Dinner almost ended up being ordered from a local sandwich shop. We did not make a plan for dinner so at 5PM I was trying to think of what was in my kitchen that I could throw together. Well-the take-out menu folder came out. And after looking at it I thought-there HAS to be something I can make here. SO glad I went into the kitchen. Here is what I made:

Cooked a few slices of pancetta, took out of pan, threw in some minced garlic, chopped up roma tomatoes(after they cooked down a bit I added crushed red pepper and mashed them up a little so they were smoother but still a bit chunky), kalamata olives, defrosted frozen shrimp, added the pancetta back in, and then a bit of fresh lemon juice and finished the sauce with fresh basil. Made some pasta(not ww unfortunately but used what I had on hand). The sauce turned out amazing! I also had a bag of Caesar salad mix that I made. Such a better dinner than a cheeseteak and fries!!!!

Jill

Thursday actuals:
B: Almond butter toast, banana, milk, tea
S: None
L: Pasta w/roasted red pepper sauce, tuna and wilted spinach
S: Chai and 2 ginger cookies
D: Leftover flank steak, grilled zucchini
Exercise: 40 min walk

Friday plan:
B: autumn harvest, banana, milk, tea
S: None
L: Either the leftover tuna pasta or leftover brats w/saurkraut
S: Cherries and yogurt
D: Salmon burger, sweet potato fries, veggie serving

Peg

Wednesday actuals:
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, chai
S: None
L: Egg salad w/3 mini ww pitas, lays chips, pepper strips, iced peach white tea
S: Lara bar
D: Leftover flank steak, roasted potatoes, grilled zucchini, couple bites of brownie

Thursday plan:
B: Almond butter toast, banana, milk, tea
S: Yogurt and cherries
L: Tuna salad on greens, crackers, iced tea
S: Popcorn
D: Leftover flank steak, grilled zucchini, couscous, cucumbers and tomatoes

Tuesday actuals:
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, chai
S: None
L: Almond butter and jelly, lays chips, cucumber slices, iced peach white tea
S: yogurt and cherries
D: Leftover turkey burger, baked beans
S: 5 maple pecans

Wednesday plan:
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, chai
S: None
L: Egg salad w/3 mini ww pitas, lays chips, pepper strips, iced peach white tea
S: Yogurt and cherries
D: Leftover flank steak, roasted potatoes, grilled zucchini, spinach salad
Exercise: Walk after dinner

Peg

Monday actuals
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, tea
S: None
L: Something went wrong with lunch plans and never heard from her. I had egg salad and tomato in ww mini pitas (3), a serving of lays potato chips
S: My smallest coffee cup of chai. Felt an eating frenzy coming on but had the chai and started watching a movie and had a little snooze in the middle and then it was time to make dinner. Whew...
D: Grilled london broil, roasted potatoes, grilled zucchini, dinner roll, salad greens w/tomato and cucumber and a glass of wine
Exercise: 45 min walk this morning

Tuesday plan:
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, chai
S: None
L: Almond butter and jelly, lays chips (and going to take the rest of the bag for the community food spot), cucumber slices, iced peach white tea
S: yogurt and cherries
D: Leftover turkey burger, baked beans, salad greens and red pepper strips
Exercise: Probably not

Peg

Sunday actuals
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, tea, cranraspberry juice
S: None
L: Ah, geez...didn't choose too well. We went to the greek booth and I thought I was doing something smart with the small sampler but it was really only small in the amount of salad he put on it. It was rice, lamb, chicken, a little salad on one of those little dessert sized paper plates but it was indulgent and not even all that yummy for what I'm sure it cost me in calories.
S: Pinapple Ginger Agua Fresca
D: Turkey burger, baked beans, celery and lentil pate leftovers
S: Cherries, 1 1/2 small brownies and a few maple pecans

Monday plan:
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, tea
S: Probably none
L: Going out w/job coach...not sure where
S: Cherries and yogurt
D: Dad is coming for dinner. Need to figure out what I'm fixing. Something on the grill I think but haven't menu planned yet to figure it out.

Peg

Ok, back to actually having a plan such as it is. The weekend is good but higher calorie but I knew that going in.
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, tea, cranraspberry juice
S: Bar at arts festival
L: Not sure, going to the arts festival so might end up eating out there. I can't remember what we've done other years. There is a bagel shop in that area so maybe a turkey bagel sandwich or something.
S: Depends on lunch. Probably none if we had a late lunch which seems likely. I have yogurt here at the house if I get home but no berries or anything for it.
D: Not sure if I'll go see my dad and if so, we'll probably eat out. Otherwise, I have leftover turkey burger from last night and a ton of salad fixins and some roasted broccoli from Friday so I'll go that route if I'm home.

