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Yesterday's menu: 2c coffee w/ 10% cream 1/2 c oatmeal 1 cup frozen fruit mix...peaches melons etc... 6 oz tuna 1 c romaine chopped 1 green onion 2 T light Mayo 1 med ww pita stew beef potatoes carrots onions turnip prolly too much stew but it was good! Water...750 ml? No wine No food after 6 a walk in the am. today... 1/2 c fruit 2 c coffee going out for poached eggs, ww toast and the uphills against the wind both ways walk :lol: Ceara |
Thursday
coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
ww bun with scrambled egg sub., lite cream cheese sm. cup lentil soup veggie-pita salad [a warm pita with salad on top, lots of vegs, feta, and vinaigrette] [at A Greek restaurant] almond cookie 2 1/2 slices pizza [onion and spinach----had this at a little Italian place festooned with those rubber grapes--I love those!] black and white cookie [as big as my face!!!] afew chocolate covered cashews calories: I shudder to imagine.... exercise: none |
Friday
slimfast shake banana 2 viactivs half rye bagel (good size) w/peanut butter ;) 2 carrots 1/2 cup serving Healthy Choice peanut butter cup ice cream ;) (seeing a trend here? Ok so it was a bit more than a 1/2 cup - came to about 150 calories) 3/4 cup Kashi Strawberry Fields (dry) scrambled eggs (2) w/onion bagel and margarine!!!! :devil: Slim a bear pretzel stix 30 minute walk in the chill and the mist that passes for our sunshine these days. |
Friday:
Aerobic exercise: walk 45 mins Flexibility exercise: - Strength training: N/A (3 times a week) Energy work: - Eat only at table when alone:10 Eat only when hungry: 10 80+ ounces of water: 8 No white stuff: 10 Vitamins: 10 Meditate: oops. Journal: oops. Fun: 8 Socialize: 5 Prayer: 7 9 fruits/veggies: 10 Small triumph: Went to a campaign launch and totally avoided the food. Had an impulse toward it, but realized that I didn't even WANT to eat. Thinking I would have eaten other times, without consulting self as to whether I wanted to eat or not. Habit! :rolleyes: |
Saturday so far
cereal (mix of two kinds of kashi and some Cheerios) w/2% milk grilled cheese pear 2 /viactivs 1 svg plus one teaspoon of Healthy Choice pb ic 1/2 svg pretzel stix 1 very small steak sandwich 3 tablespoons rice mix broccoli slaw w/ Gr dressing apple slimfast meal bar 1 cremesaver Can you tell I was mealmaking for two totlets and a restricted menu guy? I picked and chose between. Don't normally make the rice mix but it did taste good for a change. |
Ok, I give....
I joined a weekend journal challenge so at least I can be honest Breakfast: 1 boca burger: 2pts 2 homemade wheat bread: 2pts 4pts Lunch: 2 wheat bread :1 1 slice swiss cheese: 1 (?) 1 tofu/burger ( made at the restaraunt) 2 pt for Russian dressing 1 Sauerkraut is 00000000 points 5pts 9pts AND TADA !! I poured ketchup all over the potato chips ... I dislike ketchup so I didn't want the chips after that! and I give myself 2 pts for lots of walking today....even talked DH out of using the pharmacy drive thru ( can you imagine! I told him that was for mothers w/ sick children or for sick people ...) |
Breakfast:
1 boca burger: 2pts 2 homemade wheat bread: 2pts 4pts Lunch: 2 wheat bread :1 1 slice swiss cheese: 1 (?) 1 tofu/burger ( made at the restaraunt) 2 pt for Russian dressing 1 Sauerkraut is 00000000 points 5pts 9pts supper romaine lettuce salad w/ cherry tomatoes, peppers, garlic, 1 tsp feta cheese Wishbone no fat Red Wine Vinegar Dresssing ( I call it 2 pts but I think that's too much) 1.5 cup of WW pasta 4 pts 1/2 cup peas 1 pt 1/2 cup cottage cheese 1.5 Tomato sauce 00000000 Tvp 1/4 cup .5 7pts 18 1 cup no fat sf yogurt 2 1/2 cup rasberries 1/2 cup blackberries 1 3pts 21 Think I'll do the yorgurt one more time...... or maybe not..... |
Yo!
