Well, my weekend was a little crazy. Not bad, but not perfect. More exercise than normal, a bit more food, etc. So we'll call it a bit of a wash, shall we? Planning for next week, transitioning to a "grains every other day" plan...with the leftovers, that'll mean we'll be having one grain-free main meal and one main meal with grain a day. It's sort of complicated but while we're comfortable cutting back after these two weeks, we're not really OK with giving them up altogether for now.

So the plan:

B - Protein shake w/ chocolate PB2
S - Orange
L - Pork tenderloin, roasted butternut squash, steamed broccoli
S - Apple, yogurt
S - Wrap w/ WW tortilla, turkey, laughing cow
D - Mexican Beef Bake w/ pinto beans, tons of veggies, sour cream, side salad
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar

E - 80 min Tae Bo, 30DS

I'm at my top redline this morning, not surprising after my party filled weekend and starting my exercise back up. Trying hard not to panic, and to remind myself that even though I went seriously over calories two days last week I didn't overeat 17,500 calories worth over what I burned.

Today's plan:
Exercise - 30 minutes lower body and ab exercises, either 30 mins on elliptcal or 60 mins on exercise bike. Will decide based on how the legs feel when I get home tonight. I still can't get up and exercise in the morning yet - my breasts are pretty sore when I first wake up, particularly around the incision area, and just aren't up for workouts. It was much better today than yesterday, so I'm hoping to get up in the morning.

B: Smoothie, coffee
S: I have no idea - just realized I forgot my string cheese... Probably trail mix
L: salad with grilled chicken, lite balsamic vinaigrette dressing packet
S: Kashi Go Lean
D: ground white turkey over rice, rescheduled from last week
S: skinny cow of some kind or another

Let's just pretend that the exercise I got this weekend happened, but that the food didn't. Today I am at the highest weight I've been since hitting goal three years ago.

Monday:
B - shredded spoonfuls, milk
S - mandarin, apple, piece of gum
L - leftover quinoa
S - two mandarins
D - italian meatball burgers, salad, leftover polenta
S - kaiser roll with a little butter
Total - 1394
Exercise - 1.2 mile run

I'm coasting upwards... need to reverse trend

breakfast- peanuts
lunch (1) turkey chili on salad
lunch (2) sliced turkey breast with mustard
dinner- roasted brussel sprouts, shrimp in sweet chili on broc. slaw with grape tomatoes
exercise: running
goal: increase/ drink H2O instead of diet coke/crystal light...

I'm right up there with all of you. Sucks, doesn't it?

E~30 minutes treadmill (2.25 miles)
B~crustless quiche (190)
S~banana (100)
L~leftover scallops on angel hair pasta with pistachio pesto, broccoli, apple (Cooking light scallops recipe)
S~yogurt
D~tamale pie (Cooking Light)

Yep. Bad. Slapped me down a step as I was just thinking to myself that my self control was getting better... I'm at the highest weight I've been at since September. Even if I discount the extra 2ish pounds of breast implant it is still higher than the last four months!

Well, my weekend wasn't perfect either. I'll see if there's any damage when I weigh at the gym tonight.

B - cheerios with blueberries, walnuts, skim milk; ww toast
S - ff latte
L - bean burrito - self constructed using lf wrap, ff refried beans, roasted red peppers, lettuce, avocado
S - fruit, cheese
D - leftovers (several choices)

Today was totally OP. Tomorrow will be a little on the high side, calorie wise, but I am super excited about the dinner so it's worth it. I'll be doing my lifting/circuits, which will burn quite a bit.

B - Egg beaters w/ chopped veggies and turkey bacon, orange
S - Deli turkey w/ laughing cow, pickle spears
L - "Mexican Beef and Bean Bake", salad
S - Apple
S - Protein shake w/ chocolate PB2
D - WW Pita stuffed with grilled peppers, onions, zucchini, and garlic-lemon marinated lamb, side salad
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar

E - 60 min elliptical, 60 min strength training circuits.

Almost POP yesterday. I was going to go on my three mile run, and was excited about it and planning for it all day, and then at 5:00 I dumped with a "this has to be done tonight" assignment at work. By the time I got home it was dark and I didn't think it was safe to go out very far, plus I was starving.

