Tuesday December 31st 2019

Last day of the decade!  What will I do to celebrate? 

Probably eat all the things.

Also, my husband has been asked to be at the youth New Year's dance tonight from 9am-12.30, so I will probably go with him and there will probably be food that I will probably eat. 

Breakfast:

The usual smoothie.  1 banana, 1 Tbsp cocoa, 2 Tbsp PB powder, 1.5c almond/coconut milk 

Lunch:

1/2 cup rice

2 oz chicken 

3/4 cup green beans

2 Tbsp teriyaki sauce

2 slice banana bread and butter

Exercise: 1 hour 15 mins on the bike

Dinner:

A large amount of chopped romaine

1/3 avocado

1/2 tomato

1oz grated cheese

2oz ground beef with taco seasoning

1 small tortilla

9 tortilla chips

ranch dressing

jalapeños

I ate zero snacks at the dance.  Go me! =) 

Monday December 30th 2019

Breakfast: 

Smoothie, natch. 

Caro made with milk, no sugar.

Lunch:

2 leftover rolls from Christmas

Bourskin cheese

Cucumber

Chocolate

Exercise: 

50 mins on bike

Dinner:

Chicken

Mashed potatoes

green beans

gravy

Sunday December 29th

Breakfast:
The usual smoothie; banana, 1 Tbsp cocoa powder, 2 Tbsp pb powder, 1.5c almond/coconut milk.

Lunch:
No lunch

Dinner:
Spaghetti bolognese. And cheese.  And then chocolate.

Saturday December 28th

Breakfast:

I don't think it was a smoothie.  I think it was toast because I was feeling kind of blah. 

Lunch:

Anyone's guess

Dinner: Huh.  Uhhhmmmm.  Pft. Who knows. 

OH!  I know!

We went to a wedding reception and I had chicken and a biscuit and a doughnut.  

Exercise.  2 hours on the bike. 

Friday December 27th

Breakfast

1 slice of toast with butter and grapefruit jam

1/2 cup milk

Lunch

dinner roll with a slice of cheese, butter, and spicy pickle

1/2 granola bar

1 cup rice krispies

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp sugar

4 lindor

Because.

45 min bike

5 min abs

I guess if I want any abs to show I kinda need to stop eating the chocolate.

....eventually.  Eventually I'll stop eating the chocolate.  But not now.  First I must consume all chocolate in da haus. 

Dinner: 

I can't remember.  Probably something unhealthy and delicious. 

Thursday December 26th

Happy Boxing Day! =) 

Breakfast:

Smoothie.  Of course

1 banana

1 Tbsp cocoa

2 Tbsp pb powder

1/2 Tbsp pb

1.5 cups almond/coconut milk

Lunch:

2 Rolls

Butter

Lamb

Mint sauce

Chocolate truffle

2 chocolate chip cookies

1 lindor

1 cup 2% milk

Dinner:

romaine

crab salad

tortilla

1/2 tomato

small slice banana bread

roll with cheese

I'm sure there were some chocolates in there too.  Dang, my diet's been sooo bad over Christmas.  I'm trying to feel somewhat guilty, but utterly failing because...Christmas, y'all!  

Wednesday December 25th 2019

Breakfast

I think we had smoothies.  =D Ha!   Not very Christmassy but we love them. 

Lunch/Dinner

Lamb

Tofurkey

Roast Potatoes

Mint Sauce

Yorkshire Pudding

Gravy

Green beans and almonds

Brussel sprout

Roll and butter

Apple cider and club soda

Chocolates and cookies.  So many chocolates and cookies.

Tuesday December 24th 2019

Breakfast

The usual smoothie:

banana, cocoa powder, peanut butter powder, almond coconut milk.  You know the drill.

