Wt. 162.2 (see yesterday's afternoon/evening discretions)

B: cottage cheese with hot red pepper spread, avocado, capers, 2 wasa
S: banana and soy nuts
L: taboule/hummos/chick peas/carrots and a little goddess dressing
D: leftovers - spagetti squash, refried black beans, quinoa, salsa etc.

B. legal ww muffin which was hiding way back in the freezer, an orange
L. on the road - cold pork tenderloin, raw peppers and celery, skim milk
D. broccoli soup, yogurt and raspberries, ryvita crackers, grated cheese

P2

1: strawberry cheesecake smoothie
2: leftover thai chili
3: honeycrisp apple 1/2
4: homemade pizza?

exercise: 60 min. step, 60 min. zumba

phase 2

wgt 162.4

b - slice of whole wheat bread with lf margarine and lf cheese
l - out to lunch, hope to have a salad
s - veggie chilli
s - a glass of wine, one square of 70% chocolate

exercise - lots of walking at the mall

Ph 2 - so sick

B: 2 SF Ice Pops, grilled cheese on WW
L: PB&J on WW
S: 2 more SF ice pops
D: Indian lentils with Roti

Too much bread for me today but with being sick and having nothing else in the house, I had to take what I could get. Food shopping tomorrow for sure.

P1D5

Wt: 159.6
B: Chicken, chickpea & cauliflower stew
Sn: nothing.
L: Wendy's: side Caesar and small chili
Sn: Cottage cheese & cucumber
Sn: SF jell-o.
S: Pork pesto patty topped with sauteed zucchini. Creamy broccoli/cauliflower soup.
Sn: 30 pistachios
Ex: 1 hr cardio (run & elliptical)

Today through the weekend is going to be hard, visiting friends/eating at their houses & out. It's going to be nearly impossible to count calories so I'll probably give that up till next week. Ugh, but I have to go to a conference next week... it's always something. I was also planning to do Phase 1 this month... but who am I kidding? I will be another New Year's Resolution-er

Notes from yesterday:
1. 50g is a LOT of fiber.
2. 2 Tablespoons of hummus is like nothing. (I know the SBD serving size is 1/4 c = 4 Tablespoons, but the brand I have is 80 cal/2T so that's what I had)

ETA: Complete change of plans. I SO did not feel like eating the same thing I had yesterday and I was out of a few items.

Phase 2
B - tea with us almond milk. 2-egg omelet with spinach and sundried tomatoes and light feta; veggie sausage
L - spelt angel hair pasta (2 oz) with broccoli and kale, garlic and parmesan cheese. Diet coke
S - hummus (only 2T, waaaah) with orange pepper slices and carrots
Dinner - ARGH I don't know where my friends are going to want to go... I will do my best with what comes my way

That's nearly 900 calories so far already without dinner. Calorie counting is brutal.

A little low in protein and high in fat. I'm SURE that will be NO problem to correct with a restaurant meal "I'll have a slab of plain tofu please..."

I'll just do the best I can...
PLAN:
ONE glass of wine (~125 cal); that leaves 400-600 calories to have an On Plan day. I can do it. I will aim for a SALAD!!!

If there are snacks at the bar, then some cheese and maybe apple slices or grapes, or nuts (but I have to be careful about all of these). Also I feel less inclined to eat them when I am calorie-counting 'cause it's really hard to keep track.

Phase 2

B. steel cut oats cooked in US almond milk with a sprinkle of dried cranberries
L. leftover paprika spiced cauliflower soup
S. 2 squares of peppermint dark chocolate
D. tofurky Italian sausage, sweet potato fries, roasted broccoli
S. Greek yogurt w/toasted walnuts & agave

P2

B Eggs, Sweet Potatoes, Bacon
S Almonds, punes
L WW bread, PB
S Yogurt
D Fish, Greens, salad
S nuts w semi sweet dark choc

phase 2

b - oatmeal with flax, teaspoon of almond butter and almond milk
l - veggie soup and turkey pepperoni
s - 2 clementines
s - bouillabaisse (sort of a fish stew, using up all odds and ends of seafood in freezer (maybe a slice of homemade ww bread).
s - glass of wine a piece of camembert cheese

Ph 2

B: PB&J sandwich on WW, water
L: grilled cheese (RF cheddar) on WW, 2 ice pops
D: leftover Indian lentils with brown rice, apple
D: glass of champagne while online shopping

Aunt Flow is definitely getting ready to make an appearance. Cravings are gnawing at me today and the scale is up. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to keep going with phase 1 next week or not. I'll see how today and tomorrow go. Either way, when I move on, I want to really ease into a phase 1.5/2.

Wt: 160.0
B: Mexican slop and romaine.
Sn: Babybel.
L: Nothing.
Sn: Pistachios
S: Pork pesto patty with zucchini. Soup.

Ph 2

B: Green Monster, V-8
L: Hobbit Shire Soup, coffee, salad
S: 2 clementines
D: taco bake with 100 cal guac pack and salsa
D: NSA ice cream

P2

B Eggs, Bacon, Brocolli, coffee
L Chili, ww wrap
S Blk Bean Brownie, PB, coffee
D Chicken, Spinach, RF Beans, peaches

Friday was a semi-success. I think I ended up with about 2 glasses of wine and several small pieces of cheese and oh, there were dry-roasted peanuts out ... but (smartly) BEFORE the wine/cheese event, I got a green salad with tuna, which had some sliced apples in it and plain tea for dinner. Calories estimated: nearly 2000, but I may well have gone over. Hard to tell how many peanuts I ate or how much wine I actually drank

Saturday - a dinner party. Was busy all day so really only ate a 2 skewers of grilled shrimp with side veggies and side salad before dinner. I ate for sure too much cheese, I did sample some sweet stuff (ugh!) and had 2 glasses of wine again BUT all-in-all vastly improved over me "without restrictions" and I ate lots of good veggie stuff for dinner. Estimated calories INCLUDING all the sweet stuff & wine: 1731 calories.

Today, luckily not feeling all bingey, as I would if I had completely gone overboard the last two days.
Phase 2
B - coffee with us vanilla almond milk
yoga class
some leftover butternut squash mac & cheese (made with ww penne) - man that stuff is dangerously good!
L - Spinach & feta 2-egg omelet with veggie sausage. Black tea.
S - broccoli & orange pepper slices with hummus (2T)
D - Grilled shrimp on spaghetti squash with garlic/olive oil/parmesan cheese, green salad with flaxseed oil
dessert - Greek yogurt

Calories: 1165, fiber 17 g (looow) 31% carbs: 38% fat: 31% protein