Hooray for Walking!

I got a walk in tonight. Who knows what tomorrow's weigh-in may bring, but I feel better about having gotten a walk in!

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Yeah, as I was saying, I had such a bad weekend food-wise, I'm not sure I'll be getting a loss in this week. We'll see tomorrow, I suppose.

Up Too Late Again

I'm up too late, so forgive me if I don't elaborate.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell pepper (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Okay, I'm off to bed. I need to get back in the habit of bed at 9:30... just a whole lot of work to be done tonight.

Excuses, excuses...

No Walk, but I Ate Right

So I was going to walk, but I sat outside for over an hour at a soccer game, and my bones weren't having any more of this outside-in-the-cold nonsense. Somebody tell Spring to get her butt back here.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

And I just realized I forgot to buy bread when I made my trip to the store earlier. I was at the Price Chopper in Liberty (where they don't have my new favorite kind of apple, the name of which I can't remember but am sure I'd recognize if I saw it) and bought what I thought were all my needed supplies... but alas, I forgot the bread. Guess who will be going to the store here in a bit...

Yeah, me.

Good... Good... Bad...

I was tired all day. I was tired when I got home. I was also crazy hungry when I got home, probably because of all the bad eating I did over the weekend. I don't know. Pick an excuse. The day did not end with good eating.

Whatever, tomorrow is another day.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Several servings of cashews, several servings of dark chocolate, several servings of raisins.

At this rate, I'll be back to my original weight by the end of the week. Everybody put on your protective eye wear as my fat comes flying back on my body!

I kid. But I feel gross right now. I'm going to try to burn the memory of how I feel right now in my brain for the next time I think this is a good idea.

Oh, and I haven't walked in days. That must start up again tomorrow. I'd say today, but I have two more blogs to catch up and it's already past the time I need to be in bed!

Yesterday (Sunday)...

And my final day "off the grid":

Breakfast: One-and-three-fourths "breakfast burrito" (it was really leftover amaretto chicken with rice, but I didn't realize that before I put a little salsa and sour cream on it... but it really wasn't an ipecac), part of a hard-boiled egg.

Snack: I honestly lost track of the handfuls of peanuts, bits of trail mix, and stray M&Ms. Let's just say "several" and be done with it. Oh, and throw in about six cookies.

Lunch: Two maid-rites (or however they're spelled), some corn chips (two servings, maybe), prunes. If I'm forgetting something, I'll get back to you... I was good about taking notes on my phone the first three days, but was mentally out of it for most of this day--okay, almost all of this day.

Snack: Cookies. Peanuts. Maybe even another Nature Valley nut bar thing. Maybe even some granola bars. Seriously, I was out of my head with near-exhaustion at this point.

Dinner: Mixed nuts. Cashews. Dark chocolate. Raisins. Seriously, I didn't trust myself to cook. I'd even gone to the store when I got home, but just couldn't bring myself to do it. I also overdid it on the mixed nuts and cashews.

Okay, that is the last "past tense" update (well, I'm sure I'll do more in the past tense (or actually mixing up tenses and breaking several other English language usage rules and guidelines), but I mean... oh shut up, you know what I mean). Thanks for reading. Or I'm sorry if you read this. Or both. Whatever applies.

Last Saturday...

More "off the grid" fun. Here's Saturday:

Breakfast: Eggs Benedict (two servings), cup of sparkling grape juice.

Lunch: 3 handfuls of peanuts, two brownies, one pizzelle.

Snack: 3 handfuls of the pretzel trail mix, a peanut butter granola bar (package of 2), a chocolate chip cookie, and ten jelly beans.

Dinner: Jello salad (about two bites, really), brisket, green beans (with almonds), baked potato with butter and sour cream, cheesecake.

Snack: Several handfuls of peanuts, trail mix, and about four cookies.

This is painful. One more day of "off the grid", and then I can report today's shame. Well, mostly I stayed good, but then I went nuts. But let's get Sunday out of the way first...

Last Friday...

Yes, I was "off the grid" and not so much in control of what was offered to me at meal times... and I have no excuse for all the crap I ate as snacks except that the only healthy snacks offered were apples and oranges. I don't like oranges at all, and the apples were gone at some point after I had one on Thursday...

