Thursday, so far:
b-granola bar at the swim meet
s-oatmeal, small o.j.
l-vegie rice bowl, glass of skim milk
s-pre-measured bag of snack mix (dried cranberries, raspberries, blueberries, almonds and walnuts) 2 low-fat wheat thin crackers
s2-blueberries

This will probably be the last time I'm on-line consistently until after my in-laws visit (they leave on Monday).

Thursday so far:
Exercise: 5K run in the most perfect temperature this morning, posterior chain weights and kettle bells, 1 hr treadmill walk with a client. (I'm hoping for a bit more kettlebell work this afternoon but it will depend on how busy the gym is after my client session).
B: ww english muffin with cream cheese
L: ww tortilla 1 T of pb, 1 T of jelly; 2 plum tomatoes; 1 oz of ww pretzels, 1 cup of mixed fruit - berries and pineapple

Plan for the rest of the day is the same as posted:
S: hummus with crackers and 1 chip with salsa (we are trying out a new brand of tortilla chips and I want to try one).
D: salmon, wild rice, asparagus, 1 glass of wine, skinny cow.

Plan for the rest of the weekend:
Friday:
Exercise: My achilles tendons are starting to bothering me so I'm taking an off day from cardio (or I'll just ride the bike), upper body weights
B: pbj on ww at the gym (I have a 7 am client appt so I won't be able to eat before I go).
L: ww tortilla with turkey, hummus and spinach, ww pretzels, 1 cup of fruit or a peach
S: 1 oz of goat cheese and 5 crackers
D: cornish game hen, roasted potatoes, zucchini, 1 glass of wine, ff apple cake

Saturday:

Exercise: run, lower body weights
B: ww crumpets with jam
L: ww tortilla with nf roast beef, spinach, tomatoes, hummus; 1 oz of ww pretzels, fruit
S: hummus and carrots; fruit
D: out at a restaurant - I'm planning on doing a salad to start and ahi tuna for the main dish. I will have dessert though, 1 glass of wine.

Sunday will be more up in the air as we'll be at my parents' house and I don't know what they will be serving but only 1 alcholic drink and heavy on the veggies and fruits.

I'm continuing to be insanely busy at work and have been falling back on posting in here.

Wednesday's actuals:

B: Kashi Heart 2 Heart w/skim milk, almonds and raisins
S: Peach
L: Going away lunch for a coworker at Ramparts.
Boneless/skinless grilled chicken breast on a pita with tomato and lettuce. Got tarragon mayo on the side but didn't use it.
Fruit salad as my side dish.
Iced tea w/Equal.
1 Dove Promise
S: Cantaloupe
D: No power upon arriving home (severe storms here last night) so, while I have a gas stove/oven and could have gone ahead with my plan of ww pizza, I didn't want to heat up an already hot apartment so I had:
1 serving of baked chips
A bowl of Cheerios with 1% milk & strawberries
A serving of Haagen Daz Peach Sorbet


Thursday's plan:

B: Grape Nuts w/skim milk, almonds & raisins
S: May not have one due to b'fast being late
L: Homemade taco salad w/ spring greens, taco beef, kidney beans, chopped tomatoes and salsa
Cuke/tomato/red onion in balsamic vinaigrette
1 Dove Promise
S: Apple or orange
D: 2 sl ww pizza w/1-2 sl lower fat bacon and sliced tomatoes and peppers w/herbs.
S: Possibly popcorn

Wednesday actuals:
B: breakfast taco, decaf coffee
L: thai shrimp, steamed bok choy, decaf coffee
S: grapes and strawberries, 2T sunflower seeds
D: Spinach salad with a little chicken (we split 1/2 large breast between 4 of us)
S: Fruit and cottage cheese

I went to my Bible talk group last night where I expected a dessert to be served and was pleasantly surprised by a fruit plate!

