1/2 cup coffee
Breakfast - half sandwich - bread, avocado, vegan butter spread
Snack - other half of sandwich
Green tea with ginger
Snack - banana, some World Peas
Lunch - leftover brown rice and roasted veggies (carrot, sweet potato, butternut squash)
100 calorie bag of mini pretzels
Dinner - leftover brown rice and roasted veggies - again, 4 leftover fake orange chicken nugget shaped blobs from Trader Joe's, steamed veggies - asparagus, green beans, cauliflower, carrots; some strawberries
After dinner walk - 35 min.
After dinner snack - 3 glasses of cabernet, tortilla with actual cheese because the fake stuff is awful, and 4 of the Trader Joe's chocolate butterscotch ball things
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
It was 79 degrees at 6 am. Ugh. Supposed to have a cold front come in tonight.
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - 8:30 am piece of bread toasted w/ avocado
snack - banana - 9:30 am
Lunch salad - 11:30 am- greens, cherry tomatoes, corn off of a half of a cob, 4 olives stuffed w/ garlic and jalapeno, blueberries, sunflower seeds, Annie's balsamic dressing and apple cider vinegar
6 chocolate caramel balls from trader joe's (100 calories)
water
cup of green tea with ginger
Snack - 2:40 pm - 1/2 sandwich - bread, kite hill spread, avocado, mustard, lettuce, pickle; chips, 4 chocolate caramel balls
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - 8:30 am piece of bread toasted w/ avocado
snack - banana - 9:30 am
Lunch salad - 11:30 am- greens, cherry tomatoes, corn off of a half of a cob, 4 olives stuffed w/ garlic and jalapeno, blueberries, sunflower seeds, Annie's balsamic dressing and apple cider vinegar
6 chocolate caramel balls from trader joe's (100 calories)
water
cup of green tea with ginger
Snack - 2:40 pm - 1/2 sandwich - bread, kite hill spread, avocado, mustard, lettuce, pickle; chips, 4 chocolate caramel balls
Monday, September 7, 2015
Monday, Sept. 7, 2015
Too hot to walk this morning. I have not been able to walk as much since school started. I am hoping the weather will get cooler soon so I can walk in the evenings.
I have tried a variety of vegan foods and recipes and have had so much gas that it is just too much for me to handle. Last night I ate real cheese melted on a tortilla and it is so much better than the fake cheeses. I am not buying any more fake cheeses. Except for the Kite Hill spread that is a nut based cream cheese like spread - it is totally yummy and not oily like the fake cheeses that are made of - you guessed it - oil.
Today, to combat the rumbly tummy, I am trying to eat only blandish foods. I had my coffee because - coffee. I put the almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia in it like always - just 1/2 cup of coffee.
For breakfast, I had a piece of buttermilk bread from Trader Joe's toasted w/ avocado on it.
I have also had green tea to drink.
And for lunch - another piece of the same bread toasted with the rest of the avocado on it.
So far, tummy seems happy.
Hungry. At 3 pm ate another piece of toast w/ avocado.
another glass of green tea
Dinner - brown rice and roasted veggies both from the Deliciously Ella cookbook.
The rice is cooked w/ lime juice, tamari, salt and olive oil. The veggies are sweet potato, carrot and butternut squash w/ olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika and fresh thyme and rosemary.
glass of red wine
I have tried a variety of vegan foods and recipes and have had so much gas that it is just too much for me to handle. Last night I ate real cheese melted on a tortilla and it is so much better than the fake cheeses. I am not buying any more fake cheeses. Except for the Kite Hill spread that is a nut based cream cheese like spread - it is totally yummy and not oily like the fake cheeses that are made of - you guessed it - oil.
Today, to combat the rumbly tummy, I am trying to eat only blandish foods. I had my coffee because - coffee. I put the almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia in it like always - just 1/2 cup of coffee.
For breakfast, I had a piece of buttermilk bread from Trader Joe's toasted w/ avocado on it.
I have also had green tea to drink.
And for lunch - another piece of the same bread toasted with the rest of the avocado on it.
So far, tummy seems happy.
Hungry. At 3 pm ate another piece of toast w/ avocado.
another glass of green tea
Dinner - brown rice and roasted veggies both from the Deliciously Ella cookbook.
The rice is cooked w/ lime juice, tamari, salt and olive oil. The veggies are sweet potato, carrot and butternut squash w/ olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika and fresh thyme and rosemary.
glass of red wine
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - sandwich, banana
green tea
Snack - world peas, cashews and kashi crackers and grape tomatoes
Lunch - salad
Dinner - "Bliss in a Dish" - vegan casserole of cannelli beans, artichokes, potatoes and more, broccoli and asparags, small piece of chicken, chips w/ vegan cream cheese, a homemade dark chocolate cookie with coarse sea salt and cacao nibs
Breakfast - sandwich, banana
green tea
Snack - world peas, cashews and kashi crackers and grape tomatoes
Lunch - salad
Dinner - "Bliss in a Dish" - vegan casserole of cannelli beans, artichokes, potatoes and more, broccoli and asparags, small piece of chicken, chips w/ vegan cream cheese, a homemade dark chocolate cookie with coarse sea salt and cacao nibs
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - piece of sprouted grain toast w/ earth balance margerine and a pastured egg fried over easy in olive oil
Yoga class - gentle yoga - found more things my body won't do. My feet don't stretch the way they want us to. How strange is that? Actually, my right food will stretch, but it hurts my left foot to even try. And while I can do the butterfly leg thing flat easily, I am very uncomfortable in child's pose and some others that some people seem to have no problem with.
Lunch - vingar flavored fava bean things, salad, chips and vegan cream cheese and hummus, 1/2 sandwich - chao cheese, pickle slice, tofurkey
Snackish dinner - bag of almonds, some grape tomatoes, some multi-grain crackers, water - totally not satisfying at all. ugh
Breakfast - piece of sprouted grain toast w/ earth balance margerine and a pastured egg fried over easy in olive oil
Yoga class - gentle yoga - found more things my body won't do. My feet don't stretch the way they want us to. How strange is that? Actually, my right food will stretch, but it hurts my left foot to even try. And while I can do the butterfly leg thing flat easily, I am very uncomfortable in child's pose and some others that some people seem to have no problem with.
Lunch - vingar flavored fava bean things, salad, chips and vegan cream cheese and hummus, 1/2 sandwich - chao cheese, pickle slice, tofurkey
Snackish dinner - bag of almonds, some grape tomatoes, some multi-grain crackers, water - totally not satisfying at all. ugh
Monday, August 31, 2015
Monday, August. 31. 2015
No walk - school
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - sandwich
Lunch - salad w/ leftover black beans and salsa also strawberries and cherry tomatoes
After school snack - salad, plum
Dinner - pasta with vegan alfredo sauce with added sauteed fresh mushrooms and frozen peas and carrots, some cookies (could not count how many because they were broken pieces and everyone knows that the broken pieces totally have less calories.)
Evening walk - 10 min.
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - sandwich
Lunch - salad w/ leftover black beans and salsa also strawberries and cherry tomatoes
After school snack - salad, plum
Dinner - pasta with vegan alfredo sauce with added sauteed fresh mushrooms and frozen peas and carrots, some cookies (could not count how many because they were broken pieces and everyone knows that the broken pieces totally have less calories.)
Evening walk - 10 min.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
1/2 cup coffee
Morning walk - 45 min
breakfast sandwich - one slice of sprouted grain bread toasted w/ avocado and a pickle
Lunch - can't remember
Dinner - two tortillas w/ homemade black bean and veggie mix and homemade mango salsa
Morning walk - 45 min
breakfast sandwich - one slice of sprouted grain bread toasted w/ avocado and a pickle
Lunch - can't remember
Dinner - two tortillas w/ homemade black bean and veggie mix and homemade mango salsa
Friday, August 28, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Morning walk - 40 minutes, then trimmed bushes 10 min
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - rice and veggie stir fry, an egg
Lunch - sandwich w/ tofurkey, 1/2 slice chao vegan cheese, pickle, lettuce, tomato; chips and hummus, two cookies, water
Dinner - vegetarian chili, cornbread, stir fried veggies, red wine, crackers
after dinner walk - 10 min
2 cookies
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - rice and veggie stir fry, an egg
Lunch - sandwich w/ tofurkey, 1/2 slice chao vegan cheese, pickle, lettuce, tomato; chips and hummus, two cookies, water
Dinner - vegetarian chili, cornbread, stir fried veggies, red wine, crackers
after dinner walk - 10 min
2 cookies
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
No morning walk - school day - need to get treadmill from neighbor
1/2 cup of coffee regular way
Breakfast - sandwich - 2 slices of Trader Joe's brand sprouted grain bread, 1/2 slice of chao cheeze, two slices of tofurkey (which actually tastes ok despite it's disgusting color), lettuce, pickles, veganaise and mustard, water
Snack - almonds and cherry tomatoes
Lunch - two kale and pinto bean pupusas - tres latin foods brand - 130 calories each, 2 365 brand sandwich cookies
Dinner - salad, broccoli, potatoes, a little mac-n-cheese, 2 cookies
After dinner walk - 15 min.
1/2 cup of coffee regular way
Breakfast - sandwich - 2 slices of Trader Joe's brand sprouted grain bread, 1/2 slice of chao cheeze, two slices of tofurkey (which actually tastes ok despite it's disgusting color), lettuce, pickles, veganaise and mustard, water
Snack - almonds and cherry tomatoes
Lunch - two kale and pinto bean pupusas - tres latin foods brand - 130 calories each, 2 365 brand sandwich cookies
Dinner - salad, broccoli, potatoes, a little mac-n-cheese, 2 cookies
After dinner walk - 15 min.
Wednesday, August 26, 2013
No morning walk - school day
Breakfast - avocado and lettuce sandwich
Snack - banana and almonds
Lunch - samples at Costco
yoga class
Dinner - salad, rice, 3 fried mushrooms (from frozen Trader Joe's bag), and two 365 brand fake oreo cookies - they are really good.
Breakfast - avocado and lettuce sandwich
Snack - banana and almonds
Lunch - samples at Costco
yoga class
Dinner - salad, rice, 3 fried mushrooms (from frozen Trader Joe's bag), and two 365 brand fake oreo cookies - they are really good.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Morning walk - 15 min - school day
1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
2nd morning walk because today is my day off - 30 min
Breakfast - sandwich - 2 slices of Rudy's organic spelt bread (I really like that bread, need to get more), 4 slices of tempeh bacon - it smells bacony, but is not the same at all. It is ok, and some lettuce, tomato, veganaise, and mustard. - later I had an upset stomach - I think the tempeh bacon did not agree with me. Yet another rather expensive (even though it was on sale when I bought it) fake food like product to throw away.
Lunch - salad w/ berries and sunflower seeds
Snack - club style crackers
Dinner - fried and baked okra from my garden - sooooo good, stir fried onion, mushroom and chard (chard from the garden), some spaghetti noodles with that, a bit of a Trader Joe's veggie burrito - too spicy for me, but my son liked it a lot and my husband said it was ok, and a couple of 365 brand oreo things with one side vanilla and one side chocolate - very good actually, and a couple of glasses of chardonnay
1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
2nd morning walk because today is my day off - 30 min
Breakfast - sandwich - 2 slices of Rudy's organic spelt bread (I really like that bread, need to get more), 4 slices of tempeh bacon - it smells bacony, but is not the same at all. It is ok, and some lettuce, tomato, veganaise, and mustard. - later I had an upset stomach - I think the tempeh bacon did not agree with me. Yet another rather expensive (even though it was on sale when I bought it) fake food like product to throw away.