Well, I had hard drive and/or server problems and couldn't get on here yesterday and as a result fell off the EFL wagon and went hog wild and I couldn't even tell you what I ate. Will post my weigh-in (probably will be up) and start journaling and posting menus again tomorrow!!! Exercise Friday was 110 minutes (10 recument bike, 10 :tread: 60 weights w/trainer and a 30-minute walk in evening). Today was a wimpy 10 minutes of yoga in a deserted newsroom between interviews ... I won't make my 400 minutes of exercise, but it's close.
I know we're not really replying to each other on this thread but feel I should contribute since my journaling went away for awhile, so forgive me! Everyone's doing great and posting away. Kaylets, it'll be great to have thee journaling with us at least on the weekends (though seeing thee here every day would be best for us IMO) ... :roflmao: at pouring ketchup on the chips!!! Arabella: Huzzah on the campaign lunch and also the good handling of flexpoints!!! :cp: Anagram: Mixing the kashi w/Cheerios sounds delicious! I need to try that! Oh dear, though, do they have pb cup Healthy Choice? I'm dead! Going to have to find that and bring some home for my EFL free day ... which is going to be Sunday even if I have been off the wagon. Eydie, thank heavens someone else doesn't know how many calories they had recently ... I feel better! Ceara: Congratulations on thy really great day Friday (or Thursday, anyway it was the stew day) ... do you have a recipe for the stew? That sounds so good ... :wave: :queen: s, I'm really going to get going on posting daily to this thread. The combination not only of journaling but reporting in to a group on my menus has obviously helped me a lot ... the evidence being that when I couldn't get on, I just mentally went away and started the recreational eating and the stuffing down of my emotions with too much unhealthy food again. It only took a few hours before I lost the feeling of being connected with this journaling group and started wandering alone in the food universe. Hopefully we'll be able to keep this thread going ... and hopefully anyone who feels it's getting too long will just jump in and start a new one and hopefully we'll even get more :queen: s (or neighbors) in here. IN FUTURE, I PLEDGE TO RETURN TO JUST JOURNALING AND WILL NOT PONTIFICATE AND RAMBLE ON MUCH! Later ... Sis boom bah! :cheer: |
Yes, Empress, they really do and it is sinfully delicious at 120 calories a half cup serving. I always seem to need the additional teaspoon from the carton after I've filled my dish - that always seems so extra tasty.
Find it hard to get in that flavor sometimes, in fact I got last one this time. It was on sale though ($3.99) and pretty picked over. Has really helped my pb craving. And has more calcium than the pb eggs. |
Well, Anagramatic, I'm on my official BFL free day (ok, the last two days have been pretty dang free, but this is the official one), and I'm going after that ice cream.
Lost half a pound towards my Easter goal and reported it on the Easter challenge. I'm going to keep that thread on the front page this week and hope that all who posted a goal will report in as it's our last week!!! Huzzah! I'm going to eat a healthy breakfast and go for that ice cream!!!! Will report my menu tonight!!! Back on track! Yowza! |
Sunday
1 whole wheat bread - 1 1/2 cup no fat sf yogurt -1 2 brunch.... 3oz tofu burger 2 tofu burger mix .5 saurkraut, mustard, 0000000 1 whole wheat bread 1 3.5 5.5 guess that explains why I'm out of sorts and dragging....much less guess what just showed up!! guess this month I will have the breakouts, bloating AND the flow....wonder what tomorrow's wi will look like?? ah well, at least I know its on schedule! |
Sunday
cereal w2% milk lowfat yogurt (cappucino) Slimfast Shake (cappucino delite) (guess today's trend) red beets about two tbsps rice mixture from yesterday 2 viactivs steak strips, rice, stir fried veggies There will be either pbcup ic or a slim a bear yet, I'm sure. At least that's the plan. Exercise - up and down a zillion steps - nothing formal NSV - sent home the remaining brownies that girls and I baked last night to celebrate anniversary - only one crumb passed my lips and that was instinct only. Good luck on the pb Healthy Choice, Empress. |
Yo! I'll try to type this although Old Dog keeps dropping her giant doggie biscuit at my feet!
