Day 34 - Annika

Breakfast - light orange-strawberry yoghurt
Breakfast 2 - light orange-strawberry yoghurt. (Started feeling a bit bad so I had to eat something and that was all I had..)
Lunch - oven fries, one small mexican filled ground beef roll.
Chicken carib soup
Nellie Dellies wild berries candy
Crowmoor cider
red curry turkey with noodles.
another cider.

bad day.. bad bad day..

ice and bumps.

i was all ready to work out today, but when i got outside, my car was iced over and i couldn't open the door. :(

i went inside and did situp-type stuff, but it wasn't the same!!

today, we're getting bw3's at work for lunch. i am going to order a wrap....hopefully that's healthier than some of the other stuff on the menu!

i went to the doctor yesterday for a follow up about the weird bump just below my collarbone. i paid a $20 copay for her to say "wow, that is asymmetrical and doesn't seem right. i'm going to consult with radiology to see if you need an mri. i'll email you." yarrrr!

i guess the bump wouldn't bug me so much if it didn't hurt to do the ab machine at the gym. merp.

ANYway, i think i'm going to go work out tomorrow, because my weight has gone up a few pounds and i just don't feel healthy at the moment.

Day 33-Sheena

Breakfast- string cheese and a banana, some chex mix, jasmine green tea
Lunch- sweet & sour chicken, white rice, 3 crab rangoon, and a pack of sixlets
I should head to the gym for either Turbokick or Yoga, but I'm really tempted to just go to the movies instead....we'll see. Definitely going to the gym after eating greasy food for lunch! UPDATE: Didn't end up going to the gym, since I left work too late to make it to class...hopefully I'll go for 2 classes in the morning!
Snack- spotted cow, and chocolate chip cookie before leaving work
Dinner- spaghettios

Day 33- Annika

rye sandwich for breakfast

lunch- pasta with chicken sauce, 2 glasses of milk and a banana.
Dinner- oven fries, salmon
a cider, nellie dellies

After work I'm going to buy Nellie Dellies candy. SO light, full of fibers and so delicious. I'm also thinking of getting a haircut..

Day 32-Sheena

Breakfast- peach light yoplait, lady grey tea
Lunch- diet coke, crackers, potato salad, and a chicken/spinach/artichoke lean pocket, twizzler
Heading to the gym for strength fusion, and I took my tuba in case the weather is bad so i don't have to go home before band. Which means I may be going out to eat somewhere for dinner....
Dinner- bad me, I had a barbacoa chipotle burrito, and a mocha (w. skim milk though)

Day 32 - Annika

breakfast-pumpkin seed roll.

lunch-roast beef salad, 2 glasses of milk.

snack- rye sandwich. 

dinner- habanero hamburger and the left-over macaroni casseroli+ground beef

Day 31-Sheena

Breakfast-piece of banana nut bread, reeses heart, 2 cracker w. cheese; i was going to stop here and wait for pizza lunch, but my stomach was growling :( couple spoonfuls potato salad, tiny piece of danish
Lunch- We're having pizza hut, i am going to try and hold myself to 2 pieces of pizza and a breadstick.
Ok, 1 piece hawaiian pizza, 1 piece chicken fajita, 1 breadstick, salad w. ranch, and fruit salad
Heading to gym for Turbokick and 20/20/20
Dinner- healthy choice chicken rice soup, strawberry light yoplait, couple tortilla chips

Day 31 - Annika

Breakfast - rye sandwich 1,5

Lunch - chicken-rice salad(didnt eat most of the rice though), vanilla kissel with strawberry jam.

pineapple, more salad, mashed potatoes, kebab meat.

6dl milk

Day 30-Sheena

Breakfast-slice of sausage pizza, I shouldn't have eaten it, it unsettled my stomach.
Lunch- leftover chinese food, diet coke
Heading to the gym for Strength Fusion. and then to the radio station.
Dinner- cottage cheese, pbj on flax bread, skim milk and string cheese

day 30 - Annika

I've made a decision. I'm going to weigh myself next on the 23th of March. Not sooner. I'm going to do my best to follow the points and hopefully be pleasantly surprised after a month.

Breakfast=pumpkin seed roll, 2.5

Lunch= lots of salad inc. canned mandarines about, 1.5

2 glasses of milk, 2

a slice of meat loaf, maybe 2 points.

snack= a pear 1 point

Dinner=spicy thai soup 2
2 tortillas 10

Day 29-Sheena

Breakfast- light strawberry yogurt
Snack- cole slaw, small slice of pizza
Lunch- leftover chinese food, diet coke, root beer float
Heading to the gym for Zumba and Yoga
Dinner- black bean burger on flax bread w. lettuce and light miracle whip, string cheese

I need to go grocery shopping so that I can get some more healthy food to have around. My eating habits have been really bad the last week or 2.

