Archive through December 27, 2001
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Archive through December 27, 2001
Twiggyish | Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 07:19 pm     I have been working on my diet. It hasn't been easy but I am finding creative ways to stick to it. For example, we ate at Olive Garden (again). I didn't eat the pasta with my meal, instead I had broccoli. Today at lunch, I ordered a chef's salad and ate mostly the meat items. It isn't easy, but I am trying! |
Max | Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 11:13 pm     Hang in there, Twiggy! Today's board: Breakfast: the usual, coffee Lunch: Lean Cuisine Sweet & Sour Chicken, granola bar Dinner: Pot-luck banquet at bowling league. Stuck to some 'little smokies', a bit of Caesar salad, a bit of taco salad, a bite or two of lasagna, a bite or two of another pasta salad, and a small slice of the pecan pound cake I made. Stayed away from the HUGE hero sandwich they cut into pieces, the fried chicken, and some other desserts that looked yummy. Oh, I had some apple slices, too (without the accompanying caramel sauce) Exercise: bowling league |
Tess | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 12:33 am     Well--I was up most of the night with a stomach virus thingy last night so didn't have anything until well after lunch time. Snack: Slimfast shake and excedrin Dinner: Lean Cuisine Turkey something or other and little bit of Sprite Midnight snack: 2 pieces of oatnut toast with reduced fat peanut butter, OJ No exercise at all unless you count walking from the bed to the couch in the family room (at the other end of the house) and pushing buttons on the microwave.  |
Tess | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 12:34 am     Wow, Max!! You had great success today!! Good for you. |
Max | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 08:53 am     Hope you feel better, Tess!  |
Jewels | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 12:10 pm     My fingers are crossed for you too, Alib!! Keep plugging away Twiggy! You are doing great! Great job at your potluck Max! Potlucks are the hardest... I hope you are feeling better soon Tess....drink lots of liquids so you stay hydrated! I went shopping yesterday and bought a new pair of pants in a smaller size! Yippee!! I couldn't have done it without you guys! Yesterday: Breakfast: Latte, cereal Lunch: Veggie nuggets, salad, orange Dinner: Chicken Vegetable soup with some saltines Snack: Evil Evil Evil Pumpkin Chocolate Loaf that calls out my name! Exercise: Walked/Ran 3 miles and lots of walking while shopping! Have a great day!  |
Tess | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 12:34 am     Wednesday's menu: Breakfast: Slimfast shake Lunch: ham and tomato sandwich on oatnut bread Dinner: chicken teriyaki w/ white rice It was our choir director's birthday and we had a surprise party for him after rehearsal. I had a small piece of chocolate cake. That's it. Exercise: walked 3 miles |
Schoolmarm | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 05:09 am     Well, I survived the airport, without buying an $8.00 pizza! I'm down 8 pounds since starting, but probably put a couple back on after last night's feast. Tuesday: Breakfast: Messy but almost tasty three-egg omelet with a whole tomatoe, onion, and pepperjack cheese. Big glass of skim milk. Lunch: Yogert Supper: 5 oz steak, 3 cups salad with Italian dressing, dill pickle spear, big glass of skim milk, two frosted Christmas sugar cookies. Yesterday: Breakfast: Last glass of skim milk. Yogurt in the car Lunch: C-free Diet Pepsi, last slice of pepperjack cheese, BumbleeBee 3oz chicken salad and 6 crackers. Snack on the plane: Diet 7 up and the smallest bag of pretzels I've ever seen Snack at o'hare waiting for my delayed connection: The other yogurt Dinner in Peoria: STARVING Dad took me to the KFC buffet (ACK!!! but yummy!) Small portions of mashed potatoes, carrots, baked beans, tossed salad, pasta salad, three small chicken wings, one leg and a diet pepsi. We'll see how I to at the folks! Keep up the good work everyone!!! <by the way...there are cute and interesting guys at the airport...grin> |
Alib | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 08:05 am     I managed to find Soy Eggnog which tastes almost like the real thing and is only 115 calories per 8 oz serving instead of a bazillion!! |
