A Pear Shaped Girls Journal

[pearfairy]

Ok well I am back to Core or attempting to be back at core..this time I have a much more steady schedule and have established a good gym routine as well which I know HELPS!

Sunday November 13 2005

Breakfast
DH cooked so today had
1 egg (core)
2 slices turkey bacon (2pts)
potatoes (core)
1/2 slice wheat toast (maybe 1 pt)
water

Snacks
2 sugar cookies (yikes pts)

Lunch
spicy cajun veg soup (core)
water

Dinner
well went to a girly party so lots of points used I am sure....
but the core stuff I did have was
veggies (carrots,cucmbers,broccoli)
deviled eggs (made with ff mayo so core!)
then used points on
1 glass of wine
1 piece of WW pumpkin roll
some chex mix
tortilla chips
a couple triscuits
a couple meatballs and mini sausages
overall not to bad I tried to stick with the core stuff and it was my dinner!
night snack
water!

[kally]

I think this sounds great. I want the spicy cajun veg soup.... for breakfast. lol

[pearfairy]

Monday November 14th 2005

Breakfast
1 hardboiled egg (core)

Morning Snack
1 hardboiled egg (core)
water

Lunch
breaded chicken kiev one breast (points)
parmesean pasta DH made (points)
water

Afternoon snacks
Afternoon snacking is my hard time of day to get through! Today I made up the roasted chick peas and I can tell they are really good (if you get them all to the desired crunchiness level LOL...some of mine were excellent others still squishy!)

roasted chickpeas(core)
water
1 sugar cookie (points)

I need to grocery shop in the worst way! I am headed there tomorrow since it is closed on Mondays here ARGHHH! Cannot wait to have my house filled with good snacking options!!!

Dinner
VERY UN CORE
Mcdonalds cheeseburger
Mcdonalds medium fries
One nibble of DD's chicken nugget
diet coke (hey that's core at least LOL)

EXERCISE
1 mile on treadmill (11:24 min)
tricep machine
bicep machine
ab machine (each 3 sets of 15 or more)
2.4 miles on elliptical (levels 5-7, 24 mins)

[pearfairy]

Tuesday November 15th 2005

Breakfast
fat free cherry yogurt (non core but I am a tweaker and I will admit it! I will change once it stops working LOL)

Snacks
1 hardboiled egg (core fave right now)
water
handful of doritos (points)

LUNCH
water
progresso lentil soup (core)
sf ff pistachio pudding mixed with plain ff yogurt (did not realize the pistachio one wasn't core so this is points but minimal)

DINNER
2 Mcdonald cheeseburgers (points) yup I did have McD's two days in a row yikes! Let me say it is cause we went to a concert and that is what DH ordered me on the drive!
1 red bull and vodka (points)

Not a great day especially the doritos could have been forgotten but they were in the house and i have no willpower when it comes to doritos in my house! They are gone now and thank goodness it was just a snack sized bag of them!

EXERCISE
1 mile on treadmill (11:20min)
inner leg machine
outer leg machine
above knee leg machine (each 3 sets of 15 or more)
2.25 miles on elliptical (level 3-7 for 26 mins)

[pearfairy]

Wednesday November 16th 2005

BREAKFAST
1 hardboiled egg (core)
some sf ff yogurt pudding fluff (core)
water (core)

SNACKS
1 packet of HI-C fruit snacks (I think like 1 pt)

LUNCH
WW pasta (core)
ragu chunky garden and garlic sauce (not core but needed to use it up...so pts for that will make homemade from now on)
water

SNACKS
1 hardboiled egg (core)
water
1 packet of 100 cal cheeseits(2 pts)
sf ff vanilla pudding mixed with ff plain yogurt(core)
handful of grapes (core)

DINNER

Hormel Vegetarian Chili (core)
water

Dessert
1 small brownie (points)
1 small apple(core) with ff caramel dip(points)

Really need to work on getting in more fruits and veg!
EXERCISE
1.16 miles on treadmill (12 mins)
bicep machine
tricep machine
ab machine (3 reps of 15 or more on each)
1.25 miles on elliptical (did not want to be at gym today so happy I got this much accomplished!)
1 mile walk to post office and back

[pearfairy]

Thursday November 17th 2005

Breakfast
small bowl oatmeal (core)
cup of coffee w/gingerbread creamer (pts)


SNACKS
sf ff vanilla pudding with ff plain yogurt (core)
green grapes (core)
water


LUNCH
Here is where it all goes wrong for today!!!! I was out Christmas shopping so I had.....
a cadbury chocolate caramel candy bar (POINTS)
2 mini bags of crisps (turkey and bacon flavored YUM POINTS)
water

SNACKS
1 hardboiled egg
baked lays chips (points!!)

DINNER
1 bowl homemade chili (core)
1 slice bread with 1 cheese slice (points)
water


EXERCISE
none!!!

Had an awful day tomorrow will be much better!!!

[pearfairy]

Friday November 18th 2005

Broke down and ordered new WW scale off of ebay I cannot stand not knowing my weight! And since there are no meetings around here I need to weigh in at home.

BREAKFAST
one cup of natural applesauce (core)
water

SNACKS
1 packet turkey bacon crisps (2pts)
sugar snap peas (CORE)
water

LUNCH
homemade chili (core)
water


SNACKS
pumpkin fluff (pumpkin and skim ricotta and pumpkin pie spice and splenda) (Core)
water
tomato cup of soup (core)


DINNER
ww pasta (core)
garden tomato sauce(pts)
small brownie(pts)
handful of oyster crackers (pts)
water

A double cheeseburger our friends brought to me?! WTH was I thinking?!!!!
water

EXERCISE

2.94 miles on elliptical (31 mins levels 5-8)
2.45 miles on recumbant bike (14/15 mins levels 5-7)

[pearfairy]

Saturday November 19th 2005

This was just a BAD day starting with two small cinnamon rolls , followed by popeyes chicken takeout for lunch, then out to dinner as well!