Another rejection letter today...man this is getting to be a huge waste of money :(

Day 27, 28-Sheena

Saturday:
Breakfast-1 slice bacon, 3 pieces leftover pizza
Lunch- bagel w. cream cheese, glass of skim milk
Dinner- chips w. salsa and guac, chalupa, 1/2 a taco
Drinks- too many! margaritas, 2 absolut (mango, pear) and sprite, 1 beer, a couple shots

Sunday:
Breakfast-bagel w. cream cheese, gatorade
Lunch- 2 pieces string cheese, banana, chips & salsa
Dinner- crab rangoon, orange chicken & rice, diet coke

Day 29 - Annika

I got frustrated for not getting any thinner so I decided to go back to the points system. Weight watchers points. I lost about 20 pound with that 2 years ago, so I know it works.

Breakfast - rye sandwich with the usual toppings, 1,5 points.

Lunch - salad with dressing - 0,5 points?, meat sauce maybe 2 points. 2 glasses of milk.

Afternoon snack-pumpkin seed roll without cheese, lettuce and margarine and the extra hams..

Need to check the correct points when I get home. But this doesn't look too good a start. I need to get to 22 and and after lunch I'm at 6 or so..

Dinner - 1dl of rice and 2 dls of mexican chili sauce.

Now I'm at 22 points.

Day 28 - Annika

breakfast+lunch+dinner=apple and a pizza.

Day 27 - Annika

Breakfast - yoghurt
lunch- 2 chicken legs and 2 glasses of milk.
now i might have to have a danish and some soda.
did 15 mins on my bike this morning and thought i'd do more later.. if i feel like it. -- so I didn't exercise more..
dinner - rice, and few small pieces of chocolate I had left from christmas.
dinner 2 - liver casseroli. Had to eat more, I need food when I'm drunk.
--since I had to have that delicious danish I figured I might just as well open my wine and drink it. Go back to healthy living tomorrow.--

Day 26-Sheena

Breakfast- grapes, strawberry, some pretzels
Lunch- 3 ribs, potato salad, cole slaw, roll, diet coke, 2 hershey's kisses
Dinner @ Work- spinach salad w. strawberries & brie and vinaigrette, tilapia, steak and potatoes
Out- Absolut peach & sprite, malibu & diet

Day 26 - Annika

Breakfast - very light pineapple yoghurt and an apple.

Lunch - Chicken Kiev and strawberry quark. My absolute favorite. 2 glasses of milk. That's why the breakfast was so light. I don't always remember to mention but I fill at least half of my plate with salads if I have real food for lunch.

I was given a free semla so I just had to have it. A bit later I got three more. Now I'm wondering how to keep then edible and still manage to go to the movies straight from work.. result: eat one, take the rest to R's work place, tell him to either eat them or put in cold and bring home.

Might be going to movies after work. Going to avoid candy, just need to get my free movie ticket used before it expires. And I promised dad I'd go see his computer on Sat..

Day 25-Sheena

Another potluck today:
Breakfast- pretzels & dip, and chips & dip, 1 deviled egg, cracker and ham
Lunch- little bit of potato salad and cole slaw, a roll, 2 bbq ribs, 4 strawberries, some grapes, a cupcake, a little banana pudding, and a diet coke

I'm heading to the gym for Strength Fusion, and then to VFW band. It will be the last of my official working out for the week.

Dinner- a glass of punch, a glass of wine, and 3 pieces of thin crust pizza w. canadian bacon, pineapple and artichoke hearts....yum! I don't feel bad about that, because it was SO good!

man, i'm pooped!

today i did all cardio at the gym and stretched out extra long after because my leg muscles were hurting.

and then i had to do manual labor at work for about 3 hours. this involved lifting probably about 100 heavy boxes full of files and moving them either to pallets or onto different shelves. now my whole body aches! i think i'm gonna take it easy at the gym tomorrow and NOT lift arm weights. phew!

yesterday and today i had half a spicy italian sub from subway and that's about it for lunch. breakfast is usually a protein shake and yogurt or granola bar. dinner last night was buttered noodles. i don't feel as hungry after eating these small portions as i used to, but now i'm wondering if i am getting all the nutrition i need. i am making sure to load up on vitamins, though. hmmm....

i'm getting antsy for the weather to get warmer...the bike trail in the park behind my apartment is teasing me! :)

what outdoor activities are you guys planning on doing once it gets warmer?

