Postgrad

Ok, so I have not been a good fellow food blogger this week. Snow days and me being inside=bad decisions with food. I made puppy chow because I thought I was going to stacy's to be snowed in but I couldn't make it there so I had puppy chow all for me....and I ate it...ALL! Now, did I have to make puppy chow to begin with? No. Bad decision. That's really the worst of it but that's still horrible.

I'm going to walk to Wal-Mart today to get some food and to get out of the house.

I apologize for not tracking better this week. I have found out that I'm not good picking things back up. I think I'll look over some of my earlier posts for some food ideas for the week and for some added motivation.

Breakfast: Toast-1, Eggs-3, Turkey-1.... 5/22

lunch: pretzels w/peanut butter-6.....11/22

Snack: 100 calorie pack-2.....13/22

Dinner: WW recipe ->Meatless tacos-6......19/22

Snack: Grapefruit juice-3......22/22

Saturday: Manda

Breakfast: toast (1), ham (2), coffee (1)=4/20
Snack: 1/2 an apple (0), cheese stick (1)=5/20
Lunch: Hungry Girl Chicken Strips (5), salad (0)=10/20
Snack: cereal and milk (3)=13/20
Dinner: stir-fry (1) rice (3) =17/20
Snack: glass of white wine (2), 1/2 an apple (0)= 19/20
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Fruits and Veggies: 6/5
Dairy: 2.5/2
Oils: 2/2
Water: 6/6
Protein: 2/2
Limited Sugar/Alcohol: 1/1
Vitamin: 1/1
Sleep: 8 hrs
Activity: Wii Active (+3)
NSV: Getting back on track and being excited about it! I feel better already!
Tracking: 1/1
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I am going to go back to making the checklist everyday. Otherwise, I just don't get anywhere. I think it is good for me to have a daily goal that doesn't change. And when I write down "activity" with a space to fill in something, it actually motivates me. It also helps me to plan the whole day's food. When I do that I'm not constantly thinking about "What am I going to eat next?" and am not as hungry all the time. Even if it changes throughout the day, having it somewhat planned out it comforting for some reason. I really haven't been doing very well with my eating and feel like I've just been eating crap and not tracking as well as I should.

Friday-Manda

Breakfast: pancakes (3), coffee (1)
Snack: apple (1)
Lunch: pita pizza (3)
Snack: cheese stick (1), cereal (3)=12/20
Dinner:spaghetti (6)
Snack: cookie (3)

Thursday-Manda

Breakfast: toast (1), coffee (1)
Lunch: pita pizza (4), salad (0)
Snack: apple with pb (2), coffee (1)
Dinner: Vegetable and Beef stew (6)
Snack: ?

Manda

Breakfast: coffee (1), 1 slice of toast with PB (1)=2/20
Snack: coffee (1) 1/2 an apple (0), cheese stick(1)=4/20
Lunch: 1/2 an apple (0), cheese stick (1), sandwich (3)=8/20
Dinner: flatbread pizza (8), salad (0)=16/20
Snack: apple (1), chocolate (3)=20/20

Postgrad

Breakfast: Oatmeal-3

Snack:Kashi bar-2

Lunch: turkey sandwich-2
100 calorie pack-2

Snack: yogurt-2

11/22

Dinner:

I'm gonna go home and get on the elliptical. I really can't wait!

Postgrad-Monday

Breakfast: oatmeal-3

Snack: kashi bar-2

Lunch: turkey sandwich-2
100 calorie pack-2
applesauce-1

Snack: yogurt-2

Dinner: mediterranean chicken-5
couscous-4
peas-1

22/22

Manda

Breakfast: coffee (1), kashi granola (3)=4/20
Lunch: salad with mushrooms and tomatoes (0), flax pita (1), 1/3 c. fat free cheese (1), 2 tsp EVOO (oils), mushrooms (0), ww ice cream (2)=8/20
Snack: 1/2 an apple (0) and 12 little marshmallows (1), cheese stick (1)=10/20
Dinner:
Snack:
Activity:

Manda

Breakfast: coffee (1) and toast (1)=2/20
Snack: half and apple and whipped PB (2)
Lunch: ham sandwich (3)=7/10
Snack: fro-yo (3)
Dinner: ravioli (6)=16/20
Snack: half an apple and pb (2), cocoa almonds (2)
Activity: walking (3) and cleaning (1.5)=+4.5 AP's
Goal for today: To be productive and not eat out of boredom, and for goodness sakes, GO TO WAL-MART!

Sunday January 24th-Postgrad

Breakfast: 2 pieces of toast, scrambled eggs, cheese-5

Lunch: potluck lunch-10?

Snack: frozen yogurt-4

Dinner: WW pizza-8
pretzels-2
ice cream cone-3

32/22

Ok....so I've realized how not writing stuff down is killing me. On the break I would have thought today was not a bad day but look...I went 10 points over. I planned my meals today for the rest of the week and realized that if I do what I wanted to do I would be completely out of points after dinner and have no margin for snacks/dessert in the evening. I may need to either cut down to one snack and just pick morning or afternoon or cut down on my dinner. I really want to try and eat smaller meals but it's hard for me not to want to come home and have a "real" dinner.

I'm very ready to get back on track.

I have 3 weekly goals for these next 7 days.
-get 8 hours of sleep
-work out on the elliptical for 30 minutes 4 times this week
-do not eat over my points for the day. (except Wednesday b/c I'm going with the fam and I am saving a couple extra for eating out)

Manda

Breakfast: coffee (1), toast (1)=2/20
Lunch: cheese stick (1), pb on slice of bread (2)=5/20
Snack: fro-yo (4)=9/20
Dinner: SMALL piece of low-fat lasagna(5), salad(0), corn (1), peach crumble (4?)
Snack: a handful of little marshmallows (2) bowl of honey nut cheerios (2)=23/20+5
Activity: walking for 45 minutes at ~4mph and up and down hills (+5 APs)
Goal: Get reorganized: make a plan for working out, for meals, and for tracking. (check!)


I do the same thing as far as estimating and not tracking!!!
Maybe you should rethink your snacks? Maybe some 1 or zero points snacks would be better? Or more fruits and veggies at lunch? I'm not sure what your typical day really "looks like" but I try and just each half of my points on breakfast+morning snack+lunch. This usually means I have to have a light breakfast or a light lunch, but I prefer to have a substantial dinner so it is ok. I really like my coffee/latte in the morning for breakfast because the warmth seems to fill me up so I don't need such a huge breakfast (like I've always had). I also try to do little things with it like toast (zero for one slice), 1/2 cup of fruit (usually zero) and maybe a couple pieces of ham cooked in a skillet (1)...that way I feel like I've had a big breakfast, when really I've only had a variety of little things. I think variety is usually key for me at a meal: if I get to have several different things in small portions I get full quickly. I like to do the same when I take my lunch so I don't feel so deprived (zero point soup, 3 point sandwich, 0-1 point salad/veggie, 1 point cheese stick, 1 point fruit=5-6 points for a really "big" lunch).