Yes I do look back at my charts and am just amazed at how far I've come. It really makes me proud to see the difference.

Today is the day before weigh in for me. So I cut back on the water a little only 96 instead of 128. I also eat most of my calories early in the day. Just one of those stupid ritual things. Anyway here is my eats for today.

1 cup Kashi w/ 1/2 cup blueberries and 1cup skim milk
Banana
1 cup Kashi and 1/2 cup skim milk
Chicken breast sandwich w/cheese
1/2 cup cottage cheese and tomato
1 cup yogurt w/ 1/2 blueberries and banana
1 oz cheese w/ crakers
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1710 calories
39 fat
96 water

Helllooooooo, 200's!!!!!!!! I just know you're going to do it, Howie -- and so far ahead of schedule!

I'll start stretching now for tomorrow's happy dance!! (It's ok if I do it in bed, right? )

Gooooo, Howie!!!

Yes, good luck today Howie. You deserve to be in Twoderville.

Howie - Can't wait to hear!!!

Help Shrink Jillegal's Bottom!! That's great!!!

Yesterday went well. The popcorn was planned. So is pizza for tonight. Trying to use my flex points and spike my points to mix things up a bit once a week.

4/21/05
5 - Mint Zone Perfect Bar
2 - Cheese Crackers
5 - Green salad with chicken & parmesan cheese
1 - strawberries w/ splenda
12 - spinch & ricotta ravioli
10 - 1 bag popsecret homestyle popcorn
32 - TOTAL (used 3 flex points)

Have most of the day to myself....heaven! I'm working 5-9 (instead of 9-5) today, so lots of time to make a healthy dinner to take to work with me.

Started off the morning with 3/4c of that Canadian Kashi (with the added calories and fat) and 1/2c of low-fat milk and a huge mug of tea.

Midmorning snack was a silhouette fat-free yoghurt.

Going to watch last night's taped Survivor and then take the pup down to the lake for a walk.

See you lunchtime! Happy TGIF

4/22

1 cup coffee w/1-2 tsp powdered hazelnut coffeemate, watered down w/cold water to make it a drinkable temperature
1 liter water
1 natural ovens onion bagel, toasted
1 serving FF breakstone's cottage cheese
1 banana

We are ordering lunch from here:

http://www.rolypolyusa.com

http://www.rolypolyusa.com/menu/menu_sunroly.html

I am getting #65 the Buffalo Slim, half-size and a large Harvest Mushroom soup. I have a pear to eat with it.

I had a whole instead of half, b/c they sent & charged me for a whole. As a result, I didn't eat the pear, and cut out my afternoon snack. So.

1 Buffalo Slim Roly-Poly w/about 3 T lowfat blue cheese sauce
1 large mushroom soup (diviiiiiiiiine )
1 blackberry lemonade

1 cup iced lemon ginseng green tea
1 cup 2% milk
4 Altoid raspberry sour candies

I will be back later to post, but wanted to add my food before I forget. I'm at mom's & she is asking me to cook dinner. Again.

Church Spaghetti dinner.

1.5-2 cups spaghetti
1.5 cups vegetarian spaghetti sauce
5 small pieces (think child sized portions ) garlic bread
1 slice chocolate cake w/a pecan half on top
1 cup 2% milk
1 cup coffee
3 cups water (again, small child-sized cups. stingy much? )

My mother & her friend went to the frozen custard stand after the dinner, BUT I STAYED IN THE CAR.

I made it Two-Rific. Thanks for all your encourgagement.

I'm going to start posting here, too, to keep me accountable. Even when it's "bad."
Today:
Breakfast (5:30): 2 eggs scrambled in 1 tsp. canola oil, 1/4 cup cream of brown rice cereal.
Snack (9:00): Sesame bagel w/cream cheese.
Throughout the morning: 4 cups of coffee, each w/ a splash of half and half (no, I'm not giving it up!).
Lunch (1:00): Beach club sandwich at Jimmy John's. Shared a bag of chips with friend.

Planned for the rest of the day: Snack (3:30): small apple
Dinner: 5:00: Lentils and rice topped with yogurt.

Weekends are usually good for me, but I'll post here nonetheless.

Welcome to our journal buddy thread, Gypsydancer. Yes, make sure you post whether its good or bad and through easy and tough times! It IS all about accountability.