Lunch - salad w/ berries and sunflower seeds
Snack - club style crackers
Dinner - fried and baked okra from my garden - sooooo good, stir fried onion, mushroom and chard (chard from the garden), some spaghetti noodles with that, a bit of a Trader Joe's veggie burrito - too spicy for me, but my son liked it a lot and my husband said it was ok, and a couple of 365 brand oreo things with one side vanilla and one side chocolate - very good actually, and a couple of glasses of chardonnay
Monday, August 24, 2015
Monday, August 24, 2015
First day of school year.
Morning walk - 25 min - shorter than usual because - first day of school - and - hot and humid even at 6:25 am.
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Snack - almonds, World Peas, water
Lunch - salad w/ some leftover beans, lentils, corn, tried some Amy's Rice Macaroni with Dairy Free Cheeze - it was gross and I threw it away, chips and hummus
Dinner - hummus and vegan cream cheese on a pretzel roll
After dinner late snack - 2 glasses of chardonnay and some Trader Joe's chocolate covered Sea Salt butterscotch caramels. Should never get those again. They are fabulous.
Morning walk - 25 min - shorter than usual because - first day of school - and - hot and humid even at 6:25 am.
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Snack - almonds, World Peas, water
Lunch - salad w/ some leftover beans, lentils, corn, tried some Amy's Rice Macaroni with Dairy Free Cheeze - it was gross and I threw it away, chips and hummus
Dinner - hummus and vegan cream cheese on a pretzel roll
After dinner late snack - 2 glasses of chardonnay and some Trader Joe's chocolate covered Sea Salt butterscotch caramels. Should never get those again. They are fabulous.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Probably should not have bought the pretzel rolls.
Breakfast - 1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer - sandwich on pretzel roll
No morning walk - worked retail early - 4 1/2 hours on my feet should make up for lack of morning walk.
Lunch - salad, sandwich on pretzel roll
Dinner - Olive Garden - salad, a breadstick, salmon and broccoli
Breakfast - 1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer - sandwich on pretzel roll
No morning walk - worked retail early - 4 1/2 hours on my feet should make up for lack of morning walk.
Lunch - salad, sandwich on pretzel roll
Dinner - Olive Garden - salad, a breadstick, salmon and broccoli
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Morning walk - 45 min.
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond creamer milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast sandwich - 2 slices of Rudy's Organic Spelt Bread, kite hill vegan cream cheese, pickle, black olives, lettuce, tomato, black beans - so delicious!
Snack - almonds, world peas
Snack - chips w/ hummus and kite hill vegan cream cheese
Dinner - salad w/ greens, leftover quinoa salad, leftover sprouted lentil salad, raspberries, blueberries
After dinner - later rest of dinner or snack - pretzel roll with vegan cheese and a small amount of chips
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond creamer milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast sandwich - 2 slices of Rudy's Organic Spelt Bread, kite hill vegan cream cheese, pickle, black olives, lettuce, tomato, black beans - so delicious!
Snack - almonds, world peas
Snack - chips w/ hummus and kite hill vegan cream cheese
Dinner - salad w/ greens, leftover quinoa salad, leftover sprouted lentil salad, raspberries, blueberries
After dinner - later rest of dinner or snack - pretzel roll with vegan cheese and a small amount of chips
Friday, August 21, 2015
Friday, August 21, 2015
Morning walk - 30 minutes
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - sandwich - fabulous - 2 slices Rudy's Organic Spelt bread toasted with vegan cream cheese, avocado, lettuce, tomato, pickle and black olives - really good
Lunch - Amy's Tofu Scramble - frozen dinner - 320 cal - 2 crackers, 1 piece of toberlone chocolate, water
Snack - a quinana muffin
Dinner - bean taco, confetti quinoa salad, sprouted lentil salad, stir fry rice and veggies, watermelon, water
After Dinner walk - 10 minutes
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - sandwich - fabulous - 2 slices Rudy's Organic Spelt bread toasted with vegan cream cheese, avocado, lettuce, tomato, pickle and black olives - really good
Lunch - Amy's Tofu Scramble - frozen dinner - 320 cal - 2 crackers, 1 piece of toberlone chocolate, water
Snack - a quinana muffin
Dinner - bean taco, confetti quinoa salad, sprouted lentil salad, stir fry rice and veggies, watermelon, water
After Dinner walk - 10 minutes
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
We had a cold front and it was 66 degrees this morning when I took my 40 minute walk. It felt great! Today's high temperature is only supposed to be 85.
Breakfast - sandwich on 2 slices of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread with avocado, vegan cream cheese and mustard and lettuce.
1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer
water
green tea
Snack 1 - World Peas, some mixed seeds - pumpkin and sunflower and edamame, part of an apricot dried fruit thing, a small (like halloween size) pack of m&ms, water
Snack 2 - banana, parts of a go picnic ready to eat meal - black bean dip and plantain chips - part of the dip, the plantain chips, and the ginger zip fruits and nut mix
Snack 3 - 3 mini pickles
Dinner - roasted veggies - butternut squash, carrot, potato, sweet potato; cooked green veggies - broccoli and asparagus, sprouted lentil salad, two quinana muffins - muffins made w/ mashed bananas, cooked quinoa, applesauce, spelt flour, coconut sugar and seasonings and stuff
Evening walk - because it was cool in the evening - 40 minutes
aaaannndd - then I snacked. fell off the wagon - or is it onto the wagon. because the wagon was full of snack foods - some chips and other snacky foods. must. not. eat. after. dinner. Ugh.
Breakfast - sandwich on 2 slices of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread with avocado, vegan cream cheese and mustard and lettuce.
1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer
water
green tea
Snack 1 - World Peas, some mixed seeds - pumpkin and sunflower and edamame, part of an apricot dried fruit thing, a small (like halloween size) pack of m&ms, water
Snack 2 - banana, parts of a go picnic ready to eat meal - black bean dip and plantain chips - part of the dip, the plantain chips, and the ginger zip fruits and nut mix
Snack 3 - 3 mini pickles
Dinner - roasted veggies - butternut squash, carrot, potato, sweet potato; cooked green veggies - broccoli and asparagus, sprouted lentil salad, two quinana muffins - muffins made w/ mashed bananas, cooked quinoa, applesauce, spelt flour, coconut sugar and seasonings and stuff
Evening walk - because it was cool in the evening - 40 minutes
aaaannndd - then I snacked. fell off the wagon - or is it onto the wagon. because the wagon was full of snack foods - some chips and other snacky foods. must. not. eat. after. dinner. Ugh.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Walk - 25 min
1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer
Breakfast - sandwich - spelt bread w/ vegan chao cheese and avocado
Lunch - Campisis after funeral - salad, toast, spaghetti, pizza
Yoga class
Dinner - salad, 3 Rice Dream bites (little chocolate covered vanilla ice cream things - yum!)
20 min walk after dinner
1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer
Breakfast - sandwich - spelt bread w/ vegan chao cheese and avocado
Lunch - Campisis after funeral - salad, toast, spaghetti, pizza
Yoga class
Dinner - salad, 3 Rice Dream bites (little chocolate covered vanilla ice cream things - yum!)
20 min walk after dinner
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Morning walk - 35 min.
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk
And another one bites the dust - now sitting in my trashcan is a whole pack of hot cooked Sweet Earth benevolent bacon.
It is so disgusting. Ugh.
Breakfast - 2 slices of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread toasted and spread with avocado. Water.
Lunch - salad with greens, and quinoa salad and the rest of the leftover green veggies and some chips and water.
Dinner - Black Bean Mango Tacos - recipe from Eat Clean Live Well by Terry Walters, and leftover Sprouted Quinoa Confetti salad from the same cookbook and some lettuce greens and berries - raspberries and blueberries. Also a few bites of roasted veggies - potato, sweet potato, carrots - I forgot about them after I turned the oven off so we will have them as leftovers tomorrow - they are good. Perhaps for breakfast?
After dinner snacks - chips - potato and chocolate, white cheddar bunny crackers, 1/2 bagel w/ vegan cheese and other snack items
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk
And another one bites the dust - now sitting in my trashcan is a whole pack of hot cooked Sweet Earth benevolent bacon.
It is so disgusting. Ugh.
Breakfast - 2 slices of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread toasted and spread with avocado. Water.
Lunch - salad with greens, and quinoa salad and the rest of the leftover green veggies and some chips and water.
Dinner - Black Bean Mango Tacos - recipe from Eat Clean Live Well by Terry Walters, and leftover Sprouted Quinoa Confetti salad from the same cookbook and some lettuce greens and berries - raspberries and blueberries. Also a few bites of roasted veggies - potato, sweet potato, carrots - I forgot about them after I turned the oven off so we will have them as leftovers tomorrow - they are good. Perhaps for breakfast?
After dinner snacks - chips - potato and chocolate, white cheddar bunny crackers, 1/2 bagel w/ vegan cheese and other snack items
Monday, August 17, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
Morning walk - 45 min.
Breakfast - vegan quesadilla - spelt tortilla with vegan cheese, avocado, chia seeds, water, world peas
green tea
Snack - banana, world peas, sunflower seeds, edamame, pepita mix
Snack - chips and a peach
Dinner - salad, quinoa salad, leftover butternut squash and other veggies
Breakfast - vegan quesadilla - spelt tortilla with vegan cheese, avocado, chia seeds, water, world peas
green tea
Snack - banana, world peas, sunflower seeds, edamame, pepita mix
Snack - chips and a peach
Dinner - salad, quinoa salad, leftover butternut squash and other veggies
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Sunday, August 16, 2015
I slept late this morning - 8:30.
Did not walk early.
Coffee - 1/2 cup with vanilla almond creamer and vanilla stevia
Went out and worked in garden in place of morning walk because if I had waited, it would have been too hot. It was hot anyway.
Breakfast - water and leftover salmon from restaurant last night
Lunch - Amy's Light and Lean Sweet & Sour Asian Noodle - 250 calories - it was ok. Also, some chips and hummus and water
Dinner - leftover butternut squash dish, fresh cooked veggies, 1 1/2 nutrageous tacos, a little beans, fruit
Did not walk early.
Coffee - 1/2 cup with vanilla almond creamer and vanilla stevia
Went out and worked in garden in place of morning walk because if I had waited, it would have been too hot. It was hot anyway.
Breakfast - water and leftover salmon from restaurant last night
Lunch - Amy's Light and Lean Sweet & Sour Asian Noodle - 250 calories - it was ok. Also, some chips and hummus and water
Dinner - leftover butternut squash dish, fresh cooked veggies, 1 1/2 nutrageous tacos, a little beans, fruit
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Morning walk - slower than usual because I had to wear sandals due to the fact that on Thursday evening I did some gardening in flip flops and got an ant bite on my toe, then I wore my tennis shoes on Friday morning and walked, which rubbed the ant bite and made it swell up and get all red and irritated. So, I wore sandals the rest of the day and this morning as well.
