Excusa the toes .........

As you can see I weighed in this morning but got my big feet in the road......excusa the toes.  I'm quite pleased with number.

Breakfast

1/2 cup yogurt (35)

1/2 cup fruit cocktail (70)

Snack

1 snack bar (100)

Lunch

1 cup cucumbers (50)

1 pkg Stouffer's Fried Chicken Breast (230)

1/2 cup canned mandarin oranges (90)

Dinner

Tuna sandwich on homemade bread (300) - I'll pay for this later but it was sooooo good

I was loser of the week at my TOPS meeting tonight, weighed in 3.6 lbs lighter than last week (gives self pat on back).

Living in the past ......

Well today I decided to indulge in one of my favorite pastimes......geneology.  I spent most of the day on the computer searching for information to fill in the blanks on my family history.  It felt good just to sit back and relax, I actually made some headway so that was a bonus.

Breatfast
1 Aunt Jemima Bagel w/egg & cheese (270)
1 maxichinno (60)
1/2 cup fruit cocktail (70)

Lunch
2 tuna salad on whole wheat buns (300)
1 cup raw veggies (50)
1 cup diet jello (20)

Dinner
1 pkg Smart Ones Salisbury Steak (200)
1/4 cup couscous (160)
1 cup raw veggies (50)

Lost in space ..............

Cyber space that is!  Just we I thought we had the internet problem under control it went out again.  So I once again picked up the phone and this time conceded to having a tech come check it out.  Right after I hung up, yep you guessed it, it came back on.  I had pretty much already determined that the problem was with our modem and the tech confirmed it.  He replaced it and all seems well now with an added bonus of no charge to us for the tech as it was equipment failure.  Now if they had just listened to me in the first place this whole fiasco could have been solved immediately.  When will they ever learn that even us ordinary people have brains.......geez.

And of course we had another storm breeze through night before last (only a little thunder, but really strong winds), it broke some trees in the neighborhood.  Fall is coming quicker that I like considering we have had no summer at all.  Hopefully will will be nice and long and we'll have great weather for the next couple of months.

Getting excited about my Vegas trip in a couple of weeks.  My niece gets home from Kentucky on Sunday so she can have some quality time with her mom before I whisk her away again.  This is going to be an awesome trip as the 4 of us click so well together.

I've been really watching my food and just out of curiosity I stepped on the scale this morning and was down from Monday's weigh in.  Keep your fingers crossed that I have a good weekend, short term goal is to be at 270 on Monday morning.

Breakfast
1 pkg Aunt Jemima scrambled eggs  w/bacon & hash brown potato (300)
1 latte (100)

Lunch
1 can Campbell's Tomato & Rice soup (250)
4 oz canned peaches (50)

Dinner
1 pkg Green Giant Healthy Choice Sesame Chicken Steamer (330)
1/2 cup butternut squash (40) - i ate it, but I didn't like it
1 cup raw cucumbers/peppers (50)
1/2 tomato (25)
1/2 cup diet jello (10)
1 glass Tetley infusion tea (100)

I could just scream ...........

I have had no internet for two days now and I just want to scream.  I had major words with our carrier last night and all I heard is "it must be something inside the wiring of your house".  I could have strangled him, but I agreed to let them have a service tech come and see if he could find the problem, but he can't come till tomorrow afternoon.  By now I'm spitting nails and my blood pressure is about ready to cause me to have heart failure.  But of course I am at their mercy.

I came home from work today not to be daunted by a lack of internet.  Had hubby do a couple of things that might be the problem if it is our wiring, no luck.  Cleaned off my desk so that the tech could get to the wiring and decided to reboot and try one last time.  Voila, I had internet, how comvenient for them.  So I called to cancel the tech and they said "we'll have him drop by anyway just to check".  My question was "and who's paying for this", response "well you are of course".  Needless to say, my cork blew and I had some very choice words in relation to what they could do with that idea and if the tech shows up and I get billed for it there will be hell to pay.

Now I have vented I feel better.  Crap, I hate it when these things happen.  And of course because I wasn't able to blog I got into all sorts of food items that I normally wouldn't.  So now I am back on line, tomorrow begins a new day.

Weigh in this morning ....

Wow Monday comes way, way to fast.  I realized this morning that I had forgot to post my weight last week and I can't find the picture, think hubby's been playing with the camera again.  So anyway, here is today's weigh in and it's looking good.

Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer ...almost gone

The leaves have started to turn to fall colors and the nights are getting cooler, before long summer will be over and fall arriving.  Fall is my favorite time of year, I love the coolness and colors that go with it.  We haven't had much of a summer, lots of rain and cool temps.

Got to see my adorable new granddaughter yesterday and had lots of cuddles.  See picture over there >>>>.  She's absolutely adorable, of course I could never say anything else about her.