So here is the report for Friday:

Breakfast: Breakfast casserole (eggs, bread, sausage, milk, half-n-half), fourth of a banana.

Snack: Peanut butter granola bar (package of two), handful of trail mix (raisins, peanuts, sunflower kernels, pumpkin kernels, cashews, almonds), prunes.

Lunch: Two servings of baked ziti, slice of garlic bread, salad (lettuce, cucumber, Italian dressing, Parmesan cheese), a small scoop of spumoni and a vanilla pizzelle (it was like a cookie or a flat ice cream cone, really... I just typed the name of it off the package... I have no idea if that was a brand name or an item name).

Snack: Two handfuls of train mix (mentioned earlier), two handfuls of plain M&Ms, one handful of dry-roasted peanuts (with sea salt), a handful of another trail mix (M&Ms, raisins, pretzels).

Dinner: Serving of amaretto chicken, two cups of white rice, piece of pineapple upside-down cake.

Snack: Nature Valley almond crunch bar.

Yeah, it gets worse, folks. I'm so afraid of the weigh-in this upcoming Friday. I also got very little sleep for these nights, so... yikes. That's all. Yikes.

Last Thursday...

I'm going to do a separate post for each day I'm behind. It's a painful few days to post here, so feel free to skip these and just trust me that I didn't eat well while I was "off the grid". I didn't have a lot of choice in food... but that doesn't excuse how bad things went this evening. More on that a few posts from now... Here's last Thursday:

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Two cups of chicken noodle soup, carrots, brownie.

Snack: Oat-N-Honey granola bar (package of two), apple.

Anyone who has read more than two of these things knows I obviously went "off the grid" at some point after lunch.

I was not going to be home on Friday, so I did my weigh-in for this week on Thursday. No big loss. I mean, I didn't lose a lot. The magic number for last week was 7.087. Remember, this is not pounds lost or anything--it's just a goofy number system I came up with so I don't have to tell anyone just how fat I was when I started this... until I'm far enough away from it not to be all red-in-the-face about it. The goal is somewhere between 9.524 and 9.756 (I was originally shooting for 10, but the doc said I was good if I fell in that range there), so that's still miles to go before I can stop worrying so much when I lose less than a pound one week (or gain a fraction of a pound even).

And Two Dozen Cookies...

Another great day... so far.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two serving of steamed Brussels sprouts, sharp cheddar cheese, raisins, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

I'm about to go make two dozen cookies. I'm thinking of making a few more because I owe a kid at school a couple of cookies from way back when, but I'm afraid if I make more, I'll eat more. The two dozen have been spoken for, so no worries there. I don't know. We'll see. Check back later to see if I've added a note about how I made four dozen so I could eat half of them...

Walk Fail

I'm tired. I'm not walking tonight. Well, maybe I'll change my mind here in a bit and go, but I doubt it. It's almost 10:00.

Suddenly I have so much going on. When did that happen?

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of Brussels sprouts, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

I've got another church weekend thing coming up... I just realized I have to make a play for doing my weigh-in on Friday.

Hooray! Something else to plan!

Brussels Sprouts!

Consider Brussels sprouts added to my veggie rotation! I bought a bunch today (a serving is four of them, in case you're wondering, although I have to think that would actually vary depending on size... but whatever) and steamed 8 of them for dinner. They were of the yumness!

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of steamed Brussels sprouts, sharp cheddar cheese.

Snack: Mixed nuts, dark chocolate, prunes.

Yeah, I have mixed nuts and dark chocolate in the house again. It ticks me off to think my willpower is going to lose, so I am grabbing it by the collar and shaking it, telling it to get back in there and show those stupid food cravings who's boss...

Hope that works out for me...

