All are welcome to join!

Wednesday:
B - oatmeal, flaxseed, apple, walnuts, skim milk
L - leftover gratin and veggies, atkins bar
D - chicken broccoli casserole, salad w/lf dressing
E - yoga at lunchtime

Tuesday

B - 2 scrambled eggs, sliced grape tomatoes, salsa

L - salad with red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, shredded carrots, grape tomatoes, red cabbage, crumbled leftover hamburger, a little bbq sauce, fat free ranch, crispy onions

S - apple

D - medium sized baked sweet potato, huge pile of roasted brussels sprouts

After ending January on such a high I'm not in a great mood today. Yesterday I was tired, didn't plan spectacularly (I knew there would likely be nothing OP besides the sandwiches at lunch provided for me and yet in my tired/huriedness I ran out the door anyway), and later did a little stress snacking after rehearsal. I was contemplating doing a "maintenance week" (not sure what this would entail for me, but maybe just still track and eat about 1800 cal/day?) but I'm afraid it would be too much of a slippery slope, given that the stress and sleep deprivation will continue over the next few nights, and exercise time will be less than normal.

Wed
B - coffee w 1 T h&h, 1 c skim milk, oatmeal (1/3 c oats, small banana, 1/2 oz walnuts, 1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder bc I'm so tired of my breakfast not lasting me til lunch)
L - flatout sandwich wrap, ~3 oz lean deli ham, 1.5 oz provolone, handful of chips, chocolate cupcake
D - sausage, bean and kale soup, roasted brussel sprouts
S - small apple, Dr. Kracker cracker w 2 T hm hummus, between 1/3 - 1/2 Toblerone bar (sugar cravings are what I get for eating a cupcake earlier)
E - 4 mile wog with dog
Cals came out to 2000, not horrible, but I don't like how much sugar I ate.

Thursday
B - coffee w 1 T h&h, 1 c skim milk, oatmeal (1/3 c oats, small banana, 1 T dark chocolate pb)
L - 1/2 flatout bread w 2 oz lean ham/turkey, 1 slice cheese, a boatload of carrots & celery w hm hummus, orange
D - hm quesadilla or just melted cheese, depending on your perspective, w 2 ww tortillas and probably 3 oz reduced fat cheddar, frozen veggies
S - lf yogurt, small piece MS mud cake
E - 30 min stairmaster

Megan, you know I am a big proponent of maintenance weeks. Just remember that a maintenance week isn't a "indulge in everything you ever wanted" week.

Thursday:
B - oatmeal, flaxseed, banana, walnuts, skim milk
L - spaghetti w/sauce, veggies, chicken
S - atkins bar, m&m's
D - middle eastern chicken, salad w/lf dressing, israeli couscous, piece of toast w/butter
E - wog this AM (3:30::1:30 run::walk)

I'd like to join in

Wednesday
B- 1 cup oatmeal, 2 splendas and a splash of original almond milk, 2 morning star sausage links
S- 1 golden delicious apple
L- salad (butter lettuce, cherry tomatoes, banana peppers, chick peas and low fat Vidalia onion dressing), light and fit yogurt
D- 1 cup brown rice, kale and cannelini beans, 1 boca burger patty
E- 30 day shred level 1

Thursday
B- smoothie (mixed berries, banana, 1/2 cup almond milk, 1/2 serving of organic vanilla yogurt)
L- small portion brown rice, kale and canellini beans, golden delicious apple
S- grapes
D- salad (lettuce, tomatoes, salad topper, chik'n patty, French dressing
S- orange
E- 3 miles on treadmill in AM

I got super stressed out and stopped posting, though I was still on track.

Plan for today:
B - Greek yogurt w/ blueberries, pineapple, and a little whole grain cereal.
S - Apple w/ cheese
L - Chicken tortilla soup (Skinless chicken thigh meat, carrots, celery, zucchini, bell pepper, a little wild rice, canned tomatoes, a small amount of corn, broth with a lot of chili powder and garlic, with 2 tbsp shredded RF cheddar, 2 tbsp sour cream, and a baked corn tortilla shell on top).
S - More greek yogurt w/ blueberries
S - Protein shake
D - Tostadas - grassfed ground beef from farmer's market, refried beans, lettuce, olives, sour cream, and salsa on baked corn tortillas
S - NSA Ice Cream

E - 75 min treadmill inclines, 45 min prenatal yoga (I NEED to make this fit in today. I am carrying all my tension in my body), 3 mile dog walk.