Day 25 - Annika

breakfast was the same as yesterday.

Lunch - I had real lunch today. Not just rabbit food. A little bit of macaroni casseroli(makaroonilaatikko) and 3 fried vendaces(?). 2 glasses of milk. one slice of some kind of darkish oat bread.

kiwi and 1/3 of a slice of yesterday's cold pizza(mettwurst&tomato). I looked at the apples and the mandarins and I just had to have something unhealthy. Luckily there was a small piece of a pizza slice.

Now I'm dreaming of candy.
I decided to be very lazy today. I'm going to watch NCIS and eat candy and not exercise.

UPDATE-- my plan to be lazy was cut of by my fathers marathon skype call.. I was watching ncis and when it looked I couldnt get back to it anytime soon I decided to hop on my bike and exercise a bit while he talked away.
I won't feel as bad tomorrow as I thought I would :)

dinner- caribbean chicken soup and half foot veggie Sub.

Day 24-Sheena

Breakfast- chips w. spinach/artichoke dip/salsa

Lunch- Lettuce w. tomato & cukes w. thousand island, tomato/cuke/feta/onion salad, fruit salad (strawberrys, melon, grapes, apple, banana), french bread and a cream soda (there was my downfall because it wasn't diet :( )

Heading to the gym for TurboKick class, and then out for a social w. the Outdoor Meetup Group. I'm going to be working out less this week, since I can only do one class today, and then I work Friday and Saturday at my other job, so I won't be able to go to class either of those days. I will have to try and get out and be active on Saturday and Sunday to make up for it.

Dinner-Chipotle BLT, coleslaw, a pickles, and 2 Capital Maibock beers

Day 24 - Annika

Breakfast - pumpkin seed roll without cheese.

Lunch - I'm going to have the Finnish squeaky cheese salad instead of the tuna pasta(or pizza). I'm going to stay strong and healthy. The salad had lettuce, tomato, cucumber, finnish squeaky cheese, lenses and some seeds. 2 glasses of milk.

Now I'm wanting something good.. a small slice of pizza or anything good really. I'm not going to get any but I would really like some.

Trying to learn to drink water.

had a kiwi and an apple on my break.

I should be out skiing in this weather, not indoors doing nothing..

41minutes with NCIS.

very very light berry soup. small can of pineapples.
a pint of milk. one crostini.

interesting story

i saw this on cnn.com. pretty interesting...and intense! http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/16/oprah.habit.month/index.html

Day 23-Sheena

Breakfast- 7 deviled eggs (so 3.5 whole eggs) about 350 calories i'm guessing
Lunch-String cheese, ham&cheese lean pocket, salad w. thousand island, ice cream sandwich
Heading to the gym for strength fusion today at 4:30.
Dinner- string cheese, couple tortilla chips, some cottage cheese, a small bowl of pomegranate/blueberry cereal, a couple bites of au gratin potatoes

I also gave in and weighed myself this morning, I'm about 8 pounds down from when I last weighed myself, though I don't remember when that was. At least now I have a starting point. I am not going to keep weighing myself though...maybe again in a couple months.

Day 23 - Annika

Breakfast - Activia yoghurt and an apple.

Lunch - Fetasalad, 2 glasses of milk.

fruitcocktail in juice.
orange. light yoghurt.
53minutes with Emmerdale
pineapple later.

watched delicious burgers being eaten and didnt feel bad at all.
I feel like I've started eating very light. I just wish I could see some results. I'm a bit impatient.. when it comes to .. anything really :)

ball exercise!

this weekend, i utilized my new exercise ball. it was good fun! :)
i also use the 'bender ball', which is like a mini exercise ball you put behind your back for crunches...i can really feel the burn with that one!

i didn't eat very healthily for valentine's day (pizza), but when i went to a mexican restaurant with my sisters yesterday, i got a taco salad...although the nacho appetizers probably didn't help much. hehe!

i'm trying out some of the new meal replacement bars from my business....they're really delicious! and filling! my new goal is to not eat when i'm not hungry...because i haven't been as consistently hungry as i had been in the past (that's good, right?).

and a good ego booster yesterday: one of my sisters said "look at that skinny girl!" to me. :) i don't know if it IS really visible, but i've been staying on the lower part of my usual weight fluctuation. so, yay!

what are some ego boosters you have had lately? (or hope to have soon?)

