OK, the weekend was not good food-wise, though I ran around like a crazy person yesterday, and got a fabulous dinner party out of the deal. Still, lots of food, lots of alcohol...and lots of fun.

Planning to go back on the "no grains" bit tomorrow. And I'm adding "No alcohol!" Just found out I have a bridesmaid dress to wear in 8 months, so I'm going to have to kick it into high gear.

B - Egg whites w/ turkey bacon, veggies, an orange
S - Deli turkey w/ laughing cow, pickle spears, half an apple
L - Leftover "Taco Bake"...extra lean ground beef, grilled peppers, onions, and zucchini, pinto beans, topped w/ sour cream.
S - Veggies w/ hummus
S - SF yogurt, other half of the apple
D - Giant salad w/ grilled flank steak, grilled red onion, bell pepper, zucchini, carrot, cucumber, laughing cow, lf parmesan ranch.
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar

E - 60 min elliptical, 30DS.

Mmm, that Taco Bake sounds good. I like pretty much anything with taco seasoning in it!

This weekend was okay; Saturday involved massive overeating of sweets, specifically Krispy Kreme donuts. Today, I stayed under maintenance, but not by much. I want to slowly lose these few extra pounds/make sure I don't gain more weight, and so I'm aiming to eat about 500 calories below maintenance, giving me some wiggle room, since I usually end up eating more than planned.

For tomorrow:
B: Fiber one honey oat clusters cereal w/ 2% milk and a banana (i know the 2% milk isn't the greatest calorie-wise, but I love it so much!)
L: Ham sandwich on whole wheat bread, carrot sticks with 4 tbsp homemade bean dip, yogurt
S: Frozen grapes
S: Protein bar
S: pudding
D: homemade cheese pizza with steamed green beans and glass of 2% milk
S: Apple with cheddar cheese

Total: 1700 calories

Exercise: Hour long sports conditioning class, 4 miles of walking (my only form of transportation!)

Okay, yeah, so the weekend was a disaster. Let's not go there.

Monday:
B - raisin bran, milk
S - banana
L - amy's frozen enchilada meal
S - apple, yogurt, hershey's nugget
D - salmon, rice, green beans
Total - 1411
Exercise - Latin dance DVD

How is the no grains project going Amanda? Have you seen the scale move?

Good morning...

I did great the entire weekend until my spectacular loss of control with the Super Bowl nachos and the beers I indulged in... Oh well. Today is a new day.

Today:
Exercise - hope to get cleared by my doctor for exercise today, if so - stationary bike. If not, same no exercise...

B: Smoothie, coffee
S: string cheese
L: grilled chicken sandwich
S: Kashi Go Lean
S: Apple
D: ground turkey over rice I believe
S: either pretzels rods or kashi dark chocolate oatmeal cookie

I thought I had made some pretty good choices over the weekend despite it being only DS and myself. Apparently not as I gained...

E~30 min treadmill (2.4 miles) I decided to cut it down to 30 for a few days as I have a very painful foot.
B~egg whites with a little lf cheese and salsa
S~grapefruit
L~chicken entree, apple
S~yogurt
D~hmmm, big salad with chicken I think

I'm glad that I missed all the Superbowl parties b/c I was traveling! One less temptation to have dealt with over the weekend! Our pilot kept giving us score updates during the flight.

My friend's wedding weekend in Boston was a lot of fun. I did go to the gym twice, and did pretty well food-wise Thurs-Fri-Sat until the wedding reception... Saturday night and Sunday not good. But here I am, right back at it. I'll have some more down time this month, life is less hectic than last month (sort of mostly), so I'm trying to get my focus right back on healthy eating, workouts, and losing these stubborn extra pounds that have been sitting on my tummy for 2 (!) years now.

Monday's plan
B - oatmeal packet (I was in a rush P), skim milk, coffee w/ h&h
S - small banana
L - (homemade) light chili, 8 oz. strawberries
S - 1 c. carrots & 1 c. celery, 6 oz. light yogurt, raw almonds
gym
theater board meeting - snack - hm protein muffin
D - large salad, umm... ? working on this, will have to consult w/ BF

Today's food came mostly from the freezer or my grocery store stop on the way home from the airport last night. Tonight I will make my meal plan for the week and thaw some stuff out from the freezer.

Midwife - possibly. It's too early to call, with the TOM water weight still working itself out. I'm thinking a bit, though, which would be nice.

Today I stuck to 2000 calories which I'm still pretty happy about. At least I'm under maintenance. And I got my exercise in today.

