Day Nineteen

New Year's Eve. Hmmm. What will the day hold. I hope to plan well. We are going to friends for the evening and hopefully, hopefully I will be good.

I am planning to go through a detox diet that mommylife.net has lost almost 100 pound on. She's restarted for the new year and taking recruits to join in support. After Epiphany (Jan 6th) I will be detoxing.

Weighed myself this morning - down a pound! In spite of holiday munching -- down a pound!!!

Breakfast (231 calories)
1 C. oatmeal
2 t. brown sugar
1/4 c. non fat milk
2 c. coffee
1/4 c. whole milk

Lunch (502 calories)
2 tortillas
1 ounce cheddar
1 c. salad with light done right dressing

Dinner (800 calories)
1 small slice french bread
4 ounce polish sausage
1 ounce cheddar
1 apple
1/4 c. almonds
Total calories 1534
Exercise: 77 minutes with Leslie Sansone, 6 miles

Day Eighteen

I've heard somewhere that people underestimate by 10-15% how much they eat in the day. I'd have to agree. I have found that the next day, after posting what I've eaten something seems to trigger my memory, "Oh yeah and I ate----also!" So if I add up the calories in a day and it amounts to 1697, it would be wise to add another 170 calories, to be on the safe side of honesty.

Breakfast
1 C. oatmeal
1/4 C. nonfat milk
2 t. brown sugar
1 boiled egg

Lunch
2 C. potato cheese soup
2 piece toast with butter
15 dark chocolate covered edamame
1 clementine orange

Dinner
2 C. salad with light done right dressing
4 ounces chicken
2 pieces bread

Snack
1/4 C. raw almonds

Total Calories for the day 1697

Exercise: 7 miles with Leslie Sansone for 87 minutes

Day Seventeen

Back in the saddle.

Beginnings - Restarts. I like Mondays because they're the opportunity to pick up that new habit, get back in the routine I need so desperately. The days following the Feast Day of Christmas were, not necessarily chaotic, not what I planned. But that was the problem - the were days unplanned. The only ordinariness to the days was the oatmeal every morning. I neglected the routine of Bible study, prayer, exercise and measuring what I ate before eating.

Now it's Monday. The chalkboard has been wiped clean. It's a new day, a new week and I'm back into the proactive planning of my day.

Breakfast
1 C. oatmeal
1/4 C. nonfat milk
2 t. brown sugar
1 boiled egg

Lunch
2 c. potato cheese soup
1 piece toast with butter

Snack
2 strawberry popsicles

Dinner
3/4 c. brown rice
veggie stir fry with pork/peanuts
5 tea biscuits
2 c. tea
1/4 c. half/half
Total Calories 1795
Exercise
7 miles with Leslie Sansone 85 minutes

Day Sixteen

Breakfast
1 C. Oatmeal
2 t. brown sugar
1/4 C. whole milk (thought I was pouring from the non-fat jug)
1/4 C. half/half
2 C. tea

Lunch
2/3 C. couscous
1 1/2 C. grilled veggies
3 ounces grilled chicken
3 mini-bites 3 musketeer bars
3 gingerbread cookies
1 strawberry popsicle

Dinner
1/4 C. almonds
3 c. salad with light done right dressing
1/6 C. peanuts
1 1/2 C. hot chocolate
2 stroopwaffels cookies

Day Fifteen

We're hopefully going up to St. Charles, MO today to see the Christmas festivities. The city decorates like a Dickensian/Victorian Christmas and Saturday is their last day. It's rainy, possibly thunder storms, for today so we may end up at a Mall (Horrors!!).

Breakfast
1 C. Oatmeal
2 t. brown sugar
1.5 C coffee
1/4 C. whole milk

Lunch
Pub Burger
1/2 order fries

Dinner
2 C. potato cheese soup
2 pieces toast with butter
2 mango popsicles
2 chocolate coins

Even though I didn't officially exercise.... we went to St. Charles and ate at one end of the tourist area and the shop I wanted to visit most was about 7 block away. It was pouring rain. What's the best way to get through pouring rain? RUN! And I did. Liam and I trotted briskly down the cobblestoned sidewalk and I didn't lose my breath. It was fun. When I stopped to stand under an awning he tugged and yelled, "Come on mommy, let's keep running!" And we did. Exercise pays off for the fun things in life.

Day Fourteen

I don't know if this week will find me back in routine - okay let's face it - it won't! It's the Christmas Season and rather than beat myself up about eating what I shouldn't I going to eat and not put on guilt but celebration and yes for me celebrating involves food. I can't separate the two so don't try. But the exercising will be on hold until Monday.

Breakfast
1 C. Oatmeal
2 t. Brown Sugar
1/4 C. non fat milk
1 1/2 C. Coffee
1/3 C. whole milk

Lunch
3 chicken select strips from McDonalds
1 tortilla
1/2 oz cheddar
1/2 oz turkey breast

Dinner
Salad with light dressing
4 ounces chicken
1 piece pesto/cheese pizze
1 mango popsicle
3 gingerbread cookies

I have consumed so many hall's citrus cough drops I couldn't count. I don't know how many calories are in each but I'm sure I've eaten a meals worth!

Day Thirteen

It's a Feast Day. I'm feasting. Go away and feast yourself. It's Jesus' Birthday party Emmanuel - God is with us. Now and Forever. Hallelujah, pass the roast beef, au gratin, bouch de noel and say thank you. Enjoy the feast today in preparation for the Feast to come when He will prepare the finest of meats and wines!