Worst (Best?) Cheat Night to Date

Yeah, I don't know whether it was the worst or the best cheat night. I mean, if the point is to cheat, then it was the best. However, the point really is to not be such a huge fat guy, so then it was the worst. Whatever. It's done. Ain't tryin' to cry over no spilt milk.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (mix of red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Some sort of dessert thing. I ate on this several times tonight. It's essentially sugar with a bunch of other bad things in there. If Tricia ever reads this, maybe she can be more detailed. I ate a bit when I got there, then some more after we got back from the grocery store, then a little more before dinner (to clarify, I probably had about a normal pie-slice worth over the course of the night, but a little at a time). For actual dinner, I had about two servings of beef, about two cups (maybe three) of the fried potato dish, I had at least one serving of Brussels sprouts... oh, and I had some cheese and some sour cream in my potatoes. Then I had three or four Girl Scout peanut butter cookies, and a Twizzler. See? I told you it was the worst (best?) cheat night.

So I should go for a walk right now, but I'm going to put it off until tomorrow, because I need to get to bed soon.

Barring a Binge...

Okay, so barring a binge-fest, I've had an almost-normal eating day. And I walked two miles. May I continue this trend...

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (mix of red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple, sharp cheddar cheese.

Dinner: Bottom round, 2.4 servings of asparagus, half a serving of dark chocolate.

Wow. Who knew I could do it?

Well, I guess I did, but didn't anticipate I'd actually get it done.

Late Again. Epic Fail Again.

First, the good news: I lost. The magic number this week is 7.0721. Proof that exercise makes a difference, as I've had so many slip-ups this week.

So, for yesterday:

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Some sort of grilled chicken Dijon thing at Applebee's with what they consider to be two servings of vegetables. It really came out to be about four servings of broccoli, but whatever.

Dinner: No dinner, really. Turned into a bad snack-fest instead. Baked tilapia, 6.5 servings of dark chocolate, about the same servings of mixed nuts, two servings of prunes... and that's it, I think. It was over several hours. Just evidence I need to get rid of certain things and never let them return...

And that's that. Walking today, so that should help.

Another Walk

So I walked two miles on St. Patrick's Day.

(Starting with that is the equivalent to waving my arms to distract you from something else, mind you.)

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie, skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots. sharp cheddar cheese.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Snack-and-fail-time: Three more servings of mixed nuts and dark chocolate. Two more servings of prune. Then another serving of mixed nuts.

And still I think I'm going to register a loss this week. That's the power of exercise, folks!

No Walk Today

I didn't schedule my day very well. I should have walked earlier, but by the time I knew I was going to have Binx tonight, it was too late for me to get that in and still get everything else done. No big. I'll walk tomorrow.

Breakfast: Baked tilapia, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana, yogurt, skim milk, whey protein, cinnamon).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Corned beef, cabbage, carrots, one small potato, pita chips (maybe eight or ten, total), bread, guacamole, marzipan, some sort of nut thingy (sometimes stuff in the Klumb home is from Europe and in some foreign language or another, and there ain't no way I'm gonna spell it right or even remember the name of it).

Yes, dinner at the Klumb home tonight. I managed to stay for the whole thing, and Binx seemed to have a good time once he got over being shy... or got over being shy with the other kids, anyway.

The plan for tomorrow: totally normal eating day (the new normal, not the old pre-October-2010 normal), and a walk.

This is My Best?

Seriously, my best day in a long while, and this is as good as it gets? Sadness.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt, banana, skim milk, whey protein, cinnamon).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: No dinner as such. Before the movie I had two wings (actually one wing total, but two of the "wings" the way the folks at Papa John's set them out for you) and a slice of pepperoni pizza. Don't judge. They were there, and I really wanted to eat all the wings and three-fourths of the pizza, so what I ate was a major willpower accomplishment, especially when you consider the massive failness that has been my willpower of late.

Snack: Prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate. All normal servings, not repeat huge ones.

There you go. My best day for a while now. May tomorrow be better.

No Pie on Pi Day, but Still Bad

Working on this late-night munch-fest thing. Had to edit the info for Sunday, and yesterday wasn't so hot. The secret is going to be having less ready-to-eat stuff around, i think. I mean, veggies and fruit, okay... but other stuff? No.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell pepper (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Baked tilapia (two servings... yes, I know), two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, tablespoon of the "healthy" peanut butter, dark chocolate (then repeat the pb and dc three times later), prunes, popcorn.

