Labour day picnic with the labour unions.

Had another night of interrupted sleep. When I did get back to sleep I slept in till about 10am.
Coffee.1/2 a large peach with 1/2 cup plain yogourt.
At the Labour Union picnic - I had a small black coffee and one bite of Doug's hot dog.
When we got home I was rummaging around in the fridge and found the left-over salsa from the party Saturday. I had it with a serving of the El Molino Fibre Select chips which, while fairly calorie-ridden are quite low in carbs. (50g chips = 260 calories, 28g carbs with 10g fibre and 7g of protein). I just found them one day at Safeway.
Pork chop done on the counter top grill (as was the zucchini) and a side salad.
Skinny Cow brand fudge bar.
Tea and four tiny Joseph's sugar-free cookies.
Finally some strawberries that we picked from our plants this afternoon that were just sitting on the counter - not really enough to do anything with - so I just ate them up.
According to fitday 1,410 calories and a whopping 91g of carbohydrates. Although that number includes the sugar alcohols in the fudge bar and cookies which may or may not affect my blood sugar.

(Sunday) Well, that didn't last long...

and by that I mean 1) staying truly low-carb and 2) posting in a timely manner. In my defense - I'm on vacation - still at home but unscheduled for the time being.

Coffee.

Two egg omelet with 1/2 a zucchini and a 1/4 cup of green onion.
Coffee at the Black Stilt.
One square inch of a Belgian Brownie (with hazelnuts) at Black Stilt.
Ran around and did some shopping for among other things, low-fat, nsa frozen treats. Mom recommended this one last week. It's very good and creamy but the serving size is a little big for a treat. I prefer the smaller bars from Breyer's or the popsicle company. Still under 100 calories for a big bar is pretty good.
Having had my treat I realized I should have had some protein first - 100g of left-over chicken breast.
and then 52g of mixed nuts and nsa chocolate chips.
Proper dinner. One chicken thigh with herbs and a spoonful of cream-based sauce with a little edam cheese and a splash of white wine. A healthy side salad.
Two more of the tiny freezie pops.
There was really no reason for me to have four items that I consider treats today. Going out should not always require a special treat (brownie), some of what I put out for company (nuts and choc.) trying something new outside of a meal setting (fudge bar) and a small sweet after dinner (freezies). One would be fine. Two is okay for an out of the ordinary day. I really must try harder to be mindful and make better choices and not to be distracted.

Totals for Sunday: 1,482 calories and 78g of carbohydrates. The amazing part is that I got to the end of the day without using fitday, counting on my photos to remind me when filling it in later and the calories are still reasonable. I guess I'm getting used to knowing how much I'm taking in which is definitely an important skill!

Not quite the weekend yet.

Had a bit of a restless sleep. Very tired this morning. Coffee, bacon and two eggs.Coffee at coffee break time. (And glad of it!)

Now, from the picture you might think the little plastic container has tuna salad in it - but this is not the case. This is the last of the slow-cooker pork roast - there's a couple of chunks underneath but I scooped all the little shreds off the plate and stuffed them in on top. (141g) also jicama 100g, celery 120g, and radishes 50g.
Dinner was two little hamburger patties (90g each before cooking) with a slice of cheese on top (20g total) and a side salad. Also a healthy squirt of dijon style mustard.
And finally a no-sugar-added fudgesicle. They really do taste very much like the real thing.
Total calories for today 1,417 and just 39g of carbohydrates.

On my own so no real supper

Just one sausage with my two eggs and coffee this morning.Coffee break.
For lunch I had made a wrap with the high-fibre flatbread "Flat-Out". I filled it with slices of deli chicken and roast beef (30g each), cucumber, tomato and lettuce and some mayo. Also had jell-o, that's fruit fiesta not lime flavour. Also 1/2 a bottle of diet Dr. Pepper.
Didn't feel like making dinner since Doug was working till 9pm so I heated up the last of the stew and fished two pieces of jicama and about 80g of meat out of the gravy (and no, I didn't slurp down the gravy afterwards).
The I had one of the no-sugar-added, fat-free, only 40 calories per, fudgsicles.
Still hungry since that didn't really make a dinner so I had some snacks that I had packed for work earlier in the week and never eaten. 30g of almonds and 40g of sharp cheddar cheese.
In spite of not really paying attention to a balanced diet this evening I managed to keep today at 1,402 calories and 42g of carbohydrates.

Rotten day at work means extra chocolate!

Bacon and 2 eggs, coffee.More coffee on my coffee break, also some water because it's so darn hot out today.
Chicken salad with capers (I keep forgetting to put on a nice sprinkle of that yummy paprika) mushrooms, radishes, jicama and celery.
After lunch two of the Reese's no sugar added, peanut butter cup miniatures.
Rest of the coffee later on.
Dinner was two hamburger patties (140g) with edam cheese (30g) and tomato slices. Also a side salad.
Somewhat later a no sugar added, fat free fudgesicle, only 45 calories!
Totals for today 1,401 calories and 48g of carbohydrates although much of that is the sugar alcohols in the chocolates.

where's the food?

I had a busy day today with lots of laundry, physio and doctor's appointments and general houseworkey stuff. Started off normally with coffee, bacon and 2 eggs.

Went to see my GP for my annual physical. He had weighed me around the beginning of March when I started going to physio and watching what I ate. My weight today was 19 pounds less over that 4 month period. He was delighted and I was so excited I forgot to tell him about my not sleeping well. Then I went to physio and on to the Safeway's for some groceries. When I got home it was two hours to dinner but since I was famished I had 100g of raspberries and 1/2 cup of yogourt.Dinner was roast chicken breast 141g, broccoli 35g, a side salad and some diet cola.
These were on sale at the Safeway and considering it was about 28C in our apartment this afternoon I thought an appropriate treat.
Calories for today only 923. Carbs. 39g, but with such a low calorie count it doesn't really matter, does it?