Lunch: plate full of green and red peppers and cucumbers, cut into strips, with a little fat-free ranch dressing for "dipping". Separate plate of thick tomato slices with ground black pepper and sprinkling of parmesan cheese. 500ml bottled water.

Midafternoon snack: 4 whole wheat melba toast rounds spread with 1 tbsp. peanut butter. Mug of tea.

Dinner: 1-1/2c homemade chili (no added oil, extra-lean ground beef, V8 juice instead of tomato sauce) followed by several glasses of water (I like my chili HOT!)

Treating myself to a coffee with cream (no sugar) at Tim Horton's this evening after work but staying away from the donuts, muffins and butter tarts!

Walked the dog for almost an hour today (followed by 1 litre lemon flavoured mineral water) and will walk her again when G. and I get back from Timmys.

See you tomorrow!

Hello, all!

Friday, April 22, 2005

Today’s eats:

Mid-AM: ¾ cup brown rice mixed w/2 oz. rosemary grilled chicken
Lunch: 1 cup brown rice mixed w/4 oz. rosemary grilled chicken; 1 vegetable spring roll; 1 cup miso soup w/1 oz. firm tofu; ½ cup spicy green beans
Dinner: 4 oz. grilled lean ground beef w/hamburger bun and 1 tsp. reduced fat mayo; salad of 1 cucumber and 2 Roma tomatoes w/2 tbsp. reduced fat balsamic vinaigrette
Water: 80 oz. Crystal Light
Calories: 1516; 31% fat / 28% protein / 42% carb

My averages for the last 7 days:

Calories: 1604; 24% fat / 32% protein / 37% carb / 7% alcohol

Another day on plan. Funny I was going to celebrate my goal with getting a steak and cheese bagel instead of my normal weigh in day egg mcmuffin but I decided not to reward myself with food. The mcmuffin is well within plan and not all that bad for you at 290 calories and 11 grams of fat.

Egg McMuffin
Kashi w/blueberries
2 small bananas
1/2 oz cheese
Turkey Sandwich
1 small bananas
apple
pretzels
low fat ice cream cone
Turkey wrap w/cheese and spinach
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1745 calories
96 oz water
43 grams of fat

Ok, my night eating didn't go as planned. I ate 3 servings of the lentil/bulghur mixture (tonight MIL made it with bulghur, which I prefer), topped with a little yogurt. I also ate several pieces of fried pita bread dipped in yogurt cheese. I need a better plan for my stress eating. I'll overeat anything I can get my hands on--believe me, I was trolling for even more than I ate.

My plan for next week is to eat some whole grain cereal at night to satisfy my obvious need for something crunchy.

Whoops. Forgot to post yesterday, so here is Friday:

Porridge and banana
Chicken schwarma in pita, with salad
Cottage cheese and dill pickle
Quark and smoked salmon
Tomato and basil soup
Melon

Swam 30 mins, walked 20 mins

I am beginning to struggle a bit......feeling blue, and thinking bad thoughts about food. Still, I tell myself that eating junk is only going to make me feel worse, and that it is NOT the answer.

Artist - just keep at it. You are aware of what's happening and you are planning some changes. That's all you can do. It takes time to figure it out.

So Friday was my planned day to use a bunch of my flex points just to mix things up a bit. had a whole bunch of pizza...and it made me sick. I just ate because I had the points and didn't listen to my hunger cues. Next time I have a treat, I will also stop when I am full.

BTW - My favorite "dessert" after eating all day long used to be cookies baked in the oven. You know the break-apart dough you just throw on the pan. They have jumbo cookies that come 12 to a pack. Hubby and I would make those 2 or 3 nights a week. I'd eat one raw and the eat 4 cooked and then manage to munch on another before bed. That's 6 cookies. I pointed them out yesterday as I was planning my treat night (you know...trying to see if I could work them into my plan). 5 points PER cookie!!! That means I was scarfing down 30 points for DESSERT!!!! It is officially no wonder I weigh what I do. *sigh*

4/22/05
7 - Egg McMuffin
5 - Cheese Crackers
5 - Turkey & Cheese Sandwich
2 - All Bran Bar
20 - 4 slices hand tossed pepperoni pizza
7 - 1 cup light ice cream
46 - TOTAL (14 flex used)