Week Eight

Monday, August 26

No treadmill this morning, gym in the afternoon instead

7:30 cold cereal (Fiber One Chocolate Squares, GV cinnamon squares) with fresh strawberries and raspberries

10:30 small container plain Greek yogurt with fresh raspberries and blueberries

1:30 salad with two sliced eggs and one slice reduced calorie provolone, six crackers

4 pm Fiber One 90-calorie chocolate caramel pretzel bar

--Body Combat with Marquel at 24 Hour Coral Springs--

7:30 leftover roast turkey (didn't weight it, suspect I ate too much because I was full all night) with small sweet potato and leftover mixed veggies, pickle


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Tuesday August 27

No treadmill again, planning for gym in afternoon

7:30 cold cereal (Fiber One Chocolate Squares, GV cinnamon squares and GV Vanilla Awake) with fresh strawberries and raspberries

10:30 Light & Fit 80-calorie Greek blends  (toasted coconut vanilla)

1:30 salad with 3 oz smoked turkey and 1 oz reduced calorie provolone, six crackers

4 pm  Fiber One 90-calorie chocolate caramel pretzel bar

--Kickboxing with Lisa at 24 Hour Coral Springs--

7 pm Two eggs over light w/half bialy, half Aidell's apple chicken sausage, tomato slice, the last of the leftover mixed veggies, and a pickle.



9:30 pm Jello 70-calorie sugarless rice pudding

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Wednesday August 28th

No treadmill, planning for gym in afternoon

7:45 cold cereal (Fiber One chocolate squares, GV cinnamon squares and GV Vanilla Awake) with fresh strawberries

10:35 4 oz fat-free cottage cheese w/fresh raspberries

1:30 salad with two sliced eggs and one slice reduced fat provolone, six crackers

 4 pm  Fiber One 90-calorie chocolate caramel pretzel bar

---Step and Sculpt with Marquel at 24 Hour Sunrise---

8 pm leftover roast turkey dark meat, small baked sweet potato, small container leftover spaghetti squash with one heaping tablespoon reduced calorie pasta sauce

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Thursday August 29th

treadmill 40 minutes, in several intervals,  reading Susan Higginbotham's Royal Mistress

7:30 muscle milk lite shake

10:15 cold cereal (Fiber One original and Fiber One Golden Squares) with fresh strawberry and blueberries

1:30 salad w/4 oz plain cooked shrimp and a few broken crackers

4 pm  Fiber One 90-calorie chocolate caramel pretzel bar

6:30 3-egg omelet w/spinach, fatfree shredded cheddar cheese and sauteed mushrooms, half bialy and side of fresh green beans

9 pm Jello sugarless rice pudding
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Friday August 30th

treadmill 30 minutes, started reading Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's

7:45 cold cereal (Fiber One original, Fiber One chocolate squares, GV cinnamon squares) with fresh strawberries

10:15 Light n Fit Vanilla Greek Yogurt 100 calories

1:15 First Watch Cafe, egg white omelet with fresh spinach, onion, cheddar cheese and turkey, tomato slices, half English muffin dry

4 pm  Fiber One 90-calorie chocolate caramel pretzel bar

6:30 4-1/2 oz filet mignon with 2/3 of a large sweet potato and medium serving of butternut squash, dill pickle (lately I like the dill ones better than the sour ones, go figure).

9 pm Jello 70-calorie sugarless rice pudding

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Saturday August 31

 7:15 graham cracker

--Tai Bo with Eli at Trinity Fitness--

9:45 cold cereal (GV cinnamon squares, GV Vanilla Awake, handful Cascadian granola) with four strawberries


1:15 pm roast turkey leftovers (picked apart the carcass), leftover baked butternut squash and half sweet potato

4pm  half Eng muffin with 1 tbsp peanut butter and 2 tbsp sugar free raspberry jelly

6:30 pm leftover 4 oz filet mignon, baked spaghetti squash with 1 tbsp Ragu reduced calorie pasta sauce

