2011_06-14, Tuesday

4 Gs
1. Grateful for: A job and an income.
2. Great or Good thing that happened yesterday: Got a lot of work done at work.
3. Glitches yesterday: Extremely tired. Didn’t get meeting in.
4. Goals:
a. Go to work.
b. Get nails done.
c. Get to bed early.

B:
8 oz. plain yogurt
6 oz. frozen mixed fruit
1 oz. brown rice cakes

L:
4 oz. roast beef
12 oz. salad
1 oz. Paul Newman’s Olive Oil and Vinegar Dressing
6 oz. watermelon

D:
4 oz. salmon
12 oz. stir-fried broccoli slaw and sugar snap peas and carrots
0.5 oz. olive oil (use in stir-fry)
6 oz. strawberries and bananas

2011_06-15, Wednesday

B:
2 oz. sharp cheddar cheese slices (put on brown rice cakes and melt in microwave)
6 oz. watermelon
1 oz. brown rice cakes

2011_06-13, Monday

4 Gs
1. Grateful for: Grateful to have a computer and Internet access.
2. Great or Good thing that happened yesterday: Got to spend some time with my youngest daughter and play with her one-month old kittens.
3. Glitches yesterday: Do not know what to say or do in response to a certain situation that came up, so will do nothing until I get a sense of what to do.
4. Goals:
a. Go to work.
b. Go to a meeting.
c. Call three friends.
B:
KB Breakfast Loaf: All ingredients below mixed together and cooked at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
1 egg
2 oz. ricotta cheese
1 scrambled egg
6 oz. banana and pineapple
1 oz. oatmeal

L:
2 oz. mixed nuts
12 oz. salad
1 oz. Paul Newman’s Olive Oil and Vinegar Dressing
3 oz. raisins

D:
4 oz. steak
6 oz. cooked carrot
6 oz. cooked Italian green beans
0.5 oz. butter
6 oz. apple

2011_06-14, Tuesday

B:
8 oz. plain Greek yogurt
6 oz. frozen mixed fruit
1 oz. brown rice cakes

2011_06-12, Sunday

4 Gs
1. Grateful for: I’m grateful that I can walk, talk, and breathe on my own.
2. Great or Good thing that happened yesterday: Got to go to a good movie with my husband.
3. Glitches yesterday: A family member was in a great deal of pain and I was and am very concerned.
4. Goals:
a. Pray for the family member who is in pain.
b. Go to church or go to Sedona for the day.
c. Be nice to everyone I come in contact with.

B:
2 oz. sausage
1 scrambled egg
6 oz. banana
1 oz. brown rice cakes

Lunch Out:
Protein serving (preferably 4 oz. of cooked plain meat/fish/fowl or 2 oz. cheese, 8 oz. yogurt, or 4 oz. cottage cheese/ricotta cheese)
About 12 oz. grilled or steamed veggies and/or green salad
Fat Serving (About a tablespoon of butter or olive oil or 3 spoonfuls or dressing)
About 6 oz. fresh fruit or 3 oz. dried fruit provided by restaurant or premeasured at home and brought with.

Dinner Out:
Protein serving (preferably 4 oz. of cooked plain meat/fish/fowl or 2 oz. cheese, 8 oz. yogurt, or 4 oz. cottage cheese/ricotta cheese)
About 12 oz. grilled or steamed veggies and/or green salad
Fat Serving (About a tablespoon of butter or olive oil or 3 spoonfuls or dressing)
About 6 oz. fresh fruit or 3 oz. dried fruit provided by restaurant or premeasured at home and brought with.

2011_06-13, Monday

B:
1 egg, 1 oz. lean bacon, 0.5 oz cheese
6 oz. banana
1 oz. brown rice cakes

Note: My food plan, measurement wise, is the same but in February I found that I needed to restrict my fluid intake and increase my salt consumption. Ended up in the hospital for a few days and found out how important it was to have enough sodium in one’s blood. Trying to eat saltier food, per my doc, and taking three salt pills a day. Interesting enough my blood pressure hasn’t gone up; I have more energy now and feel a bit better. It took several months to get the salt level up to normal in my blood. Now that it is, I hope to keep it that way. Eating more rice cakes with salt, more processed meat that doesn’t have sugar or corn in it, and restricting fluid intake to no more than 64 oz. a day. Prior to that I was drinking 8 to 12 cups of water a day. Okay for most people but not for me.

