Weight: 245.8

Exercise: walk/run across campus in the rain; walk to bank and back

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Snack: Mr. Nature's Unsalted Mix 'n Yogurt
Lunch: salad with lite Ranch, two pieces of pizza (green peppers, onions, mushrooms), 1 chocolate chip cookie, 1 brownie, Diet Coke
Snack: package of peanut butter crackers
Supper: El Torito--fish taco meal

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: afternoon at the gym; Praise Team rehearsal

Breakfast: with the BBC--two eggs over medium, tenderloin, wheat toast, coffee
Lunch: a peach; a package of Mr. Nature's Unsalted Trail Mix; a package of Snyder's of Hanover's Fat Free All Natural Mini Pretzels; water
Supper: about 1/3 an order of bread sticks and 4 slices of Hawaiian pizza at Buck's; Diet Coke

Weight: 249.8

Exercise: mowing the yard in the evening (2 hours pushing and pulling the mower)

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres

Between breakfast and lunch, I took a walk on campus to run a couple of errands. In the Culp, some first-year nursing students were doing a free blood pressure check for smoking awareness. I quit smoking over 7 years ago, so I'm okay in that area. My blood pressure wasn't that bad either (for me, at least): 128/83.

Lunch: Lean Cuisine Flatbread: Pesto Chicken; V8; Keebler Soft Batch chocolate chip cookies (4-pack)
Snack: a peach
Supper: Barberito's--spinach tortilla, rice, pintos, tofu, some veggies, chips & salsa, Diet Coke



Here's something to be remembered. The snack machine's package of cookies looked relatively innocent there in its slot between Poptarts and Rice Krispies Treats; the rows above it hold different kinds of M&Ms, as well as Snickers and Twix and 3 Musketeers and Baby Ruth and on and on. But as I was writing it down in the lunch report above, I began to wonder. So, I pulled the packaging from the office trash can, and here's what I discovered. The serving size is 1 cookie. Not 4--1. I ate all 4, ate them slowly, mind you, but ate them all all the same. In the eating of the 4-pack I consumed 310 calories, 130 of which came from fat. (I have to work the elliptical machine hard for 17-20 minutes to get rid of 310 calories!) I read further and discovered that I took in 14g total fat, 5g saturated fat and 1g trans fat. No cholesterol, thank goodness. 220mg of sodium also went in to combine with the fairly high sodium content of the Lean Cuisine and the V8. In the 4-pack were 42g of carbs, 1g fiber and 23g sugars. And at last, 2g protein.

Actual Date: Monday, 28 July

Weight: 247.8 immediately after workout

Exercise: morning at the gym

Breakfast: none
Lunch: El Torito--two fish tacos, chips & salsa, Diet Coke
Supper: sushi with green tea
Snack: Mocha BK Joe Iced Coffee

Actual Date: Sunday, 27 July

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: none (only rocking with the Praise Band at Cherokee)

Breakfast: Bojangles--chicken biscuit with Mountain Dew
Lunch: Applebee's--Fiesta Lime Chicken and Diet Coke
Supper: none
Snack: a few pieces of sushi

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: none; a day of rest

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Flatbread
Snack: popcorn, Bunch-a-Crunch, soft drink at the movie theater
Supper: at the home of friends--quesadillas (chicken & cheese, BLT, tomato), chips, additional side dishes, 2 Corona Lights, Hershey's chocoloate pie, a few pieces of fudge, some red wine

Weight: 249.2

Exercise: morning at the gym; walk home from campus (appx. 4 miles)

Breakfast: 2 chocolate desserts
Lunch: salad (greens, carrots, black olives, lite ranch dressing); small hamburger with chili only; something like Boston Creme pie and a chocolate chip cookie; Diet Coke
Snack: chocolate dessert and water
Supper: "heavy" Hors d'Oeuvres (and desserts) at Link Hills Country Club in Greeneville, a variety too broad to mention

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise:

Breakfast: 1 bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Snack: 1 apple
Lunch: El Torito--fish taco meal with Diet Coke
Snack: a couple of different forms of chocolate
Supper: green beans with new potatoes, corn on the cob, chicken, more chocolate, Flying Dog's Old Scratch Amber Lager
Snack: chocolate dessert

Can you say "Chocoholic"?