Lunch

Small tortilla

crab salad

carrots, celery, and ranch dressing

cookie the neighbours brought over

Egg nog

Dinner

Pizza

Monday December 23rd 2019

Breakfast

Smoothie

1/2 croissant with butter and grapefruit jam

The grapefruit jam turned to stone over night.  CURSES!  I must have boiled it too long.  But I did the wrinkle test and everything.  Next time: Ignore the wrinkle test.  Just boil 10-15 mins and cross your fingers.

Lunch

2 slices of bread

butter

1 slice cheese

branson pickle

Dinner

Hogwood barbeque.  My gosh it was amazing.

1/2 cup rice

beans and corn

pulled pork

barbeque sauce

the most amazing pickles I've ever had

banana pudding

moon pie

cream soda

Sunday December 22nd 2019

Breakfast

Croissant

Grapefruit jam.  That I made.  All by myself. This very morning.  I made it then I ate it.  And it was pretty dang good.

1/2 smoothie with 1/2 the usual goodness

Lunch

Linger longer food including:

2 cookies I didn't really want

4 crackers

2 slices cheese

4 celery sticks

1 cauliflower floret

2 Tbsp vegetable dip

Dinner

Spaghetti

Spaghetti sauce

Waaaaay too much cheese

1/2 slice garlic toast

Lebkuchen

4 chocolates

Saturday December 22nd 2019

Breakfast: The usual.  Sorta.  I ran out of peanut butter powder.

1 banana

1 Tbsp cocoa powder

1 Tbsp peanut butter powder

1 Tbsp fresh ground peanut butter

1.5 cups almond coconut milk.

Lunch

1/2 protein cookie

1/2 bottle jumpin jimmy

Because the DH and I went out on a bike ride before eating lunch...a bike ride that was meant to last 1.5-2 hours...and ended up lasting twice that.  Oops.  It was so fun though! Freezing cold, but fun.  I love me some North Lick Creek Road.

Dinner

1 chicken thigh

1.5 cups vegetables

2 chocolates

Friday December 20th 2019

Weight: 151.2  How did that happen?

Breakfast: Smoothie

1 banana

1 Tbsp cocoa powder

2 Tbsp peanut butter powder

1.5 cups almond/coconut milk

Lunch:

Caro

Knoppers

Don't @ me. 

Dinner:

The Annual Christmas Dinner Out Paid For By My Sisters For Our Christmas Gift.

Lemongrass sushi/thai

Vegetable tempura 3 pcs

Or maybe it was 4.

1 chicken wing

1 gyoza

1 crab rangoon

1 pot ginger mint herbal tea

7 pcs nigiri. Wait.  Was it 7?

Uhhhh...

3 pcs salmon

2 pcs tuna

2 pcs white tuna

2 pcs shrimp. 

That makes 9. Oh well. 

1 california roll

Dessert:

Triple peanut butter ice cream. Yeah baby, yeah. 

It was a good day.  I mean.  Not great for losing weight. But it was a happy family day. 

Thursday December 19th 2019

Breakfast: Smoothie
1 banana
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 Tbsp peanut butter powder
1.5c almond coconut milk

Lunch:
2 small tortillas
1 slice cheese
olives
1 slice ham

Dinner:
2 salisbury steaks
1/2 cup mashed potatoes
2 c vegetables

Chocolates, chocolate biscuits.

Wednesday December 18th 2019

Breakfast: Smoothie
1 banana
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 Tbsp peanut butter powder
1.5c almond coconut milk

Lunch:
1 breast fried chicken.  That's it.  Just the chicken. Ok.  Mmm healthy.

Dinner:
1/2 breast fried chicken.  This was a mistake.  Felt nauseous afterwards.
A little later:
2 satsumas.
Felt better.  Ate a chocolate.

My gosh my diet is awful at the moment.

Exercise:
1 hour Zwift
2 min abs. You've got to start somewhere.

Tuesday December 17th 2019

Weight: 150.3  More the wrong way. I made cookies all day yesterday so I suppose that's the reason why. Sampling 

Breakfast: Smoothie

Banana

1.5c almond/coconut milk

1 Tbsp cocoa powder

2 Tbsp PB powder

Lunch

slice of pizza from Sal's.  It wasn't too bad.  

