No Excuses! Maintainer's Food and Exercise Accountability 6/15 - 6/21
Hi all.
Weekend was OP except a slice of my grandpa's birthday cake, but otherwise much temptation was resisted (Diner breakfasts! Jelly Belly Factory Tour! Lunch buffet!). I'm going to post in another thread about my slight mental breakdown.
Planning for today:
B - Smoothie w/ greek yogurt, frozen berries, almond milk, a splash of pasteurized egg white for more protein
S - Watermelon
L - Salad w/ grilled chicken, veggies, light dressing
S - Greek yogurt w/ berries
D - Grilled 4 ounce (raw) steak, sauteed chard, side salad
S - NSA Ice Cream, Strawberries
I didn't track my weekend since it was a vacation and I had no way to measure, but suffice to say I ate a lot of crap. And enjoyed it. So there.
Back on plan today though!
Monday:
B - cheerios, strawberries, blueberries, skim milk
S - banana
L - orange quinoa chicken salad
S - apple, yogurt/blueberries/granola, slice of rye bread
D - salmon, rice, broccoli
E - bootcamp
Last edited by paperclippy; 06-16-2009 at 11:23 AM.
Saturday was terrible... smoothie & coffee for breakfast, nap, salad and chocolate milkshake for lunch, nap, chinese food & wendy's coffee toffee twisted frosty for dinner, bed. Sunday was better. No exercise either day. Going to exercise tonight even though the cold isn't gone...
Today:
E: something cardio when I get home, probably all I can handle. Ears still congested so nothing needing balance.
B: smoothie, coffee
S: oatmeal with raisins
L: grilled chicken sandwich
S: yogurt, kashi go lean, fruit
D: ground white turkey tacos
S: mayfield brown cow junior
Monday
B - mini ww bagel, 1 T. lt. cream cheese, 1/2 oz. lox, 1 c. skim milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
S - 1 c. blueberries
L - Thai-Style Tofu, peppers, & noodles, cucumber
S - 6 oz. lf yogurt, 1 c. cherries, 1 oz. raw walnuts (right now thinking I'll skip them...)
Gym - cardio, chest
D - (leftovers) turkey meatballs w/ homemade tomato sauce, pasta, steamed broccoli or cucumber
I may not be around for the next few days - will be out doing field work a lot - but I have my meals planned! I'm trying to make dinners (& lunch too where possible) ahead of time these days b/c I just get so wiped out during a day outside and have no energy to cook at the end of a hot day. I'm going to have to sit down with my recipes and figure out some faster things, I'm into minimizing cooking these days but I just hate frozen dinners (not to mention BF won't eat those either).
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday...
B - mini ww bagel, 1 T. lt. cream cheese, 1/2 oz. lox, 1 c. skim milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
S - small banana or berries (going to store tonight)
L - Thai-Style Tofu, peppers, & noodles, cucumber
S - 6 oz. lf yogurt, 1 c. pineapple, 1 oz. raw nuts or seeds of some sort
Gym
(Have to go to a board meeting in here Tuesday - will bring a snack and/or how late the mtg. runs might push the meatloaf off to another night and I'll eat a quick veggie burger or something else.)
D - turkey meatloaf, roasted veggie salad or steamed broccoli or more cucumbers... I've got several veggies options
Well, after a weekend of decadence the good news is that I didn't gain (or lose) anything. I'm right where I was the day I left. I guess the lack of snacking and fairly good meal choices offset the extra wine!
Monday
B~egg mcmuffin, hash browns, iced mocha (way too many calories)
S~yogurt
L~apple
D~burger, corn on the cob, baked beans
Tuesday
E~25 minutes treadmill
B~2 slices rye toast
S~small apple
L~Smart Ones entree, carrots
S~yogurt
D~probably stuffed potatoes or something I pick up at Trader Joes
The water weight from the weekend is dissipating already -- I'm down 1.2lbs from yesterday. Also TOM is coming this week so I will probably drop 3lbs by Saturday. Funny how that works! Too bad I don't just lose 3lbs every month, instead I gain it and the lose it over the course of a week. Oh well.
Tuesday:
B - shredded oats, strawberries, skim milk
S - banana
L - rice, salmon, broccoli
S - apple, yogurt/blueberries/granola
D - spaghetti, sauce consisting of: lean ground beef, olive oil, mushrooms, onions, jar pasta sauce, can of spinach, frozen peas
S - watermelon
E - NRLW 8A, no doggie bootcamp due to rain
Last edited by paperclippy; 06-17-2009 at 08:53 AM.