Day 22-Sheena

Breakfast- Peach Yogurt
Snack- some Doritos, small piece of lemon cake
Lunch- cottage cheese, ham &american on a roll, small piece of sausage pizza, baby pickle, diced pears and a chocolate ice cream
Heading to the gym for Zumba and Yoga as long as nausea doesn't set in. I had a very fun and unexpected Valentine's day at the bar! I had a great time, which is pretty rare.
Dinner- diced pears, lettuce & chicken w. thousand island, bagel w. banana, cream cheese, strawberry jam

Overall not a bad day....I'm slowly improving!

Day 21-Sheena

After getting an hour or so of sleep I drove to Dubuque and had:
Breakfast- Diet Coke
Lunch- Gyro/water
Dinner- Culvers single burger/fries

Day 22 - Annika

breakfast was the usual rye sandwich

lunch - lettuce, grated carrot, cucumber, tomato, tiny piece of fish. 2 yoghurt desserts. 2 glasses of milk.

Large can of pineapple.
40 minutes with desperate housewives.
going to have a little pea soup later. and more milk.

Oh and I had the last of my sorbet too..

Day 21 - Annika

I've had yoghurt, blueberry soup, pineapple..
3 fish fingers, oven fries.
2xDanio vanilla quark. lots of calories, but ah so good.
a box of dents.. tooth friendly candy. 92 calories in the entire box.
about 2dl strawberry sorbet, about 60 calories..

DAy 20 : Annika

I had light Activia yoghurt for breakfast and then the rest of the lasagna..
Can of pineapple and very light blueberry soup. maybe 2 spoons of dinner soup. one beer and a bit of cider.
I didnt have much of an appetite..

Day 20-Sheena

Well...the last few days were a write off. I will try to get back on the horse today.
Breakfast- bagel/cream cheese, strawberry yogurt, banana
Lunch/Dinner- salad, couple bites of pizza
Drinks- I drank a little too much...though mainly mixed drinks:
1 leine's honey
3 strawberry vodka/lemonade
1 coke/cherry vodka
a couple of different fruity shots
miller lite

Day 19-Sheena

I won't be going to the gym until Monday, so I need to try and work some walking into my schedule.

Breakfast- some carrots/broccoli and dip, some chips, and 2 chocolate cookie things, lady grey tea
Lunch-
Dinner

Day 18-Sheena

Potlucks are evil. I ate WAY too much all day, to the point of feeling like I wanted to puke. Yuck, i need to learn how to just eat a little bit of my favorite things, and not try everything. I went to strength fusion, and then came home and ate a couple chips/salsa and a bagel/cream cheese.

Day 19 - Annika

Pumpkin seed roll for breakfast.

Lunch: 3 glasses of milk, lots of salad, chicken breast without the skin, half a wiener schnitzel

without the breading. some chili mayo/sauce or whatever it was. I took a chocolate muffin but i'm not going to eat it myself. It looks rather disgusting.. I'm not really into any chocolaty desserts.

I'm so proud of myself. I've really wanted to buy some candy or something a couple of times. Already stood in front of the shelves. But I havent bought anything.

2 kiwis.

41 minutes with ncis.

made lasagna. the problem with lasagna is that I cant stop eating it.. I had far too much.
This is my bad day of the week.

Day 18 - Annika

Rye sandwich with liver sausage, lettuce, cucumber, tomato for breakfast

Chicken wok for lunch. No rice. 2 glasses of milk and lots of salad. Yesterday's dessert, but not as much.

a banana

a can of peaches. then milk later.

frozen blueberries. 38 minutes of biking with lipstick jungle

I weighed myself this morning and it was less than before. Whenever I've lost even a little weight I get this feeling of success and it motivates me.

today will be a good day!

alright, so for breakfast i had light yogurt and my usual two travel mugs of english breakfast tea. for lunch i had the other half of my tuna sub that i bought from subway yesterday and water. i usually sneak in a couple animal crackers as a small snack a few hours after lunch. i guess dinner will be...happy hour. i will have one beer, and they have their free munchies from 5-7 on wednesdays, which usually include veggies, so i'll snack on those.

if i'm still hungry, maybe i'll have some special k when i get home.

oh, and i am going to do some ab exercises tonight! :)

---
i was looking through some high school and college pics the other night, and found them to be good motivation. i was pretty skinny in high school, and visibly heavier than i am now in some of the college pics. maybe i'll put them on the fridge as what i want to look like and what i don't want to look like.

what are some motivational tools for being healthy that you guys have? (besides this blog, of course)

Day 17-Sheena

I just finished lunch...and I ate too much :(

Breakfast-Blueberry muffin, jasmine green tea, couple of doritos
Lunch---here it comes :( 4 little chicken strips with honey mustard and ranch, 2 onion rings, a bbq chicken sandwich and some fruit salad. Man am I full.
Heading to the gym for Yoga Fusion and 20/20/20, then home to finish laundry, essays and cleaning.
Dinner- Salad w. thousand island, cottage cheese, colby cheese, and a piece of coconut cream pie

Day 17 - Annika

Breakfast pumpkin seed roll sandwich.

