4/27/12

Daily Used
29
Daily Remaining
2
Weekly Remaining
43
Activity Earned
0
Activity Remaining
0
Food Tracker
Daily Target: 31
PointsPlus values
Morning
4 Tbsp half-and-half cream
2
2 cup(s) black coffee
0
1 oz Cheddar or colby cheese
3
2 Tbsp canned coconut milk
2
1 Tbsp salted butter
3
1/2 cup(s) Carrots
0
1/2 cup(s) cucumber(s)
0
Midday
1 serving(s) Dark chocolate coconut bar
5
1 large mandarin orange(s)
0
1 small fresh apple(s)
0
1 Tbsp salted butter
3
Evening
4 oz cooked 85% lean ground beef
7
1/2 cup(s) store-bought marinara sauce
2
1 serving(s) Ken's Steakhouse Lite Italian dressing
1
2 cup(s) tossed salad without dressing
0
2 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
1
Anytime



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4/26/12

Coffee with half and half ANC coconut milk, butter on the side, one in early morning, one mid-morning...I passed up orange glazed muffins, yo!





Chicken mole, tossed salad w/ light Italian vinaigrette, crust-less spinach mini quiche...


Butter, pastured. Afternoon snack.


My son's nibbled brown apple...


And his old carrots and French onion dip, in traffic and starving...


Dinner...cornflake crusted cod, rice and green peas...


Dessert...1 T semisweet chocolate chips...


Daily Used
34
Daily Remaining
0
Weekly Remaining
43
Activity Earned
0
Activity Remaining
0
You added 1 Tbsp of semi-sweet chocolate chips for a PointsPlus value of 2 to Anytime.
Food Tracker
Daily Target: 31
PointsPlus values
Morning
2 Tbsp salted butter
6
3 cup(s) black coffee
0
4 Tbsp half-and-half cream
2
2 Tbsp canned coconut milk
2
Midday
2 Tbsp Light Italian dressing
1
Weight Watchers crust less quiche cups - Quick added food - Quick added food
2
2/3 cup(s) chicken mole
6
2 cup(s) tossed salad without dressing
0
Evening
1/3 cup(s) cooked white rice
2
1/3 cup(s) cooked green peas
1
3 1/2 oz cooked Pacific cod fillet(s)
2
1/8 cup(s) cornflake crumbs
1
2 tsp mayonnaise
2
Anytime
1 Tbsp salted butter
3
1 medium uncooked baby carrots
0
2 Tbsp French Onion Dip
2
1 small fresh apple(s)
0
1 Tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips
2
Activity Earned
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4/25/12

Coffee with half half, coconut milk, side of butter! "Fat Bomb"


Lunch...giant dish of stir-fried vegetables, 3 T homemade peanut sauce; fruit salad...


Afternoon snack: 1 T pastured butter...


Dinner, "French" night...beef bourguignon, large tossed salad w/ homemade vinaigrette, 2 Weight Watcher's crust-less spinach quiche cups...




Daily Used
32
Daily Remaining
0
Weekly Remaining
46
Activity Earned
0
Activity Remaining

Food Tracker
Daily Target: 31

Morning
2 Tbsp half-and-half cream
1
1 Tbsp salted butter
3
2 Tbsp canned coconut milk
2
2 cup(s) black coffee
0
Midday
1 cup(s) canned fruit Salad, packed in water
0
2 cup(s) frozen stir-fry vegetables without sauce
1
3 Tbsp spicy peanut sauce
6
Evening
2/3 cup(s) beef bourguignon
10
2 cup(s) tossed salad without dressing
0
Homemade vinaigrette - Quick added food
4
Weight Watchers crust less quiche cups - Quick added food
2
Anytime
1 Tbsp salted butter
3
Activity Earned
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4/24/12

Getting back on track with food...holla! Exercise tomorrow.

Oatmeal w/fried organic apples...


Tuna salad...


2 hard-boiled eggs (fresh from our farm), clementine orange...


Afternoon coffee...


Stir-fried vegetables, avocado, homemade peanut sauce...the sauce was off the hook!



Daily Used
33
Daily Remaining
0
Weekly Remaining
47
Activity Earned
0
Activity Remaining
0
Food Tracker
Daily Target: 31
PointsPlus values
Morning
3 cup(s) black coffee
0
6 Tbsp half-and-half cream
3
1 Tbsp unpacked brown sugar
1
1/2 cup(s) cooked oatmeal
2
1 Tbsp salted butter
3
1 small fresh apple(s)
0
Midday
2 Tbsp mayonnaise
6
1 cup(s) water-packed tuna fish, drained
4
1 large mandarin orange(s)
0
2 large whole hard-boiled egg(s)
4
Evening
3 cup(s) frozen stir-fry vegetables without sauce
2
3 Tbsp spicy peanut sauce
6
1/4 medium avocado

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Coffee and banana...


Lots of veggies for lunch!


Woops, no pic of 1 T almond butter this afternoon.

Dinner, leftover chicken mole, rice, salad. A couple of bites of a beef empanada my kids made...


