Breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 Oat Hull bread (toasted) 2tsp butter, glass of skim milk (9)
Snack: coffee (Coffee Mate and Sugar Twin - life is better with chemicals) (1)
Lunch: Smoked Turkey Sandwich, diet pop (4)
Snack: orange (1)
Supper: grilled chicken breast (love my Cuisinart Griddler!)2 cups of Caesar salad with croutons, potato/vegetable soup for starters (7)
Snack: Skinny Cow Ice Cream Bar (2)
Now, to me that is a full day. But according to WW I need to consume a few more points. So, how to do that without hitting the best food groups? (chips, chocolate, candy) Well, I think I can make a bit of pasta (basil plants need pruning) with tomato sauce and a sprinkling of cheese. Yep. That ought to do it! We are also having a dinner guest that will be very happy with that addition!
Plans are like everything else in my life...subject to change. But this is very likely what will happen today. I need to load up for the day in the morning, it seems. If I have a good protein base, I actually forget to eat sometimes, Hubby is home today from Edmonton, so I doubt that I will be able to forget a meal this day!
And then there is the activity points. How many exactly do you get for racing around like a madwoman trying to make the place look like you have 'live alone' life skills? The last half hour before he opens the door sure gets the heart rate up! LOL
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
All alone am I....
and when the cat is away, the mice will play.
Late for breakfast, I decided it would be a good day to add the Canadian Bacon. WELL! For 2 points you get 19 gms of protein and 2gms of fat PLUS a whole whack of flavour. I made eggs over easy, and toasted some Oat Hull Bread (Safeway) for a really bang up breaky if I ever did see one! The bacon had "browned bits" from being warmed up in a teflon skillet, and although didn't have the familiar crunch of bacon, it hopefully will not react with my skin like bacon does....it is absolute nonsense that what you eat doesn't affect your skin. I am still paying for an indulgence on the cruise...cheescake...within points, but not within my personal limits! Anyway, the Freybe gets a hats off from me this morning, and for quite a long time coming. The Costco packaging was huge! I can see this turning up in all sorts of quick meal ideas, and having good flavour and a good protein content for a fair point value sure works for me! The salt of course, has to be taken into account, so on the day that you have this cured meat, you just have to take it easy on any other packaged foods throughout the day.
I have several projects in mind for today, but whether I will get to them or not is a different story! I am still working on cleaning my closet...it really is the tale that never ends. You get it pared down, and then the seasonal change messes it all up!
Late for breakfast, I decided it would be a good day to add the Canadian Bacon. WELL! For 2 points you get 19 gms of protein and 2gms of fat PLUS a whole whack of flavour. I made eggs over easy, and toasted some Oat Hull Bread (Safeway) for a really bang up breaky if I ever did see one! The bacon had "browned bits" from being warmed up in a teflon skillet, and although didn't have the familiar crunch of bacon, it hopefully will not react with my skin like bacon does....it is absolute nonsense that what you eat doesn't affect your skin. I am still paying for an indulgence on the cruise...cheescake...within points, but not within my personal limits! Anyway, the Freybe gets a hats off from me this morning, and for quite a long time coming. The Costco packaging was huge! I can see this turning up in all sorts of quick meal ideas, and having good flavour and a good protein content for a fair point value sure works for me! The salt of course, has to be taken into account, so on the day that you have this cured meat, you just have to take it easy on any other packaged foods throughout the day.
I have several projects in mind for today, but whether I will get to them or not is a different story! I am still working on cleaning my closet...it really is the tale that never ends. You get it pared down, and then the seasonal change messes it all up!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Getting back on track...
is so much easier when I am left to fend for myself! It is so good to be back in my own kitchen! Tonight's supper was Cheemo perogies...just had a hankering for them. They are little devils, but quite tasty. Six of these two bite wonders come in at four points, so that is pretty reasonable. Of course, I had twelve of them, with sour cream. All out of onions though, and that was a shame. Didn't realize that until I had myself anticipating starchy goodness!
I have a very loose menu plan this week. A huge Costco bag of spinach will be the basis for most of the meals...tomorrow night I will bake a potato, and serve it up with a mound of wilted spinach with butter. I also bought some Canadian bacon, so that might be good with the spinach and potato...perhaps small dice browned up would be good to sprinkle on top. An extra large egg has 7.3 gms of protein, and the bacon comes in at 11.8 gms of protein for 89 calories. Bonus! There are 5.8 gms of fat in an egg compared to only 4 in the bacon. So, every little thing counts. I could make a modified "egg McMuffin" for breakfast, just to introduce something new to my life!
Spinach pizza made on a "Flat Out" tortilla is also an option. Brushed with a bit of olive oil, sprinkled with seasonings, mounded with spinach and topped with Feta, food doesn't get much better than that! Of course a few mushrooms and thinly sliced onion just makes it better! MMMMMM food!
I have a very loose menu plan this week. A huge Costco bag of spinach will be the basis for most of the meals...tomorrow night I will bake a potato, and serve it up with a mound of wilted spinach with butter. I also bought some Canadian bacon, so that might be good with the spinach and potato...perhaps small dice browned up would be good to sprinkle on top. An extra large egg has 7.3 gms of protein, and the bacon comes in at 11.8 gms of protein for 89 calories. Bonus! There are 5.8 gms of fat in an egg compared to only 4 in the bacon. So, every little thing counts. I could make a modified "egg McMuffin" for breakfast, just to introduce something new to my life!
