August 17th, 2009

Mrs. May's Tropical Bar

Pei Wei Spicy Chicken Salad

Chili Lime Almonds

Mixed Berry Powerade Zero with 7 Grain Kashi Crackers

Sugar Free Shortbread Cookies and Calorie Countdown

Spinach and Hummus pitas with a bottle of water

Whole wheat 4 cheese tortellini with tomatoes

No Sugar Added Blue Bunny Banana Split Ice Cream

05.30.09 Breakfast, Lunch & Snacks

Didn't get to sleep until 11:30pm...woke up at 5:20am and rushed to get ready and out the door in 20 minutes...grabbed a bar and a Powerade Zero.

Ate a ThinkThin Brownie Crunch Bar for my breakfast.

Took my 20 at 9:40am and went for a walk and a little friend found me;)

Went on a run to KFC at 11am with Alex... Grilled Chicken Breast, Grilled Wing, Green Beans and a Side Salad for $4...and a Powerade Zero.

Had a Kashi Trail Mix Bar for a snack around 1:30pm.

At 3pm I ran over to the other server building and back to change tapes.

Ate 20 Jalapeno chips with some refreshing salsa when I got back:)

05.25.09 Happy Memorial Day! Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Dinner at OCB

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day!

I had to work...only got 6 hours of sleep 10:30pm-4:30am. 

Woke up, got dressed and headed to work and threw together a bowl of Organic Blueberry Cinnamon + Omega-3 Cereal with a cup of milk:)

For my midmorning snack I had FSTG's Jalapeno Chips with salsa.

Before lunch I had to go to our other server building to change tapes...so I physically ran over there and got a great workout and enjoyed the beautiful day and my MP3 player! When I got back to my building I had two pitas and a Powerade Zero for my lunch.

My midafternoon snack was a Pumpkin Pie Kashi Bar.

I got off work at 6pm and got picked up and we headed out to Fort Snelling to pay our respects.

Afterwards we went out to eat dinner at Old Country Buffet.

My sis and I

First was a chicken taco salad

Second was a plate of fish and green beans with onions

Third was a plate of medium rare steak and BBQ pineapple chicken

Dessert was fat free, sugar free frozen yogurt with sugar free apples

04.30.09 Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Dinner at Home

Hiya friends...it's Thursday!

Got in 7 hours of sleep 12pm-7am.

Woke up, did some chores, paid a few bills and then got dressed.

Ate a Cherry Pie Larabar for my breakfast.

Headed out around 9am to go visit my mom to help her out with some computer stuff. Reformatting documents, printer issues, network reconfig, etc...

Was going to go grocery shopping but didn't end up having much time. Being the last day of April of course it had to rain:) I had a really great morning anyways!

Picked up Angie from Target about 2pm and we went home and I started cooking our late lunch. 

We have a volunteer committee at church we are a part of and we requested help for mounting our flat screen TV on the wall over our fireplace. 

Bill from Rockpoint volunteered for the task and came out today shortly after 2pm and helped us mount the bracket on the wall and put it up. He was a joy to work with and we greatly appreciated his assistance! Now when we recline back on our sofas the TV will be up where is should instead of on the floor and our dog won't walk in front of it anymore lol!

After Bill left the brown basmati rice I had simmering was done...so it only took about an hour to mount the TV on the wall! I mixed in some Palak Paneer with the rice and heated up some whole grain naan and voila! lunch was served:) Had some sugar free raspberry ice tea to drink. A no sugar added ice cream bar for dessert.

After lunch we watched the latest episode of Giada at Home on our newly mounted flat screen contently reclined back on our couches. 

Then we headed out at 4pm to go help Jeremy and Cody finish moving their things into a storage locker and clean the apartment. Thankfully they extended the deadline to 7pm but we barely finished on time.

I had Kangaroo Pita Bites and a Powerade Zero for a snack on the way back home.

We ended up going to the house we're selling and doing a walk though to make sure things were ok. Unloaded our two wheelers and a few other things there...we are going to have to get a storage locker for the rest of our stuff because we need more time to sort through everything.

Got home around 9pm...I wasn't too hungry so I had an EAS Cookies 'n Cream protein bar for dinner.

Spent awhile down in cyberia checking my email and watching an episode of Ranma 1/2. 

Got ready for bed and decided to curl up my hair because it's fun and I haven't done it since I dyed my hair red.

Felt a little hungry before bed so I had a S'mores South Beach Diet bar that makes me reminisce of campfires;)

Today's Calories: 1,400 Carbs: 223g Fat: 47g Fiber: 34g Protein: 57g

04.29.09 Breakfast, Lunch, Snack & Dinner at Church

Happy Hump Day Bloggies!

I got in 8 hours of sleep 12pm-8am.

Woke up, got dressed au naturale, ate some Organic Blueberry Cinnamon + Omega-3 cereal for breakfast and did some housework.

Left around 11am to head over to my mom's to move my sister's old living room furniture set that a friend of hers bought. Ate an EAS Cookies 'n Cream protein bar on the way there.

We got there and loaded up the couch and chaise lounge and her friend's place was only a mile from my mom's house. Her friend Diana's husband was there to help us bring everything into their porch.

Then we went back to my mom's house and loaded up all her bags of yard debris and took them to the compost center.

Untying bags of debris

The photographer

Let it fly!

After we were done there my mom needed us to take her to Target to have two watch batteries replaced. 

Ended up going to two different stores...Roseville and Shoreview because one store had the one and not the other battery. Picked up some 100 cal packs of Cocoa Roast Almonds and had one.

Then we headed over to pickup Angie from work at 1:30pm and drove her friend Abby home. 