Anagramatic, I couldn't find the pb cup HC. Will try again before my next free day! Kaylets, hope your WI goes well but know you won't obsess over water weight!!! :nono: Ok, I'm serious about this official free day and not doing a calorie count but here's the damage so far: Myoplex Lite bar & EAS cc shake Little Caesar's pepperoni pizza square Krispy Kreme maple iced donut KFC original boneless chicken breast, biscuit, butter spray, coleslaw, mashed potatoes and gravy (only ate a few bites of coleslaw, potatoes, gravy and about half the chicken ... really wasn't very good, why would I eat this stuff?) Three EAS cc shakes All-fruit smoothie (frozen berries, cold water) More cold water ... NSV, I really hate all this junky food I had today! Hooray~! Exercise, one hour walk, a.m. bought three Wai Lana yoga tapes and new yoga mat and did about 10 minutes of one tape ... I like the tapes |
Hokay - Monday
Oatmeal w/2% milk Broccoli slaw w/lite dressing and 1 oz cheddar Half English muffin w/ abt half tspn apricot jam 2 viactivs orange chicken breast (half) faux french fries (potato strips tossed w/lite salad dressing and baked in oven green beans canned peaches slim a bear Will probably yet have a serving of pretzel stix - I also had a half serving last night which I forgot to add to yesterday's menu. |
Weekedn was a complete disaster, but back this Monday and better than ever:
tofu scrable for breakfast with tahini toast lunch of cous cous and half a swiss creese sandwich with loads o veggies coffee |
I haven't forsaken you, Gracious Queens! I'll be back tonight with my regular report. The last 3 days have been weird...or maybe it's just me!
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I feel like I've done OK today eating-wise.
Breakfast: cubed, fried potatoes topped with s. cream, cheese, scallions and tomatoes, washed down with one of those super-thick, all juice/puree bottled drinks. Num. Lunch: avocado, tomato, cucumber, sprouts sandwich "with everything" on dark rye. Not great, both meals fatty, carb-y and probably high-cal, but simple, wholesome food and I'm flyin' high on my veggie servings. AND, I didn't get chips with the sandwich. AND, I'm doing great water-wise. I feel good about it. Arabella, can I puh-LEEZE have your consent to shamelessly plagiarize your "wellness checklist" and even use it on this thread? Please? It's so bloody good... |
April 5--Monday
coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
2 small ww tortillas w/ egg sub., lite cheese, salsa, veg. 'sausage' brown rice and veg. chili w/ lite sour cream and cheddar corn muffin apple**oatmeal cookie ww pita w/ sauce, spinach, onions, peppers, rice mozzarella lowfat ice cream sandwich {Healthy Choice caramel one--really good!} Calories: 1740 water: 6 glasses vitamins: no---gotta make it a habit Exercise: 4 miles treadmill [one hour] Cerise, Good to see you here. Keep posting! :D And thanks for your kind words--hey don't be surprised if you hear from me, okay? ;) |
Yo!!! Echoing the thanks to Cerise!!! Your menu looks delicious and healthy. I envy you your vege intake and thou inspireth me to do better!!!!
