They screwed up my plan at the restaurant last night by ordering two of every appetizer on the menu for everyone to share. Sigh. I only had a couple bites of each though. Then I got suckered into dessert, but at least I only ate half of it. Weight is up, of course. It was tasty though!

Friday:
B - oatmeal squares, blueberries, skim milk
L - @work again, panera - big plate of asian chicken salad (avoided the fried wonton strips as much as possible) w/dressing, piece of baguette
S - apple, hershey's almond nugget
D - leftovers, probably a baked potato and some cabbage with beets, I might finally cook that broccoli
E - none planned, maybe walk with the dog?

Yesterday came in fine on calories - right at my maintenance level, most of the water from earlier in the week is back off... Now I have to eat low sodium today and tomorrow to keep from being puffy for the reunion tomorrow night...

Today:
E: strength training after dinner, maybe some stationary bike chaser if I have enough time - will depend a lot on if DSS has a good day at daycare or not...
B: smoothie, coffee
S: string cheese, strawberries, blueberries
L: grilled chicken salad
S: apple w/ light swiss laughing cow, lf vanilla yogurt w/ berries & pineapple
D: slice cheese pizza, nectarine
S: kashi crunchy bar

Today: Had to go get a cortisone shot. May be taking the day off exercise as it made me feel sort of funny and face-flushy. Gross. If so, I'll do Sat and Sun.

B - Good Grains bagel from Noah's with 1 tbsp light cream cheese, turkey, cucumber, pickle
S - Strawberry smoothie w/ greek yogurt, almond milk
L - Leftover FiberGourmet penne with chicken, roasted veggies, homemade tomato sauce
S - Popcorn
D - Chicken and broccoli stirfry over brown jasmine rice
S - NSA Ice Cream, Strawberries

E - TBD

Hope the funny feelings go soon, Amanda.

Yesterday was POP....I had to take it moment by moment for part of it, but there you go. Ain't it funny how I avoid the scale and this thread when I have a string of off-plan days?

Today:
toast, pnb, strawberries, protein shake
peach, protein shake (I was thirsty, not so hungry, but wanted the protein)
turkey sandwich with tomatoes, onion, LC cheese
snack and dinner tbd
exercise 3 mile run---done!

Midwife - I tend to put this thread off to the very last thing when I've had an off plan day as well..
Amanda - hope you feel better soon! I had a cortisone shot only once and it made me a little wiggy too.

Add a serving of Indulgence Trail Mix to today - I'm trending low on the calories today, needed some good fats, and the chips in it help with the chocolate craving I've been fighting off.

Yesterday got kind of munchie, weird. Not awful, but annoying.

B - omelet with onions, red peppers, zucchini; 1/2 ww bagel;
S1 - ff latte
S2 - pb/banana/almond milk/whey protein shake
L - leftover homemade chili
S3 - cottage cheese with strawberries
D - probably grilled chicken or salmon, broccoli, and ?? salad? Have to see what DH picks from the garden

Ex: LBWO after work

I've got to try almond milk... I saw it in two different smoothie posts today... Do you guys do sweetened or unsweetened? I remember Meg talking about the difference between the two, but can't remember - can you tell a difference?

Unsweetened Vanilla, personally. I just like that its only 40 calories a cup, less than half as skim milk, and adds a sort of vague nutty creaminess and a vague vanilla flavor. It's good (I like the texture way better than skim, regardless of the calorie benefits).

I changed into my gym clothes in a fit of optimism. The plan is to try to do 30 min of cardio, then more after another meeting if I'm still OK. I'm also due for a LB/ab workout, but we'll see on that.

Unsweetened original here, but I only use it in shakes, haven't tried it on cereal etc. My DH uses a fair amount of milk so we always have it. Might try the almond though, I bet it'd be good on oatmeal.

I'm just back from the grocery store. My Precision Nutrition program had us go to the store and get a few things that we may not have used before (then we have to photograph them, so they know we did it. ) Most of the stuff wasn't new to me, but I did get some almond butter and I'm looking forward to trying that. My store here in the boonies didn't have some of the stuff like hemp seeds (what would I do with those?), amaranth (though I've gotten it before in Anchorage) and canned lentils (canned lentils? why? I've never seen it - I'll photograph the dry ones I already have).

Did the LB work. Apparently, there's such a thing as a "cortisone flare"...where the cortisone shot makes the pain spike before it goes away. I was unaware. Am aware now.

Oh, yeah. My DH had that, OUCH for you.

Sunday~
3 mile run---done (I LOVE typing DONE!! So worth getting up early!)
pnb toast, berries, protein shake
cc/ berries
salad, probably a turkey sandwich or some such
peach
salmon with berries & zucchini & balsamic vinagrette (we'll see how it tastes!)

hallo! scale up, accountability down.
br and lunch prepped for tomorrow.

will be posting. i realy mean it stanley..... anyone ever read that book as a child?

Accountability for Sunday:

B - 1.5 tbsp PB and 1 tsp honey with 1/2 a sliced banana on light bread
L - Sandwich on 2.5 ounces baguette, lean turkey breast, 1/2 slice monterey jack, veggies, 1 cup fruit salad
D - 2 slices pizza, 1 large plate salad
S - NSA Ice Cream, Strawberries

E - Nothing, except we were running around all day (Farmers Market, Costco) and lugging boxes of beer/sodas for the wedding we are in at the end of Sept up to the happy couple's apartment.

Sunday:

Breakfast: nutritional shake
Lunch: black beans in a brown rice wrap, with spinach on the side
Snack: apple, brown rice cake
Snack: one slice of spelt bread, one slice of cheese, carrots
Dinner: Amy's Mac & Cheese, carrots
Snack: apple
Dessert: 3/4 cup ice cream, half a dark chocolate bar, tiny bite of brownie

Went a little overboard today. Will be back on track tomorrow.