I read the menu again with my eyes :) and I dont have to have pizza after all!! I can have the salmon salad. So that's good. Still going to have lots of dessert.. It's just too darn good

Went to see Revolutionary Road and I had to buy 130grams of candy coz of the free cat food thing they have going on. Only it was disappointing coz the woman gave me the small sample not the full bag od cat food..

I did 30 mins on my bike. I wasnt going to but did anyway.

yay for nice weather!

hopefully i'll have time to take a walk after work before it gets dark!

i signed up for a fitness challenge at the gym. basically, it's a game board, and for every half hour of working out (whether at the gym or home), you get to move ahead a space (max 2 spaces in a day). every 5 spaces has a "challenge" where, depending on the day, you have to complete an extra workout or diet routine for the day. today i had to do 30 minutes of strength training. once i reach "finish" on the gameboard, i am entered to win a trip somewhere. that would be nice....

i think today i'm going to get subway for lunch and then tonight i'll have special k. :)

Day 16-Sheena

What a beautiful day. When i left at 7:15 it was already 46F! It is supposed to get up to 58 today, which would break the record high of 53. The snow is all melting! I'm sure we'll get more soon, but it is definitely nice to not wear a winter coat (I just wore my fluffy vest!) I'll definitely be taking the dog out for a couple walks today.

Breakfast- bowl of rice krispies, skim milk, banana
Snack- piece of string cheese
Lunch- diced pears, piece of quiche, some cottage cheese, like 5 baby pickles, few mustard pretzels...I'm really having a craving for dessert, but I am trying to resist. We'll see how strong my willpower is. I ended up having a tiny hershey's bar...not bad!
Heading to the gym for strength fusion, then home to do laundry/clean my room/bake pies
Dinner- ummm...didn't really have dinner. Had some chips and salsa, and licked the spoon when making my pies, and a glass of skim milk. Then ran to the radio station, came home at like 9:30, finished making my pies (licked the meringue off the spoon) had some more chips and salsa, a piece of string cheese, and some orange juice...



I went shopping yesterday and bought:
Bananas, string cheese, cottage cheese, lean pockets (for when I'm too lazy to make lunch), some healthy choice soup, lettuce, salad dressing, bagels & cream cheese, jasmine green tea (my new favorite!), and some chips and fresh salsa (my concession to junk food...I just love this salsa though, I could probably eat it with a spoon!), skim milk, sugar-free jello and some fruit juice. Hopefully this will aid in my healthy eating...oh and I bought pie crusts because I'm making coconut cream pie for a potluck on Thursday...that's not healthy, but I figure it's fine to have 1 'bad day'....and I don't have to eat a lot!

Day 16 - Annika

Breakfast was a sandwich roll

Lunch chicken salad. It had rice in it, but I just didn't eat it. or at least most of it. 2 glasses of milk and mango-melon salad for dessert.
Also had an apple and earl grey tea. I dont really like tea but..
At home I made pineapple-shrimp-ham-noodles with garlic-chili sauce.
51 minutes of biking with Emmerdale.
Later I'll have skim milk.

tomorrow is pizza day again and there is no good alternatives. And the dessert is fantastic too(berry-oat thingy.. i dont know what's in it but apparently berries, oat and whipped cream at least). So i'll be having rather bad day tomorrow.

Day 15-Sheena

Breakfast- rice krispies and skim milk
Lunch- rice krispies and skim milk, strawberry yogurt, dried mango, fortune cookie
Snack- 10 low salt almonds, dried mango
Heading to the gym today for Zumba and Yoga Fusion.
Dinner- a couple chips and salsa, string cheese, salad w. chicken and a little bit of thousand island dressing, and cottage cheese.

I think that french fries are my downfall too at restaurants! I do try to get a salad or something on the side instead, or see if they have 1/2 sandwich/soup or salad meal combos.

