Thursday Menu

B: 1 cup cheerios (2)
1 cup soy light silk beverage (1)
berries (0)
3/19

S: chocolate chip banana bran muffin (1)
4/19

L: turkey breast (1)
bread (3)
roast beef (1)
cheese (2)
12/19

S: cracker with hummus (2)
14/19

D: Yet to be determined.

Weigh in tomorrow. I am a bit scared - but confident that I've lost something. I'm sure... I hope anyway haha. I never have snacks after dinner on Thursdays, just in case that influences anything in a bad way.

Wine and Other Booze Related Drinks

Here is my Wednesday menu thus far:

Pre-gym: chocolate chip banana bran muffin (1)
1/19

Breakfast:
1 cup cheerios (2)
1 cup light silk soy beverage (1)
3 strawberries (0)
6 blueberries (0)
5 blackberries (0)
4/19

Lunch:
2 cups spinach (0)
1 can white tuna (3) When I plugged this into ww online it said that 1 can of this tuna is 1 point. BUT it's 3 points. Why is it saying 1 point!!!! WHY!?
sun dried tomatos (0)
dressing (1)
carrots (0)
8/19

Snack: carrots (0)
Either all-bran bar (2) or yogurt (1)

Tonight I'm making dinner for my boyfriend. We are going to have salsa turkey sloppy joes and drink wine, so I have to save up points for the wine.

I constantly have this inner debate about alcohol. I love drinking. I love it. Not to excess, but I love hanging around and having a couple of beers or glasses of wine. I just love it. But, I've read a lot of literature that says if you are serious about losing weight, you should not be drinking or you should be seriously limiting your intake. I have limited it some. Usually my flex points are saved for weekend drinking. Hopefully I am not using 35 points per week on booze though! Then I think, since this is an issue I feel strongly about, and maybe refuse to compromise on, maybe I am not that serious about losing weight. But then I think, everyone's lifestyle is different. Maybe if I were married and spent weekends at home with a family I wouldn't feel like I wanted to drink so much. Maybe if I didn't like going out and dancing every weekend - instead stay home and rent a movie or something, I wouldn't want to drink as much either. I don't know. Just rambling.

Tuesday

Dear Blog,

Last night I didn't have any popcorn. Instead, I had a delicious bowl of cheerios (2 points) with 1 cup of light silk soy "beverage" (1 point) and blackberries. Mmmmmmm was it ever good. So good in fact, that I am considering banishing my regular popcorn snack for this new yumtastic cereal one. I do need to buy more berries though. Why are they so expensive? Don't they know I am a poor little working girl?

This morning I got up and went swimming for the first time in at least three weeks. I really like swimming and I know it's good exercise, but the thought of getting into that cold pool in the morning is just horrible haha. That is the only thing preventing me from going all the time. I have to say, it's a lot easier to swim when the weather is nice than in the wintertime!

Here is my swimming routine:

20 lengths (500 metres) front crawl
4 lengths (100 metres) kicking
10 lengths (250 metres) breast stroke
10 lengths (250 metres) front crawl
4 lengths (100 metres) kicking
then...
5 x 1 length breast stroke (25 metres) and 1 length front crawl (25 metres)
5 x 1 length back crawl (25 metres) and 1 length front crawl (25 metres)
2 lengths (50 metres) kicking

This whole routine is 1.75 km and takes about 40 minutes. In university I would swim 2km everyday but I just don't have the time or energy anymore.

And now, here is today's menu.

Pre-gym: 1/2 chocolate chip banana bran muffin (0.5)
1 cup light silk soy beverage (1)
1.5/19

Breakfast: 2 slices rye toast (2)
2 tbsp PB2 peanut butter (1)
4.5/19

Lunch: spinach (0)
fat free caesar dressing (1)
sun dried tomatoes (0)
carrots (0)
tuna (3)
yogurt (1)
9.5/19

Snack: 1 slice rye bread (1)
carrots (0)
10.5/19

Dinner: chicken breast (2)
ww hamburger bun (2)
alexia fries 24 pieces (2) AND I found these at my local Dominion - I thought they were US only! Bonus!!! They were expensive though. :o(
green beans (0)
16.5/19

Snack: popcorn maybe (3) or cheerios with soy (3) or something! Mmmmmm. I love cheerios. Next time I should get the multigrain ones!