9 pm small glass dish of low fat ice cream

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Sunday September 1

WEIGH-IN:  Down one more pound...12 more to go

8 am graham cracker

--Cardio step and sculpt with Jennifer at 24 Hour Coral Springs--

10 am cold cereal (GV cinnamon squares, GV Vanilla Awake, handful Cascadian granola) with fresh blueberries and a strawberry
 
1:15 two eggs over easy, half bialy, quarter large avocado, tomato slices, pickle

4 pm 90-calorie Fiber One chocolate caramel pretzel bar

7 pm home-made chicken soup, one matzoh ball made from scratch by Chef Marisa, with quarter of soup chicken and soup veggies (carrots, parsnips and celery)

9 pm 70-calorie Jello sugar-free rice pudding

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Week Seven

Monday 8/19

Totally off schedule today getting the kids ready for school, up at 5:30 and right into the shower, no treadmill.  Trying for Body Combat tonite.  Instead of having a shake first thing in the morning, I had breakfast at 7:30 instead, 'cause by the time I got back from dropping the kids I was hungry!

7:30 cold cereal (GV cinnamon squares, GV Vanilla Awake, handful of Cascadian granola) with fresh blueberries (felt like monochrome fruit today)

10:30 Yoplait Greek Yogurt w/peach (5.3 oz 100 calories)

1:30 salad with two sliced hard-boiled eggs and one slice reduced fat provolone, pickle spear

4 pm Fiber One chocolate caramel pretzel bar 90 calories

--Body Combat with Marquel at 24 Hour Coral Springs--

7:45 Small bowl of leftover turkey chili (this was a last-minute substitution for the turkey burgers that were a rare disaster by Chef Marc) with  baked butternut squash with cinnamon

9:30 Jello sugarless rice pudding 70-calorie cup

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Tuesday 8/20

7:30 cold cereal (Fiber One original, GV Vanilla Awake and handful of Cascadian granola) with fresh strawberries, blueberries and raspberries

10:30 Chobani plain Greek yogurt 6-oz container 100 calories w/Splenda and cinnamon

1:30 salad with 3 oz smoked turkey and 1 oz reduced calorie provolone, 4 small crackers, pickle

4pm  Fiber One chocolate caramel pretzel bar 90 calories

--Kickboxing w/Lisa at 24 Hour Coral Springs--

7 pm small bowl leftover turkey chili over backed spaghetti squash

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Wednesday 8/21

 Got in 25 minutes on the treadmill this morning, before having to drive both kids to school.

8 am cold cereal (Fiber One original, GV Vanilla Awake and GV cinnamon squares) with fresh raspberries and blueberries

11 am 4 oz non-fat cottage cheese w/splenda and cinnamon

1:30 salad with 3 oz smoked turkey and 1 oz reduced fat provolone

4pm  Fiber One chocolate caramel pretzel bar 90 calories

7 pm rotisserie chicken (thigh and leg), half baked sweet potato, baked butternut squash, fresh green beans

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 Thursday 8/22

 Back to 30 minutes on the treadmill this morning, before hopping off and chauffeuring both kids to school, sigh, then back home, shower, dress and off to work.  My new routine...

7:30 Muscle milk lite shake

10:15 oatmeal w/raisins and slivered almonds

1 pm salad with two sliced eggs and one slice reduced fat provolone

4 pm  Fiber One chocolate caramel pretzel bar 90 calories

 7 pm leftover rotisserie chicken (thigh and leg), half baked sweet potato, baked butternut squash, fresh green beans (basically a repeat of last night)

9 pm Jello sugarless dulce de leche pudding 60 calories

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Friday 8/23

treadmill 30 minutes

7:30 muscle milk lite shake

10 am cold cereal (Fiber One original with Fiber One golden squares) w/fresh strawberries

1 pm Lunch with Mom at First Watch, had the Power Wrap, egg-white omelet with turkey, spinach, goat cheese and mushrooms, side of salsa and fruit cup.  I only ate half the wrap and took the rest home for lunch tomorrow, finished the salsa, and had a piece of watermelon off the fruit cup, then gave Mom the rest of the fruit cup to bring home.

