Damn Halloween. Treats everywhere at work.
I started the day quiet nobly with an apple and handful of cashews and a flax whole grain bun.
Had another 2 of the same buns later with another apple.

Then 2 mandarin oranges and a piece of cheese. Things started to deteriorate with the arrival of home made boiled oatmeal cookies. I had 2. They were practically like porridge, right?

Then I had a handful of ancient grain with flax chips.

And after work I ate a handful of my home dried apple chips.

The CHIP snack tonight was apple crisp with some sort of sauce. Not sure what the sauce was.

I felt like I needed to do some good so I took a bag of apple chips to someone and gave them away.

After I got home I ate some more apple chips and now I am going to bed.

 

 

Breakfast: vector cereal with almond milk and handful of raw cashews. I don't usually have cereal in the house except when company is here so I had it leftover from then and it seemed to speak to me today.
Lunch:Quinoa pasta with tomato sauce and an apple.
Supper: turkey, cheese sandwich with multigrain bread and an apple. I was mad that I gained 2 pounds so blamed vegetarianism. When I am told that I can eat what I want I eat too much.
I had some dried apples as a bedtime snack.

Raw cashews and apple for breakfast.

Spicy black bean soup for lunch.

Bran muffin and orange for afternoon snack.

More raw cashews and a few dried currents.

CHIP snack was corn bread with pear sauce.

I ate too many apples and dried apples this evening while filling my dehydrator.

Breakfast: 1 orange, 1 apple, handful of raw cashews.

Lunch  spicy black bean soup with ounce of cheese

Snack—handful of trail mix and 2 pieces of cheese.

Supper: quinoa spaghetti with tomato sauce and an apple.

CHIP snack: veggie salad and 2 low fat oatmeal cookies.

Spent the day driving home across BC. Breakfast was at IHOP -- whole grain and nut pancakes (2) with no sugar added syrup, banana and 2 scrambled egg whites.
Lunch was a foot long veggie subway (hey the foot longs were on special for $5.00. Otherwise I would have had a 6".  At the last stop home I got a hot chocolate to warm my soul during the stormy drive over the Kootenay pass.
I didn't really have supper except for 2 mandarin oranges when I got home.

Langley: I just pounded back a protein fruit spinach smoothie and a rice krispie square. Don't judge me. There was sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and peanut butter in those squares. They are practically health food! And I ate a banana.
After getting groceries with my baby I ate another rice krispie square then headed for Vancouver.
Lunch was at a Vancouver sushi bar. I am not even going to try to list everything that I ate there, but I did NOT overeat on it. I had the vege box and quite a variety of rice and veggies and miso soup and such.
After a walk on the sea wall with old friends I headed off to watch another volleyball game. Had a couple handfuls of raw cashews, 2 apples and an orange.
Bedtime snack was another rice krispie square and now I am done for the day.

I spent the day driving across beautiful BC, the best place on earth. For breakfast I ate 3 pieces of toast with peanut butter and Oregon grape jelly. I ate a few pieces of dried apple while packing them to take to Alicia. Lunch was at Rock Creek sandwich stop. I had a turkey Havarti dill sandwich on a brown Kaiser bun and an apple.
At a pitstop in Hope I ate a cranberry bran muffin. Not sure why except that it was there and I was annoyed that they didn't have sugar free hot chocolate so I ate a muffin!
Dinner was in Langley, a harvest pecan salad and bedtime snack was a handful of roasted pumpkin seeds and now I am going to bed.

Another fogged in day to work on resisting the urge to eat the fog away. For breakfast: 2 slices of multiple grain toast with peanut butter and home made Oregon grape jelly. And I sampled a few of the apples I have drying in my dehydrator. They're not quite crisp enough.
Lunch: Spicy black bean soup, and apple and green salad.
Afternoon snack: 3 pieces of cheese and another apple, 4 soda crackers and 4ow fat chips.
Evening snack at CHIP: lentil salad, bread and avocado. And lentils over polenta.

I am fighting the pull of the dark dreary days settling in for fall and winter. Food is calling me at every turn.
This morning I ate a bowl of boiled wheat with maple syrup and skim milk. Hopefully I will be able to conquer the feeding urges building up in my head.
2 apples and  2 pears during the  day and 3 pieces of cheese then an avocado sandwich. Somewhere in there I ate 2 rice crackers too,

I'm not sure if this is the breakfast of champions, but it feels virtuous while I am eating it: a bowl of boiled wheat berries (organic local wheat!) with some dried plums (also organic and local) some cinnamon, skim milk and maple syrup. feeling groovy.
Lunch was an avocado sandwich, tomato, and some squash that I extremely overcooked. After work I had 2 luna bars and 3 apples.
CHIP sample was scalloped potatoes with cashew sauce-- yummy, the ultimate comfort food.
Tonight I ate the last 2 luna bars (not going to buy them by the box again!) and I munched on apples while I sliced them and put them in my dehydrator.

