Archive through December 18, 2001
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Juju2bigdog

Friday, December 14, 2001 - 10:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Apple sounds good.

Jewels

Saturday, December 15, 2001 - 11:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You guys went with the protein breakfasts and I went with the protein dinner last night!

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 1/2 banana, 1/2 cinnamon raisin bagel, Latte
Lunch: Veggie dog (plain), salad with light dressing and 1 oz. cheese
Dinner: 2 scrambled eggs w/ 1 oz. cheese, 2 pieces wheat toast, Orange

Exercise: Walked 1.5 miles

We went out to breakfast this morning and I feel like I am going to explode....hopefully won't be eating much lunch, if any!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Schoolmarm

Saturday, December 15, 2001 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lot's of energy today, and GRADES are all in!!! YIPPEE!!

Breakfast: Two egg omelet (no cheese) with onion and olive, 4 slices of bacon, c-free diet Pepsi

Lunch: skipped because of commencement

Snack: 4 sugared pecans and a handful of honey roasted peanuts

Supper: 8 chicken wingettes and two green onions, big glass of skim milk.

No need for a snack tonight! I'll be eating strange things the next few days to get the perishibles out of the fridge!

Keep up the good work folks!!

Max

Saturday, December 15, 2001 - 11:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Checking in after a couple of busy days.

Friday, had my usual breakfast early since I had to be at work way before my boss so we could decorate his office as a surprise for his birthday. Had a VERY small slice of the wonderful chocolate cake we got him. Didn't get lunch 'cause I had to go take my mom to the doctor unexpectedly due to some swelling that appeared on her face (nothing serious). Dinner was a Lean Cuisine and some broccoli. Put together some small Christmas stockings and couldn't resist munching a little chocolate.

Today was toy delivery day for the toy drive we did at work. The PT Cruiser Club folks came through as 'Santa's Sleighs' -- 15 of them showed up to take everything up the hill to Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Before we did that, we gathered at a member's home for coffee and breakfast treats. Had coffee, a banana, and a raisin bagel (no cream cheese). Delivered all the toys, surprising the hospital staff with the amount, then cruised through town and visited the Pittock Mansion which was all decorated for Christmas. Some of the Cruisers tried to go shopping and ended up spending over an hour just circling the shopping center! We all met later at a local Chili's restaurant for our holiday celebration and ornament exchange. Had a Baja Taco (grilled fish in a soft taco shell w/veggies, rice, and black beans), one drink (Absolut Citrus Vodka, cranberry juice, and Sprite), and ice tea.

Pretty full day, in many ways! :) Had one Frango mint tonight after I got home. My employees just got back from a conference in Chicago and I gave one of them some money to pick me up some of these delicacies at Marshall Fields. :) Best thing about it is that one serving is defined as FOUR pieces and I can spend a good 10 minutes savoring just one, which is enough to satisfy me.

No exercise in the last two days except running around doing all this stuff and the stress associated with it! :)

Tess

Saturday, December 15, 2001 - 11:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Max, it sounds like you had a very fun and rewarding day.

Today's Menu:

Breakfast: slept through it
Lunch: Slimfast shake
Snack: 4 low sodium saltine crackers
Dinner: ham and tomato sandwich on Oat Nut bread w/ 1 tsp of miracle whip, 3 bite-sized Mrs. Field's white chunk macadamia nut cookies
Snack: large apple

to drink bottles of water and several cups of herbal tea.

Exercise was 1 mile of walking (didn't think it was that much) and ringing bells for rehearsal and then performance. Tomorrow we will get our Christmas tree so that will be more walking!! Yippeeeee!!!

Jewels

Sunday, December 16, 2001 - 08:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yesterday:

Breakfast: Western Skillet (hashbrowns, cheese, green pepper, onion, ham), Scrambled egg, 1 piece toast, 1/2 piece bacon and Coffee...yum!!!
Lunch: yeah, right!
Dinner: Chicken Noodle soup, 6 fat-free saltines, Root beer

Breakfast was way to much, but ohhh sooo good! We don't go out to breaksfast very often I just didn't have the power to have a "light" breakfast!

No formal exercise, but alot of running around today! It's that time of year!

Max, I have heard the Pittock Mansion is beautiful at Christmas, but have never made it up there. We were hoping to take our son to the zoo lights, but the weather definitely is on cooperating!

Tess

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 11:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I forgot to post yesterday before collapsing into bed. Oh well. I also forgot my new meds yesterday and apparently I really do need them. Hmmmmmm. Any way.....

Yesterday's menu:
Breakfast: Slimfast shake (we're on the final few cans)
Lunch/dinner: Thai chicken and shrimp curry with white rice, one fortune cookie
Snack: oatmeal raisin cookie
Snack: Large apple

Jewels

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 11:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yesterday:
Breakfast: Latte, Apple
Lunch: Veggie dog, salad
Dinner: 3oz. Chicken Parmesan, green beans
Snack: Latte

My jeans are getting looser!!!!

Alib

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mine too, Jewels. I am off to get weighed. Had a very good week so hope the scales reflect it!!

Have my VERY important job interview tomorrow morning (the one that was supposed to be in November) and I am so nervous I can hardly eat so might just lose a bit because of that.

Tess

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 01:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good luck Alib!!!!

Max

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 01:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good luck, Alib! :)

I'm down more today. Total loss since August = 33 pounds!

