Thougth I would start the one week challange thread. Here we can post our menu's. And even something that we want to stay away from for the week. An example cake, potatoe chips, ice cream ect..... Good Luck everyone.

For Sun 6/8
Breakfast Wheat bagel with swiss cheese and coffee with fat free swiss chocolate.

Lunch 2 small pork chops and stuffing

Supper 2 thin slices of canadian bacon

Then I had 6 snack well chocolate peanut butter cookies
And also a little debbie brownie.

MY CHALLENGE THIS WEEK IS TO DRINK AT LEAST 64oz OF WATER A DAY.

Thanks for getting this started, Coco
One of the things that I want to work on is controling my snacking and nibbling. My neighbor likes to bake and brings us cakes that she bakes and I want to take a small slice of it everytime I pass by. I need to learn to control that.

My Sunday's Menu
Breakfast:
Special K cereal bar (early morning) 90 Cals.
1 egg omelet
1 sl. reduced calorie bread/ 1/2 TBS spreadable fruit
1/2 Banana .. total of 299 calories

Lunch:
1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese
1/4 cantaloupe, 6 strawberries, 1 slice fresh pineapple
1 TBS cream cheese for strawberries
4 baby carrots...total lunch calories .. 230

Dinner;
Fish, 1 cod fillet, breaded and baked
1 serving of oven baked french fries
green beans
1 sliver pound cake ...total dinner calories - 559

Snack:
Other half of that banana ... 55 calories
Total calories for the day.....1143
I am allowed 1450 calories per day, but usually eat about 1200.

Monday's Menu
Breakfast:
1 cup berry burst cheerios
1/4 cup fiber one cereal
1/2 cup 2 % milk.
coffee.......total breakfast calories...201

Lunch:
1 cup vegetarian chili
3 crackers
1/2 banana.... Total lunch calories of 288

Dinner;
1/4 cantaloupe
1 Lime-sauced bnl sknl chicken breast
salad/low-fat dressing
1/2 cup rice
green beans
1 crescent roll/ pat whipped butter -- dinner calories 607

snack: 13 cheez-it cracker for 75 calories

total calories for day 1171

Here's my menu for Monday June 9

Breakfast
1/2 cup egg beaters with mushrooms
4 oz canadian bacon
2 slices diet wheat bread
Coffee with fat free swiss chocolate.

SNACK
1 oz cheese
6 Triscuits

LUNCH
Slim fast bar

SUPPER
2 slices diet wheat bread and just a little mayo.
1 slice cheese
2 Veggie burgers
2 cups green beans

Have gotten all my water in.

TUES JUNE 10
This is weigh in day for me. I weigh in in the evening.

BREAKFAST
Slim fast bar
Coffee with fat free swiss chocolate

I am ashamed to even post this. But I guess I need to face the fact that I overate. So here goes.

2 slices pizza
1 cup hamburger helper
1 cup chex mix
2 scoops of chocolate peanut butter ice cream.
and one of those new chocolate chip cookie bars.
and 2 cans diet pop.

Walked 2 miles this morning and yesterday also.

Breakfast:
1-1/4 cups cereal, 1/2 cup 2 % milk, 1/2 banana, coffee
Total breakfast calories......256

Lunch:
Ham sandwich
apple
Total lunch...245 calories

Snack:
4 mini apple cinnamon rice cake spread lightly with cream cheese.
75 Calories

Dinner: I didn't get to make the dinner that I had planned on. DH came home and wanted to go to WalMarts. Then I had told a friend that I would go to a new auto clinic with her and didn't have time so I ate a subway sandwich and I had made a WW Key Lime pie and ate 2 slices of that So my dinner calories was 776.

Total Calories for the day was 1352.....Still under my 1450

Wed Menu
I hope today is better than yesterday. But on weigh in days. I always feel I can eat what ever I want.

BREAKFAST
Coffee with fat free Swiss chocolate
2 slices wheat toast
Swiss cheese.

LUNCH
ATKINS BAR

SNACK
1/2 cup chex mix

SUPPER
1 cup hamburger helper
3 oz canadian bacon
2 oz cheese and 4 triscuits

Walked 2 miles this morning

Breakfast:
1 pkg. instant oatmeal
1/4 cup milk
6 strawberries.......Total breakfast calories....183

Lunch:
1 ham sandwich, (2 sl. ham, 2 sl. diet bread, lite mayo, lettuce and tomato)
1/8 of ww key lime pie
Total calories for lunch.....336

Afternoon Snack:
4 apple cinnamon mini rice cakes spread with 1 TBS cream cheese.
75 calories

Dinner:
1/2 cup blueberries
3 oz steak
1 green pepper
1 onion
about 1 cup mushrooms (Steak and veggies stir fry)
1/2 potato
WW Key Lime pie ...Total Dinner Calories...548

snack: Sweet Freedom Ice cream bar ...90 Calories

Total Calories for the day.....1232

Hey ladies,

I have been joining you this week even though I haven't had a chance to get here. I am proud to say that I have gone since sunday with no junk food. Saturday was the last day I had junk and I am doing great. My scale is down 3 lbs so far this week so I know I am going in the right direction.

Coco,

Thanks for starting this thread you are doing great.

Nita,

You are doing great to. Keep up the great work.

Sherri

Thursday day of eating.

BREAKFAST
Slim fast bar
Coffee with sugar free french vanilla

LUNCH
3 Crispy Strips
Mash potatoes with gravy
1 biscuit
Diet pop

SUPPER
1/2 KFC Twister
2 oz canadian bacon
Diet pop
NEED TO DRINK MY WATER!!

Walked 2 miles

Breakfast:
1 cup berry burst cheerios..110 calories
1/4 cup fiber one ... 30
3/4 cup milk 2 %....92
1/4 cup fresh blueberries....30...Total breakfast calories...253

Lunch:
cottage cheese/fruit...140
1/2 banana 55
1 sheet graham crackers ..70
Total lunch calories.....................265

Dinner:
4 oz. Fresh Salmon, baked or broiled......
summer squash...
salad/ low fat dressing
baby carrots, cooked....
Thin slice of italian bread with butter
Total calories for dinner.....491

I made a delicious dessert with Angel food cake, sugar free jello, raspberries, yogurt and lite cool whip. It was hard to figure the calories, but I think it was about 218.

Total calories for the day.......1227

Today was weigh-in for me. I lost .75 lbs.

Breakfast;
1 Special K cereal bar...90 calories (Didn't eat before weigh-in)

Lunch:
Egg salad sandwich (2 eggs, lite mayo, 2 sl. diet bread).... 302 cal.
Raspberry trifle......218
mini apple cinnamon rice cakes and cream cheese........75
Total so far...685 calories. Got to take control and get back on track. May have to stick to veggies for dinner.

Dinner calories...653
Started with a healthy choice frozen dinner, but added a bite of this and a bite of that until I reached 653 calories.

Total for day so far is...1338...May have popcorn later.

FRIDAYS MENU

BREAKFAST
1/2 cup eggbeaters with mushrooms
3 oz candian bacon
2 slices diet wheat bread
Coffee with fat free swiss chocolate

Was off to a good start. The rest of the day has been the pits though. Have been picking on everything in sight.