Eydie, thou be not weird, I'm sure of it!!! :wave: Here's my Monday report: Myoplex Lite Bar 190 EAS van CC shake 100 Med apple, sliced 90 EAS van CC shake 100 *Sandwich: *Whole wheat Eng muff 130 *Butter spray for day 10 *Cheese-chive Eggbeaters (microwaved, placed in muff) 45 Myoplex Lite Bar 190 EAS van CC shake 100 Grilled salmon w/dill 120 1/6 large yam w/butter spray 65 Myoplex Lite Bar 190 EAS van CC shake 100 Whole wheat roll w/butter spray 130 EAS van CC shake 100 All-fruit smoothie (1 c mxd berries, water, blended) 90 Total 1750 Exercise: Gym ... 40 min weights, 5 :tread: May do some more of the Wai Lana yoga tonight ... dunno! Thinking about it! :s: |
Last night's food report:
Snack after work: large bowl of air-popped corn sprinkled with soy sauce Dinner: white rice with sauteed spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, scallions (sauteed in peanut oil) Dessert: 1 cup serving of mint choc. ice cream (full fat. Ulp) Today's breakfast: plain toasted bagel, one cream cheese packet, orange, apple. Exercise: none yet, meeting with a trainer tonight to get a weight training prog. going!! Vitamins: one multi, one C, 1/3 daily intake of calcium/magnesium/zinc. |
Tuesday
mixed cereal w/2% milk - 2 a.m. 2 halves of English muffin w/ pb 2 Viactivs one slice toasted rye w/cottage cheese and a smidge of jam on top apple carrot slim a bear pretzel stix (too many - abt a serving and a half) small steak sandwich 1 1/2 svg wax beans applesauce TWO small servings sponge cake - together they made one real serving but it was the fact that I had the second... however then I did not feel the need of an additional pretzel or thirty - still way high on carbs today One 15 minute walk |
Lookin' good, Cerise and Anagramatic!!! :cheer:
I'm doing exercise report now: 50 min walk/run outside and TO DO TONIGHT: 20 min Wai Lana yoga tape. Too busy to go to gym!!! Baking apricot-curry chicken for lunch w/brown rice and broc on side!!! Sis boom ... etc.! :s: |
Ok, I had a choice about an hour ago when starting to climb walls from stress: Go out for candy or stick with BFL but add extra calories to try to beat the craving! Happily, I chose the latter and find that my reduction of sugar and balanced eating (more or less) has paid off and an apple and TWO carb control shakes satisfied me. Calories high but I don't care. Posting the daily damage early. If I get anymore cravings, I'll try the apple and shake thing again. Still need to do the yoga but am determined as I find Wai Lana tapes so peaceful, not to mention my body needs the yoga!!!
Myoplex Lite Bar 190 EAS van CC shake 100 2 Myoplex Lite bars 380 EAS van CC shake 100 2 svgs apricot-curry chicken 200 Brown rice w/apricots 250 Broc w/lf cheese sauce 50 Toasted whole wheat Eng muffin w/butter spray 130 EAS van CC shake 100 2 toasted whole wheat Eng muffins w/butter spray 260 EAS van CC shake 100 Apple 90 2 EAS van CC shakes 200 Total 2150 |
Wise choices, In Control Empress. My own calories/carbs were higher yesterday as well. Sort of planned out and ergo not a total loss of control. I hope.
Starting out w/slimfast today. And planning to up my water consumption. I've had enough fluid w/tea and Tab but seem to be retaining more that way. So that's today's goal. More H 2 O. |
Well, Anagramatic, I did succumb to the pb cup :devil: today (only two!), but like thou, I'm not totally out of control!!! I'm doing more water also as I need to work a meeting tonight and need to be clear headed!!!!