Spinach pizza made on a "Flat Out" tortilla is also an option. Brushed with a bit of olive oil, sprinkled with seasonings, mounded with spinach and topped with Feta, food doesn't get much better than that! Of course a few mushrooms and thinly sliced onion just makes it better! MMMMMM food!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Friday
One more day left of the trip. I must say, I am looking forward to going home, and getting some work done! We have so much to do before May 4th. We are re-doing both upstairs bathrooms at once, so it will be interesting to see how we manage for a few days using the same little powder room! After that, there will be deck staining, planting and hardscaping to do, and only then will the paint brushes be brandished with wild abandon inside the rest of the house. Still don't know what colours, but I imagine a trip or two to the paint store ought to do the trick....the old 'know when I see it' routine.
Last night we had dinner at Angkor, a Thai restaurant. I am not a noodle person, but my oh my what they do to a rice noodle! Very tasty, very spicy. We avoided the dishes with the sweet sauces that I love, and stuck to the simpler things. They were all done so well, it was a pleasure to eat every bite. I must admit that I have gone over points this week. It is very difficult to be away from home so much and to stay on program. However, that being said, I think I am about five hundred calories over the limit, so in the grand scheme of things, that shouldn't be too detrimental. You just never know, though, do you? Knowing what you are doing and chosing not to do it is one thing but having things sneak up on you is quite another!
Generally, there weren't too many changes I have had to make on program, so few, in fact that I am hard pressed to remember what they could be. I measure everything now, and find that what I thought was half a cup is really a third of a cup...bonus! It takes the same amount of butter to cover a slice of bread whether you count it or not. One of the changes I have made, is the type of bread I choose now. It is all about the calories. I used to get those wonderful, flavourful mixed grain breads, until I found out they were two points a slice! Big difference between a sandwich with 1 point for the bread and 4! And cheese. I used to reach for a slice of good cheese as a snack...no longer. I buy the shredded variety, and seems to me that I dole it out one shred at a time!
On the other hand? There are a lot of additions to my daily diet. Three meals and a snack every day for starters! And sometimes a morning snack, too! I don't think I could go back to skipping meals, and definitely I could not manage to eat once a day, like I did during my younger years, BD (before diabetes). I have discovered that a hearty breakfast is a necessity, a simple lunch of a sandwich, soup or salad, and supper of meat and potatoes, with vegetables works the best for me. Simple, simple, simple. Why didn't I listen to my mother when she told me exactly that? We never listen do we? LOL
I never cared for pasta much, but actually like it now, as I don't eat it with a meat sauce. That always was too rich for my system. A simple tomato sauce is so easy,and is so kind to the digestion! Maybe that is why this journey is taking so long. Although slow? The progress is being made. There won't be a sudden dramatic weight loss for me, I am sure of that, but not gaining and gradual loss is okay too. So even a pound a month is appreciated. No point moaning about not being able to go faster. My body is doing the best it can, so it just may take me 1040 weeks where it takes the average bear 104 to lose what I have to lose. Either way, I am on program...I just won't be 'maintaining' as quickly!
Last night we had dinner at Angkor, a Thai restaurant. I am not a noodle person, but my oh my what they do to a rice noodle! Very tasty, very spicy. We avoided the dishes with the sweet sauces that I love, and stuck to the simpler things. They were all done so well, it was a pleasure to eat every bite. I must admit that I have gone over points this week. It is very difficult to be away from home so much and to stay on program. However, that being said, I think I am about five hundred calories over the limit, so in the grand scheme of things, that shouldn't be too detrimental. You just never know, though, do you? Knowing what you are doing and chosing not to do it is one thing but having things sneak up on you is quite another!
Generally, there weren't too many changes I have had to make on program, so few, in fact that I am hard pressed to remember what they could be. I measure everything now, and find that what I thought was half a cup is really a third of a cup...bonus! It takes the same amount of butter to cover a slice of bread whether you count it or not. One of the changes I have made, is the type of bread I choose now. It is all about the calories. I used to get those wonderful, flavourful mixed grain breads, until I found out they were two points a slice! Big difference between a sandwich with 1 point for the bread and 4! And cheese. I used to reach for a slice of good cheese as a snack...no longer. I buy the shredded variety, and seems to me that I dole it out one shred at a time!
On the other hand? There are a lot of additions to my daily diet. Three meals and a snack every day for starters! And sometimes a morning snack, too! I don't think I could go back to skipping meals, and definitely I could not manage to eat once a day, like I did during my younger years, BD (before diabetes). I have discovered that a hearty breakfast is a necessity, a simple lunch of a sandwich, soup or salad, and supper of meat and potatoes, with vegetables works the best for me. Simple, simple, simple. Why didn't I listen to my mother when she told me exactly that? We never listen do we? LOL
I never cared for pasta much, but actually like it now, as I don't eat it with a meat sauce. That always was too rich for my system. A simple tomato sauce is so easy,and is so kind to the digestion! Maybe that is why this journey is taking so long. Although slow? The progress is being made. There won't be a sudden dramatic weight loss for me, I am sure of that, but not gaining and gradual loss is okay too. So even a pound a month is appreciated. No point moaning about not being able to go faster. My body is doing the best it can, so it just may take me 1040 weeks where it takes the average bear 104 to lose what I have to lose. Either way, I am on program...I just won't be 'maintaining' as quickly!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Another lazy day...
and all I had to do was to figure out what to eat at a Thai restaurant tonight. I think I will just play follow the leader and go on instinct, because I really don't have a clue. Breakfast was a scrambled egg sandwich, and lunch was chicken with rice soup and oranges until they are coming out of my ears. MY THEY ARE GOOD!
Spent the day napping...activity points for that would be?????
Spent the day napping...activity points for that would be?????
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