Trying hard to get back to normal.

Started out as normal with coffee...
and bacon and eggs (2 and 2 this time).
For lunch a can of Brunswick Kippered snacks, four radishes and a handful of celery sticks.
An hour before it was time to start making dinner I was getting pretty hungry so I had a handful (60g) of the green beans that were destined for supper.
Made chicken breast with mushroom sauce, steamed green beans and our usual salad.
Later on feeling peckish so had 30g of almonds and...
two mini-Mr. Freezes. I found a big box (90 count) of these little (20ml) sugar-free freezer pops in the Shopper's Drug Mart the other day on discount for 1.99 - what could I do? They're sweetened with Splenda and the label says 5 calories and 1.2g of carbohydrate per pop. What a deal. The only problem is they're so tiny I really needed two.
That gives a very low-carb total of 1,450 calories and 28g of carbohydrates. With any luck I'll do as well tomorrow.

Good news, more good news and bad news

The good news is there are no more cookies. Doug took them to work - so I'm safe from their evil influence. The other good news is Doug has been offered a permanent position (as opposed to being on call). The bad news is we had celebratory dinner.

This morning started with coffee. I went to my work-out, did very well thank you and had a double of the Whey Protein shake in chocolate.
Visited Mom but still not very hungry after the shake, just had some salad and tea.
A couple of hours before dinner I was suddenly quite hungry. I had three slices of the dry ham (Alpen Shinken it's called) and a drink of diet soda to keep me going.
Thought about what Doug would appreciate most and came up with Splendid Chinese. That's the name of our favorite Chinese restaurant - Splendid. I got all of his favorites: egg roll, lemon chicken, Splendid special fried rice and sweet and sour pork. A dieters disaster! However, I took reasonable servings of everything and not too much sauce and according to fitday this plate is about 750 calories worth. Good thing I had so little earlier today - and doesn't it make you wonder how many calories are consumed at the buffet tables?
Several hours later the blue cheese was calling to me again - especially since I picked up a pint of strawberries today. 34g of cheese and 71g of strawberries.
According to fitday 1,474 calories and 88g of carbohydrates. I think that the calories in the fitday database were a bit off for the sweet and sour pork and I'm probably closer to 1,600 calories. Now all I have to do is get past my birthday next week and I can get back to an actual Low-Carb lifestyle.

The cookies must go NOW!

So the good news is that I'm still blogging and taking pictures of everything I eat. The bad news is that those fabulous chocolate chip cookies that I made for the picnic last weekend have proved irresistible. There are lots of things in this world that make me want to go off the sensible eating plan these cookies have turned out to be the one thing that did. So - next time I want to bring a treat to an event - I'll make something that I don't like quite so much.

Coffee.

Half a cup of yogourt and 75g of blueberries.
A multi-grain, high fibre wrap with 40g ham, 30g cheese, 20g tomatoes and 10g each of onion and lettuce.
Coffee and a cookie.
Late afternoon snack of 35g of almonds.
A very light dinner of mixed greens with a Clover Leaf tuna steak in mild curry sauce.
and another cookie. Sigh.
Calories 1,475 (so it could have been worse) but an appalling 117g of carbohydrates.

Another restaurant meal, hoo boy.

Coffee.Wasn't really hungry for breakfast, had two scoops of my new chocolate flavoured Whey Gourmet protein shake.

By 2pm I really had the growlies. Had four of the paper thin slices of dry cured ham and a little cheese together weighing in at 50g.
Because that wasn't really enough to keep me going until a late dinner - so two fried eggs.
I didn't know that parking a scooter could be so hard but it's tourist season (does that mean we can shoot them - *rim shot*) and I ended up sharing a smart car spot with a motorcycle then after finding that one of our party had taken a big car space much nearer the restaurant, went back and moved it so I'd feel a little less worried about leaving my baby on the street downtown.

After all that confusion I opted for a light beer (Kokanee, I think).
I had the Santa Fe Chicken Salad. Mixed greens, seasoned grilled chicken, avocado, feta (very southern is feta), black beens, corn, bits of dates, and crisp bits of tortilla that had been julienned. And a squeeze of lime on top. Now while trying to eat low-carb I don't have bread very often but I have corn even less. What a fantastic treat. It was delicious and I probably shouldn't have, but I ate the whole thing!
For dessert we ordered what the menu called a Pavlova (because the birthday girl really needed a taste of something sweet on her day) and six spoons. They did a deconstructed style pav which could have been better called discombobulated. From the bottom up we had lemon curd, blueberries and strawberries, a berry gelato and a semi-soft meringue perched on top. It was pretty much a catastrophe in the sharing department. With some effort I did get one spoonful with a little of each ingredient in it. It really wasn't all that - especially at $7.00!
Lots of carbs, lots of calories going to do some sit-ups now...

Damn cookies! Never again!

Coffee.Coffee and a cookie. For breakfast? Poor choice but it's the one I made.