Breakfast/brunch/snack - banana, World Peas - salty dried peas in a bag, plum, almonds
Lunch - salad
Dinner - went to Chili's restaurant. I wonder if there is any way to get restaurant food unsalted? I had some chips and salsa, and salmon with rice and broccoli. I also ate some of my daughter's french fries and some of my husband's beans. I probably got enough sodium for a week. It was good though.
Breakfast/brunch/snack - banana, World Peas - salty dried peas in a bag, plum, almonds
Lunch - salad
Dinner - went to Chili's restaurant. I wonder if there is any way to get restaurant food unsalted? I had some chips and salsa, and salmon with rice and broccoli. I also ate some of my daughter's french fries and some of my husband's beans. I probably got enough sodium for a week. It was good though.
Friday, August 14, 2015
Friday, August 14, 2015
Another nice morning - 75 degrees and overcast. Walk - 45 minutes. Took my daughter with me this time.
Coffee - 1/2 cup with vanilla almond milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - vegan quesadilla - 1 Rudy's Organic Spelt tortilla w/ vegan cheese, fresh spinach and leftover roasted mushroom and carrot, also a bit of chips and hummus, water
no dinner
Lunch - sandwich - same as breakfast but on spelt bread instead of tortilla
snack - around 10:30 pm - chips and hummus, glass of wine
Coffee - 1/2 cup with vanilla almond milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - vegan quesadilla - 1 Rudy's Organic Spelt tortilla w/ vegan cheese, fresh spinach and leftover roasted mushroom and carrot, also a bit of chips and hummus, water
no dinner
Lunch - sandwich - same as breakfast but on spelt bread instead of tortilla
snack - around 10:30 pm - chips and hummus, glass of wine
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Morning walk - 35 minutes - made my 16 year old son come with me. When we got about a block from home, he ran home.
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - sandwich w/ spelt bread, Chao fake cheese - ok - better than the daiya, and avocado
Snack - a few pistachios, an apple, a gluten free homemade cookie
Lunch - salad, veggie lasagna, chips and hummus
Dinner - oven roasted potatoes, carrots, okra, mushrooms and creamed butternut squash - cream sauce made of cauliflower cooked in veggie broth and the broth, and some soaked cashews and seasoning. Also a little salad. Water, glass of wine, a handful of bbq potato chips
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - sandwich w/ spelt bread, Chao fake cheese - ok - better than the daiya, and avocado
Snack - a few pistachios, an apple, a gluten free homemade cookie
Lunch - salad, veggie lasagna, chips and hummus
Dinner - oven roasted potatoes, carrots, okra, mushrooms and creamed butternut squash - cream sauce made of cauliflower cooked in veggie broth and the broth, and some soaked cashews and seasoning. Also a little salad. Water, glass of wine, a handful of bbq potato chips
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
It was cooler this morning! It was around 75 degrees and it felt so good! I enjoyed my morning walk - 50 minutes with one run/jog - but that one jogging episode was at least 3 times as long as my first one last week.
1/2 cup of coffee w/ Silk Almond vanilla creamer and vanilla stevia
Brunch - leftover veggie lasagna, a homemade cinnamon maple cookie
lunch/dinner - trader joes fried rice and veggies, water
Went to a yoga class
Dinnerish - waffle fries and a cookie - homemade vegan cookie
many parts of my body are sore from yoga
1/2 cup of coffee w/ Silk Almond vanilla creamer and vanilla stevia
Brunch - leftover veggie lasagna, a homemade cinnamon maple cookie
lunch/dinner - trader joes fried rice and veggies, water
Went to a yoga class
Dinnerish - waffle fries and a cookie - homemade vegan cookie
many parts of my body are sore from yoga
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Tuesday, August 1115
Morning Walk - 45 minutes
1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Gardening (is physical) - planted fall seeds in one of my raised bed gardens - broccoli, green onions, radishes, chard, quinoa
Breakfast - sandwich - same as yesterday
Lunch - salad - greens, blueberries, pickled okra, sunflower seeds, walnut oil, balsamic vinegar, a homemade maple cinnamon cookie, water
Snack - crackers and hummus, plum, chocolate chip cookie
Evening - did yoga class
Dinner - rather late - should not do that - a vegan hot dog with vegan cheese in a half of a spelt tortilla with mustard. and cookies - t he coconut thins.
Too many cookies today.
1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Gardening (is physical) - planted fall seeds in one of my raised bed gardens - broccoli, green onions, radishes, chard, quinoa
Breakfast - sandwich - same as yesterday
Lunch - salad - greens, blueberries, pickled okra, sunflower seeds, walnut oil, balsamic vinegar, a homemade maple cinnamon cookie, water
Snack - crackers and hummus, plum, chocolate chip cookie
Evening - did yoga class
Dinner - rather late - should not do that - a vegan hot dog with vegan cheese in a half of a spelt tortilla with mustard. and cookies - t he coconut thins.
Too many cookies today.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Monday, August 10, 2015
Morning walk - 30 min. with 5 bursts of speed (jogging)
Water
Coffee - 1/2 cup with vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer
Breakfast sandwich - 2 slices of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread toasted w/ fake cheese shreds, spinach, avocado.
Green Tea
Water
Snack - homemade pickles, blueberries, nectarine, raw almonds
Lunch - salad, chips and hummus, 2 cookies - coconut thins
Dinner - salad, homemade veggie lasagna, beet salad, a little egg salad, a little piece of toast with pesto stuff on it, pasta salad, a homemade maple cinnamon cookie. (salads were from Eatzi's)
Water
Coffee - 1/2 cup with vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer
Breakfast sandwich - 2 slices of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread toasted w/ fake cheese shreds, spinach, avocado.
Green Tea
Water
Snack - homemade pickles, blueberries, nectarine, raw almonds
Lunch - salad, chips and hummus, 2 cookies - coconut thins
Dinner - salad, homemade veggie lasagna, beet salad, a little egg salad, a little piece of toast with pesto stuff on it, pasta salad, a homemade maple cinnamon cookie. (salads were from Eatzi's)
Sunday, August 9, 2015
August 9, 2015
Morning walk - 30 minutes with 4 bursts of speed - ok - jogging - past 4 to 5 houses each time.
Coffee - 1/2 cup with vanilla stevia and almond milk creamer
Breakfast - oatmeal/chia pudding with blueberries
Worked 8 hours at dept. store - on my feet for 7 hours and 15 minutes hanging clothing and folding it and putting it away. That has to count as physical activity.
Lunch - salad with blueberries, a clementine orange, 1/2 of a Rudy's Organic Spelt Tortilla with Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet mozzarella style cheese shreds melted on it - better than the Daiya actually, but still - not as good as actual cheese.
Snack - an apple
Dinner - leftover noodles and veggies, with hummus and some corn chips (hummus is beans) glass of red wine, a nectarine
Evening walk - 10 min. too hot outside!
Coffee - 1/2 cup with vanilla stevia and almond milk creamer
Breakfast - oatmeal/chia pudding with blueberries
Worked 8 hours at dept. store - on my feet for 7 hours and 15 minutes hanging clothing and folding it and putting it away. That has to count as physical activity.
Lunch - salad with blueberries, a clementine orange, 1/2 of a Rudy's Organic Spelt Tortilla with Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet mozzarella style cheese shreds melted on it - better than the Daiya actually, but still - not as good as actual cheese.
Snack - an apple
Dinner - leftover noodles and veggies, with hummus and some corn chips (hummus is beans) glass of red wine, a nectarine
Evening walk - 10 min. too hot outside!
Saturday, August 8, 2015
August 8, 2015
Morning walk - 35 minutes. It felt a bit cooler this morning than yesterday morning, even though my walk was an hour later, mostly, I think, because there was a nice breeze blowing. I jogged about 4 times and my new sports bra definitely made that more comfortable and I jogged a bit further - past 4 houses at a time instead of 2 or 3.
I had an awful rumbly stomach last night - most likely due to the fake vegan foods.
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer
Breakfast - 2 pieces of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread - toasted - one piece w/ Earth Balance margerine and the other with a little cashew butter
water
Ginger tea
Snack - a banana, 1/2 bag of pistachios (one portion size bag)
Snack again - samples at Costco
Dinner - glass of white wine, veggies cooked in broth and a bit of white wine - onion, garlic, ginger, bell pepper, butternut squash, okra, eggplant, spinach, topped with avocado and walnuts; whole grain multi grain noodles (about 1/2 cup or so), leftover black eyed peas and millet (not a lot); mango, water
about 2 cookies -Mrs. Thinsters Cookie thins from Costco
I had an awful rumbly stomach last night - most likely due to the fake vegan foods.
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla stevia and vanilla almond milk creamer
Breakfast - 2 pieces of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread - toasted - one piece w/ Earth Balance margerine and the other with a little cashew butter
water
Ginger tea
Snack - a banana, 1/2 bag of pistachios (one portion size bag)
Snack again - samples at Costco
Dinner - glass of white wine, veggies cooked in broth and a bit of white wine - onion, garlic, ginger, bell pepper, butternut squash, okra, eggplant, spinach, topped with avocado and walnuts; whole grain multi grain noodles (about 1/2 cup or so), leftover black eyed peas and millet (not a lot); mango, water
about 2 cookies -Mrs. Thinsters Cookie thins from Costco
Friday, August 7, 2015
August 7, 2015
Morning walk - 45 min. It was about 80 degrees and feels hot, humid, and sticky outside. Ick. I am now listening to a book called The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can: Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer, which suggests that short intervals or bursts of speed can be very beneficial so I jogged 3 times during my walk. I can jog past 2 or 3 houses. That is rather pitiful. I think I need a sports bra.
Coffee - 1/2 cup with Vanilla Almond Milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - I made stir fry veggies cooked in broth, rather than oil, even though I thought it would not taste as good. It was actually ok.
I used some veggies from my garden - onion, okra, chard, cherry tomatoes and some from the store - mushrooms, fresh garlic, fresh ginger and eggplant. I seasoned it with turmeric, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper.
I went to the store and bought a sports bra and some capri length sweat pant like pants for yoga.
Lunch - big salad w/ greens, berries and sunflower seeds, leftover quinoa/butternut squash and fried rice/veggies - mostly the squash and veggies
Snack two fully loaded breakfast bars - about the size and shape of cookies - made with beans, but ok - from the batch I made last night - I like them, my husband just says they are edible, and the kids won't eat them, - green tea, water
Dinner - tried some more fake vegan foods. Had 2 Gardein Crispy Tenders - they were ok. My daughter would not try it. My son said it was disturbing but he ate it. We also split a little Gardein Beefless slider - again, daughter would not try it, but son liked it. I tried it and did not like it. The dog liked it. I also had a Lightlife Smart Dog with a little bit of Daiya cheddar like cheeze on a half of a Rudy's Organic Spelt tortilla. The Smart Dog blistered in the microwave and tasted odd as did the cheeze. The tortilla was ok. Along with that I had some steamed broccoli (leftover, but good) and some black eyed peas and purple hull peas from my garden cooked with millet and a little frozen peas and carrots with it (cooked in the crockpot sort of following a recipe from a vegan slow cooker cookbook). That was also ok.
However - I am not satisfied. Something is missing. I am now drinking a glass of wine, but that is not what is missing.