Today's log...

Daily Used
23
Daily Remaining
8
Weekly Remaining
49 (Actually 0!)
Activity Earned
0
Activity Remaining
0
Food Tracker
Daily Target: 31
PointsPlus values

Morning
3 cup(s) black coffee
0
6 Tbsp half-and-half cream
3
1 large banana(s)
0
Midday
3 tsp olive oil
3
1 cup(s) cooked asparagus
0
1 Tbsp almond butter
3
1 cup(s) cooked beets
0
1/2 cup(s) cooked zucchini
0
1 cup(s) cooked broccoli
0
Evening
1 cup(s) chicken mole
9
1/2 cup(s) cooked white rice
3
2 Tbsp Light Italian dressing
1
1/3 item(s) empanadas
1
1 cup(s) tossed salad without dressing
0
Anytime
6 cup(s) water
0
Activity Earned

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Slipping

A week without tracking and blogging, without preparing my plate before eating.  Too much grabbing of "bites" after long bouts of manual labor at work--pretzels, a muffin and a glass of milk, bites of my kids' chocolate Easter bunnies, potato chips.  Carb endulgences begat more cravings.

So...I started toying this afternoon with an escape from tomorrow's weigh-in.  The first meeting I want to skip in 17 weeks.  "Maybe just one", I thought several times.  I don't want to face the music and I am playing games with myself.  I've lost something every week for 16 weeks.  But, tomorrow will be different.

Must go anyway.  This is my year.  No excuses.  Face the music.  I love myself too much to quit, and little eyes are watching me.

4/12-4/13/12

The last two days have been about trying to grab the right things while busy at work. I've been doing a lot of gardening, lifting bags of mulch, etc. at work, so I noticed that I needed to add in a little carb here and there this week to avoid feeling woozy. I cut back on the coffee and upped my water. Hoping for a nice loss this week!

Thursday
Granola , almond milk...


Deli ham, apple, 1T almond butter...


Broccoli...


More ham...


Veggie snack chips...(carb)


Peanuts...damn legume, but no other "nuts" around...


Another apple...


Mexican fajita plate at staff meeting...starving!


Friday
Deli turkey...


Banana...


Broccoli...


Peanuts...is this starting to sound familiar?


Turkey...seriously, there wasn't much at work and I kept grabbing healthy things instead of Goldfish, chocolate, chips, etc.


Husband's chicken fried steak, homegrown creamed spinach, and mashed potatoes...


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4/11/12

Victory!  Man, I waded through temptations today.  Easter chocolate, skipping meals, eating extra butter, bites of this and that.
Instead, I:

• journaled my food and counted my Weight Watchers Points Plus. 
• didn't put unnecessary foods in my mouth. 
• ate more fruits and veggies to avoid starving, and an after-work crash. 
• drank tons of water and less coffee.
• remembered my goals.

Today was light on iPhone pics, so I won't include them 'cause I'm tired.  I'll get back to that tomorrow.

Breakfast
2 cups of coffee, each with 2 T organic half and half
1 organic pastured egg scrambled in 1 tsp butter
1/2 small flour tortilla

Lunch
deli turkey, 4 oz
2 cups organic baby spinach
2 T honey mustard dressing

Snack
apple
1 T pastured butter

Snack
deli turkey, 2 oz

Dinner
2 slices Rudi's gluten free bread
4 oz grass fed chuck roast, shredded
mustard
pickles
pineapple
homegrown beets w/ organic cider vinegar
small homegrown tossed salad and 1 tsp Italian dressing

Exercise
I loaded 4 bags of cedar mulch into my van first thing this morning.  I applied it to our school butterfly garden, spread it, and planted with the kids.  Though formalized exercies has waned in the last two weeks, I have been working hard (physical!) at my job.

4/8/12, Happy Easter

Breakfast: coffee with half and half, 6 crisp bacon slices...

Lunch: red wine, tossed salad w/ honey mustard vinaigrette, pear slice, 1 oz cheese, 6 oz shredded roast pork, 1/2 cup brown and wild rice...


Dessert: coffee w/ half and half, berries, kiwi, small brownie bite...


Snacks: 1 cracker w/ mozzarella and prosciutto...


Salad greens w/ Italian vinaigrette, celery sticks...


1 T butter...


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Weeks 13, 14, 15 Wrap-Up

The stats...

Week 13 -0.6 lbs Total: 23.6

Week 14 -0.6 lbs Total: 24.2 achieved 10% loss of 24 lbs; earned 10% keychain

Week 15 -0.8 lbs Total: 25 lbs; earned 25 lb circle pendant

I am happy to have lost 25 lbs in 15 weeks! The last two weeks, I have allowed stress and a busy schedule to interfere with tracking points, exercise, and blogging. To achieve my ultimate goal of losing 100-110 lbs by my 40th birthday in December, I need to step it up! I can easily be losing 2 lbs a week...

It is beyond awesome to pull clothes that are too large out of my closet to send to Goodwill! Also, my husband is really starting to notice my weight loss. It means so much that he is taking time to notice it AND to mention it!

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