Wednesday Menu

Pre-swim:
2 slices ww toast
1/2 chocobran

Breakfast:
oatmeal
strawberries
blueberries
coffee

Lunch:
spinach salad with mushrooms, tomatoes, carrots, tuna

Snack:
2 ryevita crackers with PB
strawberries

Dinner:
chicken breast
asparagus
mashed cauliflower

Post-gym:
grapes

Plateau No!

I'm not counting points this week? Why? You might ask. Because. Because I've been counting points for the last bazillion weeks and I think I've reached some sort of plateau. I don't really want to lose much more weight. Maybe 2-5 pounds. That isn't much. I'm going to Las Vegas on Friday so I'm stepping up my game this week. When I come back, I'll go back to counting points.

This is my game plan:

Swimming in the morning - some other form of gym cardio in the evening.

Breakfast:
oatmeal with fruit
coffee

Lunch:
spinach salad with carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes and a can of tuna

Snack:
2 ryevita crackers with peanut butter spread
peach

Dinner:
lean meat (chicken or fish)
asparagus or other veg.

Post-gym snack:
Fruit.

There you have it. I'm looking to tone up a little and reduce bloating before the end of the week - so I'm eating lots of veggies and drastically reducing my salt intake. Normally I really load it on - but this week, nothing. I'm squirting lemons on my veggies at night and it's pretty tasty. Wish me luck!

Thursday

Yesterday I went to the movies and pigged out big time. I do not feel good about it but today is another day.

Breakfast:
2 cups puffed cereal (1)
100 cals, 0 fat and 4 fibre... a lot too.
1 and a bit cups of soy milk (1.5)
2.5/19

Lunch:
Subway roast beef sub on wheat, no cheese or mayo (5)
Baked lays (2)
Diet coke (0)
9.5/19

Snack
English muffin (2)
2 tbsp PB2 peanut butter (1)
12.5/19

Dinner:
Veggie burger with ww bun (3)
baked potato (3)
cauliflower with cheese sauce (1)
19.5/19

groupie girlfriend

my boyfriend is in a band - they are finalists in a contest through heavy.com and 102.1 the edge to play toronto's virginfest this year. there are 12 finalists and the 3 with the most streams make the superfinals - and the winner is chosen by a panel of judges.... they have to make a video a week until the end of august. (i am in the wedding one... just for a few seconds haha)

check out the videos below and keep checking every day! =D and give 5 stars!

Trying New Things

Today I am going to try and eat "low-carb". Just for one day because I love carbs. Carbs make the world go round. But, last night at the gym I was reading this article in Fitness magazine about how to look thinner in three days, one day, ten minutes, and one minute. Very silly, I know, but the three day part had a fairly low-carb menu, and as an experiment I want to test how it works for one day.

Here is my low-carb menu.

Breakfast:
200 ml egg whites (2)
2 slices fat free deli chicken (1)
1 kraft single (1)
tomatos (0)
4/19

Lunch:
2 cups spinach (0)
fat free caesar dressing (1)
chicken breast, grilled (2)
tomatos (0)
7/19

Snack:
13 almonds (2)
1 can tuna (3)
12/19

Dinner:
grilled fish (2)
green beans (0)
cauliflower mashed (0)
and something else to fill this up.... hmmm i'll do some web research later. Already I just want some bran flakes. But, it's only for one day and an experiment - so no biggie.

Lazy Monday

I am really tired today. Yesterday I went to Canada's Wonderland and ate a funnel cake. Not the entire thing, but almost. It was pretty delicious! I didn't weigh myself this morning because I didn't want to start the day off on a bad note. But my clothes are fitting the same, so I probably have nothing to worry about.

Breakfast:
chocobran (1)
source yogurt (1)
2/19

Lunch:
cheerios (2)
light silk soy (1)
blueberries (0.5)
5.5/19

Snack:
2 rye crackers (1)
6.5/19

I am saving a lot of points for going out for dinner tonight - I don't know where I'm going so it's hard to plan for points!

Friday Menu

Good weigh-in this morning - down 0.2 whoohoo! My losses are superslow so I'll take what I can get.

Breakfast:
cheerios (3)
light silk soy (1)
blueberries (0.5)
4.5/19

Snack:
2 rye crackers (1)
1 wedge laughing cow lite (1)
1 source yogurt (1)
7.5/19

Lunch:
2 slices ww bread (1)
2 slices turkey (1)
1 source yogurt (1)
10.5/19

Dinner - mystery!

Thursday Menu

Breakfast:
shreddies (2)
light silk soy (1)
blueberries (0)
3/19

Snack:
yogurt (2)
chocobran (1)
6/19

Lunch:
lean cuisine (5)
11/19

Dinner:
veggie gardenburger (1)
2 slices ww bread (1)
french fries (4)
17/19

Snack:
popcorn (2)
19/19

Wednesday Menu

Last night I went to the gym and really pumped it out. I haven't had the motivation (AT ALL) to go in the mornings lately, so I went swimming on Monday night and to the actual gym last night. I've been sick (STILL) and it's SO HOT in my apartment and I'm extra lethargic.

