Everything Eaten Yesterday

Cheerios for breakfast.
Pear, pomegrante, orange juice, with peanut butter on toast. That was lunch.
Grilled burgers, baked fresh Michigan potatoes . Dinner.

Watching the game, at about quarter to ten, wanted a pizza. Had a frozen pizza, that was made at the bakery, in the freezer. Wanted that pizza.. Settled on a small amount of pistachios.

I'm glad you liked the quinoa, chai. I bought some red quinoa, and I'm interested to see if it tastes different.

Friday

B: oatmeal custard, banana

L: leftover quinoa & black beans, cucumber slices

S: mini bag of 94% ff microwave popcorn, grapes

D: leftover chicken barley chili, carrots & celery

S: nectarine, cottage cheese

E: 30 min elliptical, 30 min bike

68/176.4/+3.8

what is oatmeal custard?

It's very filling - I can go four hours or more on this stuff.

Oatmeal Custard

1 c skim milk
1 well beaten egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c oats
Splenda to taste
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of salt

Mix the wet ingredients together. Add the dry ingredients and stir. Microwave for 2 and 1/2 minutes, stirring frequently.

no Splenda here but the rest of the ingredients are on hand

it seems like something I'd like - and it'd have good stick-to-itiveness on a weekend

Mushroom onion pizza sounds good to me, assuming I make it, snot that I am.

Yesterday was a mess. A friend was coming to town for lunch, I should be ready at noon. So before noon I had a piece of multigranite toast by itself.

We finally ate sometime around four at a restaurant I like just about nothing at.
I ordered bratwurst on two slices of bread with condiments like raw onions and relish and pickles, a side of jalopeno beans, and sweet potato fries.

So, I ate 1/2 the brats and the onion and relish stuff with no bread; ate just about all the beans, the one thing I do like there, and a few of the sweet potato grease sticks.

Later had some feta and a couple of olives and, yeh, rum and chocolate almond milk.

But, I'm a doggie bag person as I'm always money watching. Thus today I ate most of the sweet potato fries. (I'm going to have to do more sweet potato roasting...) and the brat remainder will go into a bean soup.

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
Apples, fresh, 1 medium

Lunch: Feta Cheese, 1/2 oz
Mixed Vegetables, 8 oz
Bread, pita, white, 0.5 pita, large (6-1/2" dia)
Vegetables, Mixed Salad Greens, 1 c.
Sour Cream, 1 tbsp

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Swordfish, 4 oz
Mixed Vegetables, 8 oz
Couscous, 3/4 cup

Snack: 1 c mixed fruit
Stonyfield Farm Fat Free lemon, 6 oz

CALORIES 1764 CARBS 296 g FAT 31 g PROTEIN 91 g Sodium 1747 mg Carbs were slightly high; otherwise it was fabulous.

Any sweetener would do. It doesn't need much.

Saturday

B: oatmeal custard, banana

L: leftover chicken barley chili, nectarine

D: brown rice & broccoli (at home, so I wouldn't be too hungry) and then a slice of homemade pizza (went to watch the LSU game at my sister's)

S: mini bag of 94% ff microwave popcorn, plain ff yogurt with splenda & cinnamon

E: 30 min elliptical, 30 min bike, weight circuit

68/176.4/+3.8

finished off that pizza yesterday....I don't regret it because I can see how I don't have any energy, my body feels overloaded.

plus the pizza,I had pumpernickle bread
tomato and cottage cheese
even a few peanut m&m's
2 flax oil capsules.
some other stuff I'm sure...I can remember....wow, it's like going on a drinking binge...how did I wake up with that m&m bag next to me? Where's my car?

not the best of days, I'll definately be on tract during the week.

This has been a real learning experience for me.

I've definitely found it to be a learning experience, too. I rigidly control what I eat and drink these days, but I can hardly imagine what my earlier days were like, hmm, let's see -- it was often

Breakfast: 2 pop tarts
Lunch: black bean soup (I used to have the same soups I have now)
apple
about 3 oz of mixed salted nuts (this was probably something like 20 grams of fat by itself)
Snack: leftovers from the prior evening
Dinner: takeout
Second snack: papadum chips or popcorn with margarine or tortilla chips or ice cream, fortunately not all together

Oh and zero exercise.

Oy, I'm exhausted just reading that.