Went for a 10 minute evening walk. It is 95 degrees outside. Way too hot.
Coffee - 1/2 cup with Vanilla Almond Milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - I made stir fry veggies cooked in broth, rather than oil, even though I thought it would not taste as good. It was actually ok.
I used some veggies from my garden - onion, okra, chard, cherry tomatoes and some from the store - mushrooms, fresh garlic, fresh ginger and eggplant. I seasoned it with turmeric, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper.
I went to the store and bought a sports bra and some capri length sweat pant like pants for yoga.
Lunch - big salad w/ greens, berries and sunflower seeds, leftover quinoa/butternut squash and fried rice/veggies - mostly the squash and veggies
Snack two fully loaded breakfast bars - about the size and shape of cookies - made with beans, but ok - from the batch I made last night - I like them, my husband just says they are edible, and the kids won't eat them, - green tea, water
Dinner - tried some more fake vegan foods. Had 2 Gardein Crispy Tenders - they were ok. My daughter would not try it. My son said it was disturbing but he ate it. We also split a little Gardein Beefless slider - again, daughter would not try it, but son liked it. I tried it and did not like it. The dog liked it. I also had a Lightlife Smart Dog with a little bit of Daiya cheddar like cheeze on a half of a Rudy's Organic Spelt tortilla. The Smart Dog blistered in the microwave and tasted odd as did the cheeze. The tortilla was ok. Along with that I had some steamed broccoli (leftover, but good) and some black eyed peas and purple hull peas from my garden cooked with millet and a little frozen peas and carrots with it (cooked in the crockpot sort of following a recipe from a vegan slow cooker cookbook). That was also ok.
However - I am not satisfied. Something is missing. I am now drinking a glass of wine, but that is not what is missing.
Went for a 10 minute evening walk. It is 95 degrees outside. Way too hot.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
August 6, 2015
Morning walk - 35 min.
1/2 cup coffee w/ vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - chia/oatmeal pudding - 1/2 cup - made w/ steel cut oats, chia and almond milk and vanilla - the recipe called for rolled oats, which I do not like as oatmeal - it is ok in cookies (what isn't?), so I had to cook it this morning and it was much tastier than I thought it would be. I did not bring enough though and I was hungry later. I have leftover and will have more tomorrow.
Snack - a banana, green tea, water
Lunch -ate rather late because I went to the store after work - salad w/ berries on it, walnut oil and balsamic vinegar dressing, leftover fried rice and veggies and quinoa and butternut squash, some organic corn chips, water
Dinner - not much - not very hungry due to late lunch. Glass of wine, 2 fully loaded breakfast bars made from recipe in My New Roots cookbook - I changed a few things, but it is like cookies/granola bars made from oats, a can of white beans, some organic brown rice crisp cereal, applesauce, chia and some dried fruit, seeds, nuts and spices and maple syrup. They are not very sweet, but they are pretty good. I also cut up some crystallized ginger into tiny pieces and put some of that in - next time I will put in more. Dr. Fuhrman says to eat 1/2 to 1 cup of beans daily, but if you are not used to eating beans to work up to it slowly. I had 2 cookies out of 16 and the recipe had one can of beans which is about1 1/4 cups of beans. So, I had however much beans that would be if you can do the math to figure it out. I got .078 if I did it right and I have no idea if that is right and I have no idea how to convert that into a portion of one cup.
My family had a roasted chicken from the grocery store, bread from the store, broccoli and mac-n-cheese. So SAD. I could not look at the chicken. Not because I felt sorry for the chicken or anything, but because I really wanted to eat it. #notveryveganyetbuttrying
1/2 cup coffee w/ vanilla almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - chia/oatmeal pudding - 1/2 cup - made w/ steel cut oats, chia and almond milk and vanilla - the recipe called for rolled oats, which I do not like as oatmeal - it is ok in cookies (what isn't?), so I had to cook it this morning and it was much tastier than I thought it would be. I did not bring enough though and I was hungry later. I have leftover and will have more tomorrow.
Snack - a banana, green tea, water
Lunch -ate rather late because I went to the store after work - salad w/ berries on it, walnut oil and balsamic vinegar dressing, leftover fried rice and veggies and quinoa and butternut squash, some organic corn chips, water
Dinner - not much - not very hungry due to late lunch. Glass of wine, 2 fully loaded breakfast bars made from recipe in My New Roots cookbook - I changed a few things, but it is like cookies/granola bars made from oats, a can of white beans, some organic brown rice crisp cereal, applesauce, chia and some dried fruit, seeds, nuts and spices and maple syrup. They are not very sweet, but they are pretty good. I also cut up some crystallized ginger into tiny pieces and put some of that in - next time I will put in more. Dr. Fuhrman says to eat 1/2 to 1 cup of beans daily, but if you are not used to eating beans to work up to it slowly. I had 2 cookies out of 16 and the recipe had one can of beans which is about1 1/4 cups of beans. So, I had however much beans that would be if you can do the math to figure it out. I got .078 if I did it right and I have no idea if that is right and I have no idea how to convert that into a portion of one cup.
My family had a roasted chicken from the grocery store, bread from the store, broccoli and mac-n-cheese. So SAD. I could not look at the chicken. Not because I felt sorry for the chicken or anything, but because I really wanted to eat it. #notveryveganyetbuttrying
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
August 5, 2015
Morning walk - 45 minutes
1/2 cup of coffee with Almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - none
Snack in car on the way home from work - banana
Lunch - Salad and leftover quinoa, butternut squash, corn casserole
I went to my first yoga class today. It was a beginner class. It is a kinder, gentler, quieter way of torturing your body.
Dinner - salad and Trader Joes Japanese style fried rice w/ added frozen veggies.
Evening walk - 25 min.
1/2 cup of coffee with Almond milk creamer and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - none
Snack in car on the way home from work - banana
Lunch - Salad and leftover quinoa, butternut squash, corn casserole
I went to my first yoga class today. It was a beginner class. It is a kinder, gentler, quieter way of torturing your body.
Dinner - salad and Trader Joes Japanese style fried rice w/ added frozen veggies.
Evening walk - 25 min.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
August 4, 2015
Morning walk - 6:30 am - 45 minutes
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond creamer - it tastes better than the coconut milk creamer - does not have that fake icky taste to it.
Breakfast - a scrambled egg - from the farmer's market so hopefully the chickens were treated better than the factory ones and we had eggs that needed to be eaten, two pieces of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread - toasted - one spread w/ avocado and the other with Earth's Best margarine, some strawberries and a piece of banana and water
Gardening -my wonderful son helped me or I would not have gotten the amount done that we did. I worked for about an hour and by the time we finished, it was 85 degrees and I was dripping sweat all over. Pulled out a giant cherry tomato plant and took the tomatoes large enough to ripen off it, pulled out a giant basil plant and a smaller one and pulled off the leaves that looked good enough to keep, dug up the dirt in the older raised bed where I had pulled the tomato plant out and put in 3 bags of veggie garden soil and a bag of cow manure and mixed it and spread it around. Got too hot to do any more today. Now it is almost ready to plant my fall crops in.
Lunch - salad from Whole Foods - had a piece of crispy fried tofu - really was good, and a little cottage cheese in it - not vegan, but good. Bought more vegan foods with in-store coupons. Ate the rest of the Biena all natural chickpea snacks.
Dinner - white wine, a yummy casserole of butternut squash, quinoa, onion, almonds, and corn seasoned with cinnamon and cumin seeds, some strawberries and mango and a some Almond Dream Bites for dessert - they are chocolate covered vanilla ice cream like bite sized frozen things that are vegan and yummy.
1/2 cup of coffee with vanilla almond creamer - it tastes better than the coconut milk creamer - does not have that fake icky taste to it.
Breakfast - a scrambled egg - from the farmer's market so hopefully the chickens were treated better than the factory ones and we had eggs that needed to be eaten, two pieces of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread - toasted - one spread w/ avocado and the other with Earth's Best margarine, some strawberries and a piece of banana and water
Gardening -my wonderful son helped me or I would not have gotten the amount done that we did. I worked for about an hour and by the time we finished, it was 85 degrees and I was dripping sweat all over. Pulled out a giant cherry tomato plant and took the tomatoes large enough to ripen off it, pulled out a giant basil plant and a smaller one and pulled off the leaves that looked good enough to keep, dug up the dirt in the older raised bed where I had pulled the tomato plant out and put in 3 bags of veggie garden soil and a bag of cow manure and mixed it and spread it around. Got too hot to do any more today. Now it is almost ready to plant my fall crops in.
Lunch - salad from Whole Foods - had a piece of crispy fried tofu - really was good, and a little cottage cheese in it - not vegan, but good. Bought more vegan foods with in-store coupons. Ate the rest of the Biena all natural chickpea snacks.
Dinner - white wine, a yummy casserole of butternut squash, quinoa, onion, almonds, and corn seasoned with cinnamon and cumin seeds, some strawberries and mango and a some Almond Dream Bites for dessert - they are chocolate covered vanilla ice cream like bite sized frozen things that are vegan and yummy.
Monday, August 3, 2015
August 3, 2013
Morning walk - 35 minutes.
Coffee with fake coconut milk creamer in it. Don't like the fake stuff.
Breakfast - 100 calorie Oroweat sandwich thin with Earth Balance margerine on it. It is supposed to taste like butter. I can't taste it at all.
Snack - raw almonds - many books say to eat nuts raw because they are more nutritious. Other books say to soak nuts first, then dry or dehydrate them I guess and a book I was reading recently said that nuts should be roasted or cooked because we can't digest nuts raw. So, which is correct? Raw, soaked or roasted? So many opinions! Also had an apple and a few grapes.
Later snack - in van on way home from work - carrot sticks, more grapes.
For dinner, we tried some more vegan food products - Daiya Cheeze Lover's Pizza and Bocca Chik'n Veggie Nuggets. I also made a healthier gluten free pepperoni pizza for the kids with uncured pepperoni on it by Smart Flour foods. And, I made a stir fry with fresh veggies - mushrooms, garlic, onion, ginger, squash, tomatoes and greens and some baked sweet potatoes.
Both kids thought the Chik'n nuggets were gross. I ate one and a half nuggets but they were not really good so I gave the dog part of a nugget. The dog liked it. My husband also liked the Chik'n nuggets. He said they were not wonderful, but were ok. My son and daughter both liked the pepperoni pizza even though it was gluten free, the pepperoni was uncured and it claimed to contain ancient grains. I did not try that one. My son, husband and I thought the Daiya Cheeze pizza was ok. My son and I liked the flavor of the tomato sauce a lot. My daughter thought it was awful and went on a rant and rampage yelling about how I need to feed her real actual food and not this awful stuff that is not food. The kids would not eat the veggie stir fry but my husband and I did and we liked it.
We also had mango and watermelon.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
August 2, 2015
45 min walk this morning.
1/2 cup coffee with So Delicious Vanilla coconut creamer
They listened - it says that on the new carton, and took out the carrageenan (a known carcinogen) and some other cancer causing chemical.
I still had to add my vanilla stevia and it is not as creamy as half and half and it tastes strange.
Breakfast - sandwich - one slice of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread with a little soy free Follow Your Heart Veganaise, and a slice of Daia Cheddar Style Slices melted on it.
