Yesterday was a good day. Aside from being out of breakfast Lean Cuisines, I ate well, and drank more than enough water thanks to it being 500f degrees out with 500% humidity. Ah, Delaware.
Lunch was a LC panini. I admit, after that, I ate some of this bread pudding my mom had made. It was really sweet and made me wanna puke. But it could have been much worse, diet-wise, like if it had been good, I would have eaten a lot more.
Made it back to yoga today. It was hot. I was dripping with sweat. The air here is like pudding and it was extremely hard to breathe, but aside from skipping a few warrior poses which always kill my feet, I kept up. Tonight I'm hoping (and thinkin, and wishin) to go to a friend's pool after work. MUST get my ass to the beach soon!
Dinner was fantastic. Fresh tuna steaks that my dad's friend caught, which I marinated in an orange-soy-ginger marinade, broiled and sprinkled with sesame seeds and soy sauce. Side of bok choy, cooked in a pan with very little oil, then tossed with pepper, soy sauce, and a splash of sesame oil (you really don't need much of that stuff!) and then, again, sprinkled with sesame seeds. Salad was a very simple cuke-tomato-onion salad tossed with rice wine vinegar and just a smidge of lowfat feta. And more water. Jeremiah cleared his plate, which included 3 (smallish) tuna steaks. I was beaming with pride - that means he liked it. A LOT.
Late night, J busted out these damn good mini-cookies. I had two, and then just said no.
It's that time of year when we are about to be bombarded with garden veggies, so I'll be posting recipes! Healthy ones will be here on this blog, and not-so-healthy ones over at http://second-helping.blogspot.com. Stay tuned!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Blah.
No change in weight this week (probably due to vomiting this weekend - not on purpose!), but feeling crappy.
I see an obvious connection between how I eat and how I feel, yet I eat crap anyway. Why? Because it tastes so good! And it's so damn cheap and easy!
Need to get back on the ball, and definitely need to get my body moving. This has been a stagnant summer for me so far. I haven't even made it to the ocean yet (I HAVE gone to the bay!) and it's almost JULY!
Look-better-feel-better-inside-outside-Look-better-feel-better-inside-outside.
Maybe I'll have to start thinking of some new and exciting recipes soon. I even ran out of Lean Breakfast Pockets and haven't made my way back to the store yet.
I see an obvious connection between how I eat and how I feel, yet I eat crap anyway. Why? Because it tastes so good! And it's so damn cheap and easy!
Need to get back on the ball, and definitely need to get my body moving. This has been a stagnant summer for me so far. I haven't even made it to the ocean yet (I HAVE gone to the bay!) and it's almost JULY!
Look-better-feel-better-inside-outside-Look-better-feel-better-inside-outside.
Maybe I'll have to start thinking of some new and exciting recipes soon. I even ran out of Lean Breakfast Pockets and haven't made my way back to the store yet.
Monday, June 18, 2007
I Disgust Myself.
I deserve to say I'm up ten pounds after all the crap I consumed this weekend, but somehow, I don't know how, I'm down 3.5. I've stopped trying to make sense of it all.
Because I am so ashamed, I'm going to re-cap what I did eat this weekend:
Friday - started off well.
B: Lean Pockets, coffee, water
L: LC Panini, small spinach salad (referenced in last post), water
D: Leftover Indian food (referenced in last post) - healthy, but I ate WAY too much of it.
Saturday:
Breakfast: Hidden egg (fried egg and 1 piece of [ugh] fried whole wheat bread), coffee, coffee, coffee. And then a diet Pepsi.
Lunch (this is where it gets really scary): KFC Extra-Crispy thigh and wing, coleslaw, mac'n'cheese (sm portion), and REGULAR PEPSI. Oh yeah, and a biscuit. With honey.
Dinner: Chinese takeout - 1 spring roll, 1 bowl hot'n'sour soup, 1 fried dumpling in dipping sauce, about 3/4 c. white sticky rice, Gen Tso's chicken, and a bit of Roast Pork Lo Mein. Oh yeah, and a fortune cookie.
Sunday:
Brunch: 2 Lean Cuisine 4-cheese pizza pockets. Fwiw, I see absolutely no need for FOUR TYPES OF CHEESE in a diet food. Too much cheese. And that's saying something.
Apps: Cheese and crackers, water, Strawberry Margarita.
Dinner: a very good amount of steamed crabs in Old Bay, corn on the cob w/butter and Old Bay, and a Miller Lite.