 

2011_06-11, Saturday

4 Gs
1. Grateful for: Grateful for home, hearth, and a comfortable bed.
2. Great or Good thing that happened yesterday: Great AZ sunny weather.
3. Glitches yesterday: Struggle at work to get things done.
4. Goals:
a. Be non-controlling at meeting I will be going to today.
b. Go to the “Super 8” movie with my cuddly husband.
c. Relax and read.

B:
2 oz. cheese
6 oz. cantaloupe
1 oz. brown rice cakes

L:
2 oz. tuna
1 oz. cheese (mix with tuna for KB tuna melt)
12 oz. salad
1 oz. dressing (Paul Newman’s Olive Oil and Vinegar)
6 oz. banana

D:
4 oz. baked chicken
8 oz. steamed vegetables (Birds Eye Steamfresh–broccoli, carrots, sugar snap peas & water chestnuts)
4 oz. shoestring beets (Fry’s has them.)
0.5 oz. butter
6 oz. apple

2011_06-12, Sunday

B:
1 egg
2 oz. oz sausage
6 oz. banana
1 oz. brown rice cakes

2011_06-10, Friday

2011_06-10, Friday

4 Gs for Yesterday 6/9
1. Grateful: Grateful I was able to work as hard as I did today and to be of service.
2. Great or Good thing that happened yesterday: Got to watch a good movie: Never Say Never
3. Glitches:
4. Goals:
a. Put down deposit on daughter’s wedding cake for 11/11/11. It’s going to be different.
b. Go to the grocery store and pick up 4 mushrooms and a small bag of frozen peas.
c. Relax with my husband and watch a Stanley Cup playoff hockey game.

B:
2 oz. peanuts
6 oz. cantaloupe
1 oz. brown rice cakes

L:
4 oz. leftover roast beef
12 oz. leftover roasted vegetables: baby carrots, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, tomatoes, and garlic
0.5 oz. olive oil
3 oz. raisins

D:
1 egg, 1 oz. lean bacon, 0.5 oz cheese
6 oz. butternut squash
6 oz. peas
0.5 oz. butter
6 oz. apple

2011_06-11, Saturday

B:
2 oz. oz cheese
6 oz. cantaloupe
1 oz. brown rice cakes

2011_06-09, Thursday

4 Gs for Yesterday 6/8, Wednesday
1. Grateful: I’m grateful I spent some time preparing food that was good for me instead of eating food that the neighbor brought over that wasn’t. Besides, the food was really brought over for my husband, in consideration of him having surgery. He’s enjoying it. I’m enjoying being a size 10.
2. Good Thing That Happened: My annual evaluation went very well at work, with high marks.
3. Glitches: I forgot to do a task that a VP asked me to do.
4. Goals:
a. Make amends to a VP at work and do what they asked me to do.
b. Buy myself something on the Internet with the gift certificate my daughter gave me for Mother’s Day.
c. Enjoy an hour of TV

Breakfast for this Day, 6/9/11, Thursday:

KB’s Breakfast Loaf:
1 egg & 2 oz. ricotta cheese (a brand without cornstarch, etc.)
6 oz. banana and pineapple
1 oz. oatmeal
¼ teaspoon salt (Optional – I have a problem with keeping my sodium level high enough in my blood, so I make sure to add this)
¼ teaspoon no-sugar vanilla (Optional – Okay with or without)
Smash up bananas and cut up fresh pineapple. In separate bowl whip together egg, ricotta cheese, and salt. Add 1 oz oatmeal and fruit. Stir altogether and then pour into small baking dish or loaf. Cook at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Take pans out and set on cooling rack until cool. Can be stored in the fridge or frozen.

