Food Log - Day 6

If you wanted to take a look:

Food Log –Day 1 here

Food Log –Day 2 here

Food Log –Day 3 here

Food Log –Day 4 here

Food Log –Day 5 here

I have my weigh-in today.  I am feeling very nervous.  Last week I was feeling confident and this week I am nervous.  I don’t know what to expect.  I followed through with my goal of eating less fruit and shaking up my meals.  I will report back.

I still have 11 WPPAs left and might eat them later today.  Another of my goals was to eat all my WPPA this week.   I was also going to have a mini pizza made on a tortilla yesterday but the turkey pepperoni had a lot of sodium. I just didn’t need any extra struggle getting my WI today.  So, it was a chicken kind of day!

I had my usual stand-by breakfast.  I just didn’t have any fruit like I usually do.  I thought about having a egg scramble in a tortilla but thought I would be having the tortilla pizza later.

·        egg/egg white - 2

·        95g frozen potatoes - 2

·        2tsp olive oil - 2

·        2 AmyLu chicken breakfast sausages - 2

·        2Tbs half and half - 1          

I had a salad using the leftover green chile chicken.  I took it to work in individual containers and then assembled it once I got there.

·        5oz green chile chicken (leftovers) - 5

·        salad - 0

·        34g low fat sour cream - 1

·        salsa - 0

·        28g low fat Mexican shredded cheese – 2

It was a chicken kind of day!  I didn’t originally have to work overtime at work yesterday so I didn’t have anything planned.  I boiled a frozen chicken breast then sautéed it in some olive oil.  I added BBQ sauce.  The cooked cabbage at Cracker Barrel was really good so I added some of that along with another corn on the cob.  I bought four of them the other day.

·        4.8oz cooked chicken breast - 5

·        1tsp olive oil - 1

·        BBQ sauce - 1

·        corn cob, cut off the cob - 2

·        cooked cabbage - 0

·        1 slice Kirkland cooked bacon – 1

After not having Dutch Brothers for two days, I caved.

·        iced decaf Americano with half and half

My last meal of the day was yogurt and fruit.  I like to try and keep it light the day before WI.

·        6oz FF Greek yogurt - 2

·        frozen strawberries - 0

·        1/4 cup peanut butter granola – 3

On a side note, I met a friend for a movie before work.  This is the twice in two days I have passed up movie popcorn!  I love it but I want to be in goal range more.

Total 31

0 APs

1 WPPAs used

Food Log - Day 5

If you wanted to take a look:

Food Log – Day 1 here

Food Log – Day 2 here

Food Log – Day 3 here

Food Log – Day 4 here

My morning yesterday started with an egg sandwich. I cooked one egg and one egg white and added two slices of cooked bacon and one thin slice of pepper jack cheese. I used one slice of Great Harvest Dakota bread and always put spicy mustard instead of mayo. I cut up one of the pears I picked from yesterday. They were a bit hard and tart so not quite ripe yet.

• one egg/one egg white - 2
• 2 slices Kirkland cooked bacon – 2
• thin slice pepper jack cheese – 1
• one slice Great Harvest Dakota bread – 4
• small pear – 0
• 2Tsp half and half – 1

I still had several WPPAs to use and since I am shaking things up I plan to eat them all. Kenyon and I went to lunch at Cracker Barrel. We dine there a lot and I love how the WW app has a lot of PPVs calculated for you. I usually get the beef stew and yesterday was no different. Kenyon mentioned sharing a strawberry short cake after our meal if we weren't too full. YUM! We didn't eat the whole thing. It was hard to stop. I also had my usual decaf coffee with half and half.

• bowl of beef stew – 5
• side of carrots – 2
• side of boiled cabbage – 2
• ½ of strawberry shortcake dessert – 8

I made a similar version of taco stuffed zucchini boats. Kenyon suggested using chorizo so I diced up three links. I added 4 ounces of tomato paste, half a cup of the cut up zucchini reserve, and half a green bell pepper. I filled four zucchini boats with this mixture and topped my two halves with 28 grams of reduced fat shredded Mexican cheese.  Serving size is two boats. I also had some corn on the cob.

