189

The long weekend was spent nursing my bad back, hosting an out of town guest and running off to attend a wedding. I ate and drank lots and didn't weigh myself until this morning. Not bad, considering.

BREAKFAST
tea
egg and cheese on croissant

LUNCH
cheese and pickle on whole wheat
an under-ripe pear
lots more tea

189

Sheesh! Can I just blame the weight gain on my period?

188.5 - Weigh-in Day

No change.

BREAKFAST
shirred egg with mushrooms and veggie bacon
tea with skim milk
water

LUNCH
cheese (reduced fat Irish cheddar) and pickle sandwich with cucumber on whole wheat
water

DINNER
My back had a freakoutt. It took me 30 minutes to walk from the office to the T. When I got home I lay down on the floor and directed Spouse on the making of a Manhattan. Food was leftovers from the night before.

188.5

Need to get back on track.

BREAKFAST
scrambled egg
veggie bacon
toast with butter
water
tea with skim milk

SNACK
orange
tea with soy milk

LUNCH
frozen curry meal
water

DINNER
linguine with mushrooms and leeks
salad
water
wine

187.5

Clearly the whole box of Annie's had an effect.

BREAKFAST
Nyquil
tea with skim milk
hot granola with skim milk

SNACK
brie-wrapped dates

DINNER
packaged foods
Real salad

187

This Lump On The Couch Over A Vaporizer Diet is working wonders!

BREAKFAST
tea with skim milk
orange juice
water
egg and cheese croissant
grapefruit juice

LUNCH
Nyquil
Orange mango juice smoothie

DINNER
Annie's alfredo shells with added peas and garlic
water
Nyquil
lemon fro-yo

Weekend Sickies

I came home early on Friday with a cough. Spouse made tea and went out and got us a veggie calzone to split, which probably bumped my caloric intake up quite a bit.

Saturday - 190.5 - I stayed on the couch drinking tea and orange juice and eating whatever (Quorn nuggets and fig bars). Spouse made black bean soup, which was very yummy.

Sunday - 188 - Who knew lying on the couch with a book and a vaporizer could be so slimming? Food plans for today include ice cream and soup.

190.5

I new the 180s were too good to last.

BREAKFAST
scrambled egg with kale
three veggie bacon slices
water
tea with skim milk

189.5 - Weigh-in Day

Yeah, you read that right: 189.5. I lost four pounds in a week. I know the rate will slow down, but this does show that I had been consuming far too many calories and not exercising enough (or at all to be honest.)

BREAKFAST
scrambled egg with kale
three veggie bacon slices
orange juice
tea with skim milk

LUNCH
Stupid me didn't pack a lunch today. I had a very busy and stressful morning at work and our cafeteria had macaroni and cheese today. But I RESISTED! Instead I went to another food place on campus and got veggie sushi and a container of carrot and celery sticks with dip. Bad me ate the dip but I think that was my food reward for not eating mac and cheese.

DINNER
Post work beer
scalloped carrot, white and sweet potatoes
seitan and sprouts in mushroom sauce (low fat milk in both)
Walked for a bit over half an hour

190.5

I did end up going for a walk last night but cut it short when I got rained on.

BREAKFAST
granola and yogurt, 1/2 cup each
1/2 cup orange juice
water
black tea

LUNCH
Boca burger on bread (1 slice) with Branston pickle
vegetable soup
plum
tea with soy milk
water

DINNER
wine
toad-in-the-hole
gravy
beer

No walk

191.5

And hour's walk and a low calorie dinner kept me at the same weight. This is going to be a long, slow journey.

BREAKFAST
1 egg scrambled with mushroom
2 slices veggie bacon
1 slice toast with bitter
tea with soy milk

LUNCH
Boca burger on bread (1 slice) with Branston pickle
vegetable soup
plum
water

DINNER
Manhattans
"meat" loaf
roast corn with butter and garlic
steamed green beans
water

The weather was crap tonight so I didn't go out for a walk. Although I'm feeling guilty not (at 10 to 8) and might do 30 minutes before bed.

191.5

One day of bad eating (and eating late) has already caught up with me.

BREAKFAST
1/2 cup granola
1/2 cup FF Greek yogurt
tea with soy milk

LUNCH
vegetable lasagna
Caesar salad
garlic toast
ice water
(I'll be back up to 192 tomorrow I'm sure)

DINNER
vegetable soup
wheat bread
1 oz brie
a beer

EXERCISE
walked for an hour in the drizzle. The soup hit the spot after that

191

In spite of all the alcohol yesterday, I'm still on a losing streak. Today we're going to Six Flags and I don't think they'll have the oyster stew that's on today's menu.

