hey, emma! i was wondering where you had wandered off to

Today started off on-plan but has quickly derailed. Tomorrow will be a new day.

Doing it that way is easier, but probably not very accurate. I think a 4 oz. glass of wine has 4 pts.

I wandered off to a place of really bad habits. Like once I am slightly bad, I launch into self-punishingly bad. I have no idea why. Disturbing.

It's good to be back. And I ended up not having the wine tonight. Wow, wine is a lot of points. I would usually count a glass as 5 ounces, and sadly, that is a small glass...

Planning ahead for tomorrow

Phase 2, but no grains
B - 1 scrambled egg with veggie sausage, cherry tomatoes. Coffee with nonfat milk.
L - giant green salad (w/ flaxseed oil dressing) with tuna salad on top. 1/2 a grapefruit. Cup of green tea with ginger.
S- broccoli florets and carrot sticks with guacamole or hummus
S2 - 1/2 apple with 1T peanut butter
D - spicy Thai veggie soup with nf Greek yogurt. Grilled shrimp.
dessert - cottage cheese with fresh blueberries and lots of cinnamon (this is usually a breakfast, but oh well)

Phase 1

wt: 288.4
ht: 6ft

B: Sugar free-fat free pudding....a big bowl<< Ate it and then through out the whole batch in the fridge along with all the boxes of instant sugar free fat free pudding..Im bound to do this the right way now that i know its a NO NO on phase 1

L: Egg salad made with celery,green onions and tbsp of light mayo + 2 pieces of flax-seed foccacia bread(phase 1 recipe)

D: Speggheti made of zucchini strips and lean ground meat sauce(homemade)

Desert: 1/2 cup sugar free lemon jello with 1tbsp of light cool whip and 1 sugar free fudgicle.

Thursday, Phase 2
B: kefir, apple with pb
S: edamame
L: salmon with 1/2 cup brown rice/quinoa mix, sliced red pepper
s: lf cheese and carrots
d: chicken sausage with southern greens
PP: will add up when I get to work

So, beginning of a 4-day weekend for my family. Big ice storm heading our way and Louisiana shuts down when the weather service even speaks of ice. My husband's school didn't close (of course not!), but his drive consists of a 60-mile commute (half of which is over a bridge that is treacherous even without ice!)..soooo, long story short, he's staying home. yay!

Oh, ETA, last night I was watching a movie with DH at probably 10 pm. I felt myself getting SUPER snacky and even told DH how noshy I was. I looked over at the Valentine's Day cocktail dress that was hanging with my other drycleaning and made the conscious decision to NOT snack. It was really hard, but I feel a lot better this morning.


wt. 160.2...grr....before "bathroom celebration", though
1: oats with: cocoa powder (1 tsp.), toasted almonds (1 T), unsweetened coconut (1 T.)
2: raw kale salad with thai peanut dressing, skim milk
3: greek yogurt with blueberries
4: chili (1 cup), topped with: onions, dollop of greek yogurt, 1 T. rf cheddar
5: sf jello

Exercise: 60 min. fat burner class; POSSIBLE 45 min. pilates class

Z, can you share the recipe for the Thai peanut dressing? I never weigh before I celebrate!

phase 2

b - omelette with leftover veggies
l - lentil soup
s - 1/2 apple, some blackberries
s - turkey meatloaf, sugar snap peas and salad
s - 1/2 apple with peanut butter.

Wt 170.8
B: Leftover spinach and chicken casserole
L: Broccoli soup. 1 tbsp peanut butter.
Sn: Grande NF SF vanilla latte
S: Spaghetti squash with chicken, sun-dried tomatoes and pesto. Greek salad.
Sn: SF jell-o, 15 almonds.

So bored with dieting...so under-motivated...

Wednesday (snow day home with the kids..but stayed OP!!!!!!!!)
B: Oatmeal w/natural p/b
L: Pumpkin curry soup with some salad and 1 OP cookie
D: Cannellini Bean stew (from kayla's); 1 srv FF/SF pudding

Thursday:
B: 1 egg and 3 egg whites w/1 strip bacon
s: Splenda sweetened yogurt (out of cottage chz)
L: Tomato soup with last bit of salad
s: cheese stick
D: Leftover Cannellini bean stew
DS: 2 OP cookies

MMC, I have an issue with celebrating...sometimes I don't celebrate until the afternoon. the kombucha is helping, though anyway, 159.4 after celebrating!!!! finally out of those darned 160's!

I don't have much of a recipe, but I'll give you what I put in it and you can adjust to your taste.

for one serving:

1.5 tsp. peanut butter (i like chunky)
dash of rice vinegar, soy sauce and sriracha sauce

nuke in the microwave for 15-20 seconds and stir together.

my favorite way to use it is with raw kale salad: 1/2 bunch of kale, ribs removed and chopped coarsely. throw it in a bowl and top with 1 tsp. sesame oil and a pinch of salt. massage with your hands until the kale is a bit softer and shiny. top with the dressing and some crushed red pepper flake.

try varying your recipes a bit. what is it that makes you so bored? for me, taking my mind off of the dieting and putting it on how the new foods were making me feel motivated me to stick with it. i also moved away from the sf/ff "diet foods" and more towards whole foods. a whole new world opens up when we take our mind off of just the "diet." Diets end, what we need is a lifestyle that we can live with -- forever.

Hope you find the motivation that you need!

Phase 2

B: steel cut oats, 1/2 granny smith apple, walnuts, cinnamon, nf milk
L: salad, hard boiled egg, rf blue cheese dressing
S: peppers and hummus
D: spaghetti squash bake, roasted green beans, brocolli
S: nf greek yogurt, 1/2 C blueberries

B-2 slices whole wheat toast, one banana, almond butter (toast with mashed banana and almond butter is ridiculously delicious and pretty filling)
L-cottage cheese, broccoli with tofu yogurt dip, clementine
D-ww lasagna roll-ups with salad, broccoli or green beans on the side