4 pm 90-calorie Fiber One chocolate-caramel-pretzel bar

7 pm 4 oz filet mignon, mixed veggies

9 pm Jello sugarless rice pudding 70 calories

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Saturday 8/24

 8 am graham cracker

--Tai bo with Eli at Trinity Fitness--

10 am cold cereal (GV cinnamon squares, GV Vanilla Awake, handful Cascadian granola, fresh strawberries and blueberries (ran out of raspberries)

1 pm leftover half power wrap from yesterday, leftover mixed veggies

4 pm 100-calories Fiber One chocolate granola bar

7:30 pm Dinner with Marc and Marisa at Red Lobster, had my usual tilapia in a parchment bag with asparagus, artichoke, sundried tomatoes and wild rice (they give you a ton of wild rice, I only ate about a third.

9:30 Jello sugarless dulce de leche pudding 60 calories

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Sunday 8/25

Weigh-In Lost 3 pounds!!!! Total of 17 pounds down.

 8 am graham cracker

-- Step and Sculpt with Allison at 24 Hour Coral Springs--


1 pm 3 oz turkey and 1 oz reduced fat provolone w/tomato, cuke and parsley on 60-calorie pita bread

4:30 pm Nana's homemade guacamole with raw veggies (carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes, green pepper slices, broccoli)

7 pm Chef Marisa's roast turkey stuffed with lemon, onion and rosemary.  Ate some dark meat, hopefully it was around 4 oz, with mixed vegetables and small sweet potato

9:30 pm Jello sugarless dulce de leche pudding 60 calories

Week Six

Mon 8-12 

only half hour on the treadmill this morning (started Kate Sedley's Christmas Wassail), as I'm planning on Body Combat later this afternoon at 24 Hour Fitness.

7 am muscle milk lite shake

10:30 cold cereal (Fiber One orig mixed with Fiber One Honey Squares) with fresh strawberries, blueberries and raspberries

1:30 salad with leftover rotisserie chicken, dill pickle

4:00 4 oz fat-free cottage cheese w/splenda and cinnamon

--Boot Camp w/Flash at 24 Hour Sunrise, no Body Combat because Marquel's on vacation--

7pm baked tilapia a la Chef Marc (2 parts lite mayo, 1 part dijon mustard and dusted with breadcrumbs, I told hubby to leave off the breadcrumbs next time), fresh green beans w/fake butter and leftover baked butternut squash with cinnamon.

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Tuesday 8-13

half hour on treadmill (still reading Kate Sedley's Christmas Wassail).  Was thrilled when I got dressed, the navy dress pants I had barely squeezed into six months ago now fit perfectly!

10:15 oatmeal with slivered almonds and raisins

1:15 salad with leftover rotisserie chicken

3:30 FiberOne chocolate caramel pretzel 90-calorie bar

--kickboxing w/Lisa at 24 Hour Fitness--

7:00 4oz leftover turkey roast, spaghetti squash with 1-1/2 TBSP low calorie Ragu pasta sauce, and mixed veggies

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Wednesday 8-14

half hour on treadmill, still reading Kate Sedley's Christmas Wassail

10:15 cold cereal (Fiber One orig mixed with Fiber One golden squares)w/fresh strawberries, blueberries and raspberries

1:15 salad with the last of the leftover rotisserie chicken

4 pm 4 oz nonfat cottage cheese w/splenda and cinnamon

6:30 3-egg omelet cooked by hubby with spinach, fat-free cheddar cheese and mushrooms.

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Thursday 8-15

Vacation days today and tomorrow, that means gym in the mornings, yay!  Also  means lots of running around with both kids getting them ready for school, have to try to make sure I'm home at mealtimes.  I mean, God forbid I should miss a meal!

