Wednesday for Mishka

Breakfast

2 eggs scrambled
2 pieces of multigrain toast w/margarine
Banana
Coffee w/milk and sugar

Lunch

Pad Se-aw Gai
Pad Ne-aw Gai
Kaow Pad Gai
Thai Tea

Dinner

Papaya Curry w/rice
Water
2 Coke

Snack

Banana

Chicken's Wednesday

Breakfast
1 cup wheat squares 3 points
1 cup fat free milk

Snack
Kashi Bar

Lunch
Subway 6 points
Baked Lays 2 point

Dinner
Chips, Cheese & Salsa 8 points

Mishka's Tuesday

Breakfast

Bagel w/lite cream cheese, serving of ham
Coffee w/sugar and milk

Lunch

1 whole wheat pita bread pocket
2 tbs of sun dried tomato hummus
Diet Coke
Trail Mix Powerbar

Dinner (at Roly Poly's)

Basil chicken cashew wrap
Sunchips
Semisweet iced tea

Snack

Fruit (strawberries, tangerine, grapes)

Chicken's Tuesday

Breakfast
1 cup wheat squares 3 points
1 1/2 cup fat free milk 3 points

Snack
Kashi Bar 2 points

Lunch
WW Turkey and Potato 4 points

Dinner
1 english muffin 2 points
2 oz reduced fat cheedar 4 points
1 gardenburger 2 points
1 tbs mayo 2 points

Mishka's Monday (2nd Day of Hell)

Breakfast

1/2 bagel w/lite cream cheese, ham
Hot chocolate
Cereal w/milk
Water

Lunch

Steamed jasmine rice
4 gyozas
Water

Dinner

Wild rice w/chicken
Steamed brussel sprouts w/lite sour cream
Water

Snack

Tollhouse cookies w/milk

Chicken's Monday

Breakfast
1 scrambled egg 2 points
1 scoop hashbrowns (no oil) 1 point
1 Tbs Salsa 1 point

Lunch
WW rigatoni 6 points

Dinner
2 pieces wheat toast 4 points
1 Tbs Mayo 2 points
2 oz reduced fat cheedar 4 points
1 serving turkey meatloaf 4 points
1/2 cup corn 1 point

Sip Yourself Smarter

"Want to stay sharp at work? Down a cup of Earl Grey. 'Studies show that drinking two to four cups of tea increases alertness and enhances your ability to perform mental tasks,' explains Dough Balentine, PH.D., director of nutrition sciences at the Unilever Health Institute. This is due to the combination of caffeine and theanine, an amino acid found in green and black teas."

Excerpt from Fitness Magazine, December 2005

Sunday for Mishka

Breakfast

Bagel w/lite cream cheese and slice of ham
Coffee w/sugar
Water

Lunch

2 soft tacos w/venison, lettuce and mozarella
Tortilla chips
Diet Coke
Water

Snack

Cookie dough (finishing up the baking of the cookies J started the other night)

Dinner

Tortilla soup
Salad w/ginger dressing
2 ciabatta rolls
Water

Snack

Tollhouse cookies
Milk

Mishka's Saturday

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk
Coffee w/milk and sugar
Water

Lunch

Steamed jasmine rice
Tom Kha Gai (Chicken Coconut Soup)
Chicken mushroom stirfry
Diet Green Tea
Water
Coke

Dinner

Yakisoba w/shrimp
Lite beer
Water

Snack

Tollhouse cookies w/milk

Friday for Mishka

Breakfast

2 eggs overeasy
2 pieces of multigrain toast w/margarine
1/2 Fuji apple
1/2 honey tangerine
Coffee w/sugar and milk
Water

Exercise

10 minutes running to gym
30 minutes walking, 5 incline, 3.5 mph
15 minutes swimming in pool
5 minutes walking home from gym

Lunch

Leftover Kung Pao Chicken
Leftover Beef w/broccoli
Leftover General Tso's Chicken
Leftover steamed white rice
Diet Coke

Dinner

A bit of left over Chinese food
Water

Snack

J made Tollhouse Chocolate Chip cookies and I had 4 of them with milk....

