Everyday Systems

Hmmm... Last week didn't turn out so well. Although I was okay with portions, I just couldn't stay away from the sweets. However, I did do much better with exercise. I got lots and lots of walking in.

However, irc, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were all Red Days.


Ah well, back up on that horse ...

Log for Tuesday, Sept. 9

Red Day

Breakfast: HN Cherrios and skim milk

Lunch: Two slices each for soppressa and asiago cheese, crackers and frozen yoplait whips yogurt (this is an alternative to boring old yogurt).

Snack: White peach and some muffin

Dinner: Left-over Chicken Tikka Malsala ...

Log for Monday, Sept. 7

Red Day - I'm tempted to take it as a S Day because it was Labor Day, but the day was really ruined after the family BBQ. I caved into my sugar cravings and ate some candy I had bought over the weekend.

Breakfast: cup of plain cherrios and skim milk

Lunch: codfish ...

Log for Thursday, September 3, 2009

Green Day

Breakfast: Honeynut Cherrios and skim milk

Lunch: hot dog and half a roasted pork bun and a small (12oz) coconut milk tea

Dinner: Small soup and a strawberry banana and yogurt smoothie.

Exercise: 2 Miles of Urban Ranging. I went walking with my ...

I think your 10,000 steps a day goal is awesome. I just bought an inexpensive pedometer and it only measures in miles and kms, but with a little research and math I've figured out that at my stride length 10,000 steps equals 4.73 miles. I've only worn my pedometer during my intended urban ranger ...

Log for Tuesday, Sept. 2

Green Day

Breakfast: Cherrios with skim milk. A little later, a banana

Lunch: Another piece of homemade veggie lasagna

Dinner: spicy salmon sushi roll and beef soba soup

Dessert: frozen icee pop thing...more for my burnt tongue than needing a dessert

Exercise ...

STARTING OVER

I was on vacation last week and completely failed. It was mostly due to be in my childhood town (on the other side of the country) and wanting to eat at my favorite places. Oh, and I can't resist See's Candy. Their chocolate is just so damn good.

Log for Monday, August 31

Green ...

Log for Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009

Fail again

Breakfast: Cherrios with skim milk

Lunch: Two small-ish slices of pizza

Snack: snack size bag of trail mix

Dinner: 6" meatball sub

Dessert: A Tootsie Roll pop and a bag of peanut M&Ms

Exercise: None

Overall score: 2


I had a bad day ...

Log for Monday, Aug. 17, 2009

BIG FAT FAIL

Breakfast: 2 cups Honeynut Cherrios, skim milk and a banana

Lunch: 8 pieces shrimp tempura sushi and fruit salad

Movie snack: 1 package of M&Ms and two handfuls of popcorn


Dinner: [Restaurant - Republic] 3 fried shrimp wontons, some Thai ...

Weekend Round-Up: I definitely didn't do so well. I, again, at too much junk. I should see the weekends as being able to have a treat or two instead of going-all-out and having whatever I want.

Log for Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Breakfast: Cinnamon Roll from Starbucks (a Friday morning breakfast ...

Log for Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

Breakfast: toasted raisin bagel with cream cheese

Lunch: beef udon soup

Dinner: 2 1/2 banana pancakes with real maple syrup and 1 1/2 turkey sausages.

Exercise: None


Overall score: 4

It's a fail day. I did avoid succumbing to the late afternoon snack attack ...

Log for Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009

Breakfast - 1 cup Honeynut Cherrios, skim milk and a banana

Lunch - Starbucks small Cheese plate with a few crackers, apple slides and grapes and a strawberry banana smoothie

Dinner - 6" veggie patty sub from Subway. A bag of baked BBQ Lays

Exercise - None ...

Log for Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009

Breakfast: egg white, cheese and turkey bacon on wheat toast

Lunch: salmon teriyaki, rice and steamed vegetables and 1/2 container of miso soup

Dinner: Turkey burger with cheese and mushrooms and some fries

Exercise: none :( - way too hot

Overall score: 7 ...

Weekend round-up: Not good. I went overboard on the sweets. I had 6 oreo-sized macarons and good quantity of chocolate. Otherwise, I ate pretty well, but I need to do a bit better on the weekends.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Log for ...

Log for Friday, August 7, 2009

Breakfast: Starbucks Chocolate Banana smoothie and blueberry oat bar

Lunch: buffalo chicken sandwich from and some baby carrots

Dinner: 2 small vegetable samosas and 1/2 portion of Chicken Tikka Masala

Exercise: Yes - 1/2 hour cardio at gym


Overall Score: 6 [not ...

Log for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009


Breakfast: a veggie with cheese omelet with a side of home fries and a piece of buttered wheat toast. [I didn't finish it all but I ate more than I needed]

Lunch: Fresh fruit smoothie (16oz) and a hot dog

Dinner: 2 slice of pizza and two bread sticks with marinara ...

Thanks for the welcome, reneew. I just checked your thread. Congratulations of you progress. That's awesome and inspiring.

The freezing of treats is a good idea. Thanks!

Okay, I'm not off to a good start. I started the No S Diet last week. While I have been about 80% successful (2 slip-up days - one day some cake a bridal show and just last night a few chocolates my friend offered me as her dinner guest), I'm most disappointed that I didn't get this daily log-in ...