Dessert: 1.5 homemade brownies with 2 small scoops Breyer's Light Double-Churned Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, about 4 black cherries (halved) and HOT FUDGE.
I got home from eating all that yesterday and my fingers were so swollen from the sodium that my rings wouldn't budge. I drank 4 huge glasses of water before I even had to pee. I've been drinking water almost non-stop since then.
Monday:
B: coffee, lean breakfast pockets, water, water, water
L: (to be) spinach salad with either leftover chicken breast, chopped, on top, or small, broiled crab balls on top. Jello. Water.
D: slow cooker chicken breasts in salsa sauce (redundant much?) on small corn tortillas with lots of veggies. Water, water, water.
Because I am so ashamed, I'm going to re-cap what I did eat this weekend:
Friday - started off well.
B: Lean Pockets, coffee, water
L: LC Panini, small spinach salad (referenced in last post), water
D: Leftover Indian food (referenced in last post) - healthy, but I ate WAY too much of it.
Saturday:
Breakfast: Hidden egg (fried egg and 1 piece of [ugh] fried whole wheat bread), coffee, coffee, coffee. And then a diet Pepsi.
Lunch (this is where it gets really scary): KFC Extra-Crispy thigh and wing, coleslaw, mac'n'cheese (sm portion), and REGULAR PEPSI. Oh yeah, and a biscuit. With honey.
Dinner: Chinese takeout - 1 spring roll, 1 bowl hot'n'sour soup, 1 fried dumpling in dipping sauce, about 3/4 c. white sticky rice, Gen Tso's chicken, and a bit of Roast Pork Lo Mein. Oh yeah, and a fortune cookie.
Sunday:
Brunch: 2 Lean Cuisine 4-cheese pizza pockets. Fwiw, I see absolutely no need for FOUR TYPES OF CHEESE in a diet food. Too much cheese. And that's saying something.
Apps: Cheese and crackers, water, Strawberry Margarita.
Dinner: a very good amount of steamed crabs in Old Bay, corn on the cob w/butter and Old Bay, and a Miller Lite.
Dessert: 1.5 homemade brownies with 2 small scoops Breyer's Light Double-Churned Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, about 4 black cherries (halved) and HOT FUDGE.
I got home from eating all that yesterday and my fingers were so swollen from the sodium that my rings wouldn't budge. I drank 4 huge glasses of water before I even had to pee. I've been drinking water almost non-stop since then.
Monday:
B: coffee, lean breakfast pockets, water, water, water
L: (to be) spinach salad with either leftover chicken breast, chopped, on top, or small, broiled crab balls on top. Jello. Water.
D: slow cooker chicken breasts in salsa sauce (redundant much?) on small corn tortillas with lots of veggies. Water, water, water.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Recipe - Strawberry Spinach Salad
D'oh! It was so good I forgot to take a photo before eating it! No fear, I'm having it again for dinner (Forgot to bring it home!!!), because even though I made 1/2 recipe of dressing, there was still WAY too much for 2 side salads, which my mom and I had with Lean Cuisine Paninis.
KT120's Spinach and Strawberry salad - 4 servings
Ingredients
2 Tablespoons sesame seeds
1 Tablespoon poppy seeds
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tablespoon minced onion
10 ounces fresh spinach, rinsed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces
1 quart strawberries, cleaned and sliced
1/4 cup almonds, blanched and silvered
Note: Proportions above are how they were given to me. I used much less oil (because I'm not a fan of oily dressings), about half or less of the sugar, and a smidge of Splenda. And a little more Worcestershire. And I just sliced the onion and put it right on the salad. I apologize to anyone who is ever offended by my bastardization of their recipes. It's what I do.
Directions:
In a medium bowl, whisk together the sesame seeds, poppy seeds, sugar, olive oil, vinegar, paprika, Worcestershire sauce and onion. Cover and chill for one hour.
In a large bowl, combine the spinach, strawberries and almonds, Pour dressing over salad and toss. Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes before serving. ENJOY!!!
Breakfast: Coffee w/half&half (from the shop), 2 Lean Breakfast Pockets, Large glass of water
Lunch: Spinach & Strawberry salad, Lean Cuisine Panini, 1/2 Breyer's Light Yogurt with 5 cherries & 5 grapes (I had a serious sweet tooth going, but that, along with the cup of coffee I'm now drinking, seemed to quell it a bit.)
