04.09.09 Breakfast at the Inn on Lake Superior, Lunch at Grandma's Restaurant in Canal Park

03.11.09 Breakfast, Papa Murphy's Lunch, & Dinner at Rockpoint

Didn't get a chance to photograph dinner at Rockpoint Church but my first plate was a chicken taco salad made with lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese and chicken breast and I had some cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots and celery on the side. 

Went up for another plate which included another smaller chicken taco salad, more veggies and some cottage cheese with peaches. I split half an oatmeal raisin cookie and half a white chocolate macadamia cookie with Dave.

03.02.09 Breakfast

02.06.09 Breakfast & Lunch

Slept from 9pm - 4am. Woke up and got all ready for work. Couldn't find my badge anywhere...ended up being under the blanket at the end of the bed...argh! Gathered my food to bring to work since I work all weekend...yogurt, peaches, the last crumpet...

Arrived at work and got to work straight away. It was a very busy morning with Peoplesoft and EWCD changes. Ticket overload...I got to take a break at 9am so I ran down to the breakroom and made myself a nice bowl of McCann's Oatmeal with Cinnamon and a packet of Truvia. Had a glass of Calorie Countdown with it...I like the bubble in the center of my glass:)

The rest of the morning was just as busy and our supervisor got a new laptop that was an image only so I had to help her get all the programs installed on it that she would need. So I did that and took tickets at the same time. I was so excited to leave at noon for my hour lunch!

Walked over to the quad, it was a beautiful 40 degrees out! It felt great!! I cannot wait from Spring to get here!!! 

Got to the quad and got six laps in and ran into an old coworker of mine and we chatted and caught up. 

Then I walked back to my building, went in the breakroom and made myself some lunch...a cup of Health Valley Organic Chili, a Crumpet, a bowl with a half cup of Friendship No Salt Added Cottage Cheese with Del Monte No Sugar Added Peaches and a SoBe Lean Green Tea I picked up and brought back with me.

Later on for my snack I had one cup of Trader Joe's Nonfat European Style Yogurt with 2 oz of blueberries and a quarter cup of Bear Naked Fit Triple Berry Crunch Granola. (Sorry for the blurry picture)

I hope the rest of my afternoon goes by quickly...

02.02.09 Breakfast & Lunch

Only got in 6 hours of sleep...10:30pm - 4:30am. Woke up and got ready for work this Monday morning. O_o It was pretty busy at work today...I couldn't get away from my desk until about 10am to make some breakfast. Made myself a bowl of McCann's Irish Oatmeal with some cinnamon mixed in and drank a glass of water.

Got up-to-date online with the sites I go to during the down time between server tickets...got to go to lunch early today at 11:30am for an hour. I walked over to the quad and walked 6 laps around the second floor of the four connected buildings within about 45 minutes. Walked back to my building and heated up 2 cups of Pacific Organic Spicy Chicken Fajita Soup in a bowl. Drank a SoBe Lean Green Tea with it. Very tasty and filling! Nutritionally a winner! (300 cal, 5g fat, 10g fiber, 16g protein)

01.31.09 Breakfast at Jamba Juice, Lunch at Ruby Tuesday, & Dinner at Home

Got in 9 hours of sleep! 12:30am - 9:30am! Beautiful Day Out! 45 Degrees:)

Had to run out to two banks...needed to withdraw money at one and deposit it at another. 

After that I headed to Jamba Juice again, since it was the last day my printable coupon for steel cut organic oatmeal was good...a cup for a buck. I got the Fresh Banana Steel Cut Oats and a Strawberry Nirvana sixteen. (450 cal, 4g fat, 9g fiber, 16g protein)

After breakfast I went to Cub Foods because Amanda (our dog) needed dog food. I also bought two cans of Healthy Valley Organic Chili ($1/2 coupon = $4), South Beach Mocha FiberFit Bars ($2 off coupon at South Beach Site = $0.50), 2 jars Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter $4, 1 box Cinnamon Puffins $3, 1 box Peanut Butter Puffins $3, 2 Boxes Murray SF Shortbreads ($5 - 0.50 = $4.50), Calorie Countdown ($4 - $1 off any milk coupon from Murray Shortbreads box = $3), Grocery Total = $22

I was on my way to Rainbow next but was diverted by a World Market Going Out Of Business Sign!!! I loved that store...they have the most beautiful gift wrap and exotic foods...there is no other store in Minnesota like it! Everything was 10-40% off and the whole store was pretty much picked over...I bought Green and Yellow Curry $4, 2 Cans Pacific Organic White Bean Soup $4, 2 Cans Pacific Organic Chicken Fajita Soup $4, 2 boxes Lite Harvest Zesty Lemon Cookies $7, and a bar of 99% Cacao Dark Chocolate $2...Total was $21.

