Hey accountability-ites such as my self, do you like having a weekly thread (as I've been starting a new thread each week for the last few weeks)? Or would you rather do as we were doing before, having a thread and just starting a new one when the thread got excessively long? Let me know if you want me to stop starting new threads each week.

Pat, glad Sunday felt so much better for you.

Monday 10/8
B - 1 cup Quaker Crunchy Corn Bran, 1 c. skim milk, small banana, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
S - 1/2 oz. raw almonds
L - 2 sl whole wheat bread, 2.5 oz. smoked tuna, carrots, celery & broccoli w/ 2 T. light sour cream & ranch seasonings
S - medium apple, 6 oz. Yoplait ff yogurt, 1/2 oz. almonds
gym - cardio, some weights?
D - Beef and Veg. Cheese Casserole (WW recipe), zucchini sauteed in olive oil
play rehearsal
S - ?

Sunday 10/7
B - Steel cut oats w/ walnuts, cinnamon, splenda; skim milk, small banana, coffee w/ 1 T h&h
L - light wheat hamburger bun, veggie burger; celery & green peppers w/ light sour cream & ranch seasonings
S - watermelon, espresso w/ 1 c. skim milk and sweetener
D - 5 oz. boneless skinless chicken breast, 1 c. sauteed zucchini, all cooked w/ 2 t. olive oil
D - 1 1/3 sf ff chocolate pudding made w/ skim milk
walked 4 miles, 2 hours gardening, 2 1/2 hours cooking and canning

Saturday 10/6
B - 2 Protein pancakes, skim milk, banana, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
L - large salad w/ 3 oz. deli turkey, 2 T. Ginger dressing
S - watermelon, ff light yogurt
D - Lean Pocket, Green Giant simply steamed garden vegetable medley, a few glasses white wine
assorted snacks - 1/2 oz. raw walnuts, small apple, 1 oz. part skim mozzarella, 2 pc. Kavli 5-Grain Crispbread, small banana
ran 5K

Monday

B - 1/2 cup organic Pumpkin flax cereal, about 1 cup of organic vanilla non fat yogurt

S - 8 oz fresh strawberries

L - tuna fish salad (light mayo, tuna in spring water, pickles, onions) on 2 slices of whole grain bread, cup of french onion soup from downstairs

S - no sugar added cocoa

S - orange (might be yucky, bought a back up apple just in case)

S - cut up veggies (grape tomatoes, sugar snap peas, baby carrots, orange pepper strips)

D - stir fry - ginger, garlic, red onion, broccoli, carrots, red cabbage, snow peas, baby corn, scallops, black bean sauce, spicy stir fry sauce served over Trader Joe's brown rice (1 cup)

S - 1/2 cup roasted butternut squash, dollop of maple pumpkin butter

10/8/07

BF: 2 slices ww toast with 1TBSP PB and SF jelly

lunch: 10 crackers and 2 wedges Laughing cow cheese

snack: apple

Ack, Lily, not much food....

B - cheerios w/ff milk, walnut crumbs , 1/2 ww eng muff w/pb,
L - frozen Indian dinner (chicken in a spicy sauce), not bad for 200 cals
s - large apple, blueberry yogurt (not together)
D - some sort of leftovers, all pretty much veggie based....

Hmmm, I appear to be missing much protein here. Maybe the leftover should be the porkchop from yesterday...

Good start today. I always find it difficult to ramp back down especially when I have been as high as I have been for the last 6 weeks. (The number of calories it takes to gain 5-6 lbs while nursing and running 35 miles a week is horrifying)

~2050 calories today distributed well and pretty healthy all around

ennay, good luck "ramping it down" - you can do it!

Tuesday 10/9
B - 1 packet Quaker Simple Harvest Maple Brown Sugar With Pecans, 1 cup skim milk, small banana, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
Resisted: Staff meeting biscuits and gravy, oily-looking quiche, Entemann's pastry, bagels (it honestly didn't bother me to pass up any of this stuff)
S? - 1/2 oz. raw almonds
L - 2 sl whole wheat bread, 2.5 oz. smoked tuna, carrots & cucumber w/ 2 T. light sour cream & ranch seasonings
S - small apple, 6 oz. Yoplait ff yogurt, 1/2 oz. almonds
gym - weights & abs for sure, cardio - running?
post-gym snack - 1 oz. part skim mozzarella string cheese or homemade protein bar
dinner - ? not sure? possibly lean steak w/ salad (if eating w/ BF) or pita pizza w/ seaweed salad (if eating by myself)

Monday night 10/8
S - homemade protein bar, 1 cup skim milk
did elliptical & stairmaster at the gym since weights were swamped and treadmills were all occupied
Resisted: Roommate went home last weekend and her mom "insisted" she bring home her favorite bakery's chocolate cake.

