Katy's menu - 7/28/09 and 7/29/09

First off... call-out: Bloggy Rowe, where are you?

Second... good past few days on my end. I guess I was really motivated by my positive weigh-in on Tuesday morning. That, plus my goal creeping up on me in just 9 days, plus my moral obligation to blog anything I put into my mouth.

Tuesday: 22 out of 20. No workout, but a nice sushi picnic on my roof with my best friend.
B: 6
1c Honey Nut Cheerios (3), skim (2), 1c cherries (1)

L: 7
Leftover mac + cheese with even more broc (6)
Coffee with skim (1)

D: 9
Avocado roll (5), TJs chicken cilantro dumplings (1), soy sauce (o)
Late night toasted Arnolds Thin with a tiny bit of PBJ on it (2)


Wednesday: 19 out of 20. Plus a really good workout. I may have dessert, but right now I'm stuffed.
B: 5
3/4c Honey Nut Cheerios (2), 1/2c Fiber One (0), 1c skim (2), 1c strawberries and blueberries (1)

L: 7
Whole wheat wrap (3), breaded chicken cutlet (4), grilled onion, sweet and hot peppers, tomato and red onion (0), honey mustard (0) [I fucking love Toastie's!]
Steamed broccoli and carrots (0)

S: 4
Chocolate chip cookie straight out of the oven (2), handful of M+Ms (2)

D: 3
Grillers Vegan veggie burger (1), on an Arnolds Thin (1), with Laughing Cow (1), lettuce (0), tomato from the Farmers Market that couldn't have been riper (0), red onion (0), ketchup and of course hot sauce (0)
Leftover steamed broccoli thrown in the pan for a few minutes with a bit of minced garlic (0)

!!! I am so excited about my dinner. I really need to get a life. In the meantime, I realized Alex left his SLR camera here and I love (read: want) it. So, I decided to take pictures of my meal. (Like I said, I really need to get a life). But look how colorful... 3 points!




(yes, that's a copious amount of salt.)

Katy's menu - 7/27/09

Sometimes, I think to keep me in the land of the living after weekends like this past, the clouds part and a little light from heaven shines down on me when I step on the scale on Tuesday mornings. By the grace of God, Lord, our Saviour Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, I weighed in this morning at 136.6. That's 1.4 pounds less than last week, and, an all time low.

I'm not going to think of it as a fluke, because I did work hard at eating right for the better part of the week. I'm also not going to take advantage, and think that means I can eat 120-something points every weekend and still lose weight. Either way, it was great to see a loss and really motivating towards my mini-goal of hitting 135 by my vacation (August 7).

Yesterday: 19 out of 20 points, plus a workout at the gym.
B: 5
TJ's Raisin Bran aka horse oats with shriveled berries (3), skim milk (2)

L: 5
Salad from Cafe Metro, with tomatoes (0), mushrooms (0), red onions (0), beets (0), grilled chicken (2), egg whites (0), kidney beans (2), and vinegar (0)
An orange (1)

D: 9
Homemade mac and cheese (6) with broccoli (0)
Applesauce (1)
Pita chips and hot sauce, late night (2)

I made the macaroni and cheese myself (2 servings at 6 pts each):
4 oz of whole wheat rotini pasta
3 wedges of Laughing Cow, melted in a pot with
1/2 cup skim milk
salt, pepper, and a dash of cumin
2 cups of brocoli, steamed
2 tbsp of grated cheese on top

Basically, melt/make/mix the sauce and then once the pasta's cooked and the broccoli steamed, mix it all together. Easy breezy.

Katy's menu - 7/24-26/09

My ride on the Positive Progress Express Train came to an abrupt stop this weekend, where I pretty much crashed. I kept complaining about it (while simultaneously grazing non-stop), and Alex kept replying, "you really didn't eat that bad," but 20 points/day is REALLY easy to hit with breakfast alone. I need to stop going out to eat.


So let's just try and break it down, although I'm sure there'll be things I forget.


Friday: 39.5 out of 20. Fucking excellent.
B: 5.5
Being hungover, I NEEDED an egg sandwich. I stopped at the deli and tried to make it healthy.
Egg whites (1), turkey bacon(1.5), hot sauce (0) on a whole wheat bun (3)

L: 20 - again, there's my day in 1 meal.
Last minute invite to go to 5 Napkin Burger with the little girl I babysit and her parents. Can't resist babies or cheeseburgers, so I went. I tried to find the happy medium between my tongue and my conscious and had the "inside out burger" which was bunless, 10oz of beef, wrapped in lettuce, with tomato, pickles and their "special sauce" which was glorified mayo.
I ate half the burger (6), all the accoutrements (0), the sauce (2), and fries (10)
And then I ate one of Charlie's chocolate chip cookies (2)

D: 14 OMG I NEED TO STOP
Late dinner with Alex after successfully finding him an apartment (!!!). We went to Babouche, in my hood, with intentions of going to smoke some hookah. We ate ourselves silly instead.
I started with a slice of bread and oil (3), we split beet salad and I believe the only points to come from possibly some more oil in the dressing (2), and I had some vegetable "tagine" aka more glorified goulash which was all veggies (2) with a tiny bit of cous-cous (2). Oh, and we split a bottle of red wine (5).


