Breakfast:
banana + 1/2 tbsp peanut butter

Snack:
1/2c cottage cheese w/ cinnamon, sliced apple

Lunch:
1C Turkey minestrone (added cabbage, zucchini & yellow squash)

Post-workout snack:
1/2c greek yogurt w/ cinnamon, 1/4c blueberries, 1/2 banana, 1 Tbsp sunflower/pumpkin seeds

Dinner:
Chicken tenders, sweet potato, kale & spaghetti squash.

Snack:
1/2 banana + 1/2Tbsp peanut butter

Workout:
Spinning!

Breakfast:
3 egg whites, onion, sweet red pepper, spinach. 1/4c oatmeal, dollop of greek yogurt, 1/4c blueberries

Lunch:
1/3c cottage cheese, apple slices, boca burger w/ spinach, tomato, onion & 1/4avocado

Snack: 10 almonds, pb cookie.

Dinner:
Olive Garden. Jess is leaving for 10 days, we had a gift certificate so we decided to use it. Had the minestrone soup and salad. Also tasted a meatball. Nice going out, but I'm preferring the food I cook hands down.

Breakfast:

3 eggwhites, onion, sweet red pepper, spinach, salsa. 1/4c oatmeal, 1/4c greek yogurt, 1/4 c blueberries. topped w/ cinnamon (of course!)

Lunch:

Pablo Picasso salad at Oreganos. This has always been a favorite...but is was soooooo slathered with dressing (mayo based?) so I wasn't really diggin' it.

Snack:

Leftover sweet potato risotto (1/2c)

Workout:

Strength workout - also involved sprints. barf... in a good way.

Dinner:

Finished off the leftover risotto but put it in a pan to warm and then added 3 eggwhites and cooked it all. IT WAS YUMMY! Then I had 1/3c cottage cheese & sliced apple for dessert.

Feeling GOOD.

I had two people comment on my 'weight' at the club tonight. It made my night. -One was my old mailman... "You've lost so much weight." I told him it's taken awhile. :) Then he made a comment about how it must be from chasing my boys around. I told him I wished it were that easy!

Then a lady I haven't seen in awhile said I was looking skinny. I told her I was working hard!

Sometimes it's just really nice to feel validated!

Breakfast:
1/4c oatmeal w/ blueberries, 1/2 banana. 1/3c greek yogurt & cinnamon. 1/2Tbsp sliced almonds

Lunch:
Minestrone soup & greek salad at Picassos

Snack:
1/2 banana, 1tsp peanut butter. Bite of cottage cheese.

fun size almond joy & kit kat. I caved. I found a TON of candy in the back of my car- I took two pieces and threw the rest out. That was hard for me. Funny, right? But the boys have had a ton -mostly my oldest boy (read husband) so I was doing everyone a favor. :)

Workout: Strength wkout.

Dinner:
Tofu, bok choy, onion, red & green bell pepper w/ peanut sauce and ginger. (too much ginger tho) + 1/4c quinoa

Strength Workout

Breakfast:
3 eggwhites, onion, sweet red pepper, 1c broccoli, salsa. 1/4c oatmeal and cinnamon & 1/4c blueberries

Lunch:
Tofu veggie wrap, 12 almonds


Snack:
1/2c cottage cheese, cinnamon and sliced apple
20 pistachios

Dinner:
2 Chicken tenders, 1/4c quinoa, roasted butternut squash, eggplant and swiss chard

(this wasn't a favorite. Usually I like swiss chard....)

Workout:
Spinning class

Breakfast:
3 egg whites, mushroom, onion, sweet red pepper, 1c broccoli, salsa. 1/3c cooked steel-cut oats w/ cinnamon & 1/4c blueberries

Lunch:
1/2c cottage cheese w/ cinnamon and apple sliced up.

Snack: (for the afternoon)

2 pb 'cookies', 1g soy crisps, 1c cantaloupe

Dinner:

Tilapia (YUM - great rub), green beans w/ mushroom and sliced almonds, quinoa pilaf (w/ onion, red pepper, broccoli & jalapeno....so proud -made it up) I'll post the recipe(s) & pics when I get more than 5 min!

Happy Halloween!

Breakfast:

3 egg whites, onion, sweet red pepper, 1c broccoli, 1/4c oatmeal w/ cinnamon

Snack:

1/4 whole wheat waffle

Lunch:

Some leftovers from last night (1/2c). 1/2c cottage cheese, cinnamon, 10 almonds, 1 small apple (slices)

Dinner:

1/2c leftovers. Open-faced egg salad sandwich (1/2c) on red lettuce over slice of ezekiel toast.

2 pb 'cookies' - I will post recipe!

3c popcorn. (popped on stove)

(estimating today was @1500 calories)

Breakfast:
1/2c oatmeal, cinnamon, 1/4c blueberries

Workout:
Spinning class, strength workout (got through 3/4 of it before I had to go)

Snack:
1/2c cottage cheese

Lunch:
Butternut Squash Salad at Wild Flower Bread Co. (yummy)

Snack:
1/2c greek yogurt, small banana, cinnamon, 1Tbsp pumpkin & sunflower seeds

Dinner:
2c Spiced Sweet Potato Risotto w/ Chicken & Kale (YUM)


Dessert: apple and pear slices w/ 1Tbsp goat cheese

NO CANDY today! Feeling goooooooood. Glad I decided to 'pass'.

