A normal breakfast for me - egg on a bagel thin with OJ and a side of yogurt.
January 2013 Archives
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Had some Hot Pocket Snackers Potato Skin Bites for dinner tonight - not a great dinner, but easy.
Had lunch provided today. It was a great small salad (spinach and berries) with some chicken and steak strips (I had mostly chicken, and one slice of steak). The sides were asparagus and mashed potatoes.
A standard breakfast - egg and cheese on a bagel thin with a side of yogurt and OJ. The yogurt this time is a whipped chocolate yogurt mousse that we got at Aldi's - looking forward to giving it a try.
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Working on cleaning out the freezer. Had some halibut fish sticks and some home-made green-beens. Great!
Lori fixed me a great salad for lunch today - Loved it!
Back to my typical breakfast this morning.
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It was warm enough that we decided to fire up the grill and cook some steak for dinner. I had a "petite steamable sweet potato" (super easy to make in the microwave) and a small side-salad (Lori always makes great salads). Another great meal!
Lori and I had lunch at Zaxby's today. We split a 10 piece chicken fingers, Fried White Cheddar Bites and a side-salad. Turned out to be a pretty food and filling meal.
Lori fixed some eggs (2) and Morning Star spicy sausage for breakfast this morning.
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Our normal Friday night dinner - on a Saturday nigh again We went to the Zhu Garden and had the Drunken Noodles and hot-and-sour soup. We also split the steamed dumplings. Matthew went with us tonight.
We drove up to Oak Ridge for lunch today. We ate at the Soup Kitchen (great place for a meal). I had the German Beer Soup - it was like a potato soup, but not creamy- you could taste the beer. I also had a slice of their mexican cornbread - I love that stuff!
Breakfast today was a quick grab-and-go. I wasn't very hungry, so I had a glass of OJ and a banan - looking forward to lunch!
226 - a new low for me !
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Dinner tonight was a small salad and 1/2 of a Totino's pizza. Nice.
I had a great lunch today. Lori prepared a new Campbell's soup (Spicy Chorizo and Pulled Chicken with Black Beans) and made a turkey wrap to go with it. Delicious.
Another standard breakfast of an egg on a bagel thin with cheese and a glass of OJ.
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Got to enjoy Special La Casa at La Carretta with Lori tonight!
I had another of Lori's great salads for lunch today.
Another standard breakfast of an egg on a bagel thin with cheese and a glass of OJ.
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I took a different route to the bike after Math class yesterday - that seems to be adding about 700 more steps to my daily walking.
Had a Lori-made salad for dinner tonight. Great as always.
I had a frozen meal for lunch today. An Atkins "Beef Merlot". It was pretty good, but left-overs would have been better.
Good ol' standard breakfast today. Egg and cheese on a bagel thin with a glass of OJ.
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Dinner tonight was odd. I grabbed a pop-tart and an Atkins light meal/snack bar on the way to Karate.
Left-over pork and broccoli and cheese was on the menu today. I can't imagine people that do not like left overs, I think they are great!
Back to my same old routine. A Thomas'® Everything Bagel Thins® Bagels (had to look that up for entry into FitBit.com) with an egg and cheese and a glass of OJ. No Yogurt this morning.
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Lori and I "stepped" it up today. We went to the dam and walked around for about a mile.
Lori fixed some chicken tonight to match a meal that I love from the Moose Cafe in Asheville. The meal is honey-mustard chicken, but their honey-mustard is clearly homemade, so Lori did the same. She combined honey and mustard until the flavor was just right! Then I had a side of corn and broccoli & cheese to round it out.
We stopped in the Little Italian Kitchen on Boyd's Creek for lunch today. I had their pasta fazul soup - with a bit of parmesan cheese and some black pepper, it was GREAT.
Yesterday marked the end of the first week of the level up challenge at work. It has been an interesting experience so far. My goal this week was simple - 18,000 steps total. That's an average of 2,572 per day. Since this was the first week, I really tried to not do anything special - I wanted to see where I was naturally. I was surprised to see that I fell short of even that goal! I walked 16,857 steps for an average of 2,408 per day.The goal is to be up to 10,000 steps per day at the end of the 8 week period. So I'm going to have to take some steps (no pun intended) to get there. I'm going to start small - step one will be going for a walk today (getting back into the Summer routine of walking with Lori). Then I plan to do a bit more walking around campus to/from class - that should bring the numbers up a bit.
We'll see where this gets me at the end of the week and adjust to see just how I can get to the 10K per day.
As planned, we had our leftover huaraches from last night with an egg on top. Good stuff!
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Lori and I went to Soccer Taco in Maryville this evening. I had Asada Huaraches - the hot sauce they give with that meal is WONDERFUL. Love it!The place was busy - busier than I've ever seen it. I think that's a good sign. I really like going there and hate to think that they may not have enough business to last.
Lori and I both had some left-overs (about 1/2 of the meal). We're planning to take those left-overs, add a fried egg on top and have it for breakfast in the morning. We're looking forward to it!