Dinner

Filet of fish and fries from MacDonalds. No wonder my weight is going the wrong way.  It was a long, hard, busy day again.  Hopefully it will calm down a bit now and I can exercise and eat better instead of doing the headless chicken routine. 

Monday December 16th 2019

Weight: 152.  Wrong way!

Breakfast: Smoothie
banana
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 Tbsp pb powder
1.5 cups almond/coconut milk

Lunch:
two tortillas
chopped romaine
crab salad

Dinner:
1/2 cup rice
1/4 cup korean pork
1 egg
1/2 cup chopped romaine
2 Tbsp peanuts

Sunday December 15th 2019

Breakfast: Smoothie

Lunch: Spaghetti dinner
Noodles
Spaghetti sauce w/meat
cheese
spicy pickle relish just because
1 slice dave's killer bread

Dinner:
hot chocolate.  (I ate lunch super late, that's my excuse)

Saturday December 14th 2019

Breakfast: Smoothie
1 banana
1 Tbsp cocoa
2 Tbsp PB powder
1.5 cups almond/coconut milk

Lunch:
2 tortillas (80 cal)
1/2 cup chopped romaine
1/2 cup kicking crab salad

Dinner: Ward Christmas party
1oz fried chicken
2 oz pulled pork
2 Tbsp barbecue sauce
1/2 cup green bean casserole
1/4 cup corn
1 biscuit
2 tsp butter
1/12th key lime pie
banana cream pie - sliver
taste of banana pudding

Snacks
1/4 cup cashews
1 cup herbal tea with honey
1 cup caro with milk
1 Aldi truffle

Exercise:
Just over an hour on Zwift

Friday December 13th

Oh my gosh. I've just realized.  It's Friday 13th and my kid has exams today. =D  Oh dear.

Anyway:

Weight: 150.3

Breakfast: Smoothie
almond/coconut milk
banana
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 Tbsp pb powder

Snack: Hot chocolate and a cookie

Lunch:
Tortilla
1 C chopped romaine
1 roma tomato
1/8 red pepper, chopped
1/4 avocado
1/8 cucumber, chopped
1 egg
10 small olives
2 tsp olive oil
salt

Dinner:
baked tofu
california vegetables
1/2 cup rice

Snack: way too many chocolates from Aldi.

Thursday Dec 12th 2019

Breakfast: Smoothie
Banana
1/2 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 Tbsp peanut butter powder
1.5 c almond coconut milk

Lunch: 
1/2 cookie
1 breadstick from Little Caesars
Dinner:
2 slices little caesar's pepperoni pizza.  
It was gross.  Why do I eat pizza chain pizza? It always makes me feel nasty.  Maybe I should try making my own. 
Snacks:
1 Cup caro with milk 
Exercise:
Riding back and forth to downtown. 
Walking around downtown.

Wednesday December 11th 2019. Starting all over again.

Several years in Canada and an extreme lack of self control and the loss of the ability to run means I've gained most of the weight back that I worked so hard to lose.  Pretty disheartening.  So here we go again.

Weight: 151.7 lbs
Waist: 32.25 in
Hip: 42 in
Bust: 36.5 in
Thigh: 25 in
Calf: 15 in
Arm: 13.5 in

Breakfast: Smoothie
Banana
1/2 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 Tbsp peanut butter powder
1.5 c almond coconut milk

Lunch:
2c chopped romaine
1/2 roma tomato
couple of slices red pepper
1/4 avocado
1 egg
2 tsp olive oil
salt

Dinner:
1/2 c rice
1/4 c taco meat w/lean beef
1/4 c black beans
2 Tbsp salsa
1 Tbsp lite ranch
1 c chopped romaine

Snacks:
1 mini doughnut
1 pkt Japanese cocoa balls

Exercise:
1 hr Zwift @ ~90w
2 min abs