Saturday, June 16, 2007

Calories closer to normal

Started today with a bowl of 1/2 cup (125ml) yogourt and 110g of my rhubarb. And coffee.More coffee for my morning break.
Lunch was tuna salad, avocado (1/4 of an avocado, 45g) celery, radish and jicama.
By the time Doug got home at 6:30 I was really hungry so we had a huge Taco Salad. 60g mixed greens, 115g lean ground beef, 70g chopped tomatoes, 50g shredded cheese and 45g of sour cream. It was delish and I probably ate more than I really needed to just because I wolfed it down.
A few minutes ago I poured myself a diet ginger-ale and had three of the little piller's tid-bitz.
Calories for today 1,407 and 30g carbohydrates.

another little snack

After blogging last night I went ahead and had a snack of cheeses (60g) and a couple of very large strawberries. This upped my total calories for the day to 1,247.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Not enough calories? I don't get it.

Got up early to go to physio/exercise. Had a mug of strong coffee and a bowl of yogourt and rhubarb much like last night's.After working out I came home pretty hungry so made a three egg omelet with mushrooms and asparagus and another cup of coffee.
Yet more coffee for my break.
Dinner was two kinds of cheese, about 60g total some sliced chicken breast and roast beef. Also the usual celery, jicama and radish.
By the time for my evening break I had already finished all my water so bought a tasty diet Dr. Pepper - starting to think I may have had too much caffeine today.
Came home and made lunch for tomorrow. Cut up a celery and had a few slices left that wouldn't fit in the bag so I ate them up. I might still have a little cheese and some fruit since....
Only 995 calories and 35g carbohydrates for today! I just don't get it.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Boring old day

Made coffee and drank it while I started to cook breakfast.Trying to manage with just one egg and one piece of bacon (though the bacon slice is much larger than those I had last month).
Didn't get a break until almost 4 hours after breakfast and was quite hungry by that time. Hard-boiled egg and coffee.
Lunch was chicken salad (115g chicken, one tablespoon of mayo, a few capers, paprika), 100g of celery and about 50g each of radishes and jicama.
Didn't know what to do about dinner as I'm all alone tonight. Started with a salad and it just sort of grew. Mixed greens, 1/2 medium tomato, 2 large mushrooms, several slices of cucumber, 40g each of chicken breast, roast beef and cheddar cheese with a couple of tablespoons of creamy ranch dressing.
Since once again I'm very low on calories I'm going to enjoy another bowl of yogourt and some of the yummy rhubarb.
1,308 calories and 34 grams of carbs.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Pretty much back to normal

Coffee.Aha! One egg, one slice of bacon (20g) torn into two pieces.
Went to physio/work-out this morning before work. Did very well. Extra abs today.

Coffee and a hard-boiled egg for am break.
Tuna salad for lunch with a quarter of an avocado instead of the half I always used to have. It's taken me awhile but I've discovered that I really can get by on much smaller portions. Now if I could only buy 3/4 sized cans of tuna. Also 100g of celery and 60g of radishes.
Rest of the coffee and 25g of cheese. (Still Moonstruck, still white grace - love this stuff).
Dinner was basically left-overs from the last two nights. 50g of steak, 60g of salmon, more asparagus and a salad.

Made up some more rhubarb tonight. Had 100g with a tablespoon of coffee cream.Totals: 1,435 calories and 29g carbohydrates.

Good morning Mr Scale

As previously posted I did have a regular-sized mug of decaf Tuesday evening. Not too many calories there.So this morning I finally had the nerve to get weighed after the Mojito and beer-soaked Rally weekend. I was hoping, since I've had very little the past two days, that I was either back down to the point I was at when I left or at least just slightly up. I'm please to report that I'm down albeit just half a pound from where I was six days ago. I also still feeling more energetic since coming home and am thinking about going to the scooter meet tonight in spite of doing physio this morning and working to six this evening. Wish me luck


Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Still eating less than normal.

Up early (very early) had a shower, made coffee and had some yogourt with a couple of spoons of yesterday's rhubarb on top. Makes a nice change.
Before I left for work I hard-boiled some eggs and had one since I thought I wouldn't make it to lunch.
Coffee, appropriate for morning coffee break.
I only ate about half of the protein I had brought for lunch. 45g chicken breast, 25g of the lovely Moonstruck White Grace cheese and the usual selection of veg - 100g celery and 50g each of radish and jicama.
For dessert I brought along more of the yummy rhubarb.

By the time Doug got home from work at 6pm I was really quite hungry. I had found great big steaks at Peppers and since I had gotten used to this kind of eating over the week-end I picked them up. My portion was 186g cooked, also 60g asparagus and largish side salad.I'm thinking I might have a cup of decaf later but will post the picture in the morning.

Total so far: 1,071 calories and 27g carbohydrates.