Chicken's Friday

Breakfast
Wheat Squares Cereal 3 points
1 1/2 cup fat free milk 3 points
1 banana 1 point

Thursday for Mishka

Breakfast

Bagel w/lite cream cheese and slice of ham
Coffee w/sugar and milk
Water
Strawberries w/sprinkles of sugar

Lunch

2 soft tacos w/venison, lettuce, and mozarella
Tortilla chips
Diet Coke
Water

Dinner

General Tso's chicken
Kung Pao chicken
Beef w/broccoli
Rice
Water

Chicken's Thursday

Breakfast
English Muffin 2 points
Laughing cow 1 point
1 cup fat free milk 2 points

Snack
Banana 1 point

Lunch
WW Three cheese Ziti 6 points

Dinner
English Muffin 2 points
2 oz reduced fat cheddar 4 points
gardenburger 2 points
1 tbs Mayo 2 points

Lower Blood Pressure With Soy

"A recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that consuming 40 grams a day of soybean protein significantly lowered blood pressure in people categorized as high-normal or mildly elevated (with readings of 130 to 159 systolic and/or 80 to 99 diastolic). Two soy burgers plus two cups of soy milk is enough to provide the 40 grams researchers found effective."

Excerpt from Fitness Magazine, December 2005

Wednesday for Mishka

Breakfast

1/2 bagel w/lite cream cheese, 1 slice of ham
1 packet of instant oatmeal with walnuts and raisins
1 tbs of evaporated milk
1 cup of hot tea w/sugar and evaporated milk
Water

Lunch

Homemade Vietnamese Sandwich
Steamed Zucchini w/lite sour cream
Diet Coke

Exercise

10 minutes walking to and from gym
30 minutes on recumbant bike, level 7
20 minutes lifting weights, triceps

Dinner (at Shuckers)

All you can eat shrimp
Steamed veggies
5 hushpuppies
1 glass of white zin
Water
Coleslaw

Chicken's Wednesday

Breakfast
1 cup wheat squares 3 points
1 cup fat free milk 2 points

Snack
Kashi bar 2 points

Lunch
WW creamy Rigatoni 6 points

Dinner
English Muffin 2 points
2 oz reduced fat cheddar 4 points
gardenburger 2 points
1 tbs Mayo 2 points

Exercise
35 minutes eliptical

Stop Wrinkles Before They Start

"Want to know a suprisingly simple way to look younger? Sleep on your back, say San Francisco-based dermatologists Katie Rodan, M.D., and Kathy Fields, M.D. Repeatedly reclining on your side (or stomach) breaks down natural collagen and elastin, resulting in line formation. Pile pillows or invest in a neck roll to rest comfortably in a slightly raised, supine position."

Excerpt from Fitness Magazine, December 2005

Tuesday for Mishka

Breakfast

Bagel w/lite cream cheese, onion, tomato
A bit of left over scrambled eggs w/veggies
Coffee w/sugar and milk
Water

Lunch

Steamed jasmine rice
Leftover green curry w/chicken
Leftover spicy basil w/chicken
Diet Coke

Snack

Roasted peanuts w/no salt

Exercise

30 minutes, recumbant bike, level 7
30 minutes, weight lifting, abs and shoulders

Dinner

3 soft tacos w/venison, pinto beans and veggies
Tortilla chips
Cranberry w/vodka

Weigh In Again

I lost 1.5 pounds since yesterday. I usually don't weigh in everyday but I felt like I had lost something so I stepped on the scale. So that makes the total 36.7.

Chicken's Tuesday

Breakfast
1 english muffin 2 points
1 laughing cow wedge 1 point
1/4 cup fat free milk 1 point
1 banana 1 point

Snack
Kashi Bar 2 points

Lunch
WW 3 cheese Rig 6 points

Dinner
2 pieces wheat bread 4 points
2 oz reduced fat cheedar cheese 4 points
1 tbs mayo 2 points
3 oz boneless skinless chicken breast 3 points

Snack
Enlglish Muffin 2 points
Laughing cow 1 point
2 WW snacks 2 point

Over points must exercise tomorrow.

Exercise Goals

At the beginning of the year, our gym started this thing called Fitness Bingo. We have from the first of January until the 16th of February to complete 3 lines on this bingo card of fitness activities to get a free gym bag. If you complete the whole card by then (49 squares), you can also qualify for some other drawings for cool stuff. You can complete the entire card by only doing one activity a day but you have to come in pretty much everyday. I am have been doing two activities a day (which works out since I missed a few days at the gym last week). You can't do more than two activities a day (which is okay, although there are some days when I have done more but could only check two).

