Fresh Out.........

Of new ideas for meals/snacks; although what I am doing is good, it gets a little boring.  So I have been going through "Cooking Light" Magazine for some meal ideas.  I want to plan a whole week of meals and buy the groceries all at once.  I cut out the recipes I want and put them in a notebook.  I saw a new "Cooking Light" in the mail today that looks really good.  I am afraid I didn't drink enough water today, so will step that up again tomorrow.  Sometimes I feel genuinely hungry.  I need to let that feeling pass for awhile before I look for something to eat.  The most filling snack I eat is a handful of mixed nuts.  In the morning I have have "Ezekial 4:9" sprouted whole grain cereal with golden flax.  I eat a 1/4 of a cup with a few blueberries.  The verse is right on the front of the box; "Take also unto thee Wheat and Barley and Beans and Lentils and Millet and Spelt and put them in one vessel and make bread of it...."   Have you ever heard that verse?  In fact, I HAVE to look it up now.   Well yes, there it is-Cool!   Okay so, having a little spaghetti tonight with Barilla Plus Pasta (multi-grain with Omega 3) and a salad.
Shopping tomorrow will include some fresh veggies which I have run out of. 
Loved going swimming this morning after missing it TWO days in a row.  A first since the 3rd week of February! 

Still Trying

It's been a little harder this weekend since I am on a retreat. I had a little more fruit than I should but I stayed away from the ice cream @ lunch and the yummy-looking chocolate pie with whipped cream and caramel drizzled on top @ dinner. I did have a no- no; diet caffeine coke after my humid walk yesterday. It tasted oh so good! We are supposed to stay away from artificial sweetners because they make you crave sugar and they really aren't good for you. One more meal today to resist dessert.

Purging

Ha ha got you there, although sometimes I think that might be the only way to lose weight. But, not really.  I have been cleaning out and organizing drawers and cupboards here and there and getting rid of things.  Doing the ones that bug me the most.  It makes me want to stop and take a break and have something to eat.  I have been drinking water all day, hoping it would help the gargantuan headache I have had for 3 days.  You know, I think it is helping a little; plus helping the hunger a little.  I don't know if it's hunger or just thinking about something to eat all the time.   Breakfast was egg-in-the nest after swimming.  Before swimming it was a piece of lo-carb toast with peanut butter.  Morning snack was a handful of mixed nuts. 
Lunch was nachos with cheese, black beans and green onions. I had a half of apple and my yummy little chocolate treat.
Afternoon snack...1/4 cup Ezekial Cereal and rice milk with a few blueberries.
And I had some rice crackers and cheese before we went to Rile's Concert tonight.
Dinner...Panera 1/2 Fuji Apple Salad with scant dressing (never know about the hidden sugar in that) and 1/2 bowl veggie pesto soup.  I gave the rest to the Chef.  He loves my left-overs :)


Funny thing happened at the Rec. Center this morning.  I weighed my myself before I went swimming and then again after I went swimming and I was 2 lbs lighter after.  Donaldo said to allow for some variation; I said yes but 2 pounds??  No help at home, the scale is never right. 
Will check again tomorrow.  I sure did like the 2 lbs lower one after swimming :)

So How Did Today Go?

Thanks for the encouragement Kris.  You are right-you know me-guilt is my middle name ha! 
Today went better and I wasn't as hungry except the headache was really bad today-so I guess no sugar won't help that.  Hah!  Maybe it's the chocolate; for real; so I only had one piece today and decided no more for now. 
My favorite dessert is two Rye Crisps with whipped cream cheese on them with Cinnamon sprinkled on them served up with a side a sliced strawberries.  Going to have some of that soon.  Yum it's interesting how small treats can be so good.

A Couple of Steps Backwards......

Not overt steps backwards, no actual dessert or sweet treats except that stupid chocolate!!!  Two a day of those a day-Come on girlfriend, get with the program.  Two days of not eating at home and Mother's day made it difficult to watch the hidden and not-so-hidden sugar.  Hash browns with my omelet and American cheese in my omelet yesterday at breakfast and a "few" fries for dinner last night with Ketchup (yep, hidden sugar) and honey mustard on my burger (yep hidden sugar) and my Arnold bun (3 grams of sugar) and a "I don't care" attitude.
Also had a little too much fruit. Those grilled pineapple are so good. 
Today at GFV I had a "splash" of lemonade in my ice water, but I resisted the hobo bread and the frozen custard, but then  "rewarded" myself with two, yes, TWO pieces of dark chocolate.  Now I can't have one tonight.  I am skirting the edge here and I need to find some recipes to help me get down to business.  It is very hard when you "deny" yourself the things that make your food taste good, but that is what sugar addiction is all about.  Any diet or change of life requires discipline and I find I am most vulnerable when I am tired, or depressed. 
Still I am not giving up, no, I refuse to even as the Chef is downing a piece of apple crisp right now. 

Saturday's Sustenance

Needing some more meal ideas; going to work on that later.  Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast:
*lo-carb bread-toasted with natural peanut butter and 1/2 tsp. fruit-only jelly
*hard boiled egg
*two rye crisp with cream cheese and cinnamon
*about 8 large blueberries

Snack:
*Handful of mixed nuts
*Ice tea with lemon

Lunch:
*Salad with ground turkey and salsa, yellow pepper, 3 crushed nacho chips, I TB guacamole, green onion and olive oil.
*1 dark chocolate (72% Cacao)

Snack:
* 1/2 apple
*1 slice Havarti cheese
*6 Almond Nut-Thin crackers

Dinner:
*Grilled Chicken Breast
*1/2 sweet potato
*Broccoli with grated cheese
*1 dark chocolate