Megan, how do you like the Simple Harvest? We took it camping over Labor Day, and while I still like "real" hot cereal better, for an instant it wasn't bad. I'm taking it to my out-of-town meeting (Wed-Sat) because all they serve us for breakfast is pastries and I hate to go to the restaurant where breakfast is at least $10 (granted, the meeting is at a ski resort, and while we get off-season rates, the restaurant prices don't change).

B - poached egg w/salsa, 1/2 eng muff w/pb
S - cottage cheese w/raspberries
L - leftover chicken and rice
S - apple
D - ww pasta w/veggie sauce

Once again, I'm a little low on protein. Not as bad as yesterday though.

Tuesday

B - 1/2 cup organic Pumpkin flax cereal, about 1 cup of organic vanilla non fat yogurt

S - 8 oz fresh strawberries

L - Salad from salad bar downstairs - dark greens, sprinkle of sesame seeds, dried cranberries, grilled chicken breast, carrots, roasted/marinated squash, zucch, pepper, a spoonful of beet salad, broccoli (sprinkle of parm cheese on the broccoli), tomatoes, onions, dressing on the side

S - no sugar added cocoa

S - orange

S - cut up veggies (grape tomatoes, sugar snap peas, baby carrots, orange pepper strips)

D - Chipotle - rice, chicken, 2 scoops of pico, tons of lettuce, side of guacamole (eat about half)

2020 - another good day. Made good choices all day.

Yay! Stuck with the plan, and DH made a lovely LARGE salad to go with the pasta. I didn't eat my apple snack, so I'm off to have tea and a graham cracker before bed.

Pat, I do like Simple Harvest. I think it's pretty tasty, has some protein and fiber, and I like that it only has 11 ingredients and "whole" appears in front of 4 of the 6 grains in the ingredient list. I've tried the Maple Brown Sugar with Pecan flavor, but not the other flavor yet. I think it's expensive so normally wouldn't buy it but I found a BOGO sale.

ennay, glad to hear you had a good day.

Wednesday 10/10:
B - 1 packet Quaker Simple Harvest Maple Brown Sugar With Pecans, 1 cup skim milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
S - small banana
L - 1/2 whole wheat pita pocket, 2 T. homemade chickpea hummus, 2 oz. low sodium/ff deli turkey, carrots, celery, & broccoli
S/continuation of lunch - 8 oz. ff light Publix yogurt, 1 oz. raw walnuts, large pear
gym - cardio!
D & S - who knows (but it will be healthy and within my dietary goals!)

Tuesday 10/9 amended:
gym - weights & abs, running/walking
post-gym snack - homemade protein bar
dinner - oat bran pita w/ spaghetti sauce, 1/4 c. shredded part skim mozzarella, turkey pepperoni, and seaweed salad
s - 2/3 c. sf ff chocolate pudding made w/ skim milk (had some chocolate pudding to help me ignore the chocolate cake again)

whoops - forgot to record my afternoon snack yesterday which puts me a bit over-- 2194

Why I was 200 calories over (this is my accountability part, it was driving me nuts to write EVERYTHING here and in fitday so here I will only put how I ended up over target)

- yesterday was pizza day and I usually order either veggie pizza or chicken pizza, but both had alfredo base yesterday (its a by the slice place - 6 varieties each day) so instead of getting just cheese pizza I got the one with veggies and sausage. - 100 calories difference

The rest was because I forgot to record my afternoon snack I thought I was low so I had a fig newton (55) and tried a bite of dh's food that he brought home - he didnt eat until 9 pm and had gotten chinese (40)

2083 - not too shabby considering we had ds 1st birthday party.

Only slip up was I got too hungry cooking dinner and ate a bit of leftovers while cooking.

OK, why is it whenever I report on an accountability thread I kill the thread?

Ooooh goody, I still have room for a leftover birthday cupcake (whole wheat carrot cake with reduced sugar cream cheese frosting)

ennay, you don't kill it! lol

Quite some time ago a friend who does catering part-time asked me if I would be interested in supplying desserts if anyone ever wanted desserts with their dinner. I had said yes, as I can bake well and am not in a financial position to turn down some extra money, but most people don't ask for desserts for the type of catering they do. Someone finally did, and I made cookies and brownies for 100 people last night. Let's just say I feel quite sick today (and as a side effect of a sugar hangover, have no desire to go to the gym and exercise after work). 1) Need to go to the gym anyway. 2) Need to better control my BLTs. I'm trying to tell myself that 8+ hours of of baking while standing up burns a lot of calories...but I'm not convinced.