Last day of 2009

Updating in mostly real time today, since I'm lazy and groggy. Boys had me up annoyingly early after I stayed up far too late. The result: a bleary & cranky mama. Hope I can manage to stay awake for our big spectacular New Year's Eve plans tonight! Um, ok, well, I'm making a fancy dinner for us after the boys are asleep and we're going to curl up and watch movies with an assortment of semi-restricted snacks. And maybe a glass of bubbly. And will hopefully be awake - HA! Or wake up just in time for - the countdown. I know we'll be awake in the first few minutes of 2010 since our neighbours tend to shoot off fireworks.

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Breakfast, 7:30
2 pc spelt toast with goat cheese
Instant plain oatmeal
Fresh blueberries
Lg coffee with soy milk

Lunch, 11:30
-Spelt pumpkin almond muffins with a few currants
-Amy's Organic minestrone soup

Made with pumpkin puree and almond butter - tasty, but not as moist as I wanted, will have to add applesauce next time!

Snack, 12:30
2-3 more muffins

Snack, 2:30
1 more muffin
2 peanut butter M&M cookies (Oh the horror!!)
-chocolate hazelnut tea with soy milk
-chunk of goat's cheddar cheese

So tempting, so delicious!

Snack, 4pm
-coffee with almond milk
-2 pc sugar & gluten free almond biscotti

Would have tasted soooooo good made with sugar, but they were really yummy dunked in coffee!

Almond Biscotti
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
2 TBSP unsweetened cocoa
1 cup spelt flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
enough almond milk to mix together

Mix well and form into a flattened log. Bake at 300 for 30-40 minutes (firm to touch), remove and let cool slightly. Cut into strips and put back on pan. Bake 10 minutes, flip and bake 10 more minutes (firm to touch. Enjoy!

Supper, 5:30
-Pan fried scallops in lemon butter with brown rice pasta and broccoli

Movie snacks, 8:30-10:30
-Approx 4oz white wine
-Fresh strawberries, blueberries, grapes
-Baked brie with red pepper jelly
-Lactose free havarti & gouda
-Table water crackers, mini melba toasts, tortilla crackers
-Almonds & hazelnuts


Oh, and my weekly weigh in from Wednesday was 160 lbs, unclothed, morning.

December 30th

Breakfast, 7:30
-hard boiled egg, minus the yolk
-2 pc spelt toast with soft goat cheese
-lg coffee with almond milk

Snack, 11
-tall Starbucks coffee, half decaf, with soy milk

Lunch, 12
Spicy turkey soup with lots of corn chips and goat cheddar
2 spelt pumpkin muffins

Snack, 1pm
1 spelt pumpkin muffin
1 apple

Snack, 4:30pm
3 spelt pumpkin muffins
Handful grapes/blueberries

Supper, 6pm
Chickpeas with cucumber
Turkey risotto

December 29

Snack, 7:30
1/3 banana

Breakfast, 9:30
2 bowls steel cut oatmeal with apples, blueberries, cinnamon & almond milk
lg coffee with almond milk

Lunch, 11:30
Spicy Turkey soup with corn chips & goat cheddar cheese
Rice Crackers

Snack, 2:20
1/2 chocolate chip cookie (I tried so hard to stay away - I even put it back down after I picked it up the first time. But then I rationalized that I'd already sorta licked it so I better eat it.)
2 pc spelt toast with soft goat cheese

Snack, 4pm
3.5 spelt pumpkin/cranberry/blueberry muffins
1 cup Cargo & James chocolate hazelnut roobois tea with soy milk (Must be a specialty item, since I've searched their website for this flavour!)

Gotta love my improvised tea infuser, huh? I dumped out some chamomile tea (blech!) and reused the bag. Works for me!

Supper, 6pm
Turkey risotto with mushrooms, peas, & parmesan cheese
2 pc spelt toast with soft goat cheese

December 27 & 28

27th - Marvel at the train wreck! But my-oh-my, was it tasty!!!

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Breakfast
Steel cut oatmeal with apples & cinnamon
Lg coffee with almond milk

Snack
Buckwheat biscuit

Lunch
Spicy turkey soup
Buckwheat biscuit


*drumroll, please*

Snack
1 glass white whine (1st glass in 6 weeks - good lord, it was enjoyable!)
2 deviled eggs (so 1 whole egg)

Supper
Turkey, dressing, mashed potato, carrots, buttered corn, dill pickle, 2-3 slices bread & butter pickles, taste of coleslaw, gravy, 2 deviled eggs (1 whole egg)
1 glass cranberry juice

Snack
1 glass white whine
3 (smallish) pieces cranberry cake



28th - was doing SO GOOD until that second snack just before supper.
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Breakfast
Steel cut oatmeal with apple & cinnamon
lg coffee with almond milk

Snack
Hard-boiled egg

Lunch
Spicy turkey soup with 1 buckwheat biscuit
Apple
Most of a fresh 2-avocado guacamole with lots of corn chips

Snack
Apple
Tea

Snack
Half a bag of goldfish crackers
The legs off a gingerbread man

Supper
Turkey casserole

Bah humbug!

Ok, so I'm still riding that sugar train, but I'm slowly making my way to the door. I just need to keep myself surrounded by foods I'm allowed to eat and need to make sure I don't get hungry - that's when I'm likely to fall upon a plate of cookies.

In a way, I'm glad I had this 'fall from grace' because it's been a good reminder about just how badly sugar effects me. Within 30 minutes, I have a headache and jitters. I get lethargic and aggressive (yes, a weird combo, I agree) and have an extremely short fuse. Long term effects are constant tiredness and the itching is coming back.

So, I must wean myself off again. But I will have to try again tomorrow, as today is already screwed.

Breakfast, 7:30
Steel cut oatmeal with apples & cinnamon
lg coffee with almond milk

Snack, 10am
Pumpkin spelt cranberry muffin

Snack, 12pm
2 ryvita crackers with almond butter
4 gingerbread men cookies, complete with icing and sprinkles

Lunch, 1pm
Turkey casserole, with carrots (sugar) but no stuffing (bread) or cranberry sauce (sugar)

Snack, 3pm
Chai 'latte' made with almond milk
3 ryvita crackers with goat cheese
1 mini Lindor dark chocolate truffle
1 gingerbreadman with sprinkles & icing

Supper, 5pm
Turkey noodle veggie soup (made with ginger, garlic, onion, Braggs soy sauce, rice noodles & homemade stock = DELISH!!!)
3 Buckwheat/brown rice biscuits
1 slice lemon meringue pie (couldn't pass it up, my ultimate fave pie!)

Snack, 7pm
1 gingerbread man cookie

Snack, 9pm
1 buckwheat biscuit
chips

December 22

"All I want for Christmas is my willpower back....."

Seriously, I'm so far of the sugar-free track that I can't find my way back to it. There are too many chocolates and all-sorts and other candies in the way. Damn Quality Street box.

I WILL find my way out of here. I WILL. Anyone have a GPS?

December 21st

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

That is all.