The nerve of some people! That kind of stuff really winds me up, I mean, what was that person thinking, "I didn't put this here. Its not mine. I've never seen it before...YUM DINNER!"

Okay, I've been away for a while but now I'm back ready to get fit and trim for starting school in September which gives me: 9 weeks.

My eventual goal is 119, but atm I'm about 135 (ive been bad lately so this may be high due to food in the gut) but I still think this is reasonable. I need to do more weight training and look after my diet. I want to remain toned, I fall really easily into the too much cardio trap. ANYWAY.

Food: Breakfast - 2 softboiled eggs, 2 pieces of wholemeal toast with a Tablespoon of sunflower seed butter on top (soooooo good) = 450 Cals

I read that if you have 2 eggs in the morning (don't worry about the cholesterol!) You stay satiated much longer, and are likely to eat about 200 cals less than you would've done without (not sure about the legitimacy of this, but I read it a couple times...)

Anyhow, then I'm gonna have Oatso Simple Microwave porridge and an apple and almonds for snack/small lunch = 380 Cals

Then weights workout and maybe a short run.

Dunno what to have after that but I think I'm gonna prepare some buckwheat noodles with some left over fish bake, which should come to about 650 cals. Then going dancing! Yay. Sorry this was a long post its been a while ...Should come to 1480 Cals. Yippee!

This is how yesterday actually turned out from L on:
L: Deli Creations turkey bacon ranch flatbread sandwich (300)
S: a little tuna salad, banana and yogurt with fresh pineapple added except the yogurt turned out to be totally nasty so I ate the pineapple out of the yogurt and threw out the rest of the yogurt - blick, I'll be sticking with my cottage cheese (250)
D: chicken divan (accidentally bought chicken breasts instead of turkey), mashed potatoes, and stir fry veggies (600)
Dessert: honey roasted cashews and peanuts (100) - not very healthy, but I was craving something sweet and crunchy
Total: 1950 Cal

Oh, and I'm aiming for 2,000 this week since I'm back to exercise in the morning and the afternoon.

Today:
B: Kashi cereal with 2% milk (400)
S: coffee with hazelnut creamer and some sugar, apple, 2 string cheese (200)
L: tuna, 1 piece multigrain bread, fresh sliced tomato (400)
S: cottage cheese with natural apple sauce (100)
S: banana and PB (200)
Dinner: choices - cheeseburger soup, brunch casserole

Did not eat well again! I don't want to store any real food in the company refrigerator anymore. I ended up eating oatmeal, apple or things sustainable without frigerator. I did not like it. Hopefully, next month after my evening classes are over, I can eat better.

Up to lunch went as planned, here's how the rest turned out:
S: skipped because I'm super busy at work and I just wasn't very hungry
S: cottage cheese with natural apple sauce (100)
Post w/o S: almonds (100)
Dinner: cheeseburger soup which turned out to not be very good (400)
Dessert: watermelon - yum!! (100)
Total: 1700 - too little Cal yesterday. I was busy and not very hungry which is pretty unusual for me.

Today:
B: egg white omelet with FF cheese and mushrooms and 2 Kashi waffles with lite cool whip (400)
S: Kashi bar (150) - I was going to have 2 slices of deli meat also, but when I got into work, I had accidentally left my mini-fridge door a little open last night so the stuff inside was not cold so I had to throw the deli meat away. Darn.
L: SB Diet pepperoni pizza on wheat dough and apple (400)
S: cottage cheese and apple sauce (100)
S: banana and PB (200)
D: a friend is having a lingerie/bachelorette party so I'll be going to that. We're eating at Silver Coin Indian Grill.

Today again no good. I missed fresh made food instead of oatmeal, bar, fruit,..etc for meal.

Yesterday went according to plan. Dinner was at the Indian Grill so that was definitely a new experience for me. I really didn't even know how to make heads or tails of the menu, much less how to order something healthy. So I ordered a lamb dish and it came out as a kind of lamb gravy type thing. It was served with sweet bread and white rice and some kind of cucumber cooling dip. It was good. I think I used fairly good portion control - aka didn't feel the need to eat the whole bowl. Instead I took the rest home with me. But then I did succumb to the cookie cake. I ate 2 very small pieces. It was very good. So I'm gonna call the night 1,000 just to have a number so I can put something on my chart.
Total: 2250 Cal

Today:
(I didn't get up to do my pre-breakfast w/o because the party/shower went super late last night. In fact, I overslept my alarm clock and didn't get up till like 35 minutes later when hubby's went off. Anyways...)
B: whole wheat bagel with natural PB and a little honey on top (400)
S: banana with PB (the normal PB, I'm gonna finish off the jar before I switch the work supply to the natural PB) (200)
L: Newk's - probably tomato soup and some kind of salad. They don't have nutritional info on the salad I like.
Rest of the day: ??

