Tuesday Eats

Tuesday is here and with it another lunch box and run down of the things I am eating today.

Breakfast: whole wheat toast (1)  with 1 teaspoon of peanut butter  (2.5)
Breakfast total 3.5 points
Tuesdays at the office are tricky for staying on target since the company picks up starbucks coffee with an array of pastry for us. The plan have a smallcoffee because I need it today if I plan on staying up until 10 pm for the CVMC general meeting.

The makings of a  healthy lunch box

Lunch today is a dinner repeat really  1/2 cup of pasta (4)  a side of salad greens , no dressing no extras (0), hard boiled egg (2) I also packed a snack of 20 almonds (3 ) and a  1/2 cup of seaweed rice balls from Trader Joe's (2)

Lunch total 11  although  5 of these points count for a snack.
 On the agenda  as far as fitness and activity goes today I am still on the fence. it's raining this am so I am not sure if I am really up for walking in the rain this afternoon. I feel a cold coming on and don't want to make it worse.

Lunch packed up in the box.

I'm Back With A Lunch Box

Howdy! I can not seem to get into  swing of things these days. Theres a lot on my plate and my mind but lets see if I can get back on track with blogging and posting eats and activity  points  something new this year.
numbers in ( ) indicate WW point value

Breakfast: 1 slice  wheat toast (1) , 1 teaspoon  peanut butter (2.5) , one morning star veggie breakfast patty (2), muscle milk smoothie (3)
breakfast total- 8.5 points

Lunch: side salad (0), salame sandwhich (4), hard boiled egg (2) , fig newton cookies ( 2)
Lunch total - 8 points

Plans for dinner ... unless something changes pasta with turkey meat spinach and mushrooms, salad

Activity plans for the day : lunch walk   30 minutes = + 2 points
                                        Flow Yoga class  90 minutes = +5

Tuesday and Wednesday Lunch Boxes

Tuesday Lunch
Slice of turkey and side salad with no dressing
2 pt blueberry mini muffin (tj's)
Cheese stick
Kashi Crackers

The only thing I ate from this lunch on Tuesday was the crackers. (3)  I had too much coffee at the office and was full.


So I saved the energy in making a  new lunch last night and just did a repeat minus the crakcers. I replaced that with a 5 point Larabar Cherry pie. Not the best option but Something I can eat before my massage session this afternoon to give me fuel to get through the work, or palpating muscle and tissue.  I also got a 1 point hot chocolate  from the not so great taco truck that visits my office and an order of toast.

Lunch LAST Week

Monday




Tuesday


A small glimpse of what my lunches looked like last week. I am taking a break from posting about my  daily eating for the week. Since it's Thanksgiving week and I know I am going to be eating way more than  I should come the end of the week I thought I would just keep what else I am eating tight lipped for now.

Dinner and Lunch

                                              Dinner : rice, salad, and one chicken leg



     Lunch : Salad with carrots and salsa, chicken leg,  HB egg and fig newtons, and raisin crunch cereal

Happy Wednesday, Lunch Box Time

Wednesday... How I love thee one more day of work this week then I am home with my bebes. I can not wait!
On the menu today:

Breakfast muscle milk smoothie (3)  1/2 cup of fruity cheerios (2),

Lunch: Salad with cucumbers, salsa and strawberries (1), left over salisubury steak from dinner two nights ago ( repeated this from yesterday did not eat it )  (4)  also a TJ's lemonaide box  and I packed a  veggie sammi on tortilla with yogurt chive spread  cucumbers, sprouts and a sprinkle of cheese. I am doing a massage sesison after work today and will need to fuel up before I hit the table.

Happy Monday Lunch Box!

Monday after Halloween Eats. I totally left the idea of counting points behind this weekend. But now its time to get with it again.  I placed the box in front of the jar of our candy loot from this weekend to remind me to stick to it, and not cheat. But truth be told I think the candy fairy will be coming to our house soon enough this week.  I found a list of  fun ideas on what to do with the left over candy. Want to learn more click here

Breakfast: Muscle milk Smoothie (3) , fruity cheerios  (2)

Lunch: Green salad (0), pasta with sauce and cheese (4) Hard boiled egg (2)  Four strawberries (2)

I also had a mid morning snack of a Gerber graduates granola bar apple cinnamon flavor (1) I  know kinda silly but I picked a box up at the dollar store to keep in my desk in case I get hungry while working.

