and then today the muffin won...

Coffee.One sausage, one fried egg.
More coffee.
Tuna salad, celery, jicama, radishes and a jell-o chocolate nsa/fat-free pudding.
Yet more coffee.
When I picked up the coffee in the afternoon - which I don't think I really needed I bought one of Susie's 'superflax' muffins. She was just bagging them up for the end of the day 2 for 1 special and I had to insist that I only wanted one. I mentioned that they were very big and dense and had a lot of calories but she (as the baker) said they weren't as calorie-laden as commercially made muffins since she used all whole grains and much less fat.
I really can't say with any certainty because of the muffin - but fitday gives me 1,857 calories and 146g of carbs.

It's Friday - and for me it really is Friday!

Yes, I'm finally working Monday-Friday, at least for now. Started with 2 servings of Whey Gourmet protein shake in milk chocolate flavour and coffee.Lunch was a bit of left-over chicken breast (80g) and some celery and radishes.


Coffee for afternoon break.
Dinner was a pretty large pork chop (165g) with cranberry sauce on since there's still lots left and it tastes really good. Also brussel sprouts and a salad.
When I got my coffee this afternoon I also bought another "superflax" muffin. I had about 2/3 of it this evening with a pot of tea. (Doug ate the other 1/3).
Total calories 1,640 and 81g of carbohydrates.

Wednesday

Feeling very tired knowing the chaos that's waiting at work - between holiday weekends and strike action nothing will be normal and the staff will just run like mad all day playing catch-up. I had coffee at home and made 2 scoops of whey protein drink but took it to work in a little bottle for my morning break.
Came home at lunch to get away from the mess and was lucky enough to still have left-overs that I could just heat in the microwave. Brussell sprouts, sweet potato, turkey and cranberry sauce.
In the afternoon I went to the Village Patisserie for a coffee - which I drank but didn't manage to take a picture of, sorry. I also bought a super-flax muffin for my dinner since Doug is working late for the second night in a row and I'm too lazy to cook. Also I could use a little more fibre in my diet right now.
By the time Doug came home and we sat down together to watch CSI New York I was feeling peckish so had a handful (30-35g) of mixed nuts.
I tried to get an estimate from fitday - difficult not know all the muffin ingredients - however let's call it 1,573 calories and 107g carbohydrates (though much of that is fibre).

Saturday - tired but not too tired to party!

Not interested in making breakfast or lunch this morning. Just coffee.


Picked up a blueberry bran muffin and a coffee (also a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner).



Grabbed a bbq chicken breast from the deli at the supermarket. Picked at it a bit before I remembered to take a picture.


"Cheeseburgers" and a salad for dinner.


Shortly before 8pm four of our friends turned up for the first of what I'm sure will be frequent karaoke parties with our new SingStar game for the PS2. For snackies we had hi-fibre taco chips with Santos salsa, Kama's spiced nuts, Carol's artichoke dip with fresh veggies. There was also some chex mix but I didn't have any of that.


For social lubrication and singing enhancement we had Andrew's famous Peach Martinis. I think I had four. So really - way too many calories and carbs. I did however, sing my little heart out and do rather a lot of dancing too.

It was a good party - and the uncontrolled laughing and having of unbridled fun was certainly worth the excesses. Instead of worrying about work and diets and stuff I have an unending medley of 80's tunes running through my head. Big improvement.

It's turned into muffin-mania

Right - I still had a stale superflax muffin left over from yesterday so, since I slept in, it became my breakfast and lunch. With coffee.



I made a quick wrap for dinner break at work with 50g of roast beef, 40g of cheddar, tomato, cucumber, lettuce and a swipe of may.


For my evening break I had 1/2 cup cottage cheese, two celery sticks and four radishes. Also a diet Dr. Pepper.


Wouldn't know where to start with the calories for the muffin - but I really didn't eat much today so I'm not worried. I suppose I'll get back to proper low-carb after Thanksgiving and all the other events coming up this weekend.

Thursday - muffin for supper

Woke up very early (around 5am) decided that I could probably go to the gym so had a double scoop of Whey protein drink for breakfast with coffee and water.After the gym came home and scrounged around, nibbled on some celery.
Had slightly more than half a cup of cottage cheese (1/2 cup serving should weigh 125g).
And finally had a can of sardines before heading off to work.
Picked up a coffee and muffin at the patisserie and ordered a pumpkin pie for dinner at Mom's next weekend.
Because of a mis-communication I wasn't actually scheduled to work today but I stuck around for a few hours. When I got home I realized that Doug was working late and I had no plans for dinner other than the packed lunch I had taken to work. Eventually I made a pot of tea and after weighing my Apple-Ginger Bran muffin (230g!) I had it for dinner with some butter. Checking fitday they give 230g of bran muffin 679 calories. Since I don't have the recipe I'll just have to go with that and call it a rough estimate. I was delicious though, and very filling.
After Doug got home we watched TV together for a little while and I snacked on the veg I had prepared for work since I was feeling a little decadent about the muffin.
Calories 1,542 (including butter) and 121g of carbohydrates. (Keeping in mind this is just an estimate).