Hi Unstoppable, nice to see you on board.

Thursday

B - 2 scrambled eggs, sliced grape tomatoes, salsa

L - salad with red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, shredded carrots, grape tomatoes, red cabbage, leftover steak, low fat ceasar, crispy onions

S - apple

S - I went downstairs to get a cup of coffee (I have one every day with a splash of half/half which I never bother to log because it's what, 40 calories?) The sweet barista knows I really like tall non fat lattes, so he made me one for a price of a coffee. A latte is 90 calories, so I guess I had better log that!

D - hamburger patty, steamed green beans

Good to see you, Unstoppable!

I know it's February really.

Thursday

And the scales edged downward just a little.

0615 Fruit tea to wake up with. Multi-vitamin. Anti-histamine. Joint mumbo jumbo pill. Ibuprophen.

0630 B - 3 tbsp muesli, tbsp summer fruits, tbsp low fat cottage cheese, tsp wheatgerm, skimmed milk. Coffee w full fat milk.

1020 S - apple, hard-boiled egg.

1300 L - tin of mackerel, 3 oatcakes, salad (cucumber, sugar snap peas, carrot).

1615 S - Apple, 4 walnuts. And a few prawns. Pot of rooibosch tea.

1900 T - salmon en papillotte (baked in a paper parcel) with ginger, lemongrass, carrot and celery, small new potato, cabbage. Very yummy.

E - 2 x 25 mins brisk walk; abs & yoga.

See you tomorrow.

Feb 2
B - Squash soup - 6 pts, Greek yogurt - 5 pts = 11 pts
S - Chai tea latte (tall) @ SB - 5 pts
L - Ham & bean soup - 10 pts, Girl scout cookies - ??? pts = 10+ pts
S - more Girl scout cookies
D - Baked fish, buttered noodles, peas, Clementine = 10 pts
E - 20 min run/walk this morning (run 60 sec/walk 90 sec 8 times)

So OP save the GS cookies.

Glad you've joined us, Unstoppable!

I'm going to try a maintenance week as I've kind of been doing that the last 2 days, lol. If it doesn't work for me, I won't do it again. Terms of my maintenance week will include continued daily weighing & calorie counting (I may drop this in the future if I stay in control of my maintenance week, but not yet - I don't trust myself yet), staying between 1800-2000 cals, trying to make those cals healthy and not all junk, and exercise as normal.

Friday
B - coffee w 1 T h&h, 1 c skim milk, banana eggs (1 sm banana, 2 eggs, cinnamon)
L - 1/2 Flatout wrap w lean ham/turkey, 1 slice cheese, a boatload of carrots & celery w hm hummus
D - kale, white bean, veggie soup, 1 Dr. Kracker cracker
S - small grapefruit, 2 pc. from Toblerone bar, small glass red wine (drank about 3/4 of this), shake 'n bake chicken drumstick (had to eat this during the play I was in, lol)
E - stairmaster 20 min, elliptical 30 min

Friday

0615 Fruit tea to wake up with. Multi-vitamin. Anti-histamine. Joint mumbo jumbo pill. Ibuprophen.

0630 B - 3 tbsp muesli, tbsp summer fruits, tbsp low fat cottage cheese, tsp wheatgerm, skimmed milk. Coffee w full fat milk.

The day was rather intense, spent with a friend who needed a lot of support. I went to his house with food packed but found myself able only to eat a hard-boiled egg and three oatcakes. Yes, rather intense. Coffee, water, lemon and ginger tea.

1830 T - bolognaise sauce, two oatcakes, salad (cue, carrot, yellow pepper, green beans).

2030 SF hot chocolate.

E - none

See you tomorrow.

I cannot seem to keep my hands out of the candy jar that was placed too close to my desk. Argh!

Friday:
B - oatmeal, flaxseed, apple, walnuts, skim milk
L - soup cookoff at work, had a little bit of all the different soups
S - peanut m&m's
D - leftover chicken/couscous
E - none

Silverbirch,

What are those oatcakes you eat? Are they homemade? If so, can you post the recipe? Thanks.