Category Archives: weekend diet

Happy Memorial Day!

Hope you all had a great long weekend (those of you that had a long weekend). We had such gorgeous weather. It was nice to poke around outside today. Since I did heavy workouts on Sat and Sun, I was going to take it easy today.
Couldn’t quite do that LOL. So, I did my normal Monday bowflex workout. Then a relaxing game of miniature golf 🙂

I ate very well for the holiday weekend. Really well – almost better than any other weekend, really. Felt good to be in control.

Today’s stats:
Calorie goal: 1,350 • Consumed: 1,345 • Burned: 53
Net calories: 1,292
C/P/F ratio: 55/24/21

On plan weekend!

I stayed well on track this weekend. Went to dinner at my sister’s house last night, and measured out a cup of pasta, had steamed broccoli and one meatball.

We had birthday cake for my father, but I ended up bringing strawberries so that I could eat those instead, drizzled with a bit of chocolate sauce.
Now, I don’t feel like I missed anything with the cake, since it was a store brand cake. If it was home made – I would likely have had some. But, I do try to spend my calories on worthwhile sweets when I eat them.
I felt pretty darn good about staying on track there.

I also went out for an hour bike ride yesterday, on top of the 25 minutes of jogging! I was really tired last night.

Rethinking Thin

I have been reading a book called Rethinking Thin. This is really a good read about the struggles that people have with keeping the weight off after losing and why this might be the case. It’s a bit depressing, I have to say. The success rate is so small. I do think the conclusions drawn from the study could be further researched and would be quite interesting.

Quiet workout day today. Just a 3.5 mile walk, done in two chunks. Also did some outside work. Such a beautiful day!

Today’s Menu

Calorie goal: 1,350 • Consumed: 1,360 • Burned: 323
Net calories: 1,037
C/P/F ratio: 45/26/29

Brekkie:
Homemade yogurt/chopped strawberries, organic granola, honey
Coffee with milk

Lunch:
Egg salad wrap made with lite Flatout wrap
1 egg, 1 tbsp reduced fat mayo, mustard
Morningstar veggie sausage patty

Snack:
1% latte
2 clementines

Dinner:
Lean Turkey burger
steamed broccoli
applesauce

Snack:
Luna Chai tea bar
6 cashews

Happy Friday!

It’s the start of the weekend, yay!
Did my upper body bowflex workout, a short 3 mile bike ride (bank and store) and Couch to 5K Week 4 Day 1.
5 minute jogs in this one. It was fine, my legs still feel heavy though. I don’t care for that feeling very much. 3 miles of that feeling wouldn’t be very fun. I was wearing my bike shorts and a tshirt, and got beeped at on the way to the track. Not sure if it was a joke or not, but kind of fun!

Today’s Menu:

Calorie goal: 1,350 Consumed: 1,427 • Burned: 365
Net calories: 1,062
C/P/F ratio: 52/26/22

Brekkie:
Super pancakes with blueberry sauce
coffee with milk

Lunch:
Boca burger
Zone fudge graham bar

Snack:
1% latte
2 clementines

Dinner:
Flatout pizza with turkey pepperoni
Steamed broccoli
applesauce
1/3 oz of cashews

Snack:
homemade yogurt with chopped strawberries and a drizzle of honey.

Great day for a bike ride

78 degrees and sunny in mid April! Excellent day. You can see the route below that we took today along the bike trail.
The bike trail comes pretty close to a coffee shop, so we stopped there and then went back home. Almost 13 miles, and I felt pretty good!

Today’s menu:

Calorie goal: 1,350 • Consumed: 1,379 • Burned: 344
Net calories: 1,035

Food Item Servings Cals
Brekkie:
strawberries (raw) 1.00 46
Honey 0.30 18
Fage Total 2% 0.50 65
Nature’s Path Organic Hemp Plus Granola Cereal 1.00 140
Coffee 1.00 2
Hannaford 1% Milk 1.00 110

Lunch:
Contadina Pizza Squeeze Pizza Sauce 1.00 30
Hannaford Shredded Mozzarella Cheese Part Skim 1.00 80
Hormel Pillow Pak Sliced Turkey Pepperoni 1.00 73
Flat Out Flatout Multi Grain 1.00 100
Clementines, Raw 1.00 35

Snack:
Grande Non Fat Latte 1.00 130
Hannaford Mandarin Oranges Snack Bowl In Light Syrup 0.80 56

Dinner:
Birds Eye Baby Broccoli Florets 1.00 30
Hannaford Unsweetened Applesauce – 4 Oz. Cup 1.00 50
Fisher Whole Cashews 0.30 54
Tyson Raw Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast 1.00 110
Sun Chips Multigrain Original 0.50 70

Snack:
Clif Luna Chai Tea Luna Bar 1.00 180

Great day at the Y

I had a great time at the Y today with my sister. It was earlier Sunday morning, so it wasn’t too crowded. We didn’t really have to wait for any machines. Started off with 30 minutes on the treadmill, then on to the nautilus machines for a full body circuit workout.
Nice!! Felt so great, and fun to have a workout buddy 🙂

Today’s Menu

Calorie goal: 1,350 • Consumed: 1,313 • Burned: 308
Net calories: 1,005

Food Item Servings Cals

Breakfast:
Kraft Bagel-fuls Whole Grain 1.00 180
Coffee 1.00 2
Hannaford 1% Milk 1.00 110
Hannaford Unsweetened Applesauce – 4 Oz. Cup 1.00 50

Lunch:
Grande Non Fat Latte 1.00 130
Zone Perfect Fudge Graham Nutrition Bar 1.00 210

Afternoon Snack:
Starbucks Tall Nonfat Latte 1.00 100
Honey 0.30 18

Dinner:
Birds Eye Baby Broccoli Florets 1.00 30
strawberries 1.00 46
Fisher Whole Cashews 0.30 54
Contadina Pizza Squeeze Pizza Sauce 1.00 30
Hannaford Shredded Mozzarella Cheese Part Skim 1.00 80
Hormel Foods Corporation Hormel Pillow Pak Sliced Turkey Pepperoni 1.00 73
Flat Out Flatout Multi Grain 1.00 100

Snack:
Balance Bar Cookie Dough 0.50 100

Good saturday

Still doesn’t quite feel like Spring outside. Mid 30s and sunny, but windy and brisk. Took a short walk outside. I really want to get my bike out!!

Feeling a little sore from my bowflex, particularly in the tricep and hip area. I added a new hip abductor exercise and boy howdy, I feel it today!!

Today’s menu

Calorie goal: 1,343 • Consumed: 1,361 • Burned: 306
Net calories: 1,055

Food Item Servings Cals
Hannaford 1% Milk 1.00 110
Coffee 1.00 2
Honey 0.30 18
Nutrisystem Advanced Apple Strudel Scone 1.00 160
Fuji Apple 0.80 64
Puritan’s Pride Soy Protein Isolate Powder (non Flavored) 0.50 55
Hannaford 1% Milk 0.50 55
Nutrisystem Advanced Cheesy Homestyle Potatoes 1.00 210
Birds Eye Baby Broccoli Florets 1.00 30
Cashew Nuts 0.30 47
Clementines, Raw 2.00 70
Nutrisystem Advanced Chicken With Dumplings 1.00 270
Starbucks Grande Non Fat Latte 1.00 130
Nutrisystem Advanced Mint Chocolate Crunch Bar 1.00 140