Friday, 1/30

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake
banana

Snack
ww english muffin w/ slice of reduced fat cheese

Lunch
campbell's healthy request soup
square of dark chocolate

Snack
ff yogurt
oatmeal banana muffin

Exercise
1 hour spin class

Thursday, 1/29

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

Lunch
chicken tortilla soup (w/out tortillas)
dark chocolate square

Snack
yogurt, banana oatmeal muffine

Dinner
1/2 grilled chicken sandwich
chili beans with cheese

Snack
2 sb snack bars
pint of frozen yogurt

Exercise
1 hour cardio (30 min stair climber, 30 min elliptical)

De-Pudged Pigs in a Blanket

Ingredients
8 fat-free or nearly fat-free hot dogs (40 to 50 calories each)
1 can (8 servings) Pillsbury Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls refrigerated dough

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Cut each dog into 4 even pieces.

Take 1 of the 8 triangle-shaped portions of the dough and stretch or roll it out slightly, making it into a larger triangle. Then cut this piece of dough into 4 long, narrow triangles. Beginning at the base of each of these triangles, roll 1 hot dog piece up in each triangle until the point of the triangle wraps around the center. Place your blanketed pigs on a large, ungreased baking pan and repeat entire process 7 more times with remaining dough and hot dog pieces. Be sure to evenly space them, as the dough will expand while baking.
Place pan in the oven and cook for about 12 minutes, until dough appears slightly browned and crip.
Enjoy!
Makes 8 servings.

PER SERVING (4 pigs in a blanket):
134 calories, 5g fat, 652mg sodium, 16g carbs, 0g fiber, 3g sugars, 8g protein
POINTS® value 3

Check out what they look like here.


NOTE: I fixed these for my daughter and she really liked them. I must say, they were pretty good. It would be a good finger food for a party.

Wednesday, 1/28

Breakfast
chocolate peanut butter cup oatmeal

Snack
baby bel light cheese
diet v8 splash

Lunch
cold meat sandwich (asiago cheese bread, turkey deli meat, slice of reduced fat cheese, lettuce, cucumbers, mustard)

And then I went downhill....
Dinner (twas good)
a bowl of homemade chicken tortilla soup w/out tortillas

Snacks (twere bad)
a pint of fro yo
and cookies, too many cookies

I was working from home again today because school was cancelled, so I had to keep my daughter no home. That's no excuse for the bad snacks, but I used it as the excuse. I really need to learn to deal with my schedule deviating from the norm and my eating staying on track.

Oh...I did make it to the gym though...
Exercise
1 hour spin class

Tuesday, 1/27

Breakfast
chocolate peanut butter cup oatmeal

Snack
ww english muffin with wedge of laughing cow lite cheese

I'm not sure what this should be called...
8 little piggies in a blanket (hungry-girl recipe)
8 cookies

I'm writing off the rest of the day...I ate like there was no tomorrow.

I did make it to the gym and I got 1 hour cardio in though: 30 min elliptical and 30 min stair stepper.

Monday, 1/26

Breakfast
chocolate peanut butter cup oatmeal

Snack
banana oatmeal muffin

Lunch
campbell's healthy request soup
cucumber with lime and chili powder
1 dark chocolate square

Snack
ff cup of yogurt

Dinner
4 bean/cheese/chicken nachos (leftovers)
homeade chicken tortilla soup (w/out the tortillas)

Snack
banana oatmeal muffin
hills bros cappucino


Exercise
30 min upper body weights
1 hr spin class

Weekend Away

Well, I said I'd journal while I was away and I kind of, sort of but not really did. :) Does that make sense? I can tell you the jist of what I ate but I did not track all the in between because it was a lot at random times.

Friday
dinner - lasagna with bread
snacks - cookies, brownie

Saturday
breakfast - egg casserole
lunch - sandwich with deli meat, cheese and baked chips
dinner - make your own pizza on flat bread with pepperoni (some regular, some turkey, black olives, cheese, green peppers)
snacks - too many cookies, brownies

Sunday
breakfast - english muffin with cream cheese
dinner - chicken nachos, cheese and queso, hot fudge sundae
snacks - too many cookies, brownies, 100 cal bags of reeses and hershey's

There you have it...back on track this week.