I started filling out my card on the 2nd of January. The activities range from 30 minutes of cardio to swimming for 15 minutes to doing a group class. I was mostly trying to just complete the card by the end of the period (not worrying about the bingo thing), so I was just filling in my squares rather randomly, depending on what I did at the gym. A few days ago, it became apparent that not too many people are done with the 3 lines yet and I only have 5 boxes left to have three lines done. That means in 3 days, I can be finished up with the three lines and turn in my slip for the gym bag. I have to do 2 sections of 30 minutes of bike riding, 1 section of 30 minutes of strength training, another 15 minutes of swimming, and 30 minutes on this free motion cable equipment we have. I'll knock out two a day, and then on the third day, I'll do two but one of them will just count towards my completed card.

I still want to complete my card before the February cut off and that means getting a few more group classes in (last night was my first at this gym), and some more swimming as well. I don't care if I win anything in the drawings but I would just like to feel like I accomplished a goal.

Another thing is that they have a list on the wall each month of the members who come the most (based on the computer system that scans us in), and I am determined to be on that list at least once before we leave here. I told J about it yesterday so I am sure he will use that on me to get me going to the gym everyday...haha.

I find the card is keeping me motivated (I actually think of which squares I will do that day and it gives me some direction) and is helping me to diversify my work out. I am sure that is the purpose but the prizes don't hurt either....

Mishka's Monday

Breakfast

Cream of Wheat cereal w/milk, sugar and raisins
Hot tea w/sugar and milk

Lunch

Spaghetti w/venison
Salad w/ginger dressing
Garlic baguette
Milk

Exercise

55 minutes of Body Step
5 minutes of stability ball abs

Dinner

Gaeng Keaow Wan Gai (Green curry w/chicken and eggplant)
Pad Ga Paow Gai (Spicy Basil Chicken)
Steamed jasmine rice
2 pan fried eggrolls
Cranberry juice w/vodka

New tools

I found this new website from the USDA that gives lots of good information about the food pyramid and proper servings for your age and activity level.

You can also use their Tracker system to get more detailed information and advice on healthy eating and exercise levels.

I haven't had a chance to look into it thoroughly, but it looks like it could be a good reference in our quest for healthier living.

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By the way, I haven't been doing WW per se, but I have been trying to eat in moderation and be sensible. I gained 5 pounds back over the holidays but have since lost 2 of those. I am holding steady at an overall loss of 15 pounds. I'm going to try and fit in some yoga and strengthening exercises at home, in addition to the pilates class with Chicken. So even though I haven't been blogging about it, I'm still there with you in the health trenches!

Chicken's Monday

Breakfast
1 cup Kashi wheat squares 3 points
1 cup Fat Free milk 2 points

Snack
1 kashi bar 2 points
1 banana 1 point

Lunch
WW Ravioli 5 points

Dinner
2 pieces wheat bread 4 points
2 oz reduced fat cheedar cheese 4 points
1 tbs mayo 2 points
3 oz boneless skinless chicken breast 3 points

Chicken's Update

I haven't been logging regularly (bad chicken) but I have been staying on points. On Saturday I went to a 1 hour Pilates class. Afterwards I went to the gym and did the eliptical for 35 minutes. I was pretty sore yesterday so I stayed put. I'm not sure if I'll go to the gym today because it is always crazy on Mondays. Maybe I lift some free weights at home or do my yoga dvd.

In any case I need to go to the gym more. I did sign up for a Pilates class on Saturday with Sprite so at least I'm doing that. I have hit a plateau again and I really need to get out of it. My total loss is 35.2 as of today.