Tuesday & Wednesday Eats

Tuesdays Lunch Box
Mini bagel (2)
Chicken sausage(3)
White beans (3)
Laughing cow Cheese (2)
I also packed  some tofu and orange slices  but did not eat them

Todays Eats
 Breakfast: Muscle Milk smoothie (3), rice cake with peanut butter (2)
 Snack : Orange slices (2) fruit strip (1)
 Lunch: Half of a chicken breast (2.5) 3 tablespoons of mashed potatoes  and gravy (1), WW 1 point bar.

Soggy Day Lunch Box

What an awful day already. Woke up late thanks to a little that snuck into bed with me and threw my internal body clock off with his  wiggling in the middle of the night.  As I was rushing to work in the soggy weather I was harrassed by a police man ... I was going the speed limit but he still choose to flash this big light on me  make me pull over and then he drove right by me . I guess I should be happy that it was a little warning  to slow down and not a ticket but that made me even more late. I gave into cold weather temptation and got a latte and a nibble  from Starbucks I did not even finish because the both tasted nasty.


Now on to the box.

Breakfast. I give up on that points wise . Forget about it
Lunch: brown rice, black beans and chicken  (4), cheese stick (2)
Snack : a choice of a lara bar  cherry pie (5) a tj cereal bar (3) or a rice cake (1) depending on how this day goes will be the deciding factor.

Rainy Day Eats

Tuesday Eats:
Breakfast : Muscle Milk Protein Shake (3), sourdough bread w/ PB (3)
Snack : I packed the same apples I proably will not eat. if this becomes the case I am just going to boil the apples I have a make apples sauce... is that how you make apple sauce? I don't know
Lunch: Brown rice with black beans and chicken (5) , mini bagel (2) , String Cheese (2), Fruit Strip (1)

* I also packed a rice cake  but may not eat it. I have found I am rotating eating some of my box items  during different parts of the day.I am also thinking a mini  bagel and a rice cake are not the most wise things to bundle together but I may save the rice cake for a pre workout snack to get me moving a little more at the gym this afternoon. I have been dragging butt maybe because I am tired and its a low energy part of my day... I will see how this works.

Monday Lunch

Monday Eats

Breakfast : Muscle Milk Smoothie  (3) , rice cake (1)
Snack: Chocolate Chip Cliff bar (5) Fruit Strip (1)
Lunch : Banana (2) String Cheese (2)  pasta (4)
I did not eat the apple.

Thursday Lunch Box

Thursdays  Lunch Box
Banana (2)
laughing cow cheese wedge (1)
TJ apple cereal bar (2)
TR juice (2)
Wrap with proscuitto, tortilla, sprouts,mustard and 1 tomato (3)

I also had on tall skinny vanilla latte and a pumpkin scone from starbucks. I only get startbucks on Thursdays now if I am up early enough to get it pnj my own adn not send a  girl  from work to fetch it for me . Points  I am estimating  about 8 but not sure for sure. I will be sure to go on a walk during lunch and then I have a massage session today  and that always burns calories believe it or notand depending on the strokes I use deep tissue, chops , etc I get a little mini upper body work out .I have to skip the gym today as it's E's b day and I need to get home to prepare for all of the fun. We are not having anything super special just our favorite take out and a little cupcake party with the littles. Then hopefully a nice night to enjoy each others company it feels like its been forever since we have sat on the couch together and caught up with each others lives.

Tuesday Wednesday Lunch Boxes .. and gym update

Tuesdays Lunch Box
String Cheese (2)
Trader Joes Apricot fruit strip(1)
hard boiled egg (2)
Beef Stew (4)
Banana I did not eat and a lara bar I did not eat either.

Breakfast was muscle milk  shake (3) and rice cake (1)



Wednesdays Lunch Box

Half of a santa fe burrito that I had for dinner last night from the burrito shop , not sure of points
sprout tofu blueberry salad (2)
string cheese (2)
hard boiled egg (2)
half a banana (1)
Tj's apple crusher (2)

I also had a muscle milk protein shake for breakfast (3)  with a rice cake (1)

If your just starting to read my blog the numbers in  the parenthesis after a food item is the weight watchers point value . hope that helps clear that up.

I will say that I feel hungry already. I don't know what it is about sitting in this office in the morning that makes me so hungry. It's frustrating since I am trying to be good  and don't want to blow my points. I had a great work out at the gym the last two days and since Monday I have earned  more than 15 activity points that I am able to use?   I think this is wrong  I was not sure I could earn so many and actually use them so I  am checking with my weight watchers leader this week. What did I do to earn those points... my lunch walk 30 minutes a day gets me 2 points. I worked out on the elliptical machine for 30 minutes and that earned me 5 . Free weight machines  Monday took a yoga class for 75 minutes and totally worked my butt off that earned me 6 .  Monday I also did 300 crunches.