I went grocery shopping and picked up some good food!

back in the saddle!

so, because of my illness (which i'm almost all the way over, save a few coughing fits now and then), i didn't go to the gym til this morning. that means i went a whole week without working out! but that's ok, because i'm going to work out 4 times this week. it felt so good to work out!! i feel so energized now!

i didn't have the consistency of three meals a day since i became sick, so it'll be nice to get back into that as well. yesterday i went out to eat with a friend and i ordered a turkey sandwich (which came with fries) and a beer. i think fries are my weakness when going out to eat. i know that i can usually substitute a salad, but they aren't as good! i didn't finish all of them, and only at half of my sandwich, so i took that home. i've noticed that i usually can't finish meals at restaurants, and i think that's a good thing, because i've read that they are usually served in larger-than-needed proportions anyway. it took me a while to realize that having leftover on my plate isn't a bad thing...probably because i was raised to finish everything on my plate and be a "good eater", as my sisters and i say. now, when i'm with family, i take smaller portions, so i can still be a good eater, but not feel overly full afterwards.

what are some tricks that you guys use when going out to eat?

Day 15 - Annika

Breakfast was a sandwich. topped with the usual stuff.

Lunch was some grated carrot and cucumber slices with half a hamburger steak. 2 glasses of milk.
a kiwi.
Lots of milk, crushed pineapple.

40 minutes on the bike

Day 14-Sheena

Breakfast- fruit & yogurt parfait, mint steamer w. skim milk
Lunch- Turkey club sandwich w. avocado, potato salad, jasmine green tea
Dinner- Apple, Tandoorie chicken, rice, dal w. spicy tomato and yogurt sauce...yum :)
No workout today since the gym was closed. Back to working out tomorrow. I may try to do this 100 pushups.com thing....it's a plan to work up to 100 pushups. We'll see...

Day 14 - Annika

Woke up at noon.
Had light yoghurt and sun bread for breakfast.

Later I made pizza.

Now I have a berry pie in the oven. Seems like a disaster. Hope it will taste good anyway.

This has been a bad food day for me.

Tomorrow I will get back to normal. Feeling normal enough for exercising again.

Day 13-Sheena

Breakfast- 2 little pieces of quiche (one lorraine, one bacon/swiss), a pile of fruit (melon, grapes, pineapple, strawberries), a couple little pastries and some hot tea, one dark chocolate hershey's kiss.

I have to work at the terrace today from 3-10, so dinner will be there at 8 or so. I will probably eat a little more quiche before I go in. (since they sent me home with an entire quiche!) I am going to try and finish my essays today, though we will see. It is gorgeous out. 45 degrees fahrenheit. Hooray! I hope that people are going out tonight, so I can head for a quick drink after I get off work. Tomorrow I have Book Club brunch at 10 and then I volunteer to answer phones for the radio station's pledge drive from 2-5. I got in to one grad school so far (Grand Valley in MI) and got rejected from U of Connecticut. I have to hear from 3 more, and finish my apps for another 2. This is such a long process!

More later or tomorrow. Good job everyone. I need to definitely look back on my last couple weeks and see what changes I need to make. What do you guys think?

Ok: actual food consumption:
Lunch- salad w. ranch and a bread roll
Dinner- Steak and potatoes, salad w. champagne mustard vinaigrette
Drinks- Miller Lite, Guinness

Day 13- Annika

Breakfast - light strawberry-orange yoghurt, sun bread.
Lunch 3/4 of a small tuna pizza.

we'll be going to an unofficial house-warming party later today. I have decided to do my best not to eat too much of anything good they might be serving.

UPDATE: I managed to eat a lot less of the chocolates and chips and pastries they were serving that I usually would have had. I was almost proud of myself. Until we got a kebab roll and I ate half of it. It was nearly 3am.

Day 12 -Annika

Breakfast was a pumpkin seed roll with lettuce-cucumber-tomato-cheese-ham
I had one mokkapala between brekkie and lunch.
Lunch grapes and pork. Lingonberry quark for dessert. One glass of milk.

Later some delicious sun bread. Dinner was a "salad" made of grapes, cherry tomatoes and smoked chili cheese.

Day 12-Sheena

Breakfast- Yoplait Light yogurt-peach. Orange Juice
Lunch- Egg Drop Soup, Egg roll, and 2 little chocolate cookies
Snack-grasshopper drink
Dinner- bowl of pomegranate/blueberry flakes/cluster cereal with skim milk, a couple tortilla chips
I then headed to the gym for my first Turbokick class. I was worried that I would be kicking and punching people, but it wasn't bad. I look forward to getting a little more coordinated with it so I can push myself to work harder, instead of concentrating on the moves.
Not a bad day!

