13 posts tagged “meal plan”

for the first time in three weeks,
i bought something for lunch instead
of eating from my healthy meal plan
menu. well, weekends don't count.

it was a chicken curry sandwich on
a croissant. of course, it was HUGE
and much more than i should have eaten.
but i snarfed it down anyway, cause
it tasted good. yummy!

i was craving indian and some real
meat for once. (i eat very little meat
during the week.) but that's really no
excuse. oh! and i'm on my period.
which really is no excuse, either.

ah well. have a great weekend,
everyone!

i'm afraid i don't think i'll ever
get used to eating less. when i'm
hungry, i eat something else.
usually a good thing like
edadame or half a sweet yam
or a fruit...

but i've made my own meal plan
up. haha! it's now all the things
i like to eat. so lots of yogurt,
more fruit, veggies, hummus, more wheat
bread stuff, etc. but i've also strayed.
last night, i had a little frozen yogurt
with 10 choccie chips. (the frozen
yogurt was part of the diet, not
the choccie chips.) THEN i had
8 baked pita chips. yummy. love
those. i really crave salt often, and
this diet doesn't offer many salt options.

today thus far:

9am : 1c apple cinnamon oatmeal
with sliced starwberries. decaf coffee
made with half of it lowfat milk.

11.30am : after a one hour work out
at the gym, i had a fuji apple.

noon: two slices of wheat toast with
1Tbsp peanut butter. 2/3 banana sliced.
another Tbsp of peanut butter as dip
for a handful of baby carrots. the rest
of my decaf coffee from morning topped
of with some more milk. 8)

i told my friend doing jenny craig i
don't want to lose weight enough
to give up the food i like. i'm proud
that i've not eaten any pastry with
the exception of a slice of bday cake
in nearly two weeks. this is huge!

i'm proud that i'm eating more healthy
stuff, definitely. but i don't deny myself
a boba on the weekend or anything
else really. tho i was never the type to
overeat (so i think) on stuff like candy
or potato chips.

i'm happy my snacking habits have
changed for the better and also that
i'm not buying out 4 meals during the
week before the weekend even rolls
around. (we eat out all weekend, basically.)

happy weekend, everyone!

well, it was the beginning of
the end for me on friday night
when we went to have japanese. =)
tho it was my first meal out this week,
when normally, it would have been my
fifth!! not all eating out, but def buying
out. oh my!!

i tried the baby lobster dynamite
on california rolls. so i ate loads of
that and six cali rolls. much too rich
for my taste. i then shared a shrimp
tempura udon with munchkin and sweet
pea. sweet pea had noodles and munchkin
ate the shrimps! he liked the tails the best!

i thought i was stuffed, but it didn't keep
me from elevensies. or tenthirties. i had
a hand full of edadame and a kiwi. not
so bad.

today:

8.45am : 2/3 of a banana and a cup
of cantaloupe.

9.30am : half a bagel with cream cheese
and a cup of coffee at our writing meeting.
i resisted the donut holes easily as they
were cinnamon ones. 8)

12.30pm: my favorite ground pork with
pickles and rice at the taiwanese joint.
a barley milk boba!

6.30pm: chicken breast in a lemon caper
cream sauce with artichokes and white rice.
(which i asked for instead of mashed potatoes
it came with.) broccoli.

10.30pm: TWO australian licorice pieces (uh oh)
AND seven stacy's baked pita chips. i missed
this salty stuff the most, i think!

yesterday afternoon,
i had 6 wheat crackers and
a Tbsp of peanut butter as a snack.
i was allowed 8.

the bubs all ate 4 crackers, too!

dinner consisted of 1.5 c of veggie
chili. amy's medium spicy. it was
really good. i like amy's frozen stuff
and decided to try her canned foods.
was pleased with it. but i only ate about
1 1/3 of it.

1 c lemon herb cous cous. it was meant
to be just 3/4 c. then maybe about
1c of grilled asparagus bought from
the deli section of the market.

finally had some frozen yogurt
after my art class. 1/2 c with 15 choccie
chips. (my choice, doh!)

still hungry after that--i like to end
with salt, and all the fruit and yogurt
and peanut butter seem to be sweet to
me. (funny, as this is a diet to stabalize
blood sugar?) so i had 10 mini pretzels.

9am breakfast: no time to make any
french toast or eggs before the gym today.
had 1c of apple cinnamon oatmeal with
half a thick banana. a few sips of coffee
with milk.