Lunch Out:
Protein serving (preferably 4 oz. of cooked plain meat/fish/fowl or 2 oz. cheese, 8 oz. yogurt, or 4 oz. cottage cheese/ricotta cheese)
About 12 oz. grilled or steamed veggies and/or green salad
Fat Serving (About a tablespoon of butter or olive oil or 3 spoonfuls or dressing)
About 6 oz. fresh fruit or 3 oz. dried fruit provided by restaurant or premeasured at home and brought with.

Dinner:
4 oz. pork
12 oz. roasted vegetables (carrots, zucchini, yellow squash, onion, tomatoes, garlic) and celery, sugar snap peas, carrots
½ oz. olive oil
6 oz. cantaloupe

2011_06-08, Wednesday

4 Gs for Yesterday 6/7
1. Grateful: Thankful for good food, good friends, and being in a relatively normal-sized body.
2. Good thing that happened yesterday: I was able to go to work and make a living.
3. Glitches: Went and got water instead of making salads as planned. Only time and energy for one or the other.
4. Goals:
a. Cut up cantaloupe and pineapple and measure into 6 oz. containers.
b. Spend some time on the phone with several of my friends across the country that weigh and measure their food too.
c. Watch a hockey game

Breakfast for this Day, 6/8/11:
1 egg, 1 oz. lean bacon, 0.5 oz cheese
6 oz. banana
1 oz. brown rice cakes

Lunch Out
Protein serving (preferably 4 oz. of cooked plain meat/fish/fowl or 2 oz. cheese, 8 oz. yogurt, or 4 oz. cottage cheese/ricotta cheese)
About 12 oz. grilled or steamed veggies and/or green salad
Fat Serving (About a tablespoon of butter or olive oil or 3 spoonfuls or dressing)
About 6 oz. fresh fruit or 3 oz. dried fruit provided by restaurant or premeasured at home and brought with.

D:
4 oz. Hebrew National Beef Franks
12 oz. stir-fry veggies, broccoli, sugar snap peas, yellow squash, green beans, red peppers, carrots, yellow peppers, and water chestnuts
½ oz. olive oil, use in stir-fry
6 oz. pineapple

2011_06-07, Tuesday

Yes, I’m still weighing and measuring my food and I’m still a size 10. It’s amazing to me that I have been maintaining for three years now. Here is my food for this day.

B:
2 oz. nuts
3 oz. raisins
1 oz. brown rice cakes

L:
4 oz. leftover roast beef
12 oz. leftover roasted vegetables: baby carrots, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, tomatoes, and garlic
0.5 oz. olive oil
6 oz. orange and pineapple

D:
4 oz. salmon
8 oz. cooked carrots
4 oz. beets
0.5 oz butter
6 oz. banana

2011_06-08, Monday

Reviewing my day today here are my four Gs:

Grateful: I’m thankful for all my friends and family. Especially grateful to have a job and a home to come home to.
Good: A good thing that happened today was that my husband went back to work after being off for 6 weeks due to back surgery.
Glitches: Not liking my right hip and legs hurting today.
Goals for Tomorrow: Make salads for this coming week and read my home E-mails.

2011_03-16, Wednesday

B:
2 oz. nuts (1 oz. walnuts and 1 oz. Planter’s Deluxe Mixed Nuts)
3 oz. dates
1 oz. brown rice cakes

Lunch Out
Protein serving (preferably 4 oz. of cooked plain meat/fish/fowl or 2 oz. cheese, 8 oz. yogurt, or 4 oz. cottage cheese/ricotta cheese)
About 12 oz. grilled or steamed veggies and/or green salad
Fat Serving (About a tablespoon of butter or olive oil or 3 spoonfuls or dressing)
About 6 oz. fresh fruit or 3 oz. dried fruit provided by restaurant or premeasured at home and brought with.

D:
4 oz. Hebrew National Beef Franks
12 oz. stir-fry veggies, broccoli, sugar snap peas, yellow squash, green beans, red peppers, carrots, yellow peppers, and water chestnuts
½ oz. olive oil, use in stir-fry
6 oz. banana

2011_03-03, Wednesday

B:
6 oz. milk
0.5 ox cheese
6 oz. banana
1 oz. puffed brown rice cereal