Cut to the chase

I gained this week. Up a lb. Not a surprise.
Last night I munched throughout the entire evening. Had a handful of marshmallows, a handful of cereal, some melba toast with mustard (not sure what's up with that??), more marshmallows. Bizarre evening.
Today hasn't been much better.
Tomorrow is a new day.

Sick

I'm sick of winter.
I'm sick of snow.
I'm sick of cold.
I'm sick of no sun.
I'm sick of not being able to run outside.
I'm sick of thinking that food will make it better.

I'm hungry today. I'm not excercising. I need some willpower cause I'm just not motivated today for some reason. I haven't wrecked everything yet...but there's still time.
Food:
B - (3)
L - ww bagel (2) with cream cheese (1), spinach salad with apple (2), cravings cheesecake (1)
S - 1 rye cracker with tzatziki (1)
D - tuna casserole (5 - smaller serving tonight!), brussel sprouts (1), veggies and dip (1), handful of jellybeans (1)
S - maple tea (0), ww cookie (1)

All work...

and no play! That's what it's feeling like this week! Some changes that directly affect our department are happening this week and that's making me stressed. I, of course, am the one that has to facilitate these changes and some people aren't on board. I love my job, I love my job, I love my job....
Good news - there was some excercise done this evening. I have a toning video that lets you pick 10 min. toning sessions to do. Tonight I did thighs, arms and abs for a total of 30 min. You gotta start somewhere!
Food:
B- guess??? (3)
L- tzatziki sandwich - ww bread (1), 2 tbsp. tzatziki (1), spinach, pepper, cuke and hot pepper, veggies and dip (1), chocolate craving dessert (2)
S- 2 rye crackers (1) with tzatziki (1)
D- tuna casserole (6) with spicy green beans (1) and brussel sprouts (1), 6 mini jellybeans (1)
S- 100 cal. popcorn??

Giving it another shot!

So the regroup kinda fell through yesterday unless you can count sitting on the couch all day?! So I scraped together a processed lunch and off I went this AM. Following work, I did the groceries and now I'm set. If only I could muster up the energy to excercise, it would be a banner day!
Food:
B- SAME!!!! (3)
L- mushroom cup of soup (1), melbas (2) with cream cheese (1), veggies and dip (1), cravings cheesecake (1)
S- rye crackers (1) with hummus (0)
D- veggie burger (2) on ww bun (2) with 14 fat free fries (2), brussel sprouts (1)and coleslaw (0) - this dinner is one of my fav's! It feels like you're cheating and you're not!!
S- apple cinnamon tea (0), tapioca pudding (2), carrots and spicy ranch dip (1)

Regrouping

Ok, so it's probably well known that I don't do very well on weekends. I was trying to make this weekend an exception. Sadly, it wasn't!
Foodwise: not awful until too many drinks took their effect - then, there may have been jelly beans and chocolate. Then, well feeling a bit hungover this AM, McDonalds breakfast made perfect sense. Oops.
Alcohol wise: 10 drinks??? 'Nuff said!
Excercise wise: I DID do some excercise. I did a toning video yesterday morning and I can definitely feel it today!
So as usual, I hope that I didn't get too out of control and look to today to meal plan and grocery shop (if I can get off the couch). Hopefully, with a lot of hard work, I can muster up some sort of loss by Thursday.
This process would be a heck of a lot easier if I didn't do this to myself!!!!!!

I'll take it...

I'm down 1.4 lbs this week and I'm not complaining! After a less than stellar weekend, the willpower through the week and probably the treadmill time has worked :)
I was inspired to be good today so I will report my food. I also had some pics but I can't get them to load properly :( Oops!
Food:
B- same (3)
L- lean cuisine cheese canneloni (4), spinach/apple salad (2), muffin (1), clementines (1)
S- 8 melbas dipped in tomato sauce (2)
D- shrimp in white wine sauce with added yellow/red peppers (2), baked potato (2), peas (1)
S- ???

I'm excited to report that when I made my spinach salad this AM, I used up the last of one of those jumbo pre-washed containers of spinach. I ate the whole thing!!! J may have had a bit but mostly, all me!!!