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: evening at the gym

Breakfast: Bojangles--chicken biscuit and Diet Pepsi
Snack: 1 package of Lance Toasty Crackers
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Tuscan
Supper: Buck's Pizza--3 slices of a large with Canadian bacon and pineapple
Snacks: BK Mocha iced coffee; 2 bites of green beans, 2 bites of organic dark chocolate, 2 bites of pulled pork

Weight: 248.4

Exercise: campus errands (walking 30 mins.)

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken, Spinach & Mushroom; V8
Snack: five (or so) dessert squares at Search Committee meeting
Supper: a pulled pork sandwich and a green tea
Snack: a variety of little things--a couple of bites of a chocolate bar I wanted to try, about 4 cream cheese rolls, the rest of my green tea

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: yoga; morning at the gym; mowing

Breakfast: bowl of Honeynut Cheerios; one chocolate dessert
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Southwestern Chicken, V8
Supper: Lean Cuisine Tortilla-Crusted Fish; Corona
Snacks: throughout the afternoon and evening I finished off the chocolate dessert--at least 5 cookies and at least one small glass of milk

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: walk/run 3 miles at Walnut Community Center

Breakfast: two biscuits with butter and molasses, chocolate milk
Lunch: 2 little ham & cheese sandwiches that my aunt makes, green beans, potato chips, Sierra Mist Free, a cheesecakey thing with cherries on top, spoonful of sugar-free banana pudding and a York Peppermint Patty
Supper: a meal with the church band--lemon chicken, potato salad, baked beans, biscuits, spice cake, banana pudding, chocolate dessert, water

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: nada

Breakfast: Bojangles--chicken biscuit & Diet Pepsi
Lunch: Moochies in Marshall, NC--chicken Parmesan sandwich on wheat, fries, Diet Pepsi
Supper: at Granny Edmonds's 97th birthday party--eastern North Carolina BBQ, some baked beans and tomato, a hamburger with mustard and onion and tomato, a couple of chocolate desserts (no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies) and a piece of birthday cake
Snack: along through the day, some chocolate desserts and a couple of bite-size York peppermint patties

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: morning at the gym

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Subway--tuna on honey oat bread--lettuce, tomato, onion, black olives, jalapeno, salt & pepper; those veggie chips again; Diet Coke
Supper: broiled fish (tilapia), risotto patty, grilled vegetables and grilled pineapple, small slice of prime rib, water, Samuel Adams
Snack: a couple of pieces of late-night chocolate mocolate (my granddaughter's name for no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies)

Weight: 248.4

Exercise: appx. 3 miles walk/run in Willow Springs

Breakfast: Bojangles--southern filet biscuit & Mountain Dew
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken, Spinach & Mushroom with a V8
Supper: Barberitos Skinny Steak Burrito--spinach tortilla, rice, pintos, steak, salsa, fresh jalapeno, onion, black olives and cilantro; chips, Diet Coke

Weight: 250.2

Exercise: yoga; evening at the gym

Breakfast: at Beasley's--2 eggs over medium, tenderloin, wheat toast & Diet Coke
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Club with Diet Green Tea
Snack: 1 package of Lance Toasty Crackers (35g/6 peanut butter crackers)--serving size, 1 pkg.; calories per serving, 180; fat calories, 90; total fat, 9g; saturated fat, 1.5g; trans fat, 0g; cholesterol, 0mg; sodium, 220mg; total carbohydrates, 16g; fiber, 1g; sugar 3g; protein, 6g
Supper: 2 small pieces of pizza with Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat; 1/2 of a PBJ with a small glass of milk
Snack: small strawberry Italian ice

