MoanDay

I was soooo not interested in Monday this week.  Even a travel mug of coffee didn’t make easing into the work week any fun.

Stoopy was very happy about Monday though.  It means his weekend of kitty bachelorhood is over and he has me back to torment via meows.

Helping highlight my displeasure in the day is my carb-loaded bland menu.  Toast, leftover soup, crackers.  Oh how exciting!

Homemade ghetto iced coffee, sad square of chocolate.

Neglected blueberries on their last legs.  I couldn’t even go so far as to drop them in some yogurt or something.

And if all of that wasn’t proof of my utter laziness…then I’m pretty sure that this pathetic dinner will do it for ya.  Yup, that’s a container of pasta, mayo, cheese, and ham.  I ate the whole thing and washed it down with a secret stash of chocolate covered peanuts.

Never late evening shop when you are tired, bored and hungry.

What’s worse?  I ate that hot mess while watching Bachelor Pad.

What is the world coming to?

Cookie Monster

I was going to use the title "Cookies for Breakfast" but the auto-complete tells me I've used that before. Hmm....I'm sensing an issue.

So it was crazy late....like after 7pm...when I finally finished work last night. I was starving and in no mood for the gym. I hate when that happens. I hastily reheated some casserole for dinner, but didn't bother making my salad. Of course, I ate so fast that I thought I was still hungry and polished off a bowl of chips and dip too. Not the end of the world had I gone to work out, but now I had a full stomach so running wasn't the least bit appealing. I convinced myself I would do some yoga later but you know how it goes when you are grumpy. Ya, so instead I made cookies.

I definitely ate a few too many but trust me it could have been much worse. By the time I was done baking I was in a better mood (baking is soooo my stress releiver) so I wasn't eating them just out of boredom. Whew. Of course, I ended up having two for breakfast with my coffee this morning and two more with lunch. :) Points-wise I actually came out on the low side. Health-wise definitely not my best day.

Damage control: I packed up a dozen and took them to my neighbor. I have another dozen in the freezer. And one more dozen for some friends. That only leaves a few on the plate which I'll eat up tonight and be done with. :)

Long day today but I'm already in my workout pants so I'm going to change my shirt, wash my face and head to the gym right now. I promised myself another good running practice and some bum exercises today. If I feel like doing more than that, then that's just a bonus.

Menu:

- coffee, two cookies
- coffee, two cookies
- small ww tortilla with smear of hummus, light cheddar, tomatoes and shredded carrots
- golden delicious apple
- 100 cal cottage cheese cup
- leftover homemade seafood chowder (from freezer), tossed salad with oil & vinegar & soynuts
- tea, two cookies

(approx 26 points)

Boredom

I think I'm up a pound. I (yet again!) forgot to weigh in before I left for the doctor this morning, so I'd already had a latte when I came home to the scale. I'll try to remember to do a proper weigh in tomorrow. I am getting frustrated with myself....fluctuating around with this same 2 pounds and not getting back down to my proper comfortable weight.

New goal for February: NO BOREDOM EATING

Instead of telling myself I can't have chips or cookies (or whatever treat I happen to be craving) I'm going to go ahead and let myself have them, but only if it's planned or I'm actually hungry. I have been doing too much stuffing my face at night just because I'm bored. FH has been away and I've been marathon watching Gilmore Girls and for some reason I feel like I need to be eating the entire time I'm watching. Sometimes it's just cereal or tortillas with almond butter...but it's too much...and guaranteed this is the sole reason for the lack of weight loss. I am a nighthawk so I think a moratorium on eating after 9pm is in order (unless I go to the gym really late, in which case I will allow myself one post-workout snack).

Since last week's workouts were almost non-existent I made sure to get in a great cardio session on Saturday. Good, hard run on the elliptical and then running intervals on the treadmill (slowly working at longer runs)...finished up with 10 minutes on the StairMaster for a total of over 60 minutes. Three sets of different crunches too. Sunday I made it to "warm" yoga at Breathing Spaces...it was a different instructor so it was a fun change of pace and I really sweated my arse off. Today I'm feeling it in my hamstrings and one of my hips. I plan to head to the gym again tonight for more cardio, some good stretching and maybe some weights.

I also tried out a new recipe this weekend. Some friends of ours just moved and had to clean out their freezer before they left. I wound up with a couple of packages of Tenderflake pie crusts so I surfed their website to see if I could find any good recipes. I chose to try their Easy Chicken Pot Pie....seemed a little bland so I added fresh rosemary, some dried thyme, parmesan and I used cream of chicken soup instead of mushroom. I had low expectations but it ended up being pretty good.

Today's menu:

- Starbucks triple grande non-fat vanilla latte (on way to doctor)
- Second Cup medium coffee with 10% cream & two packets raw sugar (after doctor)
- veggie wraps: 2 x small ww tortillas with hummus, light cheddar, tomatoes, mixed greens & carrots
- fresh strawberries & blackberries with Source ff lemon yogurt
- leftover Easy Chicken Pot Pie served with wilted Swiss red chard (with garlic, balsamic & tomatoes)
- post-gym: apple with almond butter

(approx 22 points)