Accountability thread!

[Gwen]

(If you want) post your food and exercise for the day. Include the date. We can hold each other accountable :) I know I eat better when I see all the crud I'm eating in writing! LOL

3/3/8

Breakfast: instant oatmeal

Lunch: Progresso 100 calorie per serving soup

Snack: Orville 100 calorie bag popcorn made with fat free butter, grapes

Dinner: We're having chili. I'm just going to portion mine out and just have a cup and not add cheese to mine

I'm trying to stay around 1300-1500 calories, so I'm way under and will probably end up snacking on some fruit or carrot sticks also, lol

I'm trying to drink 64 oz. water a day. I'm 3/4 of the way there already and it's only 3:30! :)

Exercise: I did my Kathy Ireland Workout video. It's an hour an half and includes aerobics, total body conditioning and lower body and abs

Then I did my own ab workout that I made up awhile back.

[pope1982]

Good idea Gwen!

This morning I ate a half an onion bagel with light cream cheese, and a plum.

Then I ate a cucumber sandwich on low cal bread, with light mayonnaise and about 5 mini ranch rice cakes.

For dinner, I made Spanish chicken with onions and potatoes in a tomato sauce in the slow cooker. I had 1 chicken leg, 1/2 cup french style canned green beans, half a medium potato and about 1/4 cup of the home made Spanish rice left overs from last night.

If I crave a sweet later, I will probably have a cereal bar or a piece of fruit.

Water, water and more water! I wish we hadn't just run out of milk, I have to go get some...

For exercise I did my half an hour buns DVD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNNbe-2wRDk
And my 40+ minutes yoga DVD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4NyZFQIJZ4&feature=related

Tomorrow I will be walking my butt off as well :rolleyes:

[pope1982]

Oops! I forgot my strips of green pepper, carrot and about 1 tbsp vegetable dip mmmmm

[Marilyn]

Great idea!!! Here goes:

Breakfast: Special K cereal with fat free milk & 1 cup coffee.

Lunch: Special K cereal with fat free milk.

Dinner: Grilled salmon (on the George Forman, wish I'd baked it with onions), steamed fresh asparagus, and salad with fat free Caesar dressing.

Sweet snack: 3 strawberries with about 3 tablespoons of fat free whipped cream. (How do they make fat free whipped cream with real cream when cream is fat??)

I'm trying to drink lots of water. I didn't keep track of it, but I've had quite a bit.

[Gwen]

Good job guys! :)

I'm not sure about the whipped cream thing. How DO they do that? lol

I ended up having light yogart and a pear as well.

Question though. I added all this up, and I'm only at 990 calories. That's SO not good! But I'm SO full! I can't force myself to eat another 300 calories =P

[Marilyn]

I had a sugar free jello a little bit ago. I don't know why, I'm not hungry, just wanted to eat something.

Okay, drinking more water now!! Glub, glub.

I'll probably have to get up and pee during the night. lol

[Gwen]

I actually really like sugar free jello! Didn't think I would, but it's rather tasty! LOL

[HALEY]

lets see yesterday

breakfast: Coffee

Lunch: Coffee, water

dinner: slice of Pizza and a cheese stick....

not to healthy hun.. i'll have time today to take a lunch at work, so i'll get a salad. That sounds healthy, i have to start eating right again, eating junk again :( so mad at myself... just running to much these days... i have heathly food at home have to start cooking again.. starting tonight....

[Marilyn]

pope, you are killing me with thay yummy slice of toast for your avatar. Looks sooooo tempting!!! I'm at lunch at work though, and fortunately not too much toast to be found around here!!

Haley, dear, you have got to eat better than that, no wonder you are so skinny. Take care of yourself for the men in your life, large and small!!

[Gwen]

Oh man, weren't you starving Haley?? I forget to eat breakfast sometimes, but I'm starving by lunch! LOL

[Chandra Amaya]

I normally skip breakfast and lunch. It's so hards to go from cooking for 6 to cooking for 1. I really need to find something so I'm not just eating late in the evening after my hubby and the oldest three kids get home.

[pope1982]

Okay, for todays damage:

3/4 cup special k fruit and yogurt and 4 oz skim milk. 1/2 tspn sugar

celery stick and about 1/2 tbsp veggie dip for one side, 1/2 t tbsp reduced fat Jif on the other side

tomato sandwich on low cal bread, light mayo. about a handful of baked tortilla chips and hot salsa mmmm

1 home made green Chile chicken quesadilla, (large fresh tortilla, handful diced chicken, 1 tsp fire roasted jalapeno pepper, handful monterey jack cheese and onion powder) served with a spoonful of hot salsa.