It melts and stretches. I guess the flavor is ok, but the texture is - eww - it has this sticky, oily feel and 45 minutes later after having drunk water and brushed my teeth, I think I still have that oily feel in the back of my throat. It kind of sticks to the inside of your mouth like peanut butter does, but it stays there. Blah.
Lunch - following the guidelines in a vegan book - salad and a small amount of snack chickpea things and pea shaped chip things. Not very satisfying or good at all. (The salad was good, not the snacky things,)
Snack - an apple and a bit more of the chickpea and pea shaped things.
Dinner - really late because I worked late and had to go to the grocery store afterwards so by the time I got home I was starving. Not a good thing to do. Leftover rice and veggies, water, wine, cheese, sunflower seeds, homemade pickles, tortilla chips, a few crackers, a vegan mini coconut ice cream sandwich, one square of dark chocolate.
1/2 cup coffee with So Delicious Vanilla coconut creamer
They listened - it says that on the new carton, and took out the carrageenan (a known carcinogen) and some other cancer causing chemical. I still had to add my vanilla stevia and it is not as creamy as half and half and it tastes strange.
Breakfast - sandwich - one slice of Rudy's Organic Spelt bread with a little soy free Follow Your Heart Veganaise, and a slice of Daia Cheddar Style Slices melted on it.
It melts and stretches. I guess the flavor is ok, but the texture is - eww - it has this sticky, oily feel and 45 minutes later after having drunk water and brushed my teeth, I think I still have that oily feel in the back of my throat. It kind of sticks to the inside of your mouth like peanut butter does, but it stays there. Blah.
Lunch - following the guidelines in a vegan book - salad and a small amount of snack chickpea things and pea shaped chip things. Not very satisfying or good at all. (The salad was good, not the snacky things,)
Snack - an apple and a bit more of the chickpea and pea shaped things.
Dinner - really late because I worked late and had to go to the grocery store afterwards so by the time I got home I was starving. Not a good thing to do. Leftover rice and veggies, water, wine, cheese, sunflower seeds, homemade pickles, tortilla chips, a few crackers, a vegan mini coconut ice cream sandwich, one square of dark chocolate.
Saturday, August 1, 2015
August 1, 2015
Morning walk - 45 minutes
Coffee w/ milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - rice with veggies and an egg, water
Lunch - none - on Saturdays I work 10-2 with no break and no time for lunch. I brought some fruit and carrots for snacks on my drive home, but I forgot and left them there. They will still be there Monday.
Snack - I am trying vegan foods now -
So, these Organic Peas Please chip things - taste salty and a bit like stale oil to me. My son says they taste like stale popcorn and would be better if spicy. My husband did not think they were salty.
I had a small amount.
These Chickpea snacks - are ok - some of the crunchy bits are a bit too hard, and they are salty. I had a little bit of this.
I also had a ginger candy and water.
Dinner - leftover rice and veggies from breakfast - (brown rice, some veggies from garden, some from store), baked sweet potato, asparagus, 1/2 cob of corn, strawberries, watermelon
Coffee w/ milk and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - rice with veggies and an egg, water
Lunch - none - on Saturdays I work 10-2 with no break and no time for lunch. I brought some fruit and carrots for snacks on my drive home, but I forgot and left them there. They will still be there Monday.
Snack - I am trying vegan foods now -
So, these Organic Peas Please chip things - taste salty and a bit like stale oil to me. My son says they taste like stale popcorn and would be better if spicy. My husband did not think they were salty.
I had a small amount.
These Chickpea snacks - are ok - some of the crunchy bits are a bit too hard, and they are salty. I had a little bit of this.
I also had a ginger candy and water.
Dinner - leftover rice and veggies from breakfast - (brown rice, some veggies from garden, some from store), baked sweet potato, asparagus, 1/2 cob of corn, strawberries, watermelon
Friday, July 31, 2015
July 31, 2015
Walked 40 minutes.
Had 1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla stevia, half and half and a little unsalted butter
Breakfast - veggies - onion, garlic, ginger, fresh spinach, leftover baked potato fries (yellow potatoes), frozen corn/carrot/peas, and from my garden - cherry tomatoes, yellow squash, okra and one farmer's market egg, water
Snack - balsamic potato chips and water
Lunch - a piece of toast - Rudy's Organic Spelt bread, with butter, homemade pickles
Dinner - rice and veggies, wine, mango, water
Had 1/2 cup of coffee w/ vanilla stevia, half and half and a little unsalted butter
Breakfast - veggies - onion, garlic, ginger, fresh spinach, leftover baked potato fries (yellow potatoes), frozen corn/carrot/peas, and from my garden - cherry tomatoes, yellow squash, okra and one farmer's market egg, water
Snack - balsamic potato chips and water
Lunch - a piece of toast - Rudy's Organic Spelt bread, with butter, homemade pickles
Dinner - rice and veggies, wine, mango, water
Thursday, July 30, 2015
July 30, 3015
This morning I had extra time because my work schedule was changed for today. I walked 40 minutes. I realized that I will have to start getting up earlier in the morning to continue being able to walk once school starts.
Breakfast - 100 calorie Oroweat sandwich thin with a little almond butter, water, 1/2 cup coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia
Lunch - salad w/ leftover fish on it, a piece of crystallized ginger, some late july tortilla chips, water, green tea later
Snack - homemade pickles, some potato chips, one ginger cookie
Dinner - restaurant - spinach salad, mushroom soup, part of a piece of pizza, water
Breakfast - 100 calorie Oroweat sandwich thin with a little almond butter, water, 1/2 cup coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia
Lunch - salad w/ leftover fish on it, a piece of crystallized ginger, some late july tortilla chips, water, green tea later
Snack - homemade pickles, some potato chips, one ginger cookie
Dinner - restaurant - spinach salad, mushroom soup, part of a piece of pizza, water
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
July 29, 2015
Morning walk - 30 min.
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - sandwich - spelt eng muffin, ham, mustard, butter
Snack - cashews and banana
Lunch - salad, chips, homemade pickles, kombucha cola, piece of candy
Dinner - glass of cabernet, roasted potatoes (yellow organic) and roasted carrots, fish - wild caught cod, broccoli and asparagus, cherries, watermelon, two texas shaped ginger cookies from Whole Foods, water
1/2 cup of coffee
Breakfast - sandwich - spelt eng muffin, ham, mustard, butter
Snack - cashews and banana
Lunch - salad, chips, homemade pickles, kombucha cola, piece of candy
Dinner - glass of cabernet, roasted potatoes (yellow organic) and roasted carrots, fish - wild caught cod, broccoli and asparagus, cherries, watermelon, two texas shaped ginger cookies from Whole Foods, water
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
July 28, 2015
Went for a 25 minute walk. My husband went with me - he was still home because he has jury duty today. He needs to walk more.
Last night I read that A.J. Jacobs in his quest for bodily perfection as documented in his book "Drop Dead Healthy", ate a meal of as many superfoods as possible. He just ate a bunch of different foods that did not necessarily go together and did not really make a recipe of them.
I, however, made a wonderful dish this morning that contains many of the foods that Dr. Andrew Weil touts as super healing foods.
I made a stir-fry for breakfast cooked in a little extra virgin cold pressed olive oil, containing many veggies from my garden and others that were not from my garden.
From my garden were: onions (harvested over a month ago), chard, 3 okra, half of a yellow squash, cherry tomatoes, rosemary, oregano, and basil - most of them harvested this morning. In addition to that, I put in some spinach and asparagus, fresh garlic and ginger and seasoned it with ground turmeric, sea salt and freshly ground pepper and a bit of apple cider vinegar. I also tossed in some leftover kaniwa - the new "ancient supergrain". I fried up some farmer's market eggs to go with that.
So, in that dish, Dr. W. recommends the greens and he says that fresh garlic and ginger are healing foods. Turmeric is supposed to be anti-inflammatory as is oregano oil - I assume there was a little of that in the fresh oregano. Apple cider vinegar is supposed to have some sort of healthy properties and the kaniwa, being a new "ancient supergrain" ought to count too. I think that rosemary also has some sort of healthy properties.
That breakfast should add years - or perhaps an extra day? to my life.
I also had a half cup of coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia and some water.
Snack - 2 small pieces of quesadilla with a little sour cream and guacamole from Taco Cabanna and half a banana, water
Lunch - a bite of Canes chicken, a few fries and sauce, salad from whole foods, some kombucha soda, water, a piece of candied ginger
Dinner - Trader Joe's orange chicken (only 2 pieces of that) and fried rice with veggies (I added an extra cup of organic frozen mixed veggies to it when I was cooking it without my kids finding out - my daughter picked out all the green beans and lima beans anyway), leftover fresh black eyed peas and spinach and kaniwa, fruit - peach, grapes, cherries, water.
Last night I read that A.J. Jacobs in his quest for bodily perfection as documented in his book "Drop Dead Healthy", ate a meal of as many superfoods as possible. He just ate a bunch of different foods that did not necessarily go together and did not really make a recipe of them.
I, however, made a wonderful dish this morning that contains many of the foods that Dr. Andrew Weil touts as super healing foods.
I made a stir-fry for breakfast cooked in a little extra virgin cold pressed olive oil, containing many veggies from my garden and others that were not from my garden.
From my garden were: onions (harvested over a month ago), chard, 3 okra, half of a yellow squash, cherry tomatoes, rosemary, oregano, and basil - most of them harvested this morning. In addition to that, I put in some spinach and asparagus, fresh garlic and ginger and seasoned it with ground turmeric, sea salt and freshly ground pepper and a bit of apple cider vinegar. I also tossed in some leftover kaniwa - the new "ancient supergrain". I fried up some farmer's market eggs to go with that.
So, in that dish, Dr. W. recommends the greens and he says that fresh garlic and ginger are healing foods. Turmeric is supposed to be anti-inflammatory as is oregano oil - I assume there was a little of that in the fresh oregano. Apple cider vinegar is supposed to have some sort of healthy properties and the kaniwa, being a new "ancient supergrain" ought to count too. I think that rosemary also has some sort of healthy properties.
That breakfast should add years - or perhaps an extra day? to my life.
I also had a half cup of coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia and some water.
Snack - 2 small pieces of quesadilla with a little sour cream and guacamole from Taco Cabanna and half a banana, water
Lunch - a bite of Canes chicken, a few fries and sauce, salad from whole foods, some kombucha soda, water, a piece of candied ginger
Dinner - Trader Joe's orange chicken (only 2 pieces of that) and fried rice with veggies (I added an extra cup of organic frozen mixed veggies to it when I was cooking it without my kids finding out - my daughter picked out all the green beans and lima beans anyway), leftover fresh black eyed peas and spinach and kaniwa, fruit - peach, grapes, cherries, water.
Monday, July 27, 2015
July 27, 2015
This morning I took a 25 min. walk, had 1/2 cup of coffee w/ half and half and vanilla stevia.
After my shower, I went to put on my rings, and my fingers were too swollen to wear them. My hands usually do swell when I walk in the morning, but by the time I go to put on my rings, they are better. Not today. I think I must have had way too much sodium in the meal that I ate at the restaurant last night. I had an arugula salad with shrimp and goat cheese. I am sure there was a lot of salt on the shrimp and in the cheese and the dressing was already on the salad and it probably had lots of sodium too. I usually order the salad dressing on the side along with oil and vinegar but I did not think to last night. I guess I learned my lesson. Must watch out for salt in and on restaurant foods.
