10:30 a.m. - at work
Last night I made Carb Addict's Cinnamon Coffeecake. It is light and airy and unexpectedly good. The solids separated from the egg whites and it puffed up a bit like a souffle. I had 1/4 of it this morning and I noticed that Kris headed out with some as well. I'll have to find out if she liked it. I have a feeling it isn't very substantial but so far it is getting me through the morning. I think I will finish it up at lunch in a salad along with my favorite, Brie cheese.
11:20 a.m. - at work
I Have Some Planning to Do - I got the follow tip from Tammy who lost over 100 lbs on WW and is now a marathon runner.
Planning is EVERYTHING. It's the foundation for all the rest. At the beginning of each week, I plan for which days I need to allot more points, and which days I will be more careful. I plan when to exercise. I plan my meals - all of them - and then I know how I will get through the week's challenges. I also think through situations like eating out: what I will eat at the restaurant, look on the website to see which entrees are more lifestyle-friendly (it is NOT NOT NOT a diet, ever, or it is OVER!), etc. If eating at a friend's house I ask what they are cooking, ask them to use less oil, offer to bring a big salad or a fruit salad for dessert w/Cool whip, or whatever. If you plan, you succeed. If you wing it, you fail. So good for you for planning!!!!
I'm travelling this weekend and this will be a big help. Also, I'll enlist help from our hostess. She's a great cook and she will a wonderful and supportive help.
1:40 p.m.
Lunch was a little strange today. I finished the "coffeecake" from this morning. It was more like a flattened cinnamon souffle but tasty nonetheless. I followed up with a couple deli slices each of ham and turkey. No veggies. No good. I forgot I had veggies from a couple of days ago waiting to be finished. I'll get those tonight. Felt tired and low when I came in for lunch. I was very restless last night and got little sleep. Still feeling out of sorts.
I stopped at Starbucks on the way back to work and got a tall, nonfat, plain iced latte. Here's what I found out later about the nutritional content:
Calories 100
Fat Calories 0
Total Fat (g) 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0
Trans Fat (g) 0
Cholesterol (mg) 5
Sodium (mg) 120
Total Carbohydrates (g) 15
Fiber (g) 0
Sugars (g) 14
I guess I better not do this again for a while.
Evening
I was so tired after work; there was no way I was cooking. I went to MacD's and got Don his usual and then to Starbucks for his preferred drink. I made his MacD's drink a diet coke and I was good to go with my own MacD's salad. Here's the breakdown:
Premium Bacon Ranch Salad with Grilled Chicken Cal. 260, Total Carbohydrates 12 g, Sugars 5 g, Newman's Ranch Dress Cal. 170, Total Carbs 9 g, Sugar 4g.
Total for Salad and dressing at dinner is 430 calories. And Brie for dessert. I love my Brie.
It's barely 7 p.m. and I'm hoping that this will be enough for me tonight. I need to look in the fridge and figure out tomorrow.
5 comments:
I'll be thinking of you, Annie.
Here I am!! I was going to walk extra steps this evening but it is too dark already!! This morning I woke up at 3:30 am to scampering feet soOOOOo I turn the porch light on and there they are, 5-6 raccoons scavenging for food on our porch and yard!!! That's why I'm not walking those extra steps outside now! I'm sick of myself being too heavy too Annie and I'll check on YOU every once and a while! GOOD LUCK!!! I want to do some sit-ups tonight, a start!
O! by the way, I LOVE those turquoise booths!!! hehe I'll come and sit a while with YOU every once and a while! Sweet Dreams kiddo!
hey, thanks for the mention :)
yes, I think planning is definitely going to be KEY for you --- more than which food plan you choose or how you do things, you need to be intentional about what goes in your mouth. It seems like, reading over your last week (sorry I've been SOOOOO busy that I couldn't read it until now) that you often wait until you are hungry to decide what you are going to eat.
Maybe that will work for you; I don't want to preach too much or assume too much.
It doesn't work for me though. In my personal experience, that leads to disaster, especially at night. Right now you are still excited about the new food plan, so it's going OK, but when the novelty wears off it will be harder. I plan my dinners a week in advance (plan Sunday night for all week, Monday-Sunday) and always keep stuff for healthy breakfasts, lunches, and snacks around. I rotate between 3-4 choices for each of those, and mix it up when I get bored. Anyway, it only takes about an hour for me to plan my whole week, and then I never have to make a split-second food decision. That totally has saved my bacon (pun intended?) on many occasions.
Thank you so much Tammy. This is the direction I'm trying to go in. That I made a shopping list last week and purchased food for a week or two was amazing. However, my calculations were wrong and I ran out of stuff - especially the breakfast and lunch meals. I'm going shopping again tonight.
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