B: Almond butter and banana sandwich on ww, chai on my commute S: Lara bar L: Went to the soup/salad place. had a hummus flatbread sandwich, 1/2 a small turkey chili S: None D: Turkey and Cheddar sub, baked chips option, water, small piece of chocolate Exercise: off day Good/Better/Best: Made a better choice when decided to go out to lunch, didn't wimp out and get a scone at SB when I realized I had only a thin coat of almond butter for my breakfast, ignored the big chocolate cake again Water: In good shape Me time: crafted with my friend tonight to finish her graduation gift
Thursday plan: B: Autumn harvest, 1/2 banana, milk, tea S: Probably none L: Veggie sandwich w/hummus, roasted red pepper, carrots, avocado, sunchips S: Yogurt and strawberries D: I'm going to make KD's turkey burger recipe on ww bun w/tomato and greens, cabbage slaw, baked beans Exercise: 45 min walk
[quote]Tuesday plan: B: Autumn harvest, last of the blueberries, milk, chai L: Tuna on ww w/spinach, avocado, salad w/carrots, red pepper, 1/2 serving of sunchips S: Yogurt w/bananas D: Leftover grilled chicken, green beans, Kashi pilaf Going to have a couple of ginger cookies in a bit Exercise: Off day Me time: went up and read and snoozed a bit when I got home. Good strategy. I was totally wanting to skip my dinner plans and find something out and about. I felt better afterward and came down and made what I had planned Good/Better/Best: HUGE 4 layer chocolate cake lived a few steps from my chair all day today. I was very successful ignoring it and didn't even have to promise myself a piece tomorrow. It'll be there again tomorrow though so hopefully my day isn't quite as stressful as today. I also didn't give in when my friend wanted to eat out. We compromised by getting her takeout and I ate my packed lunch and we took it all to the park. Really wanted to go eat out for dinner because I was cranky. Water: I actually think I'm in the hole here. Will get the remaining 1 1/2 glasses before bed.
4/5 day 14/15 week
Wednesday plan: B: Almond butter and banana sandwich on ww, chai on my commute S: I will take a bar, I have a BORING meeting across that time of the day and lunch will probably be late. Hopefully there won't be goodies at the meeting but if I have an alternative, that should work ok. L: Grilled chicken, kashi pilaf, salad w/carrots and orange peppers S: Yogurt and strawberries D: We are going to pick up Quiznos before we work on our project. Just went over the menu looking for something appropriate. Amazed at the calories in the salads (that flatbread is brutal & guess which part sounds good to me??) but I'd just as soon have a sandwich anyway. Can choose between small Honey Bourbon Chicken, Turkey and Cheddar, Ham and Swiss or Roast Beef and cheddar w/o dressings and a baked chips option. Will drink water. Exercise: off day
Monday plan: B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, tea S:Yogurt and strawberries L: Leftover halibut, brown rice, salad S: Chai D: Grilled chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, wilted spinach w/red peppers and scallions w/a bit of cumin and tumeric. Probably will have a couple of ginger cookies in a bit. Exercise: 75 min....65 min walking and 10 min stretching Water: No problem Me time: Read my magazine for about 40 min; no tv so far today Good/Better/Best: Reorganized my day's plan when it looked like I would find myself out and about at lunch time which would invite a restaurant meal I just didn't need today, already packed my lunch for tomorrow
5/5 day 10/10 week
Tuesday plan: B: Autumn harvest, last of the blueberries, milk, chai S: Probably not L: Tuna on ww w/spinach, avocado, salad w/carrots, red pepper, 1/2 serving of sunchips S: Yogurt w/bananas D: Leftover grilled chicken, green beans, Kashi pilaf Exercise: Off day
Sunday actuals B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, tea S: None L: Veggie sandwich (hummus, asst veggies) on whole wheat, wheat thins S: Yogurt and 1/2 banana D: Grilled chix, roasted sweet potatoes and salad Exercise: 35 min walk, 20 min yoga Me time: Took time to read a magazine this afternoon Water: No problem Good/Better/Best: Dodged another week at the Panera pastry case, did the yoga after my walk got cut short by a thunderstorm
5/5 day
Monday plan: B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, tea S: Chai while I work on my resume at the coffee shop L: Leftover halibut, brown rice, salad S: Yogurt and strawberries D: Grilled chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, salad Exercise: First thing walk or bike ride
Friday actuals: B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, tea S: L: Tuna on whole wheat w/tomato and spinach leaves, cup of chicken noodle soup, dregs of the sunchips bag S: My appetite returned about 1pm...2 ginger cookies, microwave popcorn D: Halibut, brown rice, green beans Exercise: Still feeling crummy and the thunderstorms started about when I quite working Good/Better/Best: Really wanted a chocolate after dinner but dodged it, really wanted a bunch of stuff all afternoon and didn't go totally crazy Water: Good Me time: Was a total veg after work because I felt crummy
Saturday: B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, tea L: Grilled chicken sandwich at Subway, baked chips, tea S: Grande chai D: Going back to the small plates place I went to last week that was so yummy. Will probably share again and she's totally vegetarian so that will help keep it pretty reasonable. Exercise: None...didn't get moving this morning Water: I'm dying of thirst today...took an antihistamine this morning so I think that's what it is Me time: Going to a play tonight with my friend
Sunday Plan (redo on week 4 of 5 point plan): B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, tea S: Will take some sort of bar for during my meeting L: Veggie sandwich (hummus, asst veggies) on whole wheat S: Yogurt and strawberries D: Found a grilled chicken recipe in Cooking Light that I'm going to try, Roasted Sweet potatoes and salad Exercise: I have no reason not to get in 45-60 min of walking or biking
Also did menu planning/shopping for the week so I feel good about the food I have in the house and the plan. It all sounds good to me so hopefully I will be able to stay on track. Restaurant meals probably on Wednesday evening and definitely Friday night for Father's Day.
