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
Friday, July 31, 2015
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/
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