Day 11-Sheena

Breakfast- Banana and banana nut muffin
Snack- Some cheese doritos and some salsa and chips, mini snickers, airhead
Lunch- I ended up having an apple, 3 little pickles, some mustard pretzels and a tiny piece of chocolate cake.
Dinner will have to be quick since I have class from 4:30-5:15, then drive home/eat/get my tuba and drive to rehearsal from 7-8:30. Busy day!

Will update later.

Dinner: I made a salad that was gross, so i threw it out, and then I just had a piece of salmon, some colby cheese and some jello.

day 11- Annika

let's see
breakfast similar bread roll as yesterday.
lunch lots of fruit(orange, mango, water melon mix), small piece of almond fish and very little chili con carne and very little potato-kebabsomething. piece of blueberry pie for dessert. 2 glasses of milk.

2 cups of hot cocoa.

I had to buy a small bag of candy because I got a free bag of cat food for it.
the I just had to have a tuna-mayo sandwich.. and i had to eat it. and it wasnt even as good as i had hoped.

--later we'll have some chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes, but i am skipping the potatoes. I am going to really start avoiding pasta, rice and potatoes in all forms from now on. shouldnt be too hard. except i'm going to eat rest of yesterdays ham salad with the nuggets. which also arent very light and healthy but at least i wont deep fry them.--
sudden realization while buying milk.. why am i having the nuggets anyway? so I'm going to skip them and have milk instead. that was the idea in the first place. after having some sick days and eating in the evening for strength I forgot my plan.

then i got us Runebergin torttus for dessert for this is Runeberg's day.

also got grapes and smoked chili cheese but i'll save those for tomorrow.

i didnt lose any weight during my sick days.. i must have eaten too much or i have very slow digestion..

i was feeling awful all morning. then suddenly after noon I felt fine. a bit later i felt like a normal person again.

I wore my new running shoes to the milk shop and it was really hard to just walk. good to feel good again.

well...the good thing about being sick is that i've lost weight!

stayed home from work yesterday because i could barely talk and was in a lot of pain.

went to the doctor, and i was a whole 2 pounds lighter than when i went in 2 weeks ago! haha...that's about the only good thing about being sick...losing weight.

when i stepped on the scale this morning, i was a couple pounds lighter than usual still, which is good, b/c i'm getting closer to my goal weight. we'll see how long that will last, though.

all i had to eat yesterday was yogurt, a small amount of pasta salad from the copp's deli, and fruit. today, i had oatmeal. and i will have yogurt, soup, and a banana. haven't decided what i'll do for dinner, though....

still feeling pretty crappy, but decided to come into work anyway. hopefully i'll beat this thing soon!

Day 10-BAD Sheena

What a horrible eating day...let's see if I can even begin to list it.
Piece of Boston Cream Pie cake
Piece of Chocolate Cake
Piece of another type of chocolate cake
blueberry muffin
a couple chips and salsa
some mustard pretzels
some cheese doritos

(and this is all before lunch...SICK, free food wednesdays are EVIL)

Lunch- Lasagna, bread, tomato/cucumber/feta salad, fruit salad, root beer
Gym- I did 2 classes today! First I did yoga which kicked my butt and then 20/20/20 which was Turbokick/Strength/Yoga and that kicked my butt further. I have a feeling it may be hard to walk tomorrow.

Dinner- Open-faced egg salad sandwich, sleepytime tea

Goodnight! Hopefully tomorrow will be better!

day something - Annika

back to work today.
I tried to take things very slow. The fever is gone but I wasnt feeling all that great.

I found a picture of my breakfast roll

had this very very delicious bread roll that had lots of different seeds in the dough. it was filled with lettuce, tomato, cheese, cucumber and liverwust. this was breakfast.

i chose pizza lunch although i seriously meant to stay away from pizza for a while. it was shrimp, tuna & pineapple. only had one slice. I'm very proud of myself for not having another. then 2 glasses of skim milk and pineapple yoghurt.

i bough veggie Subs for dinner. this is my cunning plan actually. i dont want to actually cook anything and i need to feed my bf some garlic coz i had garlic on my pizza.

there's also some macaroni-ham salad for later but i already had some of it. I might leave it at that and let him have the rest.

my friend cancelled her interest towards this blog. she said it's because this is in english..

good start to the week....well, kinda.

as far as eating goes, i've been good today and yesterday. my only "indulgence" was a mini reeses cup today. otherwise, i've had yogurt, granola bars, rice and whole wheat spaghetti with homemade sauce. and fruit. go me!

i skipped my workout this morning because i couldn't stop coughing when i woke up. not good to be wheezing on the machines!

i've been loading up on cold meds and tea (i'm a regular tea drinker as it is, but i'm pretty much doubling the amount now that i'm sick!)...hopefully by thursday i'll be well enough to work out again!

oh and i've been meaning to share a tidbit i found interesting. i have some caramel-scented hand lotion, and i've read that it's a good "dessert option". as in, instead of eating a dessert when i'm craving one, i should just put on my sweet smelling lotion, and that should be satisfying enough. i must admit, the smell is delicious!