Monday Revised Menu

Here is my Monday revised menu:

Pre-gym: 1/2 chocolate chip banana bran muffin (.5)
0.5/19

B: 2 slices rye with peanut butter (3)
3.5/19

L: spinach salad with tuna and fat free caesar dressing (3)
rice cake (1)
7.5/19

S: carrots (0.5)
1 slice rye (1)
5 amaretti cookies (1)
10/19

D: chicken (2)
tofu shirataki noodles (0)
laughing cow (1)
parmesan cheese (0.5)
salad with ff dressing (1)
1/2 tsp olive oil with salad (0.5)
15/19

S: 8 3/4 cups smart pop (3)
18/19

1 left for something.

Monday Menu

Last week I only went to the gym TWICE. So this week I am going Mon-Fri to make up for my slacking. I had a good weekend but ate too many hotdogs and hamburgers so this week will also be a week full of salads and veggies and everything wonderful.

Menu:

Pre-gym: 1/2 chocolate chip banana bran muffin (.5)
0.5/19

Breakfast: 2 slices caraway rye bread (2)
2 tbsp PB2 peanut butter (1)
3.5/19

Lunch: 1 can lemon pepper tuna (2)
spinach (0)
sun dried tomatos (0)
fat free ceasar dressing (1)
carrots (0)
6.5/19

Dinner: grilled chicken breast (2)
salad (0)
fat-free ceasar dressing (1) I'm really into this dressing, if you didn't notice haha.
tofu shirataki noodles (1)
10.5/19

I may have to rethink this menu because it doesn't seem like very much food. Hmmmmm.

Weigh-in and Friday Menu

I usually weigh in on Fridays and for some reason I was terrified to step on the scale this morning. I have a funny relationship with the scale. On one hand, it's good to be accountable and track weight before it gets out of control. That being said, it's so disappointing and unmotivating to see a gain, especially when I try so hard all week.

This week I didn't try that hard. Monday was a holiday so I just lounged around - normally I am up with the birds and at the gym before work. Also I drank a lot last weekend and went to a BBQ and didn't count points, although I tried to add them up in my head. I only went to the gym on Tuesday and Thursday of this week because I am fighting a cough combined with allergies. Excuses excuses.

Anyway, I bit the bullet and got on the scale. I am up 1.2 pounds which is frustrating because that's what I lost last week, but not really that bad in the grand scheme of things. AND I did work out last night which causes water retention AND I didn't eat dinner until almost 10pm. AND then I made more chocolate chip banana bran muffins and ate 2. So it's my own fault really. One would think I would be extra careful on Thursday nights since I weigh in on Fridays but it seems like I'm sabotaging myself by eating late and more than I usually would, or saving my points for evening snacking, etc.

This weekend I am going to try and not overindulge. If I can weigh in at the same weight on Monday I'll be very pleased. Weekends are my weakness!

B: chocolate chip banana bran muffin (1)
coffee (0)
1/19

S: reduced sugar oatmeal (2)
1/2 cup blackberries (0)
3/19

L: pc blue menu spinach and cheese cantelloni (4)
yogurt (1)
8/19

S: caramel chocolate chip rice cake (1)
2 tbsp PB2 peanut butter (1)
apple (1)
11/19

D: Who knows? Maybe a grilled chicken burger? Mmmmmm.

Menu

Good morning. Today I have discovered Quaker's Caramel Chocolate Chip rice cakes. Mmmmm only 1 point and great for a snack. It satisfies more of a sweet tooth than hunger though.

B: Quaker more fiber berry oatmeal (2)
2/19

L: Michelina's veg. pizza (5)
mixed veggies (0)
7/19

S: caramel chocolate chip ricecake (1)
amaretti cookies 10 (2)
Note: This is my first time having these cookies and while they are light and delicious, 10 is too many. Too much of the same taste!
10/19

D: ww bun (2)
pc blue menu lentil and bean patty (3)
green beans (0)
steamed cauliflower (0)
15/19

S: bag of smart-pop (3)
chocobran muffin, maybe (1)
19/19

Activity: Either 4 or 6 points at the gym, depending on how lazy I am!