WDYET??? *** Thursday ***

Morning everyone!!!!!!!!! Its almost Friday YAY!!!! Hubby has plans of going out and getting lost in the desert again this weekend, his Dad is out there camping. I think I'll have a quiet weekend at home. Ive been having a sweet crunchy craving in the afternoons, so I tried those Quaker multi-grain honey graham rice cake things yesterday (60 calories) and they totally hit the spot! Im glad, it took away that head craving that I was fighting cause I wanted to go to the vending machine. Last night at the store I was on the search for something Hubby could have.. his vice is Peanut M&M's... I found some Sugar Free thin mint cookies-- taste just like the girl scout ones. 1 cookie is 30 calories.... so Im happy to find something that is low in sugar & calories and will appease Hubby. ------------------------------------------------- Breakfast: 1 egg scrambled w/ diced onion, red bell pepper, mushroom & cheese (135 Calories) Snack: 6oz Blue Bunny Lite 85 Yogurt & a medium banana (180 calories) Lunch: 3/4C White Chicken Chili (Made it in the crock-pot last night: Chicken Breast Northern beans, Summer Squash, Onion, Garlic, Green Chillies, Tomatoes & various spices--- topped it with a little cheddar cheese) --- 210 Calories Snack: A 1oz pepper Jack Cheese Stick & a serving of quaker whole grain honey graham rice cakes. (160 Calories) Dinner: Shrimp Stir-fry (Approz 2oz small shrimp, onion, snap peas, mushroom, bell pepper & sweet n sour sauce) --- 152 calories Snack: 1 SF Dove Chocolate (38 calories) That put's me at a total of approx 880 Calories for the day.

Doing pretty well today on protein and water.. double hot choc. protein drink B: most of a packet of Weight Control oatmeal L: 1 cup of low carb beef/veg soup leftover from yesterday Snack: a few bites of berry moussey stuff I make (SF jello with blended berries mixed in and add some SF Cool Whip after it has set) soon to have another double hot choc. protein drink D: I've been missing the smell of jambalaya so I'll probably make that for the family. Will pick out smoked sausage and chicken for me. finish off the day with a double protein drink again

mmmm... the berry mousse stuff sounds good!!

The white chicken chili sounds awesome. I'm definitely making that soon! Breakfast: Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal and 3/4 c Hood Calorie Countdown Lunch: 1/2 c fat free cottage cheese with splenda and cinnamon, 1/2 c No sugar added fruit ****tail Snack: Chicken cacciatore Dinner: Sticky Sweet meatballs (3) and 1/2 c no salt added french green beans. Snack: 2 oz. shrimp with 1 Tbs SF ****tail sauce Before bed: 8 oz. Hood Calorie Countdown, steamed, with 1 oz. SF Davinci Syrup 793 calories, 100 grams of protein Vits: yes Liquids: 56 oz. so far...almost there Excercise: 45 mins circuit training Laura

wasnt very hungry today.. stuck mostly to liquids, heres what I had.. drive to work, drinkable yogurt snack, drinkable yogurt breakfast, drinkable yogurt driving to the mall drinkable yogurt (good thing these are only 60 calories and low in fat!!) lunch achiev one with extra 1/2 scoop protein, 1 cup strawberries dinner 6 sushi rolls (ate half the rice around each roll so I wouldn't fill up too fast) exercise: walked around the mall (had to return something, checked out vickys semi annual sale is still going on , bought a pair of pants at J.Jill only $14 couldn't pass them up, plus they're a comfy size 8 ) lots and lots of water as usual. noticing that I'm drinking way too much caffeine again. I use to drink so much caffeine pre-op, I see myself going down that same path again.. really have to put the breaks on it!! got my vitamins in, does anyone take viactiv multi vitamin chew? they're like a little treat in itself! Darlene, how did your chili turn out? I haven't made white chili in so long, sounds like a perfect dish to make during our cold spell we're having in New England... Did you thicken the chili with something? I think when I'd make it, I'd cook everything in chicken broth and then maybe thicken it with pepper jack cheese? I'll have to look, but I think thats how I did it.

I might be taking a wild shot in the dark here...but do you like yogurt?? lol I'm jealous of the great deal you got on pants at J. Jill. I'm going shopping this weekend because I am in desperate need of pants. I only have one pair that fits and it is just too dang cold out for skirts (as I found out today...). I haven't taken the Viactiv multi-vitamin chew. I'll check it out the next time I'm at Walmart.

good guess Laura! good thing its not bad for me! 4 of them are only 240 calories and 24 grams of protein I could think of plenty of other foods that would be more than that in calories and less in protein (ie. chips, popcorn, sweets... you know.. the bad stuff ) have fun shopping!! J. Jill is running a good sale, if you have one by you stop in! I was eyeing those pants around Christmas but they were on sale for $40, I've been trying to not spend a lot on clothes since the sizes are still going down!

Hi Karen! What brand of the drinkable yogurt do you use? I've wanted to try one but not sure which to choose. Also, be careful with the Viactiv multi-vitamin. It's not a complete vitamin so there are lots of supplements that aren't included in it.

thanks LuLu! I'll have to compare with my regular vitamin. do you know what its missing? my nutritionist was the one that introduced me to them, which is why I never compared before. here is the yogurt I get.. they do have regular yogurt and drinkable yogurt. I buy the drinkable ones because I'm in the car a lot. this way I can grab it when walking out the door and not worry about spilling a cup of yogurt on me while driving! here is the link for the yogurt! http://www.dannon.com/dn/dnstore/cgi-bin/ProdSubEV_Cat_240859_SubCat_486934_NavRoot_200.ht m Theres a few types.. They're all light and fit, but theres carb and sugar control, smoothie, non fat, crave control. I love the carb and sugar control one plus its 3 grams of sugar compared to the 6 or 8 in the other ones

Thanks for the link, Karen! I think I remember seeing these at Walmart so I'll have to try them the next time I'm there.