October 30

Happy day before Halloween!

So far, I haven't opened the box of candy for the trick or treaters... let's see how long I keep that up, huh?!

Foodies:
-Just Right cereal with blueberry/blackberry yogurt & soy milk
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-2 pc toast with PB & J
-1/2 banana
-2 apples
-1/4 bag goldfish crackers
-white cheddar mac & cheese, with added mozza
- 20 (count 'em!) mini Halloween chocolate squares. Poor Halloween candy, made it until late afternoon before ripping open the box.
-4 mini Halloween sour candy packets
-3 pc Mccain pizza, spiced potato wedges
5ish pieces raisin bread





Plus side:
2 km walk in am, wearing Felix on my back for half
2km walk in evening

Vitamins & supplements:
D - 1000 UI
Pulsatilla 30K- 3 pellets
Acidophilus - 3 capsules
Multi-vitamin
Flax oil - 5ml

October 29

Foodies
-lg serving breakfast risotto (2 cups?)
-2 med coffee with choc soy milk
-2 pc toast with PB & J
-1/2 banana
-5 mini Halloween chocolate squares
-lg lemon green tea
- whole wheat & honey bagel with plain cream cheese
-grapes
-1/2 cheese stick
-apple
-rockin' moroccan soup (chickpeas, sweet potatoes, tomato, celery, spices)
-sampling of Epicure dips, made with a combo of sour cream, cream cheese, & yogurt, with corn chips, teddy graham crackers, strawberries, pineapple, melon
-3 cups mulled cranberry juice

Plus side:
3 km walk in am, pushing double stroller

October 28

Weekly weigh-in: 169 lbs, unclothed, evening. Ack.

Foodies
-3 bowls of Breakfast Risotto (modifications: all apple juice, 2 TBSP plain yogurt, and cranberries added, cream omitted, butter significantly reduced. Served with soy milk and raisins.)
-med coffee with choc soy milk
-rest of the bag of mini-marshmallows - 250g, maybe?
-apple
-apple juice
-leftover meatloaf and mashed potatoes
-3/4 package of saltines
-lg Starbucks soy chai latte
-Starbucks lemon-raspberry loaf, with frosting
-2/3 Delissio thin crust chicken, tomato & spinach pizza (YUM!)
-1 glass white wine
-lots and lots and lots of water. (Ok, not lots, but much more than usual. Go me!)

Plus side:
2km walk in am, wearing Felix (23 lbs) on my back for half.
Two 3km walks in afternoon.

In which I make my return...

Well, there's no point in rehashing the last week. I ate a lot. Of everything. Some healthy. Most not. In my defense, I had my first menstrual cycle in almost 2 years, so I guess that made me hungry. And insane. Or at the very least unable to rationalize more than usual. Oy!

October 23 marked 100 days since starting this blog. And I've not met any of my expectations. How to get back on track? I'm not motivated enough, for some reason. You'd think returning to the work force full time in another 3 months would be enough of a bee up my butt to get me going. Helllloooo, new professional wardrobe? COME ON, girl, you know you love to shop for business attire!

At last weigh in, I was maintaining 167 lbs. Unclothed. My mother-in-law asked me yesterday if I'd lost weight. Sweet, clueless lady. I thanked her and took a quick look at my swollen pseudo-prego stomach and sighed.

October 27th
Today's foodies

-Just Right cereal with soy milk & 1/2 banana
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-single decaf mocha
-blueberry lemon sugar muffin
-sushi: spicy tuna roll
-dill chickpea salad, with onion & red & green pepper
-1/4 banana bread
-13o ml orange juice
-100g Toblerone chocolate bar
-1/2 Pretzelmaker pretzel, plain (no butter/salt)
-50g plain, whole almonds
-2 servings rice with soya sauce, herbed tofu, shredded carrots, cauliflower stirfry
-approx 200g mini-marshmallows
-peels from 2 apples
-1 glass white wine


Plus side:
Crap load of walking. 6+ hours, pushing the double stroller, and approx 10 km (honest!)

October 19

Foodies:
-apple
-pear
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-oatmeal almond crisp cereal with soy milk
-scallops/broccoli/pasta in butter
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-grapes, cheese & crackers
-Tim Horton's chocolate danish
-Tim Horton's blueberry bran muffin
-Tim Horton's green tea
-homemade Mac & Cheese with french toast topping
-Pep chocolate bar
-Wonderbar chocolate bar
-3 apples
-1 pear
-lots of baby carrots