Ate one of the South Beach Mocha FiberFit Bars...

Last stop was Rainbow because it was the last day of the soup sale. Got six cans of soup ($13.50 - $5/4 - $2 - $1 = $5.50), Kemp's has come out with a No Sugar Added Ice Cream Sandwich! $3.50, and Cheese was on sale, got 4 - 8oz bags for $4! Total = $13

Since I had everything cold in a freezer bag I stopped by our old place to work outside for an hour since it was a lovely 45 degree day! 

I shoveled and chipped ice so I could open the door to get inside our screened porch in the back. I got our Amana Grill and Dave's Welder and Tool Chest out and loaded the Welder and Tool Chest in the back of the van and ratcheted the grill to the rectangular platform on the back of the van. Then I went inside to the kitchen and packed up more of our kitchen stuff we were missing and our Michael Graves Dish Drainer.

Drove home to the new place and unloaded everything. Dave and Angie were feeling much better so we went out to Stillwater so Angie could shop for khaki pants for work at Kohl's. I helped her find 3 pairs that fit her well...she's a size 8 petite and also found her one pair of comfortable jeans. Also, I found two pairs of sweater tights that actually fit me...long enough:)

While we were in Kohl's, Dave surprised us by picking up our friend Anna...a funny, older lady that used to live in the same apartment complex as us about 7 years ago in Stillwater. We all went to Ruby Tuesday for a late lunch and ate really well.

I had the White Bean Chicken Chili Soup, plate of salad, one more plate with a mini salad and cottage cheese with sunflower seeds, and a Diet Coke.

After that we went to Walmart and got a few things we needed...Tuna was 68 cents a can...best price I've seen!, Lean Ham, and Yogurt. We then dropped Anna off at her place and went home since Angie needed to get some sleep since she works at 4am tomorrow morning.

Dave and I dropped her off and went to Carmike to see Bride Wars. It was a really good movie! Lots of funny scenes...Kate and Anne did a great job! Chris Pratt was Anne's fiance...he was Amy's brother on Everwood...and Steve Howie was Kate's fiance...he was Cheyenne's husband on Reba. Kate's brother was Bryan Greenberg...he was Nick Garrett from October Road. 

I'm glad we had to chance to watch it on the big screen...this was the first movie we've gone out to see this year.

Stopped at Target on the way home since we were out of cough drops $1...also bought some body wash $4, Sugar Free Sweethearts $2, No Sugar Added Del Monte Peach Cups $2, and two South Beach Diet Pizzas ($5 - $2 off coupon = $3) = $12

Came home and baked the South Beach Diet Pizzas and ate those for dinner and watched the latest Giada at Home off our DVR.

Going to bed earlier since I have to pick up Angie at 8am and work at 6am Monday morning!

01.30.09 Breakfast at Jamba Juice

I got in 9 hours of sleep...2:30am - 11:30am. Woke up and got dressed and headed out to do some grocery shopping.

First stop was Jamba Juice since I had a cup for a buck coupon for their oatmeal. 

I got the Blueberry & Blackberry Organic Steel Cut Oats and a Jamba Light Berry Fulfilling. (450 cal, 4g fat, 10g fiber, 15g protein) So delicious! I would definitely go there again!!!

I ate my breakfast and headed to Whole Foods since I had a coupon for $5 off $30:) 

Items I bought were: 3 Avocados (99 cents each), Kashi Summer Berry Granola ($1 off), Bear Naked Fit Triple Berry Crunch Granola, Liquid Smoke, 365 Peanut Sauce, Unsweetened Almond Breeze, Iodized Sea Salt, Chobani 0% Greek Yogurt, Friendship No Salt Added Cottage Cheese (60 cents off), 4 Larabars I haven't tried (Cinnamon Roll, Ginger Snap, Coconut Cream Pie, and Banana Bread, also there were coupons on each of them for 40 cents off), and 2 Think Thin Bars in Crunchy Peanut Butter and Creamy Peanut Butter...total bill was $27:D

01.27.09 Breakfast

I got in 8 hours of sleep...6:30am - 2:30pm. Woke up and showered...got ready for work. 

The real estate guy we are working with to sell the old place came over and had some papers for us to sign. Everything seems to be going very well with that.

