treats galore!

Started early in the morning with coffee.
By the time I got to the correct coffee house I was really hungry. I had been dreaming of Black Stilt's Chicken Pesto paninni and was caught off guard by the change in location. I fixated on the first yummy thing that I saw - a lemon macaroon bar. Coconut is healthy, right? This was huge and sweet and probably about 500 calories. I'm not going to even try and count carbs today.
After a very long ride and some shopping at the Red Barn, Rob came over for coffee and a snack. I cut up an apple and about 30g each of swiss and cheddar as well as a handful of wheat thins crackers. I had six crackers, four slices of apple (about half the apple) and maybe 1/3 of the cheese. And more coffee.
For dinner we had left-over roast beef (120g), brussel sprouts and a salad.

With the yummy cheeses I bought yesterday and the fruit I picked up today it was inevitable that Doug and I would have a plate like this eventually. This time I only had three slices of apple and two of pear as well as about 20g of brie and 30g of chevre.Bad day carb-wise but great tastes! In fitday I picked macaroon at 150g for my coffee-house treat (606 cals) and tried to be brutally honest about the rest. Totals 1,647 calories and 156g carbohydrates. Yikes. Ketosis? What is this ketosis of which you speak?

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).

Okay, so we can't have company every night...

Pretty much as soon as Rob and Kama left last night Brian and Kathleen called about the new Doctor Who episode they had just watched. Turns out they'll both be away for the second episode so we invited them over (tonight was the easiest night all week) to watch The Shakespeare Code as well as the Weakest Link special.

This Morning:
I woke up too early and dozed until my alarm went off. Had to go in early today for a meeting so I was really tired and groggy. Made bacon and eggs and coffee for breakfast.Since I had a longer than normal morning I was quite hungry by the time for coffee break. I had the rhubarb that I had brought along as a desserty treat with my coffee.
Lunch was about 40g each of roast beef and turkey breast. God bless the Red Barn who actually roasts wholesome cuts and slices them as an alternative to processed "deli" meat. Also had 60g of cheeses and the usual assortment of crunchy raw veg.
Finished off the thermos of coffee.
Dinner was pork shoulder done in the slow-cooker with lots of garlic. Also 1/2 cup of broccoli and a side salad.
Right, so here's where the trouble started. I think my being tired and just sitting and watching TV with company instead of having a conversation led me to eat more than I needed (or even really wanted) to. I had a little bit more than I had last night of the fruit and cheese - not much mind you but I did have 4 of the rice crackers that I only had one of last night. Furthermore...
I had another glass of wine. Big glass but not lots of wine.
And because I knew both Brian and Kathleen (but especially Brian) loved them so much I dug out of the freezer a little bag of sugar-free chocolate covered almonds that had been in there for months (months I tell you). I had eight.
I tried to be as honest as possible on fitday and came up with the not to happy total of 1,886 calories and something in the neighbourhood of 50g of carbohydrates. Not good.

Company for snackies

Woke up feeling quite horrible this morning. Tired, weak, foul mood. Doug's in trouble.
Two eggs and two little patties of ground pork (Happy Island Pigs again). I made a spice mixture - mostly sage a little sweetener and made little 1 oz "sausage" patties.
Lunch is a hard-boiled egg and the rest of the yogourt and some more rhubarb.

Store-bought roasted chicken for dinner since I fell asleep after lunch and didn't wake until 5pm. Unheard of. I usually can't sleep during the day. Still a little crabby when I woke up but otherwise feeling better. Made coffee since it's what I do when I get up and I needed a little help. Also had the usual side salad with dinner but no veg since we knew there were lots more calories to come...We had Rob and Kama over for fruit and cheese this evening. I've known Rob for over a year now through SVIS (Scooter Group) but had never met his fiancee. I always thought that we had a lot in common and I'm kinda surprised it's taken us this long to get together. Here is a picture of the spread I put out on the coffee table for us to graze on. I had one piece of each kind of fruit and one slice of each kind of cheese.
I also had this much wine, and another glass with about half as much later on.
Since I didn't weigh any of the fruit or cheese I made a wild guess on fitday so I may or may not be at 1,250 calories and 32g net carbohydrates for the day.

Once again our day begins with coffee. I've thought about leaving it out but my big mug with cream accounts for 60-odd calories and 2 carbs. so it does matter if I have one, two or three mugs.




I waited quite awhile before being awake and hungry enough to want some breakfast. Was on the verge of sauteing some mushrooms for my favorite fritatta when it suddenly occurred to me that not only was there some asparagus left but we had a little package of lox trim in the fridge. Two large fresh eggs, add the boursin cheese (which is almost all used up for awhile, I promise) and voila! A little salty, between the lox and the cheese I didn't need to season the eggs or asparagus at all. Otherwise gorgeous and delish!

Diet cola.

Since we're both working Sundays, Saturday has become chicken dinner night. I had a big slab off the breast, 1/2 cup of broccoli and the usual side salad.


After dinner, tea. I take mine straight up and managed to drink most of the pot.





When I filled out fitday for today I was stunned to have a total of about 850 calories and 14g of carbohydrate. Now I don't usually worry about not eating enough but that's way too little for a big busy person like myself.

Hey! I remember we have that great specialty cheese and fruit in the fridge. I worked out some calculations using fitday and came up with three thin slices of apple (20g), two grapes, 50g of strawberries and a big 80g of honeydew melon which gave me 16g of carbs with 2g of fibre for only 65 calories. Way more carbohydrates that I'd usually have for a snack but my net total for the day is still just 30g and I'm actually under 1,200 calories.

While I did weigh and eat all the fruit on the plate below, the cheese was for both of us and I had a little less than half of it. Guessing I had about 90g (3 ounces) of cheese.

fruit and cheese at home

In memory of our vacation Easter weekend and the lovely cheese plate we ordered from room service I visited our local Fromagerie and got some interesting cheeses. Having a big bag of expensive cheese seemed to need some fruit so I bought some strawberries, grapes, a honeydew melon and one apple. Doug is due home any time so I've put a tiny bit of each cheese out and will let him choose from the fruit.
Since I want to get in on the decadence too I've entered in fitday: one grape, one medium strawberry, one melon ball, one apple slice (thin) also 1 cubic inch each of blue and brie cheeses.
While this gives me 35g net carbs I'm still under 1,500 calories for the day.

I did say "everything" so before I decided that I was going to have a little of the cheese plate myself I took a picture of my fingers that I'd just used to clean the gooey cheese off the knife before I stuck them in my mouth. Since there is now a picture of the plate from which I will partake this isn't really necessary but I just wanted folks to know - Seriously! Everything I Eat!

Oh, and earlier I made a cup of decaf - took the picture but almost forgot.