We went to Wendy's for lunch today. I had their spicy chicken sandwich and a bowl of chili.
Had breakfast at home today - not my standard! It was eggs and sausage this time - good stuff!
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We had our usual date-night dinner tonight. Drunken Noodles at Zhu Garden with Hot-and-Sour soup. We also had some Firecracker Shrimp. As always, the meal was delicious.
Lunch was light today - I was not really hungry. I had an Atkins' Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch Bar and a banana.
Another standard breakfast. Egg and cheese on a bagel thin. No yogurt this time.
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Had dinner with Lori tonight at La Caretta - our favorite place to get Mexican food. Tonight I had the A.B.C.P. which is chicken covered in a cheese sause, served with beans and rice. It's the perfect size meal (in my opinion) and tastes wonderful!
Lori and Matthew brought me lunch from Burger King - an Italian Original Chicken Sandwich with some onion rings. Not a bad sandwich.
I had my normal breakfast today - egg and cheese on a bagel with a side of yogurt.
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No picture again, but diner tonight was pork tenderloin with a side of corn. I had been in the mood for corn, so that was great and the pork was wonderful!
I had some left-over spaghetti for lunch today. I think that stuff is even better after having sat overnight!
Breakfast this morning was another typical breakfast. An egg and cheese on a bagel thin with a side of yogurt. Simple, easy, filling and good!
228 - looks like I did something right yesterday.
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Lori made some spaghetti (well, pasta - I'm not a fan of spaghetti noodles) tonight for dinner. Left-overs will be lunch tomorrow :-D
Another great salad with sausage. Makes a wonderful and filling meal!
Another standard. Egg and cheese on a bagel with a side of yogurt.
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Went to the Diner in Sevierville with Lori, Matthew and Marylenna this evening. I had the meatloaf with a side of green-beans and macaroni and cheese.
I ate a salad for lunch along with a left-over sausage from last night. As usual, it was great!
This week we started a fitness challenge at work. It's designed to get all of us into better shape. The goals are modest and are around walking and getting exercise. My personal goals for this week are to walk 18,000 steps (2,571 per day) and to exercise for a total of 60 minutes (9 per day). So far I'm off to a start that is below where I need to be to achieve the weekly goal. I guess that tells me I need to get up and walk more often.
Another standard breakfast - egg and cheese on a bagel thin with a glass of juice.
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Had dinner at home with Lori tonight. We had sausages and a side - my side was broccoli and cheese that I probably ate too much of.
Lori fixed me a salad for lunch today. This picture of it is incomplete - I took a picture of it before I left home so I would not forget this time.
My Standard Breakfast - a bagel with egg and cheese, yogurt and OJ.
232.2 - losing a little ground
Dinner tonight was the 1/2 chicken dinner at Buddy's Bar-B-Q. I only ate one of my sides, the baked beans - I gave the other side to Lori.
For lunch today we had sandwiches on some new bread - it was good bread, high fiber and low carb. We had peppered turkey and pepper-jack cheese. We also had a few chips and some french onion dip.
The three of us went to Hardee's for breakfast this morning on our way to Kroger to do the weekly shopping. I had a Country-Fried Steak 'n' Gravy Platter with some extra gravy for my biscuit - all with a fair amount of pepper.
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Our normal Friday night dinner - on a Saturday night. We went to the Zhu Garden and had the Drunken Noodles and hot-and-sour soup. Yummy. As is my habbit lately, I forgot to take a picture before, so here's what the plate looked like once we were done. :-)We enjoyed a motorcycle ride up to Morristown today to have lunch at Taco John's. I had the chicken fajita quesadilla melt, split some boneless wings with Lori, then finished up with a Sweet Crème Churro and Cini-Sopapilla Bites® that I also split with Lori.
Lori fixed some eggs and sausage for breakfast this morning- good stuff!
231.4 this morning.
It's surprisingly hard to remember to take photos of my food before I start eating it. Once I've started, I don't want to take a picture of the pate since it looks messy right away it seems (some times I'll show a partially eaten meal, but not often).
I need to do something to help myself remember to take pictures...that may help me slow down and appreciate it more too.
We went out to La Caretta tonight and I had one of my (our) favorites - the A. B. C. P. It's Chicken covered with a cheese sause and served with a side of rice and beans. It's on the small side, but more than enough for a meal I think. Sorry, no pic this time...
Lori fixed me a great salad for lunch today - very similar to the one I had for dinner last night, complete with the chicken patty on top! Delicious!
A typical breakfast again - egg and cheese on a bagel thin. I threw in a twist today and added a yogurt.
Lori fixed me another great salad for dinner. She doesn't understand it, but I really enjoy that as a meal.
I had a frozen meal for lunch - today's was a SmartOnes Three Cheese Ziti Marinara. For a frozen meal, it's not bad.
I also had an apple with peanut butter (which is much better than the frozen meal).
Another standard breakfast, an egg and cheese on a bagel thin.
231.4 - I guess that trip to Reston wasn't so good for my diet :-)
Lori fixed me a great salad when I got in from class tonight.