Sunday for Mishka

Breakfast

2 egg, veggie, and potato burritos
Coffee w/milk and sugar
Water

Exercise

20 minutes of weight lifting abs and biceps
20 minutes of treading water
20 minutes of water jogging

Lunch

Toasted ham/cheese sandwich on multigrain bread w/lettuce, onion, and tomato
Diet Coke
Tortilla chips
Salsa

Dinner

Spaghetti w/venison and whole wheat noodles
Salad w/ginger dressing
Garlic baguette
2 lite beers

Snack

Strawberries w/sprinkle of sugar

Mishka's Saturday

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk
Banana
Coffee w/milk and sugar
Water

Exercise

Walked 1 mile
Lunges 3 sets of 10 per leg

Lunch

Ham and cheese sandwich on multigrain bread w/onion, tomato and lettuce
Tortilla chips
Salsa
Green tea

Exercise

15 minutes on rowing machine...3000 meters?
30 minutes lifting weights, backs, and abs

Dinner

Steamed jasmine rice
Gaeng giaow wan gai
Cranberry w/vodka

Snack

Yoplait light yogurt

Mishka's Friday

Breakfast

2 packets of raisin, walnut oatmeal w/milk
Hot tea w/milk
Water

Lunch

4 chicken drummettes
1 Coke

Dinner

Pork Pho
Water

Thursday for Mishka

Breakfast

Onion bagel w/lite cream cheese, onion and tomato
Coffee w/milk and sugar
Water

Lunch

Homemade Vietnamese sandwich
Green tea

Snack

Banana
Small handful of peanuts

Dinner

Chicken w/sauteed onions, mushrooms, green peppers and sundried tomatoes
Wild rice
Zucchini
Salad w/dijon honey dressing
Cranberry juice w/vodka

Snack

Banana nut bread
Milk

Chicken's Thursday

Breakfast
1 cup Kashi wheat squares 3 points
1 cup 1% milk 2 points

Snack
100 calorie popcorn 1 point

Lunch
WW Creamy Rig w/ Broc 6 points

Exercise Update

I have not been to the gym in a few days...I have been trying really hard to keep a cold at bay. I have a friend that really needs to be able to call on me to help her right now, and I can't afford to get sick, at least for the next few weeks. So it has been lots of Vit C, zinc, and rest for me. I haven't wanted to overdo it at the gym and end up sick.

I think if I feel fine tomorrow, I will consider myself to be past it and will probably at least get a nice walk in the cold air in.

Wednesday for Mishka

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk
Coffee w/milk and sugar

Lunch

Pita bread w/sundried tomato hummus, onion and tomato
Small slice of banana nut bread
Green tea

Dinner

Homemade Vietnamese sandwich
Fried eggrolls (veggie and beef)
Lite beer
Water

Take A Crack At Weight Loss

"Eggs are a nutrient-rich breakfast that will actually help you eat less all day long. A recent study at Wayne State University in Michigan found that participants who ate a 340-calorie breakfast, consisting of two eggs and toast with jelly, felt fuller longer than those who had equal calories from a bagel, cream cheese and yogurt. They also consumed an average of 274 fewer calories throughtout the day. The egg meal's extra protein or fewer refined carbs could explain the results."

Excerpt from Fitness Magazine, August 2005.

Mishka's Tuesday

Breakfast

Two slices of multigrain bread
1 slice of lite laughing cow
Green tea

Lunch (out with L)

Cheese pasta purses w/creamy pesto sauce
Crab dip w/ bread
Bread w/oil and spices
Sweet tea

Dinner (leftover smorgasbord)

Ravioli
Rancho
Salad w/honey mustard dressing
Low country boil
Water

Snack

Last slice of peanut butter pie w/whipped topping

Sneaky Leg Slimmers

Bare Your Soles: Show the person behind you the soles of your feet. You'll increase your walking speed and fully engage your entire leg, from glutes to ankles.

Power Up The Stairs: Each time you go up a flight mix it up- two at a time, single steps, hands free. Bonus: taking just two more flights of stairs (up and down) daily burns 6 pounds a year, says a study from the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Take A Stand: Choose standing over sitting and you'll burn 53% more calories, says a study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Add a few isometric thigh squeezes and you'll melt even more. Tiny calorie-burn increases throughout the day can have a big impact on your overal boddy fat, says Time Church, M.D., PH.D., medical director at the Cooper Instituted in Dallas. Burn 10 more calories a day and that's a pound a year.