BREAKFAST
tea with soy milk
left over Quorn roast - 4oz

LUNCH
vegetable quesadilla and diet soda at a fast food place

SNACKS
sno-cone
some cheesey bread thing

DINNER
vegetable lomein
diet soda

Not enough water today. The amusement park was great fun though AND I got in for free! Some guy gave his free passes to me when I was in line to buy a ticket. I only needed one (Spouse was using a friend's season pass) so we all got in with no charges for the day.

192

BREAKFAST
multivitamin
tea with soy milk
veggie bacon - 4 slices on
toast - 1 slice with 1/2T veganaisse

LUNCH
No real lunch to speak of
Glass of wine
some green beans nibbled while prepping dinner
grapes for the same reason
2 beers

DINNER
Tuna crusted with pepper and cumin
sweet potatoes
green beans
custard with bananas
More beer
more wine

193, BP 118/82

BREAKFAST
Orange Juice - 1/2 cup
veggie bacon - 2 strips
scrambled egg - 1 with
mushrooms - 2T
buttered toast - 1 slice
tea with soy milk

Lots of blood work done at Dr today along with TDaP and 'flu vaccines.


LUNCH
Salad of tomato (1), lettuce (1 cup) and seitan (3 oz) with Branston pickle
water
vegetable soup
Banana - 1 med

DINNER
Quorn Roast - 5.5 oz (was supposed to be 4 oz roast chicken)
baked potato - 1 medium
steamed green beans - 1/2 cup
FF veg gravy with diced fresh mushrooms - 1/4 cup
Manhattans - 2 small with 2 Luxardo cherries each

193.5 - Weigh-in Day

BREAKFAST
Tomato Juice - 1/2 cup
Granola - scant 1/2 cup
FF Greek yogurt - 1/2 cup
tea with unsweetened soy milk
water
multivitamin

LUNCH
Vegetable soup
Sandwich of:

egg - 1 hard cooked
veganaisse - 1/2 T
mustard - 1/2 T
White bread - 2 slices
sliced radish - 2

carrot - 1 cut into strips
orange - 1 small
water

DINNER
Seitan - 3 oz
Roast potato - 1 medium
Brussels sprouts - 1/2 cup
brie cheese - 1 oz
tea

Food, Glorious Food

We had an agreement when my class started this semester that Freddie would make me dinner on class nights. It's not that he hates cooking, or is bad at it, but he often doesn't want to bother or just is uncomfortable both using recipes or making something on the fly. You can see where this is going, can't you?

Here we are mid-way through the semester and I finally got my dinner last night. And it was lovely! I called it a deconstructed cheese burger and chips. He filled a bowl halfway with fresh spinach, topped it with bits of cheddar then some oven fries and a veggie burger. The top garnish was sliced tomato. There was even bread as well, although served sliced on the side. He promises he'll cook again, but lucky for him he has a one week reprieve as next week is spring break.

And no, I've not been dieting or exercising. Bad me. But hey! Spouse cooked!

Hungry + Work Stress = GRUMPY

I was horrible when I got home. I snapped at spouse for putting something I use almost daily (the oil spray bottle) in the back of the cupboard above the stove where not only could I not reach it, but couldn't even see it. He's done that sort of thing before (being 6'3" it never occurs to him that these things are far out of reach for me) but I usually just get the step ladder and start searching rather than snap. I did thank him for starting dinner and for cleaning the kitchen. He also made toasted bread crumbs out of my failed bread so now we have that for katsu and the like.

Dinner last night was scheduled to be:
Broiled ham (3 oz)
stuffed baked potato (1/2 med)
sprouts (1/2 cup)
carrot curls (1/2 med)
celery sticks (3 stalks)
gingerbread (2" cube)
coffee

I planned to do a pork chop for Spouse and seitan for me (with an onion and white wine sauce), but he opted to just have the potato and veg. I did have sprouts in the 'fridge, but we went for asparagus instead. The potatoes were just baked and he had butter on his while I went for plain yogurt on mine. In lieu of carrot, celery, gingerbread and coffee I had Manhattans. It was that kind of day.

