No Excuses! Food and Exercise Accountability May 25-31
 

Time for a new thread! How did everyone's Memorial Day go?

I'll play catch-up for the whole weekend here.

Saturday:
B - raisin bran, skim milk
L - (Burger King :o ) Steakhouse XT burger no mayo, small fries, small sprite
S - minestrone soup
E - walked around a park for a couple hours

Sunday:
B - greek yogurt, honey, granola
L - bulgur pilaf, stir fry beef leftovers
D - glass of red wine, black rice, salmon, roasted asparagus
S - ice cream w/whipped cream and chocolate syrup
E - took dog for a walk

Monday:
B - raisin bran, milk
L - black rice, salmon
D - 1 beer, fajita turkey burger on ww bun w/guacamole
S - ice cream, whipped cream, chocolate syrup
E - ran a timed mile, some stairmaster, some rowing machine

Tuesday:
B - raisin bran, strawberries, skim milk
S - apple
L - fajita turkey burger again, with bun and guac
S - tangelo, yogurt w/blueberries & granola
D - gnocchi w/veg and chicken sausage
S - glass of skim milk
E - NRLW 5A

The weekend had two "treat" meals (I try to limit it to once a week) so I'm committed to being on track this week.

B - chopped cantelope (fresh from the farmer's market) and sliced strawberries

L - salmon salad (canned red salmon, a little mayo, onions, pickle) on 2 pieces of toasted whole grain bread, 1/3 package of crispy green beans

S - string cheese

S - the most wonderful cherries from the farmer's market

S - tall non fat latte

D - I got this neat peanut marinade from Taste of Thai, going to marinate chicken and serve it with rice noodles, steamed broccoli on the side

I was POP all weekend except perhaps Monday night's dinner--we had burgers and I would have been better off going bunless, but didn't and the scale was up a bit this morning, but I'm having a very light day planned today.

Saturday:
B~egg
L~kung pao chicken and chow mein (read: Panda)
D~stuffed baked potatoes

Sunday~
E~4 mile walk with DH and the dogs
B~egg
L~quesadilla
D~apricot chicken and steamed broccoli
S~ice cream (it was within my calorie limits!)

Monday~
B~egg
L~huge salad, small French onion soup (no cheese or crouton) 2 small slices foccacia and a small chocolate muffin (discovered Souplantation!)
D~burgers, corn on the cob, baked beans

Tuesday~
E~20 minutes treadmill (alarm didn't go off!)
B~egg
L~egg salad on dark rye, black bean salad, small apple
S~yogurt
D~chicken tortilla pie

I ate pretty well (fairly OP, paid attention to hunger/fullness cues etc.) up until yesterday when I flew back. Just ate too many snacks at the airport b/c I had a long layover and was munchy. Going to let the salt flush for 1-2 days before I see if I met my goal of not gaining on my trip. I walked around a lot but that was my only activity.

I kept my food journal the whole time - told myself even if I didn't know calorie counts, just write the foods down to stay accountable. I returned a book to the library on my way to worm this AM and then realized I'd tucked my journals inside the book, so I just went back to get them. The librarian had just thrown them out but I they were on top of the pile so I got them back. I'm a little embarrassed as my food journals are very personal to me. I'd rather run around naked in front of the town before I showed them my food journal. Is anyone else this protective of their journals? I suppose I feel both odd b/c I'm a bit embarrassed by how obsessive compulsively I write every morsel down, and then I feel more embarrassed in the case of the past week where I didn't eat my totally healthy OP foods and the food list is probably longer than you'd expect for a "diet" journal, just wrote it down to make myself keep writing it down. Anyone else feel this way about their food journals?

Enough rambling.

Tuesday, not Monday, Megan. I lost a day!:
B - protein pancake w/ 1 Tbsp. sf jam, 1 cup skim milk, coffee w/ 1 Tbsp h&h
S - 1 cup blueberries
L - 1/2 oat bran pita pocket w/ 3 oz. lean deli ham, medium cucumber (eaten in 1 piece like a piece of fruit, lol)
S - 6 oz light yogurt, 1 cup cherries, 1 oz. raw almonds
gym - elliptical, shoulders
D - salmon, cucumber, some other veggie

Hmmm, weekend was pretty good except for a little extra wine. :)

B - cheerios, skim milk, walnuts, 1/2 banana, corn bread
L - turkey sandwich
D - leftover steak, broccoli, sweet potato
Ss - We're out of fruit and I forgot my cottage cheese. SIgh. I see a run to the store in my near future.....

Weekend was not as good as I'd like it to be, but not as overindulgent as it usually is when I'm this busy, spending time with this many people, etc. We'll call it a wash.

Planning for today:

B - Minibagel, greek yogurt w/ strawberries
S - Watermelon
L - Leftover burger patty crumbled over greens with lots of veggies, balsamic spray dressing, a few croutons
S - WW light tortilla w/ cilantro-chive spread and turkey breast
S - Popcorn
D - Grilled chicken and veggie salad - chicken, grilled bell pepper, zucchini, and red onion, cherry tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, light Southwestern dressing.
S - NSA Ice Cream, Strawberries

E - 60 min cardio, 60 min strength

Megan - I keep my journal on the computer, and have gotten very anxious in the past when coworkers saw it open in the background on my taskbar and asked about it.

