Posts from — July 2009

I had a great night sleep, yet I woke up feeling blah. It was slow going for a while, then I started doing some much needed house cleaning. My legs and hip felt really sore today. I think I stirred things up when I went on an outdoor run at the shore. It’s been a while since I hit the pavement and I think it was harder on my body than the treadmill runs. So, I thought a day of rest might be in order. It felt weird to skip exercise, but I moved around so much today that I think it could count for something.

I had no ideas for breakfast this morning. I wasn’t very hungry and could have totally skipped it altogether. Nothing was enticing me. I finally settled on a bar that Carol sent me …

I generally don’t think of a bar as a meal, but no other food seemed very appetizing to me. These One Organic Food Bars are 180 calories, 4.5 grams fat and 3 grams fiber. They are very chewy and I detected a slight bitter taste at first, but then it grew on me. Could’ve just been my weird taste buds this morning. Overall, it was a fine 3 POINT breakfast…

The daughters and I ran a few errands after breakfast. On a whim, we decided to pay a visit to my Gram at her retirement community. We surprised her and took her to lunch at one of the restaurants in her community. I was craving a salad and ordered the Cobb salad with light Italian dressing…

It was a nice portion of salad with grilled chicken, bacon, tomatoes, egg and dotted with blue cheese. It was very good; I ate it all!!! I also stole a few of Gram’s chips and a few bites of big daughter’s taco salad; also very good.

Gram had a turkey sandwich on sunflower seed bread. She wanted to show hers off, too…

We spent a little more time with Gram doing puzzles and chatting, then headed home. I spent the afternoon doing more running around, then got some dinner going. It’s pizza night for the husband and daughters, but I was still craving salad. I made a plain green salad with cheese and garlic croutons (store bought) dressed with evoo and vinegar. A slice of cheesy(asiago) toast went perfectly with it…

Then it was time for something sweet! First, I cracked open this new find…

“Crack” being the operative word! Holey moley, this is scary good stuff! I see very bad things happening involving this Cinnamon Raisin Swirl PB! For example, I present to you, Exhibit A…

Cinnamon Raisin Swirl PB smeared on a dark chocolate square. Deadly, I tell ya. In case you were wondering, it is NOT a lowfat peanut butter. It is to be eaten in moderation. Do not eat half the jar…with a spoon…digging to the bottom where all the raisins reside. You have been warned =)

Okay, I’m sure you don’t want to hear that I am packing for the beach…AGAIN. Yes, we are going on our family vacation. I will be blogging all the fantastic overeating that I will be doing since the husband generally starts our vacation off with a trip to the most amazing bakery at the shore. And continues to go EVERY morning bringing back fabulous breads, pastries and NY crumb cake. He believes they are food groups. UGH!! And the worst part? We will come back from vacation , he will weigh himself and tell me he lost weight. I will try to resist, hardly eat any of that crappola, exercise my rear end off and come back 15 lbs. heavier. Men! Pfftt!

Have a great night!

Hey, everyone! I’m back from the shore. Internet access was dicey and although, I did try to post a few times, it never made it to publish because I would lose the connection Anyway, it was a great time with my friend, Coleen and her daughters. She invites us every year and we really enjoy spending time with them; our daughters love hanging out together and we yack the days and nights away! She is also a trooper about following my “healthy lifestyle” as she affectionately calls our stay with them, Fat Camp;P She allows me to play chef, plan our meals and get in my exercise. It’s so nice having that support and helped me stay as focused as I could. I did do quite a bit more snacking than I wanted to, but overall, I stuck with healthy choices.

I’m looking forward to spending some QT with the husband, so here’s a quick photo recap of our eats. Enjoy and I’ll be back tomorrow night for my regularly scheduled programming!

Banana Date Breakfast Cookie on the run…

Mocha Light for the drive…

Snacky lunch…

Shrimp Bruschetta over Polenta…

Red, red wiiiine…

The usual breakfast suspects…

Beaunch (beach lunch)…

make that…sandy beaunch…

beach snacks…

Spaghetti with zucchini and chickpeas…

and a little more…

Breakfast of champs…

Hummus and veg…

salad in cups…

fruit cups, too…

hellllllooooo in there…

Dinner before the boards…

Lunch before leaving

All the daughters after a day of sand and surf…

These are the days

Thanks for a great time, Col!!!

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I was up way too early for a Sunday – 6 a.m.! Boo! Believe me, I wanted to fall back asleep, but it wasn’t happening. I finally got up at 7, got dressed and headed to the supermarket to pick up some needed items. When I got home, coffee was the first order of business! Then, I dove in to one of these guys that I picked up while shopping…

Doesn’t that sound terrific? Cheesecake yogurt with graham cookie pieces…what’s not to like?! And only 100 calories to boot. I decided to kick it up a notch by making it Blueberry Cheesecake Yogurt! It was a great 3 POINT dessert, um, I mean breakfast

I worked on tons of laundry all morning and did a little blog reading. Before I knew it, lunch was calling. I had always wanted to try out a “Crack Wrap” that I had seen making the blog rounds a while back. Basically just some cheese and hummus in a wrap and grilled. I opted to bulk mine up with some sauteed baby bella mushrooms, red onion and roasted red pepper, then added it on the tortilla spread with Laughing Cow Light and 2 tbsp. hummus. I pan -grilled it until lightly brown. I paired it with some cherries, carrots and 1/2 serving of Kettle Baked Potato Chips. A plateful for 5 POINTS…

Ooey gooey goodness…

Then it was off to my parents’ pool for swimming and Sunday dinner. I took the opportunity to get in some pool exercising - noodle cycling -sit on the noodle and “ride” it like a bicycle – I know that sounds ridiculous and semi-perverted and believe me, it looks equally ridiculous as it sounds, but you feel a good burn I also got in some pool weight exercises ( biceps and shoulders). It was fun and relaxing and probably burned off about 2 of the 1000 calories that I was going to eat for Sunday dinner Actually, I think I did okay. We started off with pasta (of course!) and I gave myself a teeny bowl so that I couldn’t fill it up with rigatoni ragu goodness…

Next up was barbecued ribs, chicken, salmon teriyaki, assorted grilled veggies, salad, corn and whole grain bread. My controlled plate contained salmon, grilled peppers, baby zucchini, sweet potato half, grilled radicchio, salad and a slice of bread with a smattering of an amazing Parmesan Butter imported from Italy…

I may or may not have had another small slice with another teensy bit of butter :0

For dessert, I made a trifle with chocolate angelfood cake, sugar free fat free vanilla pudding, light whipped topping, strawberries and blueberries…

I had a scoop in a cute dessert glass…

And I may or may not have had another little scoop :0

I think I will run tomorrow =)

I’m off to pack ; I’ll be heading to the beach for a few days with my friend and her daughters. I hope to be blogging, but I’m not sure if I’ll have internet access there or not, so if I’m MIA for a few days, I’ll be sure to catch up with you all on Thurs. !

Have a great night!