Plus side:
slow 2 km walk

October 18

Foodies
-Mmmmmmm went out for brekkie: 2 over-medium eggs, 1.5 pc whole grain toast with honey, homefries, 2 crispy sausage with ketchup, 2 pc bacon, 1 lg pc ham, 2 coffee with cream, 5 big bites of Elliot's pancake.
-3? apples
-2 pears
-2 oatmeal granola bars
-chickpeas with feta, zucchini, tomato
-scallops pan-fried in lots of butter, garlic, lemon zest, bit of cream; served on spaghetti noodles & broccoli
-fruit cocktail
-2 pc whole wheat toast with PB & J

Plus side:
slow walk around the block

October 16-17

16th
-oatmeal raisin crisp with soy milk
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-med soy chai latte
-vegan cranberry orange muffin
-4 vegan double chocolate cookies (lg)
-1 glass 1% milk
-2 apples
-turkey, mayo, mozza, dressing, cranberry sandwich
-cheesy turkey rice casserole with peas, ketchup
-1 glass white wine
-Twizzlers - maybe 12?

Plus side:
slow 2 km walk in am
slow 2 km walk in pm
Saw chiro in am; VERY sore back in pm, couldn't move.


17th
-Oatmeal raisin crisp cereal with soy milk
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-1 apple
-1 pear
-3/4 Tim Horton's 12 grain bagel with cream cheese
-2 pc toast with PB & J
-last of the Twizzlers - maybe 12?
-warmed chick peas, with fried zucchini, tomato & feta cheese
-1 glass white wine
-baby carrots
-bowl of grapes, frozen strawberries, some mini-chocolate chips

plus side:
slow 2 km walk

October 15

Last night: unclothed, 169 lbs.



Foodies
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-1.5 pears
-2 apples
-oatmeal raisin crisp cereal with soy milk
-granola bar
-Tim Horton's bacon & egg breakfast sandwich
-5 Tim Horton's timbits
-Blueberry YOP
-lg coffee with baileys
-grapes
-toasted multi-grain bagel (Tim Horton's)
-Tim Horton's green tea
-sliced cheese & ham
-Turkey, stuffing, cranberry, mayo sandwich on whole wheat bread
-1 pc pumpkin pie with cool whip

October 12-14

Seriously, lady. How hard is it to stay the frack away from the raisins and dairy, and limit your wheat/bread intake?? Come on, it's packing on the pounds and you're just packing it in.

*sigh*

12th
~~~
-coffee with choc soy milk
-1 pc fudge
-2 pear
-apple
-2 servings turkey, bread stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, mashed squash/sweet potato, peas, carrots, parsnips, cranberries
-cranberry juice
-small sliver pumpkin pie with lots of whipped cream

Plus side:
nope.


13th
~~~
-2 pear
-6? small banana/chocolate chip muffins
-apple juice
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-Tim Horton's reduced fat blueberry muffin
-Tim Horton's half hot chocolate, half coffee
-1 chocolate chip cookie
-turkey casserole: all Thanksgiving dinner leftovers combined
-turkey barley veggie soup with crackers
-2 lg servings homemade apple crisp with 1/2 L cool whip
-1/2 bag sour cream & onion chips
-2 apple

Plus side:
Walk around the block



14th
~~

-coffee with choc soy milk
-oatmeal raisin crisp with soy milk
-4 banana choc chip muffin
-Tim Horton's bacon & egg breakfast sandwich
-Tim Horton's half hot chocolate, half coffee
-half Tim Horton's ham & cheese biscuit
-turkey casserole
-turkey soup
-3/4 package saltines with butter
-3 lg servings apple crisp with cool whip
-2 pears

Plus side:
Run/walk: 1.5km
Cardio/resistance exercise class 45 min
Fast walk: 1.5km
Slow walk: 2km

October 10-11

10th
~~~
-cornflakes with banana & raisins
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-5 fish sticks with fried zucchini & tomatoes
-small dish boxed mac & cheese with added cheddar & peas
-grapes
-toddler rice cracker
-apple
-lots more raisins
-Swiss Chalet chicken, fries, gravy, roll, noodle soup, chocolate lava cake, 2 iced teas
-more Twizzlers
-few sour cream & onion chips

Plus side:
Walked around Home Depot for an hour


11th
~~~
-oatmeal raisin crisp cereal with soy milk
-Starbucks tall soy mint mocha
-Starbucks cranberry orange muffin
-1/2 Starbucks pear/almond muffin, 1/2 Starbucks blueberry muffin
-grapes
-cheese & ham on kaiser roll, with mustard
-1 pc california roll
-handful brown rice chips (parmesan and tomato)
-2 blocks fudge (8 pc??)
-2 black bean burgers with sour cream, salad

Plus side:
Walking around orchards and farms, but otherwise, drove a lot.