8 15 graham cracker (tasted slightly stale, I'm not eating them fast enough)

--Boot Camp with Marquel at 24 Hour Fitness in Sunrise--

10 am cold cereal (GV Cinnamon Squares, GV Vanilla Awake, handful Cascadian granola) with fresh blueberries and raspberries

1:15 salad with 3 oz smoked turkey and 1 oz reduced fat provolone cheese

4 pm 4 oz no-fat cottage cheese

6 pm  Chef Marisa's turkey chili, had a small glass bowlful


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Friday 8-16

no treadmill again, get to go to the gym in the morning since I'm off today!

7:45 graham cracker

--Body Combat class with Marquel at 24 Hour Plantation--

10 am cold cereal (GV Cinnamon Squares, GV Vanilla Awake, handful Cascadian granola) with fresh blueberries and raspberries


1:15 Sunrise Pita for lunch with Mom, Shawarma pita with everything on it (not sure what everything was, but it was really good!) only half about half the pita, but devoured everything else.

(no afternoon small meal/snack, still full from lunch)

6 pm small bowl leftover turkey chili

10 pm some raw carrots and broccoli

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  Saturday 8-17

Ahhh, weekend.  Not eating out tonight, so we're doing Friday nite steak nite tonite.


8:15 graham cracker

--Step and Sculpt with Allison at 24 Hour Sunrise--

11 am  cold cereal (GV Cinnamon Squares, GV Vanilla Awake, handful Cascadian granola) with fresh blueberries and raspberries

1:30 green salad with egg salad (two eggs, 1 tbsp lite may)

6 :30 4 oz filet mignon, large bowl mixed veggies, small bowl spinach (with 1 tbsp fake butter)

10 pm Jello sugar-free dulce de leche cup (60 calories)

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Sunday 8-18

Weigh-in:  same as last week.  Stuck at 14 pound weight loss :( :( :(
Does anyone else go to the gym every morning, diet like crazy and still not lose weight? Plan on  being cranky today

8 am graham cracker

--Step and Sculpt with Allison at 24 Hour Coral Springs--

10:15 two eggs over easy, half honey whole wheat everything bagel with fake butter, half avocado, tomato slice, pickle spear

1pm 3 oz smoked turkey breast and 1 oz reduced fat provolone on 50-calorie pita bread w/lettuce and tomato

3:15 Fiber One chocolate caramel pretzel 90-calorie bar (I have to have a snack in the movies, it's like a rule)

7:15 leftover filet mignon  3 oz (that's all that was left) and big plate mixed veggies

Diet Day 35

WEIGH-IN:  Down another pound.  Kinda depressed that it's not more.  I feel like I'm eating very well, five small meals with nothing in between, most of the time, and working out once or twice a day, every day, and still not losing significantly.  I see people around me eating very heavily calorie-laden meals plus snacks and not gaining any weight, there is something very unfair about that!

8 am graham cracker

--Cardio Step & Sculpt at 24 Hour Fitness--

10:15 Two eggs over easy, half whole wheat everything bagel, tomato slice, pickle

1:30 leftover rotisserie chicken sandwich (two slices of reduced-calorie whole wheat bread and Kraft lite barbecue sauce), pickle

4 pm raw veggies (carrots, celery, tomatoes, cauliflower, bell peppers) with guacamole and salsa

6:30 turkey roast (4 oz portion dark meat) with baked butternut squash, pickle

Diet Day 34

no treadmill today, it's Tai-Bo!  My favorite workout of the week

7:45 graham cracker

--Tai-Bo with Eli at Trinity Fitness--

10 am  cold cereal (Gv cinnamon squares, GV Vanilla Awake and handful of Cascadian Farms granola) with fresh strawberries and blueberries

1 pm egg salad (2 eggs w/lite mayo) with some lettuce, tomato, green beans, cuke and shredded carrots

4 pm 4 oz cottage cheese (I bought the pack of 4-oz servings, so much easier than measuring out 4 oz) with Splenda and cinnamon

6:pm  Leftover rotisserie chicken (thigh and leg) with fresh spaghetti squash (w/1 tbsp low fat Ragu pasta sauce) and leftover mixed vegetables

Stacey's Party!!  I was pretty good...I brought a raw veggie platter, so I munched on that, had some of Kelly's awesome salad, a jumbo shrimp, and yes, a Margarita...not even a Skinny Girl Margarita as was promised  :( 

Diet Day 33

Back to 45 minutes on the treadmill (still reading Sarah Dunant's Blood & Beauty: the Borgias), not used to it, I was sweating like a pig when I was done.