Having a lazy day today, doing a bit of cleaning and baked some blueberry bran muffins (I have a need for some extra fibre).  Just letting my mind wonder where ever it likes, remembering the past, enjoying the present and wondering about the future.  I love days like this, it's like being frozen in time with no worries or cares.

Breakfast
1 hazelnut macichinno (60)
1 homemade bran muffin (175)
4 oz yogurt (35)
8 oz watermelon (60)

Lunch
1 Stouffer's Philly Steak; Cheese Crustini (310)

Snack
2 homemade bran muffins (350)
16 oz watermelon (120)

Dinner
3 oz pork chop (165)
6 perogies w/1 tblspoon sour cream & 1 tablespoon bacon bits (370)
8 brussel sprouts in butter sauce (100)

I know I have over eaten today but really needed to get things moving.  Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do!

Cravings ........

Do you ever get that "I just have to have ______________ or I'm going to die" feeling.  Where no sensible thought in the world can convince you otherwise?  That seems to have been my life the past couple of days.  Now I know when these ugly cravings raise their head it can be a total disaster for my eating program.

We don't keep bread in the house because it is a terrible trigger.  Even the healthy kind can be a devil in disguise.  Hubby can make a sandwich out of anything and give me a loaf of fresh bread and butter and it is gone in one sitting.  Yesterday when I got home from work I was craving bread, I wanted a big old deli sandwich filled with all the right things.  Friday night is frozen pizza night in our house, it's the end of the work week and time for winding down before the weekend.  So I made the pizza and we had dinner and afterwards mentioned to hubby about the craving.  He asked me if the pizza had satisfied that craving so I stopped and thought about it for a minute and low and behold the craving was gone.  So I now ask the question, did I really have a craving or was I just hungry. 

This morning I woke up and thought well it's Saturday maybe we should go out for breakfast.  I was again craving ham, eggs, hasbrowns and of course toast.  But before I run this by hubby I wanted to get my shopping out of the road before the stores became crowded.  So I headed off to Wal-Mart to get some little things for the new baby and I knew we needed some fresh fruit.

If you have been reading my posts lately you  have probably noticed a pattern of eating that involves frozen entrees.  A while back I had posted about how being on Jenny Craig or Nutrisystem is a very expensive form of dieting.  Well I have been experimenting with some forzen entrees and have found one particular brand that is really tasty and has a great variety.  I sat down with hubby one evening and we discussed what our biggest problem with food is and discovered for both of us that it is portion control.  If I cook we eat way, way too much, gourging till we are sick.  I even tried cooking just enough for two - good luck with that one, if you have ever tried it you know that there is no such thing, there's always too much of something.  So for the past couple of weeks our lunch and dinner have comprised of fruits, veggies and frozen entrees. 

So I got off topic there for a minute, anyway, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some fresh fruit and see if there were any frozen entrees on sale.  As I was looking I came across Aunte Jemima Scrambles, roasted potatoes, ham, eggs, cheese, peppers and onions.  I checked the calorie content and one package is 260, I bought two different types as a trial run.  Got home and heated one up and guess what, craving was once again gone.

So what really are cravings, in my world I always thought of them as a deep need to have something, now I think it just means I am hungry because I'm hungry.  If I had given in this morning and gone for breakfast I can guarantee I would have been looking at 1000+ calories (cuz we always go for buffet and that means lots of breakfast, lunch and dessert items).  So I managed to get all the things I was craving, minus the toast, and still stay within a reasonable amount of calories.  So from now on when I get what I consider a craving, I'm going to look hard for a substitute and ensure that I am only eating because I am hungry.

Anyway back to my shopping story from this morning, I actually had to make two different stops at grocery stores.  One has nicer produce and the other had our frozen entrees on sale for 5 for $10.00.  Now that works out to $2.00 a meal as compared to $4+ for Jenny Craig and NutriSystem and they definitely taste better and seem to be quite satisfying.  I am still making the occasional meal as we do not want to get tired of the routine or we will fail.  I also had a craving for iced tea and have been watching the ad on TV for Tetley Iced Tea Infusions, a word of caution, they are loaded in sugar.  50 calories in 1/2 sachet so that is 100 calories for a 2 cup serving, not necessarily outragous but really have to watch how many a person has in a day.  So on days when I want iced tea I will give up my latte's.

Breakfast
1 pkg Aunt Jemima Scrambles (260)

Lunch
1 pkg Lean Cusine Glazed Chicken (190)
1 bottle of Iced Tea (100)

Dinner
1 pkg Stouffer's Meat Lasagna (320) - oh my this was the best lasagna
1 cup steamed green beans (100)
1 cup raw veggies (50)
1 cup diet jello (10)