However! On the bright side, I *DID* go running! But I only went one mile, not three, just a lap around the neighborhood, and I took the dog.

Tuesday:
B - muesli, milk
S - mandarin, banana
L - italian meatball burger
S - mandarin, apple, yogurt, NSA hot cocoa, piece of gum
D - black bean chicken chilaquiles
S - ww toast w/low-sugar jelly
Total - 1522
Exercise - 5 mins elliptical, 1/2 mile run @5mph, NRLW workout 1A

Can someone please send a memo to my scale that going over (and by over, I mean "over my 'trying to drop a bit calories', not 'over my maintenance calories') by 500 calories on FRIDAY, with extra exercise to boot, and being on plan since, is not reasonable justification for having me gain 5 lbs which HASN'T GONE AWAY? Of course it's water, 500 calories does not a pound make. But seriously? IT WAS FRIDAY.

(rant over)

Jessica~don't you HATE it when you get work just when you're getting ready to leave work? I am such a morning person that you don't know what kind of stress that kind of thing brings on. I DO NOT like having to stay late--it interrupts my personal time. I could go on and on....

Amanda~consider your scale warned! I am not happy with what mine reported to me this morning.

E~30 minutes treadmill (2.3 miles)
B~egg white ww mcmuffin
S~apple if I'm hungry
L~leftover chicken tamale casserole (cooking light), apple
S~yogurt
D~chicken parmesan (no pasta for me!!) and salad

Will someone remind me that when shopping at Trader Joe's it isn't necessary to pick up a tub of licorice?

Dear Scale of Amanda - you had better start acting like a : or you'll get a from any number of her cyberfriends. Stop messing with her!

Yesterday was good, in fact, exactly OP!

B - oatmeal with blueberries, skim milk; ww toast;
S - cottage cheese, strawberries
L - Lean cuisine (I have several in the work freezer)
S - apple, 1.5 oz cheese
D - a turkey sandwich and soup between gym and city council meeting
S - if I'm starving and depending on how late I get home

Ex: NRLW - either 1A or 1B - can't remember which I'm on, but the one I didn't do on Sat.

today my scale stayed the same. after 8 miles of running and what I thought was a pop day. then, a few minutes ago I remembered the 300ish extra calories of popping cheese cubes into my mouth. onward...

this am: balance bar, grapes
this afternoon: turkey, salami, cheese, mustard, strawberries
this evening: taco salad no shell. with moderate amts guac and depending on how I feel, maybe some chicken. but prob not b/c I want a glass of wine with dinner

exercise- walked 3 miles round trip to hospital/work and back to train station.

right this very minute: chewing gum which I will put in garbage when my green tea is brewed.

Amanda - your scale and my scale need to get together and work out whatever issues they have so they can get back to normal!

My scale shows body water %, and I have noticed that the more water I can feel myself retaining the lower my BW% is. I'm normally around 62-63%, right now I'm 58-59%. Ad I feel puffy right now. Weird.

Yesterday was OP, worked out on the exercise bike and completely lost track of time because I was reading while working. Considering how much I hate the exercise bike I found that pretty cool.

Today:

B: smoothie, coffee
S: forgot to have one
L: salad with grilled chicken
S: Kashi Go Lean
D: either CFA Chargrilled & Fruit Salad or Wendy's Mandarin Salad
S: Kashi Oatmeal Cookie I think.

Yesterday was OP (i actually skipped a few snacks because I exploded in busy). Hope to keep today the same...then maybe the scale would show it. The sad thing is, I KNOW it's water weight because I dropped it for exactly 3 days this month and went down to 171 (and that wasn't a fluke weight, it was three days in a row of well-hydrated weight). But then it bounced right back up. So it's not fat, at least not mostly, and especially not considering that I've been on plan and kicking my own butt with exercise. It's just irritating.

Keep going or start gaining, though, so here I am.

B - Orange, Egg whites scrambled with veggies and salsa
S - Yogurt
L - Leftovers - Grilled lamb and veggie WW pita with tzatziki, side salad
S - Protein shake w/ PB2
S - Wrap w/ WW tortilla, turkey, pickle, greens, and a tbsp of homemade hummus
D - Grilled chicken skewers, brussels sprouts, side salads
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar

E - 60-80 minutes elliptical