Food Log 10/30

Ok, so really, I'm back on the wagon today. For real. Seriously, this time.

Breakfast:
shredded wheat and milk (265)
banana (100)

Morning snack:
dried apricots (120)
pb bread (100)

Lunch:
cake (350)
pasta (250)


Afternoon snack:
cake (300) Seriously, we MUST get rid of this stupid cake! MUST!

Dinner:
pasta and sauce (400)

Evening snack:
orange (80)

Water:
IIIII IIIII III

Fruits and veg:
IIIIII I

Exercise:
pilates mat (150)
ABL-strength (350)

Total calories:
1965

Food log 10/29

Breakfast:
banana (100)
kashi and milk (300)

morning snack:
cake. Uh huh, cake. (300)

Lunch:
apple (50)
red pepper and feta sandwich (150)

Afternoon snack:
dried apricots (50)
banana (100)
cake (200)

Dinner:
Panasia, guessing here (700)
banana (100)

Evening snack:
cake (250)

Water:
IIIII IIIII III

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIII

Total Calories:
2300

Food semi-log 10/28

Yesterday was the FP fourth birthday. She's amazing and precious, and I'm so glad to have her. But yesterday was stressful. She woke up wanting a Sleeping Beauty birthday cake, and I hadn't planned to make her one until small group on Thursday. The Look Alike spilled water into my computer's power strip. I dropped a VHS on my toe and it's bruised and swollen to high heaven. Enter mayhem and foolishness, and the day got away from me. So sorry to slack yet AGAIN, but here's a list of stuff I ate:

cereal and milk (Kashi honey flax and almond) (300)
banana (100)
pasta and sauce (210)
greek yogurt (170)
dried apricots (150)
cake batter and icing (150)
bread (150)
pizza at Chuck E Cheese (700)
store-bought birthday cake (enter my shame) 200

Water:
IIIII IIII

Fruits and Veg:
IIIII (oh now that's just ridiculous)

Exercise: Pilates mat (I was the demonstrator while Pam taught, very cool) (200)

Total Calories: 2030, not nearly as bad as I thought.

I'm back...

And needing to get back on the wagon. Yesterday I was just too exhausted to log my food, but it looked something like this:

shredded wheat and milk
2 eggs
string cheese
tortilla chips/salsa
dried apricots (heaps of them, probably 200 calories worth)
pasta and sauce
broccoli
green smoothie

I'm checking in. On vacation, I gained weight. No surprise there, as the sheer volume of food went beyond ridiculous straight on toward stupid. Never again will I get the deluxe dining plan, never. I thought that since we needed to feed the CCM, that would take care of it, but it was still way too much. I found myself dreading meal times.

Anyhow, so it looks like I gained 3 lbs last week (since Thursday). Possible, but I'm guessing that is due, in part, to sluggish digestion and refined salt. Hopefully it'll even out over the next week and I can get back on the weight loss train!

I have a new goal, and that's to get certified to teach pilates. It's been my goal for some time, but now, because of my stupid job, it looks like it will need to be done sooner rather than later. Totally ok, teaching would be light years more fun. It would be like east to west more fun. That is all. Now I must work on my birthday princess' Sleeping Beauty cake, as it is her precious birthday.

Food log 10/21

Breakfast:
cereal (150)
milk/rice milk (50)

Morning snack:
none

Lunch:
bread with Nutella (125)
leftover Ted's (350)
dried apricots (50)

Afternoon snack:
string cheese (80)
green smoothie (250)

Dinner:
eggs (175)
pear (75)
butternut squash soup (150)
dried apricots (50)

Evening snack:
bread with Nutella (125)

Water:
IIIII II

Fruits and veg:
IIIII II

Exercise:
Zumba (300)

Total Calories:
1630

Weekly Check-In

Checking in
Week 1: 149.8 (9/23) 1890 calories on average
Week 2: 146.8 (9/30) 1974 calories on average
Week 3: 146.2 (10/7) 1792 calories on average
Week 4: 145.0 (10/14) 1946 calories on average
Week 5: 145.2 (10/21) 2057 calories on average

Last week I spent the entire week just STARVING! It was so strange. Also, I didn't get to the gym Friday because of the torrential rains, Saturaday because of Elijah House, or Sunday (don't ask about Sunday, I was NOT happy with the Music Man), and I usually burn half a pound during those classes alone (1700-1800 calories).