The morning menu was fairly close today. Scheduled:
tangerine (1 med)
vienna sausage (2oz)
scrambled egg (1)
whole-wheat toast (1 slice)
skim milk (1 cup)

Actual:
grapefruit (1/2)
Quorn sausage (2oz)
scrambled egg (1)
whole-wheat toast (1 slice)
tea with soymilk (practically the whole damned pot)
orange juice (1 cup)
multi vitamin (1 giant horse pill)

Lunch was supposed to be baked 4oz salmon steak but good luck finding one that small. I get all flustered buying salmon too as it's on the environmental "NO" list so I picked up flounder fillets and baked them with some curry spices, onion and a splash of white wine. Green beans go with and a pear for dessert.

Tonight I'm going out with Miss E so have no idea what I'll actually have for food. The book, which I did get yesterday, has a meatloaf meal listed but I don't think I'll bother with that even if I do cook. I'll see what Spouse feels up to when I get home and go from there.

Hungry today

Last night turned out to be a bust as far as exercise goes. Plus I forgot to bake the bread I set in the oven to rise and it had fallen this morning (baked it anyway and it's vaguely edible.)

Last night's meal was listed as:
Roast veal (3 oz)
Whole kernel corn (1/2 cup)
cauliflower (1/2 cup)
salad of grapefruit and orange (1/2 each) on lettuce
strawberry gelatin (1/2 cup)
coffee

Actual meal was:
Homemade seitan (3 oz)
brocoli and green beans(1+ cup)
pear (1)
beer (1 very large bottle)

This morning's breakfast didn't work out as planned either. The boiled egg wasn't cooked (!) even after 5 minutes, the bread was flat and I felt generally rushed. Proposed breakfast menu:

orange juice (1/2 cup)
rice flakes (1 cup)
banana (1/2 med)
egg cooked in shell (1)
buttered bread (1 slice)
skim milk (1 cup)

Actual breakfast menu:

grapefruit (1/2)
homemade fruit granola (1/2 cup)
fat-free Greek yogurt (1/2 cup)
dry bread (1 very small, heavy slice)
tea with soy milk (1/3 cup soymilk)

As you can see, that's much less food than I ate yesterday and I'm already hungry (at 9:30). Lunch is quite small as well as I'm skipping the Perfection salad (a vegetable and gelatin mould - yuck!) and cup of skim milk. Lunch will be sauteed Quon naked cutlet (original called for chicken), 1/2 cup egg noodles and 1/2 asparagus with an apple for dessert. I could eat the whole thing now. I may need to grab a banana to help tide me over.

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UPDATE

Snagged a banana and some supposedly steamed (they tasted like there was some kind of fat on them) green beans from the caff at lunch.

Apron Revolution February Challenge

I decided to join the challenge this month at the Apron Revolution. It's a diet and exercise challenge using the Better Homes and Gardens Diet Book and Jack Lalane exercises! Go to the Diet and Exercise page to see the info. I only just ordered the book yesterday so have started today based on the menus posted on the site. I'm going to have to be doing a lot of modifying to omit the meat, but veggie meats tend to have fewer calories anyway. Having such a large breakfast definitely kept hunger away during the morning though. It's just past 1:00 and I'm finally hungry and sitting down to lunch

Today's menu was scheduled to be:
BREAKFAST
stewed prunes (8)
shirred egg (1)
bacon (2)
buttered muffin (1)
skim milk (1 cup)

LUNCH
Sandwich of:
whole wheat bread (2 slices)
American cheese (1oz)
Sliced tomato (1 med)
Tossed green salad (1 cup)
Rosy dressing (1 T)
Lemon sherbet (1/3 cup)
skim milk (1 cup)

DINNER
Roast veal (3 oz)
Whole kernel corn (1/2 cup)
cauliflower (1/2 cup)
salad of grapefruit and orange (1/2 each) on lettuce
strawberry gelatin (1/2 cup)
coffee

The actual meals are:
BREAKFAST
grapefruit (1/2)
shirred egg (1)
Smart bacon (2)
buttered whole wheat muffin (1)
tea with soy milk (1/3 cup soymilk)

LUNCH
Sandwich of:
whole wheat English muffin(2 slices)
cheddar cheese (1oz)
raw spinach (1/4 cup)
mustard
Tossed green salad (spinach, carrot, celery) (1 cup)
Blue cheese dressing packet from the cafeteria (1.5 oz)
water

DINNER
TBA

With luck I bang those exercises out when I get home too!