No Excuses! Maintainers Food and Exercise Accountability for January
 

New year, new month, new thread!

Friday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, pumpkin butter, skim milk
L - italian sausage and escarole soup
D - chicken cacciatore, pasta, broccolini
S - cream of wheat w/brown sugar and cinnamon
E - walk with dog in the freezing cold!

Off to a good start, Jessica.

B - English muffin, :coffee:
S - toast (see a trend here?)
L - leftover chili over romaine lettuce; 1/2 pear
S - tea
D - Seoul-ful chicken, roasted squash risotto (new, hope it comes out well)

LOL Pat, I love the Seoul-ful chicken!

Saturday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, pumpkin butter, skim milk
L - two rotisserie chicken drumsticks
D - sweet and sour cabbage soup, beer
S - mexican hot chocolate
E - NRLW S6W4B

And it was yummy as usual Jessica. :) And the risotta came out well too, flavorwise. I think I let it get a little to dry, but it was yummy.

B - oatmeal with raisins, walnuts, skim milk; 1/2 ww bagel
S - probably none as I had b'fast late, but having another :coffee:
L - homemade veggie soup (has lentils and white beans as well)
S - ?
D - must go peruse the freezer. :)

Sunday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - spaghetti, chicken cacciatore
S - slice of focaccia bread
D - lentil cottage pie
S - slice of focaccia bread, glass of red wine, handful of gummy bears :o, toast with apple butter and low-sugar apricot jam
E - none

Monday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftover lentil cottage pie
S - apple
D - leftover cabbage soup
S - ww toast w/half apple butter and half low sugar apricot jam
E - run on treadmill at lunchtime -- 5 min warmup, 20 min random program @5.5mph, 5 min cooldown

Monday -

B - Light bread/eggwhite french toast
S - Orange
L - Chicken and dumplings made lighter...mmm, so good
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ high fiber cereal, frozen berries
D - pork loin and broccoli stir fry, brown and wild rice
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 45 min dogwalk this morning, 60 min cardio, yoga possibly

Okay, getting back on with the accountability. Will chalk yesterday's crazy up to the furor or taking down Christmas decorations.

Today:
B - kashi go lean w/ berries & banana, coffee
S - berries, special k snack bar
L - grilled chicken salad
S - string cheese, yogurt w/ berries
D - ground chicken with peppers over rice, broccoli
S - maybe more yogurt, maybe an english muffin w/ peanut butter
E - strength training when I get home, it was too darn cold this morning in my garage

Today:

scale 163 (down from 165 yesterday, down from 167 on 12/24!)
english muffin with cheese and turkey
roast beef with a ton of mushrooms, onions, spinach, and green chile on a small bun
1 clementine so far. probably 2-3 more. mmmmmm! I'm addicted!
dinner will be BBQ turkey, beef, ham, assortment for FIL's birthday. Lots of side that aren't so great. I might roast a big pan of veggies to take along.
Exercise: maybe a run, my stomach is a little touchy today

First run of 2010 today! On the treadmill at work because it is way too cold and icy to run outside. It felt good. :D

Tuesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - pasta, frozen mixed veggies, sauce
S - apple
D - kasha with chicken and veggies, beer
E - NRLW S6W5A

Food and exercise came out fine yesterday.

Today -
E - planning on some treadmill time while DH watches the game tonight
B - kashi go lean w/ skim, berries & banana, coffee
S - berries, string cheese
L - grilled chicken salad
S - apple w/ laughing cow, yogurt w/ berries
D - some kind of take out salad from wherever DH gets chicken wings for tonight's bowl game
S - depends on dinner...

POP yesterday, so of course scale is up. Grrr. Also got another 7 cortisone shots this morning so I am cranky and can't lift today.

B - Light french toast
S - Orange
L - Leftover pork and broccoli stirfry
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ high fiber cereal
D - Spaghetti squash bake with meat sauce, light mozzarella
S - NSA Ice cream

E - 60-75 min cardio

Amanda - :hug: Have they figured out what exactly is wrong with your shoulder? Or are they just doing the "as long as the cortisone helps, we'll just do it forever" treatment?

POP yesterday.

Wednesday:
B - oatmeal, raisins, apple butter, skim milk
L - leftover kasha veg chicken mix
S - apple
D - roasted cauliflower, pasta with sauce made from: low fat ricotta, a little margarine, pasta water, chicken, frozen peas, frozen green beans, frozen cherry tomatoes
E - rest day today, legs are too sore to run

Yesterday ended with no exercise & a pint of Cherry Garcia froyo. About 2350 cals for the day. Fell asleep on the bed instead of exercising. Ick - hope I'm not coming down with something. Feel pretty drained and yucky still.

Today:
E - depends on how the day goes. Would like to spend an hour on the treadmill or elliptical and/or do some yoga before bed.
B - kashi go lean w/ skim, banana, & berries, coffee
S - berries, string cheese
L - grilled chicken salad
S - yogurt w/ berries, protein shake if I exercise
D - pb&j
S - either a muffin or more yogurt