I need to get menu planning done tonight or first thing tomorrow and get to the store for non-weekend party food. I have lunch out tomorrow but other than that should be able to reign it in pretty easily this week. It's going to be hot though so I need to think ahead for that.

Peg

Wednesday actuals:
B: Autumn harvest, 1/2 banana, milk, chai
S: No
L: Smart ones meal, lots of asparagus, tea
S: Blueberries and yogurt
D: Salmon burger on bun w/little light mayo, sweet potato fries
Exercise: 30 min walk

Thursday plan:
B: Bagel bar w/almond butter, cranraspberry juice, tea
S: Not planning one
L: Going to Indian buffet. Going to eat what I want that fits on one plate with the exception of a lettuce salad I usually skip (assuming this place has one) and a small bowl of dal that I will start with. I've been craving Indian so this will kill 2 birds with one stone and I'll be networking/chatting so that usually slows me down. Hot tea to drink and that should do it.
S: Will be out running around and I hope to stay busy enough I don't want one. Will put a bar in my bag just in case so I stay outta Starbucks.
D: If I get home, I'll go for the lentils I skipped tonight.
Exercise: 30 min in the morning

Peg

Tuesday actuals:
B: autumn harvest w/1/2 banana, milk, chai
S: No
L: Curry Lentil Salad on spinach, trisquits, piece of birthday cake
S: Yogurt w/blueberries
D: Almond butter and jelly sandwich, sunchips

Wednesday plan:
B: Autumn harvest, 1/2 banana, milk, chai
S: No
L: Almond butter and jelly sandwich, sunchips, cucumber slices
S: Blueberries and yogurt
D: Curry lentil salad on greens w/red peppers, grape tomatoes
Exercise: 2 or more laps around the ponds in the evening

Peg

Monday actuals:
B: Bagel bar w/almond butter, milk, cranraspberry juice, tea
S: Yogurt w/blueberries
L: Lentil salad on greens, blueberry muffin
S: Chai
D: pasta casserole, green salad and bread

Tuesday plan:
B: autumn harvest w/1/2 banana, milk, chai
S: No
L: Curry Lentil Salad on spinach w/roll, water
S: Yogurt w/blueberries
D: Sweet potato chili w/some cheese and sour cream if I have some, crackers

Peg

Sunday actuals
B: Bagel bar with a bit of butter, cranraspberry juice, milk, tea
S: None
L: Scrambled egg with hashbrowns, spinach, red pepper, onion, big bowl of salad greens w/grape tomatoes
Remainder:
S: None
D: small bowl of the leftover Thai Basil Chicken from last night.
S: Cheese and crackers, some veggies with dip, water
Exercise: Nope

Monday plan:
B: Bagel bar w/almond butter, milk, cranraspberry juice, tea
S: Yogurt w/blueberries
L: Lentil salad on greens, blueberry muffin
S: Cucumbers and hummus
D: Taking dinner to my friend recovering from surgery. Taking pasta casserole, green salad and bread. Will keep the pasta to a small serving.

I want to start looking at the week ahead for pitfalls on Sunday nights:
1. Networking lunch on Thursday at an Indian restaurant buffet. I will stick to one plate of food, no rice pudding, will consider skipping the samosas.
2. Friday night picnic at the concert in the park: Find some healthy options to take including something besides tea or water to drink. Ideas anyone?
3. 4th of July: Think I'm going to host a bit of a bbq depending on if anyone wants to join me. I should have control over the food though so that is always safer. Will make either chicken or very lean beef for my protein even though I have a pkg of brats in the freezer calling my name.

I planned the rest of the meals through Thursday night this afternoon and did most of the shopping. Need to stop at the store and get a couple other items but will do that when I get bread for dinner tomorrow night.

