no exercise. My hip, wrist and left ankle {stabilizer muscle} all got iced today, plus I'm feeling kinda sinus-y. I hope I"m not getting a summer cold. The the hip from a LB workout last week{leglifts}, left ankle from a Leslie day before yesterday?, and the wrist is ongoing but hasn't been sore for about a week, then started again today. Grr, but everything is feeling better. Tomorrow is supposed to be long cardio so I skipped today to keep on track tomorrow. I have a meeting/luncheon tomorrow so that should be fun!

Tues 21
B= Banana protein shake, vits
L= corn 'off' cob, refried beans {clean out the fridge lunch}
S= chips
D= chicken soup, bread/butter
S= PB ice cream
S= cereal {mistake! poured too much and got overfull, but gave the rest to the dog}
E= none

Joyful, the cookies were for an 'event', tomorrow's luncheon, so I tend to be more controlled that way. Choc chip are my favorite, while Hubby's prefers oatmeal raisin. Unfortunatly, for him I hardly ever make his favorite! I should make some and let him take them to work.

patchworkpenguin Ya...so was mine...daughter's last day of school!:p However, I don't need an 'event' to bake cookies. I love making pastries...even if only to give them away to others. Make your hubby those cookies...he'll thank you for it!;) Made some oatmeal raisin cookies last week and gave a couple dozen away to my daughters friends, who shared with others and all LOVED them.:) At least they have oatmeal which makes them "healthy"...right?:lol:

Today, I'm gonna bake some homemade cranberry/pistachio biscotti and also gonna make a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies, but this time I'm gonna cut the butter in half and use organic coconut oil. I hear the coconut oil gives it a nice flavor and cuts down on the saturated fats! Will let you know how they turn out.:)

Ok..back to biz - last night I went for another swim after my run, then enjoyed the outdoor jacuzzi. While left knee is sore today...it's not excrutiating like normal.

Wednesday's Eats:

3 Whole Wheat Cinnamon Raisin pancakes, 2 turkey sausage links
Sesame Chicken over brown rice, green bean almondine
1/8 slice pumpkin pie
300 cals. of salted cashews (out at mall)
200 cals. of chinese noodles and bourbon chicken (daughter's leftovers)
1/8 slice of pumpkin pie
Skinny Cow Ice Cream sandwich
small navel orange

Down another pound overnight. Now back to Friday's weight, so I've overcome the weekend indulgence.

Wednesday:
B - shredded oats, blueberries (from our backyard!), strawberries, skim milk
L - leftover baked veg pasta
S - banana, plum, 2 apricots
D - leftover pinto bean skillet and rice
S - spoon of PB
E - 15 mins bike trainer

Thursday's Eats:

2 Pumpkin Raisin muffins, 2 turkey sausage links
1/8 slice pumpkin pie
Filet Mignon (A-1 sauce, of course;)), over mashed potatoes, brocolli
1/8 slice pumpkin pie
100 cal popcorn
Sesame Chicken over brown rice, veggies
small navel orange

Joy, I forget, did you post your pumpkin raisin muffin recipe on the sticky recipes thread? If not would you mind doing it? I'd love to try them.

Thursday:
B - raisin bran, banana, skim milk
L - leftover pinto bean skillet and rice
S - banana, plum, three little apricots
D - ramen with shiitakes, collards, and tofu; leftover pinto bean skillet on rice; spoon of PB
E - none

Originally Posted by paperclippy:
Joy, I forget, did you post your pumpkin raisin muffin recipe on the sticky recipes thread? If not would you mind doing it? I'd love to try them.

I've posted it before, but for easy reference, here goes it!:D

http://caloriecount.about.com/pumpki...recipe-r488704

ENJOY!:carrot:

Yesterday morning I broke my glasses, I have the 'frameless' glasses so all they have to do is replace the nose bridge part which they will be able to do tomorrow! Frankly, I can't even tell that they are broken except they keep sliding down my nose.

I didn't post foods for yesterday, lunch was a potluck and I'm not even sure what some of what I ate was but it was all yummy! Breakfast was a shake and dinner was leftover chicken soup. And did a 5 mile walk


Today I did 65min of cardio. I"m trying to do more cardio...don't I sound excited??:dizzy:

Joyful, Mom gave me some of the brownies that she made for the luncheon too! Yum

Mmmm...brownies!:D Glad you enjoyed that AND your 5 mile walk..DO IT!!!:carrot:

Thurs 23
B=2 c milk, vits
L= Bahama's Breeze coconut shrimp, double broccolli
S= 3 cc cookies, 1 brownie
S= 1/2 protein bar after workout
D= chicken ratatouille over rice, more cookies:o
S= cereal
E= 65min cardio {I figure the cookies counteracted the cardio}

Hubby said he liked the ratatouille {hello, I"ve made it before!} but also said it reminded him of chinese food; maybe I should have served it over pasta, LOL.