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 1/2 c mixed fruit
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices
Jam, 1 tbsp
Cottage cheese and veg omelet, 1 serving

Lunch: 1 c mixed roasted vegetables
Bread, pita, white, 0.5 pita, large (6-1/2" dia)
Sour Cream, 1 tbsp
Couscous, 1 cup

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

Snack: 1 c mixed fruit
Stonyfield Farm Fat Free lemon, 6 oz

CALORIES 1595 CARBS 292 g FAT 31 g PROTEIN 87 g Sodium 1715 mg Calories were low

Start Weight: 346
Current Weight: 252.2
Difference: 93.8 lbs
Difference from last week: down 2.6 lbs.

YAY JESPAH!!!!!

That's truly awesome.

Yesterday began to get back on track.....

Quinoa risoto
Tb. flax oil (I'm gonna have to figure out how to cut this, mixed with a couple of spoonfuls of quinoa, ok, but not great....had to get it down ASAP and follow with a non flax oil quinoa chaser.)

Grapes

Bowl of rice with butter

Dinner @ neighbors...
Brussel sprouts
mashed potota with a little shredded cheddar on top.
green salad with balsamic vinegarette.
Some kind of baked tofu loaf (I lucked out, neighbors sisters BF is a vegetarian, others ate pork loin another guest who didn't like pork did the tofu too)
coffee cake.

green tea, hibiscus tea, water, selzter

Thank you -- you're too kind. I'm really just cribbing from mac11's success. She definitely blazed the trail.

Back on track myself this week. (After an unreported Sunday of Steak and lobster bisque. yeah. Wha?

Everything Eaten Yesterday Day 75
Breakfast
Coffee Grapefruit Toast
Lunch
Some ham and turkey
Two little scoops of cottage cheese
Diet Coke

Snack
Coffee

Dinner
Swordfish
Salad
Toast with a little cheese on it

75/187.5/-12.6

Joe(I think I am within 20 pounds of where I want to be.)Nation

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 instant oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Dr. McDougall's Black Bean w/Lime, 1 serving
Sensible Foods Soy Nuts, 1 serving

Dinner: 1 c mixed vegs (roasted)
Baked Potato, with skin, 1 medium
14 oz mixed greens salad
4 oz fried skinless chicken
Skim Milk, 1 cup

Snack: 1 c mixed fruit
Stonyfield Farm Fat Free chocolate, 6 oz
Apples, fresh, 1 medium

CALORIES 1818 CARBS 290 FAT 36 g PROTEIN 70 g Sodium 2309 mg Calories were very slightly high

black coffee
Egg beaters with sauteed onion and mushroom
cranberry juice
1TB flaxseed oil - this stuff is amazing

salad made from:
cottage cheese
tomato
raw pumpkin seed kernels
quinoa
plus 1 slice pumpernickle bread

banana

pasta with parm cheese and paul newman sauce
cranberry juice.

Note of flax seed oil: I tried mixing it in with cranberry juice and chugging it. Better, but wouldn't want to do that as a rule.
I went by a local pharmacy and bought empty medicine capsules. I'm going to try putting the oil in those daily, then take them. I think the effort will be well worth the benefits of the fresh flaxseed oil....will keep you posted.

Ha! re the cribbing. I'm glad I've inspired you, but you're doing it, baby.

coffee x 2, 1 tsp sugar total

sort of a half lunch at a restaurant - 1/2 big hamburger with red onion, tomato, mustard, ketchup; 1/2 the small dish of coleslaw; 1/2 small piece of pecan pie

big bowl home made soup --- leftover frozen brown rice concoction (some tomato, chile, garlic), chicken broth, roasted veggies (broccoli, green pepper, eggplant, onion), some frozen green beans, part of a jar of thai yellow curry sauce, sliced x-firm tofu -- good and I've leftovers.

darjeeling tea
lf choc milk

Sunday

B: shredded wheat & skim milk, cottage cheese

L: leftover brown rice/chicken/black beans, apple

D: veggie soup, ff broccoli slaw, grapes

Monday

B: shredded wheat & skim milk, banana

L: leftover chicken barley chili, cucumber slices, grapes

S: mini bag of 94% ff microwave popcorn, carrots & celery

D: scrambled eggs, ff cheese grits, sliced tomato

Tuesday

B: shredded wheat & skim milk, banana

L: whole wheat couscous salad, celery & carrots

S: mini bag of 94% ff microwave popcorn, grapes

D: chicken spaghetti, salad w/Italian dressing, a few m&m's (bunco party at my sister's - skipped the appetizers, wine, and cake)

S: air popped popcorn w/a little evoo

69, 70, & 71/176/+3.4

Adds - finally it's jeans wearing time here, and, tada, I fit into my good black jeans; they're almost roomy. Haven't worn those since some time back in California. No real weight loss in the last couple of months, though I'm not really trying. Let's say I'm maintaining sans no real gain either.