Reporting exercise early and will post menu later or tomorrow. Did 10 :tread: plus 35 min. weights (light total body) at gym and 30 min. yoga at home ... (LOVE these tapes and ordered more!). :cheers: |
Slimfast shake
2 viactivs orange cottage cheese (a bit more than a half cup serving) skintchy piece of sponge cake applesauce a whopper and a half (pickle, lettuce, onion) slim a bear popcorn - small serving Fruit Loops 35 minute walk in the park . |
Tuesday
Coffee w/ ff 12/ and 1/2
2 cups grapefruit juice crustless brocolli quiche 1/2 c, ww couscous w/ vegs. apple 2 small ww tortillas w/ humuus, ff feta, vegs. 1 cup tomato soup snax: 1 cup hot chocolate 3 raspberry tarts**3 choc. kisses**1/2 brownie [at reception] exercise: 40 min. bellydance 55 min. cardio/ sculpt video 25 min. dumbells |
Wednesday
coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
crustless brocolli quiche Go-Lean bar 2 bran bread w/ lite cream cheese, peanut butter, lettuce, carrots apple banana ww bun and Boca burger w/ ketchup, mustard, lettuce 6 chocolate covered strawberries exercise: 25 min. 'abs' video 3 miles treadmill |
Well, a funny thing happened re posting my menu, I cleared out the spreadsheet I use to log and report my menus and forgot to post yesterday's food ... I'm not archiving the menus at the moment. Anyway, I did have the two pb cups but everything else was on track for BFL and there were two vege servings and two fruit ... still need more but that was good (for me). I had a crabcake (lowfat) and bought more Myoplex Lite bars because I realized the pb cups happened because I didn't have any of the bars ... these bars are a good quality product but they do have fructose in them, which I'd rather not eat, but apparently it's those or pb cups and bars fit BFL, so ...
Calories were 1580, exercise reported above. I'll post today's menu as usual!!! Gotta work!!! Eydie and Anagramatic: You're lookin' good there!!!! :cheer: |
Me again, sorry, overposting ... I just posted this on the BFL thread:
"Guys, due to technical difficulties (e.g, an uncontrollable lust for dulce de leche), I'm having yet another off program day and am going to try to do well tomorrow and Saturday, but am really cancelling my official EFL start day until Sunday. I do my weight management in three-week "initiatives" and am starting a new one on Easter." I'll share with thou :queen: s that the dulce de leche came about after I had a mini argument with a woman in Walmart. She called me "dear" ... ugh! Anyone in that situation would obviously have done exactly as I did ... go on a dulce de leche binge. I'm keeping track of calories and will post my report tonight. It won't be pretty 'cause I'm NOT done eating! |
And "honey" would have been even worse. Ugh!! I've sort of blown it a bit today too. Details to follow.
Oatmeal w/2% milk Lofat yogurt BOWL of cauliflower, broccoli, carrots Whole wheat toast w/ very little apricot preserve Slimabear Walnuts (more than I should have) Dinner will be ham and salad. Then there will be more, probably. I know the walnuts are good for one in moderation but I'm pretty sure I exceeded moderation. Will not be beating me up though because they're such an occasional item in my diet and it wasn't like I ate the whole bag or anything (1# bags - too much for even me). May abate my pb cravings for a while. No real exercise other than walking in grocery store where I stalwartly resisted buying delicious muffins when I entered that dangerous area to pick up two donuts for dh. sob. |
This is a repost because of course I messed something up.
And "honey" would have been worse. Ugh!! A dulce la leche moment to be sure. I've done some off plan eating too. Details to follow. oatmeal w/2 % milk 2 viactivs lofat yogurt BOWL of cauliflower, broccoli, carrots whole wheat toast (1) w/very little apricot preserve pb cup ice cream WALNUTS (while I know they're good for one in moderation, I think I exceeded moderation but will not be beating me up because it wasn't all that many and I so seldom do add them to my diet - may even abate my pb craving) ham and broccoli slaw w/only a little lite dressing Sliver of carrot cake Passed up some delicious looking muffings today while in grocery store picking out donuts and a carrot cake for dh. Store was my only exercise today. sob |
Anagram, I can't find that freakin' pb cup lite ice cream anywhere!!!! It would have saved me today, even though it's not BFL!
I'm still going to post the damage tonight! It's really, really high but I feel great about my choice to have the extra today (lots of extra)!!!! :coffee: |
I don't see that flavor very often either. When I do, I grab it unless I've just finished off a carton. It saves me often.