Day 9-Sheena

Had a munchy morning...2 little pieces of garlic toast, a milky way midnight bite size, a little butterfinger bell and some pretzels.

Lunch we're getting Buffalo Wild Wings (since it opened yesterday) I ordered 4 chicken tenders w. spicy garlic sauce and fries.

I'm heading to the gym after work for Strength Fusion which is intervals of weights/resistance bands alternated with cardio. It's usually a great workout, and I'm excited to get back into it. I've been thinking that I might start doing some daily walking or jogging in addition to the gym just to get some more cardio.

UPDATE: Dinner- I had a hamburger, a little bit of mashed potatoes and Josie and I made some Jello. Yum to Jello :) I need to get some sugar-free to have around when I have a sweet tooth. I have creme brulee flavored lotion, but I know from experience that just smelling that isn't good enough to sate my craving!

My throat is a little sore today, and I'm HOPING that I'm not getting sick again right after I finally got over my last 2 week sickness. I have been taking echinacea, vitamin d and vitamin c in an attempt to stave it off. And I threw out my old toothbrush, tonight I need to wash my sheets and stuff.

Day 9 - Annika

I probably forgot to mention but I've been ill since Saturday. Still am.. Tomorrow I'm supposed to be going back to work.. I'm so not looking forward to that.

Breakfast today was the last of my weight watchers full bran cereal with skim milk.
I'm not planning to go out today at all so I'll be having the second layer kissel(Kiisseli is what we call it) for lunch.

I also checked what wikipedia had to say about kissel and i was surprised. Honestly I had no idea it's russian origin and basically eaten only in this part of the world..

dinner was macaroni casseroli, not self made though. and some more of that layer kissel.

Fast Food Nation

I don't know if you guys have read it before, but on Saturday I read the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. Man was it scary! It talked about the beef industry a lot, and what those animals are fed! They are fed dead other animals and chicken shit, talk about gross! It really makes me take a serious look at whether or not to continue to eat beef (at least commercial beef) and what fast food restaurants to go to. Not only that, but their business practices of price fixing and union busting are crazy. I think that perhaps I will look into buying only local beef, and look into more humane (and not disgusting) sources!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Food_Nation

Day 8-Sheena

Breakfast- mini apple turnover bit, white chocolate macadamia nut cookie, tea
Lunch- Whole wheat pasta, with tomato, squash and zucchini, an icee pop, and 2 sweettarts
I'm heading to the gym today after work! Hooray, my plan is to do Zumba (which is a brazilian hip hop dance) from 5:30-6:30 and Yoga Fusion from 6:30-7:30...then I need to come home and eat something healthy for dinner...maybe a salad.

UPDATE: I only ended up doing Zumba because that wiped me out! It's amazing how quickly you get out of shape, hopefully I can get back in shape soon!

Dinner- hard boiled egg, and 1/2 egg salad sandwich with a glass of milk. I am trying to think of a healthy dessert to make to satisfy my sweet tooth, either that or I'll brush my teeth so I don't eat anything else!

man, i have to get out of the habit of eating unhealthily over the weekend!
i had a burger, and mac and cheese, and some dip stuff with chips...ugh....talk about feeling like crap afterward!

i did work out this morning, though, for about an hour. i felt a lot better!

i'm going to have yogurt soon, a granola bar, and i plan to have organic brown rice for lunch. not sure about dinner, but i'm thinking of doing the special k thing...just have a bowl of cereal for dinner.

Day 7-Sheena

Nachos at the movie theatre
Deviled eggs (3 whole boiled eggs)
2 pieces of colby cheese.

Not a very well balanced day...

day 8 - Annika

Still ill.
fruit yoghurt for breakfast.

lunch was red curry chicken with jasmine rice, a large glass of forbidden fruit soda and the rest of my ice cream.

Then I had some layered kissel (is that a proper word?).

Soon we'll be cooking mashed potatoes and sautéd game. even that sounds weird..

btw I might know someone who might be interested in joining this project..

day 7 - Annika

i had weight watchers full bran cereal, cranberry-caramel ice cream(to medicate my throat), canned peaches and a veggie burger. that's all.