I did pretty well last night, I might have put too many dried cherries on my salad, but my calories were low for the day, so I'll count it as a good thing.

Tuesday

breakfast - Trader Joe's fat free Greek yogurt with honey (120 calories), fresh blackberries (50 calories)

Lunch - big salad (artisan green/red leaf lettuce from Trader Joe's - YUM), red onion, kalamata olives, carrot shreddies, grape tomatoes, pepperocini, 1 heated/crumbled veggie burger (100 calories), Tsatsiki (80 calories)

Snack - tangelo (100 calories)

Snack - cheese string (60 calories), mini dill pickles

Dinner - Making pizza with a whole wheat boboli crust, spicy marinara sauce, a little low fat feta, spinach leaves, sun dried tomato, kalamata olives, pepperocini, mushrooms, red onion (400 calories)

Sometimes when I eat off plan for a weekend like this last one, I forget how much I love the food I make at home. I am literally so excited that I could jump up and down about my soup for dinner tonight. I need to remember that feeling the next time I go out to a fabulous but calorie-heavy meal and start thinking "Poor me, I can't eat like this all the time"...I get to eat wonderful things ON plan too!

Ok, Mandalinn, now you're got me wondering just what kind of soup you made!

It's just a Mexican Chicken and Rice...homemade chicken stock, dark meat chicken, brown and wild rice blend, some black beans, a can of diced tomatoes, chopped veggies (squash, onion, garlic, carrot, celery), lots of spices, and a big dollop of fat free sour cream. I just find soup so satisfying.

My favorite "jump up and down" soup is roasted pumpkin. Roast up two sugar or pie pumpkins until soft. Cool, remove skin, and mash the pulp. Combine with some chicken broth, cumin, chili powder, cayenne, and a tsp or two of honey...heat up, and just before serving, add a splash of fat free half and half. Pure fall heaven. I like to serve it with little panini on whole wheat french bread...a little roasted red pepper, some chicken breast, goat cheese or a laughing cow wedge in a pinch, and a bit of spinach.

OK, now I'm making myself drool.

My keyboard has drool and pretend soup on it.

Hi chicks,
I'm pretty much on plan, weight back to original goal. Goal's moved down a bit seeing as how I got to a previously considered unattainable point for a bit...

But here's the thing... there have been one or two cookies on my plan. huh.
for example, it's the end of the day and I have calories left and "well, I am wicked PMS, or I did just start TOM... and I'll allow the cookies. Even tho, it's before bed and even tho it's not really the kind of food I want to eat. But the days were POP and this is a controlled choice.

Where does that fall on the OP spectrum?

Today - almost perfect. I ate half a cupcake. Half! But I shouldn't have. I did swap dessert for something less junky (an apple with caramel sauce) because of it. No excuses. Thank goodness I squeezed in a bit of extra exercise.

Anyway, onto the plan for tomorrow:

B - English muffin w/ cheese
S - Apple
L - Leftover Mexican Chicken soup
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt
D - Pineapple chicken skewers, Rice and Black beans, side salad
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar

E - 60 min elliptical
20 min tai chi
20 min LB workout

Great day yesterday. Great. And I was loaded with temptation. Went to a big party last night. BIG. Made fabulous choices. There was Butternut squash soup. Didn't know how much oil it was cooked with, so I ate half a bowl. There was a baked apple in puff pastry for the first course. I pushed that aside. Then came a big slice of rolled up fried eggplant stuffed with white rice, in a mushroom sauce. Turned that down. Ate some yummy tomato salad and a yummy, yummy many kinds of mushrooms salad. Dinner was a grilled chicken cutlet, other choices there as well, with mashed potatoes with sauteed onoions, and some sauteed veggies. I didn't touch the potatoes, ate half the chicken and all the veggies. Dessert was... well, OMG - warm chocolate cake, eclairs, cookies galore, apple strudel, cannolis, and on and on - I ate some pineapple, honeydew and cantalope.

Have a great day everyone.

Great day for me yesterday, although my dinner plans changed. Instead of grilled what ever I planned and broccoli, I had my Italian sausage soup (sans pasta and beans) with mini Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches. I'm sure the calores ended up much less.

Plan
B~egg white omelet with salsa, coffee (200)
S~nuts, tangelo (300)
L~SB frozen entree (240)
S~Activia yogurt (70)
D~grilled chicken w/steamed broccoli (400)
gym~45 minutes

Great day for me yesterday, too. POP.

Plan for today:

Exercise: Run [done, 5.1 miles!]
Food:
1/2 bagel with a boca patty
cofee with stevia
falafel wrap with veggies
Ezekiel pasta with veggies, smart balance, nootch

I don't know if I should slink back in here or not. I don't really have time to track calories right now, so my motivation for tracking my food is essentially zero. I supposed I should make an effort though.

Wednesday's plan:
B - raisin bran, milk
S - asian pear, apple, banana
L - Amy's brown rice with tofu bowl
S - asian pear, yogurt, bag of potato chips , hot cocoa
D - ???????????????????? If I get my lazy butt in the kitchen, it should be tofu fried rice, but I am thinking it will end up being spaghetti and garlic bread instead.
Exercise - 30 min wog with dog (c25k w3d2) - done! UBWO

A non scale victory today! The day I tried on the too-tight jeans and weighed myself and discovered the 137 truth, I also tried on a pretty black skirt which always fit "just right" with very little wiggle room. Three weeks ago, that skirt was way too tight, and lumpy bumpy all the way down.

This morning, I tried it on, it fit beautifully. Here's a picture I just took at work! (apologies for bad quality).

Too bad I leave for Seattle tomorrow - I'm likely to at least partially undo all my hard work!

What a great outfit, Glory, you look smashing! Way to go!

Thanks! I'm so pleased to be back on track.

Of course, I'm still so absurdly self critical. I keep thinking my arms look fat in that picture. My arm is pressed against me! It's not fat! Grrr.

Wednesday

breakfast - Trader Joe's fat free Greek yogurt with honey (120 calories), fresh blackberries (50 calories)

Lunch - big salad (artisan green/red leaf lettuce from Trader Joe's - YUM), red onion, kalamata olives, carrot shreddies, grape tomatoes, pepperocini, 1 heated/crumbled veggie burger (100 calories), Tsatsiki (80 calories)

Snack - 1 small corn muffin

Snack - cheese string (60 calories)

Dinner - Grilled steak, small baked sweet potato, big pile of brussel sprouts

Today had more extras. Not happy about it. Tomorrow is going to be OP, even if it IS tough. Need to get it going again.

B - English muffin w/ cheese and canadian bacon
S - Apple
L - Leftovers - grilled chicken skewer, black beans and rice, salad
S - Popcorn
S - Greek Yogurt
D - Chicken Breast baked w/ light mozzarella, tomato sace, and basil, with creamy polenta and broccoli with lemon and garlic
S - NSA Ice Cream Cone

E - 60 min elliptical
30 min yoga OR 20 min Tai Chi

Your arm most definitely does not look fat!


Yesterday was POP for me, but I continue to hold at .4 of a pound from goal. Sheesh.

Today's plan:

Exercise: Exercycle or Bike ~1 hour
Food:
1/2 bagel with peanut butter, coffee with stevia
orange
falafel wrap with veggies
Potato knish with channa masala and veggies in vinegar