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Thursday
coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
crustless brocolli quiche [low-fat too!] 1 slice bran bread, toasted 1/2 c. ww couscous w/ corn and peppers--1/4 c. low-fat cheddar 1/2 c. black-eyed peas w/ tomatoes, onion, jalepenos 4 chocolate covered strawberries baked potato wedges stir-fried asparagus steamed carrots lo-fat ice cream sandwich snax: apple-carrot-celery juice [1o oz.] coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2****chocolate-almond biscotti 1/2 pc. homemade spinach-onion pizza Calories: 1610 fiber: 31 grams fat: 33 grams water: 7 cups exercise: 55 min. cardio/sculpt video 30 min. Pilates This was a great food day for me--I'm very satisfied; that was a ton of food!!! :D |
This is just a partial list as I stopped logging about 6 p.m.
Myoplex Lite bar 190 EAS van CC shake 100 Toasted whole wheat Eng muffin w/butter spray 140 EAS van CC shake 100 1/2 apple 45 1/2 lf cheese stick 40 Toasted whole wheat Eng muffin w/butter spray 130 EAS van CC shake 100 Myoplex Lite bar 190 4 mini dulce de leche filled donuts 400 Dulce de leche milk 360 Grilled salmon w/dill 120 Broc w/lf cheese sauce, corn 120 EAS van CC shake 100 EAS van CC shake 100 Myoplex Lite bar 190 And MUCH more ... Calories? Your guess is as good as mine. What's really funny about this day is that I was only really satisfied with the salmon meal and I am still craving the salmon, so if I'd had a double portion of that, the whole bad eating evening wouldn't have happened. I just watched PBS' Frontline "Diet Wars" that Suzanne mentions in the announcements and it was really a good outline of how our society has come to this place regarding weight-related disease ... and it seemed to reach the same conclusion I have about the best way to eat and how important it is to get and keep the weight off. So I'm going to just keep on doing it, regardless of the slipups! Avanti, guys! |
Ceara emerges from the fog....(see details on Bunny Trail). :coffee: She has no clue about what she has eaten in the past week. Certainly no time to cruise kitchen for nibblies or sweeties. Too stressed. Also only walked for 2 days sometime before last Friday. I think. Tongue constantly feels coated...either I am sick, or the water change here is affecting me. There is an open cantaloupe in the fridge...which was breakfast yesterday, tuna stuffed pita w/ lite Hellmann's, onion and romaine for lunch, and a potluck for dinner...a modified Seder meal at the church...where I was quite circumspect I believe...no sweets, jellos or pastas...just meat and salad. Oh and multitudinous :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: in there somewhere. I must be sick!!!! Or just not hungry!!! I'm sick!!!!! I'm never NOT hungry....although this lack of desire is kinda nice. Am off now to investigate that cantaloupe for brekkie now.... Ta-Rah....fogs and mists are lifting! And many posts to read I see! Ceara |
Friday
Oatmeal w2% milk 2 viactivs sweet potato broccoli slaw w/lite greek dressing 1 oz or so sharp cheddar smoothie (passionate peach) 2 eggs scrambled w/margarine (dh cooked and he doesn't get modern things like sprays) 2 slices whole wheat toast w/apricot preserves teeny piece of carrot cake I'll probably have something else later in the 150 calorie range. am considering a raspberry hot chocolate drink that DDIL gave me for Christmas. Have only had one so far. Can't have her thinking I don't like it.No exercise again. No wonder I'm not losing. |
I think I was in that fog with thee, Ceara, but now we're both back!!!!! :)
Anagramatic, you are a jewel and YOU KNOW WHY!!! I just pmd thee again!!! Reporting exercise: 15 min jog outdoors at gym, 60 min weights with trainer. Will be back with menu report tonight or tomorrow! Yowza! |
Ceara, you've had a FANTASTIC loss this week ... just responded to you on bunny thread!!!
Super congratulations!!! :cheer: |
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