Go Hands Free: Whenever you stand up from your chair, make a conscious effort not to use your hands. Doing this will force you to recruit your glutes, hamstrings, and quads, says Wayne Westcott, PH.D., fitness and research director at the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Stash Your Stilettos: Save the heels for special occasions. They slow you down by 6 percent, and the elevated position lowers the workload on yoru leg muscles by almost a third, says a study in the Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Excerpt from Fitness Magazine, August 2005.

Monday for Mishka

Breakfast

Small bowl of cereal w/milk
1/2 english muffin w/reduced fat PB

Lunch

Leftover rancho
Green tea

Exercise

Housework/yardwork 2 hours

Dinner

Massuman curry w/chicken
Steamed jasmine rice
Salad w/thousand island dressing

Snack

Some kind of unnamed fruit

Shed More Pounds With Yoga

"Daily downward dogs may help you lose weight, says research presented at the American Psychosomatic Society conference. Among 1,200 people who ate a healthy diet and did three hours of cardio mediation for an hour daily lost about 2.2 more poinds in 12 weeks than those who practiced it ony four hours or fewer a week."

Excerpt from Fitness Magazine, August 2005

Maximize Your Job Performance

Exercising during your lunch break may boost your productivity at work, according to a study from the University of Bristol in Great Britain. Researchers there followed employees at 210 companies that offer on-site exercise programs and found that 65% of people who worked out during the day improved their quality of work and time-management skills afterwards.

Excerpt from Fitness Magazine, October 2005

Sunday for Mishka

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk
Banana nut bread w/margarine
Water

Exercise

45 minutes of racquetball
30 of weight lifting

Lunch (at Roly Poly's)

Basil Chicken Wrap
Medium sweet tea
Sunchips

Dinner (at home)

Thai fried rice w/chicken
Water
Cucumbers

Snack

Strawberries w/1 tsp of sugar
Water

What Is A Calorie?

It's the amount of energy required to raise one kilogram of water one degree centrigrade.

Saturday for Mishka

Breakfast

Toasted english muffin w/reduced fat peanut butter
Coffee w/sugar and milk
Small glass of milk

Exercise

10 minutes of jogging to and from the gym
40 minutes of cardio
40 minutes of weight lifting

Lunch and Dinner

Eating Thai food at SJ's...won't be able to track this accurately but will try to keep portions and fried stuff under control.

Mishka's Friday

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk
Coffee w/milk and sugar
Banana

Lunch

Red potatoes w/chives and garlic
Slice of banana nut bread w/margarine
Diet Coke

Exercise

1 1/2 hours of hard housecleaning (vaccuming, sweeping, dusting, and swiffering). Got a sweat going even.

Dinner

10 pieces of sushi rolls
2 pieces of sushi
3 pieces of sashimi
3 pieces of veggie tempura w/dipping sauce
1 cup of miso soup
1/2 plate of edamame
1 cup of ocha
Water

Dessert

White russian drink
Small slice of peanut butter pie

Thursday for Mishka

Breakfast

2 eggs fried
1 english muffin
1 serving of cheddar
2/3 serving of sliced ham
Mocha

Lunch (out with L)

6" steak and pepper sandwich
Diet Coke

Dinner

Pinto beans w/ham
Jasmine rice
Cornbread
Cranberry juice w/vodka

Snack

Slice of homemade banana nut bread
Serving of strawberries

Chicken's Thursday

Breakfast
Kashi cereal 4 points
1 cup skim milk 2 points

Snack
1 apple 1 point

Lunch
WW Rigatoni w/Broc 6 points

Mishka's Wednesday

Breakfast

Toasted english muffin w/fat free peanut butter
Coffee w/milk and sugar
Water

Lunch

Organic tortilla chips w/skim mozzarella cheese and salsa
Diet Coke
Fuji apple

Exercise

40 minutes of cardio (elliptical and recumbant)
10 minutes of stretching
10 minutes of jogging to and from the gym

Dinner

Pinto beans w/ham
Fried potatoes
Cornbread
Ketchup
Water

Chicken's Wednesday

Breakfast
1 cup Kashi cruch cereal 3 points
1 cup 1% milk 2 points

Snack
Popcorn 2 points

Lunch
WW Ravioli 5 points

Dinner
Boneless, skinless chicken breast 3 points
1 cup corn 2 points

Tuesday for Mishka

Breakfast

Toasted english muffin w/1 tbs of peanut butter
Coffee w/sugar and milk
Water

Lunch

8 pieces of sushi rolle
Diet Coke

Exercise

Lots of walking around

Dinner

Big salad w/ginger dressing
1 slice of asiago cheese bread w/margarine
1 serving of roasted peanuts w/o salt
1 banana
1 cranberry w/vodka drink

