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

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

Peg

[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

Peg

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

Peg

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

Peg