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: walk/run 4 miles in Willow Springs Park

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: business lunch at Jane's Lunchbox (bowl of chicken-n-dumplings, 1/2 bowl of pinto beans, roll, Sierra Mist)
Supper: Barberito's veggie burrito--spinach tortilla, rice, pinto, a little cheese, salsa, cilantro, cucumber, black olives, onions, southwestern vinaigrette; chips w/ salsa; Diet Coke; strawberry Italian ice
Snack: Starbucks frappacino low-fat ice cream bar

Weight: 250.2

Exercise: yoga; evening at the gym

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Healthy Choice Chicken Artichoke Panini, V8
Supper: 4 pieces of Papa John's Pizza (wheat crust, ham) and 1 Samuel Adams Summer Ale
Snack: small strawberry Italian ice

Weight: 250.2

Exercise: Casual walk for 2 miles in Willow Springs Park

Breakfast: chicken biscuit and Mountain Dew at Bojangles
Snack: chocolate-covered, cream-filled doughnut--eaten at church after the band's opening set
Lunch: Bourbon Street steak at Applebee's, garlic mashed potatoes, side salad with Ranch (dipped, not poured), Diet Coke, 1/2 Maple Butter Blondie ("Blondes really do have more fun! Baked with nuts, topped with both ice cream and chopped walnuts, and served warm at your table where it's covered with a rich, sizzling maple butter sauce.")
Supper: a bowl of Cocoa and Peanut Butter Spheres

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: 3-mile walk in Willow Springs Park

Breakfast: United Methodist Men's Breakfast Fellowship at Cherokee--2 biscuits & gravy, potatoes, 3 slices of bacon, 2 small sections of sticky buns, coffee
Lunch: didn't eat
Supper: chicken strips, fresh green beans with potatoes, corn on the cob, Carolina Blonde beer


So, last week I didn't drop down into the 240s. That's okay. I'm close. It's not likely to happen over the weekend, but I'll try again next week.

Weight: 251.8

Exercise: mowing the yard

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa and Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Tuscan
Snacks: a little ice cream & a few multi-grain crackers (not together)
Supper: fish tacos at El Torito, Diet Coke, a moderate number of chips & salsa
Snack: finished pint of ice cream

Weight: 250.6

Exercise: yoga; evening at the gym

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: huevos verdes with Diet Coke at Amigo; a moderate amount of chips & salsa, much more controlled than usual (huevos verdes is two eggs over medium with green chili salsa, refried beans, rice and three flour tortillas)
Supper: at Applebee's--blackened tilapia on a bed of rice, corn salsa, 1/4 of son's quesadilla burger, Diet Coke

Weight: 251.8--I'd like to drop downward into the 240s this week, but we'll see.

Exercise: in the afternoon--walk/jog 4 miles in Willow Spring Park

Breakfast: at Beasley's with the Breakfast Club there (Dennis, Marie, John and Bo today); tenderloin sandwich with lite mayo, lettuce and tomato on wheat toast; Diet Pepsi
Lunch: I brought some prepackaged salad stuff we had in the fridge at home, but I guess we'd had it a bit too long; one bitter taste and I was walking to Subway, where I had a 6" turkey breast sandwich with lettuce, tomato, onion, black olives, jalapenos, a little oil and vinegar, salt/pepper/oregano, new "vegetable" chips and a Diet Coke
Supper: two pieces of small California Kitchen BBQ Chicken Pizza and 1/2 pbj for dessert
Snack: Gianni Coconut Italian Ice

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: yoga; evening at the gym

Breakfast: small bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Tuscan, water
Snack: Grapple; and later one bite-sized Hershey's Special Dark Bittersweet Chocolate
Supper: part of a special event--the monthly meeting of the 4 O'Clock Club; some nachos (becoming a tradition at these meetings); three glasses of Southbound; a quesadilla with cheese (of course), tomato, onion and mushrooms
Snack: a few ounces of coconut Gianni "Italian ice"