After the coffee and cookie I went to my workout and did very well. Then I ran some errands and came home. I didn't actually have a huge urge to eat but my stomach was complaining so I had three paper thin slices of dried ham, 30g of cheese and more of the jicama/fennel slaw.
Dinner was from the barbecue. One beef patty (150g), two slices of tomato, two paper thin slices of red onion and 20g of cheese. Also a dollop of dijon-style mustard.
And another cookie. I guess I can't make these anymore unless I give them all away on the day I make them. On the other hand I am now able to eat just one which is a huge improvement.
In spite of it being a high carb cookie-full day I really didn't eat much and when all is said and done fitday says 1,255 calories (although it's probably safe to add another 100 since I'm thinking my cookies are more chock-full of calories that average). And a whopping 87g of carbs.

Monday - My bad, late two days in a row...

Well I have a confession to make and while it affects my blog it isn't about food. The last couple of days I've put my blog up in the morning rather than before bed on the day the food was actually eaten. I just want any readers to know that I'm not so much getting lazy as distracted. A month or so ago a friend introduced my husband and myself to the MMPORG game World of Warcraft and we've both gotten pretty interested. Therefore the problem arises when one or both of us is playing on the computer until 10 minutes past bedtime and then I realize I haven't made a blog entry yet. I'm thinking of starting to blog after dinner, before I start playing and then adding any snacks I have in the evening to the start of the next day's blog. Or I could just show a little more self-restraint in playing the game... naw, one thing requiring will-power at a time please.

Now back to your regularly scheduled Everything I Eat for Monday, August 13th.

Coffee. My favorite giant pink mug was in the dishwasher so I had two smaller mugs.
Managed to forget about breakfast because I slept in a bit, had two mugs of coffee then we ran off to the mall and an early matinee of the new Harry Potter movie. For the movie I put 100g of the salty soy nuts in a baggie and bought a 1l bottle of Evian at the drugstore before going in.


While the protein of the soy kept me from getting really hungry I was craving fresh and light food when I got home. I ate left-over jicama-fennel slaw out of the storage bowl (never a good idea since I can only guess at portion size) my guess is I had between 1 and 1 1/2 cups of salad. I wasn't too worried since there's practically no calories in this. I dress it with lime juice, rice vinegar, a little splenda and about a tablespoon of oil for the entire 12 cup batch.The last bit of the giant tray of veggies - cauliflower, one pea pod and broccoli.
The last of the tomato and bocconcini salad - that's a half cup container.
Somewhat later for dessert and for more protein I cut up 100g of the left-over cheeses. Hidden underneath is Edam, Brie, Applewood smoked cheddar (to die for!) and my fav Bresse bleu.
On top is 1/4 of a large apple, three cherries and nine grapes.
Because it's NOT low carb and I love it and I'm obviously not in ketosis after yesterday I decided that today's very low calorie count could include 32g of fresh pineapple and 36g of fresh mango. Sometimes I really miss the sugary fruits. This should hold me for awhile.
One of the items we picked up today before the movie was another tub of the Whey Gourmet protein powder (on sale last week at London Drugs). This time I got the chocolate flavour. I had one serving a couple of hours after all the fruit and cheese to try and make up for a very uneven diet today.

Total calorie count for today: 1,256 with 66g of carbs (at least all "good" carbs today).

Sunday - Doug's birthday adventure...

Left-over steak from last night, an egg (fried) and coffee.On the way to Parksville - Timmy's for coffee and a taste of Rob's wasabi cashews.
Kama found chocolate covered sesame snacks. Doug and I split one.
What a huge spread we had for the picnic! On the first plateful is a piece of Kama's homemade focaccia that I split to try and make it go farther. Salmon salad made from fresh wild pink salmon that I bought and poached yesterday. A couple of razor thin slices of salami, some slaw made with fennel, jicama and cilantro and some of Kama's tomato/bocconcini salad (so good).
A baby carrot from the giant tray of veggies.
More tomato and bocconcini salad and a slice of havarti on the rest of my bread. I actually didn't finish the bread and cheese and gave most of it to Doug.
A piece of cauliflower and a radish from the giant tray of veggies.
Dessert. One chocolate chip cookie (I only ate half and gave the rest to Doug - any wonder he's putting on weight as I'm loosing it?), about 30g of cheeses, a couple of bites of mango and pineapple and two cherries and three grapes.
While we waited for the rain to stop at the half-way point of our 36 holes - I had more coffee.
Tired, wet and worn right out we snacked on some soy nuts on the way home.
Arrived back home around 7ish quite hungry for a bite of dinner. I thinly sliced some of the bread that Kama insisted we take and had a big scoop of salmon salad on it. Also celery, cucumber, radishes, broccoli and cauliflower from the left-over veg. Once again Doug finished my sandwich for me.
Then I had half a cookie.
It was really good. Really very good so a little while later I ate a whole one myself. I did nibble it slowly, savour it and made it last though.
Not even going to try a calorie count today let's just say it was pretty high. On the other had I got quite a lot of exercise. And I spent the whole day pulling up my new (two months ago) jeans because they kept falling down.