This is getting serious...

tonight I measured my salad dressing!!! What is this world coming to? It's always something that I haven't really paid close attention to but it all adds up, right? So tonight for dinner, I had exactly 2tbsp. of dressing for 1 point. Go team!
As you may have guessed, the scale preview this AM was up a little. It's going to be close so I'm pulling out all the stops! I may even do some little excercises later while watching TV. I don't have blinds or curtains on my window so I feel a bit silly doing a workout video - we'll see!
Last night's snack was another muffin (1), and popcorn (4) - need to stay away from the sodium tonight though!!
Food today:
B- same (3)
L- hummus sandwich (1), celery/carrot sticks with dip (1), mushroom cup of soup (1), pudding (1), b. choc. chip muffin (1)
S- apple cinnamon tea (0), 8 melbas dipped in salsa (2)
D- pita pizza (the old faithful) - high protein pita (2) with sauce (1), yellow pepper, onion, hot pepper and pineapple with a sprinkle of feta (1), spinach and green apple salad with feta and 2 Tbsp. balsamic dressing (2), dessert = muffin (1)
S- more tea? + ???
Photo evidence:

I remembered!

I have some food pics for you today, Jen! They aren't overly exciting but hey, I took them!
Last night's run on La's treadmill was great! I ran for 35min. The last part of the run was at 6mph with a 2.0 incline. Not that I know if that's good...I usually run on the ground :)
Afterwards, I had a snack of french vanilla pudding (1) and baked dill chips (4).

No excercise today. Food so far is good. Here we go:
B - the same (3) - I might actually switch this up someday!
L - hummus sandwich (1), leftover roasted veggies (1), carrot and celery sticks with spicy ranch (1), chocolate cravings dessert (2)
S - 1 c. grapes (1), V8 (1) - no, I didn't eat them together!!
D - pasta creation involving whole wheat no yolk noodles (5), red pepper, spinach, hot pepper, feta and parmesean cheese (1) - it was just a little of each!, carrot and celery sticks with dip (1), cukes and vinegar (0).
S - candy cane tea (0), banana choc. chip muffin (1) - YUM!

Here's the photo evidence of dinner! - it seems to be in reverse order, oops! And just for fun, here's my new kitchen and my little P :)

Where to start??

Well, the weekend was a bust. Weight loss? Point counting? What is that?
Friday lunch did not go as planned as I was in the back of an ambulance on my way to TO with a patient. On the way back we stopped at Swiss Chalet. What is a vegetarian supposed to eat at Swiss Chalet? I was starving. I ordered a greek salad...which is not bad. And then, before I could close my menu - my "inside my head" voice said aloud - could I also get an order of poutine??? I was shocked! But it was good! Friday for dinner = Subway. Then after that, I did a tae bo workout video.
Saturday was hair day. We had to be in Port Perry by 9:30am. So much for sleeping in! Then we went shopping around in Port. Then we went to the Piano Cafe for lunch. I had quiche and soup. It was good. Then, Lee and I came back to my house. My cousin and my brother's ex met us here and we had drinks and went out for dinner at the Olympia. Everyone came back and we had more drinks and watched Sex in the City. Fun, but not good for the WW plan!!!!
Sunday did not get any better. We went to the boat show in TO with my parents. It involved an egg salad sandwich, fries, a Lick's veggie burger, onion rings and lastly, a hot fudge sundae!!!!!! WHAT THE F*&%^^*!!!!!
SO, on to today. At 630am, my loving scale did not show any gains. I'm sure that's going to catch up but I'm going to do everything I can to prevent it. I'm off to my cousin's to excercise at 8pm.
Food today:
B - the usual (3)
L - hummus sandwich (ww bread, hummus, spinach, red pepper and hot pepper) (1 - believe it!?), roasted veggies with a squeeze of lemon and feta (1), pumpkin dessert (1), 2 clementines (1).
S - blueberry green tea
S2 - ww cookie (1), cukes and vinegar, celery/carrots drizzled with a touch of ranch dressing and Frank's hot sauce (1), cup of vegetable broth (0) - Yes, I'm weird!
D - eggs benedict (2 slices ww bread, 2 eggs, lemon/mayo sauce) (6), spinach salad (1), V8 (1)
S - candy cane green tea (0), ???

Drumroll, please...

