From the monthly archives:

July 2009

July 30th Food Diary

July 30, 2009

Ate 25 of 26 points earned 6 activity points.Breakfast(2)-Sandwich Thin (1) Laughing Cow CheeseWorkout (6)-TreadmillSecond Breakfast(3)-Nectarine (1), Yogurt (2)Lunch (7)-Turkey Enchilada Casserole (4), Salad with vinagrette (1), Minted Pea Soup (2)Dinner (12)- Orange-Chipotle BBQ Pork Chops with Grilled onions (8), Green beans with butter (1), WeightWatchers Ice Cream Bar (3)Snack (1)-Vitalicious muffin I upped my [...]

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July 29th Food Diary

July 30, 2009

Ate 26 of 26 points earned 2 activity points.Breakfast(2)-Yogurt (2), Sandwich Thin (1), Laughing Cow Cheese (1)Workout (2)-BowflexLunch (6)-Fruit2Day (2), Minted Pea Soup (2), Sandwich Thin (1), Laughing Cow Cheese (1)Snack (4)-WW Carmel Chocolate Bar (1), Starbuck’s Light Caramel Frappuccino (3)Dinner (11)- Chicken and Veggie Curry (8), Brown Rice (3)Snack (1)-Vitalicious muffin Had appointments all [...]

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July 28th Food Diary

July 28, 2009

Ate 23.5 of 26 points earned 5 activity points.Breakfast(2)-Vitalicious Cranbran muffin (1), skim milk (2)Workout (6)-TreadmillSecond Breakfast(3)-Blueberry Smoothie (3)Lunch (6.5)-Grilled Cheese (5.5) Salad with Vinagrette (1)Dinner (11)-Chicken and Veggie Curry (8), brown rice (3) Curry was very good for a prepacked sauce. Running Weekly totals used 31 of 35 weekly points earned 15 activity points.

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July 27th Food Diary

July 28, 2009

Ate 25.5 of 26 points earned 5 activity points.Breakfast(2)-Yoplait FiberOne Yogurt (0), Fruit2day Juice (2)Workout (5)-Bowflex and TreadmillSecond Breakfast(3)-Egg, Eggwhite and Sandwich ThinLunch (5)-Turkey Enchilada Casserole (4), Salad with vinagrette (1)Snack (1)-RaspberriesDinner (12.5)- Orange-Chipotle BBQ Pork Chops with Grilled onions (8), Green beans with butter (1), Wine (2), Couscous (1.5)Snack (1)-Vitalicious muffin Upped a few [...]

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Goal Setting

July 26, 2009

Setting Goals is hard, too big and you get discouraged, too small and it doesn’t feel like a victory. So I try to put a lot of time thinking about what my goals should be. WeightWatchers celebrates every 5 pounds, that’s great continual feed back but not a big enough goal for me (for some [...]

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July 26th Food Diary

July 26, 2009

Ate 25 of 26 points earned 4 activity points.Breakfast(10)-Blueberry and Cornmeal Pancakes with brummel and brown and syrupWorkout (4)-Exercise Bike and walked dogsLunch (4.5)-Sandwich thin, laughing cow, yogurt and raspberriesDinner (9.5)-Turkey Enchilada Casserole (8.5), salad with vinagrette (1)Snack (1)-Vitalicious muffin Smashed up and rubbed my hands raw when the dog took off with my hand [...]

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July 25th Food Diary

July 26, 2009

Ate 57 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.Breakfast(3)-WW 2 point bar, nectarine (1)Workout (0)-Lunch (13.5)-Tomato, Mozarella and Basil salad with sourdough bread (12.5), Cherries (1)Dinner (41)-Hot wings, Cheeseburger, beer and ice cream 7 Alarm wing sauce is insanity, only had a bite and the fire continued for 30 minutes or so… Doh, now I [...]

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The Weekly Round up 7/18-7/24

July 25, 2009

I got in 6 workouts this week but the scale chose not to reflect this. I did add weight training back in and I am probably retaining alot of water around that, you can retain up to 4 pounds of water when you are actively building muscle. OK so down to the nitty gritty of [...]

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July 24th Food Diary

July 25, 2009

Ate 25 of 27 points earned 2 activity points.Breakfast(5)-Cranbran Vitamuffin (1)Sandwich thin with laughing cow and egg(4)Workout (2)- BowflexLunch (8)-Shrimp salad and sourdough toastDinner (12)- Tacos Veracruz (9), light sour cream (1), beer (2)The fish experiment turned out well. The marinade was excellent (thanks mom). Mostly it wasn’t fishy at all but a few bites [...]

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Recipes of the Week 7/19/09

July 23, 2009

Peanut Chicken Soba Salad Serves 4 Points 6 per serving Cook time 20 minutes Ingredients 2 cups water 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts 4 black peppercorns bay leaf 1 Tbsp rice vinegar 2 Tbsp roasted peanut oil 2 tsp low sodium soy sauce 1 tsp honey 1 tsp chili garlic sauce 1/2 tsp salt [...]

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