He left and before I left for work Angie had nutritional questions for me that I answered for her. Ang has about 15lbs to lose to be at a healthy weight. 

I told her the estimated range of calories she should eat and approximately how many grams protein, fat and carbs she should be getting within those calories. She bought a little food log book and she is going to start keeping track. 

Today she realized that one Sirloin burger has 330 cal, 23g fat, and 30g protein and one Turkey burger has 200 cal, 5g fat, and 35g protein. That's a huge step in the right direction...she is going to try eating leaner meats and eating more soup:)

On my way to work I stopped at Cub Foods and picked up some more Joseph's Pitas, Kashi 7 Grain Crackers, Organic Baby Spinach, Lettuce, Blueberris and a Fuze Slenderize Empower Pomegranate Acai Berry Drink.

Got to work and made myself a bowl of cinnamon oatmeal and drank my cold Fuze.

01.26.09 Lunch

It's been a typical Monday night at work...sure is cold here. I had mainly automated server alerts to check on and deal with. I went and made myself a bowl of cinnamon oatmeal at 10pm and had a glass of water with it...made me feel nice & toasty!

01.20.09 Breakfast

I got in 6 1/2 hours of sleep...6:30am - 1pm. 

My cousin Brenda called me early to ask what kind of flash drive was the best to buy.

Left to pick up Angie from work...ran into Target for an EAS Cookies N Cream Bar because I was feeling hungry. Waited for Ang but she didn't get off work until 1:45pm. 

She had a bag of Murray's Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies...I ate 3 of them.

Stopped and got gas for the van and a Grape Powerade Zero.

Came home and we hauled our couches into the living room and set them up. Reclined them all the way so there was enought room for both dual reclining couches to recline. Moved the TV in front of where it is to be mounted on the wall. Made a long enough coax cable to run down to the basement...Dave put the ends on for me:)

Dave had his coffee and a tuna wrap and so did Ang. We all finally got to relax in our new living room on our reclining couches watching House!

Got done watching House at 5:30pm and left for work straight away and got there in 10 minutes.

Made myself a bowl of McCann's SF Cinnamon Oatmeal made with Splenda and filled my Powerade Zero bottle with water.

01.09.09 Breakfast

It was really nice to be able to sleep at our new place last night for the first time:) We like the place even more than we thought we would. Still have lots to more to move over though.

Dave dropped off Ang by 5am this morning and got me to work by 5:45am.

It's been an averagish day at work. Very cold outside...we didn't get the six inches of snow that was predicted.

For breakfast I made myself some cinnamon oatmeal, a glass of Carb Countdown and a Light N Fit Yogurt.

01.06.09 Breakfast

Yet another cold day in Minnesnowta. Weighed myself this morning and I was up 2lbs from that awful binge at the buffet last night:( 

This morning at work was much busier than yesterday...I didn't get to eat breakfast until 10am.

I made myself  some warm cinnamon oatmeal. Had a strawberry yogurt and a glass of Carb Countdown to go with it. I'm toastified!

01.05.09 Breakfast

I got in 6.5 hours of sleep 10pm - 4:30am. 

Got ready for work and packed a bag with food for the work week. Working 12 hour Day Shifts M, Tu, Fri, Sat, Sun & next Mon...then I have three days off.

I brought Oatmeal, Apples, Calorie Countdown, Joseph's Pitas, Wholly Spicy Guacamole, Tribe Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, Hormel Natural Lunch Meat, Light String Cheese, Spinach, and some Powerade Zero.

Dave got Angie to work by 5am and then drove back and brought me to work by 5:45am.

This Monday morning has been bitterly cold and quite busy at work...made me really hungry. I went down to the break room and made myself some oatmeal with cinnamon in it. Also grabbed an organic apple and a glass of Calorie Countdown. I'm feeling much toastier now:)

01.04.09 Breakfast

I got in 9 hours of sleep from 1am - 10am! It is a cold winter day. I look out the window and see nothing but white. I went straight for the warm cinnamon oatmeal, an apple, and a glass of Calorie Countdown. Paged through my Jan 09 fitness magazine, worked on finances and looked at some Sunday ads. We'll be going to the new house today to get some more done:)

12.23.08 Dinner

My shift is coming to a close and I'm having dinner at 3am. It's been a really quiet night so I've gotten a lot done. I've been talking to Dave on IM's about how his day was and what they've accomplished. I just looked outside and there is a thick blanket of snow...boy am I grateful to have the 4WD today!

Here is what I made for dinner...Cinnamon Oatmeal with a half ounce of Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds and a Glass of Water:)