Tomorrow we leave for Disney World, and I have no idea what their nutrition information is like. I'll be back bext week!

Food log 10/20

Breakfast:
cereal (150)
milk/rice milk (50)

Morning snack:
oatmeal flax cookies (160)

Lunch:
half my bison pot roast w/ mashed potatoes and green beans (Ted's): 340

Afternoon snack:
oatmeal flax cookies (160)
green smoothie (225)

Dinner:
oatmeal flax cookies (now in the freezer b/c clearly I have NO SELF CONTROL!) (400)
taco salad (250)
dried apricots (50)


Water:
IIIII IIIII I

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII I

Exercise:
kickboxing (500)
Reformer (200)

Total Calories:
1785

Food log 10/19

I think my appetite is getting out of control! Seriously, I'm hungry ALL DAY LONG! No, I don't think I'm pregnant (several people have asked).

Breakfast:
cereal and milk (200)

Morning snack:
none

Lunch:
tortilla chips (250)
enchilada, rice, and tostada (750)
birthday cake (220)

Afternoon snack:
string cheese (160)

Dinner:
oatmeal flax cookies (600)
cheez its (120)

Total calories:
2300

Arg. Didn't get to the gym, don't ask. Tomorrow will require much sweat to atone for last week's lack of workouts!

Food log 10/18

Breakfast:
cereal and milk (300)

Morning snack:
green smoothie (250)
dried apricots (100)

Lunch:
pear (60)
butternut squash soup (125)
brown rice w/ feta and roasted red peppers (250)

Afternoon snack:
banana chips (150)
string cheese (80)

Dinner:
bread w/ nutella (275)
tuna cakes (100)
soup (50)
cereal (225)

Evening snack:
dried apricots (50)

Water:
IIIII IIIII

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII II

Total calories:
2015

Food log 10/17

OK, today was crazy insane, so here's the list, not broken down by time:

Cereal (150)
milk (60)
pear (80)
cupcakes (600)
ww pasta (150)
green beans (30)
dried apricots and banana chips (100)
green smoothie with kefir (325)
tacos (300)
cereal (200)

Water:
IIIII IIII

Fruit and veg:
IIIII IIII

Total:
1995

Food log 10/16

Breakfast:
banana (90)
cereal (150)
milk (60)

Morning snack:
string cheese (80)

Lunch:
cupcake (200)
string cheese (80)

Afternoon snack:
cupcakes (400)

Dinner:
ww pasta (250)
rosted green beans (50)
banana (100)

Evening snack:
cupcakes again (!) (400)
cereal and milk (150)

Water:
IIIII IIII

Fruits and veg:
IIIII II

Exercise:
pilates (150)

Total calories:
2010 And really, for having eaten FIVE CUPCAKES, that's not terrible.

Homemade Kefir

I've made homemade yogurt off and on for years, but I've just recently gotten into kefir. Whereas yogurt is a bit of a pain because you have to babysit it, kefir is ridiculously easy. It's almost stupidly easy to make. Here's the process:

1. Scald a quart of milk.
2. Let cool to 110 degrees or so
3. Mix starter (purchased at a health food store, or 1/2 c. purchased kefir) into milk
4. Shake, then pour everything into a clean jar or jars
5. Let stand for 24-36 hours until it thickens and smells slightly sour


That's it. Seriously. And since it has more good stuff for your gut than yogurt, I think this will be our new dairy of choice. Yay!!