Dinner: Leftover Lamb/Vegetable/Tofu curry and rice (HEAVY on the veggies), strawberry-spinach salad, lots of water.
Planning to cook this weekend:
KT120's Spinach and Strawberry salad - 4 servings
Ingredients
2 Tablespoons sesame seeds
1 Tablespoon poppy seeds
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tablespoon minced onion
10 ounces fresh spinach, rinsed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces
1 quart strawberries, cleaned and sliced
1/4 cup almonds, blanched and silvered
Note: Proportions above are how they were given to me. I used much less oil (because I'm not a fan of oily dressings), about half or less of the sugar, and a smidge of Splenda. And a little more Worcestershire. And I just sliced the onion and put it right on the salad. I apologize to anyone who is ever offended by my bastardization of their recipes. It's what I do.
Directions:
In a medium bowl, whisk together the sesame seeds, poppy seeds, sugar, olive oil, vinegar, paprika, Worcestershire sauce and onion. Cover and chill for one hour.
In a large bowl, combine the spinach, strawberries and almonds, Pour dressing over salad and toss. Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes before serving. ENJOY!!!
Breakfast: Coffee w/half&half (from the shop), 2 Lean Breakfast Pockets, Large glass of water
Lunch: Spinach & Strawberry salad, Lean Cuisine Panini, 1/2 Breyer's Light Yogurt with 5 cherries & 5 grapes (I had a serious sweet tooth going, but that, along with the cup of coffee I'm now drinking, seemed to quell it a bit.)
Dinner: Leftover Lamb/Vegetable/Tofu curry and rice (HEAVY on the veggies), strawberry-spinach salad, lots of water.
Planning to cook this weekend:
- butternut squash soup
- slow-cooker salsa chicken (for wraps
- salmon
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Update - Hmmm
My sexy salad:
radishes, cucumber, sweet onion, petite baby carrots, avocado, hard-boiled egg, a couple red kidney beans, and bacon bits.
With this lite honey-mustard dressing:
I love the dressing and I love the man.Although I sure would rather they put THIS picture of him on the bottle instead:
I know, I know, he's reeeeeaaallly old now and it's kinda gross, but he's HOT. And he's RICH. And he SHARES IT WITH EVERYONE. And he makes kick-ass salad dressing. And since I can't post a photo of my beautiful salad, I need to post a photo of my beautiful salad-dressing manufacturer.
I got on the scale several times this morning and decided....
that I need a new scale.
The damn thing doesn't read the same twice, and getting it to go back to zero when I step off is near impossible. I think (stress: THINK) I might even be down a pound from yesterday's depressing high, but how can I possibly tell?
Anyone have any suggestions for a quality scale under $50? I don't give a great goddamn about body fat, etc. Just consistent weight, and preferably one with big numbers as I am borderline blind.
Good today, although I am (A) craving sweets, and (B) going to a friend's house for dinner. She's supposedly making shrimp and ribs. I'll try to eat more shrimp, less ribs, and little to none of whatever deliciousness she throws at me.
Maybe tomorrow I'll show you my sexy salad.
eta and my friend just called to cancel for dinner on account of her sick daughter who was SCREAMING in the background. Now I don't know what's for dinner. I REALLY want Indian food.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Update - Sloth. Now with photos!
Ugh. I knew it. I'm up. A lot. 4.5 lbs to be exact. Now, it IS the wrong day to weigh in, but I don't think that's the issue. I don't even think the food I ate on the camping trip is the issue. It's the food I ate BEFORE and AFTER the camping trip, when I was too busy and/or tired and/or lazy to make something healthy. And the sugary and/or alcohol-laden drinks on the camping trip, but I didn't really drink all that much.
There were a lot of pix taken this weekend in which I look like a cow. A fat, red, sweaty cow. I'm going to post one so that I can punish myself in that way. Ah, here's a lovely one:
That's me, letting it all hang out, cooking a huge pan of greasy potatoes and veggies. In honesty, I ate about 2 pieces of potato and a few pieces of onion out of that pan, but apparently I absorbed all the grease through my pores and it went directly to my jowls. Nice. And that's not even the worst pic.
This one was REALLY bad, so I cropped it just below the boob, which is you can not see the great gut spilling over, which is really evident when sitting next to high-contrast skinny husband:
At least in THIS one I look fat and happy! I was collecting sea glass.
For comparison, here are a few from 2004-2005, when I was really doing well - lowest @ 198...