So I ditch the mixed nuts and do fine, then I remember that peanut butter in the fridge. Seriously, convenience is the devil.

Okay, I'll Try This...

I'm going to be up for a while, but I'm going to try posting what I've eaten today and use that as part of my argument with myself when I want to eat something later. "You've already posted," I'll say (and yes, probably out loud, even), "So why don't you just drink some ice water and eat the ice after?"

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Dinner: Four fried mushrooms, two with horseradish sauce... or five and three there... I can't remember for sure. Two chicken wing "drumsticks" (fried). Serving of asparagus. About five pretzels. Probably about three servings of barbecue beef. A slice of pound cake.

It was another strange day. Yes, I skipped lunch. Really, breakfast was just super-late, because I was up way too late last night.

I think I overdid it with the barbecue beef, so snacking really doesn't sound like an appealing idea right now. Maybe that's the secret. But I hope it isn't.

Addendum: Fail. But at least I failed within my normal range (barring the popcorn, which I still have to look up... which translates to re-reading the whole book, apparently): Carrots, apple, dark chocolate, prunes, raisins and popcorn.

Editied 3/15/11 at 9:17 for addendum.

Sunday Afternoon Brings News of Saturday

Yes, I'm late again. Also, strangest eating day to date. Just warning you.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt & banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: None, really. Honestly had mixed nuts, dark chocolate, sharp cheddar cheese, bowl of popcorn, and three more servings of mixed nuts and dark chocolate over the course of a very long evening.

I walked 2 miles, so judge me less harshly for that strange eating, okay?

I've got to get my schedule under control!

Yesterday's Eats

Sorry for the delay. I was so tired when I got back from my Omaha road trip last night that I just bothered with the photoblogs... and I was so tired (and it had been so long since I ate dinner on the way to Omaha) that I oversnacked. That's my goal during spring break: rediscover my inner willpower of steel.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt, banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Snack: Sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts.

Dinner: Bottom round, little over two servings of asparagus, dark chocolate.

Oversnack: Several servings of mixed nuts, more dark chocolate, couple of prunes, serving of Pringles (of all things, right?), and a small serving of popcorn.

Those last two items were part of this diet program I signed up for via my health insurance, otherwise they wouldn't have been in the house. I managed to avoid the peanuts, and should probably throw them away until I'm sure I've rediscovered that inner willpower of steel thing again.

I spent the day yesterday thinking I didn't lose at all. Actually, I did lose... just not much. The new number is 7.0423!

I Thought I Knew What the Issue Is...

I thought I knew what my eating issue of late is, but apparently I'm wrong. I ate a crazy snack--so crazy that I was moved to not have dinner, and to actually exercise. I don't know if either step will make any difference, but whatever.

I walked 1.6 miles tonight (at least I think that's a fairly accurate estimate), which took me a little under half an hour. My legs are hating me right now.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Snack/Dinner/Whatever: Mixed nuts, prunes, chocolate, more mixed nuts, more prunes, more mixed nuts. Popcorn (a bowl).

What the heck was that? Seriously...

Whatever. I'm going to mark it down as stress-eating and be on the lookout for it again so I can try to head it off. At least I didn't go nuts and make the frozen-food-for-the-teens-in-my-life stuff in the freezer.

Dinner Cut Short

Well, I didn't eat smart at dinner, and it was cut short--but I'm not going to try to make up for it. I've gotten my inner overeater pinned down and am punching him in the face as I type.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), prunes, carrots.

Dinner: Cheese (various kinds), bread (about a slice-and-a-half) dipped in olive oil and vinegar, about an eighth of an apple, about a cup of saffron rice, about half a serving of salmon, about a serving of cauliflower. All hastily finished off when the text that I was needed arrived...

It's Broke, but I Know What to Fix

Up late again. Over-ate mixed nuts and dark chocolate again.

Disgusted with myself, but I'll get over it.

Whatever. I've got a plan. I'll let you know how it goes.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

I'm-Up-Too-Late Snack: Three more servings of the mixed nuts and dark chocolate. Stuff has to go. Seriously.

