Monday, Jan. 16, 2006 menu

Breakfast 1 banana 1 cup skim milk 1 cup instant oatmeal w/Sweet-N-Low 1/4 cup scrambled egg substitute Coffee 2 cups water AM Snack 1 Slimfast Optima cookie bar 2 cups water Lunch Subway 6-inch turkey breast and ham w/cheese sandwich w/veggies One small bag Sunbelt chips 2 sugar free Jellos 1 pouch Whole Grain Twists 2 cups water Dinner Tilapia filets, grilled w/Creole seasoning 1 cup brown rice w/2 tsps. margarine 1 can no salt mixed vegetables Either 1 cup unsweetened applesauce or 1 cup red seedless grapes Crystal Light peach ice tea Denise Phares I get weighed at Weigh****chers tonight. Wish me luck! DDP

Hi there Denise, Well today I have only had breakfast, but I will write out my day as I am planning it. B - slice of whole grain oat nut bread w/ 1 tablespoon of Skippy low carb peanut butter, sugar free jelly, weight control banana oatmeal with ground flaxseed, 1/2 cup of coffee L - 1/2 cup of turkey chili w/ 1 ounce low fat cheddar and 1 tablespoon of light sour cream D - 3 oz chicken breast, cauliflower, wheat pasta S - chocolate sugar free/fat free pudding, light whipped cream 100 ounces of water, vitamins Good luck at Weigh****chers tonight!!!! Donna

Today was excellent! Breakfast: Coffee w/ half and half egg white omlette w/mushroooms + grated pecorino romano cheese raw apple sprinkled with cinnamon + splenda Lunch: 3 ounces sliced smoked turkey breast grapes Dinner: Chicken Caesar Salad - (Oven baked chicken breast) Romaine Lettuce w/ cucumber and celery chunks instead of croutons lite caesar dressing Snack: Sliced apple and a few grapes topped w/fat free cool whip I exercised for 2 hours this afternoon. I finally was able to get back on the tread mill (healed heel) - I only did 15 minutes, but I swam my 75 laps in the pool and 30 minutes of running in place in the pool. I knew I had to get the week off to an energetic start because I had a week end of lots of going out to eat, so I wasn't 100% on my "food plan", though I was conscious of everything I put into my mouth and didn't do anything TOO stupid. I get weighed every Wednesday at my doctor's office. So far it's 35 lbs. down in 10 weeks. I hope this is another losing week. Let's all have a Terrific Tuesday. Laurel

Good Evening All, Today I had: B - 3oz smoked steelhead, apple L - 2C Chicken Soup, 5 Saltine Crackers S - Banana D - 4oz Cube steak, 1/2C Peas, SF Jell-O Blessings, Maren

Hi Maren, I've been wanting to ask you - what is steelhead? Lynette

Hi Lynette, Steelhead is a lot like Salmon. It is actually an ocean going trout but looks and tastes a like Salmon except it is slightly firmer and less oily. My DH is an avid Salmon & Steelhead fisherman, so we always have a ton of the stuff around. Besides filleting it to be baked or broiled, he also cans & smokes it. It's really good fish but I often wish he wasn't so good at catching it. My freezer is usually 1/2 full of the stuff! Maren

B: LA smoothie with mango, 1 oz. lowfat cheese stick, 3 lowfat Triscuits, peanut butter LA Lite Bar S: chocolate chip cookie dough LA Lite Bar Late Lunch: 5 oz. grilled salmon, steamed broccoli D: LA chocolate protein Meal Replacement drink, orange, new Dannon low carb and low fat yogurt ( 60 calories, 3 g. of carbs - very good) I'm on my second week of maintenance. I've added another dairy portion this week. Lynette