Midday update:
S: light string cheese, no apple
L: leftover veggies & turkey breast strip stir fry tossed over 1/2 serving of angel hair pasta
S: protein chocolate milk as soon as I'm done here

Exercise: Done! 45 minutes kickboxing, 10 mins calisthenics, 8 minutes running laps around my house (can't run more than 8 minutes straight, but can keep up a quick pace on my elliptical for 60+ minutes... I know actually running is different from on equipment, but I never quite remember how different until I try it! )

Well, yesterday was DS's birthday....poor planning + treats = disaster.....Nothing to do but move on. I did get a run in.....

Today:

english muffin, pnb, protein shake
low carb yogurt, fruit
turkey sandwich, red bell pepper strips
cottage cheese, fruit
protein shake
chicken, veggies


I will NOT have any leftover birthday cake today. I will NOT!!!

After a yucky lunch yesterday (but a healthy dinner) I'm ready for an OP day today. I do have an unexpected party tonight--a potluck. Thankfully there will be no alcohol served, so that part of the calorie intake is solved.

E~30 min treadmill
B~oatmeal (it's cold here!)
S~nuts?
L~the last of the turkey soup, apple
S~Activia yogurt
D~potluck???

Good morning ladies!

Yesterday was alright - got up & did my strength training and 30 mins on the elliptical, stayed on plan all day, went out for Mexican food for dinner. I don't think I did too bad, I know I had more calories than normal, but I made what I think were decent choices. The restaurant we go to has this dish called a 'shrimp molcajete' where they simmer shrimp, onion, green and red pepper, mushroom & zuchinni in ranchero sauce in a big stone bowl, then top it with buffalo mozzarella cheese. I've talked to them about their ranchero sauce and it is homeade, with not much oil, so not too worried about that. I did have them go light on the cheese, so I don't think it was more than 2-2.5 ounces, had soft corn tortillas instead of flour. I went about 100 calories or so over my normal goal I believe, but I'm okay with it. They were better calories than candy and sugary snacks in my opinion.

Thursday's plan:

Exercise: elliptical immediately upon getting home from work, some yoga while DH hangs out with a buddy who is coming over to listen to albums tonight. (Couldn't exercise this morning - overslept and am now waiting on appraiser to come by to look at my house... trying a refi..)

B: Smoothie, sleigh ride flavored coffee w/ 1tsp sugar, 1tbsp vanilla spiced rum creamer
S: String cheese, tangelo (my mom sent us a box of Indian River fruit for Christmas! Yum!)
L: Grilled chicken sandwich no mayo
S: maybe another tangelo, or a grapefruit
S: Kashi Go Lean
D: Ground turkey breast simmered in hot spices served over jasmine rice, broccoli
S: Kashi dark chocolate oatmeal cookie

The good news - my exercise and meals have been and remain on plan.

The bad news - the snacks and baking have totally derailed me! I've been skipping my healthy snacks, then putting my fingers in the dough bowl far too often. While I know I'm using some restraint (more than I might otherwise), I need to be OFF the sugar or I'm not going to drop this sugar water weight, and some of it might be ACTUAL weight if I keep going. 2 days is long enough, especially since this is only round 1 of baking (round 2 is next week).

B - English muffin pizza
S - Apple
L - Leftovers - Turkey meatloaf, baked red potatoes, green beans
S - Greek yogurt w/ raspberries
S - Popcorn
D - Grilled chicken skewer, lentil and brown rice pilaf, steamed broccoli
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar

E - 60 min elliptical
60 min strength
if I have energy, 20-30 min of something else (yoga, etc)

Amanda, I am with you, I am eating a bunch of junk today. They had a dessert bar at work! I didn't take as much as I would have was I not watching myself, but I shouldn't have even gone at all.

Hang in there, Amanda and Jessica!

Well, yesterday was cupcake free only because of this thread.

Today:

3.5 mile run---done
english muffin, pnb, protein shake
cottage cheese, fruit
lunch out with dh---I'll ignore the bread basket, have grilled shrimp and a reasonable portion of a carb
cottage cheese, fruit
protein shake
1 hr with personal trainer
hmmm.....protein and veggies (eggs & spinach perhaps?)

The potluck last night went quite well. I had a small plate and no seconds and only one small brownie for my dessert. I was wrong, however, to assume there would be no alcohol. There was wine and I did indulge.

E~30 minutes treadmill
B~oatmeal
S~nothing, I forgot to pack my nuts
L~wherever DH takes me I'll choose wisely
D~chicken, salad, twice baked potato half

Yesterday was finally back OP, and the water weight is starting to fall off. Thank goodness! I need to be back where I started before baking pt 2 next week!

B - English muffin pizza w/ canadian bacon
S - Asian Pear
L - Leftovers - grilled chicken skewer, steamed broccoli, lentil and brown rice pilaf
S - Popcorn
S - Greek yogurt w/ raspberries
D - Going out with a friend, and I don't know where yet. Will make best choices possible and limit myself to 1 glass of wine, if any.

E - 60 min elliptical, 30 min yoga or other.

Midwife, good job resisting the cupcakes!
Alinnell, I like to look at is as you balanced out the wine with not going overboard with the rest of the potluck.
Amanda - you are a stronger woman than I am to be able to do all that baking. I made crispy green beans last night and ate too many of them, at least they weren't too bad for me. No way I could bake right now...

Yesterday was OP, except for the green beans... I also had to change my lunch plans because there was a bus downstairs. I ate Kashi Go Lean for lunch instead of grilled chicken.

Today:
splitting headache, so no exercise this morning. Unless I get out early there will be no exercise, which will make it two days in a row... Going to try really hard to get out...

B: Smoothie, same coffee as yesterday
S: light string cheese
L: grilled chicken sandwich no mayo
S: tangelo
S: Kashi Go Lean
D: CFA Chargrilled & Fruit Salad most likey
S: maybe a Kashi Dark Chocolate Oatmeal cookie, maybe no snack. Hard to tell on a weekend we have my stepson, anything could happen.

One family holiday gathering tomorrow. I basically hate almost everyone who is going to be there (well, not everyone, but enough of them) so much that I get a migraine and stomach problems before we go. Luckily, this often means I'm not really hungry at the party, either... Though, in previous years I would eat sausage balls and nothing else. This year I'm going for turkey breast and some of the salad that is supposed to be there...

Have to update: Just ate a chili dog and about fifteen french fries for lunch, so the rest of the day I have to catch back up from that...