At the time, I was feeling good about the progress I had made, but still felt like I had SO much left to go (I did) and that the difference wasn't that noticeable (it really was!). In a way this totally sucks to think about, because I just slacked a whole lot and knowingly let that weight ease itself back on, and now I'm back up near my record high all over again. But in a way, it's good to be looking at these photos, realizing I looked pretty damn good at 199 (and it's VERY apparent in my face) and while I'll look even better at 180, 199 is definitely within reach and I can't wait to get back there. And to take some new pix.
Plan of action (for now):
Lean Pockets for breakfast. LC or LP or salad for lunch. Fruit and veggies for snacks. Lots of meals from garden. One veggie dinner per week - no meat at all. Healthy, Phase 2-like dinner all nights. Careful with snacks. Lots of water. Fix bike and ride it. Get back into yoga. No entire weekends "off."
I can do this, right?
There were a lot of pix taken this weekend in which I look like a cow. A fat, red, sweaty cow. I'm going to post one so that I can punish myself in that way. Ah, here's a lovely one:
That's me, letting it all hang out, cooking a huge pan of greasy potatoes and veggies. In honesty, I ate about 2 pieces of potato and a few pieces of onion out of that pan, but apparently I absorbed all the grease through my pores and it went directly to my jowls. Nice. And that's not even the worst pic.
This one was REALLY bad, so I cropped it just below the boob, which is you can not see the great gut spilling over, which is really evident when sitting next to high-contrast skinny husband:
At least in THIS one I look fat and happy! I was collecting sea glass.
For comparison, here are a few from 2004-2005, when I was really doing well - lowest @ 198...
At the time, I was feeling good about the progress I had made, but still felt like I had SO much left to go (I did) and that the difference wasn't that noticeable (it really was!). In a way this totally sucks to think about, because I just slacked a whole lot and knowingly let that weight ease itself back on, and now I'm back up near my record high all over again. But in a way, it's good to be looking at these photos, realizing I looked pretty damn good at 199 (and it's VERY apparent in my face) and while I'll look even better at 180, 199 is definitely within reach and I can't wait to get back there. And to take some new pix.
Plan of action (for now):
Lean Pockets for breakfast. LC or LP or salad for lunch. Fruit and veggies for snacks. Lots of meals from garden. One veggie dinner per week - no meat at all. Healthy, Phase 2-like dinner all nights. Careful with snacks. Lots of water. Fix bike and ride it. Get back into yoga. No entire weekends "off."
I can do this, right?
Monday, June 04, 2007
Recipe - Yum-Yums
I've gotten mixed reviews on this one, but I love it. Those who don't are those who don't really like ricotta. I know you SB'ers are used to it, so maybe you'll like it too. Ate it up too fast to take a pic, sorry! (next time...)
INGREDIENTS
1/2 container of strawberry cheesecake flavor Breyer's Light yogurt
slightly less than equal amount of low-fat (or FF) ricotta cheese
1 strawberry
DIRECTIONS
Mix yogurt and ricotta and put in a fancy dish.
Top with sliced strawberry.
Eat with your favorite spoon.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 container of strawberry cheesecake flavor Breyer's Light yogurt
slightly less than equal amount of low-fat (or FF) ricotta cheese
1 strawberry
DIRECTIONS
Mix yogurt and ricotta and put in a fancy dish.
Top with sliced strawberry.
Eat with your favorite spoon.
Update - When she was good, she was very, very good
and when she was bad, she was HORRID.
Although I am pleased to announce that I am down a total of !FIVE POUNDS! I do not have high hopes for this week. Started it off yesterday by finally caving to an immense pasta craving, and I'm not talking about no Barilla Plus, I'm talkin' real Italian spaghetti from my favorite local Italian restaurant, drowning in sauce, with some eggplant parm on top, and the whole thing covered in (ok, it really was too much) mozzarella cheese and broiled. Oh. My. Gawd. Apologies to those I just pissed off and covered in drool.
And there was no way I could eat it all, so guess what I'm having again tonight?! BUT... I was good all day today. I'm going to be "very, very good" when I'm good this week, in anticipation of the horridness (diet-wise) of the super-awesome camping trip I'm leaving for on Thursday, during which I am sure to eat and drink Things That Must Not Be Named.
And when I get home, I'll eat salads for a week. I swear.