Breakfast:
3 eggwhites, 1c broccoli, 2 mushrooms, 2slices of onion, 1/4 sweet red pepper, 1/4 avocado. 1/4c oatmeal w/ cinnamon. MMM.

Lunch:
1c Lima bean cabbage soup + 1c chopped spinach. 1/2c cottage cheese, small apple. Mini box of raisins

Snack: (this is embarrassing. but i am being honest)

Popped some popcorn on the stove. Had 5 cups. (2 Tbsp kernels) That sounds like sooo much!? I enjoyed it- especially since it's not 'heavy' in my tummy.

Dinner: open egg salad sand. (3 hard-boiled egg whites, 1/2 yolk, mustard on slice of ezekiel bread). 1 small banana + 1/2Tbsp peanut butter

Making a plan for the weekend and going to STICK TO IT! (why? b/c I really dislike the self-loathing and feeling CRAPPY. And, mostly, I've been working really hard.) So here's my plan. Allowing myself 2 pieces of (fun size) candy a day. (for a total of six). Believe me, I've done the no-restraint thing too many times. Doesn't work for me. Wyatt came up and asked me to try a candy and I said no-thanks, and then a bit later he came back w/ another one and I took a tiny bite and he asked me, Love it? :) he's a cute kid. That happened three times- I'm counting that as 1 piece. Later I had a fun size snickers. Hmm. Surprisingly not all that. We'll see what I do tomorrow. . .

Is there a candy you just CAN NOT resist???

Breakfast:
3 egg whites, onion, sweet red pepper, spinach. Topped w/ salsa. 1/4c oatmeal w/ cinn. and 1/4c blueberries

Workout:
New Strength Workout. It kicked my butt. You know it's a good one when you keep dreading the next exercise.

Lunch:
Bed of spinach, 3 oz chicken breast, 1 apple cut in chunks, 1/4c cottage cheese, 1tsp s.f. vinaigrette, pepper.


Snack:
1/4 c oatmeal; mini box of raisins; 12 almonds; 1/2 Tbsp PB & 1/4 banana (throughout the afternoon)

Dinner:
5 Crispy Chicken bites. w/ 2tsp. honey mustard.

Water- so far 50+oz.

Went to a shower tonight. Had grapes, strawberries, pineapple, broccoli & carrots.

Probably will make myself a protein shake (protein + water) before bed. over out.

Let my hair down this weekend....(read: too many chips and salsa, pb cookie bar and candy corn (made a craft w/ them) Gearing up for this weekend! I'm still trying to decide how many pieces of candy is acceptable...five?? I don't know that I could only do one....the choices! Hmmm.

Workout:
Spinning, some arms, core

Breakfast: 1/2apple, 1Tbsp almond butter, 3 egg whites, red & yellow pepper, spinach, salsa. 1/4c oatmeal & cinnamon.

Lunch: 3/4c cottage cheese, cinnamon, 1 apple

Snack: 1/4c brown rice

Dinner: 1 slice ezekiel bread, 1c lima bean cabbage soup, salad- red leaf lettuce & spinach, hard boiled egg (minus most the yolk), cucumber slices, 1/2c homemade salsa.

Banana

Workout: Spinning & core

Breakfast: 3 egg whites, onion, sweet red pepper, 1c broccoli, 1/3c cooked oat bran (like smooth oatmeal) w/ cinnamon & blueberries. 1/2 small pear.

Snack: dried apples w/ cinnamon

Lunch: 1c coconut curried lentil soup w/ 2 chopped chicken tenderloins, 1c chopped spinach.

Perfect -It's cold outside!

Snack: 4 spice bran cookies (this batch made 45, so I figured 4 cookies =208 calories. (they're small) NOT BAD!)
also had 1/2c cottage cheese w/ cinn. and 1/2 apple.

Dinner: Chinese chicken & rice. (I added some more veggies for color here -namely bok choy & sweet red peppers) 1c veggies, 1/4c short-grain brown rice.

I've run out of room in my journal.... need a new one.... so I'm going to be doing my food journal on-line again.

Breakfast: 1c kale & veggie salad (it's a warm salad), 3 egg whites w/ onion, salsa. Slice of ezekial bread
Snack: Apple
Lunch: 1c coconut curried lentil soup w/ 3/4c spinach, 1 tortilla/wrap
Snack: 1/2c cottage cheese, cinnamon, 10 almonds, apple
(tsp. of peanut butter, bite of kid's cheese crisp.)

Workout: Mega Fit (last class!) I'd love to do the next session- but don't really feel like committing to evening workouts for another 6wks. I like to get my workouts done EARLY in the day.

Dinner: 1.5c kale & veggie salad (veggies are: roasted red & yellow peppers, yam & golden beet w/ basil, sliced almonds) 1 scoop of protein powder w/ 1/2c soy milk + water.