I haven't posted here since last Wednesday... Let's just say Thursday and Friday were terrible (pastry, fast food, no exercise), Saturday wasn't as bad (no pastry, exercise, still fast food at 11 pm), Sunday (no exercise, in range of calories, too much sodium) & Monday (exercise, in calorie range) were better. I'm working on getting back on track today, though I'm depending too much today on bars and packaged items for the sake of speed.

Today:
Exercise - maybe none. I had a hair appt I had to reschedule last week when I ended up at the hospital and my stylist has a spot tonight after work. I desperately need to get my roots done, so might forsake the exercise. Plus, my long shelf fell off the wall in my closet this morning so I have to work on that after I get home, too...
B: pb&j, banana, coffee
S: string cheese, dried plum
L: pink salmon pouch, kashi go lean, yogurt
S: south beach s'mores fiberfit bar, south beach peanut butter cereal bar
S: tall skinny vanilla latte
D: Mandarin Chicken Salad from Wendy's
S: lowfat vanilla yogurt, kashi go lean crunch, blueberries

Maybe I didn't make it through my long weekend away quite so unscathed. Last night I was prepping food for the monthly seminar I organize that's tonight and had a run-in with the cookies I made. Striving not to eat anymore today and be POP! Still trying to catch up on sleep as well.

I just realized I wrote "Monday" instead of "Tuesday" over my food for yesterday. I'll go edit it, but I definitely feel like I lost a day and am more disoriented for it this week! :dizzy:

Wednesday:
B - protein pancake w/ 1 Tbsp. sf jam, 1 cup skim milk, coffee w/ 1 Tbsp h&h
S - 1 cup blueberries
L - 1/2 oat bran pita pocket w/ 3 oz. lean deli ham, medium cucumber (eaten in 1 piece like a piece of fruit, lol)
S - 6 oz light yogurt, 1 cup cherries, 1 oz. raw almonds, hm protein muffin
gym - cardio (running?), chest? will depend on time...
D/before seminar - veggie burger on light ww bun, another cucumber eaten in 1 piece. Did I mention my garden is very prolific with its cucumbers right now?
S/after seminar - Umm... string cheese? Or the protein muffin if I didn't eat it? I don't know, but I'm going to try not to eat, esp. if not hungry!

I returned from my weekend away to see the scale stay the same :)

But now is the time to pay very close attention to accountability. I allowed myself to stress eat last night and I want to be OP for the rest of the week.

breakfast
2 eggs, cheddar cheese, turkey bacon (500)

lunch
chicken chipolte salad with avocado, corn, black beans, cheddar and chicken. used very small amt dressing with it. (390)

dinner
salmon, salad, will tally cals, maybe some grapes

edit: calories tallied... salad with no dressing and no grapes-- but that's a big ol'piece of salmon....

Wednesday:

E~30 minutes treadmill
B~egg
S~corn and black bean salad (leftover from yesterday's lunch)
L~Healthy Choice chicken margarita steamer, small apple
S~yogurt
D~Mongolian beef over rice with steamed pea pods

I came in about 100 calories over where I targeted yesterday, but still not over my maintenance level. No exercise, unless an hour-ish working in my closet counts. :o Last week at the hospital really threw me back off my reinvigorated track on the exercise...

Today:
E: strength training when I get home, some cardio if time allows
B: smoothie, coffee
S: string cheese, dried plums
L: grilled chicken salad
S(s): lowfat vanilla yogurt with blueberries & craisins, Kashi Go Lean, trail mix if I have the calories
D: ground turkey breast over rice, broccoli
S: skinny cow

Wednesday:
B - raisin bran, strawberries, milk
S - tangelo
L - leftover gnocchi/veg/sausage
S - apple, banana, yogurt/blueberries/granola
D - pasta, sauce, frozen veggies
S - watermelon
E - none planned

Yesterday - blissfully, 100% on plan.

Planning for another today:

B - Mini bagel, egg beaters with veggies and turkey breast
S - Watermelon and pineapple fruit salad
L - Big salad - Greens, grilled marinated chicken breast, grilled peppers, onions, and squash, carrots, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and a few croutons.
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ strawberries
D - Chicken stirfry w/ tons of assorted veggies, brown and wild rice
S - NSA Ice Cream, Strawberries

E - 50 min "Yoga fitness fusion" (it burns, but its so good), 60 min elliptical

Amanda - the "Yoga Fitness Fusion" from Exercise TV On Demand? I've done that one... yeah, it burns... I tend to do the "Yoga Fitness Plus" now.

That's the one! Is the Yoga Fitness Plus easier or harder? I have a lot of issues with my shoulders/wrists being DONE after the first 25 min of YFF...too much plank/down dog.