Thursday plan:
B: breakfast taco, decaf coffee
S: Strawberries and grapes
L: Leftover burrito filling (KD's), 2 corn tortillas, tomato and onion salad, decaf coffee
S: strawberries and cottage cheese (1/2 cup)
D: Chix and barley soup, fruit salad

Wednesday actuals:
B: Bagel bar w/almond butter, milk, cranraspberry juice
S: Chai
L: WW entree w/salad, nectarine
S: Flatbread w/hummus
D: Pasta pesto primavera sort of thing. Corkscrew pasta w/sauteed red onion, zucchini and yellow peppers w/walnut basil pasta
S: Found a remaining bag of dark chocolate m&m's at the store tonight so I grabbed them. I just measured out a 1/2 serving of them and I'm sucking on the last one. mmmmmmm
Exercise: 45 min walk this morning w/3 intervals of faster walking

Thursday plan:
B: WW English muffin w/almond butter, milk, cranraspberry juice
S: Nectarine
L: Leftover pasta pesto primavera
S: Made some of KD's Tahini Cabbage Slaw so I'll take a bowl of that.
D: Out with my friend for her birthday
Exercise: 45 min walk in the morning

Peg

quote:

Originally posted by GoingSkiing:
PS I do have to be VERY mindful not to pick at his dinner or I'll end up eating two dinners...

I can see that being a challenge for me too. I'll have to see how it goes!

Wednesday's actuals:
b-blueberry muffin, oatmeal
s-none
l-leftover chicken stir fry
s-granola bar
d-out to buffet place. Salmon (very good, but I had way too big of a piece), carrots and a cup of chicken noodle soup. Cantaloupe, small dish of ff frozen yogurt and a tiny slice of chocolate cake.

exercise: walked 2 laps around the park.

PS I do have to be VERY mindful not to pick at his dinner or I'll end up eating two dinners...

dh eats slower than anyone I've ever met. And for years I wolfed my food down...

So it doesn't seem to be that odd to me, to be at the table watching him eat. I've been doing it for years now.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by GoingSkiing:
If I had to wait until 7-8 to eat dinner... he'd come home to a cranky, witch... so no real benefit to waiting.

QUOTE]

That is often the case with me unless I've eaten a second snack which of course gets me into calorie trouble some times.

At very best, dh is home at 7 pm for dinner but many nights it is even later. It just seems to be getting harder and harder for me to wait that long.

Part of the dilemma is that we usually only eat together twice/week at best because of his travel schedule and band rehearsals/concerts so I feel more of a sense of obligation to wait for him the nights we are actually home together. This week was worse because he was actual in town ; )

quote:

Originally posted by Bee:
I do soooo much better when I can eat dinner early. I need to think long and hard as to just permanently changing my dinner time and just sitting with dh when he comes home later.

I do that a lot of times. I call at 5:30 and if dh isn't going to be home until 7:00 or later... I go ahead and eat and then just sit and have water or tea with him while he eats.

I usually give Jamie a choice... sometimes he eats early and sometimes he waits.

If I had to wait until 7-8 to eat dinner... he'd come home to a cranky, witch... so no real benefit to waiting.

PS we always eat several meals together as a family on the weekends. Or like last night... dinner was seviche and a papaya salad. I ate the Seviche at 6pm and had the fruit with dh and ds at 7:15.

Wednesday actuals:
Exercise: 30 minutes on the interval course on the stair master at the highest level. Upper body strength workout, core work, kettle bell stuff.
B: whole wheat english muffin with cream cheese
L: large salad with loads of veggies (broccoli, carrots, bell peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes), 1 T of sunflower seeds, 1/4 of an hard boiled egg w/beet dressing (on the side), 1/2 cup of strawberries and pineapple
S: cereal bar, 1 c of berries
D: sushi, 1 skinny cow

I may still have the glass of wine after rehearsal later if my dh opens some up with his dinner. If not, I will skip the wine.

I do soooo much better when I can eat dinner early. I need to think long and hard as to just permanently changing my dinner time and just sitting with dh when he comes home later.

Plan for Thursday:
Exercise: Run first thing in the am, lower body weights and kettle bells
B: ww english muffin with cream cheese
L: ww tortilla with hummus, lettuce, tomato, onion; 1 oz of ww pretzels, a peach
S: hummus with crackers and 1 chip with salsa (we are trying out a new brand of tortilla chips and I want to try one).
D: salmon, wild rice, asparagus, 1 glass of wine, skinny cow.