I repeated the regimen on Tuesday, lunch walk , elliptical @ gym plus weights and crunches Skipped yoga as I was tired yesterday and had to run to Target. All in all its been a pretty successful week for  keeping on my plan and working out I hope it pays off on Friday when I weigh in.

Monday Eats

Monday lunch box

hard boiled egg(2), TJ's apple cereal  bar (3),  half banana (1),  half chicken bread sandwich with sprouts and feta (4) , 1/2 cup beef  stew (3) 1 slice laughing cow cheese  (1)

Breakfast : 6 oz  muscle milk smoothie  (3) opps I forgot my 11 am short vanilla non fat latte ... so bad  but I needed it today I was starving well before lunch time.... by the way why am I feeling like I am starving  early in the Am. I think I need to add some peanut butter to my smoothie or maybe pack a rice cake or something I don't know but I need to figure it out. I am not felleing like this meal replacement shake is replacing anything.... maybe I should be mkaing a bigger one? Any advice?

A not so exciting box but whatever its Monday. I got a head start on Monday night dinner by turning on my crock pot last night and making a yum yum  beef stew. It smelled so delish this am I cheated and packed a half cup for lunch just to hold me over until I can get home and enjoy this evening.

End Of The Week Lunch Box

Happy Friday to all! I plan on doing a lot of Blogging today so let's start out with a lunch box:

Salad greens, sprouts and black bean salad (1),  1 table spoon of peanut butter and 1 half apple (3), half a banana (2), Kasi Morning Sunrise cereal sample packet (1) ,one trader  joes organic lolly pop .. I bought these for the littles  but stole one since I am a little curious how they taste.  That's right,  candy in the house for a whole seven days and this is the first one I am going to have.  Snaps for me... 3 pops are 1 point , but I am going to count the 1 point anyways and a WW 1 point bar.

Whole box  is 9 points... I should go to calorie king and count all of these calories or keep a running tally  but its Friday I will start better habits next week. Breakfast,  btw was a 6 oz muscle milk protein shake in chocolate  3 points.

Humpity Hump Day Eats

Hump Day Eats.

Ok,  after that cupcake last night I have absolutely no business having Starbucks, but look there it is. Tall, non fat  hazelnut latte in all its awful glory and a piece of pumpkin loaf.  Lunch, today will be side salad  with black beans (1), chicken noodle soup (2) and a few mini cheese rice cakes (2) also backed a weight watchers 1 point red velvet bar that I am not going to eat since I had the Starbucks today. Notice how I omitted  the Starbucks points, I don't want to face the truth that I probably wrecked my whole week by  this simple act of being bad  in less than 12 hours. Yikes.

Also,as I am sitting here typing this I am noticing that I really feel bloated. I have not felt this way in maybe 2-3 weeks since my last work morning latte ... Hmmm, something is up with this Starbucks  morning latte habit and I think I am officially over it after this observation. It pays to be in sync with your body after watching  points, portions and activty this last few weeks. BTW, I have lost 5 pounds in 3 weeks since I have been a total nazi with myself... maybe not the nicest word,  lets say totally strict with myself. So kudos to me!

Tuesday Eats

 

Back at work after a long weekend. Breakfast was a a muscle milk chocolate protein shake  and a 1/2 a cup of  dry cheerios . Today's lunch is Morning Star veggie patty (3), side salad with black beans (1), a hardboiled egg (2) and  just in case I get a little  hungry an 18 rabbits  granola bar (4)  and I intended to bring this banana but forgot it at home oppps!

End of Work Week Lunch Box

 Thursday Eats

Breakfast: Muscle milk protein shake (3) and one fiber one blueberry toaster pastry(3)

                 Lunch:  Side salad (0) , the remains of my Santa Fe burrito from the burrito shop,

last nights dinner (points unknown)  A hard boiled egg (2)

Snack Attack

Last nights snack was a slice of Kings Hawaiian bread toasted (love that you can buy it sliced now)  with smart balance butter and drizzled with honey and a little bit of milk 
It was the perfect way to end my day. E liked it too!

Hump Day Box

Sandwich w/ turkey breast, mustard and muester cheese  (5)
Salad  (0)
1/2 cup yogurt w. blue berries adn dried cherries (4)
hard boiled egg (2)

* Breakfast was a muscle milk low calorie protein shake (3)
   One slice of hawaiian bread (2) because I was feeling a like I need a little more this AM.