Thursday - hanging in there... barely.

Made coffee and forgot to take a picture. Guess I'm more tired than I thought. Went to the patisserie to pick up a muffin (day-old superflax 2 for 1) and got another coffee to go with. Ate part of the muffin while doing set-up at work.

Ate a little more of the muffin (but did throw out a bit) with my coffee at break-time.
For lunch I had brought 57g of salami, 31g of cheddar and the usual veggies.

Bought some groceries (even though I haven't been cooking much) on my lunch-hour. Picked up a pop and 2 cans of Planters deluxe mix on sale - one for Saturday night and one for my co-workers who've put up with a grumpy me for so long. I had this little pile of nuts on my break but forgot to stop and put some gum in my mouth and snuck one or two nuts out of the can most of the afternoon. This is exactly why I'm supposed to be taking pictures! Rats! Probably ate at least this much again... maybe more.


Of course when I got home I wasn't hungry for dinner. Around 8:00 I finally did up one of the fish fillets that were supposed to be on the menu. Since I was too lazy to do up veg and a salad I wanted more and so the last jell-o pudding became dessert.


Not long after I reverted to my old habits while sitting and watching CSI - instead of stretching I lay on the couch moaning over my sore feet and knee and asked Doug to share some of his power-pop that he was eating. That's a few kernels in the used jell-o cup. Then - I asked him to get me a 30g serving of yet more mixed nuts (the same bag from earlier in the week - not the can I just bought for company). At least he weighed it and after that I stuck a piece of gum in my mouth and was able to last another hour until I crawled into bed.


All in all not a good day - and I didn't even try and keep up with fitday.

(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!

Lots of pictures, but really not that much food.

Holiday Monday - of course I have all Mondays off for the summer while I'm working Saturdays but thought I'd have a scooter outing just the same. Coffee.One slice of bacon, two fried eggs.

Went roaming around with fellow scooter enthusiast Rob (we both ride 50cc Honda Jazz/Metropolitan scooters and are very in sync with each other's riding style which makes it fun). Avoided the more popular beaches because of the holiday and ended up at Mount Doug, which does have a small beach area. After we wandered around poking at dead things in the shallows for awhile we sat on a log and had a snack. I had one and a bit rice crackers and about 30g of cheddar and one very small plum.

Then, because it didn't look very far on the map, we decided to hike to the summit. The elevation is only 213 metres after all.
With only one five minute stop to catch our breath we reached the top and had a gander at the view and some water as well as a nosh before we headed back down (much easier!). I had brought a baggie with mostly almonds, a few brazil nuts and some no-sugar-added dark chocolate chips. I had a small handful, then awhile later an even smaller handful (I'm guessing 60g total?) and another small plum.

Having made it successfully down the hill with no injuries we adjourned to Timmy's for coffee and (for me anyway) one timbit.
When I got home I was too tuckered out to think about dinner right away and ate the rest of our "trail mix" as I unpacked it.
Dinner was two slices (105g) of meatloaf that I had purchased yesterday at the Red Barn, some sauted baby bok choi from Sun Wing (also yesterday) and a side salad.

And for dessert the last of the diet fudgesicles. My mom had given me some Russell Stover's no-sugar-added chocolate treats this morning and I made the mistake of leaving them out on the dining room table. I had one then hid the rest away so I won't think about them.

Since I didn't weigh most of what I ate today I can only estimate with the help of fitday. I'm going to say about 1,500 calories and 68g of carbohydrates. If it's more, so what, I climbed a &*$#$*@# mountain today!

Whoops

Today started much the same as every other day. Coffee, bacon and eggs.Work was surprisingly busy for a holiday weekend. I didn't have a chance to leave the workroom for my break so I had the half Atkins bar from my purse and some of my coffee.
Lunch time I had tuna slices with ginger, my usual celery, radish and jicama as well as some sugar-free peach gelatin.
Could this have been the beginning of my problem? There was trail mix at work. I only had one almond but grabbed it without thinking then had to put it down, fish out my camera and take a picture. It sat on my shelf for a couple of hours before I got back to it.
I had brought some mixed nuts for a snack which is why my taking one almond from the bowl was so pointless. At them after lunch while checking my e-mail in the workroom.
For my afternoon break I had a 39g bite of cheese and the rest of my thermos of coffee.
When I got home we were both too tired to get dinner right away. I poured a big glass of diet ginger-ale and had a little bowl of pork rinds. (30g)
Eventually Doug got hungry and made dinner. If he hadn't I might have just had another snack and called it a night. Maybe. I had a pork chop (149g) and some green beans (1/3 cup?) a tablespoon of unsweetened applesauce and our usual side salad.
Not long after dinner I succumbed to more nuts. I've had this bag in the house for weeks and it hasn't "called to me" but tonight I really wanted more. Had a bigger than usual serving and took a picture of it even though I'm not happy about having eaten it. Blech. I suppose if I can stay honest in this blog even when I over-eat then something is being accomplished. Oh well.
2,114 calories today, yikes.