Probably going to have another quesadilla later. It doesn't take much ingredients to make them yummy (much healthier & fresher than Taco Bell) and they fill you up :thumbup:

For exercise I walked a couple bags of groceries home. (one of which contained 10 lbs of kitty litter and a half gallon milk ;) ) Hoping to squeeze in one of my easier DVDs later. Possibly buns, or yoga :question:

Water, water .... ^the 4 oz milk with my cereal^ & about 8 oz diet cherry 7-Up

[CoyoteQueen]

today
hot cocoa for breakfast with splenda and soymilk and water.....

water

lunch
beef, 1 serving size (I so gotta have a scale!)
1 can green beens rinced in fresh water several times

water

special K protien water

Im only suppose to be eating poultry this week, but I havent shoped yet, so I had some already cooked beef.
I'm not sure if I will eat later tonight or not, Im sleepy may just go to bed.

[pearl]

breakfast
english muffin with peanut butter and 2 slices of bacon
coffee

lunch
gwen's velveeta and chile and cornbread casserole!
glass of milk
chocolate
walnuts

supper
salad with cheese and walnuts and olive oil and vinegar dressing

exercise, none yet. just carrying 40 pounds of kitty litter in the house.

[Gwen]

You like that Pearl? :)

I'm starving ya'll...I need to push past it like Becky says. I figure I will eat dinner, and if I'm still hungry maybe have a banana or something afterwards, lol.

Breakfast:

sunny side up egg with toast (no butter) and low fat yogart

Lunch:

turkey breast on whole wheat bread with mustard

Snacks:

Apple and 100 calorie bag of popcorn

Drinks: my 64 ounces of water and I did have a Chai Latte with Soy milk...so hard to stay away from the tea! Lol

For dinner we're having leftover chili, and I'm going to portion it out again

So with all that I should be at 1100 calories, so I can have fruit later if I'm still hungry, lol

[CoyoteQueen]

LMAO! I want to eat at Pearls house!!!

I just finished off the beef, about 1/2 serving size and another can of green beens. Hot tea and I feel very satisfied.

Gwen, if your avoiding the tea for rest? I was thinking about you today, try drinking your green tea in the am, and up until noon........that way you can have it for lunch. get you some chamomile and switch over to it for the rest of the day.

[pope1982]

"LMAO! I want to eat at Pearls house!!!"

I know someone who would be very happy with that decision lol
He would say; "More food for me."

I have been cooking Spanish food like crazy, mostly chicken. That is my biggest struggle, not falling back to destructive habits and going all out. I am very proud of how I am handling the delicious stuff! :eek:

I also find feeding other people food I've poured my heart into as satisfying Gwen :lol2: I am like that little old lady in The Wedding Singer with her meatball :D

[pearl]

what kind of spanish food becky?
i love tortillas espanola.

[CoyoteQueen]

what kind of spanish food becky?
i love tortillas espanola.


Pearl have you tried those spanish cookbooks?

[pearl]

yes! a bit. i made tortillas espanola, paprika almonds, garlic shrimp, fruit and chili.
next time i'll take some pictures!
still gotta try these chocolate pecan brownies with chile.

[pope1982]

I've never had that pearl! You'll have to share the recipe ;)

When I say '"Spanish", I am really incorrectly using a blanket term. It's a mixture of Spanish, Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican...
I make simple, home cooked, cheap, filling comfort food that if you are not careful, you will pack on the pounds ;)

tostones, pasteles, rice and beans, carne con papas, cuban ropa veija, flan, potato and meat (this is more or less beef stew meat and potato cooked in tomato sauce until tender served over white rice), arroz con leche, cuban chicken and yellow rice, lately the fiance has been loving Mexican mole' chicken, cuban garlic chicken, some different marinades and meat treatments, Spanish omlettes, Spanish chicken and chorizo paella, potatoes with garlic and parsley, churros, stews and soups...

"next time i'll take some pictures!"

What a great idea for another area to post in!

[pope1982]

PS,

I scored last night and got my 30 minutes of "vigorous exercise" ;) on top of that 30 minute Buns DVD :cheer:

TMI :question:

[pope1982]

one large egg, one slice of bacon, one heel of low cal toast and 8 oz skim milk

early dinner: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/Bpope1982/Dishes%20that%20Ive%20prepared/SaladMeatloafGarlicMashedPotatoesGr.jpg
(unbeknownst to pearl, she has created a monster in giving me the brilliant idea of taking pictures of what I cook lol)
my specialty meatloaf, mashed white potatoes with the skins left on and garlic (horseradish added to the other half's portion as well, BLEH!) finished with a sprinkle of fresh gound black pepper, french style green beans and a basic side salad of lettuce, tomato, cucumber with 1 tsp lite Caesar dressing.
8 oz diet cherry 7-up

Later on I'll snack on 3/4 cup chocolate delight Special K and 4 oz milk.