Alib

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 03:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay! I lost 3 pounds! Total lost since October 15th - 17.4 lbs.

Thanks for the encouragement Tess & Max. I'll post here sometime tomorrow to let you know how it went.

Tess

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP


Hooray for Alib and Max!!!!!


Max

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Way to go, Alib!!!

Jewels

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 04:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If I could do pretty colors like Tess, I would, but...

CONGRATS MAX AND ALIB! THAT IS GREAT NEWS!

I just had to report in that I started my holiday baking (yes, I know, I'm a little late -- was putting it off because of the diet thing!). Anyway, I didn't lick the bowl at all and only ate 5 chocolate chips! Hooray for me!!

Tess

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 05:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Three cheers for Jewels!!

Tess

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 05:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What can I say? I'm having a rainbow kind of day today.

Schoolmarm

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 06:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
WhooHoo!! Everyone is doing SO great. I'm maintaining at 6 pounds down (YIPPEE!)

Yesterday's food: a strange day due to a piano recital

Breakfast: Two egg omelet with olives and onions and the LAST four slices of bacon, big glass of skim milk.

Lunch: Raspberry fat-free yogurt

Snack at recital: two very small York peppermint patties and a glass of fruit punch

Supper....what supper...got a batch of popcorn popped at 10pm and ate a bunch with a glass of skim milk... still working on eating all the perishables out of the fridge.

Today: popcorn for breakfast and lunch (writing a book review...no time to eat)

Snack, rest of the popcorn and a big glass of skim milk.

Supper: 5 oz grilled steak, the LAST 2 green onions, 2-3 cups salad, Italian dressing, big glass of skim milk (ALMOST gone)

Sheesh, I'm going to have to eat another steak, 4 tomatoes and 2/3's a bag o'salad by 8 am Wednesday. Can we say "tomato salad"? I think that the yogurt will hold if not, I'll have to eat three of them, too!

Anyone have any good ideas on "airport/airplane" food? They aren't serving dinner on planes anymore and I will be spending two pretty much whole days travelling via air. Maybe I should take yogert to the airport. Hmmm. Ideas anyone? The last thing I want to eat is a bad greasy $8 pizza slice!

Keep up the good work, everyone!

Tess

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 07:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Marm, lots of airports have places where you can get REAL sandwiches now and salads and such. When I met Buttercup at the airport last Monday she was in the same predicament---all day on the plane with no food after a tiny bowl of Cheerios for breakfast. I stopped on the way and picked her up a sandwich and apple at the deli up the street and threw in a box of chocolates. She already had a bottle of water. Voila!! Instant lunch. For things like this we have insulated lunch bags and small ice packs but you might not even need anything special to hold your food if you can time things just right. Good luck!!

Kitty

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 07:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, everyone is doing so well... Congratulations! Marm....when I travel by plane I usually bring a small yogurt and an apple to eat in the airport. As well, a small vegetable juice (i.e. V8) seems to fill me up. I always bring a bottle of water onto the plane and sometimes I bring a protein bar to eat part way through the flight. What about a baggie full of carrot and celery sticks? I know that it is hard, but try to avoid the fattening fast food that is always available in the concourse.

I stayed the same this week... considering all the nibbling of Christmas goodies that I've done, I think I am very lucky! Thanks everyone for posting your daily menus... I'm getting lots of ideas from you.

Max

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 11:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Crazy day!
I'm on vacation, but my company announced a stock split and inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 Index today, so I had to spend yesterday evening writing the internal messaging and then get up at 5:00 a.m. today to send it out when the press release dropped. Ugh! Managed to go back to bed for a bit afterwards, but had to get up for a doctor appointment. Didn't leave myself time for breakfast.

Anyway, had my usual 'sausage' sandwich with addition of an egg and a glass of skim milk around noon.

For supper, had a Lean Cuisine Salisbury Steak (yummy!).

Made some cookies for folks at the office and ate one of those.

Had to bowl in a Bowl Down Cancer tournament tonight, so that's the only exercise for today.

Tess

Monday, December 17, 2001 - 11:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Max--I'm exhausted just reading your schedule for today. Whew!!

Today's Menu:
Breakfast: Slimfast shake
Lunch: Grilled chicken sandwich with tomato and lettuce
Snack: 1 piece of oatnut bread toasted with 1 tbsp reduced fat peanut butter
Dinner: leftover Thai chicken/shrimp curry with white rice

Exercise just 1/2 mile walk

Jewels

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 07:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yesterday:
Breakfast: Latte, Oat/Bran cereal
Lunch: Veggie nuggets, salad
Dinner: Chicken quesadilla
Sanck: Pumpkin Choc. Bread ... I had to try it out to make sure it is good enough to give a way!

Exercise: Walked/Ran 2.5 miles

Alib

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 11:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well the interview is finally over! It was very difficult but I think I did as well as any of the other 3 candidates. Now it is out of my hands. All over but the waiting for the results ... and then if I am successful I have to redo my French oral exam. I am not looking forward to that!! Right after the interview we had our "pizza & beer" lunch. I was very good and only had one piece of vegetarian pizza and two small glasses of wine. Also had two shortbread cookies ... not on the eating plan but can't be good all of the time. I decided that if I was going to "cheat" I would make it worth it and the only thing I really, really wanted was shortbread!

Tess

Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 12:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good for you Alib!! I've got my fingers crossed for you here!!