Friday, 1/23

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake
banana

Snack
banana oatmeal muffin

Lunch
campbell's healthy request soup

Exercise
1 hr spin class

NOTE: I'm heading out at noon for weekend with the girls at the Lake. We'll be scrapbooking all weekend. So, I'll journal my food up until I leave and then I'll track what I ate over the weekend and report when I get back. I need to get my will power on...no over indulging while I'm gone. :/ Yikes.

Banana Oatmeal Muffins

I ran across this recipe and tried it, these muffins are pretty good tasting.

Ingredients -
1 cup oats
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 large bananas, mashed
1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
2 egg whites
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp ground flaxseed
1 tbsp chopped walnuts
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup water

Directions -
1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees

2. Line muffin tray

3. Combine mashed bananas, apple sauce, egg whites, vanilla extract, ground flaxseed and walnuts in medium sized bowl. Stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

4. In large bowl combine oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and brown sugar. Add wet ingrediants to dry and combine well. Stir in 1/4 cup of water.

5. Pour mixture in muffin tray.

6. Baked for 20 mins.

7. Remove muffins from tray and place on cooling rack.

Servings: 12
Points Value: 2

Thursday, 1/22

Today is a new day...I've got my wedding ring and I will stay on track. :)

Breakfast
chocolate peanut butter oatmeal

Snack
ww english muffin with laughing cow light cheese

Lunch
indian tacos with dollop of fat free sour cream
banana oatmeal muffin

Snack
banana oatmeal muffin
50 cal fat free yogurt

Dinner
Indian Tacos with chopped tomatoe and fat free sour cream
Green Beans

Snack
2 banana oatmeal muffins

Exercise
45 min cardio (15min step, 30min elliptical)
1 hr tone and sculpt class

Wednesday, 1/21

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

Lunch
boiled chicken with salsa verde
green beans
fat free refried beans with chopped tomatoe
piece of dark chocolate

Snack
Weight Watchers Ice Cream Cup (i purchased the little cups but OHHHHH I was SOOOOOO tempted to get the ben and jerry's frozen yogurt pint...i really really had to talk myself out of it)

Another snack
2 sugar cookies

And then I go downhill...
My daughter and I went to the grocery store this afternoon. While we were there, I thought we'd go ahead and buy Daddy his Valentine's card and then we went down the candy aisle and we picked out a reese's peanut butter heart for him. I told her we were going to hide it when we got home because it was for VDay. Well, we hid it and when my husband got home from work, she ran to him and told him to close his eyes because she had a surprise for him. Yep, she went and got the Reese's heart and gave it to him. I guess I should have stressed a little more that VDay was not for another couple of weeks. :) Well, she was so excited that she showed it to him and proceeded to open it for him and ask for some. Yes, poor girl got the same sweet tooth that her Mommy has. I tell you...if I ever get pregnant again, I WILL NOT EAT SWEETS WHILE PREGNANT...I wonder if I did that, if that child would not care for sweets. Anyways, Reese's was opened, she got her piece and my husband and I devoured the rest.
Then to top it off, the evening turned stressful. All of a sudden it hit me that I didn't have my wedding ring on and I could not for the life of me remember if I took it off or when it went missing, yada yada yada. Oh I stressed. I realized I didn't have it on my way to Walmart to pick up an item I was missing for the dinner I was making. So, while at Walmart I picked up some Fro Yo (yes! Ben and Jerry's Frozen Yogurt!). Anyways, after a stressful 1 hour (seemed like an eternity) I found my ring...had 2 servings of Indian Tacos for dinner and yes! I will be eating the pint of fro yo after my daughter goes to bed. There you have it....