It seems I am hungry about every three hours. Not sure if it is eating different stuff, the weather, or what. Kenyon and I went to a movie (the smell of movie popcorn was tough to resist but thankfully Kenyon is doing low carb right now so that helped to pass it up easier). After the movie I was hungry so I cut up an apple and added Greek yogurt and peanut butter to it. After I stirred it up I added a little bit of peanut butter granola I got out of the bulk bin yesterday. This was the first day all week I have had two fruits in one day.

• Apple – 0
• 6oz non-fat Greek yogurt – 2
• 8g peanut butter – 1
• granola – 1
• drizzle of honey – 0

Total 44

0 APs earned

14 WPPAs used

I will admit blogging about my food has really kept me accountable. It keeps me from bites here or there as I know I have to document it with photos. I don't plan to keep up with photos after this week. It is just a lot of work and a lot of thinking about food, which I already do plenty of with meal planning and tracking.

Food Log - Day 4

If you wanted to take a look:

Food Log – Day 1 here

Food Log – Day 2 here

Food Log – Day 3 here

I went back to my old stand by for breakfast yesterday morning. I missed my eggs, potatoes, and chicken sausages. I was only planning on one egg and one egg white but the second yolk broke so I ended up eating two eggs. I also had 10 strawberries instead of eight. I bought this three pound container on Tuesday and since I haven't been eating them at my usual pace I have never had strawberries on hand this long!

• 2 eggs - 4
• 93g frozen potatoes - 2
• 2tsp olive oil - 2
• 2 Amylu chicken breakfast sausages - 2
• 10 strawberries - 0

I went for a bike ride to a local Public Market near by. It was a dud so I continued onto Fred Meyer to pick up some corn on the cob and pasta sauce on special. The grapes looked mighty delicious but I didn't figure they would ride well in my backpack.  Who knew corn and pasta sauce was so heavy to pack back home! My lady bits were not loving the extra weight in my backpack. I was hot and sweaty when I got home (and my helmet appears to be crooked too). I stopped at a near by house to pick a few pears from the tree that hangs over their fence.

My afternoon beverage of choice was iced tea.  Kenyon got an iced tea maker and I made some flavored iced tea.  I ended up mixing it with some flavored water.

I got hungry a while later so I had some Melba Toast sandwiches. The combination of turkey and hummus was delicious. I added corn on the cob for my veggie.  I also had some decaf coffee.  I get cold easily.

• 5 Melba Toasts - 3
• 44g hummus - 2
• 4oz Boars Head turkey - 2
• corn cob - 2
• WW string cheese - 1
• 2Tbs half and half - 1

Dinner was a version of Skinnytaste's Easiest Crock Pot Salsa Verde Chicken. I used green chile sauce instead of salsa verde. It is easy and delicious. I put mine on some lettuce and added black beans and a mix of salsa and sour cream.

• 4.5oz green chile chicken - 4
• 63g low fat sour cream - 2
• salad - 0
• 130g black beans - 2

I was feeling like dessert but wasn't sure if I wanted to eat the rest of my Aspen Leaf yogurt with Reese's peanut butter cup. I decided on a granola bar with a smear of peanut butter and a dot of honey. I forgot to take a photo so this is the photo from Wednesday. Ignore the cheese stick!

• 1 Kashi thin granola bar - 2
• smear of peanut butter - 1
• dot of honey - 0
  
  

Since I was still awake (night shift) and feeling hungry yesterday, I used this recipe to try out a pizza version using mini fillo shells. It was fun but as suspected they weren't that filling. I added some carrots and light ranch afterwards.

• 8 fillo shells - 3
• 63g pasta sauce - 1
• 56g cheese (subtracting one PPV since I didn't use it all as the cups were full) - 4
• 2 slices ham - 2
• carrots - 0
• 19g light ranch - 1

I seemed to still not be quite satisfied so I pulled a cookie out of the freezer. These are a grain free cookie my neighbor made. Chewy and delicious! I had some with iced decaf coffee. I think I am finally satisfied!

• Tami cookie - 4

Total 47

7 APs earned

10 WPPA used