Somebody send me willpower dust . . . a coworker announced that his wife is pregnant by bringing in three trays of cookies and a tray of brownies and they are all about five steps from my desk. I've held out for 2 hours so far but it's getting harder! Only 50 more minutes to resist. I already ate all the food I brought with me.

Jessida - you might want to measure how much milk you use on your cereal. I always thought I used a lot, so I decided to measure. I stared with a 1/2 cup and found that amount was very close to what I poured anyway. DH found he wanted nearly a cup. I like my cereal with milk; DH apparently likes his milk with cereal.

Oh, and here's some fairy dust for you.

Thanks Pat! I did measure once like a year ago, but I really ought to measure again.

I managed to resist the cookies and brownies yesterday! Woohoo!

Tuesday continued...
D - 3/4C rice, 1.5 servings "tofu with gingered vegetables" (cooking light)
S - 1 Tbsp PB, a few slices watermelon

total:

Exercise: 15 mins elliptical, 20 mins abs/back strengthening

Wednesday so far, including all the food I brought to work with me:
B - 1.25C essential M w/strawberries, .75C? skim milk
S - apricot
L - 3/4C leftover veggie/couscous salad, 1 Hewbrew National lite hot dog (no bun)
S - nectarine, ziplock baggie of cherries

I wish they would standardize what "1 serving" is on recipes. Sometimes I make a Cooking Light recipe that says it serves 4, and the two of us get three meals each out of it. Last night my recipe said it serves 4 and we ate the entire thing for dinner, no leftovers. A couple weeks ago I made a healthy enchilada recipe that said it served 8, we got 16 servings out of it (and got totally sick of enchiladas in the process!).

My food yesterday didn't turn out as planned.

BF: 2 slices whole wheat toast, 1TBSP light cream cheese and a banana

lunch: 2 whole wheat pancakes 3.5 inch diamater with 1TBSP PB, 1TBSP SF jelly, 1TBSP SF syrup

snack: a big fresh tomato from my garden

Dinner: 1 slice Mexican Cornbread, 1/2 ear of corn on the cob, large dinner salad with light ranch dressing, 1 cup green beans (I skipped the pork chop cause I wanted the cornbread more, lol).

snack: an apple

Jessica, what I try to do with CL recipes is actually measure out what they say is a serving (they are good about that usually) but I agree you do get some strange amounts. At least they have the NI with each recipe.

Lily, you may have been within your calories yesterday, but I see almost no protein in the whole day! I'd never survive. Wish you could send me some tomatoes though. We are eating fresh strawberries, spinach and lettuce, with other stuff coming along nicely.

Update to today's food since I was hungry and snacked at work . . .

S - salad with 2tsp dressing
S - packet of apple cinnamon oatmeal

Pat, I did notice that when I put my food in Fitday that I hadn't eaten any protein but only had 1300 calories that day. I normally eat protein every day,, though not as much as I should.

Yesterday my food was:

BF: 1tsp. PB on whole wheat toast , a banana

lunch: 3 small 3 inch wheat pancakes with SF syrup, SF jelly and 1tsp PB

Dinner: 4 oz.extra lean ground beef, a small baked potatoe with 1 tsp light butter, salad of lettuce and tomato, a heart healthy wheat HB bun

snack: 1 cup Kashi go lean crunch cereal and 1/2 cup skim milk

Exercise: swimming 2 hrs. (laps)

Finishing off Wednesday . . .
S - sip of OJ (I need to stop drinking from the bottle)
D - 1.25 servings sesame noodles with chicken (more cooking light)

Total:
Exercise: 30 minute stroll around the neighborhood

Thursday so far . . .
B - 1.5C raisin bran with 1C skim milk (I measure this time, even though I poured an extra-large bowl for some reason)
S - apricot
L - half a serving sesame noodles w/chicken leftovers
S - nectarine, cherries

Dinner will probably be spaghetti tonight, we're out of leftovers. Oh, I guess I have one hot dog left. I'll probably end up sneaking some oatmeal or something at work this afternoon since my fiance packed me such a small serving for lunch. OTOH Cooking Light tells me it's 450 cals/serving so I guess it's okay. Come to think of it, since when is 450 cals/serving "light"?

I'll be right will all of you as soon as I get home. I don't know if I've gained or not, but I think I have. The food choices are horrendous here. I have to make sure that the choice is kid friendly (DS is my roomie) so seafood is out of the question unless a restaurant serves both. I need to make sure he eats--he's one that can go for hours without thinking of food. I wish I were that way! Today started out okay with yogurt and half an egg salad sandwich. I also had some juice that was horrible--I should have thrown it out, but my frugal side said that that was wasteful. As soon as I'm home (Sunday) I'll check the scales and see how far I have to go to get to goal.

I finally talked myself into getting on the scale. It said 148 lbs. I don't know how accurate it is since I'd already eaten breakfast and had 3 cups of coffee before weighing.

I need to go grocery shopping again. We've already promised the kids pizza for dinner tonite. I'm gonna try to stick to 2 slices and my salad with low-fat ranch dressing. I sure can't afford to be gaining anymore. I've only eaten pizza about twice in the last 2 yrs. and it sure makes me feel guilty just thinking about it.

Well 3 cups of coffee is 1.5-2 lbs right there !

Lily, I need to go to the store tomorrow and stock up on "me" food too. I've made terrible choices today. Ugh.

Rest of Thursday:
D - spaghetti with zucchini, squash, tomatoes, garlic, herbs, pasta sauce, and parmesan cheese
S - 1 small glass red wine, 1 pudding cup, small glass of milk

Total:
Exercise: 5 mins elliptical, 25 mins walking treadmill, 3.5mph on the random incline (max at 7.8 degrees), weightless arm workout

Friday:
Official weigh-in -- 133 home scale
B - 1.25 C essential M cereal with .75C skim milk
S - apricot, cherries
L - leftover spaghetti w/zucch & squash
S - nectarine

Dinner will be a restaurant this evening since we have friends coming into town. The trick is to make sure this is my cheat meal for the week and NOT go out again tomorrow.

Addition for today - packet of apple cinnamon oatmeal. I ate all the food I brought to work with me and I am STARVING. Plus we aren't having dinner until late tonight. I'll probably end up eating another packet of oatmeal in a little while because even after this one I'm really hungry.

ennay, you were right about those 3 cups of coffee causing my wt. to be higher when I weighed. The next morning I was 146 lbs. before starting my morning wakeup with gobs of coffee. LOL. I am really bad to use the restroom near my bedroom that doesn't have the scale in it when I wake up. Then after lots of coffee, I'll use the hall restroom that has a scale in it and weigh myself.

My son is coming home tonite after being gone for 5 weeks. I can't wait to see him. I am sticking totally on-plan and getting plenty of exercise with the swimming, treadmill, hulahoop and such.

Todays food plan:

BF was PB and SF jelly sandwich and lots of coffee

Lunch will be a big garden salad with low-fat ranch drsg

snack will be an apple with a TBSP of PB

Dinner will be grilled chicken, salad, green beans and grilled squash

Plan to walk 3 miles outside if weather is alright or use treadmill if need be.