7 am Muscle Milk Lite shake

10:15 oatmeal with raisins and sliced almonds

1:30 thigh and leg of leftover rotisserie chicken, carrot & celery sticks, pickle (I brought in an avocado to have slices with my chicken, but it was partly brown inside and tasted awful)

4:15 6 oz plain Greek yogurt w/splenda and cinnamon

6:15 (Friday is Steak day!) 4 oz filet mignon with frozen mixed veggies and pickles

I've been getting out of the habit of eating after dinner, i.e., the snack(s) before bedtime, hope I can keep that up

Diet Day 32

Half hour of treadmill again, still reading Sarah Dunant's Blood & Beauty:  The Borgias

7 am muscle milk lite shake

10:15 oatmeal with raisins and sliced almonds

1pm salad with 4.3 oz cooked shrimp

4:15 eggplant salad with carrot and celery sticks

7:15 thigh and leg from leftover rotisserie chicken, spaghetti squash with 1 tbsp lite Ragu pasta sauce, pickle

Diet Day 31

Only half hour on the treadmill again (still reading Sarah Dunant's Blood & Beauty: The Borgias), planning on weights at the gym tonite, according to the treadmill I'm still burning over 200 calories at a half hour, so I'm ok with it

7 am muscle milk lite shake

10:15 cold cereal (Fiber One Original and Fiber One Golden Squares, mixed) with fresh strawberries and blueberries

1:15 salad with leftover rotisserie chicken from Sam's

4:15 eggplant salad (Russian-style, made by Chef Mom) with carrot and celery sticks

--Body Pump class at 24-Hour Fitness--

7pm small thigh and leg of rotisserie chicken done to perfection by Chef Marc (the man has a way with chicken), spaghetti squash with 2 tbsp of some low-fat pasta sauce

Diet Day 30

Just half-hour on treadmill this morning (started reading Sara Dunant's Blood & Beauty: The Borgias) because I'm going to try and make kickboxing class this afternoon.

7 am muscle milk lite shake

10:15 oatmeal with sliced almonds and raisins

1:15 salad with chopped eggplant salad made by my Mom

4 pm abt 6 oz low-fat cottage cheese with splenda and cinnamon

 --kickboxing at 24-Hour Fitness--

7:30 pm wonderful 3-egg omelet, cooked by hubby, spinach, mushroom and fat-free cheddar cheese. 

Diet Day 29

only 30 minutes on the treadmill this morning (still reading Steven Saylor's Catilina's Riddle), woke up sore from yesterday's cardio step and sculp class, also going to gym tonight for Body Combat class.

7 am  muscle milk lite shake

10:15 cold cereal (Fiber One Original  mixed with Fiber One Golden Squares) with fresh raspberries and blueberries

1:15 leftover salad from California Pizza Kitchen with 4 oz (I weighed it) leftover rotisserie chicken from Sam's

4 pm 6 oz low-fat cottage cheese with splenda and cinnamon

---Body Combat at 24-Hour fitness--

7:30 rotisserie chicken (part of a breast and a leg, didn't weigh it, good thing I like chicken as this is the second time today), fresh green beans, pickle

Diet Day 28

Weigh-in:  Down another two pounds!

Very proud of myself for making it through the Club Red buffet Sat nite without killing the diet.  Everything looked good, but omg the desserts looked fabulous. 