Although I am pleased to announce that I am down a total of !FIVE POUNDS! I do not have high hopes for this week. Started it off yesterday by finally caving to an immense pasta craving, and I'm not talking about no Barilla Plus, I'm talkin' real Italian spaghetti from my favorite local Italian restaurant, drowning in sauce, with some eggplant parm on top, and the whole thing covered in (ok, it really was too much) mozzarella cheese and broiled. Oh. My. Gawd. Apologies to those I just pissed off and covered in drool.
And there was no way I could eat it all, so guess what I'm having again tonight?! BUT... I was good all day today. I'm going to be "very, very good" when I'm good this week, in anticipation of the horridness (diet-wise) of the super-awesome camping trip I'm leaving for on Thursday, during which I am sure to eat and drink Things That Must Not Be Named.
And when I get home, I'll eat salads for a week. I swear.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Update - End of week
Well, aside from a few asides, I haven't been half bad this week! I cheated and checked the scale today (shouldn't have checked until Monday) and *crosses fingers* it looks like I might be down another two pounds, despite eating and drinking way above my max last weekend, and the Great Chocolate Craving that hit me the other day.
It has been surprisingly easy to keep eating the Lean Breakfast Pockets every day for lunch, and even more surprising, I haven't gotten sick of them! They're actually pretty good, although I have come to the conclusion that one simply is not enough.
Eating micr0-lunches every day has not been as easy. I just want something more interesting at lunch, so I've been eating a lot of salads. Yesterday I had a salad with drained white tuna (packed in water) with lite Caesar dressing, then a jello with 1/2 banana sliced in it.
Last night's dinner was the salmon mentioned on Tuesday/Wednesday as dinner. Yeah, well Tuesday was a SHITTY DAY, as I may or may not have posted here, and I just was NOT COOKING. I arrived home Wednesday night to find that the salmon looked a little funny, so we ended up eating the leftover Chinese food from the night before (shame, shame on me!) and then on the way home from work yesterday (Thursday) I picked up some more salmon. This was the final menu for yesterday:
Still can't seem to shake the after-dinner treat, so I'm just trying to make sure I always have a few low-calorie choices lying around, like SF jello (where would I be without you, dear jello?!), SF popsicles, and low-carb, low-cal choco/ice cream-like treat. Otherwise, I'll just eat whatever I find. Better something half decent than that!
Today's lunch will be a salad, greens topped with the leftover salmon and sour cream salad. Yum. Maybe a hint of Mr. Newman's light honey-mustard to kick it up.
Tonight for dinner I promised J steak. He is such a red meat lover and he has been patiently waiting all week for his fix. Tonight's dinner:
It has been surprisingly easy to keep eating the Lean Breakfast Pockets every day for lunch, and even more surprising, I haven't gotten sick of them! They're actually pretty good, although I have come to the conclusion that one simply is not enough.
Eating micr0-lunches every day has not been as easy. I just want something more interesting at lunch, so I've been eating a lot of salads. Yesterday I had a salad with drained white tuna (packed in water) with lite Caesar dressing, then a jello with 1/2 banana sliced in it.
Last night's dinner was the salmon mentioned on Tuesday/Wednesday as dinner. Yeah, well Tuesday was a SHITTY DAY, as I may or may not have posted here, and I just was NOT COOKING. I arrived home Wednesday night to find that the salmon looked a little funny, so we ended up eating the leftover Chinese food from the night before (shame, shame on me!) and then on the way home from work yesterday (Thursday) I picked up some more salmon. This was the final menu for yesterday:
- Salmon baked in foil with lemon juice, dill, S&P, and 1/2 oz of vodka
- Light saute of spinach, onions, peppers, mushrooms, and cubed tofu in a lemon-soy base
- Whole grain wild rice
- wonderful light salad made with chopped onions, red peppers, and cukes tossed in a homemade Japanese rice-wine/light sour cream dressing
Still can't seem to shake the after-dinner treat, so I'm just trying to make sure I always have a few low-calorie choices lying around, like SF jello (where would I be without you, dear jello?!), SF popsicles, and low-carb, low-cal choco/ice cream-like treat. Otherwise, I'll just eat whatever I find. Better something half decent than that!
Today's lunch will be a salad, greens topped with the leftover salmon and sour cream salad. Yum. Maybe a hint of Mr. Newman's light honey-mustard to kick it up.
Tonight for dinner I promised J steak. He is such a red meat lover and he has been patiently waiting all week for his fix. Tonight's dinner:
- NY Strip Steak
- ?
- ?
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