Check this out:
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Exercise: yoga; evening walk/jog 4 miles in Willow Springs Park

Weight: 251.8

Breakfast: a bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: three plain fish tacos at El Torito (small corn tortillas, fish, cilantro), chips & salsa, Diet Coke
Supper: two bowls of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres mixed with Honeynut Cheerios

Exercise: yoga; walking 4 miles in Willow Springs Park

Weight: didn't weigh

Breakfast: Bojangles steak biscuit and a Mountain Dew
Lunch: the Quesadilla Explosion salad and a Diet Coke at Chili's; a large cone of ice cream from Marble Slab for dessert
Afternoon snack: BK Mocha Joe Iced Coffee
Evening: fasting

Exercise: in the evening I worked up a little sweat playing my guitar and singing; otherwise, I took the day off from exercise.

Weight: didn't weigh

Brunch: two biscuits with molasses and butter, large glass of chocolate milk
Lupper: Barberitos skinny burrito--spinach tortilla, rice, pinto beans, steak, salsa, southwestern sauce, spray of lime, fresh jalapeno, cilantro, onion, black olives--with chips and a Diet Coke; and for dessert, 1 pint Haagen Dazs Sticky Toffee Pudding ice cream

All of the above was consumed by 4:00 p.m.

Evening snack: 1/2 a banana with some peanut butter, a handful of Flipsides with peanut butter and strawberry jam

Exercise: yoga; a 4.5-mile walk on Erwin's Linear Trail at midday

Weight: 250

Brunch: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: grilled chicken club sandwich and Diet Coke from McDonald's
Supper: 4th of July cookout at my aunt's--hamburger, chips, ranchero beans, two hotdogs with cucumbers but without buns or condiments, Diet Mountain Dew, strawberry angelfood cake with both Cool Whip and vanilla ice cream, watermelon
Nighttime snacks: two mini York peppermint patties, vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup and 4 small chocolate chip cookies

Ah, holidays!

Exercise: yoga; evening at gym

Weight: didn't weigh

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: at El Torito, my favorite Mexican restaurant--too many chips with salsa, 3 fish tacos, rice & beans, Diet Coke
Supper: at Chick-fil-A--the regular chicken sandwich with pickles only, Diet Coke

Exercise: yoga; morning at home


Weight: 253.6

Breakfast: I intended to join friends at Beasley's and eat a big breakfast, but I ran late and settled for the usual chocolate and peanut butter spheres.
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken, Mushroom & Spinach; for dessert, that chocolate thing in my desk drawer that I resisted all day yesterday, a layered wafer with some peanut butter layers and the whole covered in a thin chocolate
Supper: three pieces of baked chicken (I think it was baked); beans (green and baked); pasta salad; three cookies; three pieces of Texas Toast; lemonade
Nighttime snack: Burger King's Mocha iced coffee

Workout: yoga; yard mowing


Weight: didn't weigh


Breakfast: large bowl of Honeynut Cheerios
Lunch: Subway--six-inch roast beef on wheat, tomatoes, onions, black olives, jalapenos, vinegar; some kind of new vegetable chip; Diet Coke
Afternoon snack: peanut butter and crackers (a new cracker called Flipsides Pretzel Crackers)
Supper: Lean Cuisine Tortilla Crusted Fish, salad, green tea
Evening snack: five chocolate oatmeal no-bake cookies


One thing I'm discovering already is that my snacking in particular is curbed by my commitment to write down what I'm eating. All day long at the office I wanted this chocolate thing in my desk drawer, but I didn't eat it because I didn't want to have to record it here.

PS Okay, so I ate the cookies after what I wrote just above. Even the threat of having to record it wasn't enough to stop me from eating one of my favorite things.