Exercise

30 minutes of cardio at gym

Chicken's Tuesday

Breakfast
1 English Muffin 2 points
2 Tbs Light Cream cheese 2 points
1 banana 1 point

Snack
1 baked lays 2 points

Lunch
WW Three cheese Riga 6 points

Snack
1 Laughing Cow Mini Babybel Light 1 points

Dinner
1 Large baked potato 3 points
mushrooms, onions, garlic 0 points
2 oz reduced fat cheedar cheese 4 points
2 Tbs light sour cream 2 points
1 tbs smart balance 1 point

Monday for Mishka

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk
Apple sauce
Hot tea

Lunch (super late)

4 pieces of sushi
6 pieces of sushi roll
Diet Coke

Dinner

Rancho w/two small tortillas
Water

Chicken's Monday

Breakfast
SB bar 3 points
1 banana 1 point

Snack
Baked Lays 2 points

Lunch
WW Rigatoni 6 points

Snack
2 Laughing Cow Mini Babybel Light 2 points

Dinner
4 oz chicken breast 3 points
1 cup corn 2 points
3 graham crackers 3 points

Mishka's Sunday

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk
Banana
Coffee w/milk and sugar

Exercise

35 minutes of jogging along a new trail
35 minutes of weight lifting biceps and abs

Lunch

Venison burger on english muffin
Organic tortilla chips w/salsa
1 tbs of baked beans
Diet Coke

Dinner

Rancho w/whole grain wheat tortillas
Water
1 lite beer

Snack

1/2 serving of fudge

Saturday for Mishka

Breakfast

Cheerios w/milk
Banana
Large coffee w/milk and sugar

Exercise

10 minutes running to gym
20 minutes on recumbant bike, level 5, 75 rpms
40 minutes lifting weights, chests and abs

Lunch

1/2 Chicken Basil wrap on whole wheat tortilla
1 bag of whole grain SunChips
Iced Tea

Exercise

1 hour of yardwork (leaves and general cleanup)

Dinner

Venison burger on toasted english muffin
2 servings of frozen peas
1 serving of baked beans
Water

Dessert

1 serving of fudge
1 small glass of milk

Friday for Mishka

Breakfast

Scrambled eggs with onion and bellpepper
Coffee w/milk and sugar
Water

Exercise

Hiking through the woods for 3 hours

Lunch

Pulled BBQ pork
Hushpuppies
Fried okra
Cole Slaw
Sweet tea

Exercise

1 hour at the gym lifting weights (abs, backs and triceps)

Dinner

Cheese
Bread
Banana
Cucumber
Carrots
Tomato
Wine

Dessert

1 serving of fudge, and a soak in the hottub after all that walking.

Chicken's Friday

Breakfast
1 cup Total cereal 2 points
1 cup skim milk 2 points
1 small banana 1 points

Snack
1 apple 1 point

Lunch
Turkey Sub 6 points

Mishka's Thursday

Breakfast

2 pieces of multigrain toast w/margarine
1 cup of coffee w/milk and sugar
1 glass of water

Lunch

PB&J on multigrain bread
1 serving of lime Tostitos
Diet Coke

Dinner

Lean steak
Red potatoes w/garlic and chives
Corn
Water

Snack

1 serving of fudge
Small glass of milk

Chicken's Thursday

Breakfast
1 English Muffin 2 points
1 Tbs mayo 3 points
1 egg 2 points

Lunch
Turkey Sub 6 points

Dinner
1 gardenburger w/cheese 10 points

Exercise
35 minutes eliptical

Motivational Post By Sally

Check out this link for a cool post from Sally on getting out there and getting some exercise. I thought it was pretty good.

Two Feet On The Ground Are Worth More Than A Whole Body On The Couch

Fudge!!!!

Our yearly allotment of fudge came in the mail today...I looked it up online to find out the damage to our diet and two pieces (1 inch squares) is 170 calories...guess I'll be doing some extra walking to make up for it.