By the way, my husband was pretty stressed about the ring missing. Now that I've found it, he's lots better. He went so far as to shake my head to make sure it was attached. I just looked at him and told him that the least he could have done, while I was a ball of stress, was tell me "don't worry sweetie...it was time for a new one"...ha ha ha! His response was "i was already going through the numbers in my head and trying to figure out the damage since we wouldn't have a diamond to trade in"...ha ha ha!

Exercise
1 hour tone and sculpt class

Tuesday, 1/20

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

Snack
ww english muffin with wedge of laughing cow light cheese

Lunch
boiled chicken with salsa verde, green beans, nonfat refried beans
piece of dark chocolate

Snack
banana
yogurt

Dinner/Snack
edamame
pint of frozen yogurt (i love this stuff; so i had an awesome workout and then came home and had the frozen yogurt; so, since i knew i was doing this...i kind of skipped dinner...just had some edamame)

Exercise
1 hr spin class

Monday, 1/19

Breakfast
chocolate peanut butter cup oatmeal

Snack
advocare spark drink

Lunch
Campbell's Healthy Request Soup
piece of dark chocolate
1 bag of 100 cal popcorn

Snack
banana
yogurt

Dinner
chicken tortilla soup

Snack
pint of fro yo - BAAAAAD (not on my plan)

Exercise
upper body weights and abs
1 hr spin class

Chicken Tortilla Soup

1 cup red or green salsa (I used red)
2 14oz cans reduced sodium chicken broth
2 1/2 chicken breasts (boiled and cubed)
low sodium corn (1/2 can)
celery (chopped, i used about 3 stalks)
1 zuchinni (chopped)
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
lime wedges (optional)
corn tortillas
sour cream (fat free, optional)
shredded cheese (reduced fat, optional)
cilantro (optional)

1. I cut up the tortillas in strips, put on baking pan and put in oven under broil until toasted.

2. In large saucepan combine chicken broth, salsa, minced garlic, chili powder and cumin; bring to boil over med-high heat. Stir in chicken, celery, zuchinni, corn. Heat through.

3. Serve in bowls; top with toasted tortilla strips, lime, sour cream, shredded cheese and cilantro.

Sunday, 1/18

Breakfast
chocolate peanut butter oatmeal

Lunch
grilled chicken, new potatoes, mixed veggies

Snack
7 sugar cookies

Dinner
homemade chicken tortilla soup

Snack
pint of frozen yogurt

Exercise
1 hour cardio (30 min stair climber/30 min elliptical)

Sunday, 1/18

Breakfast
chocolate peanut butter oatmeal

Exercise
1 hour cardio (30 min stair climber/30 min elliptical)

Saturday, 1/17

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

Snack/Lunch
ww english muffin with wedge of laughing cow light cheese
banana

Snack
balance bar

Dinner/Snack
went out for dinner and didn't eat healthy
chips with salsa/cheese
bean/cheese nachos with grilled chicken
3 scoops ice cream from ben and jerry's
brownie

Exercise
1 hour spin class
1 hour tone and sculpt class

Friday, 1/16

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake
banana

Snack
ww english muffin w/ slice reduced fat cheese

Lunch
campbell's healthy request soup
apple
piece of dark chocolate and a lollipop

Dinner
Went to a Salad Master show and was served chicken, peas/carrots/corn, mashed potatoes, cole slaw and chocolate cake.
Interesting stuff...all healthy...even the cake was made with celery, radishes and cabbage and you'd never know it.

Snacks
Out of control on south beach snack bars, hot chocolate and sugar free cookies

Exercise
1 hour spin class

Thursday, 1/15

Breakfast
chocolate peanut butter cup oatmeal

Snack
sugar free hills bros cappucino
ww english muffin with slice reduced fat cheese

Lunch
Campbell's Healthy Request soup
orange
piece of dark chocolate

NOTE: I'll be meeting some friends tonight for dinner at Blue Goose Cantina so I need to stay away from the chips and choose something healthy for dinner!

Snack
1/2 balance bar

Dinner
mesquite grilled chicken nachos (no chips, NOT even ONE AND not even a drink) I'm sure the nachos have caused enough damage.