That is what happens when away from home and no good core choices ugh!

[pearfairy]

Sunday November 20th 2005

Breakfast
1 orange(core)
1 egg (core)
water

Lunch
Amys black bean and veg soup (core)
1 lieter water

Snacks
sf ff chocolate pudding (core)with strawberries,blackberries,and raspberries(core)

Hard time of day hit 4 pm ughhhh
snack size cheese its (2 pts)
snack size turkey n bacon chips (2pts)
gingerbread coffee(2pts)
I need to not let myself near the kitchen between the hours of 1 and 5 I swear!!!! Even if I start with fruit at this time of day I end up snack attacking it!!


Dinner

grilled lean burger(core)
slice provolone(pts)
whole wheat bun(pts)
small amt baked fries(pts)
fresh fruit salad (core)
water

Overall I think I did great today except the whole snack time but I at least stopped myself from eating too many snacks!

[katelight]

That's a tough time of day for me too. For me it is usually boredom setting in so I have to make a real concentrated effort to work through the boredom. Most times it means getting out of my house on my days off so I'm not called by the kitchen.

[pearfairy]

Thanks Kate yes keeping busy is key! Or to just chug on water!!

[pearfairy]

Monday November 21st 2005

Goal this week is for 4 days of exercise and 2 lieters or more of water each day!!

Breakfast
fresh fruit

Snacks
1 lieter water

Lunch
ww pasta (core)
jar sauce (pts)
1 morningstar prime burger (core)
1 lieter water


Snacks
1 cup chai tea (pts)


Dinner
homemade chili (core)
1/2 lieter water
2 toffee weight watcher cookies(1.5 pts)
3 scottish shortbread fingers (pts!)

Exercise
3.45 miles elliptical (levels 5-8 35 mins)
3.14 miles recumbant bike (level 5 13 mins)
bicep machine 3 reps 10
tricep machine 3 reps 15
ab machine 3 reps 10
1 mile walk pushing 3 y/o DD in her stroller!

[pearfairy]

Tuesday November 22, 2005

Today feels like Monday...My DD would not let go of me this morning at preschool which is always fun to deal with then the elliptical trainers were taken at the gym then I come home and have junk ughhh!
Also why is it I am actually decently pleased with my body naked but it is when I put clothes on I am so unhappy how I look? Maybe I should move to a nudist colony LOL ;D I guess I should say happy when I am naked and standing in one place as if I bend over skin and boobies sag making me not so happy ha ha ha!
P.S. why did not anyone tell me I was spelling liter wrong? LOL
Hooray I had a great core day except for those 3 shortbread fingers but hey tis the season right? I so wanted more of them but hid them away in the cupboard and had my sf ff pudding instead!

Breakfast
1/2 liter water
sf ff chocolate pudding (core)
strawberries and raspberries(core)
3 shortbread fingers (aghhh these are evil! pts!)

Snacks
1 liter water

Lunch


Campbells Bean n Ham soup (core)
1 liter water

Snacks
1 cup chai tea (pts)
some water
sf ff pistachio pudding (core)

Dinner
1 morningstar farms burger plain (core)
3 plum tomatoes (core)
1 triangle skim cheese(sort of like laughing cow) (maybe 1 pt)
1/2 liter water
sf jello cup (core)

Exercise
6.8 miles recumbant bike (level 5 for 30 minutes)

[pearfairy]

Wednesday November 23rd 2005

Well dang contractors are coming today between 9 and 10 which is my usual workout time so bumming bout that. One thing our gym on base is open tomorrow and also Friday so taking advantage of both days for sure! Will try and get in a pilates workout later today so I have at least done something active today.
It has turned into a bad snacking day...I swear days I do not go to the gym is when I eat the worst? Go figure!

WOo HOO got to the gym after DH got home from work! Makes me feel a wee bit better bout those cookies

Breakfast
*1 cup white chocolate coffee (2pts)
*2 morningstar farms burgers w/tiny bit prego sauce on top(core)
*2 pieces celery(core)
*5 green olives(core)
*1 liter water
OK yes I was in a weird eating mood this morning but hey it keeps things interesting LOL!

Snacks
*2 evil shortbread fingers (pts)

Lunch

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*2 more evil shortbread fingers(pts)
*celery(core)
*cucumber(core)
*100 cal pack cheez-its(2pts)

Dinner
*1 liter water
*2 hard boiled eggs (core)


Exercise
3 miles levels 5-9 on elliptical (30 minutes)
3 miles on recumbant bike levels 5-8 (14 minutes)

[pearfairy]

Thanksgiving Thursday November 24th 2005

Breakfast
*1 hardboiled egg (core)
*several pieces celery (core)

Snacks
*2 WW cookies (1.5 pts)

Lunch
*My Core soup (can tomatoes, frozen carrots,peas,asparagus,green beans, fresh broccoli, some hot sauce, garlic powder, a tad of jar salsa, can black beans ALL CORE)

Turkey Day Dinner
mashed potatoes
gravy
2 rolls w/butter
small helping turkey (should have had more of this less of everything else!)
stuffing
cranberry sauce
2 bites dessert (thank goodness none were that good!)
bottle of wine (yup I had a whole bottle LOL)
water
deviled eggs (6 made core!)
carrots sweetened

Well it was bad but not quite as bad as it could have been I suppose. Only things core though were the turkey and deviled eggs. Maybe Christmas will try to make more core things!