Max | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 10:57 am     Yesterday: Breakfast: guess! (What can I say? I'm in a rut!) Lunch: Chicken sandwich, granola bar Dinner: Well, I WANTED a pizza and diet coke while I watched movies, but instead I went to Second Nature's deli and got a couple of crab cakes, a small portion of smoked salmon pasta salad, and some fresh raspberries. Snack: 2 low-fat biscotti w/decaf espresso Exercise: none except running up and down the stairs while the handyman turning water on and off while the handyman tried to figure out what was leaking into my garage. Turns out it was probably from some loose flashing on the roof outside the master bathroom instead of the plumbing (thank God!). He fixed it and all is good and dry now. |
Max | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 11:16 am     Here's an article on today's CNN website that might be helpful. A little indulgence is OK in your holiday diet |
Jewels | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 12:41 pm     Glad you survived you flight, Marm...any of those cute and interesting guys going your way??? Thanks for the info on the eggnog, Alib...I'm not an eggnog drinker myself, but my brother-in-law is and my sister-in-law hates making it for him. Maybe they should try the soy out! Good article Max, thank you for passing it along! That is a good idea about eating things you wouldn't normally eat any other time of the year, I'll have to remember that as I am scanning the food at Christmas! Well, I survived my last Christmas party last night, now I only have to get through Christmas Eve (potluck style) and Christmas (I'm cooking). Yesterday: Latte, cereal Lunch: Veggie dog with cheese Dinner: Salad (little dressing), slice of bread, 6 oz. sauteed halibut (ate about 3/4), baked potato (no toppings and ate about 3/4). Passed on the yummy ice cream dessert..didn't even take a bite!  |
Tess | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 02:40 pm     Alib and Jewels, my grocery store sells lite-eggnog which has 60% less fat and 30% fewer calories than normal eggnog. I can't taste the difference but maybe that's because it's the only kind I've had for the past couple of years. Great article, Max. Thanks! I never even thought twice about having that little piece of chocolate cake at our party last night so I guess I'm not as obsessed as I thought. |
Twiggyish | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 06:50 pm     Went to a friend's house tonight and kept eating the vegetables on their veggie platter. I must have been hungry because I kept refilling my little plate..LOL I suppose it could have been worse, like a platter of cookies. |
Max | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 08:51 pm     Today's tote: Breakfast: Bet ya can't guess?! Lunch: skipped Dinner: Took mom out for dinner at Stanfords. Had a salad, roll (I actually peeled the melted cheese off before I ate it), pan-seared salmon in a light sauce, texmati rice, and green beans. Yummy! Oh, had a glass of hot apple cider, too. Snack: 2 Frangos and 1 after eight mint. Exercise: 32 minutes on the bike for 6.1 miles |
Twiggyish | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 06:37 pm     Had a good day and ended with a sugar free/low fat ice-cream. Yum. I am finding these diet snacks and goodies are getting better. They used to taste awful..LOL |
Max | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 10:27 pm     Today: Breakfast: the usual Lunch: running errands and taking mom to the doctor. Stopped at Haggens and had some Graham Kerr Macaroni & Pea salad (178 calories and 1 gram of fat per 4 ounce serving) and a tuna sandwich (they don't use much mayo and I didn't add the packet they include with it) Dinner: Chicken sandwich and tomato basil soup Snacks: Grande Americano w/a shot of caramel syrup from Starbucks (yum!) and 1 Frango Exercise: 30 minutes on the bike for 6.2 miles tomorrow is an early morning to go help deliver Christmas baskets followed by hanging out at the Elks Club with friends, then coming home and heading out for a Winter Solstice party in the evening. Gonna be a toss-up as to what's available to eat, so I'll have to be careful. Hope all of you finished your holiday shopping! The traffic today was pretty heavy and I bet it's much worse tomorrow.