Breakfast - sandwich on Rudy's organic spelt english muffin w/ a little organic butter (salted - need to buy unsalted next time), mustard, and no nitrate ham lunchmeat. water and anti-biotic.
Snack - ginger tea, cashews, banana
Lunch - salad, some chips, part of a peach
Dinner - more leftover spinach/artichoke calzone - I obviously should have made half or a fourth of that recipe, fresh cooked black-eyed peas from my garden with spinach cooked in it, kaniwa - a new ancient grain - new ancient is a bit of an oxymoron - that is related to quinoa. It is ok, kind of crunchy, but ok. Might be good in cookies or brownies. I made brownies once with some leftover quinoa in them and it made them much moister and slightly healthier and they were great and everyone loved them. I also had corn from half an ear of corn. I used a small plate because my new part time guru A.J. Jacobs said to do that in his book "Drop Dead Healthy".
I went for an evening walk - about 25 min. again. Much hotter in the evening. I made sure to walk near nature - went through the houses on the grass path and then walked to the path that goes by the creek. It is very pretty. I saw lots of rabbits on the way home on the grass by the elementary school. Dr. Andrew Weil says in his book, "8 Weeks To Optimum Health" that it is important to walk in lovely natural surroundings when possible.
After my shower, I went to put on my rings, and my fingers were too swollen to wear them. My hands usually do swell when I walk in the morning, but by the time I go to put on my rings, they are better. Not today. I think I must have had way too much sodium in the meal that I ate at the restaurant last night. I had an arugula salad with shrimp and goat cheese. I am sure there was a lot of salt on the shrimp and in the cheese and the dressing was already on the salad and it probably had lots of sodium too. I usually order the salad dressing on the side along with oil and vinegar but I did not think to last night. I guess I learned my lesson. Must watch out for salt in and on restaurant foods.
Breakfast - sandwich on Rudy's organic spelt english muffin w/ a little organic butter (salted - need to buy unsalted next time), mustard, and no nitrate ham lunchmeat. water and anti-biotic.
Snack - ginger tea, cashews, banana
Lunch - salad, some chips, part of a peach
Dinner - more leftover spinach/artichoke calzone - I obviously should have made half or a fourth of that recipe, fresh cooked black-eyed peas from my garden with spinach cooked in it, kaniwa - a new ancient grain - new ancient is a bit of an oxymoron - that is related to quinoa. It is ok, kind of crunchy, but ok. Might be good in cookies or brownies. I made brownies once with some leftover quinoa in them and it made them much moister and slightly healthier and they were great and everyone loved them. I also had corn from half an ear of corn. I used a small plate because my new part time guru A.J. Jacobs said to do that in his book "Drop Dead Healthy".
I went for an evening walk - about 25 min. again. Much hotter in the evening. I made sure to walk near nature - went through the houses on the grass path and then walked to the path that goes by the creek. It is very pretty. I saw lots of rabbits on the way home on the grass by the elementary school. Dr. Andrew Weil says in his book, "8 Weeks To Optimum Health" that it is important to walk in lovely natural surroundings when possible.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
July 26, 2015
Doom, despair, agony and failure. It is with a heavy heart and a heavy gut and a heavy rest of myself that I must write that I have backslidden. I have failed. Forgive me because last night, after dinner, I snacked. That is the problem that got me overweight in the first place. I ate some chips. They were organic if that makes it any better. Late July Bacon Habanero flavored chips. They were good. Kind of like nacho cheese Doritos, but spicier and supposedly healthier. Despite the name, there is no actual bacon involved in the chips. 
And I ate some candy. That is my husband's fault - he bought it. Chocolate orange sticks from Trader Joe's. It was kind of good. I ate the chocolate off of some and threw away the middles and ate some whole ones. I also ate a few thin slices of smoked gouda cheese. It is my theory that if the slices are thin, they have less calories - no matter how many of them you eat - but I did not eat a lot. And two glasses of wine. Cabernet. It was good. I have failed. I should go and flagellate myself now, however, it is 5:30 in the morning and I am going to work at the dept store where I work part time instead. Almost the same as flagellation.
Breakfast - 1/2 cup of coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia.
No food because I had to be at work at 6 am this morning and no way am I eating before 6 am. Plus - last night's failure.
However, good news - I wore a pair of pants that I was previously - before losing the 5 pounds I have lost in the past two weeks or so - unable to fit into without discomfort. They are once again comfortable. Ha! I pulled them out of my plastic storage box of shame in the bottom of my closet in which I have clothing that once fit me fine and currently has shrunk to a size that does not fit or flatter my curvaceous beauty, but that I like and hope to fit into again at some point in the future.
Lunch - salad, tortilla with thin sliced cheese, nitrate free ham lunchmeat and mustard. water.
And - antibiotic.
Dinner - we went out because it is my wonderful husband's birthday. Italian food. I got an arugula salad with shrimp and goat cheese as my main course. I also ate a few bites of my daughter's fettuccine alfredo and of my son's pizza. Then we went to a frozen yogurt place for dessert. I got some. Not a lot, but it still was enough. I am sure I went over my caloric limit.
And I ate some candy. That is my husband's fault - he bought it. Chocolate orange sticks from Trader Joe's. It was kind of good. I ate the chocolate off of some and threw away the middles and ate some whole ones. I also ate a few thin slices of smoked gouda cheese. It is my theory that if the slices are thin, they have less calories - no matter how many of them you eat - but I did not eat a lot. And two glasses of wine. Cabernet. It was good. I have failed. I should go and flagellate myself now, however, it is 5:30 in the morning and I am going to work at the dept store where I work part time instead. Almost the same as flagellation.
Breakfast - 1/2 cup of coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia.
No food because I had to be at work at 6 am this morning and no way am I eating before 6 am. Plus - last night's failure.
However, good news - I wore a pair of pants that I was previously - before losing the 5 pounds I have lost in the past two weeks or so - unable to fit into without discomfort. They are once again comfortable. Ha! I pulled them out of my plastic storage box of shame in the bottom of my closet in which I have clothing that once fit me fine and currently has shrunk to a size that does not fit or flatter my curvaceous beauty, but that I like and hope to fit into again at some point in the future.
Lunch - salad, tortilla with thin sliced cheese, nitrate free ham lunchmeat and mustard. water.
And - antibiotic.
Dinner - we went out because it is my wonderful husband's birthday. Italian food. I got an arugula salad with shrimp and goat cheese as my main course. I also ate a few bites of my daughter's fettuccine alfredo and of my son's pizza. Then we went to a frozen yogurt place for dessert. I got some. Not a lot, but it still was enough. I am sure I went over my caloric limit.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
July 25, 2015
Breakfast - 1/2 cup coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia,
sandwich on rudy's organic English muffin, butter, mustard, avacado, nitrate free ham lunchmeat
Snack - an apple and some cashews
Late lunch - salad - greens, homemade pickles, cherry tomatoes, sugar snap peas, oil and vinegar
Leftover garbonzo bean/spinach/artichoke heart filling used as a dip on organic corn chips
Dinner - was not really hungry due to late lunch, but had to eat to take antibiotics
Had a tortilla with avacado, mustard and ham. Glass of wine. Water. Antibiotic pill for sinus infection. yum.
sandwich on rudy's organic English muffin, butter, mustard, avacado, nitrate free ham lunchmeat
Snack - an apple and some cashews
Late lunch - salad - greens, homemade pickles, cherry tomatoes, sugar snap peas, oil and vinegar
Leftover garbonzo bean/spinach/artichoke heart filling used as a dip on organic corn chips
Dinner - was not really hungry due to late lunch, but had to eat to take antibiotics
Had a tortilla with avacado, mustard and ham. Glass of wine. Water. Antibiotic pill for sinus infection. yum.
Friday, July 24, 2015
July 24, 2015
Morning walk - 30 min - drank water
1/2 cup of coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - I really do not like eating in the morning. I don't want food then and I don't want to put any effort into making it. I can understand why people like to have cereal and smoothies for breakfast because it is easy. I want something quick and simple for breakfast. But I do not like smoothies or juices at all. Ick. I also don't like cereal and I don't think it is healthy. I do not like sweet foods for breakfast. My favorite breakfast foods include eggs with sauteed veggies - which I prefer to eat around 9:30 to 10:30 am on days I don't have to work early, or a ham sandwich when I have to work early.
I have made porridge from soaked steel cut oats mixed half and half with polenta and it is ok, but you have to soak it the night before and I keep making too much - I need to cut back to a tiny amount if I am going to do it and I don't always feel like eating it after having soaked and cooked it.
So, today for breakfast at 8:30, which is late since I don't work until this afternoon, I made a poached egg for the first time ever. I think the water may not have been hot enough at first because it sort of came apart a bit looking like egg drop soup almost rather than a poached egg, but most of it held together. I had the egg on a Rudy's organic spelt English Muffin (70 calories) with a little salt and pepper. It was ok. With water.
Lunch - salad - greens, snap peas, homemade pickles, sunflower seeds
Dressing - walnut oil, red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar
Snack - almonds, walnuts, dried cranberries
Dinner - leftover spinach/artichoke calzone, broccoli and asparagus, strawberries, water
1/2 cup of coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia
Breakfast - I really do not like eating in the morning. I don't want food then and I don't want to put any effort into making it. I can understand why people like to have cereal and smoothies for breakfast because it is easy. I want something quick and simple for breakfast. But I do not like smoothies or juices at all. Ick. I also don't like cereal and I don't think it is healthy. I do not like sweet foods for breakfast. My favorite breakfast foods include eggs with sauteed veggies - which I prefer to eat around 9:30 to 10:30 am on days I don't have to work early, or a ham sandwich when I have to work early.
I have made porridge from soaked steel cut oats mixed half and half with polenta and it is ok, but you have to soak it the night before and I keep making too much - I need to cut back to a tiny amount if I am going to do it and I don't always feel like eating it after having soaked and cooked it.
So, today for breakfast at 8:30, which is late since I don't work until this afternoon, I made a poached egg for the first time ever. I think the water may not have been hot enough at first because it sort of came apart a bit looking like egg drop soup almost rather than a poached egg, but most of it held together. I had the egg on a Rudy's organic spelt English Muffin (70 calories) with a little salt and pepper. It was ok. With water.
Lunch - salad - greens, snap peas, homemade pickles, sunflower seeds
Dressing - walnut oil, red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar
Snack - almonds, walnuts, dried cranberries
Dinner - leftover spinach/artichoke calzone, broccoli and asparagus, strawberries, water
Thursday, July 23, 2015
July 23, 2015
20 min walk in the morning
Breakfast - 1/2 cup coffee w/ half and half and vanilla stevia, sandwich on 70 cal spelt english muffin with a little butter, mustard and nitrate free lunchmeat
Snack - banana, almonds, green tea
Snack - walnuts, almonds, dried cranberries, water
Lunch - salad - greens, blueberries, homemade pickles, leftover chicken, tomatoes, snap peas
dressing - goat yogurt, chia, little walnut oil, red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar
2 oz chia strawberry yogurt drink
vitamins
water
Dinner - spinach artichoke calzones - made from recipe found in More Peas, Thank You cook book. Made with chickpeas, also had broccoli and asparagus, strawberries, apple slice, water, 1/2 glass red wine
Walked in the evening about 25 min.
