TBSP of real maple syrup (hey, we're from New England - none of that flavored corn syrup for us ),

S - FF latte

L - salad with black beans, rosemary tortilla (found these on sale, and they've got a wonderful flavor, and not too high in calories.)

S - ?? my work stash is diminished, as I'm leaving on vacation. I've got to run to the store at lunch, so I'll find something

D - leftover broccoli quiche, cauliflower

Wednesday:
B - raisin bran (200) w/blueberries (10) and skim milk (85)
S - plum (30)
L - pasta (197) w/sauce (50)
S - banana (105), peach (60)
D - rice (255), pinto bean skillet chili (244)
S - three sips of dessert wine (40)

Total: 1276 (am I really eating that little? I guess I'm still making up for eating so much last week)
Exercise: 15 mins walk on treadmill, leg exercises, stretching

Thursday so far:
B - raisin bran (200) w/blueberries (10) and skim milk (85)
S - banana (105)
L - leftover rice (150) and pinto bean skillet (122)
S - plum (30), kiwi (50)
D (PLAN) - 2 spinach and kale turnovers (368)

Total (PLAN): 1120
Exercise (PLAN): was going to run, but my knees hurt