Stopped at home and I got a cooler bag for my mom's groceries and Angie changed out of her work clothes, walked our dog and then we went to drop my mom back at home.

Dropped my mom off and headed back out to Jer & Cody's apartment in Burnsville and helped move and pack stuff for a few hours...about 3 truck loads. We left around 4:30pm to head over to church for Oasis night. I ate a snack pack of Kashi crackers to tide me over until dinner.

Traffic was awful and we just made it to church by 5:30pm and I was so famished. 

I had two plates...greek salad, a chicken thigh, tuscan veggies and cottage cheese then another greek salad, chicken thigh and a wheat roll. Drank my Powerade Zero with my meal. Felt much better after that!

Dessert was about a cup of Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream.

After dinner we sat around and visited with people for awhile.

Class tonight was the second to the last presentation on the Heroes series. 

Dave Wicklund was the presenter tonight and emphasized the definition of a hero being someone who has clear insight and the irresistable urge to act and focused on a war hero's story.

After class we ran Angie back home so she could go to bed since she works at 5am. 

Dave took me to Cub to pick up a few things. Thomas English Muffins, Whole Wheat Arnold Sandwich Thins, Palak Paneer, Mini Pizzas, Larabars, Spring Water, etc.

Finally got home and put everything away and finished watching the latest episode of Biggest Loser. 

Getting up early tomorrow to go help my mom with stuff and go to Costco to get some grocery shopping done and pick up Ang by 1:30pm.

I hope everyone had a great day!

Today's Calories: 1,670 Carbs: 172g Fat: 67g Fiber: 33g Protein: 109g

04.20.09 Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Snacks

Hey everyone!

Well it's my first night back at work after five days...two more nights to go and then I don't work until Monday morning!

I managed to get 8 hours of sleep last night 6am-2pm.

Monday weigh-in...201.6 = BMI 24.8 = Normal Range! = me :D

Trouble spot status

Woke up and got ready for work, packed my eats for the next few nights in my cooler bag.

My eats include...Hood Calorie Countdown Milk, Optimum Rebound Banana-Flax-Almond Matcha Green Tea Cereal, Joseph's Flax, Oat Bran & Whole Wheat Pitas, Hormel Natural Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, Wholly Guacamole, 3 cups of Spinach, Food Should Taste Good's Sweet Potato Chips, Kashi Pumpkin Pie Fruit and Grain Bars, South Beach FiberFit S'more Bars, Greek Yogurt, Bear Naked Fit Granola and Truvia.

Went to Sam's Club to visit my sister Sarah and her boyfriend Jordan since they were both working 10am-6:30pm today. Sarah was covered in frosting from decorating cakes all day and Jordan was covered in meat juice from butchering. They recently had some relationship troubles but have reconciled now.

Here is a picture of them:)

After catching up with Sarah and Jordan I perused the store for some deals and ended up buying the latest Shape Magazine, Sargento Light String Cheese, and this cute little black BCBG dress for only $4.71!

After Sam's I was thinking about going to Walmart but headed over to Trader Joe's instead solely for their Garlic Aioli Mustard Sauce...picked up two jars. I also bought Trader Joe's Pineapple Salsa to go with those Sweet Potato Chips, ThinkThin Brownie Crunch Bars, Indian Palak Paneer, Diet Hansen's Pomegranate Soda, and TJ's 0% Greek Yogurt. Packed everything in my Trader Joe's bag which allows me to enter in their weekly drawing for a gift card.

Then I couldn't resist going into JCPenney to try a few things on...really loved this white eyelet lace sundress. Didn't buy anything this time because I didn't have my 15% off survey coupon:(

Got to work and put my groceries away and talked with a few coworkers for awhile. The lady who is working in Network tonight wanted a Trader Joe's bag just like mine because she thought it was darling, kid;)

For "Breakfast" at 6pm I had a Kashi Pumpkin Pie Fruit & Grain Bar which was yummilicious!

Work was hectic with scheduled maintenance and European tickets!!! 

Went on my 20 minute break at 9:40pm and did my circuit training course in the parking lot twice and it was very windy...ha,  my trying to balance running the concrete beams in that wind must have been quite entertaining for the guards.

After that I was so ready for my snack at 10pm which was Food Should Taste Good's Sweet Potato Chips with 2 Tbsp TJ's Pineapple Salsa. Very refreshing...refilled my water and drank up.

More busywork...I was so excited when my midnight lunchtime finally arrived! 

Had a very strange ticket I worked on but was able to resolve from Japan and I had a few foreign Sametime conversations going...China & later from the UK.

Went down to the breakroom and made myself two pitas with turkey breast, guacamole, light string cheese and spinach. Nice and light...also refilled my water and had that with my meal.

Finally got some free time after that and I caught up on some of the blogs I read, went through all of my email accounts, responded to Facebook requests, played a little Mafia Wars and for a snack I had some Greek Yogurt sweetened with Truvia and a quarter cup of Bear Naked Fit Triple Berry Crunch Granola around 2am.

Very busy night...definitely needed a pick-me-up for dinner at 3:30am so I had leftovers of the lovely Mexican Pizza I made yesterday. It consisted of a Boboli Whole Wheat Pizza Crust, Guacamole, Hunt's No Sugar Added Sauce, Onion, Chicken Breast Strips, Tomatoes, Lettuce and Salsa. My 3 slices were less than 500 calories! Had an actual Mixed Berry Powerade Zero too.

Just about to leave work now...I'm going to take a South Beach FiberFit S'more Bar for the road. Can't wait to hit the hay...it's been a busy night!

Today's Calories: 1,521 Carbs: 210g Fat: 43g Fiber: 50g Protein: 99g