Food log 10/15

Breakfast:
cereal (150)
milk (60)

Morning snack:
challah and nutella (150)

Lunch:
ww pasta and sauce (200)
yokids (80)
challah and nutella--note to self MUST NOT BUY MORE NUTELLA (120)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie with homemade kefir (300)
dried apricots (100)
challah and Nutella AGAIN! I must be stopped! (100)

Dinner:
turkey sausage (150)
apple pancakes (220)
syrup (75)

Evening snack:
string cheese (80)
2 small bananas (180)
straw and blue ice cream (225)

Water:
IIIII IIIII I

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIII

Exercise:
Cardio Super Sculpt (360)

Total calories:
2090

Food log 10/14

I cannot BELIEVE how hungry I was tonight. I was ravenous, which I am not typically. That's ok with me, it's just so strange to feel SO hungry!

Breakfast:
cereal blend (225)
milk (75)

Morning snack:
none

Lunch:
dried apricots (50)
tortilla chips (50)
Challah and nutella (125)
string cheese (80)
roast beef (20)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (180)
dried apricots (100)

Dinner:
whole wheat penne and sauce (550)

Evening snack:
cereal (300)
milk (150)
dried apricots (100)
challah and nutella (150)
green smoothie (50)

Water:
IIIII III

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII I

Exercise:
Zumba (300)

Total Calories:
2205

Checking in

Week 1: 149.8 (9/23) 1890 calories on average
Week 2: 146.8 (9/30) 1974 calories on average
Week 3: 146.2 (10/7) 1792 calories on average
Week 4: 145.0 (10/14) 1946 calories on average

Not bad, actually lost a pound this week! So for the first month of this experiment, I lost 4.8 lbs. I'm shocked and pleasantly surprised by this!

Food log 10/13

Breakfast:
Green smoothie (150)

Morning snack:
none

Lunch:
Green smoothie (100)
string cheese (80)
roast beef (20)
challah and nutella (150)

Afternoon snack:
dried apricots (50)
challah 100)

Dinner:
cereal blend (150)
milk (75)
salad (75)

Evening snack:
green smoothie (450)
dried apricots (50)
banana chips (75)
challah and nutella (125)

Water:
IIIII IIIII II

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII IIIII I

Exercise:
Reformer

Total Calories:
1650

Food log 10/12

It's my birthday and I'll eat what I want to....

Breakfast:
cereal blend (150)
milk/rice milk (50)
grapes (30)

Morning snack:
granola bars (180)

Lunch:
Roasted red pepper and feta panini (300)
yobaby (110)
dried apricots (50)

Afternoon snack:
challah and nutella (yes, again) (120)

Dinner:
chips and salsa (no idea really, we'll round it off) (300)
grilled chicken tacos w/ black beans and roasted veggies (570)
brownie ice cream thing--half (700)

Evening snack:
Um, nothing. I can barely BREATHE I'm so full!

Water:
IIIII IIIII IIIII

Fruits and veg:
IIIII I --TRULY pathetic!

Total calories:
2560

Food log 10/11

Breakfast:
cerreal blend (150)
milk/rice milk (50)
banana (100)

Morning snack:
chips ahoy, sigh (120)

Lunch:
squash casserole (125)
yobaby (110)
challah and nutella (150)

Afternoon snack:
string cheese (80)
roast beef (20)
challah and nutella (150)
grapes (75)

Dinner:
dried apricots (80)
squash casserole (120)

Evening snack:
green smoothie (230)
challah and nutella (120)

Water:
IIIII IIII

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII III

Exercise:
step (600)
weights (300)

Total calories:
1780

Checking in

I forgot to check in for the last couple of weeks with all the craziness, so here's a quick catch-up

Week 1: 149.8 (9/23) 1890 calories on average
Week 2: 146.8 (9/30) 1974 calories on average
Week 3: 146.2 (10/7) 1792 calories on average

So not bad at all, really. I'm eating when I want to and only by the grace of God am I losing weight. Amazing, really!