Exercise... I plan on doing one of the four DVDs, and walking across "town" with Owen (since it's his turn) to check on grandmom and the new puppy of the family, Gracie :)

[pearl]

i have fallen.
breakfast~ 4 spoons of peanut butter and a glass of water.
lunch (here's the fall) hamburger all-american meal from macdonalds.
snack~ 2 WW chocolate muffins and i'm having a hard time not having the third.
supper~ haven't eaten yet but plan on mexican lasagna and salad.

[Dobie]

I've been stressed and ate a 2 pound bad of M&M's in the last 2 days - not to mention half a box of Thin Mints. (IS THAT BAD?) :eek:

[pope1982]

:sidesplit: You guys are killing me! :eek:

[pearl]

well, i think m&m's are good, not bad.
the WW muffin is gone.

[pope1982]

:rolleyes: You are going to be a wonderful grand mother one day Pearl :hug:

[pearl]

:rolleyes: You are going to be a wonderful grand mother one day Pearl :hug:

hope so. i'm putting the tortilla espanola recipe over in the recipe section becky.

[pearl]

it's all over.
katie came home and made chocolate chip cookies. had 5.

[pope1982]

1 tbsp reduced fat jiff and a little less than a tbsp raspberry fruit spread on a sandwich with low cal toast

garden salad with 1 tsp lite Caesar dressing and a medium hard boiled egg

handful of baked tortilla chips

For dinner, Carne Con Papas served over 1/2 cup white rice
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/Bpope1982/Dishes%20that%20Ive%20prepared/CarneConPapas2.jpg (I'll be having another small serving of that later ;) so yummy! )

Just water today so far.

[pope1982]

lol, in all seriousness pearl and dobie, if you are serious in watching what you eat, it is okay and even encouraged to indulge sometimes.

Key is managing your calories, portioning and knowing when to say when ;)
Besides, it's almost better when you get to build it up and look forward to stuff like that because it gets taken for granted when it is meant to be an occasional treat.

[pearl]

that's true pope.
today,
scrambled eggs with green chiles
coffee
snack: little hershey bars, 3
lunch: bag of baby carrots
supper: pork tenderloin with mustard sauce, salad, glass of milk

water all day

[Gwen]

Sorry guys! I have been swamped the last few days. I think I said Mon and Tues already, so here's Wed and today. I messed up a bit today =P

Wed:

Breakfast: special k cereal with skim milk and a banana

Lunch: progresso soup again, getting sick of those! LOL

Snacks: 100 calorie popcorn and sugar free jello

Dinner: healthy fajitas (whole wheat tortillas with chicken, mushrooms, onions, and various colors of bell peppers)

Thurs:

Breakfast: Oatmeal and low fat yogart

Lunch: Soup *gag*

Snacks: 100 calorie popcorn, pretzels and frozen grapes

And here's where I messed up...we had pizza for dinner. I only had one slice, but afterward my husband went to the corner store and bought me a candy bar, lol.

[pope1982]

3/4 cups Special K fruit and yogurt, 4 oz skim milk 1/2 tsp sugar

leftover Carne con papas from last nights dinner served over 1/2 cup white rice

medium hard boiled egg sandwich on low cal toast with light mayo and a little mustard with a handful of tortilla chips

celery stick and vegetable dip

a few dark chocolate strawberry Hershey kisses ;) courtesy of Aunt Flows impending visit :(

[pearl]

today wasn't too bad.
br~ yogurt and kashi golean cereal; coffee
lunch~ sub sandwich, potato chips
supper~ goldfish

well maybe it was bad.

[Gwen]

Breakfast: egg on toast and low fat yogart

Lunch: PB&J on whole wheat bread (but I measured out the PB and the J so it wouldn't be as much calories, TBSP of each! LOL)

Dinner: chicken soft taco

No snacks, wasn't all that hungry today...

[pearl]

gwen i love egg on toast! i make soft boiled eggs and put them on toast with jelly. the only other person i have heard call it egg on toast is my mom!!

[Gwen]

Lol, really? She's not from Colorado is she? I was gonna say maybe it's Colorado thing...:D

[pearl]

no! she's from arkansas and oklahoma! one of my favorite breakfasts.