Peg

Things have been nuts here so I haven't logged in. Let's see:

Saturday actuals:
Ironically a bunch of you guys got "on plan" yesterday and I think I had my first pretty far off plan day in a number of weeks! Oh, well!
B: Toast w/butter, strawberry preserves, blueberries, bananas, mimosa
S: Chai
L: Ham sub (according to the signage, less than 6 grams of fat), doritos/potato chips, water
S: Big gulp Coke (w/lots of ice but still), man did it taste good! LOL I also ate more doritos and potato chips.
D: Thai Basil Chicken, 2 fried cheese wontons, a whole bunch of edamame at restaurant. Only ate maybe 1/3 of my main entree though, skipped the thai tea.
Exercise: Helped friends move all afternoon

Sunday:
B: Bagel bar with a bit of butter, cranraspberry juice, milk, tea
S: None
L: Scrambled egg with hashbrowns, spinach, red pepper, onion, big bowl of salad greens w/grape tomatoes
Remainder:
S: None
D: I'll have a small bowl of the leftover Thai Basil Chicken from last night.
S: I'm sure I'll wind up having some sort of treat at book club tonight. I think I'll skip the wine though.
Exercise: I so should've done that this morning. I don't know what I'm going to do about my exercise apathy. <sigh>

Peg

Thursday actuals:
B: Bagel bar w/a bit of butter, cranraspberry juice, milk, tea
S: Yogurt w/blueberries
L: Tuna salad on ww w/spinach, carrots, sunchips, tea/lemonade mix
S: A few grape tomatoes
D: pork tenderloin, a stuffed squash recipe, salad and roll, 2 glasses of wine
Exercise: Rain, rain go away....
Me time: Yeah, that didn't happen

Friday plan:
B: Bagel bar w/a bit of butter, cranraspberry juice, milk, tea
S: Blueberries
L: Veggie sandwich(Hummus, cucumbers, roasted red pepper, carrots), grape tomatoes, sunchips, water/tea
S: Popcorn
D: Roasted or grilled salmon, risotto, salad, a bit of champagne my guest is bringing

Peg

Wednesday actuals:
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, chai
S: No
L: Leftover tikka masala and couscous
S: Blueberries
D: Salmon burger, sweet potato fries, salad
Exercise: Off day for commute
Me time: Geez o'Pete...too much going on this week
I ate what I planned less the yogurt again today. Maybe I have finally gotten in the groove!

Thursday plan:
B: Bagel bar w/a bit of butter, cranraspberry juice, milk, tea
S: Yogurt w/blueberries
L: Tuna salad on ww w/spinach, tomato, carrots, sunchips, tea/lemonade mix
S: Cucumbers and hummus
D: Going to my Dad's. He said he was making pork tenderloin, a stuffed squash recipe, salad and rolls. Probably will have a glass of wine too.
Exercise: Walk at least for 20 min with his dog when I get there but will shoot for an intentional 30 min also.
Me time: Yeah, I don't know when that would happen. LOL

Peg

Tuesday actuals
B: Autumn harvest, 1/2 banana, milk, chai
S: No
L: Leftover tikka masala and couscous
S: Yogurt and blueberries
D: Big salad w/CSA greens, tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, garbanzos and tuna
Exercise: Off day for commute
Me time: Need to go read...got sucked into family drama when I got home
Fruits/Veggies: Done
My goodness, I actually ate exactly as I planned today. Miracle! LOL

Wednesday Plan:
B: Autumn harvest, banana, milk, chai
S: No
L: Leftover tikka masala and couscous
S: Yogurt and blueberries
D: Salmon burger, sweet potato fries, salad
Exercise: Off day for commute
Me time: We'll try for that reading thing again tomorrow

Peg

Monday plan:
B: 2 scrambled eggs, 1/2 the serving of potatoes, 2 pieces of raisin toast, tea
S: None
L: Didn't get to come home so I went to Chipotle. I had a small side salad, 1 soft chicken taco. Seemed like a reasonable choice, need to go see if they have nutrition out on their website
S: Yogurt and blueberries
D: Chicken tikka masala w/loads of red pepper, zucchini, onion and spinach on ww couscous
Exercise: No
Me time: 30 min reading Going up to do the reading as soon as I finish the post
Veggies/Fruit: Good
I still can't figure out what my 5th point is! Won't worry about starting a week at this point. I will commit to reading the baby steps thread and see if something jumps out at me.

