Everything Eaten Yesterday

Looking good there, both of you!

Wednesday
B: fiber one, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: leftover chicken/brown rice/black beans, grapes
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn
E: 20 min treadmill, 15 min elliptical, 35 min bike, weights
D: 1/4 rotisserie chicken, celery, ff cottage cheese
S: cherries, ff yogurt, air popped popcorn

Thursday
B: banana, ff yogurt
L: ff cottage cheese, cantaloupe
D: (dinner at sister's) chicken thigh, mashed potatoes, lotsa salad, bloody mary, way too much snacky stuff: peanuts, eggplant dip

Friday
Brunch: (sister's house) cantaloupe, a little grapefruit, strata breakfast casserole, 2 apricot muffins, plus a couple of handfuls of chocolate covered sunflower seeds
S: ff cottage cheese (brief reprieve at home)
D: (dinner at brother's house) chicken cacciatore over orzo, zucchini, lotsa salad, too much snacky stuff again: cookies mostly, some candy too
S: ff yogurt

Saturday
B: banana, ff yogurt, ff cottage cheese
E: walked 1:15
L: 1/4 rotisserie chicken, apple
D: broccoli, hi fiber bagel w/sf jam
S: air popped popcorn

Sunday
B: banana, ff yogurt, hb egg white
E: walked 1:10
L: 1/4 rotisserie chicken, apple, ff cottage cheese
D: pumpkin barley soup, broccoli
S: air popped popcorn

day 499-503/161.6/-9.4

Thank ya!

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Blueberries, fresh, 0.5 cup
Jam, 1 tbsp
Baked Potato, with skin, 1 medium
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings
Cottage ch and veg omelet, 1 serving

Lunch: Whole Wheat pasta, 1 cup
Broccoli, 2 cups
Paolo's Chicken, 2 servings

Dinner: Milk, 1%, 1 cup
Artichoke and veg pizza (1/4 pie)
14 oz mixed greens salad

Snack: Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Fruit Salad, 0.25 cup 18 5 0 0

CALORIES 1770 CARBS 266 g FAT 43 g PROTEIN 138 g Sodium: 1906 mg

Original Weight: 346 lbs.
Current Weight: 180.6 lbs.
Difference from last week: up 1.4 lbs.
Overall difference: down 165.4 lbs.
2009 overall difference: down 55 lbs.

Thank you all for your help. I have just 35 lbs. to go.
Original BMI: 55.8
BMI for the start of 2009: 38.0
Today's BMI: 29.1 (healthy BMI is 25 - 29.9; I will hit healthy BMI at 154 lbs.)

Great photo, Jes and RP!

I was baaaad yesterday. Carbo load out of laziness..

First, coffee x 2 with splashes.
Then, I made Dutch Babies, which is a german pancake, in this case sans sugar. But I made up for that with maple syrup.

Banana
More coffee
A handful or two of lightly salted pumpkin seeds
A few of the sweet potato crisps I experimented making the previous evening
Gerolsteiner water

Leftover baked potato half with, gads, butter and chopped garlic
Leftover slice of christmas steak

Small amount of homemade limoncello on ice
More Gerolsteiner

Oof. I guess I was tired of all those borlotti beans..

Thanks!

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Blueberries, fresh, 0.5 cup
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings

Lunch: Broccoli, 1 cup
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings
Louis Rich Franks (turkey and chicken), 2 servings

Dinner: Broccoli, 1 cup
Baked Potato, with skin, 1 small
4 oz skinless fried chicken
Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad

Snack: Apples, fresh, 1 medium
Fruit Salad, 0.5 cup
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)

CALORIES 1646 CARBS 274 g FAT 43 g PROTEIN 76 g Sodium: 3078 mg (very high; convenience proteins are really bad when it comes to salt)

Monday
B: banana, ff yogurt, hb egg white
L: leftover chicken/brown rice/black beans, celery
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, grapes
E: 20 min treadmill, 20 min bike, weights
D: small sweet potato, snap beans, pumpkin barley soup
S: apple, ff yogurt

day 504/161.6/-9.4

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Blueberries, fresh, 0.5 cup
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings

Lunch:
Tofu, extra firm, 0.25 block
Morningstar Farms Veggie Dogs, 1 serving
Baked Potato, with skin, 1 medium
Egg substitute, liquid (Egg Beaters), 1 cup
Broccoli, 1 cup

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Guacamole, 1 serving
Jespah's Bean Soup (slow cooker), 1 serving
2 rice cakes

Snack: Apples, fresh, 1 medium
Fruit Salad, 0.5 cup
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)

CALORIES 1569 CARBS 249 g FAT 27 g PROTEIN 96 g Sodium: 2453 mg (slightly high)

Tuesday
B: fiber one, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: big salad w/grilled chicken & lf balsamic dressing
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn
D: snap beans, pumpkin barley soup, ff cottage cheese
S: ff yogurt, lite english muffin w/sf jam

day 505/162.6/-8.4

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Blueberries, fresh, 0.5 cup
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings

Lunch: Feta Cheese, 1 oz
Bread, pita, white, 1 pita, large (6-1/2" dia)
Vegetables, Mixed Salad Greens, 1 serving(s)
Broccoli, 2 cups
Sour Cream, 2 tbsp

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Guacamole, 1 serving
Jespah's Bean Soup (slow cooker), 1 serving
2 rice cakes

Snack: Apples, fresh, 1 medium
Fruit Salad, 0.5 cup
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)

CALORIES 1430 CARBS 245 g FAT 31 g PROTEIN 59 g Sodium: 2068 mg (everything was low)

Wednesday
B: fiber one, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: from an Indian buffet: tandoori chicken, 2 bites of creamy spinach, lentils, grilled veggies, cucumber salad, fruit salad, 2 bites of a dessert (no clue what it was, but it tasted good)
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn
E: 15 min elliptical, 45 min bike
D: 1/4 rotisserie chicken, pumpkin soup, ff cheddar
S: ff yogurt, air popped popcorn

day 506/162.6/-8.4

Happy New Year, all! Starting the year at 180.6 lbs. today.