[pope1982]

Ate the last of the left overs over rice

two hard shell home made tacos from one of those store bought taco kits

drank about 8 oz diet 7 up and lots of water.

Not really too hungry, if I do get snacky, probably have some fruit or veggies

[Gwen]

Man, all this moving stuff must be stressin' me out because I only had oatmeal and popcorn today and just did not have an appetite...not good =P

[pearl]

me either. yogurt and kashi golean crunch for breakfast, sandwich and drink for lunch, glass of milk for supper. and i'm stuffed.

[Lindsey]

Ughhh... huge pan scrambler at noon when I went out for breakfast... diced potatoes, scrambled eggs, ham, peppers, and melted cheese, plus raisin toast. Then there was a bunch of rye and ginger ale out with the girls. Then half a bag of regular chips and half a bag of barbeque chips while watching SNL when I got home.......... now sleep and hopefully a whole bunch of sit-ups when I wake up in the morning :(

[pearl]

i love those skillet breakfasts lindsey!
i forgot, i went jogging with pearl (my labrador) yesterday too.

[pope1982]

A couple chocolate chip cookies I baked last night with skim milk

pork roast and a small potato from the slow cooker when I got home

Probably some cereal and fruit later, although not all that hungry right now.

Exercise, I stomped the streets of Baltimore fighting being blown over by the wind in heels all afternoon!

[Gwen]

Oatmeal, chicken noodle soup, salad and ice cream, lol!

[pearl]

breakfast: egg on toast ;) and coffee
lunch i can't remember!!!
supper: garlic shrimp and fruit with chile sauce.

[Chandra Amaya]

breakfast ~diet mountain dew.
lunch~ diet mountain dew
dinner~ homemade chinese(lo mein, beef strips, shrimp, chinese veggies all in a homemade sauce)
I really need to start eating better.

[pope1982]

1/2 an onion bagel with light cream cheese

medium hard boiled egg on low cal toast with light mayo and a little mustard

celery and baby carrots

Healthy choice old fashioned chicken noodle soup

I also had skim milk with a choc chip cookie lol

exercise, pilates DVD

[pearl]

breakfast; peanut butter and glass of milk.
lunch. can of slimfast.
supper: at Tandoori Grill in Boulder...chicken korma, dal soup, and some rice dessert that tasted exactly like Trix!

[Lindsey]

I had an orange for breakfast and a salad and a sandwich for lunch. I was starving after work so I ate a bunch of chips before my guitar lesson so my stomach wouldn't be grumbling! Then a few hours later I ordered some pizza from pizza hut and ate 4 slices. I'm kind of hungry again so I think I'm going to eat some cucumber

[Gwen]

Mmm...pizza sounds good! Lol

breakfast: cheerios with a banana

lunch: chicken nuggets

dinner: corn beef and cabbage

exercise: packing. Man, I didn't think I had this much stuff!!

[pope1982]

Sort of naughty day...

Regular portion that I always have of Special K fruit and yogurt, with skim milk and pinch of sugar.

tomato sandwich on low cal bread, light mayo and handful baked tortilla chips.

a stick of celery and veggie dip

4 slices of pepperoni pizza (picked the smallest ones, with the smallest amount of meat out of the box and didn't eat the crusts lol)

and water all day, 40 + minute Yoga DVD :thumbup:

[Gwen]

Breakfast: special k with skim milk

Lunch: taco

dinner: chicken and macaroni salad

snack: a few jelly beans, lol

[pearl]

i don't eat the crust either on pizza.

breakfast~ peanut butter, milk, coffee

lunch~ salad

supper~ crab stuffed mushrooms, fish and chips and chocolate lava cake :D

[judy]

Yesterday:

Breakfast - instant sugar free oatmeal, with soy milk, l slice low fat bread with health food peanut butter, coffee with splenda and fat free french vanilla coffeemate

Lunch - coffee, fat free yogurt muffin (4 points)

Dinner - egg drop soup, 4 steamed veggie dumplings

Snacks - 2 chocolate caramel WW yummies (1 point each)
l bag WW chips (2 pts.)

Exercise - clicking on the computer mouse, reaching for and clicking the TV remote,
walking to and from car.

Let's pretend that I didn't have those two cheeseburger days last week when I just couldn't get to WW to get weighed in!

[DianaB]

.......Exercise - clicking on the computer mouse, reaching for and clicking the TV remote, walking to and from car.....

Judy, you are sooo funny!!!!! I love your exercise program!!!!! Is it one of those that you buy on the TV!!! :sidesplit:

[judy]

I got it free! I forgot one thing I do - typing on my keyboard.