Glovia, don't let one person stealing your food one time cause you to never use the company fridge again and ruin your good eating habits. I mean if it happens many times, then I would understand not wanting to use it, but just once. Who know - maybe it was somehow an accident.

Started out the morning with a smoothie:

1 cup Soy Slender vanilla soy milk
2 ice cubes
4 strawberries
1/4 cup oats

I've also had two 16oz. bottles of water and a half cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch. Now I wait until lunch.

Lunch was a roast beef and turkey breast sandwich on whole wheat bread with a slice of cheese and mustard. I also had half of a chicken breast plain for extra protein. For a treat, I had a slice of cheesecake pie. I got the recipe from Recipezaar.com and it is much healthier than it sounds.

Dinner will be taco salad.

Six bottles of water so far today. Chewing gum also. Was assigned a pretty cool project at work that I need to show progress on during a meeting this coming Tuesday so that'll keep my mind off food.

Looking forward to that taco salad...

Leslie's Taco Salad
Lean Ground Beef cooked
Lettuce
Cottage Cheese
Salsa

Daily total: 1416

Lunch was about 600 Cal I'm going to guess. I had the Newk's as planned. Got the dressing on the side and used about 1/4 of it.
S: almonds and watermelon (200)
D: confession time - I had Surin. It's a Thia restaurant and I had 4 pieces of sushi and a delicious plate of noodles with some beef and it was delicious but calorie filled I'm sure (guess: 800)
Dessert: more confession - went to Ben and Jerry's *dun dun dun* Hubby talked me into it. I'm so weak. I had Heath bar ice cream and a cookie (guess: 500)
Total: 2700 - boo!!

Thanks, Rachael.

Another girl at work told me that someone ate her half of her lunch. Can you believe it? It is so ghost. I rather the whole lunch ws eaten instead. I can imagine how I will feel if I open my lunchbox and find half of my egg was eaten.

Well, today was better. No class today. I have my typical pre/post workout meal of oatmeal, peanut butter, cottage cheese and pineapple. I went out lunch to have a salmon salad and barley soup. Ate an apple and SouthBeach Bar for snack. Then, I have snappeas and tuna for dinner. I should have enough carbs, protein, fat for today. The only flaw was that I should have 1 more snack in the morning to balance the day. Grade B today.

Are you saying that you have that much water at 1 time?

Weekend was a total bust. I'm feeling really disappointed in my ability to control myself over the weekend. I just keep reminding myself that this is a really hard habit to break because I've had it for sooo long. Kevin (hubby) and I made a fresh commitment to healthy living last night so I'm hoping that doing good over the weekend will be easier with him in on it too.

Today:
B: whole wheat bagel with natural PB and a little honey (400)
S: multigrain hot cereal and cantelope (200)
L: sandwich - multigrain bread with lite mayo, lean deli meat, FF cheese, and TOMATO! (400)
S: cottage cheese and apple sauce (100)
S: Kashi bar and apple (200)
post WO S: almonds (100)
D: brunch casserole (not sure - 500?)
bed time S: almonds (100)

Me too! I went to 2 birthday parties over the weekend.

I guess I would continue screw this month because of my hectic schedule of work and classes. But, the summer class is over by end of July. I will be back on track. For now, just try not to gain too much weight and continue to workout hard.

Hi everybody. Today I had 3 big biscuits with a large cup of strong coffee (I'm italian....) for breakfast, than some creacker and cottage cheese for lunch (I'm thining about eating some cherries too) and then will have turckey breast and vegetables for dinner, this after having had a long ride with my bike (about 2 hours). I'll also have a snack late in the evening, some marmalade and nuts....
believe me excercising is the best way to loose fat (not muscle) and keep fit!

good luck everybody!
Cri

Yesterday went according to plan except I did not eat the almonds after my swim w/o and I had some soup with my dinner so dinner was probably about 600 Cal.
Total: 2000

Today:
B: Kashi waffles with lite cool whip and 3 turkey sausage links (400)
S: Kashi bar (150)
S: banana and natural PB (200)
(basketball at lunch)
L: Deli creations turkey cheddar dijon on honey wheat (450)
S: apple sauce and cottage cheese (100)
D: not sure yet
bed time S: almonds (100)

Everything went as planned yesterday. Dinner was Shepard's Pie (or starch pie as I like to call it -haha) (500)
Dessert: apples with cinnamon and sugar heated in the microwave (100)
Total: 2000

