Monday:
B - muesli, milk
S - banana
L - lean cuisine rigatoni bowl
S - yogurt, apple, slice of bread
D - tofu chili stuff, 1 corn tortilla
S - oat bran w/raisins, just fruit munchies, a little brown sugar
Total - 1454
Exercise - none, I stayed home keeping an eye on my doggie instead

Note to self - you did not gain 4 lbs with your OP weekend. You ate Wor Wonton Soup last night for dinner and are filled with sodium. Relax!

B - English muffin pizza w/ canadian bacon
S - Orange
L - Leftovers - Roasted turkey breast, mashed potatoes, green beans
S - Light Yogurt
S - Popcorn
D - Mexican Chicken and Rice Soup (chile colorado marinated chicken, onion, carrot, celery, brown and wild rice, canned tomatoes, jalapeno, a bit of light cheddar on top).
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar

E - 60 on the elliptical

You and me both, Amanda. What gives?

E~30 minutes on a tough treadmill hill workout (300 calories!0
B~oops, forgot
S~nuts if I find time to eat them
L~homemade turkey soup, banana
S~Activia yogurt, sml tengerine
D~tamales! Spanish rice and refried beans

Push the water, Amanda, and the weight will magically disappear! If only it were that easy to get rid of 4 lbs of fat!

Today:

omelet with veggies, 2 blueberry pancakes with SF syrup
protein shake, protein pancakes
yogurt with fruit
dinner: it's my mil's birthday so.....I'm making 2 types of lasagna, one regular and one with a recipe off here for crab lasagna or somesuch. 300 calories a serving + salad + a small piece of birthday cake

exercise
1.5 mile run to the gym
1 hr with evil personal trainer*
1.5 mile run home (very tough, almost walked)


*he's not really evil, he is just very tough....

Hi everyone -

I was so sick last week I didn't come anywhere near posting here, as I barely made it to work. My food was nowhere near perfect while sick, party b/c I was genuinely sick and partly b/c I'm a big baby when I'm sick. As of my weekly weigh-in this morning my weight is at 146 - exactly where it was 2 weeks, ago, right before Thanksgiving. Not bad. I'm trying to get to 145 by the time I leave for my Christmas travels Dec. 19. I have 2 holiday parties to get through, though, so I've got to be eating and exercising like I should the rest of the time! (I haven't decided yet what my tack will be at the parties - enjoy myself food-wise or go for complete of restraint, try to eat beforehand... we'll see this weekend.)

Monday:
B - protein pancake, sk milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
S - small banana
L - 1 slice whole grain bread, chicken salad - 2.5 oz chicken breast w/ 1 T. light mayo, 1 c carrots & 1 c. celery
S - 6 oz. ff yogurt, 1/2 oz. raw almonds, med apple, hm protein bar (this was supposed to be for after workout but I was starving)
gym - walked 1 mile, ran 4 miles, chest workout 25 min.
rehearsal
D - Lemon-Artichoke chicken, roasted root veg w/ 1/2 T. olive oil
herbal tea w/ 2 t. honey
Total - 1720

Tuesday's plan:
B - protein pancake, sk milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
S - small banana
L - hm (lean) ham, bean, and vegetable soup, 1 c carrots & 1 c. celery
S - 6 oz. ff yogurt, 1/2 oz. raw almonds, med apple
gym - 25 min. stairmaster HIIT, legs - 30 min, abs/core - 45 min, cool down 1 mile @ 4 mph on 5% incline - great workout!
D - Lemon-Artichoke chicken, roasted root veg w/ 1/2 T. olive oil
rehearsal
S - 1 T. almond butter
Total - 1540 cals

Tuesday:
B - muesli, milk
S - banana
L - leftover tofu stuff and a tortilla
S - apple, yogurt
D - lean cuisine bbq chicken pizza, salad w/cranberry relish, piece of garlic bread
S - hot cocoa
Total - 1710
Exercise - none, I am so lazy

Sorry you've been sick Megan.

E~30 minutes on the treadmill (burned another 300 calories!)
B~cantaloupe
S~nuts
L~1 tamale, sml portion of refried beans and Spanish rice, sml tangerine
S~Activia yogurt
D~either homemade turkey soup leftovers or stir fry

I got home yesterday and entered a bunch of financial stuff in my computer (I'd been procrastinating) and then I did a quick inventory of my freezer. It's kind of full, but I needed to place a Schwan's order. I got ice cream cones for DS, some chicken and some steaks. No more because it would make the freezer too full. So then what happens? UPS delivers this HUGE cooler from Omaha steaks--my friend in Arizona sent me an early Christmas present. It all fits, but I have to be really creative tomorrow when my Schwan's order shows up!

Scale has calmed somewhat after an OP day yesterday.

B - English muffin pizza
S - Orange
L - Leftover Mexican chicken and rice soup
S - Popcorn
S - Yogurt
D - Roasted Pork Tenderloin, mashed butternut squash, brussels sprouts
S - NSA Ice Cream bar

E - 60 on the elliptical

manndalinn you inspired me to get some english muffins, they had only 1 gram of fat!
alinnell- you get schwans? how cool! Good job on getting your financials out of the way- they say if ytou clear the finances and the junk closet, you can clear your mind for weight loss! Its true!
Paperclippy , i have been looking at your diet too for ideas. thansk for letting me copy you!