October 9

Foodies
-cornflakes with raisins & 1/2 banana
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-5 cheese sticks
-2 apples
-obscene amounts of raisins (sorry, world.)
-3 fish sticks with fried zucchini, tomatoes and parmesan cheese
-half (lg) bag Twizzlers

**don't remember what I had for lunch! Maybe toast?

Plus side:
Car access. Not much walking.

October 8

Foodies
-2 pc toast with PB & J
-Tim Horton's lg coffee, half hot chocolate
-Tim Horton's breakfast sandwich - bacon & egg
-half Elliot's just egg Tim Horton's breakfast sandwich
-4 Timbits
-2 apples
-mashed potatoes with gravy, peas & carrots
-cheese & crackers, grapes
-lg coffee with choc soy milk & baileys
-2 fajitas: plain tortillas, refried black beans, avocado, cheese, tomato, red & green pepper, sour cream

Plus side:
-Walk around the block with the boys

October 7

Weigh in - evening, clothed. 170. YIKES!

Foodies:
-Crockpot potato & sausage, plus added scrambled eggs
-2 med coffee with choc soy milk
-3 apples
-mini-yogurt
-cheese
-Starbucks Honey Raisin Vran muffin
-Starbucks Chai latte
-raisins
-more Crockpot potatoes & sausage, mixed with 2% cottage cheese


Plus side:
3km speed walk/run
3 km walk in the rain, wearing Felix for half

October 5 & 6

October 6
-cornflakes with 2/3 banana & soy milk
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-apple
-cheese & crackers
-small amount salmon risotto
-1/3 pan fudge (rest of fudge given away!!!)
-1/2 bag garlic & chive crackers
-noodles with alfredo sauce, mushrooms, tofu, peas, cheddar cheese, parmesan cheese
-canned peaches

Plus side:
Slow 2 km walk


October 6th
-2 pc toast with PB & J
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-Second Cup chai latte
-Second Cup apple/cranberry muffin
-6 inch Subway turkey breast sub with mustard, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, peppers, cheese)
-6 inch Subway roast beef sub with honey mustard, tomato, cucumber, lettuce, garlic mayo?, cheese
-apple
-roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy (2 lg servings), peas & carrots
-2 tbsp Cool Whip
-canned peaches
-1 glass white wine
-2 pc toast with PB & J
-100g 70% dark chocolate bar (approx 500 cal, 30g fat, 60g carbs, 5g protein)

Plus side:
Hmmmm - walked 4 blocks.

October 3 & 4

October 3
-leftover breakfast risotto with soy milk & raisins (yummmmy!)
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-2 pc toast with PB & J
- banana
-grilled cheese sandwich
-small bowl BBQ chips
-apple
-2/3 pan fudge (14 pc?) * this is actually me showing restraint, as I made 4 pans.)
-3 tacos with meat, cheese, tomato, lettuce


Plus side:
lots of walking around the grocery store


October 4th
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-last of breakfast risotto
-1 tea biscuit
-3 cinnamon rolls
-med coffee with cream
-2 pears
-1 bowl homemade chicken, veggie, barley soup
-6 soda crackers
-3 mini bags plain chips (42 g)
-1/3 pan of fudge (7? pc)
-1/2 bag pink M&Ms
-apple
-salmon & lemon risotto
-2 scoop cool whip with frozen strawberries & blueberries

Plus side:
2 km walk

October 2

Foodies
-2 bowls Breakfast Risotto (my tweaks: 2 apples, 1 peach; made with 1.5 cups blend, 1 cup apple juice, 1.5 cup water; we topped ours with raisins before eating) Yummy!
-5 peaches
-2 lg coffees with choc soy milk
-5 pc homemade pizza (ham, salami, feta, cheddar)
-1/2 bag garlic pita chips (approx 375 cal)
-banana
-2 servings store bought pre-roasted chicken, Stove Top turkey stuffing, whole cranberry sauce, canned peas & carrots. Such a lazy and yummy meal!
-3/4 European baguette
-1 glass white wine



Plus side:
2 km walk in AM wearing Felix on my back
2 km walk in PM wearing Felix on my back

October 1

Foodies
-2 pc toast with PB & J
-lg coffee with choc soy milk
-1 banana
-1/2 choc chip cookie
-4 peaches
-1/2 PB & banana sandwich
-lg coffee with choc soy & baileys
- cubed cheese & ham with crackers
-1 Tim Horton's caramel chocolate pecan cookie
-2 honey dip Tim Horton's timbits
-lots of water
-approx 100g garlic crackers (approx 375 cal)
-1 small homemade pizza (about equal to 2 lg slices), mushrooms, ham, salami, feta, cheddar
-1 glass wine
-Costco samplers: cracker with crab dip, organic veggie soup, pc of baguette with cheese & hot pepper jelly, rice pudding

plus side:
-slow 2 km walk in am
-walk around Costco for 30 minutes