Today:
B: whole wheat bagel with natural honey PB (found some natural PB with honey already mixed in!!!) (400)
S: cottage cheese and natural apple sauce (100)
L: going to eat at Ted's Montana Grill with some people from work. I'm going to get the "Big Sky" Cobb Salad - Crisp iceberg, romaine and spring mix tossed in a basil vinaigrette, with bleu cheese crumbles, avocado, bacon, vine-ripened tomatoes, scallions, diced egg, croutons and diced chicken breast. I'm going to get it without bacon and scallions and with the dressing on the side. I'm shooting for 500 Cal at lunch.
S: apple and cheese stick (100)
S:banana with natural PB (200)
D: choices - white BBQ chicken, sloppy joes, shrimp caesar salad

Post-its! They are your friend in this situation, put your name on it...a warning, a lie (ie. Special dietary needs, mislabelling it for something repulsive) Something. That way theres no way it could be a mistake and if it happens again bring your lunch in and put threats on the post-it...they should get the message

I got super hungry before lunch got here so I ate 100 Cal of almonds.

Lunch was the salad I planned on, but I got it with bison meat, which I didn't know but they are famous for so I decided to give it a try. I got the dressing on the side, but I didn't eat any because the avocado and eggs made it pretty unnecessary. I looked it up and bison meat has 143 Cal in 3.5 ounces so maybe I had a half pound of it so that's 327 Cal. Plus about 250 Cal for the eggs, avocado, and bleu cheese...? Round up, and I'm going to say 600 Cal for lunch, which is a little more than I planned on, but still not too bad.

Recopy yesterday b/c it turned out a little different:
B: whole wheat bagel with natural honey PB (found some natural PB with honey already mixed in!!!) (400)
S: apple and cheese stick (100)
S: almonds (100)
L: Ted's Montana Grill - "Big Sky" Cobb Salad - Crisp iceberg, romaine and spring mix tossed in a basil vinaigrette, with bleu cheese crumbles, avocado, bacon, vine-ripened tomatoes, scallions, diced egg, croutons and diced chicken breast. I got it without bacon and scallions. Didn't eat the dressing. Got bison instead of chicken (actually very good for you) (600)
S: none - full from lunch
S:banana with natural PB (200)
D: tomato, asparagus stir fried in EVO white BBQ chicken tenderloins and just a very few pieces of diced baked potato (500)
Pre bed time S: almonds (100)

Today:
B: egg white omelet with FF cheddar cheese and chunks of deli meat, sausage, and grapes (400)
S: Kashi bar and apple (200)
L: Panera Bread - chicken salad sandwich on multiwheat bread and classic salad and really small apple (400)
(how far I've gotten at time of post)
S: cottage cheese and natural apple sauce (100)
S:banana with natural PB (200)
post w/o S: almonds (100)
D: choices - sloppy joes, shrimp caesar salad
bed time S: almonds (100)

Yesterday: didn't have almonds post w/o, had sloppy joe for dinner (500), grapes for dessert (100), and then almonds as planned before bed (100)
Total: 2000

Today:
B: whole wheat bagel with natural honey PB
S: banana, cottage cheese and natural apple sauce (200)
L: don't know, eating with hubby somewhere, will look at menu on line 1st
S: ??
D: with some friends for a bachelorette party. I'm determined to do well this weekend.

Ate like hell this week. I am going to lose all the muscle I have built from the bootcamp!

I determine to eat well in the weekend!

I did very well over the weekend! I'm very proud of myself! I had a few M&M's and I think 2 1/2 cookies over the course of the bachelorette party, but that was it! Normal Rachael would have wanted to scarf down the whole jar of M&M's and eat the whole tin of cookies. Yea me!!

Today:
B: lean pocket and 2 sausage links (400)
S: 2 hard boiled eggs, carrots (200)
L: sandwich - multigrain bread with lite mayo, lean deli meat, FF cheese, and TOMATO! (400)
S: cottage cheese and natural apple sauce (100)
S: banana and PB (200)
post w/o S: almonds (100)
D: ??
bed time S: almonds (100)

Dinner was a salad and then a chicken salad casserole type thing. It was good. Probably about 600 Cal and no almonds before bed.
Total: 2000 Cal

Today:
B: Kashi waffles and lite cool whip (400)
S: 2 cheese sticks and almonds (200)
L: sandwich - multigrain bread with lite mayo, lean deli meat, FF cheese, and TOMATO! (400)
S:cottage cheese and natural apple sauce (100)
S: banana and PB (200)
post w/o S: almonds (100)
D: ??
bed time S: almonds (100)

B: Post-workout protein drink; a bagel with cream cheese and jelly
S: Protein bar
L: Leftover lasagna
S: 50 calorie pack of beef jerky; baby carrots with ranch
S: Ham, turkey and cheese sandwhich on wheat bread with mustard



Okay...is it a sign that I'm not eating ENOUGH? I'm starving and have a headache at work...but I'm like, stuffing my face ALL DAY