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Jewels | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 12:43 pm     Finished all my Christmas shopping yesterday and went grocery shopping first thing this morning before the herds arrived...I am all done! Yippee! Thursday was not a good day for me...I felt like a slug and wanted to eat all day long. My body was definitely trying to tell me something. I got back on track yesterday until, of course, my neighbor brought cookies over and I went to Starbucks too Max! (Iced, non-fat Carmel Machiatto for me though! But I am feeling much better today, thank goodness. Hope you are all doing well!  |
Max | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 11:18 am     Hey, where'd everbody go? Yesterday, I just had a stawberry cereal bar for breakfast on my way to help deliver food boxes. Turned out there were a lot of people who showed up to help with the deliveries, so it got finished really quickly. On the way home, it was only 10:30, so I took a chance and went to the mall. Managed to get a very convenient parking space and the place wasn't very crowded yet, so I was able to pick up a few things for me that I needed (boring stuff like underwear) and get out of there before the crowds arrived. Lunch was Lean Cuisine Salisbury Steak and a granola bar. Went to a Winter Solstice party at a friend's home last night. It was pot luck. I made some Amish rolls. There were some wonderful and almost exotic dishes there! Someone made cous cous flavored with apricots, raisins, and I think a little curry. Very interesting flavor. The host had made little individual pot pies with mushrooms and artichoke hearts in a lovely sauce. His wife made a great spinach lasagna. Someone else brought a torte that had sun dried tomatoes, potatoes, and cheese. YUMMY stuff! I took very small portions of everything and enjoyed myself with a couple of glasses of Merlot, too. THEN they set up the dessert table! Oh my! Chocolate abounded with homemade fudge, two rich chocolate cakes, chocolate cheesecake, and chocolate pecan pie. EEK! I took a small plate and put slivers of several things on it so only half the plate was occupied. Then I gave myself permission to enjoy it and did! Tomorrow is weigh-in, so we'll see. |
Jewels | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 12:25 pm     Your party last night sounds wonderful Max! Sounds like very intersting food indeed! I survived yesterday not to badly...Cereal for breakfast, veggie nuggets and salad for lunch, chocolate chip cookie for snack and 2 pieces of veggie pizza for dinner. I am going to make 6 more loaves of Pumpkin Chocolate bread today, that stuff is sooooo good! If I don't get back on here before Christmas I wish you all the very best! I hope you have a safe, healthy and happy holiday! Enjoy!  |
Tess | Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 01:23 pm     I'm here Max---Been on Buttercup watch. Let's see. Been sleeping through breakfast the past couple of days and I'm out of Slimfast shakes. Missed lunch yesterday as well. But family wanted Wendy's for dinner when I was on errands so that is what they got. I had a grilled chicken sandwich and 2 of my daughter's french fries. Later on I snacked on fat-free pretzels. Way late into the Buttercup watch I made a ham and tomato sandwich on oatnut bread. Today so far---well, haven't gotten around to eating yet but I'm seriously considering it. Happy holidays everyone!!   |
Tess | Monday, December 24, 2001 - 05:38 am     Well Sunday was interesting to say the least. I forgot to eat almost completely. I had a vanilla latte while grocery shopping and then a small frosty later on in the evening. Haven't been to bed yet but I did just have a bowl of cereal for breakfast (it's after 7:30am here) and yes!! I'm out of Slimfast shakes FINALLY!!! One thing I know for sure is that there will be yummy dinner tonight if my sister's plane is on time. |
Max | Monday, December 24, 2001 - 10:58 am     Everyone is so busy, including me! This is the time when I'm glad Christmas is almost over so I can relax. Yesterday: Breakfast: 2 cookies at church coffee hour, then home to my usual Lunch: celebration of a friend's college graduation with a surprise lunch at Chevy's. Had fish tacos and iced tea Dinner: didn't really have since lunch was so much. I did eat two leftover Amish bread rolls, though. No exercise Today is going to be busy busy busy. Plan is to take mom out for a nice lunch (she constantly says she hates Christmas and that I should do whatever I want, so I'm going to. Tomorrow is with friends, no mom), then need to be at church by around 4:30 to get a good seat for the 5:00 service. Afterwards, several of us are gathering at a friend's house for supper, a movie, and (weather permitting) fun with remote control PT Cruisers, before heading back to church for the 11:00 candlelight service. Merry Christmas to all!!!!!  |
Tess | Wednesday, December 26, 2001 - 12:29 am     My stomach is going to explode. Now ask me if I care!! hahhaaha A very good friend of mine told me on Christmas Eve that I was looking thin! Me!! Thin!!! Life is so good. (Yes she had her glasses on.) Oh--I'm not going to list everything I ate for Christmas Eve and Christmas dinners. No way I can remember it all. I'll just say yummmmmmmmmy! |
Jewels | Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 12:10 pm     I know how you feel Tess! I think I gained 22 pounds....but it was a very tasty 22 pounds! I feel like such a pig! I found out that, although it is wonderful to have family and friends over to my house for Christmas dinner, the downfall is having to keep all the leftovers! There is only so much I can pawn off on everyone else. It is going to be an interesting few days trying to get rid of it all. I can't do the usual and send it off to work with my husband because he is still on vacation, what am I going to do? NOt to mention that my dear loving husband put some dry roasted peanuts in my stocking (I could eat the whole jar right now!) and also some delicious chocolate covered caramels. I told him he has to hide the caramels and give me one a week! Hope everyone survived and enjoyed! I kept telling myself it's only one day to indulge....I think I am on day 4 of indulging! Hope to get back on track soon, I was feeling so good before Christmas! |
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