Well, my water weight from the weekend was coming down and then I had ground white turkey tacos for dinner last night... Well within my calorie limits, reduced fat cheese, ground turkey breast, mostly good for me stuff, but with a cajillion grams of sodium in the taco seasoning. :-) 165.56% of my recommended daily allowance of sodium yesterday, and back up the pound I had dropped from Saturday's sugar blowout.
Today:
E: dunno, maybe none. Did some treadmill HIIT yesterday afternoon and was a little light headed - will try to do some strength training today to see what happens.
B: smoothie, coffee
S: cherries, blueberries, string cheese
L: grilled chicken salad
S:kashi go lean, yogurt
D: frozen digiorno flatbread or cheese pizza
S: graham cracker
OP yesterday, did an extra 30 min of cardio AND walked to the store, so that's good - about 2 hours total of activity.
Planning for today:
B - Egg whites, veggies, turkey scramble, mini bagel
S - Watermelon and Honeydew
L - Leftovers - Grilled steak, chard from my garden, side salad
S - Greek yogurt, strawberries and blueberries
S - Popcorn
D - Roasted pork tenderloin, 8-ball squash stuffed with WW couscous, chopped tomato, basil, garlic, and squash innards, topped with a tbsp of light mozzarella, roasted asparagus
S - Fruit Floe bar
I think I'm going to take a break from calorie counting for a little while. It's starting to get to that point where I'm afraid to cook new things because of what a pain in the butt it will be to figure out how many calories are in them. So I think for this week at least, I'm just going to apply volumetrics principles to my recipes but not actually calculate their calories.
Wednesday:
B - shredded oats, strawberries, blueberries, skim milk
S - banana
L - salmon, rice, broccoli
S - apple, yogurt/blueberries/granola
D - salad w/cucumber and lf sesame dressing, little bit of rice and steamed veg, little bit of leftover chicken quinoa salad
S - watermelon
E - brief bike ride and walk with dog
Last edited by paperclippy; 06-18-2009 at 09:29 AM.
Jessica - I've had the same thoughts a couple of times about new foods... I never try the new recipes I want to try if they don't have the calories already listed... hmmm...
Yesterday came in under plan, did a little cardio as an added bonus.
Today:
E: Weider or yoga when I get home
B: smoothie, coffee
S: string cheese
L: grilled chicken salad
S: kashi go lean, yogurt
D: don't know - depends on whether DH works late. If yes - white turkey burger with some kind of bean as a side or leftover Chinese food, if no - vindaloo chicken over wild rice
S: skinny cow or graham cracker
Good morning everyone-I'm not sure if I should be posting in the maintainer's section or not, but here goes...
I started my weight loss on January 1, 2008 an lost my weight by the latter part of November 2008. I went from 216 to 145 pounds. My problem seems to be that I really don't know how to maintain. I can lose or gain, but am not having luck staying at 145.
Since this past Christmas I have been creeping up in weight every month. I now find myself at 169 pounds, and even though I'm not hating myself for gaining the weight, I am concerned about getting back on track right now.
If I'm really truthful with myself I thinks it's because I'm either OP or NOT. There is no gray area for me, and that means when I have one cookie I feel as if I might as well eat the rest of the box because I blew it anyway.
I really think this is the reason for my failure to maintain, the all or nothing thinking.
My question is, what did you do to start changing that mentality?
Any advice? Thanks, ladies!!
Welcome chris!!! Yes, this IS the place for you! We're all dealing with a bit of "creeping" weight that we're trying to get off to get back to goal. Join us in the weekly chat as well!
E~30 minutes treadmill
B~2 Morning star farms veggie cakes
S~small apple
L~crab louis salad from Trader Joe's
S~Greek yogurt from TJ's (I usually have Activia, this is 2-3 times the calories. Ugh.)
D~stuffed potatoes and probably another slice of cheesecake
Chris - you should absolutely be posting here! The 'on or off' mentality is a tough one for me as well. This forum has a lot of experienced people who can give a lot of great advice. Check out the other threads, and like Allison said, check the weekly chat!
No Excuses! Maintainer's Food and Exercise Accountability 6/15 - 6/21
So there.
