What have you done for me lately?

Here are some recent pics of the great food I've been eating. Now if I could just get off my fat ass and move around some!

11.19.07 - It's BLUE!
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If you get sick of seeing my food, just say so. I'll probably ignore you, but you can say something.

Also, here's a quick tutorial I did on how to make Inarizushi. Fun and easy!

Alright ladies...

It's Thanksgiving.

Don't eat too much.

Pinkie swear!!

Shame me into posting

So okay, I LOOK at this site every day. I swear. But no urge to post. For shame.

Here are all my lunches for the past 2 weeks (not including this week): Photobucket Bento Album

I'm not going to go into great detail over my missed time. It should suffice to say that I think I've been eating pretty healthy/well. Home cooked breakfasts, lunches and most dinners. I really think spending more time cooking has actually helped me. I know this sounds crazy, but I'm actually taking time to think about what I'm eating. I'm taking joy in preparing foods instead of just "throwing something together." I haven't had a processed meal in the last 3 weeks. And the good news from my doctor's appointment yesterday....

I've lost 3 pounds!

That's with eating better and really minimal exercise. I've been walking about 20-25 minutes a few days a week. And the husband and I have been taking a Lindy Hop class once a week. That's it so far.

Yay!

Here's to starting over! (Again...)

Okay, so I am happy about being down 1.4 pounds since I started posting here... several weeks ago. = Slow progress, though, is better than no progress. Had hoped to be a little more slender with the tropical vacation (which means bathing suits) staring at me. But, it is what it is.

Food yesterday sucked, but I was decent about paying attention to Weight Watchers points. For breakfast I had a cranberry-orange muffin (11 ponits - good lord!), and a venti starbucks soy chai (8 points). Then I was depressed about having eaten 19 of my 21 daily points before 9:00am. (Shit.) So, around about 2pm, I was really getting hungry (reading the menu for lunch at The Orchard restaurant in Frederick did *not* help). Jariris said that "the vajayjay commanded me" to eat something. So, not wanting to enrage the vajayjay, I went to Teaism and got a Bento box (YAY for bento!)... tuna with roasted sweet potatos, sticky rice (oops, I ate it all), and some lightly steamed broccoli. For dinner, I had (no... not celery, which I should have) a mini bagel with Nutela (droool).

Today started off much better with homemade chai (2 pts), oj (.5 pt), a mini bagel with loc and neuhfachtel (2.5 pts), 1/2 c. of plain yogurt with some pomegranates (.5 pt). So, 5.5 points -- not bad.

Lunch today is a bunch of 0 point veggies (carrotts, celery, cucumber), sugar snap peas (.5 pt), an orange (1 pt), some left over Indian food I made this weekend with basmati rice (2.5 pts), 1/2 c. plain yogurt (.5 pt), grapes (1 pt), an apple (1 pt) for an afternoon snack. That's a very hearty 6.5 point lunch.

That leaves 9 points for the rest of the day, but I am not sure what I will have for dinner. Probably some leftover hamburger soup and toast... if the husband doesn't scarf it when he gets home from Chicago. (Plus, there's the 2 extra points I earned walking for 50 minutes in the rain this morning.)

Onward and upward... next week will be fish with rice and beans... and LOBSTER! and lots of exercise.

Mmm leftovers

So Tuesday was:
L: chicken salad and some of Jen's sour cream dip with chips
D: Veggies, potatoes, turkey ham

Wed:
B: Coffee
L: Turkey ham & cheese omelet thing

Also I'm now on Etsy !! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5370751

Um, let's see. I posted my lunch for Monday, so here's what I've been doing since:

Monday:
D-Veggie Samosa, Lamb Kadai, some crazy hazlenut/strawberry lassi combination (not recommended). We ate out at Nawab, a local Indian restaurant.

Tuesday:
B- Leftover Kadai (not too much), tuna salad on a flourless wrap.
S- trail-mix
L- Fried Rice, Teriyaki Chicken & Cherry Tomato Skewers, Edamame, 1/2 an orange
D- Pork & Veggie stir-fry with white rice

Wednesday:
B- I have no idea, I have a work function to go to.
S- trail-mix
L- Plain cous cous, Tuna Salad, 4 Triscuits, .5 oz. cheddar cheese, cucumber slices & cherry tomatoes.

Wagon, what wagon

So it is a good thing I had this ass to land on when I fell off the wagon as well (L) The past week has sucked. I've tried to be good, but I was major pmsing and really when it came to chocolate vs no chocolate - the chocolate pwnd me. Also we kept having dinner and lunch dates and I kept totally forgetting that restaurants do have salads.

So starting over again today.
B: Coffee :)

Grr...

Okay, so I have been *totally* off the wagon for several days. In fact, ever since I started posting here. Hmmm....