Breakfast - 1/2 cup coffee w/ half and half and vanilla stevia, sandwich on 70 cal spelt english muffin with a little butter, mustard and nitrate free lunchmeat
Snack - banana, almonds, green tea
Snack - walnuts, almonds, dried cranberries, water
Lunch - salad - greens, blueberries, homemade pickles, leftover chicken, tomatoes, snap peas
dressing - goat yogurt, chia, little walnut oil, red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar
2 oz chia strawberry yogurt drink
vitamins
water
Dinner - spinach artichoke calzones - made from recipe found in More Peas, Thank You cook book. Made with chickpeas, also had broccoli and asparagus, strawberries, apple slice, water, 1/2 glass red wine
Walked in the evening about 25 min.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
July 22, 2015
Went for 15 min. walk at 7:10 this morning. Really need to start earlier.
Breakfast - 1/2 cup coffee, Rudy's organic spelt English muffin w/ no nitrate ham lunchmeat, a little butter and mustard, water, antibiotic
Snack - a banana, some almonds, green tea, water
snack - strawberry chia lemonade - about 4 oz (from store) mixed w/ homemade strawberry limeade- about 2 oz (strawberries, lime juice, sugar, water and ice)
Dinner - a little rice, chicken and broth, salad, bread, pizza crust and small amount of pizza, water
Breakfast - 1/2 cup coffee, Rudy's organic spelt English muffin w/ no nitrate ham lunchmeat, a little butter and mustard, water, antibiotic
Snack - a banana, some almonds, green tea, water
snack - strawberry chia lemonade - about 4 oz (from store) mixed w/ homemade strawberry limeade- about 2 oz (strawberries, lime juice, sugar, water and ice)
Dinner - a little rice, chicken and broth, salad, bread, pizza crust and small amount of pizza, water
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
June 21, 2015
I think I have a sinus infection starting.
I went to the Dr. this morning and got some prescriptions.
I have lost 5 pounds since the last time I was there 5 weeks ago.
Breakfast - 1/2 cup coffee
lunch - none
snack - 4 oz strawberry chia lemonade
Dinner - chicken (from farmer's market cooked w/ fresh garlic, ginger, onion), white rice, bread, 1/2 banana, water, 1/2 glass red wine
I went to the Dr. this morning and got some prescriptions.
I have lost 5 pounds since the last time I was there 5 weeks ago.
Breakfast - 1/2 cup coffee
lunch - none
snack - 4 oz strawberry chia lemonade
Dinner - chicken (from farmer's market cooked w/ fresh garlic, ginger, onion), white rice, bread, 1/2 banana, water, 1/2 glass red wine
Monday, July 20, 2015
July 20, 2015
Went out walking earlier this morning - 7 am - it is nicer to walk because it is mostly shady since the sun is not yet up high. Walked for 20 min.
Breakfast - 1/2 cup of coffee, sandwich - 100 cal Oroweat sandwich thin with no nitrate turkey lunchmeat, butter and mustard. Water.
Lunch - salad - greens, homemade pickles, tomatoes, blueberries, sugar snap peas, chia seeds, sunflower seeds, EVOO, balsamic vinegar, 1T goat milk yogurt
one hardboiled egg, small half of a mint chocolate chip cookie, 1/2 banana, water
Dinner - pasta, squash, salmon, water
Breakfast - 1/2 cup of coffee, sandwich - 100 cal Oroweat sandwich thin with no nitrate turkey lunchmeat, butter and mustard. Water.
Lunch - salad - greens, homemade pickles, tomatoes, blueberries, sugar snap peas, chia seeds, sunflower seeds, EVOO, balsamic vinegar, 1T goat milk yogurt
one hardboiled egg, small half of a mint chocolate chip cookie, 1/2 banana, water
Dinner - pasta, squash, salmon, water
Sunday, July 19, 2015
July 19,2015
Aaaaaalergies.
Ugh.
On Friday, my voice sounded so bad that a co-worker said I sounded like a drag queen. This started on Wed. I am on day 5 of a headache.
So, I had my coffee and went out for a walk before it got too hot. I think I walked about 20 -25 min. It felt hot in the sun anyway.
Breakfast - a 100 cal Oroweat sandwich thin - toasted with a little butter and some avocado spread on it and an egg from the farmer's market fried in olive oil, and water. Also took vitamins - adult gummy vites, calcium and d3.
Lunch - major salad - greens, blue and black berries, some leftover chicken - about 3 oz or so cut up, sunflower seeds, 1 T plain goat milk yogurt, chia seeds, hemp seeds, leftover cooked green beans and broccoli, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, 1/2 avacado, water
Dinner - pasta, squash (trombetti and pattypan squash from my garden and a yellow squash from the store - cooked with salt and pepper and butter), leftover chicken from last night - thigh, a little bit of leftover black eyed peas (from my garden), strawberries, water.
Ugh.
On Friday, my voice sounded so bad that a co-worker said I sounded like a drag queen. This started on Wed. I am on day 5 of a headache.
So, I had my coffee and went out for a walk before it got too hot. I think I walked about 20 -25 min. It felt hot in the sun anyway.
Breakfast - a 100 cal Oroweat sandwich thin - toasted with a little butter and some avocado spread on it and an egg from the farmer's market fried in olive oil, and water. Also took vitamins - adult gummy vites, calcium and d3.
Lunch - major salad - greens, blue and black berries, some leftover chicken - about 3 oz or so cut up, sunflower seeds, 1 T plain goat milk yogurt, chia seeds, hemp seeds, leftover cooked green beans and broccoli, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, 1/2 avacado, water
Dinner - pasta, squash (trombetti and pattypan squash from my garden and a yellow squash from the store - cooked with salt and pepper and butter), leftover chicken from last night - thigh, a little bit of leftover black eyed peas (from my garden), strawberries, water.
Saturday, July 18, 2015
July 18, 2015
Walked about 20 min this morning. Drank water w/ lemon and coffee.
Breakfast - sandwich on 100 cal thin bread thing w/ no nitrate turkey lunchmeat, a little butter and mustard
Snack - a few almonds, sugar snack peas
Snack again - some samples in Costco - and yes, this is the third time I have been there in 10 days - ugh - I had to exchange something I got and then my kids wanted something else and I work very close so I went.
Lunch - late - around 3:30 or so - salad
Dinner - not real hungry due to late lunch - only ate small amounts of each - chicken thigh, potato, broccoli, peach, grapes, strawberry, glass of wine
Breakfast - sandwich on 100 cal thin bread thing w/ no nitrate turkey lunchmeat, a little butter and mustard
Snack - a few almonds, sugar snack peas
Snack again - some samples in Costco - and yes, this is the third time I have been there in 10 days - ugh - I had to exchange something I got and then my kids wanted something else and I work very close so I went.
Lunch - late - around 3:30 or so - salad
Dinner - not real hungry due to late lunch - only ate small amounts of each - chicken thigh, potato, broccoli, peach, grapes, strawberry, glass of wine
Friday, July 17, 2015
July 17, 2015
So, I took Zyrtec last night because my allergies have been dreadful. Woke up late, still feeling tired w/ goopy eyes w/ bags under them. Too late to go out walking the way I had planned and not feeling up to it anyway. Cleaned out some kitchen cabinets instead. Did not really feel like eating breakfast either.
Breakfast - Cooked some mushrooms and spinach and fried an egg to go with them. Ate the egg and some mushrooms and spinach, saving the rest for some other time. Had my half cup of coffee, and some water.
Green tea
Lunch - sandwich on 100 cal sandwich thin w/ butter, mustard and ham, water
Snack - about 8 almonds
Dinner - salad, Trader Joes orange chicken and fried rice w/ veggies - not a lot of either, spinach and mushrooms. blueberries and blackberries, water
Went for a short walk this evening.
Breakfast - Cooked some mushrooms and spinach and fried an egg to go with them. Ate the egg and some mushrooms and spinach, saving the rest for some other time. Had my half cup of coffee, and some water.
Green tea
Lunch - sandwich on 100 cal sandwich thin w/ butter, mustard and ham, water
Snack - about 8 almonds
Dinner - salad, Trader Joes orange chicken and fried rice w/ veggies - not a lot of either, spinach and mushrooms. blueberries and blackberries, water
Went for a short walk this evening.
Thursday, July 16, 2015
July 16, 2015
Had 1/2 cup of coffee w/ half and half and vanilla stevia.
Went for a morning walk - about 25 min - need to go out earlier next time.
Breakfast - sandwich on 2 slices 40 cal bread with cheese, mustard, ham.
Snack - about 6 almonds
Lunch - Salad - greens, homemade pickles, black and blue berries, an apricot, chicken leg meat, oil, vinegar, lemon and lime juice, a little goat yogurt, water
Dinner - steel cut oats/polenta mix - about 1/2 to 3/4 cup, sweet potato/yellow squash/mushroom leftovers, green beans, broccoli, 30 cal worth of bacon - Applegate Naturals Uncured Good Morning Bacon, mango - about 1/3 of one, water
Went for a morning walk - about 25 min - need to go out earlier next time.
Breakfast - sandwich on 2 slices 40 cal bread with cheese, mustard, ham.
Snack - about 6 almonds
Lunch - Salad - greens, homemade pickles, black and blue berries, an apricot, chicken leg meat, oil, vinegar, lemon and lime juice, a little goat yogurt, water
Dinner - steel cut oats/polenta mix - about 1/2 to 3/4 cup, sweet potato/yellow squash/mushroom leftovers, green beans, broccoli, 30 cal worth of bacon - Applegate Naturals Uncured Good Morning Bacon, mango - about 1/3 of one, water
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
July 15, 2015
So the problem with breakfast is that you have to eat food early in the morning. Ugh. I am not really into that. I prefer brunch - or a late breakfast. Often I take a sandwich to work and eat it when I get there for breakfast. Anyway, this morning I made steel cut oats and polenta and put cheese on it and had some but just was not really into it - so I am saving it for another time. I put mustard on a 40 cal. piece of bread and a piece of ham lunchmeat and I am eating that. The lunchmeat is from a grocery store deli and probably has nitrates or whatever in it - my husband bought it. Oh well. I also had my half cup of coffee and water.
Snack - a few almonds - like maybe 5 or 6
Lunch - samples at Costco - had to go again - did not know we needed cat food. Also had sugar snap peas, carrots, a plum.
water
Dinner - salad, leftover oats/polenta and veggies with cheese and a chicken leg. Water
Walked about a mile or so in the evening. It was too hot.
Snack - a few almonds - like maybe 5 or 6
Lunch - samples at Costco - had to go again - did not know we needed cat food. Also had sugar snap peas, carrots, a plum.
water
Dinner - salad, leftover oats/polenta and veggies with cheese and a chicken leg. Water
Walked about a mile or so in the evening. It was too hot.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
July 14, 2015
So, in addition to eating better, I am also exercising a bit more. Last night, while my daughter and her friend were swimming in the neighborhood pool, I walked around the park surrounding the pool several times. This morning I went out for a 15 min. walk in the neighborhood, although at 7:45 it was already getting rather hot.