After a major splurge yesterday, I am back to normal eating. Feeling so happy about being able to get back on track without 3-4 days of overeating while I struggle to get back on track. I think that allowing myself the splurge meal helped. It sort of erases the idea that I have to be perfect.
Here's me plan for tomorrow: B: ww toast, jam S: cherries, lite cran juice L: brown rice and veggies s: milk tea D: pasta and broc with spinach
I'm back. The trip was a pretty much a train wreck. Not so much because of what I ate but more because I drank too much alcohol. Today I felt pretty crappy from lack of sleep and TOM issues so I didn't eat much but I didn't eat anywhere near enough veggies, etc. So I am here to pick myself up for tomorrow. I'll need a do-over week 4 next week on my 5 point thing but that's fine.
Friday plan: B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, tea S: Dried fruit/nuts L: Tuna on whole wheat, cup of chicken noodle soup S: Carrots, cucumbers, hummus D: Halibut, brown rice, vdggies of some sort Exercise: Hope I feel much better so I'll get a walk in
B: oats, milk S: 1 c cherries- not great, but ok tasting- and they were $4/pound! 2 x 2 square of oatmeal, apple ff cake. This was not even close to worth the calories- a good example of when ff is just plain bad. Won't make it again. L: leftovers: ww noodle, mushroom mix and 1 c asparagus D: doing a 4 course cooking class/dinner at upscale restaurant- hope Dr. Ornish does not pop in!
Here's today's plan B: cereal and skim milk L: pita with ff cream cheese and oven dried tomatoes. I did not like the ff cream cheese- won't buy it again.) S: milk tea and 100 cal oreo pack- after lunch I am feeling like I want a treat as I did not like the pita! D: trying a ww noodle and mushroom casserole, asparagus or green beans- which ever looks better at the store this afternoon.
Giving myself lots and lots of credit today. I had an apt. with my cardiologist- I was super stressed and hungry after the apt. My lunch was not satisfying, but I did not stress eat and am just adding a little treat with my snack. But--- OH boy, did I feel like eating to get through the stress.
I did fairly well today- ended up eating some extra pasta because I was just hungry. My fat percentage was at 15% today because I ate the pesto.