Seriously, though, I am back in the swing of things today and going to be very serious, as my vacation and the requisite bathing suit/wetsuit in public experience is fast approaching. We won't revisit the past more than to day that I started the day yesterday at The Cheesecake Factory - I don't think you can get much more off course than that (wasn't my fault - we had brunch with Sam's family). Sigh.

This morning for breakfast I had a pot of black tea, orange juice, and a mini whole grain bagel with neufachtel cheese and smoked salmon. No fruit today (was too lazy to cut up the cantaloupe). On the train (bad girl), I had a homemade chai with soy milk.

Today's lunch includes a plethora of healthy goodies: 15 pumpernickle sticks, grapes, carrotts, celery, sugar snap peas, cucumber, apple, roast chicken thigh, and either a cup of chicken broth, or a can of Amy's alphabet soup.

Planning on probably some plain yogurt with strawberries and granola and some steamed broccoli for dinner tonight. If I am cold or particularly hungry, I might have some of the chicken noodle soup I made this weeked.... and, of course, some homemade zucchini bread for dessert. =D

Didn't weigh myself after the past 6 days of horrible habits, but I don't think I am too far from where I was last week. Onward to prgress!

By the way - am back in the swing of things (or at least getting there) with a 2.5 mile walk this morning with Toots. Should be able to get the 4 mile walks in again once we change the clocks next weekend.

Bento lunches

So I don't feel like dredging up whatever I ate this weekend. I'll say I tried to be good, and leave it at that.

One thing I DID do today is spend some time cooking and prepping stuff for box lunches this week. Soncara has agreed to let me inflict this new hobby on him. Here's the first pic:




That's homemade crabstick sushi rolls with cucumber, carrots & teriyaki mayo; grapes; potstickers; cherry tomatoes and star shaped cheese. Yay matching lunch!

Thursday, Thursday...

Still raining, dammit.

Breakfast: Some crazy no flour sprouted hooha wrap with a lettuce leaf, 1/4 (if that) tuna salad, 1 scrambled egg, 1 Tbsp. Cheddar Cheese, 3 cherry tomotoes. Tastier than advertised.

Lunch: 2 onigiri (no seaweed), miso soup, grapes, trail mix, 3 carrot sticks, 5 cherry tomatoes

Snack: Please! Keep me away from the snack machine! Bah, small bag of Cheetos.

Dinner: maybe sushi, I haven't been filled in on this evenings plans yet. As it turns out, we're going to Chili's. I'm going to have some sort of salad. I don't know what they have there.

Stardate - 10/24

It's almost my birthday! Does almost count?

B- leftover fried rice (see yesterday).

L- 2 onigiri, carrot sticks, 6 cherry tomatoes, wakame soup (seaweed), cantaloupe & grapes.

D - don't know, but I'm getting a massage tonight!

Snacks - I brought a small baggie of trailmix to nibble on throughout the day.

So dinner was a small tuna wrap and some sesame noodles when I got home. Then after the massage I went out with my friend R and had some "Zen Chicken Potstickers" and a Sangria. Reminder me never to go to T.G.I.Friday's again. Their food is the suck. Their drinks too.

But the massage was pretty okay - I've got another appointment next month.

Okay, so here I go...

Okay - weighed in this morning at 153.3. Not bad, but higher than I would like it to be, so I am joining forces with these two fine ladies to try and seriously do something about it.

My breakfast today (typically the same every day):

• homemade chai - spices, a little honey, black tea, and 1 c. unsweetened soy milk
• whole grain mini bagel with 1 oz. lox and neufachtel cheese
• cantaloupe and strawberries

My walk this morning was very nice - I think that autumn leaves were meant to be seen in the light of a rose and salmon-colored sunrise... beautiful! Bailey (the best motivation ever for walking every day) and I went 3.5 miles in about 45 minutes in the park. It's a pretty decent workout, by most normal people's standards (never you mind silly joggers and workout freaks of the world).

My lunch today (typically the same, with minor variations, every day):

• carrotts
• celery
• cucumber
• applesauce cup
• pear
• 15 pumpernickle (sp?) sticks

I was bad and had a Starbuck's chai (with soy milk) for a snack this morning. Afternoon snack was a handful of trail mix with cashews, little chocolate chips, sundrops and raisins. I haven't been very good about water lately, but I *always* feel better when I am... so, I'd better get drinking!

By the way - someone needs to invent some kind of nose plug that eliminates the smell of a freshly-popped bag of popcorn in offices! Grrr....

Great Idea!

Okay - jariris invited me to join, so now you're stuck with me. I think this is an awesome idea - go team!

Weighed in.

So I weighed in today while at the doctor's for my appointment.

225.

Not as bad as I feared, but still NOT GOOD AT ALL.