Breakfast - my normal 1/2 cup of coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia
I heated up the leftover steel cut oatmeal/polenta and some leftover veggies in some olive oil in a fry pan and also fried an over easy egg and had that for breakfast.
Snack - cherries
Lunch - a "sandwich" - a couple of slices of cheese toasted on a 100 calorie Oroweat Sandwich thin and Tomatoes with Cucumbers and yogurt - recipe from the AMA Healthy Heart Cookbook. It was ok - I substituted chives for the green onions and only made half a recipe and ate about half of that. Instead of low-fat plain yogurt, I used goat milk yogurt.
Here is the cookbook
and my salad - Everything but the yogurt is from my garden
before - and after
For dinner, I had a salad with greens and the rest of the above cucumber/tomato salad, the meat from one cooked chicken leg, blue and black berries, oil and vinegar, and sunflower seeds.
I also had another cheese sandwich on the 100 calorie sandwich thin.
Breakfast - my normal 1/2 cup of coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia
I heated up the leftover steel cut oatmeal/polenta and some leftover veggies in some olive oil in a fry pan and also fried an over easy egg and had that for breakfast.
Snack - cherries
Lunch - a "sandwich" - a couple of slices of cheese toasted on a 100 calorie Oroweat Sandwich thin and Tomatoes with Cucumbers and yogurt - recipe from the AMA Healthy Heart Cookbook. It was ok - I substituted chives for the green onions and only made half a recipe and ate about half of that. Instead of low-fat plain yogurt, I used goat milk yogurt.
Here is the cookbook
and my salad - Everything but the yogurt is from my garden
before - and after
For dinner, I had a salad with greens and the rest of the above cucumber/tomato salad, the meat from one cooked chicken leg, blue and black berries, oil and vinegar, and sunflower seeds.
I also had another cheese sandwich on the 100 calorie sandwich thin.
Monday, July 13, 2015
July 13, 2015
Breakfast - 1/2 cup of coffee with half and half and vanilla stevia, hot dog- coleman's natural all beef no nitrates - on a slice of 40 cal bread w/ mustard
green tea
Lunch - A wonderful woman at work brought in lunch from Pollo Tropical http://pollotropical.com/ - I have never been there before - the food is totally fabulous! I will be taking my family there. I only ate a little bit of each thing though. I had some chicken - the spices on it are great, a little brown rice, a little bit of the yellow rice with vegetables - yum, some black beans, corn, tomato and a little sauce - I think it was the curry mustard one - so yummy! I really did only have a little of each. After work I went to Costco and tried a few samples.
Dinner - by this time I was starving and had a bit of a headache.
I made Balsamic Veggie Bake from the "Budget Friendly Fresh and Local Diabetes Cookbook" - except I changed the recipe some, which I usually do. It called for purple onions, which I did not have, so I used part of a yellow onion from my garden. It also called for eggplant, which I do not like at all, so I left that out and put in mushrooms instead and an extra sweet potato and I did not have zucchini, so I used a yellow squash.
I also had a little bit of leftover veggies from yesterday and a few leftover gnocci and a bit of leftover salmon and some salad, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries - extra virgin olive oil (or EVOO as people call it who want to seem fancy) and balsamic vinegar on the salad.
green tea
Lunch - A wonderful woman at work brought in lunch from Pollo Tropical http://pollotropical.com/ - I have never been there before - the food is totally fabulous! I will be taking my family there. I only ate a little bit of each thing though. I had some chicken - the spices on it are great, a little brown rice, a little bit of the yellow rice with vegetables - yum, some black beans, corn, tomato and a little sauce - I think it was the curry mustard one - so yummy! I really did only have a little of each. After work I went to Costco and tried a few samples.
Dinner - by this time I was starving and had a bit of a headache.
I made Balsamic Veggie Bake from the "Budget Friendly Fresh and Local Diabetes Cookbook" - except I changed the recipe some, which I usually do. It called for purple onions, which I did not have, so I used part of a yellow onion from my garden. It also called for eggplant, which I do not like at all, so I left that out and put in mushrooms instead and an extra sweet potato and I did not have zucchini, so I used a yellow squash.
I also had a little bit of leftover veggies from yesterday and a few leftover gnocci and a bit of leftover salmon and some salad, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries - extra virgin olive oil (or EVOO as people call it who want to seem fancy) and balsamic vinegar on the salad.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
July 12, 2015
Breakfast - sandwich - 2 slices 40 cal bread, cheese, ham lunchmeat, mustard, 1/2 cup coffee w/ half and half and vanilla stevia
Snack - sugar snap peas
Lunch - salad - greens, tomato, asparagus, sunflower and hemp seeds, blueberries, oil and vinegar dressing, homemade pickles
Dinner - Stir fry veggies - broccoli, yellow squash, carrots, mushrooms, spinach and from my garden - onion, garlic, pattypan squash, black eyed peas
potato gnocci, salmon
Snack - sugar snap peas
Lunch - salad - greens, tomato, asparagus, sunflower and hemp seeds, blueberries, oil and vinegar dressing, homemade pickles
Dinner - Stir fry veggies - broccoli, yellow squash, carrots, mushrooms, spinach and from my garden - onion, garlic, pattypan squash, black eyed peas
potato gnocci, salmon
Saturday, July 11, 2015
July 11, 2015
Breakfast - Steel cut oats/polenta w/ goat feta and stir fry veggies - mushrooms, carrots, black eyed peas, sugar snap peas, chard, garlic, basil, olive oil, salt, pepper, ground tumeric, smoked paprika
1/2 cup of coffee w/ half and half and 4 drops of vanilla stevia
herbal tea
Lunch - sandwich - 2 slices of 40 cal bread, cheese, 1/4 avocado, 6 sugar snap peas, 3 slices of cucumber
snack - homemade pickles and pickled onion
dinner - leftover steamed broccoli, roasted potato and sweet potato, chicken - also stir fry rice w/ veggies from Trader Joes and orange chicken from Trader Joes. Salad - greens and dressing, one apricot, 1/2 mango
1/2 cup of coffee w/ half and half and 4 drops of vanilla stevia
herbal tea
Lunch - sandwich - 2 slices of 40 cal bread, cheese, 1/4 avocado, 6 sugar snap peas, 3 slices of cucumber
snack - homemade pickles and pickled onion
dinner - leftover steamed broccoli, roasted potato and sweet potato, chicken - also stir fry rice w/ veggies from Trader Joes and orange chicken from Trader Joes. Salad - greens and dressing, one apricot, 1/2 mango
Friday, July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015
Breakfast - mostly from my garden:
before - chard, pattypan squash, black eyed peas, tomatoes, basil - cooked in olive oil with salt, pepper, apple cider vinegar and fresh garlic also from the garden
and an egg and a piece of 40 calorie toast
after - it was good
Also had 1/2 cup of coffee with 4 drops of vanilla stevia and half and half
water, cup of green tea
Lunch - salad - greens, pickles, blueberries, tomatoes, chia, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, homemade oil and vinegar dressing. One piece of 40 calorie toast spread with avocado and a piece of healthy no nitrate turkey lunchmeat. And water. \
Snack - about one ounce of almonds and a small cereal bowl size bowl of popcorn
Dinner - leftovers from last night - broccoli, roasted potato and sweet potato, a small piece of veggie pizza, a small piece of leftover chicken from the night before and 16 cherries and water.
before - chard, pattypan squash, black eyed peas, tomatoes, basil - cooked in olive oil with salt, pepper, apple cider vinegar and fresh garlic also from the garden
and an egg and a piece of 40 calorie toast
after - it was goodAlso had 1/2 cup of coffee with 4 drops of vanilla stevia and half and half
water, cup of green tea
Lunch - salad - greens, pickles, blueberries, tomatoes, chia, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, homemade oil and vinegar dressing. One piece of 40 calorie toast spread with avocado and a piece of healthy no nitrate turkey lunchmeat. And water. \
Snack - about one ounce of almonds and a small cereal bowl size bowl of popcorn
Dinner - leftovers from last night - broccoli, roasted potato and sweet potato, a small piece of veggie pizza, a small piece of leftover chicken from the night before and 16 cherries and water.
Thursday, July 9, 2015
If books could make me thin
I would be.
Sigh.
So today
Weight - 139
Breakfast - 1/2 cup coffee with 1 T half and half and 4 drops of vanilla stevia
grits - 1/4 cup dry cooked with a bit less than 1/4 cup shredded cheese
Green tea
Lunch - salad - greens, blueberries, homemade pickles, tomatoes, hemp seed, chia, sunflower seeds, homemade oil and vinegar dressing. Almonds - about half of a 2 oz bag - so one oz - 170 cal or so
water
Dinner - my weak point - oven roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes, corn - 1/2 ear, broccoli, and a small slice of veggie pizza - deep dish chicago style, cherries, water
I have decided to write a blog about all the books that I have read and am reading about being thin and healthy because I have read so very many books about it that if reading books could make you think and healthy, then I would be. Here is that blog https://danabjornstad.wordpress.com/
Sigh.
So today
Weight - 139
Breakfast - 1/2 cup coffee with 1 T half and half and 4 drops of vanilla stevia
grits - 1/4 cup dry cooked with a bit less than 1/4 cup shredded cheese
Green tea
Lunch - salad - greens, blueberries, homemade pickles, tomatoes, hemp seed, chia, sunflower seeds, homemade oil and vinegar dressing. Almonds - about half of a 2 oz bag - so one oz - 170 cal or so
water
Dinner - my weak point - oven roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes, corn - 1/2 ear, broccoli, and a small slice of veggie pizza - deep dish chicago style, cherries, water
I have decided to write a blog about all the books that I have read and am reading about being thin and healthy because I have read so very many books about it that if reading books could make you think and healthy, then I would be. Here is that blog https://danabjornstad.wordpress.com/
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Thinking about vegan
So, two years later, fatter than ever - need to lose weight. Ugh.
I have read a bit about the vegan diet and have been thinking about it. Thought I might try it today. So far, not working.
Breakfast - coffee - 1/2 cup - with stevia and half and half. Should quit coffee again.
Sandwich - spelt bread with avacado
Snack
part of a multi grain granola bar, apple, chamomile mint tea
Lunch - salad fresh picked from garden with lettuce, spinach, chard, snap peas and snow peas, then not from the garden tomato, blackberries, olive oil and vinegar homemade salad dressing, multi grain organic soft pretzel with some hummus - then - well, we have some ice cream pie in the freezer. I don't think it is even legal to start a vegan diet when there is ice cream pie in your freezer. So I had a small amount. Really, it was small.
I have read a bit about the vegan diet and have been thinking about it. Thought I might try it today. So far, not working.
Breakfast - coffee - 1/2 cup - with stevia and half and half. Should quit coffee again.
Sandwich - spelt bread with avacado
Snack
part of a multi grain granola bar, apple, chamomile mint tea
Lunch - salad fresh picked from garden with lettuce, spinach, chard, snap peas and snow peas, then not from the garden tomato, blackberries, olive oil and vinegar homemade salad dressing, multi grain organic soft pretzel with some hummus - then - well, we have some ice cream pie in the freezer. I don't think it is even legal to start a vegan diet when there is ice cream pie in your freezer. So I had a small amount. Really, it was small.
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