Saturday: 43 out of 20, and now I'm crying at my desk
B: 5
1 egg (2), mini cinnamon raisin bagel (2), Laughing Cow (1)

L: 7
Stopped at the park in the midst of bike riding for 1/2 of a focaccia from the Farmer's Market with tomato, basil and goat cheese on it (6), a nectarine also from the Farmer's Market (1)

S: 5
Continued riding. Stopped for a delicioooous creamsicle Italian ice (3) to refresh myself.

Came home and ate pita chips (2) with hot sauce (new fav snack)

D: 26
2.5 slices of pizza (20 - great, theres my day) and 3 cocktails (6)

Happy to at least get in a 5.5 mile bike ride through HILLY Park Slope. Although I am no Lance Armstrong, I sweat as though I'm competing in Tour de France...on my 1983 Schwinn.


Sunday: 31 out of 20. My "good" day.
B/L: 12
Egg white omlet (2, it was huge) with tomatoes and mushrooms (0) and feta (3), homefries (5), whole wheat toast (2)

S: 7
More pita chips and hot sauce (2)
Banana chips with nutella (3)
and a Corona (2)

D: 12
Wrap from Press 195.
Whole wheat wrap (3), turkey (2), veggies (0), Alpine Lace swiss (2), and jalapeno honey mustard (0). Some fries (3).
Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich for dessert (2)

I did get in about an 8 mile bike ride to the water in Red Hook, so that might have taken care of some of the nonsense, hopefully. Weightwatchers.com says 2 hours of "moderate" riding warrants 5 Activity Points, so I'd say I earned at least that.


Going to do better this week. Going to do better, or going to punch myself in the face repeatedly.

Weekend Fail.

I just weighed in at 166.6, two full pounds above where I was on Wednesday, and not even half way to my goal for the week.

Still, 1.2 pounds in a week ain't bad, I suppose, and when I zoom out and see my whole chart, you can see a clear drop, which I wasn't expecting. Apparently I also hit my 10% goal? They tell me that means that I'm not gonna get diseases. So, hooray for that.

This week is gonna kick last week's ass.

Bobby's Menu - 7/26/09

31/29, but I did Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred, so I'm calling it even. It was actually kinda fun! Twitter has told me that Katy out exercised me though, so I'm looking forward to her post.

Yogurt (2)

Banana (2)

Nature's Valley bar (3)

2 Turkey dogs on wheat (8) - I tried mustard to break my ketchup habit. Never again.

3 egg omlet with American Cheese (8)

1 serving Cool Ranch Doritos (3)

Whey Protein in skim milk (5, I think)

Don't hit me Katy.

So I didn't do great from Thursday - Saturday. Like, no idea what my points totals were bad. I'm going to have to get better though if I expect to make it through the summer. Katy always amazes me with her ability to go to industry parties and fancy restaurants and still come out with a points total. Next weekend I am possibly going on a roadtrip/party weekend. Should be quite the test.

On Friday I wanted Subway, but when I got there it was super crowded. I saw Burger King across the parking lot but instead decided to get a chicken sandwich from Wendy's instead. I've always heard those were the healthiest fast-food choices. When I got home, I learned that my meal had been 17 points! I should have just gone to Burger King.

I'm going to really try to break my fast food addiction. To help that along, here are the points values of what I like to get at each of my favorite fast food restaurants.

Reminder: I get 29 points a day.

Burger King

Pre-FF: Double Whopper w/ Cheese. Large Fries. (38...including 90 grams of fat!)

Now: Whopper Jr. w/ Cheese. Small Fries. (18. Hmm...I've been telling myself it was 15. Still horrible.)

Wendy's

Pre-FF: Baconator. Large Fries. (33)

Now: Homestyle Chicken Filet. Small Fries. (17)

Taco Bell

Pre-FF: 3 Chalupas (9 each - 27)

Now (Drunkenly in Penn Station last week at close to 4AM): 3 Chalupas, but before the 3rd one I said "No room at the inn!" out loud before eating it anyway (9)

Checkers

Pre-FF: Double Champ with Cheese. Large Fries. (34)

Now: Champ with Cheese. Small Fries. (22)

Honestly though, I'm still gonna get the large fries. They are so fucking good.

Note that the "now" numbers are still way too high for a single regular meal. But I mean...bonus points?

Hmm. This has been an interesting exercise, mostly because I want to go to Checkers immediately. I also feel that Chipotle has been given a bad rap (by me) for its 37 point burrito. At least I feel like Chipotle is real food though.

Damn I want Checkers.

Katy's menu - 7/23/09

Well, I'm hungover.

B: 3
TJ's honey Greek yogurt (2), 1/2 cup multi-grain Cheerios (1)

L: 4
1/2 serving Mexican goulash SO SICK OF IT (3), cherries (1)

...I'm going to mix it up next week, I swear. I realize I've had the same thing for B & L all week.

D: 13 (and in this case, "D" is for drinks, since dinner didn't really happen)
6 mixed drinks...I think - white sangria with strawberries, peaches and raspberries, and a vodka soda, and half a mojito (12), 2 baby turkey rollups with mustard (1), broccoli dipped in a tiny bit of ranch (1)