My blood pressure is up, which is not good. I may be changing around my BC, maybe. I'm going to try to research what kind of diet helps promote good BP and try that out.

I've got another appointment in a couple of weeks, so I'll be talking to the dr. more in depth then.

It's Tuesday

It seems that most of the posts start with how lazy and unmotivated we are. Hah.

I have doctor appointment today. Just an annual, but I'm hoping to talk with him about my random pains and aches as well. And woohoo, they'll weigh me, so I'll report that.

Sunday:
Breakfast: I have no recollection. I think it was a bowl of cereal, Cheerios and Soy Milk.
Lunch: Grilled Tuna Pita at the festival. It was really delicious. All okay I think, except for the Parmesan sauce...but there wasn't that much of it.
Dinner: Chinese take-out, mixed vegetables, 1.5 Cups and hot & sour soup 1 Cup.
At the bar: 3 ciders and a couple of nibbles from the artichoke and spinach dip. And the band was GREAT!

Monday:
Breakfast: Leftover hot & sour soup, 1 Cup.
Snack: 2 packs of Nature Valley Oatbars, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Lunch: Veggie Lasagna frozen meal, it was pretty tasty. Although obviously I was hungry 2 hours later.
Dinner: Leftover mixed vegetables, 1 Cup and brown rice, 1 Cup.

It's Tuesday:
Breakfast: 3/4 Cup of sesame noodles with peas and mushrooms, 3 Tbsp Trail Mix
Lunch: I boxed it...homemade fried rice with peas, tomatoes, scrambled egg and brown rice, carrot sticks (3), cherry tomatoes (5), grapes & cantaloupe, 3 Tbsp Trail Mix
Dinner: don't know yet, maybe Outback something since I've got a hair appt. after work...

FYI, Tim Gunn makes me smile. That is all.

Again... Busy... So Frickin Busy

Friday
B: Banana & Coffee
L: Cheese sandwich I think
D: Hamburger on home made bread
Snack: Slice of home made potato bread

Sat
B: Cornflakes w/ .5 Banana & 2% Milk
L: Cheese & Turkey Sandwich (home made potato bread) .5 banana
D: Chicken & Shrimp Voila Dinner thing

Sun
B: Coffee Cornflakes 2% milk
L: Fruit salad w/ yogurt and flax seed meal & home made cheese noodles
D: El Ranchero (Duff's b'day) Gooey Chicken & Cheese thingy with sour cream and well everything.

Monday
B: Coffee
L: Left over cheese noodles

Sunny Saturday

Today has been gorgeous. Too bad I spent it working. At least I was outside. I was at the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival in Norfolk. Lots of really beautiful artwork that I couldn't afford. Ah well.

Took the bento lunch with me. I'm so proud. I'm spending a good chunk of time making these lunches, which is nice. But I'd be happy if I could streamline it a little bit more.

Breakfast - 1 onigiri (rice ball stuffed with tuna salad, wrapped in nori).

Lunch - 3 onigiri, cantaloupe and grapes, 6 Tbsp trail mix.

Dinner - Taco Bell Grilled Stuffed Taco w/beef, nachos and cheese sauce, diet pepsi.

Bento Baby!

Breakfast: 1Cup of Pork Teriyaki Stir Fry with zuchini, onion, and cabbage.

Snack: Nature Valley Bar.

Lunch: Woohoo Bento! Actually, I don't know if I can really call it a bento, but it was a start. Pork Teriyaki Stir Fry (see above) with 2.5 rice balls (shaped like stars, no less!), Wakeme Soup (seaweed), Cantalope pieces with grapes. I'm stuffed!

Dinner: It's going to be at the hockey game, so I know it won't be good for me and there will be at least one beer involved. Hmm...

Speaking of Slippery....

I made breakfast for dinner and cooked some bacon in the microwave. I totally didn't pay attn to how long it had been sitting there, or not sitting there as was the case. And when I took the plate out of the microwave I immediately tried to drop it and sloshed bacon juice all over the floor. The dogs thought it was Christmas.

So today:
B: PB & B Sandwich (yes it is a trend.. until I run out of bananas)
L: umm I don't remember and it was only 10 hours ago.
Dinner: Pancakes, 1 pc scrapple, 2 eggs, 2 pc bacon.

Snack: 2 sticks of fake crab meat. No fat and fishy breath as a fun little perk.

Friday, you slippery bitch, get over here!

Blowing it for lunch...

Breakfast: one fried egg, one piece of toast, small bunch of grapes.

Snack: Nature Valley Oat Bar.

Lunch: Pizza, slices, 4.

Good news though - I bought some tennis shoes last night, wearing them today. They feel good (which is a nice change for me) and I plan to go to the gym after work. Yay!