Elder Sister's Friday/Saturday Food Logs

Pulled from the comments section:

 gaidheallass (AKA "Elder Sister") said...

Stuck to my diet yesterday (Friday) with regular breakfast (yogurt, berries, granola, almonds - all in moderation). For dinner,tuna "fish" without mayo, only egg, tomato, and pickle relish.

Today I did good, too. Regular breakfast, then tomato and cottage. About 8pm the "OMG - I would trade my own child for a bowlful of ice cream" feeling. Instead, I ate a banana, a pear, and a peach. I am NOT hungry - just having withdrawal symptoms.

ARGHHHH!!! Whose idea was this? Remind me again "why" we are doing this.

- Elder Sister

start where you are

Day 1


I have set the following daily goals for myself:

• Eat approximately 1200 calories, as follows:
• Veggies: 4 or more servings
• Fruit: 3 or more servings
• Carbs: 4 servings
• Protein/Dairy: 3 servings
• Fats: 3 servings
• Sweets: 75 calories
• Drink 8 glasses of water 
• Get 7-8 hours sleep
• Spend 30 minutes moving

To keep up with these goals, I've created a checklist, available for download here. (ES- I think you might be able to use this without too much pain; it's not a food diary, it's really a checklist. Take a look!) Note: this checklist is for 1200 calories per day. Portion sizes are according to the Mayo Clinic 1200 Calorie Healthy Weight Food Pyramid, also available for download, here.  To learn more, or to determine your recommended daily caloric intake, visit mayoclinic.com. (ES & Luna, I imagine all ours will be the same, but the website does have a lot of good information on health and weight loss.)

How have I done today? Pretty well! The one "problem" I've had is waiting too long to eat, so when I do, I'm really too hungry, and feel like I need more to satisfy my hunger. Tomorrow I'll try to remember to eat every 90 minutes. 

I'm going to weigh daily, but only record changes here and on my ticker on Sundays. 

So, sisters, how have YOU done today? Do you have a plan? If so, what is it? SHARE!!

xox,

Susan 

When there is a start to be made, don't step over! Start where you are.
~ Edgar Cayce

Back in Blog Again

Donna is back in the blog. Reset password - possibly to what password was originally. Sent myself email reminder of password. Added blog dashboard to favorites. (Slowly I turned. Step by step . . .)

Yesterday, Saturday, went to wedding in Magnolia. Ate McD's (3)chicken selects, (3) honeys, 1/2 order of fries, diet coke. wedding reception - cake, punch, cupcake. Back to McD's again - berry smoothy - not as good as homemade. Dinner - leftover p.h. peas/ cornbread / (4) boiled new potatoes (butter). Steve baked pnb cookies - ate 4 with tea. Not a successful day.

Sunday - so far. pnb toast/tea. diet w/lime coke, ffPringles. not too bad.

Starting on Monday, right? Tomorrow. YES!

ES should be home tonight from El Do. Need to PLAN food for tomorrow. Planning ahead is important for success. Also, getting rid of junk food in house. So, I better eat the last of my ice cream today! Not what weight watchers recommends.

ES and Luna like the following recipe (R/C/U&U eats it. It's OK) Tasha, Doug, and Morgan love it. Leftovers have lots of uses. I call it VeggieMex for lack of better name.)

VeggieMex
Combine in saucepan over medium heat. Heat uncovered, stirring as needed.
2 cans of tomatos and jalepena peppers - drained
2 cans of black beans - well rinsed and drained
1 can of whole kernal corn - drained
1 can of artichoke hearts - drained and chopped
1 can of sliced black olives
1 cup of salad olives - drained
Serve in bowl. Top with any and all of the following.
shredded mozzerella cheese
chunks of avocado/ with a sprinkle of True Lime crystalized lime juice or lime juice
light sour cream
Serve with yellow corn chips (counting out one portion is recommended)

Leftovers? Oh, good! I have used leftovers in all the following ways.
(1)Spread VeggieMex in 12-inch non-stick skillet. Heat until fairly dry. Cover with fresh baby spinach. Cover to wilt spinach. Then pour whisked eggs over top. Cover. When mostly set, sprinkle with mosserella cheese. Cover again until cheese is melted. (Don't let bottom burn.) Cut into wedges and serve. (Good with dry toast or corn chips.)
(2) Serve cold as a green salad topping. Surprisely good.
(3) Spread (cold) in shallow dish, top with cheese, avodaco sprinkled with lime, light sour cream. Serve as dip with yellow corn chips. (I took this to a gathering. It was devoured.)

I made up the above recipe. I count 7 servings of vegetables in the base mix. It is usually the first thing I make when R/C/U&U is leaving for a sale and ES and I will both be eating. It lasts in various ways for several days. Yum.

I would like to have more recipes like this.