Tomorrow 2/3:
B: Fiber one cereal with banana and milk
L: Ham sandwich on whole wheat bread, yogurt, carrot sticks with homemade bean dip
S: Apple with peanut butter
S: Protein bar
D: Homemade cheese pizza, steamed green beans
Total: 1500 calories

Exercise: walking, 1 hour step aerobics

Under maintenance is good! I'm wrapping up an OP day and planning for tomorrow.

B - Egg whites w/ veggies, turkey bacon, an orange
S - Deli turkey, laughing cow, and pickle roll-ups.
L - Leftovers: Flank steak and grilled veggie salad, lowfat parm ranch
S - Veggies and Hummus
S - Sugar free yogurt, apple
D - Chicken breasts w/ pizza sauce, mozzarella, and basil, and a casserole of zucchini, parmesan, tomatoes, and a slice of cooked bacon.
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar

E - 60 min elliptical, 60 min circuit strength training.

Hello, all. I posted on the living maintenance chat regarding my need to take things step by step. First step is just eating healthy foods, when hungry and stopping when full. No weighing or measuring or counting cals for now. So, yesterday I ate
B=oatmeal with protein powder (no artificial ing.or sugar),
S=apple, sf jello, almonds
L= 2 wasa, laughing cow cheese, kashi go lean crunch, fage yogurt
D=Greek lentil "sauce" with multi grain pasta
Dessert = strawberries with SF cool whip
S= I was starving later (TOM coming and I was short on protein, I know, shopping day today) so I had 1 slice of Pepperidge Farm all natural, 100% whole wheat bread with sm amt of PB on it and some pretzel sticks. Good after that.
I didn't exercise because I house clean and I had my HUGE house yesterday that nearly kills me when I do it (4 floors, 4 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 living rooms...you get the idea). And I do it all by myself in 4 hours(or less). So...today, I have school all day and I'll pack lots of healthy things to eat ...I'll post later.

The weekend was ok...I was probably actually low.

Monday - 25 minutes on the bike...got called away to work again before I got to 30!
B - Forgot it!! Ate some leftover veggies from a veggie tray.
L - Malt-O-Meal cereal with a tablespoon of peanut butter melted in. yum.
S - Light yogurt, cantaloupe and an apple.
D - It was my birthday...so two cheese enchiladas with pinto beans, a few tortilla chips, and then a slice of angel food cake with sugar free whipped topping.

Today
I've done 10 minutes on the bike...will do another 5 and some treadmill running this afternoon.
B - Rice cake with peanut butter
S - Yogurt with cantaloupe
L - two Eggo nutri-grain low fat waffles, 1 tbsp peanut butter and some cool whip lite on top
S - Apple, 1 south beach high protein cereal bar
D - 4 ounces grilled fish, scalloped potatoes, black-eyed peas and green beans. Maybe a salad.

Yesterday: POP!!!!! I need to rethink my diet and exercise now that I found out that my metabolism apparently totally sucks and 1600 cals/day is maintenance or gain now instead of losing.

Tuesday:
B - raisin bran, milk
S - apple
L - Kashi pasta primavera
S - banana, yogurt
D - spaghetti, sauce, green beans, parmesan
Total - 1721
Exercise - chased my dog around for 15 minutes or so...

still haven't had time to make up a food plan for the week, and am way behind on sleep. i thought i would have more free time now, and am tempted to just quit everything. including my job (new boss is very frustrating!)

i know i just need to get some sleep and life will be better, but honestly, i feel like i can't make it through the next 10 hours to get to the sleeping part.

tuesday's plan:
B - 1 c. Kashi Vive cereal, 1 c. sk milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h, small banana
Staff meeting - obviously this was unplanned - after a very obnoxious 2 hour staff meeting I ate two cookies and a slice of raisin swirl bread, purely out of frustration.
L - Lean Cuisine panini, 1 c. carrots & 1 c. celery
S - 1 oz. sunflower seeds, 6 oz. light yogurt, strawberries, cake for my co-worker's birthday
gym
rehearsal
D - 4 oz. baked chicken on salad, light dressing
SLEEP

Yay, Mindi! (belatedly, that is).

Today's goal: I will not eat my feelings (just found out an aunt I'm very close to has lung cancer and I'm that sort of sad that makes you ache all over...I don't know if that makes sense but its the best way I have to describe it). I will also not fall into my usual trap of eating because I didn't sleep well.