Food log 10/10

Breakfast:
cereal (150)
milk/rice milk (50)
banana (100)

Moning snack:
dried apricots (50)
banana chips (150)

Lunch:
challah and nutella (200)
string cheese (80)

Afternoon snack:
challah (125)
banana (100)

Dinner:
squash casserole (300)
salad (60)
yobaby (110)

Evening snack:
cherry garcia froyo (200)
green smoothie (200)
more challah (100) This is SUCH a good challah!

water:
IIIII IIIII III

fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII IIIII

exercise:
kids weren't up for boot camp, so we skipped today :(

Total calories:
1975

Food log 10/9

Breakfast:
cereal blend (150)
milk/rice milk (50)
banana (100)

Morning snack:
dried apricots (50)

Lunch:
2 eggs (160)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (240)
2 pieces challah (300)

Dinner:
tacos (470)

Evening snack:
cherry garcia froyo (375)
challah (175)

Water:
IIIII IIII

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIII

Exercise:
pilates mat (200)

Total calories:
2070

Food log 10/8

Breakfast:
cereal blend (150)
milk/rice milk (50)
banana (100)

Morning snack:
dried apricots (100)

Lunch:
nachos (260)
scuppernong grapes (60)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie with kefir (240)
string cheese (80)

Dinner:
muscadine grapes (100)
chicken sandwich (400)
2 banana (200)
dried apricots (200)

Evening snack:
string cheese (80)
cereal (150)
milk/rice milk (50)

Water:
IIIII IIIII I

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII II

Exercise:
None, taking Wednesdays off instead of Tuesdays with the addition of Zumba

Total Calories:
2220

Food log 10/7

Breakfast:
cereal blend (150)
milk (60)
apple (40)

Morning snack:
cookie (220)

Lunch:
Green smoothie (210)
dried apricots (50)

Afternoon snack:
string cheese (80)

Dinner:
taco salad (350)

Evening snack:
cereal blend (150)
milk (60)

Water:
IIIII IIIII I

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII

Exercise:
Zumba (300)

Total calories:
1370

Food log 10/6

Breakfast:
cereal blend (150)
milk (60)

Morning snack:
hot tea w/ lemon juice, honey, and cayenne pepper for sore throat (50)
dried apricots (30)

Lunch:
chicken w/ roasted red pepper sauce (250)
fried yucca (250)

Afternoon snack:
apple (50)
green smoothie (350)
dried apricots (50)

Dinner:
taco salad (350)

Evening snack:
ice cream (200)
dried apricots (50)

Water:
IIIII IIIII I

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII IIII

Exercise:
90 minutes reformer (230)

Total calories:
1840

Cereal

I've noticed that things taste much sweeter to me than they used to since getting off of refined sugar, and cereal is particularly oversweet. Last night I made a mix of:

1 box honey nut cheerios
1/2 bag organic, unsweetened puffed rice
1/2 bag organic, unsweetened puffed wheat
3 cups corn flakes

This morning we tried it, and it's still quite sweet, so I may add the rest of the rice and wheat. I can't complain though, I imagine that those 4 boxes of cereal will last us the whole month, and it was only $5 for all of them (thank you Kroger and Whole Foods)! So tasty!

Food log 10/5

I'm sick, sigh. The stupid antibiotics from my dental surgery have left me totally defenseless, and I'm sick. Did I mention that I never get sick? Anyhow, so we ran to the natural foods store after church to grab some kefir and nori, hopefully these will help support my body a bit better than regular yogurt. Plain kefir, btw, is totally pleasant in a smoothie!

Breakfast:
Kashi GoLean (140)
milk (60)

Morning snack:
granola bar (150)

Lunch:
Green smoothie with kefir (350)

Afternoon snack:
dried apricots (50)

Dinner:
grilled chicken with roasted red pepper sauce (Bahama Breeze--estimating) (250)
Roasted Cuban bread (estimating) (500)
Fried yucca (estimating) (250)

Evening snack:
green smoothie with kefir (350)

2100

Green Smoothie with Kefir

In light of the destruction of my immune system due to the dreaded antibiotics last week, I'm looking for ways to support my intestinal flora (nice, eh?). Today it was sooo tasty both, so I thought I'd share:

1 cup organic kefir (I used whole milk plain the first time, and pomegranate and acai the second time, which is much more tart)
1 c. water
1 banana
1 c. blueberries
8 strawberries
1 orange, with zest grated into smoothie
greens!