Tuesday plan:
B: Autumn harvest, 1/2 banana, milk, chai
S: No
L: Leftover tikka masala and couscous
S: Yogurt and blueberries
D: Big salad w/CSA greens, tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, garbanzos and tuna
Exercise: Off day for commute
Me time: 15 min reading after dinner and before I go visit friend in hospital

Peg

Sunday actuals:
B: Autumn harvest, craisins, milk, tea
S: Yogurt and red grapes
L: Had a piece of bread with chicken salad on it..sample at Costco...you'll soon see why the lack of lunch was such a bad idea! LOL
S/D: I thought we were eating about 3 but it turned out to be more like 5. I could've eaten an arm by then. We had steak, something I rarely have. So, I had a New York strip steak (I tried 2x to stop but I wasn't successful until it was allllll gone), a scoop of macaroni salad, a pretty good serving of green salad, 1/2 a croissant and 2 glasses of wine. Oh, and I had 2 or 3 water crackers w/cheese ball on them as an appetizer.
Exercise: 45 min walk, 20 min yoga this morning
Fruit/veggie servings: Didn't make it
Me time: Nope
I need to figure out what I want the other point to be but I'll do that and start the new week tomorrow

Monday plan:
B: Going out with my best friend to local breakfast spot. Not sure what I'll do, I haven't been there.
S: Probably not, bigger breakfast than usual
L: Hopefully will be able to come home and have a salad. I have greens galore from the CSA that was delivered today. Will add tuna and/or beans with it.
S: Yogurt and blueberries
D: Chicken pasta dish out of ww cookbook I have, salad
Exercise: 45 min walk at some point
Me time: 30 min reading

Peg

Saturday actuals:
B: Scrambled eggs, ww toast, milk, tea
S: Lara Bar
L: sunchips and tea/lemonade combo on way home, grilled chicken leg and Kashi pilaf when I got home
S: Chai
D: Turkey burger again, salad, corn
Exercise: 5 mile hike
Good/Better/Best: My best friend and I figured out a way to cook in tonight instead of eating out
Water: No problem when hiking
Me time: Hiking

5/5 day
31/35 week
I need to buy myself a iTunes card but was waiting for the gas promotion cycle to reset at Safeway. Will get it this week. That completes my 4 weeks of this plan. I need to change things a bit so I need to decide. I'm going to keep the accountability, exercise and me time points but I want to swap out the water and good/better/best choice points for something else. Probably fruit/veggie servings and I'm not sure what else. I also want to work on improving the quality of the down time. I'll ponder that tomorrow and maybe reset my week to start on Mondays.

Sunday plan:
B: Autumn harvest, craisins, milk, tea
S: Yogurt and red grapes
L: Need to grab something while out and about. I'm not sure what I'll do...drawing a blank.
S/D: Going w/friends to their Father's Day celebration. No control over the food but will do good/better/best choices. Will probably take a bottle of wine so will limit to no more than 2 glasses.
Exercise: 45 min walk or bike ride in the morning before church, guess we're swimming tomorrow afternoon too

Peg

Friday actuals
B: Autumn harvest w/craisins, milk, cranraspberry juice, tea
S: None
L: Turkey burger on ww w/avocado, spinach, tomato, red pepper, sunchips, baked beans
S: Yogurt
D: Cup of minestrone, 2 1/2 ravioli, med sausage link, 1 slice bread, cherry pie with vanilla ice cream
Exercise: Man I gotta figure this out
Good/Better/Best: No alcohol at dinner
Me time: Yeah, that hasn't happened yet but I will go read for a bit before I go to sleep
Water: No problem

4/5 day
26/30 week

Saturday plan:
B: Scrambled eggs, ww toast, milk, juice, tea
S: Bar of some sort on hike
L: Stop and get a sandwich of some sort from the deli, sunchips, pepper strips, couple of ginger cookies, tea/lemonade combo on hike
S: Chai
D: Turkey burger again, sweet potato fries, baked beans
Exercise: 5 mile hike

Peg

Thursday actuals
B: Autumn harvest, 1/2 banana, milk, tea
S: Yogurt and strawberries
L: Piece of pasta casserole from freezer, tea/lemonade combo
S: Popcorn
D: I'm going to make KD's turkey burger recipe on ww bun w/tomato, roasted red pepper and fresh spinach, baked beans, sunchips
Exercise: Ugh
Good/Better/Best: Really didn't want to cook my dinner but I did anyway, got incredible munchies this afternoon (boredom I think) and I stopped at the popcorn
Water: Good
Me time: Been vegging in front of the tv

4/5 day
22/25 point week

Friday plan
B: Autumn harvest w/craisins, milk, tea
S: Yogurt w/strawberries
L: Turkey burger on ww w/avocado, spinach, tomato, red pepper, sunchips, baked beans
S: Going to try and eat late lunch because we have early dinner plans so hopefully none
D: Going out to Italian for our Father's Day celebration. I'm gonna eat what I want but will not have alcohol and will limit bread to no more than 2 pieces, no butter. I think my SIL is planning some sort of dessert at their place afterwards.
Exercise: 45 min walk in the morning