My bad! Progress report for Thursday 11-02-2006

Sorry. Wayy to busy yesterday. Ok. Thursday: Breakfast: 1 small burrito made with egg white, sausage, and salsa. Lunch: 1/2 groundbeef enchilada, 1/2 cup rice and beans, 1 cup garden salad. Snack: Healthy choice fudge ice cream bar. Dinner: 1 burrito of softened porkrinds in salsa , rice and beans. Snack: 1/2 green chile tamale. Wow, just typing this out I cringe. Bad Ben! Exercise: none. Water: Done Vitamins: Done except 1 dose calcium. Have a nice weekend all! Ben

Hey Ben, I responded with most of my Thursday info on Wednesday's post , so I won't repeat it. I just wanted to say, if I was as good at following my diet as you seem to be, I would be a size nothing by now. Your cringe days would be my woohoo! days . I have to say (cultural naivete showing) I don't know what a tamale really is. I did drink more water yesterday than usual, and for exercise I'll add in addition to a short job, I chopped wood twice by 15 minutes. First snow of the season yesterday, yuck. Lori

When I spent my summer in Vancouver (1996), I searched the city for Mexican food. Found one but it left me longing. However, I did develop a love affair with salmon while I was there. I tamale is a mexican dish where Maiz (large corn) is ground into a soft paste. Seasonings are then added to the paste along with baking powder, chili paste, and oil. Then, the maiz mixture is spread on a soft (soaked then dried) corn peel. On top of the spread you put in your filling of choice: cooked meats in salsa or whatever sweet or savory concoction you can come up with. In my case, the tamale was filled with a roasted and peeled anahiem chile and a slice of cheese. You then wrap the corn peel around the dough and fold it up at the bottom to seal it. You then steam cook the tamales for 45 minutes. After cooling, the tamales form into a doughy type dish with a delicious surprise in the center. The dough filled me up VERY quickly and had little to no protien in it. From my nutritional perspective, it was empty calories. Regardless, it tasted good while it lasted. Ben

Yummy. I avoid Vancouver as much as possible. The city is too big for my tastes, even though the shopping is great and only 4 hours away. I just moved from Calgary last year. There were a couple of Mexican restaurants there that were my favs. I became a huge fan of chicken enchiladas with mole sauce. I don't think they were Canadianized too much, but who knows? Lori

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 slice whole grain toast Lunch: 2 cups salad. 1 cup chicken breast. Lowfat yogurt. Snacks (before and after workout): 16 oz. Whey Protein Drink. Dinner: 1 cup salmon. 1 cup green peas. Snack: 1 banana. 3-4 tblspoons peanut butter. Water, vitamins all good. Exercise was 35 minutes weight lifting and about 25 minutes eliptical (2 miles). Stronger everyday. -Daniel

Hey Ben~ I am so glad to see your report. I almost posted myself yesterday but didn't want to seem pushy. You are doing soooooooo well!!! I swear I wish I had 1/2 the determination you do. Well here is my report of Thursday and 1/2 of Friday: Thursday: Breakfast: 3/4 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 cup pears Lunch: 3/4 cup egg salad, 8 sesame crackers 1/4 cup califlower with 1 tbs. dip Snack: Sm. slice choco. b-day cake Dinner: 1 cup tuna noodle casserole Snack: 1/2 cup s/f jello Friday: Breakfast: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 cup pears Lunch: YIKES!! 1 cup corn nuts...what was I thinking? Snack: 1 cup califlower, 1/4 cup dip Exercise: Thursday - workout with personal trainer 1 hour circuit training Friday - 2 miles on treadmill Water: Done Vitamins: Done May I have better choices the rest of the day and over the weekend. Have a good one all!! Keep on keepin' on!! Jeanna

Hi all, Breakfest- protien shake lunch- 1/2 cup cottage cheese, decided to run to barnes and noble instead of planning lunch. dinner- pork loin, cauilflower exercise- doing tonight after work water-done vits-done Have a great weekend, Cheryl r

HiYa Ben! Okay I have truley not been ignoring your posts...lol...I tell you you guys really have it together with menu's!! Ben that little bit is nothing to be upset over! I read on other boards,meals that make my hair stand up and say how the hell can they eat that????and why would they eat that??? Unfortunatly I have no appetite at all...NONE! some people say it is great,not when you have to struggle for every bite,the thought of eating solid food nauseates (sp) me!meats,chicken potatoes and everything else yuck! soft foods are fine and man I crave sweets and such,but do not go there!!! I am doing what I can just to get my protein in! Dr.said last visit as long as I get my protein in not to worry about calories. here we go Breakfast: slim fast protein shake snack: grapefruit Lunch: 3 oz. tuna salad,couple slices of tomatoe,slice cheese snack: yogurt Dinner: slim fast protein shake snack: 1/2 cup of Blue Bunny sugar free/fat free Ice cream Vitamins: all Water: More than good 80oz.+ excercise: to cold to walk today so I did a: complete hour on the gazelle my normal excercises I do daily on the torso track and ab-roller and weights. fun-fun-fun----NOT!!!!!! LOL....I hate it but it pays off!! ((hugs)) Nanc

Friday breakfastL (same as everyday) Activa yogurt with 1/2 apple. Snack: string cheese; about 12 pieces of chex mix from teacher's workroom Lunch: 6 shrimp, 1/2 apple, cracker Snack: small hand full of mixed nuts; V8 juice Supper: dark chicken meat w/out skin, 3 T. mashed potatoes with gravy I also snuck in 4 sugar daddy's from the Halloween jug - ahhhhhg- they are so tempting. Exercise: not much, the weather fronts have really hurt my arthritis and I am having trouble moving at all. I try to park further away, walk instead of email at school, and am interacting in the student activities, especially at recess. I need to work hard in this area. Water: better today, but it is really hard to drink enough at school - bathroom breaks are difficult to come by. Vitamins: missed on Calcium, but have messed up many times this week. All in all, its been an OK week. Note to all, the Activa has really helped me feel better - and helped with digestion.