8 am   graham cracker

---cardio step and sculpt at 24-Hour Fitness

10:30 two eggs over easy, half bialy with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, tomato wedge, pickle

12:30 California Pizza Kitchen - chopped salad, no protein

3:30 leftover Boston Market chicken thigh and leg (tiny!), pickle

7:00 4 oz (on the scale) Balsamic chicken (another Chef Marisa creation, marinated in a mixture of balsamic vinegar, 1T sugar and chicken broth for several hours, then sauteed in teflon pan with sliced baby bella mushrooms) with leftover mixed vegetables (everyone else had brown rice, but I'm still trying to not eat carbs after breakfast)

Diet Day 27

I have a bet with my boss who's going to lose 30 lbs first.  Yesterday he said to me, so how are you doing...lost any weight?  I said, Well, I guess if you can't tell, then... Looking like the man who put the proverbial foot in his mouth, he squirmed a little and said, "Hey, you always look skinny to me, I can't tell!"  Not a bad save....

7:30 graham cracker

9:30 cold cereal (GV cinnamon squares, GV Vanilla Awake and a handful and a half of Cascadian Farms granola) with fresh strawberries and blueberries.

12:30 salad with leftover Italian tuna (2 oz) and 2 slices reduced fat provolone cheese

3:30 plain yougurt (about 6 oz) with splenda and cinnamon

7 Club Red buffet at BB&T Center, wow what an array of delicious looking food!  Hubby moaned over the dessert pastries (I didn't have any).  Ate seven large shrimp, two helpings of marinated mushrooms and pimentos, small piece of baked tilapia, raw vegetable sticks, and part of a slice of carved turkey breast, but it wasn't so great. 

Diet Day 26

I only did 32 minutes on the treadmill this morning (still reading Steven Saylor's Catilina's Riddle), I took a 2-minute break after 30 minutes and then when I went back on, my right hip started flashing pain signals.  Some of you may recall that my left hip was broken last year, so I take hip pain seriously!  Probably just arthritis or some other old-age issue, but I took it as a sign and jumped off. 

7 am muscle milk lite shake

10:30 cold cereal (Fiber One original mixed with Fiber One golden squares) with fresh raspberries and one strawberry

1:30 salad with leftover rotisserie chicken

4:00 plain yogurt (about 6 oz) with splenda and cinnamon

6:00 4 oz filet mignon (yes, I weighed it), mixed vegetables (frozen Normandy blend), verrrry sour pickle

Diet Day 25

Back to my regular treadmill routine of 45 minutes, still reading Steven Saylor's Catilina's Riddle.

7 am  muscle milk lite shake

10:30 oatmeal with raisins

1:15 Lunch at Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza, ordered the lunch salad with side of Italian tuna, asked them to weigh the tuna portion, put 4 oz in the salad and the rest in a take-home container.   The waitress clearly thought I was nuts, flustered her so much she charged for the salad but not the tuna!  Also asked for no dressing on the salad, I brought my own Maple Grove Farms sugar-free raspberry vinaigrette (5 calories/2 tbsp).

3:45 5-1/2 oz plain Greek yogurt with Splenda and cinnamon

7:00 Sam's Club rotisserie chicken (WAY better than Publix, plus $1.50 cheaper and one pound bigger) ate one thigh, spaghetti squash with one tbsp Prego spaghetti sauce, fresh green beans

8:30 half of a small dish (maybe 2-3 oz?) fat free mango frozen yogurt made by Chef Marisa in our brand-new ice cream maker, very tasty!

Diet Day 24

Again only a half-hour on the treadmill today (still reading Steven Saylor's Catilina's Riddle), my legs were like jelly after treadmill and kickboxing yesterday.  Ah, to be 25 again! Or even 35! Or....oh, forget it. 

7 am muscle milk lite shake

10:15 cold cereal (Fiber One original mixed with Fiber One golden squares) with fresh raspberries and blueberries (both on sale at Publix)

1:15 salad with 4 oz leftover Boston Market rotisserie chicken

3:30  5.3 oz Voskos plain Greek yogurt with Splenda and cinnamon

5:45  turkey taco bar (minus the taco) Chef Marisa laid out bowls on the table to take from, started with lettuce on the bottom, turkey (ground turkey sauteed with the chef's mixture of herbs and spices), salsa, home-made guacamole (just a tablespoon), fat free shredded cheddar cheese, fat free sour cream, chopped green onions, chopped cilantro.  Delicious!