We have family in town starting tomorrow so it will be more work to stay on plan.

I've never posted a plan before, but I think that it is time:
B: egg, white, 2 corn tortillas, salsa, coffee
L: leftover thai shrimp, steamed bok choy
S: 1/2 cup cottage cheese and 1 cup strawberries
D: Spinach salad with chicken and homemade dressing

Tonight we have our bible talk meeting, and the woman who is hosting always serves dessert and I usually indulge. But I find that it is store-bought, and not usually that good. I don't really enjoy the actual eating of it because I am looking after my kids. So I am going to pass tonight.

Kathy

Tuesday actuals:
B: WW english muffin with a little butter, almond butter, banana berry smoothie
S: Chai
L: Out again...had pepper chicken at the Thai place w/rice, chicken rice soup and tea. At least I skipped the curry.
S: Nothing (actually stopped at the C store on the way out of town and tried to find something but nothing was 'worth the calories'. Good for me!
D: Chicken subway sandwiches, chips, water
S: Skinny Cow sandwich (now I know why you eat them Bee!)
Exercise: 35 min walk this morning

Wednesday plan:
B: Bagel bar w/almond butter, milk, cranraspberry juice
S: Chai
L: WW entree w/salad, nectarine
S: Flatbread w/hummus
D: Something to use up a bunch of veggies in my fridge...at least the temps finally dropped to the point I'm willing to turn the stove on again
Exercise: 45 min walk this morning w/3 intervals of faster walking

Peg

I never posted the plan for Wednesday!
Exercise: I had wanted to go for a run this morning now that the weather has cooled off but dh had to leave super early to go visit a customer and it was still raining : ( We'll be heading to the gym soon where I'll get in my cardio there - probably on the stair master as I haven't done that in a long time plus an upper body strength workout, core work, kettle bell stuff.
B: whole wheat english muffin with cream cheese
L: large salad with loads of veggies w/beet dressing (on the side), fruit
S: fruit and 1 cup of kashi
D: sushi, 1 skinny cow, 1 glass of wine after band rehearsal

...the rest of Tuesday:
s-yogurt w/raspberries, blueberries and go-lean crunch
d-Trader Joe's chicken stir fry w/rice w/extra green beans from farmers market, blueberries
s-skinny cow

exercise: bike dd to swim practice and then a lap around the park and back home again. Bike ds to swim lesson and then back home. Bike dd to friends house etc... (When I walk at the park I barely notice the slight inclines, but on my bike I feel like such a wimp. I was really struggling - later I realized that my tires were low so that was part of it.)

Good for you, Bee, for making such a healthy choice for a snack. After a workout like that you definitely need to have something.
I think that I caught your salt craving you had a few days back. I can't seem to get enough of those pretzels. (Actually I've had more than enough!!)

quote:

Originally posted by Bee:
I will not snack, I will not snack, I will not snack.

I snacked. I had a pretty intense workout this afternoon plus I spent an hour on the field which was like a sauna today. I really, truly, needed to eat as I started feeling light headed.

My choice: 1 roma tomato, 6 baby carrots, 1/2 c of raw broccoli and 1 T of hummus.

I was pleased that I made a healthy choice instead of reaching for the pretzels or chocolate covered cookies that have been calling me : )

I'm feeling substantially full enough that I will make it to dinner at 7 pm.

Yikes, the rest of yesterday was terrible. Dh was gone and the kids went to a friends house for dinner. Instead of fixing myself something healthy I ate junk. Way too many pretzels, ff carmel corn, the rest of the blueberry pancakes. Last night when the power went out the neighbors gathered out on a driveway and had drinks. So I had a bottle of some kind of cooler. Exercise: None

Today so far:
b-oatmeal, blueberries
s-multi grain pretzel nuggets
l-out. BLT club, a couple spoonfuls of dd's chili and 2 or 3 fries. I can't believe I ate the entire club and I could have kept going!