11.30am 1 fuji apple.

12pm: sandwich on two slices of
dill rye toast. one medium tomato,
cucumber, spanich and three slices
of avocado. 1c chicken broth. 1 navel
orange.

def still full after all that at 1pm.
we'll see how long that lasts! =D

CONFESSION: i've avoided all the
salad meals. i don't like salads as a meal.
i always feel conned from it. i don't
mind it as an appetizer. i guess if it
is a good salad--but i have yet to make
a really good salad on my own.

i've also avoided the meat stuff, mainly.
there was a dinner with a beef or veggie
burger. i bought the ground meat but
didn't feel like having the burger. i very
rarely eat hamburgers. maybe once a month
at the most.

that's it for now. happy weekend to all!

i'll do this for a week.
so i won't torture you that
much longer! ;*)

maybe only through friday
as i'll probably eat "normally"
during the weekend. we have two
back to back kiddie bday parties
on sunday, so you can imagine how
healthy i'll be eating there.

last night, at 11pm, instead of frozen
yogurt (from dinner i didn't eat) or
a fruit, i opted for my one piece of
australian licorice again. dang, i just
have to have the "candy" fix!!

7.15am: 1 cup kashi apple cinnomon
oatmeal with one sliced banana.
decaf coffee made with 1/3 cup lowfat milk.

10.30am: ate a teeny tiny cup of diced
peaches in pear juice. (didn't drink the juice)

11.15am: i'm starving! haha! had 1/2 a
wheat english muffin with some butter.

1pm: 1/3c hummous with a 6 inch wheat
pita bread. one sliced medium sized tomato.
3 inches of cucumber. 5 kalamata olives.
some mesculen salad inside the pita.

1 navel orange

i'm gutted.

it's the first time i've felt too
full since monday. i ate twice
as much rice as the meal plan
suggested. oops?

to my credit, i did put 3/4 of a cup
of rice to see how much it looked
like. like one little bowl of rice from
the chinese restaurants. oh, hell no.
i eat at least two bowls! at least!
i'm a fan tong (rice pot), so forgetaboutit.

why does the plan allow for two cups
of cardboard wheat pasta and just 3/4
of a cup of rice. wrong.

2.20pm. 6 ounces of nonfat vanilla
yogurt with a Tbsp of raisins and granola.

(i made this snack up. didn't want to eat
more baby carrots. doh! haha!)

4.50pm (NOT part of meal plan) i'm starving! ha!
ate the other fist size purple yam.

6.30pm dinner. 1.5c of white rice mixed
with some brown rice. (plan said 3/4 brown
rice) all the tofu steak and broccoli i wanted.

didn't have the 1c miso soup.

um, yeah, i'm not good at following
this plan thingy. but still, i've had a lot
of yogurt and fruit, which is better than
muffins and cookies, etc.

last night, i (amazingly) skipped
the nonfat yogurt dessert for dinner
because i was too full.

but i did eat one piece of australian
licorice again near 11pm. ha! i should
have had a kiwi but i was fruited out.

9am: two wheat french toast dipped
in one egg and 1Tbsp of butter mix.
1 Tbsp syrup and 1/3 c sliced strawberries
with blueberries. 1 coffee with 1/3c lowfat milk.

11am: 10 choccie chips and 10 almonds.

11.45am: sandwich on dill rye bread. (supposed
to be wheat.) lettuce, half a tomato, cucumber,
1 slice of provolone cheese, and two slices of avocado.

1c chicken broth.

1 navel orange.

let's see.

2.40pm and it's been nearly
three hours since lunch. i decide
to have six ounces of nonfat
vanilla yogurt with a heaping Tbsp
of granola and two Tbsp of blueberries.

the meal plan asks for plain
low-fat yogurt and a kiwi.

4.20pm and i'm starving again!!
so i eat the other half of the ruby
red grapefruit from yesterday.