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Blueberries, fresh, 0.5 cup
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings

Lunch: Monterey Cheese, 1 oz
Egg substitute, liquid (Egg Beaters), 1 cup
Broccoli, 1 cup
Tofu, extra firm, 0.25 block

Dinner: Chicken Breast, no skin, 8 ounces
Baked Potato (baked potatoes), 1.5 potato (2-1/3" x 4-3/4")
Broccoli, 1.5 cup
Vegetables, Mixed Salad Greens, 2 serving(s)
Balsamic Vinaigrette, 2 tbsp

Snack: Orange Juice, 0.75 cup
Chestnuts, 2 oz
Fruit Salad, 0.5 cup
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Champagne, 2 oz

CALORIES 1732 CARBS 238 g FAT 31 g PROTEIN 135 g Sodium: 1795 mg

That faint scream you heard this AM was the sound I made after stepping onto the scale at the front of the Publix Food Mart. I had avoided it for the past ten days but today .... Maybe it's guided by the minions of the devil.

Accurate measure this Sunday.
Loooong run today.
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Welcome back, Joe.

Thursday
B: fiber one, skim milk, banana, 2 hb egg whites
L: leftover chicken/brown rice/black beans, grapes
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, carrots
E: 15 min elliptical, 20 min treadmill, weights, 15 min bike
D: 1/4 rotisserie chicken, cabbage, pumpkin soup
S: ff yogurt, air popped popcorn, orange (drank Fresca at midnite)

day 507/162.6/-8.4

In honor of the new year/new start (and the constant inspiration I get from jespah):
On 5/7/04, I weighed 289.4 with a BMI of 45.3.
This morning I weighed 163.5 for a BMI of 25.6. (I always list my official weight from my Tuesday weigh-ins at my Weight Watcher meeting for the Day/Weight/Pounds Down stats above.) So I'm down 125.9 pounds.
Goal is 160 and a healthy BMI. This is the year. This could be the month.

I'm back too. I haven't a clue what all I ate yesterday, but I'll start recording tomorrow what I eat today. Happy New Year everyone!

You and jes have both done a more than admirable job in pursuing a healthy lifestyle and weight. I have no doubts you will both succeed at reaching your goals.

Healthy eating is going to pots today, because we're having the New Year's party at our home. We're expecting about 25 adults and about ten children. The menu is very extensive, but mostly Japanese-type food. I'll be pigging out today, and maybe even imbibe a little.

New Years Eve Day - wt. 148, steady as she goes

2 coffees, total 1/2 tsp sugar, 2 big splashes 2% fat milk

2 scrambled eggs with jalapeno bits and garlic in 1 small warm flour tortilla

big bowl of soup made from leftover tomato multi veg and sausage sauce plus a couple of porcini/sliced and chicken broth, smidge white wine, and broken up spaghettini.. oh, and a hunk of dried up gouda cheese put in during the simmering

1 molasses pecan ginger cookie

gerolsteiner water

1 bourbon on glassful of ice

more of that soup

more gerolsteiner

The house was packed when all arrived. We had cocktail shrimp and tempera shrimp, sashimi, crab, fried chicken and teriyaki chicken, two salads, maki sushi, black beans, softdrinks, beer, wine, sake, and icewine.

Somebody said we had more than 35 people, but it was good to see family and friends gather for about five hours enjoying good food and conversation.

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Blueberries, fresh, 0.5 cup
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings

Lunch: Morningstar Farms Veggie Dogs, 1 serving
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Broccoli, 1 cup
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings
Jespah's Bean Soup (slow cooker), 1 serving
Guacamole, 1 serving

Dinner: Cod, 4 oz
Couscous, 1 cup, cooked
Broccoli, 1 cup
Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad

Snack: Fruit Salad, 0.25 cup
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)

CALORIES 1579 (low) CARBS 270 g FAT 22 g PROTEIN 88 g Sodium: 2544 (a little high, not too bad)

early morning - 3 large mugs black coffee
brunch - eggs salad and ham on ww bread, supp pack, water
mid-afternoon snack - cheddar cheese, pretzel thins, 12 oz can lime seltzer
late afternoon - green tea with lemon
Dinner - roasted chicken breast, artichoke hearts with lemon juice and butter, supp pack, water
alcohol - none
exercise - none

In preparation for Monday's 3-day cleanse/detox I'll begin to reduce my coffee intake by 1/2 cup per day. I've already started eliminating most sugars. I'll make up a big pan of brown rice and use it as a base food for the cleanse. Adding exercise back in to my routine is also a must.

I didn't gain any weight last year which is a good thing after gaining 10 lbs the year before rather than losing 10. I've given up on ever seeing a 6 in the middle again. Given my age and metabolic/hormonal state the charts now say that my ideal weight is 169. I'll be thrilled to get back to 173-175.


Day 0: BMI 25.6

Restart for 2010
My starting weight as of New Year's Day is 173.2