Today's breakfast while driving to Nelson: avocado sandwich, 2 apples and a lemon luna bar.
Mid morning snack: 12 corn chips with salsa.
Lunch: 1/2 turkey veggie wrap.
Supper: another avocado sandwich, and luna bar.
CHIP sample: tofu stir-fry, orange wedges and a sprinkle of pomegranate.
And I sample some squash curie soup that I had in the slow cooker. it wasn't very good.

I made a big pot of chili today to give away. I saved one bowl for myself which I ate for supper along with 2 slices of Mike's killer bread with avocado and tomato.
Dessert and evening snack was an apple and 2 luna lemon zest bars.

Continuing to carb load at the Holiday Inn breakfast bar-- one banana, one bagel with peanut butter, 2 slices of toast with peanut butter and honey and a Yoplait yogurt. Ready to roll!
During the race I ate some energy gel (ugh to sweet) some energy gummies (not bad) and a cliff bar (big mistake-- made me nauseated a bit). I don't even know why I ate the cliff bar except that it was there in my pocket.
After the race I ate an orange wedge then had a bean and rice burrito with salsa and avocado.
After some shopping I ate a spirolina raw food bar that my friend gave me to try and that's it for now.
For supper I ate a bowl of squash bean soup, 2 slices of mikes killer bread and luna lemon bar for dessert. I am proud of myself for completing a half marathon today in 2 hours and 50 minutes.

Breakfast: boiled wheat with ground flax stevia and skim milk.

Snack-- handful of concord grapes and mixed nuts.

Lunch: Pasta and 2 ounces of cheese.

Supper: spaghetti with tomato sauce and garlic toast in the parking lot of Albertsons in Hayden -- a free carb loading feast for tomorrow's marathon.

Evening snack: 2 luna bars.

A poor sleep last night didn't help my eating today. I started off ok with an apple and a bowl of cooked wheat and berries. Later I ate a handful of almonds and carrot sticks.
Lunch was a bowl of bean squash soup. Fatigue set in after lunch and my resolve for good food choices languished. It didn't help that options were everywhere. I ate 3 oatmeal muffins my colleague had made then 2 stale chocolate chip cookies that had been sitting there since last week. I was mad that the first one was stale so I ate the second one. Thankfully, that was all that was left.
After work I came home and had a nap then ate a couple apples while out walking.
The CHIP food tonight was soup samples. I had a sample of ginger carrot soup, leek potato soup, and Mediterranean bean soup-- all delicious.
And I forgot that I ate a few pumpkin seeds on my way out the door yesterday. Food, food, everywhere.

I didn't really follow my food plan well today due to rather hectic day at work. I had an apple in the morning then did not have a break until noon when I ate a green salad but called away part way through that. I grabbed 20 raw almonds and ate those along with 2 small pieces of cheddar cheese and another apple.
After work I went out for a long walk then went to TOPS to weigh in-- down much to my delight.
After the TOPS meeting I headed out to the grocery store to get some flax buns that I was fantasizing about. They had none so I came home, fried 3 eggs and ate them with a whole wheat wrap.
And that's the way it is.

 

I started the day with 2 apples and 12 almonds. That's what I had time for. Then I ate a bowl of squash bean soup on my coffee break. That kept me nourished until midafternoon when I ate 12 more almonds and another apple before heading out for my 2 hours walk.
Supper was a green salad, a few dried plums, and 2 slices of rye bread.
At the CHIP meeting I are a serving of beans and rice and a smaller serving of hummus with cilantro and corn and 2 pita chips. That's it for now.

I started the day with an apple then a bowl of boiled wheat berries with cinnamon, stevia, a banana and skim milk. Mid morning I ate another apple and 10 fiber gummies (I know, I know!) then headed out for a long walk on this beautiful fall day. I walked for almost 3 hours then ate a bowl of the most delicious squash, beans, and brown rice soup with a dollop of 1% cottage cheese. I am quite pleased with my creation this morning.
And then I polished off the rest of the fiber gummies (about a dozen!-- thanks goodness they're gone and I will never buy them again).
Supper was a green salad with garbanzo beans and a bowl of potato soup with 3 pieces of rye bread.
More fiber added tonight at the CHIP meeting-- carrots and celery with cashew dip and bean dip--then I ate a small handful of trail mix because it was in my car.

Sunday fast until the supper hour. Then I had bowl of potato soup (my sister is visiting and made it) and a flax bun and a half then a banana and apple. That's it for now. I bypassed the homemade lemon tarts (another treat made by me sister).
Evening snack while visiting with my sister: 3 cups of smartfood cheddar popcorn and an apple.