Had a simple lunch of left-over pizza today. Three slices.
Back to my normal routine (well, for breakfast anyway). I had an egg and cheese on a bagel thin again.
After a great lunch, I was not too hungry for dinner and the flight plans did not really allow for any real meal. So I stopped in at McDonalds on the way home and got one of their small cheeseburgers - splitting the fries with Lori.
For lunch I went with a group of six people to Uncle Julio's. By recommendation from the natives, I had the carnitas tacos from the lunch menus. Further following their lead, I added some roasted jalapenos to add some flavor and heat. A very good lunch (sorry, no pic).
The party consisted of Ben London, Dan Disan, Justin Gay, Martin Svetoslavov and Brian Bruce.
Another stop in the Panera Bread connected to this hotel. This morning I had their Power Breakfast Sandwich.
I went to the American Tap Room in Reston with Brian Bruce this evening. I had the tap room burger which was a burger with caramelized onion, aged cheddar, pickles, lettuce, tomato, ATR sauce. I left off the pickles, tomato and the ATR sauce. The fries were pretty good, but I only had about 1/2 of them.
Went with a small group today - Brian Bruce, Dan Sisan, Ben London and myself - to a japanese buffet place nearby, Obi Sushi. I did have the obligatory piece of sushi (shrimp - which was actually pretty good), but the best part of the meal was a chicken, egg and spinach dish. Probably not a good day for the diet overall, but as far as carbs go, it wasn't too bad - just had about a spoon of rice.
Best place to eat breakfast at the hotel is Panera Bread. They have these Baked Egg Soufflés that sounded interesting and I've been wanting to try for a while...today I tried the Spinach & Artichoke one. It was pretty good - kinda scary when I saw it laying with the other bakery items as I walked up to place my order.
I paired it with my traditional Chai Tea Latte.
I had a salad at Chili's in the Atlanta airport for dinner tonight. Looking at their nutrition data, I'm not so sure that was a good thing. Quesadilla Explosion Salad As Served has 1370 calories, 89g Fat and 86g Carbs. One positive thing I can say about it is that I did not have it entirely as served - I skipped the dressing and ranch dressing. But i probably had the 86g of carbs - so much for being good.
The salad was pretty good...if that makes it any better :-)
Lori and I had a super salad for lunch today. We put left-over chicken and pork chop on top of it.
We tried some new frozen meals breakfasts this morning - an "Atkins" brand that we had never had before. I had the farmhouse-style sausage scramble which looked more like this when cooked:
Not too bad.
It was warm enough that we decided to fire up the grill this evening and cook some pork chops and green beans. It was as delicious as it looks!
Bump and Run Chimichanga at Soccer Taco in Knoxville
Chicken burrito topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato, guacamole and sour cream,
served with rice and charro beans.
Lori and Marylenna had the same thing! It was good, but not as good as the Huaraches.
I did give my tomato, guacamole and sour cream to the ladies.
I was not too hungry this morning, so I just grabbed a banana and some yogurt.
229.4 - still dropping
It's Friday night, so it's Zhu Garden night!
Hot and sour soup and drunken noodels. We didn't make the trip to West Knoxville this time; I stopped in and picked it up on the way home.
I had a salad for lunch today- no chicken, but delicious!
Another typical breakfast for me - egg and cheese on a bagel thin.
229.8 a slight drop from yesterday - that's got things going in the right direction. I'll be surprised if this number does not recover back to the mid 230's.
Had some Parmesan. Crusted shrimp and some mixed vegetables for dinner tonight. Not as good as something homemade, but a lot better than fast-food!
Had another great Lori salad today. This time I had a chicken patty to heat up, cut up and put on top of it.
Another typical breakfast for me - egg and cheese on a bagel thin. One of these mornings I'll remember to take a picture of this meal.
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A surprisingly low number since the last time I looked (just a couple of days ago), it was at 237.
Had soup and a small salad at home.
Had a great salad for lunch today!
Another typical breakfast for me - egg and cheese on a bagel thin. Yeah, when my breakfast is dull, the entries in here will be also :-)
Lettuce wraps and shrimp at home.
We went out to Popeyes for some chicken at lunch. We tried one of their "LOUISIANA LEAUX" meals - we had "naked tenders" with green beans and a baguette. I skipped on the baguette. The green beans were...interesting. The chicken was very good!
Another typical breakfast for me - egg and cheese on a bagel thin.
It starts again.
Lori and I were doing pretty well before the holidays on our low-carb diet. I had lost around 15 pounds and we were getting into the groove of eating that way (it's harder than it sounds, by the way). With the holidays and me being on vacation for three weeks, we did like most people and enjoyed the holiday food. I gained 7 pounds.
So, like everyone on new years day, we're on a diet. For us, I think we'll make it work since it was working for us before the holidays. This meal log is part of the renewed effort to keep ourselves on the right track.
I hope to take pictures of almost everything I eat. That way I can easily reflect back and see how my portion control is doing. This will be a hard habit to establish I think, but I'm going to try.
Wish us luck!