It is so good and there is no way we are getting rid of by any means other than eating it. I'll just have to spread it out over time so we don't kill ourselves.

Vacation Exercise Recap

When we were in the hotel in Fort Lauderdale, I used the fitness center at the hotel for about an hour doing some cardio and then some limited weight lifting (the exercises I could get done with the set up they had)

On the boat, I went to the gym 3 times, doing cardio or walking on board for 30 minutes and then did circuit training on their weight machines. It was pretty busy everytime we were in there so the circuit training was the easiest thing to do. We also opted to take the stairs unless we were carrying bags so we we did a lot of stairs each day (our room was on the 7th floor forward, the pools/buffet were on the 9th floor aft, the dining room/theatres were on the 2nd/3rd floors aft and forward).

On one day, when we were in Costa Rica, I did 1 1/2 hours of paddling while we were river rafting down the Reventazon. In Belize we did a fair amount of walking and stair climbing at the mayan ruins.

While I wasn't super deligent about my food while we were on the boat, I did try to eat balanced and not too much junk. I also tried to limit my servings since it seemed like we were getting food all the time (midnight buffets if you wanted). I don't feel like I gained any weight but I forgot to weigh myself at the gym today. I will try to do that tomorrow.

Wednesday for Mishka

Breakfast

Berry Blast Cheerios
Milk
Hot tea w/milk and sugar

Lunch

Top Ramen Hot and Spicy Beef w/green onions, venison, and cilantro added
Water
2 little sweettart rolls....damn left over Halloween candy.

Exercise

30 minutes on treadmill, incline of 6% at 3.6 mph.
10 minutes of jogging to and from gym
35 minutes of weight lifting shoulders and abs

Dinner

2 soft tacos (venison, beans, onion, cheese, and salsa)
Drink (cranberry juice and vodka)

Snack

1 serving of fantasy fudge

Weight Watchers

I haven't been going to the meetings on a consistent basis so I decided to switch to eTools only. I’ve lost plenty of weight without going to the meetings and I’ll be saving money this way. If it seems like I’m slipping I can always switch again.

Chicken's Wednesday

Breakfast
2 tsp sugar free hot cocoa 2 points
1 bagel 3 points
2 Tbs light cream cheese 2 points

Snack
Baked Lays 2 points

Lunch
Salisbury steak and mash potato lunch 4 points

Dinner
2 slices bread 4 points
2 slices ham 6 points
2 oz cheese 6 points
1 Tbs mayo 3 points

I thought that this day would be lower points but I went over big time. I need to go the grocery store and stock up. I've have gained a few pounds and I don't want to go in the wrong direction.

Mishka's Tuesday

Breakfast

2 slices of multigrain bread w/margarine
2 large cups of coffee
Water
1/2 banana

Lunch

1 can of tuna fish
1 serving of mayo, mustard, relish, and onion
1 serving of Triscuit crackers
1 serving of cheddar cheese
1 serving of roasted peanuts, unsalted

Dinner

2 fried burritos (ground venison, black beans, cilantro, Rotel, lite sour cream, flour tortillas).
1 drink (cranberry juice and vodka)

Contributors Info

As I just recently changed over to the new Blogger and as the owner of isblog, it was changed over too. This basically means that anyone that was a contributor and hasn't changed over to the new Blogger was dropped. I have sent out new invites to Haha and Mindsprite but I am not sure if the system will let them post if they haven't switched over....we'll see I guess.

Sally is really not a Blogger (she just signed up to contribute here) so I don't think she will be switching over. That leaves Chicken (who has already converted) who is currently able to post.

I am mostly posting this because I didn't want any of the previous contributors to think that I dropped them off intentionally. Obviously, if Sally wishes to continue, I'll send her an invite so she can.

Chicken's Tuesday

Breakfast
1 cup Ohs 2 points
1 cup 1% milk 2 points

Snack
Kashi Bar 2 points
Baked Lays 2 points

Lunch
WW Chicken Sante Fe Bistro selections 2 points (yes that is 2 points awesome)

Dinner
1 bowl Gumbo 6 points
1 oz Reduced fat cheese 2 points
1 English Muffin 2 points
1 tsp Smart Balance 1 point

1 skinny cow ice cream sandwich 3 points