Snack
fat free pudding cup

Exercise
1 hour cardio (30 min elliptical, 30 min stair climber)
1 hour tone and sculpt class

Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal

I think I finally found an oatmeal I like, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal.

I found this recipe over on Scale Junkie Cooks blog and I tried it this morning and it was very good and very filling!

1/2 cup of oats
1/2 cup of skim milk
1/2 cup of water
1 TBLS Splenda
2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp creamy peanut butter

Bring the milk and water to boil. Add oats and cook according to package directions. Add the splenda and unsweetened cocoa powder to milk/water/oats during the last minute of cooking. Pour oatmeal in bowl and top off with 1 tsp of Peanut Butter.

Wednesday, 1/14

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake
hills bros cappucino

Snack
1/2 ww english muffin with slice reduced fat cheese

Lunch
campbell's healthy request soup
apple
piece of dark chocolate

Snack
banana

Dinner
lean steak
mixed veggies
nonfat refried bean with tomatoe

Snack
joseph's sugar free cookies (TOO MANY)

Exercise
1 hour tone and sculpt class

Tuesday, 1/13

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake
hills bros cappucino

Snack
banana

Lunch
baked chicken and steak with veggies
piece of dark chocolate

Snack
baby bel light cheese
non fat yogurt
kashi bar

Dinner
myoplex light protein shake with fresh fruit
5 mini robin eggs (leftover from easter)

Exercise
None - have got a throbbing headache

Monday, 1/12

pre-breakfast
1/2 balance bar (100 cal)

breakfast
1 WW english muffin (140 cal)
wedge of laughing cow lite cheese (35 cal)

snack
1/2 serving almonds (80 cal)
dannon light & fit yogurt (60 cal)

lunch
progresso soup (220 cal)
apple (90 cal)

snack
kashi pumpkin spice flax crunchy bar (180cal)

dinner
baked chicken
ranch style beans
corn with lime and fat free sour cream

snack
fat free pudding cup

exercise
upper body weights
1 hour spin class

Sunday, 1/11

Breakfast
1 WW English Muffin with Laughing Cow lite swiss cheese

Lunch
myoplex light protein shake with fresh fruit

Snack
south beach snack bar

....Didn't finish keeping track of what I ate. Was busy most all days with putting aways Christmas stuff and sorting toys, etc.

Saturday, 1/10

Breakfast
1 WW English Muffin with 1 slice reduced fat cheese

Snack
South Beach Bar

Lunch
Balance Bar

Snack
tall nonfat starbucks caramel macchiato

Dinner
fried pickles
grilled chicken
new potatoes

Snack
small cup of ben & jerry's
animal crackers

Exercise
1 hour spin class
1 hour body sculpt class

Friday, 1/9

I'm going to try tracking some calorie info...

Breakfast
1/2 ww english muffin (cal 70, fat .75, carb 13, fiber 1.5, protein 3)
slice reduced fat cheese (cal 60, fat 4, carb 1, fiber 0, protein 7)
advocare meal replacement shake (cal 220, fat 3, carb 24, fiber5, protein 24)

Snack
banana (cal 110, fat 0, carb 29, fiber 4, protein 1)

Lunch
Mexican Chicken Casserole (cal 350, fat 10, carb 35, fiber 9, protein 32)
Green Beans x 2 (cal 40, fat 0, carg 8, fiber 4, protein 2)
Fat Free Choc Pudding Cup (cal 90, fat 0, carb 20, protein 2)

NOTES
WOW...I've already had 940 calories and usually I do an afternoon snack, dinner and evening snack...that's no good. I took in an extra 130 cal for breakfast with the muffin and cheese. I've been eating those because I bought for my daughter and she didn't like so I didn't want them to go to waste. Guess I either eat that or my shake for breakfast and NOT both. That's one place to cut. Any other ideas?