[pope1982]

for brunch, 1 1/4cup crispy rice (generic brand rice crispies lol only 130 calories wooo!) skim milk, 1 tsp sugar

and then I am still full from eating this around 6:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/Bpope1982/Dishes%20that%20Ive%20prepared/WholeGrainRiceGarlicSlowCookerChick.jpg
garlic slow roaster chicken so tender it fell apart before it hit your plate, whole grain rice a roni brown rice, pearled barley and pearled wheat- chicken and herb. That is a picture of the other half's dinner though, cause I only had a leg and a tiny piece of breast, 1/2 cup rice as well as sliced beets cause I hate broccoli :thumbdwn:

not sure what I will snack on a bit later.

Water, buns DVD
LOL Judy

[Gwen]

I like Judy's workouts, I think I'm going to switch over and try that for awhile! Lol! :)

[pearl]

pope that chicken sounds really good. did you make it?

[Chandra Amaya]

yesterday
breakfast~ a piece of dry toast
lunch~ diet dew
dinner~ homemade chicken salad with white grapes and mandrine oranges and low fat mayo with shredded lettuce in a wheat pita.
I did better!

[pope1982]

Yep, pearl, I did :)

I buy finely diced garlic in a jar found in the vegetable department (so much easier than popping garlic open and dicing it every time a recipe calls for it! I still keep fresh garlic on hand though. Never has the chance to sit and go bad..). Then I threw a whole medium sized chicken in the slow cooker. lifted up the skin and separated it a bit from the meat to create sort of a fun stuffing pocket. Then I grabbed some Sazon & Adobo these can be found in the international cooking area, where Goya products can be located: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/Bpope1982/Dishes%20that%20Ive%20prepared/Tools%20of%20the%20trade/ItsHAStoBeGoya.jpg
(Tip: if you are going for Latin flavor, it HAS to be Goya.)
And just forked out tons of garlic, rubbing it all over the bird. I repulled the breast skin down over the breasts and put a little water in the bottom of the slow cooker. Turned it on high and let it sit for 5-6 hours. This thing way breaking apart as I was pulling it onto the serving plate...

The aroma of tonight's dinner is killing me, I will post pictures later when I report todays damage lol
I wish you could smell through your computer! Beef shoulder roast cooked with potatoes, onion, carrots and diced tomatoes that were stewed with chilies and just a splash of tomato sauce :p

[pope1982]

1 1/4cup crispy rice, 4oz skim milk, 1 tsp sugar

cucumber sandwich on low cal bread, light mayo, 5 plain pringles
8 oz diet 7 up

supper:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/Bpope1982/Dishes%20that%20Ive%20prepared/TomatoSauceBeefroastCarrotsAndPotat.jpg

blueberry special k cereal bar, 4 more oz milk

probably buns DVD

[pearl]

i love pot roast!

b- peanut butter

l- grilled cheese and tomato soup, pumpkin pie

s- hasn't happened yet! but i have leftover ravioli and chicken korma and rice.

no exercise today!

[pope1982]

All I ate, was a butt load of puerto rican rice today lol Every meal time I had an average sized bowl.

No snacks, rice was very filling. Didn't take much...

Drank a diet coke and a little diet A&W

Walked to and from fiance's grandmothers with Ariana attached to me (approx 15 lbs) still may do my jazz/bellydance DVD to unwind so I ca get some sleep!

[Gwen]

Sorry guys! Have been moving the past few days. Haven't been eating well at all because of it, but I have lost weight from all of this carrying boxes and whatnot! Lol

I promise I will start back up tomorrow since things are getting all calmed down now.

[Gina]

Ok ladies my meals lately consists of MUSH!!


Breakfast - farina made with a little milk and I add a little brown sugar sometimes a blueberry muffin.

Lunch- Baby pastina with milk and butter or sometimes a scrambled egg

Dinner - Mashed Potatoes with a little butter and salt, or lipton soup

In between - Yogurts and sugar free rice pudding or chocolate pudding...
Lets not forget my D& D coffee

Yep this is my daily diet for the last month or so. I did lose 8 lbs... way to go!! lol

[pope1982]

celery and baby carrots with about a tbsp buffalo ranch veggie dip

fresh spicy green beans
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/Bpope1982/Dishes%20that%20Ive%20prepared/spicyGreenBeans2.jpg

home made chicken soup with carrots and red potatoes

water and diet coke

yoga DVD

[Gwen]

Help Pope! I can't get back on track. Too much going on...ugh

[pope1982]

lol well finish out today, and start over fresh tomorrow!
There's always tomorrow, it's a marathon not a sprint ;)