Here's my plan for tomorrow: B: yogurt, mixed berries and hi fiber cereal L: salad in a pita S: large skim milk tea D: 2 ww, ff crumpets with jam and 1/2 T pb
Sunday actuals: B: Blueberries, lowfat yogurt/strawberry/granola parfait at Panera meeting S: None L: Tuna sandwich in ww pita w/spinach & tomato, sunchips, yellow bell pepper slices S: Lowfat popcorn D: Leftover burger w/avocado, spinach and tomato, macaroni salad, carrots, olives I want a piece of chocolate but trying to talk myself out of it. Got some tea going for now. Exercise: Didn't happen Good/Better/Best: Stood in front of a case of pastries at Panera and chose the lowest calorie item I knew of on the menu Exercise: Not today Water: In good shape
4/5 day
Monday plan: B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, cranrasp juice S: Clif bar L: Almond butter and jelly sandwich, sunchips, baby carrots S: Chai in airport D: Will be dining out Exercise: will walk in the airports as I can
B: blackberries, yogurt and hi fiber cereal S: watermelon, lie cran juice L: ww pita with salad inside- salsa as "dressing" S: milk tea D: 1 c ww pasta with 2T lower fat (but still high fat) pesto, broc
This message has been edited. Last edited by: Sandy,
Saturday actuals B: Almond butter ww toast, blueberries, cranraspberry juice,tea S: Chai L: Tuna sandwich in ww pita w/spinach and tomato, sunchips S: Cake D: Made homemade cheese burgers w/tomato and avocado, roasted carrots, some macaroni salad, several black olives Exercise: 45 min walk Water: Bobbing along Me time: Worked on my career stuff while the baby napped Good/Better/Best: Took lunch and cooked dinner at home when it would've been very easy to just eat out both meals 5/5 day eeking out a 31/35 point week and earning my iTunes reward
Sunday plan: B: Almond butter toast, blueberries, cranraspberry juice, tea S: 1/2 Lara bar L: Tuna sandwich in ww pita w/spinach & tomato, sunchips, cucumber slices S: Will find something...haven't gotten to the store D: Leftover burger w/avocado, tomato, macaroni salad, carrots, olives Exercise: Walk, swim or bike at some point in the afternoon/evening
Here's my plan for today B: ww toast, bit of jam, lite cran juice S: milk tea, watermelon L: veggie soup and bread D: ww pasta with spinach or leftovers- depends on timing.
Friday actuals: B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, oj S: None L: Bean soup, blueberry muffin S: Tomatoes, baby carrots, 1/2 ww pita and hummus D: Salmon burger on ww bun w/a bit of mayo, sauteed grape tomatoes, onion, garlic and spinach. Exercise: Did 45 min bike ride Water: In good shape Good/Better/Best: Skipped the sweet potato fries I usually have with salmon burgers, keeping myself out of the kitchen looking for a little sweet this evening Me time: Just went through my stamp catalog for a bit and listening to my iPod.
5/5 day 26/30 week
Saturday plan: B: Almond butter ww toast, blueberries, tea S: I want a chai on the way to babysit L: Tuna sandwich in ww pita w/spinach and tomato, sunchips, cucumber slices S: Will be at a birthday party...am hoping to dodge the cake but if I don't that will be it. D: Have to stop at the store so will look for something to throw on the grill and some veggies to roast with some sweet potato and carrots I have here. Exercise: Going to take the baby on a walk
One of them specifically said 'live a little' as she encouraged me to indulge and I just got stuck. I can't remember what I used to say. LOL
I did remember one I've used with a lot of success through the years. I just say "not today thanks" and that seems to work well. I think it takes some of the 'that's a bad choice' off of things both for the person offering and for me mentally that I'm not swearing off whatever it is forever.
Thursday Actuals: B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk, tea S: None L: Couldn't face day 3 in a row of that chili so I saved one more serving and froze the rest. Swapped out to have the veggie sandwich I've been planning all week. LOL WW pita w/2 servings of veggies (cuc, carrots, roasted red pepper) that I measured out, baby spinach and red pepper hummus, sunchips S: Was starving and figured I'd better eat some protein so I had a 1/2 almond butter and jelly on ww. D: We just had a lovely meal. We shared between the 3 of us: Arugula salad with cherries macerated in sake, 2 veggie burger sliders w/sweet potato fries, a vegetarian chili relleno, halibut with fingerling potatoes, artichoke hearts and other veggies, bread pudding and a bottle of wine. I had 1 1/2 mojitos when we went to a friend's house afterwards. Exercise: Hanging head in shame Water: Plenty Good/Better/Best: Hmmmm...well, I left the last 1/4 of a slider and a few fries that they took the kitchen, measured my veggies at lunch to make sure I ate 2+ servings Me time: Wonderful evening with old friends
4/5 day 21/25 week
Friday Plan: B: Autumn harvest, blueberries, milk S: Fruit L: Veggie sandwich, a cup of bean soup S: Popcorn D: Need a fish serving this week. Will do a salmon burger on ww bun w/tomato, spinach salad or sauteed spinach. Exercise: The weather looks crummy but I will check the forcast. Need at least 60 min of something today so will do some combination of a bike ride, walking around the ponds, yoga and/or walk video through the day.
Peg, Your evening last night sounds so wonderful. I think your not being concerned is great. You enjoyed a very special evening with very special people, you enjoyed what sounds like a very nice meal and cocktails. What's not to love about a night like that? I want a night like that and am hoping for it tomorrow night.
Jill
I have no specific goal(s) right now. I am trying to find the spiritual side of myself that I lost somewhere along the way.
and am hoping for it tomorrow night.