Friday's Eats:

3 whole wheat cinnamon raisin pancakes, 2 turkey sausage links
100 cal popcorn
Mickey Dees Apple Dippers (why are they so much better than regular apples?)
Pumpkin Raisin Muffin
Jamaican Food take out (large round aluminum tray w/plastic cover), ate it all, but over a period of 4-5 hours.
Skinny Cow Truffle Pop

Wed 6/22

B: protein milk
S: grande nonfat caramel machiatto
L: pb&j
S: fiberful, mini peanut butter chocolate chip granola bar
D: crock pot barbeque chicken over brown rice, corn on the cob, grapes
S: carefully measured 1.25 svg of ice cream
30 cals of vitamins and supplements

Thurs 6/23:

B: protein milk, two brussel sprouts, raisins, 1 prune, coffee
S: string cheese
L: small hamburger (really, we sell burgers about the size of a small mcd hamburger) & onion rings
S: 3 almonds
D: ground turkey tacos w/ tomatoes and jalapenos from my grandaddy's garden, rice
S: Big Red soda at the neighbors, honey vanilla greek yogurt
30 cals of vitamins and supplements

Okay, so last night, after I ate dinner and was at my target 1400 cals, I was still hungry. So I ate leftovers that I had in the fridge. Then I at PB. Ended up over 1900 cals, plus my weight is up over 1lb today from all the salt in the ramen that I ate. Then this morning I was in a meeting where a box of donuts was sitting in front of me for an hour, and I caved and ate two. At least because I was full from the donuts I made good choices at the employee picnic lunch today.

Friday:
B - raisin bran, skim milk
S - two donuts (glazed yeast, one may have been ww or something, it was a different color inside but tasted pretty much the same)
L - plain small grilled chicken breast, a couple leaves of lettuce, two slices tomato, a little bit of baked beans, fruit salad
S - two brownies and another donut :o
D - leftover ramen, spoon of PB
E - did a little bit of body weight strength stuff this morning

*I'm not gonna lie...that curried chicken, rice & peas and cabbage dish I ate was worth whatever came afterwards - (time spent in bathroom, whatever:lol:) It was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooood!:D I actually accidentally skipped lunch because I was out shopping all day with my daughter. I really don't like to eat crap, so I just took her to Mickey Dees and ordered the apple dippers to hold me over til we got home. Unfortunately...one store led to the next which led to us getting our eyebrows waxed which led to me skipping lunch!:lol:

That's one thing I LOVE about the cheat meal...you really learn to appreciate and savour every bite! When I was fat...I used to eat like this all the time from sun up...to sun down. The SAME food NEVER TASTED SO GOOD back then.

Anyhoot...today I have a picnic to attend. Typical hamburgers/hot dogs/ribs/chicken/mayo based salads and hopefully some fruit foods. I really don't like the typical bbq foods, but I'll probably end up eating the chicken and a green salad (if they have it). Otherwise...I'm really funny, I will drink water, diet soda's and pick at the fruit the day before gorging on low quality burgers and hot dogs...(not to sound like a prude, cuz I'm not, but that's just what I'd chose). I'm more about the good friends, association and fun activites than the food these days.

That Jamaican food will hold me over for at least a week...YUM!:D

Have a great weekend all.:)

Saturday's Eats:

2 Pumpkin Raisin Muffins, 2 turkey sausage links
TBD - Picnic BBQ today!:D
2 pieces of fried chicken breast, green salad, pasta salad
2 slices of cake

Saturday:
B - shredded wheat, skim milk
S - peach
L - greek salad to use up my veggies at home, just lemon juice as dressing but I added chicken, pretzel roll, half a pear
S - grande iced chai
D - small portion baked salmon on rice, two servings chicken tamale casserole
S - hot cocoa
E - 40 min super-slow bike ride (4 miles)

Sunday:
B - raisin bran, blueberries, skim milk
L - chicken tamale casserole, pretzel roll
S - almond milk
D - grits and greens (cooking light); cantaloupe
S - shredded wheat w/skim milk, pretzel roll
E - 32 min 6.7 mile bike ride

Monday:
B - shredded oats, blueberries, skim milk
L - chicken tamale casserole, peach
S - banana, string cheese
D - spicy chicken shawarma (cooking light)
S - greek yogurt w/gooseberry sauce, pretzel roll
E - 40 mins LBWO/pilates