Snack
hard boiled egg (cal 77, fat 5, carb .6, protein 6)

Dinner
baked chicken
green beans
ranch style beans

MINDLESS SNACKING
a couple of triscuits with peanut butter
too too many m&m's

Exercise
1 hour spin class (according to my Heart Rate Monitor, burned 450 calories)

Mexican Chicken Casserole

3/4 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 green pepper, chopped
1-1/2 cups Salsa
2 oz. (1/4 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, cubed
1 can (15 oz.) no-salt-added black beans, drained, rinsed
1 tomato, chopped
2 whole wheat tortillas (6 inch)
1/2 cup reduced fat Mexican Style Shredded Cheese, divided

HEAT oven to 375ºF. Cook and stir chicken and cumin in nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat 2 min. Add peppers; cook 2 min., stirring occasionally. Stir in salsa; cook 2 min. Add Neufchatel cheese; cook 2 min. or until melted. Stir in beans and tomatoes.

SPOON 1/3 of chicken mixture into 8-inch square baking dish; top with 1 tortilla and 1/2 each of remaining chicken mixture and shredded cheese. Top with remaining tortilla and chicken mixture; cover with foil.

BAKE 20 min. or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining shredded cheese; bake, uncovered, 5 min. or until melted.

Thursday, 1/8

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake
1/2 whole wheat english muffin with slice of reduced fat cheese

Snack
hot cocoa (I'm freezing!)
hard boiled egg

Lunch
indian taco with fat free sour cream and chopped tomatoes (finally finished it off! i've been eating this all week)
lima beans
piece of dark chocolate

Snack
advocare snack bar

Snack - NOT ON PLAN
marshmallows (too many)
7 animal crackers

Dinner
Mexican Chicken Casserole

Exercise
45min cardio
1 hour tone and sculpt class

Wednesday, 1/7

Breakfast
1/2 whole wheat english muffin with cheese
advocare meal replacement shake

Snack
banana
handful of almonds

Lunch
Grilled Chicken Ranch salad from Urban Eatz
piece of dark chocolate

Snack
apple
baby bel light cheese

Dinner
indian taco with fat free sour cream and chopped tomatoes
lima beans

Snack
starbucks grande skinny sugar free vanilla and caramel latte

Exercise
1 hour tone and sculpt class

Tuesday, 1/6

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

Snack
banana
yogurt

Lunch
Healthy Request soup
baby bel light cheese
piece of dark chocolate

Snack
apple

Dinner
indian taco with fat free sour cream and chopped tomatoes

Snack
handful of candied pecans
vita top muffin

Exercise
30 minutes elliptical
1 hour spin

Monday, 1/5/2009

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

Snack
kashi bar

Lunch
Healthy Request soup
peppermint hot cocoa

Snack
apple with 1T peanut butter

Dinner
2 servings of Indian Tacos with chopped tomatoes and fat free sour cream
green beans

Exercise
upper body weights
spin class

...kitchen closed...

Updated Weight Ticker

Well, it had to be done. My lowest weight last year was 184 and that's what my ticker was set at. I'm up to 190, so I updated to my ticker to reflect the gain.

I'm back in business though...here's to steady loss...

New Year, Fresh Start

Happy New Year everyone! I'm back. Well, I *tried* to keep a food journal while out of town and I semi-succeeded. I kept a journal Friday through Tuesday, started one on Wednesday and never looked back. Well, I did look back and I was eating so bad and doing so much grazing that I would loose track of all I ate.

Here's a sampling of the journals I kept.
Friday, 12/26
3-4 cookies
protein shake
south beach meal
banana
mc d salad with grilled chicken and lite italian dressing
apple dippers with caramel
3 cookies
exercise - spin and upper body weights

Saturday, 12/27
protein shake
banana
1/2 kashi bar
candy and cookies (too many)
3 slices pizza

Sunday, 12/28
cinnamon roll
bbq sandwich and corn
meatballs
cookies (too too many)
candy and chips (too many)

Monday, 12/29
shake
8 cookies, doritos, 2 candies, marshmallows
1 hour walk
mexican food
more candy and cookies

Tuesday, 12/30
shake
1 hour walk
candy
chicken sandwich and soup
candy, cookies
starbucks
cheese burger
cookies, candy, doritos

Need I say more...