Foods Consumed Select Serving Size Number of
Servings

BREAD, BANANA, 1 slice
COTTAGE CHEESE, LOWFAT 1 cup
DIET MOUNTAIN DEW-3
MILK, SKIM/NONFAT-2 cups
PEACH, COOKED OR -1 ounce
SPINACH, RAW-2 cups
TURKEY SANDWICH on Whole wheat
YOGURT, FRUIT VARIETY, NONFAT-2-4 ounce servings


calories: 2340

Ah, the next two weeks are challenging, and while I've been doing pretty well, I notice that while I start out well each day, somewhere along the way things often wander off track..... So I'd better have a strong track!

B - oatmeal w/1 tbsp craisins, .5 oz walnuts, .5 cup skim milk; ww toast w/homemade current jelly; small tangerine;
S - HB egg, 1 tbsp mayo, 8 wheat thins
L - left over pork loin - 1 slice; leftover braised cabbage; 1/2 baked potato
S - .5 cup cottage cheese, with strawberries and blueberries
D - Arghh!! A dinner meeting with our legislative delegation. I have no idea what's being served. I'll do my best! I'd go without, but there's a city council immediately following that I need to attend, so I won't be home til after 10, so I need to eat.

Allison, my mom just discovered their deep freezer, 20+ years old, died too! I'm worried b/c I was going to send my dad steak & salmon from Omaha steaks for Christmas and I have no other ideas what to get him (he's very difficult!). Now I have to check w/ my mom if they have room, etc.

POP yesterday, and one of those days that I was glad I had packed yummy food b/c I sure didn't have time to make it! I went to bed feeling I should have gotten another 100 healthy fat/protein cals in, but I just didn't have time - and I was more tired at that point!

Wedesday:
B - 1 c. Kashi GoLean cereal, sk milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h
S - small banana, 1 oz. raw walnuts (trying to sustain myself through a meeting and late - 12:30! lunch)
L - 1 slice whole grain bread, tuna salad - 3 oz. tuna w/ 1/2 T. light mayo, 1 c carrots & 1 c. celery, 1/4 c. feta & spinach dip
S - 6 oz. ff yogurt, med apple
gym - weights - back 30 min., elliptical 55 min.
S - 1 oz. part skim mozzarella string cheese
D - 4 oz. steak, 1/2 lg. baked potato w/ 1/2 T. butter & 1/2 T. olive oil, 2 c. steamed broccoli
Plan: 1700 Actual: 1780

Megan~you could always send a Harry & David fruit basket instead of the meats from Omaha steaks.

E~30 minutes on the treadmill (250 cals burned)
B~toasted ww English muffin w/LC lite cheese
S~nuts
L~homemade turkey soup (lots of veggies), sml apple
S~Activia yogurt
D~spaghetti & meatballs with salad

We put up the tree last night and I had some no sugar added hot chocolate. Mmmm! Hit the spot!

Today:
3 mile run
protein pancakes
greek yogurt with strawberries
leftover crab/spinach lasagna
greek yogurt, strawberries
protein shake (this is a MUST so I don't graze after work)
1 hr with trainer
ground turkey over veggies

My secret Santa at work gave me 2 70% dark chocolate bars from Trader Joe's. Must be someone who knows me well! The thing is, I'm not really wanting to eat them right now. Somedays I really crave dark chocolate. Today I just want to be POP. I'll save them for some future time.

But you know, I'm always aware of food. For example, after Thanksgiving we had leftover pies. I was very aware of their presence. I didn't have any, but no one else in my family did either. It's as if everyone else in the house is totally oblivious to the treats and yet I am totally aware. I can keep myself from indulging, but I know they are there. How can other people be totally oblivious? Is it a habit that I have that they lack? Am I hardwired differently? It doesn't really matter, I guess.....

I wandered off after Friday and just got back here... We had DSS this weekend, which often pulls my attention off track, plus DH has been a little down the last couple of weeks. Found out before Thanksgiving his mom has uterine cancer... Had to work hard to keep my focus so I could try to help him keep his...

Sat & Sun were on plan calorie wise - a lot of fast food, but didn't go over 1850 either day, which is my current calorie target. Exercised both days, though Saturday was a lighter day than planned because I didn't get to it until 6 pm. Got my Christmas decorations out finally - have had the trees up for a week, but nothing else. Almost done putting everything out, will do outside if it ever stops raining.

Mon & Tues both on plan, though had Basil Noodles at a Thai restaurant with DH for lunch, so feel the sodium related water retention from that today... Exercised both days as planned, did a strength training session on Monday. Have avoided weights for the last five-six weeks, trying to get back in. Can also feel the water retention from the strength training, too...

Wednesday plan:

Exercise: Sore from the above weights, going to do yoga video and 45 minutes on the elliptical when I get home, unless my arms feel much better, then will do my strength training routine from Monday & some kickboxing.

B: PB&J on Double Fiber Wheat bread, apple (drama this morning so no time for usual smoothie)
S: Light string cheese, broccoli florets
L: Mexican food with an old coworker - planning on pork carnitas in a spicy red sauce with rice, or Grilled chicken soft tacos - they serve theirs on soft corn tortillas with only lettuce, tomato & pico - no cheese.
S: kashi go lean
D: grilled turkey strips and vegetables over angel hair pasta
S: frozen banana and cocoa (made in my Keurig, 60 cals) - never tried the banana before, got the idea from another post, from Robin, I think? Hope it is good!
Plan: 1850 or below, everything after lunch is fluid, depending on how lunch goes.

Brat, glad to be helpful!

Wednesday:
B - oatmeal w/raisins, just fruit munchies, glass of skim milk
S - banana
L - tortilla and tofu chili stuff
S - apple, yogurt
D - cooking light chicken calzone
S - bite of cookie dough
Total - 1464
Exercise - 2.25 mile run - DONE!!!!!! Woohoo!