Down 2 lbs! Yippee! That's exciting.
Plus, I got a cheque from the sale of our house. Also exciting.
Then I actually kinda, sorta followed plan again today foodwise (which I usually have a hard time doing). This, as well, is exciting!
I'm even going to report my food today. This might be a first for a Thursday.
B - ww toast with PB & J (3) - what a surprise, eh?
L - lean cuisine cheese canelloni (4) + spinach salad with clementine (1), jello pudding (1)
S - 13 baked Old Dutch Dill Chips (2)
D - Pita pizzas (8)
* and then I gave in to the store bought muffin that has been staring at me all week (8???)
* and I'm probably going to be eating more of the previously mentioned dill chips!!!!

On the verge...

of losing control!! Wednesdays are hard. I'm tired and I want a day off and I don't want to make lunches anymore! Or dinner, for that matter :( But so far, I'm making myself stay on track. I need to see what tomorrow's numbers will bring.
No excercise today. It's too icy/cold to be running these days (i need a treadmill but refuse to pay the price!). And work is sucking the life out of me these days so I have no motivation to think of anything else to do! I know, shouldn't be an excuse. But today...it is!
Food today:
B- ww toast with PB & J (3)
L- curry cauliflower soup (2), egg white omelette with onion, spinach and a few sprinkles of cheese (1), veggies and hummus (0), pumpkin dessert (1)
S- 2 rye crackers (1) with cream cheese (1)
D- lemon/dill tilapia filet (3), roasted potato, red pepper, zucchini concoction (3), pumpkin dessert (1)
S- candy cane green tea (0), ???
Onto Thursday!!!
PS. Notice the sucky updated weight ticker :(

Wow, 2 days in a row :)

I'm on a roll, people (or person)!!! Watch out!
To answer a few questions that my fabulous reader has...
1. yes, it is the crustless pumpkin pie recipe. I make it in a 9x9 pan and cut it into 16 squares. Then, voila...1 point per piece.
2. The cauliflower soup was really good I thought. Really easy - saute 1 small onion in 1 tbsp. olive oil (i probably didn't use that much) then add 1 chopped granny smith apple, 1 garlic clove and 1 tbsp of curry powder (i used 1/2 tbsp and was happy with that). Cook until curry powder turns deep yellow. Then add 1 head cauliflower chopped in 1 inch pieces and 4 cups veg. broth. Simmer x 20 min. Cool x 20 min. Blend to desired consistency. Serves 6 @ 2pts. per serving. Recipe out of Vegetarian Times Magazine!

OK. Today was a good day. Very busy at work which seems to be the norm lately. Good thing about that is I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off so I'm getting lots of walking in!! 2nd thing, I went skating again today. We did interval skating (skate really fast from blue line to blue line x 2 laps then normal x 2 laps and repeat). It was a good workout. I could feel it in my butt and that is awesome!!
Food:
B - ww toast with PB & J (3)
L - curry cauliflower soup (2) with spinach salad (spinach, clementine, red pepper, sweet onion, small bit of feta and mixed vinegar dressing) (1), pumpkin dessert (1)
S - jello pudding (1), homemade ww cookie from my cousin (1)
D - chili (4) and 13 baked tostitos (2) and salad with spinach, cuke, sweet onion, feta and ranch dressing (2), 2 pieces pumpkin dessert (2)
S - candy cane green tea (0) and ???

Note: last night cut back and only had 13 chips for dinner (-2 points). Then for snack I had veggies dipped in spicy ranch dressing (2) + 4 melbas (1) + 2 clementines (1). I was hungry but I stayed with the plan!!!
YAY! Go Team Jen and Tara! Hmmm, we need a better name for our "team" :)

Time to 'fess up!

Well, hello! Not sure if my one reader is still out there, but if so...LONG time, no see!!!
I need to get back on track.
Confession - I have gained 6lbs. over the holidays (which = 8lbs. above my goal weight, which also = 12lbs. above the lowest I got to over the last couple years). This is not acceptable and something must be done now!!! No excuses.
So yesterday, planning and prep was underway. Grocery shopping done. Heck, even got some excercise in! (we went skating!)
Food today:
B - ww toast with PB & J (3)
L - curry cauliflower soup (2) with spinach salad (spinach, clementine, yellow pepper and a touch of feta cheese and balsamic dressing (2), jello pudding (1)
S - 4 high fiber crackers with salsa and hot peppers (2), piece of ww pumpkin dessert (1)
D - Chili (4) with 27 baked tostitos (4), piece of pumpkin dessert (1)
S - Candy cane lane green tea (0) & ???
Pretty good start. Let's hope I can not have the evening binge that is happening all to often lately. Just say no!!!!!