It was so tasty that I made a second one tonight. Much higher in calories than my usual, but I really feel like I need the ten bacteria in there (my yogurt only has two to three). Seriously, tasty. I plan on starting to make my own kefir if I can find some grains!

Food log 10/4

OK, so today I'm concentrating mostly on green smoothie and probiotics since they made me take amoxicillin (ugh) and opened up my gums yesterday for the dental implant.

Breakfast:
banana (100)
Kashi GoLean (140)
milk (60)

Morning snack:
dried apricots (100)
yogurt (120)
pear (80)
banana chips (150)

Lunch:
burrito (360)
yogurt (110)
green smoothie (165)

Afternoon snack:
oatmeal and yogurt (260)
tortilla chips (90)

Dinner:
green smoothie (300)
dried apricots (100)
cereal (300)

Evening snack:
popsicle (80)
string cheese (80)
toast (110)
eggs (210)

Holy stinking cow was I hungry today! I feel like I just ate all day long, and was somewhat embarassed to write it all down. Sigh. I turned my ankle at step this morning (it's fine now), so I didn't stay and do weights. The Monster is sick and puked all over me when we came home from the Princess' soccer game. He clung to me mercilessly all night, and I'm still trying to stave off a migraine as a result of the anesthesia from yesterday. Not a great day. That is all.

Exercise:
1 hour step (530)

Water:
Didn't count, but not enough. Probably only about 10 cups

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII IIIII II

Total Calories:
2815

Food log 10/3

Is sort of a joke. I had oral surgery this morning, and there is now a big titanium screw in my lower rear jaw.

No idea when I ate what, but I had:
bread (120)
banana split cake (400)
banana (120)
burritos (720)
Baskin Robbins (240)
banana (120)
green smoothie (220)

total:
1940 or so, I dunno, I'm groggy from the drugs!

Food log 10/2

Breakfast:
steel-cut oatmeal with maple syrup and NSA strawberry jam (210)

Morning snack:
banana chips (40)

Lunch:
pear (80)
ww pasta and sauce (250)
tortilla chips (25)
string cheese (60)
roast beef (20)

Afternoon snack:
dried apricots (50)
green smoothie (165)

Dinner:
ww pasta and sauce (250)
yobaby (110)


Evening snack:
2 slices banana split cake (600)

Water:
IIIII IIII

Fruits and veg:
IIIII II

Exercise:
I've been totally derailed this week, and had to skip pilates today because the instructor got sick, then the Music Man had conferences for the other class I could take. Bah. Nothing tomorrow b/c of the oral surgery. Hopefully I'll be feeling good enough on Saturday to do my normal two hours.

Total Calories:
1860

Food log 10/1

Breakfast:
Kashi GoLean (140)
milk (60)

Morning snack:
dried apricots (50)

Lunch:
pb&j (300)
half a pear (40)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (175)
pear (80)
string cheese (60)
Roast beef (20)

Dinner:
WW pasta and sauce (500)
salad (50)
cookies (200)

Evening snack:
papaya, banana, and strawberry smoothie (220)

Water:
IIIII IIIII IIII

Fruits and veg:
IIIII IIIII II

Exercise: I planned to go to cardio super sculpt, but when I realized my family had not been home together on a week night for more than two months, I decided to hang out with my peeps tonight.

Total calories:
1890

Week 1 Menu

I haven't gone to the grocery store yet, so this week's meals will just be stuff that we have on hand! What I make each day depends on how much time I have, so they won't be in this particular order

*Broccoli quiche with mashed potato crust with sliced pears and apples
*Butternut squash soup with fresh bread
*Pancakes with turkey sausage and fruit
*Baked polenta and a green salad
*Savory millet pancakes and roasted squash fries with chili powder
*Whole wheat pasta and sauce and green beans and salad
*Dinner with in-laws (they buy, how nice)