5pm and i'm even hungrier after
the grapefruit. ha! so i eat half an
asiago dinner roll. i love my carbs!

dinner at 6.45pm. 2 c of wheat pasta
with unlimited tomato sauce and up to
1c of lean ground meat of choice.

i bought some ground beef for the first
time in nearly 4 years. i never ever ever
cook meat. never. (not that i cook that
much.) it's always grossed me out. the
last time we bought ground meat was when
i was prego and m made meatballs for
me with my pasta. now that's love, cause
he's not a meat eater.

i guess i don't eat much of it myself.
i am most certainly NOT vegetarian, as
i love sausages and hot dogs (phallic meats)
and lots of other stuff. i could never prepare
the stuff. it's just dead flesh. blech.

the house still smells of the ground beef.
moo.

the whole grain penne was nastay.
it tasted like cardboard, the first wheat
thing i didn't like. but with the sauce
on it, it was edible. 2c of pasta is a LOT!
more than i ever eat. i ate about 2/3 of it.

the meal plan also called for a large salad.
i made one with avocado, cherry heirloom
tomatoes and cucumber. but didn't eat
much of it as the avocado was not good
and made the whole thing soggy.

tomorrow's lunch is half a cantaloupe
with 1 c low fat cottage cheese and
a Tbsp of raisins and Tbsp of granola.
who eats like that for lunch? maybe i'll
swap it for another day. 8)

lan asked a very good question
as to what my usual diet is.
let's go with today, tuesday. ha!

breakfast: bowl of honey bunches of
oats with some extra granola and lowfat milk

OR something bready like chinese bun
with coffee or half a big bagel with cream
cheese and coffee. i can eat a whole big
bagel but have tried to be good lately.

i don't usually eat anything until lunch time.

which before the holiday and meal plan
would be a sandwich from the local cafe.

either chicken salad sandwich on an italian
roll with lettuce and tomato or a brie and basil
and tomato sandwich on an italian roll.
iced coffee. sometimes a small bag of
fritos which i share with the bubs.

when the kids are napping is when i usually
have a bad snack. like a muffin or scone
or cookie. rarely all of it, but at least half of it.
and the rest of my coffee from lunch.
(i can nurse a coffee drink for hours--even days--
i stick them in the fridge. ha!)

dinner on tuesday is pasta night.
we aren't very original in my house.
freshly made penne pasta with fresh
tomato sauce from the farmer's market.
a plate of that. i also sautee small squash
with olive oil and garlic. some small carrots
too, not the baby kind but the skinny long
kind. (i'm not a fan of raw veggies, really.)

i'll usually also have a small olive dinner roll
with that.

since we eat dinner around 6pm and i stay
up until at least 11pm, i'm pretty hungry
by 9.30pm or so. this is when i'll usually
have a bit of ice cream (1/4 - 1/3 of those
little pint ones, they last me for a while) or
an australian licorice or three. very rarely
i'll have a piece of chocolate or two. even
more rarely i'll have an orange. i stopped
eating apples completely with the arrival
of luke--and most other fruit, too. =O

then, cause i like to end on something
salty, i'll usually eat a handful or two of
stacy's parmesan and garlic baked pita chips.

and there you have it.
seriously lacking in fruit and veggies
in my diet. i don't eat a lot of meat, either,
but do have tofu and meat when we eat
out. i'm not so much worried about my
protien intake as the fruit and veggies, and
curbing down on bad carbs but mostly
the sweet pastries. i love that stuff!

last night i ate a kiwi around
10pm. and i liked it! i think
one of the most surprising things
is discovering new foods i've
never considered before, cause
i'm an old stick in the mud.

then, after much heeing and hawing,
i ate one piece of red australian licorice.
it is exactly thumb size, if you haven't
had it, and so chewy and fruity! way better
than red vines!

7.30am breakfast. kashi's cinnomon
apple oatmeal. i ate it with half a banana
and a cup of coffee made from 1/3 c lowfat
milk. again, LOVED the oatmeal! what
a surprise. and it's supposed to be really
good for you, too.

11.45am lunch. napped in the morning with
bubs and totally missed snack time. oops!
it was supposed to be cheese i don't have anyway.

lunch was two slices of wheat toast with
1 Tbsp of peanut butter and the other half
sliced bananas. the meal plan said i could
pour some honey on the sannie, but i opted
out of that.

the meal plan allowed for 2 Tbsp of peanut
butter--that's a lot! and i didn't need that much
so i saved it for dipping raw baby carrots.
ate a handful of that per the meal plan--tho
it said red peppers and celeries which i didn't have.

jl and luke even tried some raw baby carrots!
they have not only because i never got them before.

the lunch also called for one cup of clear broth,
but i was full. i have a feeling the broth is used
as a filler as well as for nutrients. i topped off my
left over coffee from breakfast with milk and
finished that. yes, i'm one of those people who
has coffee sitting around all day. =O

i think my belly is reacting to all the fruit
and veggies and extra milk. haha! not in
a bad way, tho. i'm enjoying this, eating
healthier is a good thing!