I'm still hovering around the same weight - which is fine by me. I always eat healthier during the week anyway, because the routine makes it easier. I like to have breakfast when I get to work, a snack around 12-1, then lunch around 3-4.... I find if I don't do this I'm starvin' like Marvin... 19 points a day is really not that to work with, give or take activity points.

Last night I made two delicious new things. The first - curried cauliflower soup.

Ingredients:
1 medium head cauliflower
1 medium onion(s)
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp table salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 cup fat-free chicken broth
1 Tbsp curry powder
2 cups orange juice

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Toss cauliflower and onion with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and place in a roasting pan. Roast for 30 minutes, until well caramelized. Put into a large soup pot and add orange juice, stock, curry powder and check for seasoning. Bring to a boil, turn the heat down and simmer for 15 minutes.
Puree with an immersion blender, or in small batches in a blender.
Reheat just prior to serving.



It really was delicious - and makes 4 big servings at 3 points per serving, according to the recipe builder.

The second thing I made was my own pita chips to serve with salsa, out of a high fibre pita. I can't find it online but I think it was a mr. pita fibre pita. It was 170 cals, 0.5 fat grams and 6 grams of fibre. I sliced it in two, cut into pita chips, sprayed with I can't believe it's not butter spray and sprinkled with salt, and baked at 350° for 7 minutes on one side, and 4 minutes after flipping. Served with some hot salsa... yum yum. Nice late night snack. And you can cut the pita into lots of chips to make you feel like you are actually eating a lot.



Here is today's menu:

Breakfast:
cheerios (2)
silk light soy (1)
blueberries (0.5)
3.5/19

Snack:
chocobran (1)
source yogurt (1)
5.5/19

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine (4)
9.5/19

Then I don't know.

Tuesday Menu

Breakfast:
chocobran (1)
source nectarine yogurt (1)
2/19

Snack:
shreddies (2)
light silk soy (1)
blueberries (0)
5/19

Lunch:
lean cuisine (5)
10/19

Dinner:
potato (3)
chicken (2)
green beans (0)
15/19

Snack:
100 cal pack (2)
wine (2)
19/19

Monday Menu

Breakfast:
chocobran (1)
shreddies (2)
soy light silk (1)
berries (0)
4/19

Snack:
yogurt (2)
6/19

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine (5)
11/19

Dinner:
Veg. burger w/bun (4)
french fries (4)
19/19

:oP

Today is weird because I stayed home sick from work in the morning and have only eaten once yet. Also, I am actually not that hungry - will wonders never cease!?

Menu:

Breakfast/Lunch:
2 slices caraway rye bread (2)
3 tbsp PB2 peanut butter (2)
yogurt (1)
5/19

And then...

I don't even know. I brought a lean cuisine... maybe I should eat it now. That sounds like a pretty good idea actually.

Snack:
Lean Cuisine (5)
10/19

Dinner:
I don't know. BLAH. Can you tell I am not in a very good mood today?

Rainy Wednesday

I love short weeks and long weekends - it's Wednesday already! Last night after work I came home, slept from 6:30-10pm, ate dinner, cleaned the bathroom, and went back to bed. I got up this morning and went swimming even though I am still feeling some chest congestion. I feel very alert though.

Here is my menu today:

Pre-swimming:
2 slices ww toast and apple butter (1)
1/19

Breakfast:
chocobran (1)
oatmeal (2)
strawberrries (0)
4/19

Lunch:
Lean cuisine (5)
spinach salad with fat free caesar dressing (1)
10/19

Snack: yogurt (1)
or english muffin (2)
11/19 or 13/19

Dinner: YTBD - last night I had a spicy bean sol cuisine burger on a ww bun and mixed veggies, then some chocolate and saltine crackers. Mmmmmmm.

Activity points earned - 3

BLAH

I am exhausted today. I didn't get to sleep until really late and up to work this morning as usual. I think the weekend (weight-wise) went well. I haven't gotten on the scale yet and probably won't check the damage until Friday - I'm not really expecting damage. Yesterday I had an awesome cardio fest at the gym. 20 minutes (roughly 200 cals) on the *hard* elliptical, 30 minutes (roughly 300 cals) on the easy elliptical, and 10 minutes (roughly 100 cals) running/walking/jogging on the treadmill. After that I felt like a million dollars. It's nice to have an intense workout after a weekend off. Not sure if I'll go to the gym tonight as I'm feeling a little defeated and my throat hurts. I can't believe it's July already!

Here is today's menu:

Breakfast:
fruit smoothie (.5)
oatmeal (2)
2.5/19

Snack:
large orange (1)
3.5/19

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine (5)
Spinach (0)
Dressing (1)
9.5/19

Dinner:
I haven't decided yet. Probably a veggie burger or a chicken breast on a bun because those are my staple comfort dinners. I love them - why bother mixing it up!