Confusion

So I signed up for this thing via my insurance that's a weight-loss program that, like the book I read and am using, is more about lifestyle change than a "diet". That's great and all, but the two aren't going to jive in a lot of ways. So who knows if I'll change anything at all--but if I do, that's why.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Late Snack: Yes, something I need to work on... Few more servings of mixed nuts, some dark chocoalte, and a bowl of air-popped popcorn. I have to stop staying up late... and when I do, I have to drink more water... or eat dinner later.

And now I'm off to continue watching Stargate Universe!

Edited 3/8/11 at 5:59a.m. to include late snack.

Ice Cream, Again

It's my "cheat meal" day, so I am just saying I included ice cream as part of it. Part of me wishes I hadn't, but the rest of me is telling that part of me to lighten up... just, you know, not in the "you're fat and need to lighten up" kind of way.

Breakfast: Baked tilapia, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Pistachios (maybe 20, by the time the evening was over), about 1.5 cups of stuffing, about 2 cups of mashed potatoes, two servings of baked asparagus, about two servings of corn, probably two servings of turkey, a dinner roll, a slice of pound cake, a scoop of chocolate ice cream, and some whipped cream on top.

Now that was a cheat meal!

Back to the regular eating schedule tomorrow. I actually look forward to it. I really do feel different (and in a bad way) when I go "off script" into the land of the shouldn't-eats.

Edited 3/8/11 at 5:58a.m. to inlcude dinner roll to dinner.

Have I Rambled About Popcorn Yet?

I keep meaning to share my popcorn thoughts... or my thoughts on popcorn. I may have done. Apparently if anyone is going to sort through these posts and see if I repeat myself, it's going to be me--and that frees me up to not worry about it, then.

Anyway, I know I read something about popcorn in the book I'm using as a guideline, but the index sucks, and I can't find popcorn anywhere in there--and I don't want to re-read the whole thing just for the one reference to popcorn.

However, now that I'm thinking about it, I realize I could re-read it with the purpose of making my own index. That would be worth it, I suppose.

And maybe I could sell it to the authors for the next edition. Or something.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Oh, and Binx and I went to a movie this afternoon. As we walked by the concession stand, he said, "I'm not hungry, and I'm not thirsty."

Ah, to have had that sort of willpower at age 4.

Edit 3/6/11 9:00a.m.: Tack on a couple of snacks involving bowl of popcorn (air-popped), few more servings of mixed nuts (very bad of me), and a couple more dark chocolates (also very bad). This is what I get for staying up way too late and not having enough veggies to snack on.

Edit 3/6/11 8:45p.m.: Oh, and another serving of prunes. I forgot that in the last edit.

It's Nice to Know Sucking in My Gut Makes a Difference Now...

I surprised I remember how to suck in my gut. But I do. It makes a difference now. It didn't used to. I don't know that it made even the slightest difference back in September.

So, there's another reason why I'm glad I did this!

Breakfast: Baked tilapia, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt, banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, three servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Oh, and I didn't forget about Brussels Sprouts... I just found the asparagus at Price Chopper!

This week's magic number: 7.0225!

Yes, I'm Up Too Late. Shut Up.

No comment on the time. It's late. I know.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Snack: Popcorn. Maybe 6 cups. Air popped. Nothing on it.

I'm done. Except for adding popcorn to my post from yesterday (I ate it after I posted).

Who Moved the Asparagus?

They moved the asparagus in Price Chopper! I guess I should be grateful, as I probably wouldn't have had those several servings of broccoli had I realized there was asparagus in the store... but still!

Breakfast: Baked tilapia, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of broccoli, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Snack: Popcorn. Air-popped. Six cups or so. Nothing on it.

By the way, my next food mission: Brussels sprouts!

Edited 3/4/11 at 12:30 a.m. to add popcorn.

Two Days of Normal!

Hooray! I've made it through a second "normal" day (although, technically, Sunday was a normal Sunday)! Maybe I'll be back on some sort of losing track this week!

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of broccoli, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

The big challenge for Wednesday: avoiding any white bread (or white-bread-adjacent items) while at the Klumb home for dinner.