I almost forgot to record my food today. Breakfast was a bowl of brown rice with dried plums, chopped apple, cinnamon, ground flax and skim milk late in the morning after a long walk.
Later I roasted some squash seeds and ate a few but not many because I burned them.
An apple sometime in the afternoon, then a flax whole grain bun.
Supper was turkey breast, mashed potatoes, squash, and a large green salad.

Random acts of eating made the food day different than I had planned.
2 apples in the morning then a bowl of brown rice and mixed berries.
I added an orange at lunch then a turkey cheese sandwich with multigrain bread.
After work I grabbed a handful of reduced fat wheat thins then headed out for a long walk.
More wheat thins, a small vegan patty and small serving of quinoa salad. Then I ate a large green salad with garbanzo beans.

Today I actually got started on the CHIP plan.  Today was a day of just fruit and whole grains. I have eaten 3 apples, a bowl of boiled wheat with dried fruit, a prune I picked up off the ground while out walking, an orange and a few raisons. That was it.

Damn food blog-- now I have to own up to everything I ate today on my 58th birthday. It started out innocent enough given that I had to be on the road early so I ate an apple and handful of almonds for the road.
I had a bran muffin mid morning provided at the meeting.
Lunch was also a freebie at Hotshots. I ate a Kootenay Rockies salad-- greens, cheese, chicken, dried cranberries, and 5 pita crisps.
I didn't eat again until after my weigh in which was at 6 pm then I had an apple and went to another meeting where food was available. I ate some delicious Caesar salad, one piece of pizza, a piece of pumpkin cake, and carrot cake. From there I went to the movie "The Butler". I ate a bag of popcorn (not bucket) then finished the night off with a piece of apple cake. Hey! It was my birthday!
Oops I forgot to mention the skinny cow ice-cream bar my friend gave me.

After a restless night of rumbling fiber gummies in my gut I awaken a weary though wiser woman today. Hopefully I won't eat 10 fiber gummies again in one sitting. I think that I will not buy them again. They seem to be another sweet substance that I can't manage. I wonder if there is anything I CAN manage.
My breakfast today was a bowl of boiled wheat with ground flax and dried apricots and raisons with skim milk. Is that not a breakfast of champions of some sort?
And now the day is done and this is what I ate: several pieces of fresh cantaloupe, a bowl of chili and 15 jalapeno cheddar crisps for lunch.
2 apples while out for a walk (I pick up the windfalls this time of year as I walk and call it my daily manna).
At the CHIP meeting I ate a small sample of boiled grains with dates and raisons.
When I got home I had a handful of almonds, hazelnuts, and pumpkin seeds then 2 calcium chews.
No fiber gummies today!

My breakfast this morning is a bowl of boiled wheat garnished with ground flax, mixed berries, and skim milk. Never underestimate the power of peristalsis.
And then for a mid morning snack I had a clump of concord grapes and 4 dried figs at work.
Lunch was a chicken breast and veggie salad and 2 ounces of cheddar cheese.
In the afternoon I ate 2 apples then after work went for a long 2 hour walk. I was starving when I got in from my walk but needed to shower to get ready for my first CHIP (complete health program) meeting. So I scarfed down 4 calcium chews along with 10 fiber gummies then a handful of trail mix.
At the meeting I had fresh fruit kabobs. Just got home and am eating another handful of trail mix. Be still my rumbling gut.

When I put on my vest to go for a walk this afternoon I found the wrappers for the granola bars I ate while walking yesterday and realized I had eaten 4 of them rather than the 3 I reported. Eating is bad for short term memory.

Today I had a fast until after 5 p.m. I try to do this regularly for spiritual purposes, not weight loss. So my first meal of the day was supper and I had a chicken breast and vegetable salad. Dessert was a Kashi granola bar and a handful of trail mix.  And' I ate a spoonful of boiled beans. I was just testing them to see if they taste too burned to put in the chili I am making for a work luncheon. I had left the beans cooking while I went to church and 2 hours later they had boiled dry so that's why I ate a spoonful. They're not bad so I put them in the chili. They gave it a bit of smoky flavor.
And now I ate another Kashi bar, the last one in the house so I should be good now.

Eating is done for another day. For supper I had a chicken breast and a piece of salmon cooked in lemon spice then a cucumber, tomato, pepper, and purple onion salad.

After 2 hours of running/walking I ate a handful of trail mix then a Kashi granola bar. After another hour I ate another 2 Kashi granola bars (they taste somewhat like cardboard. I stopped at a friend's place for water and had a bit of tomato soup. I was too exhausted to eat more than a couple bites. She gave me some Motrin and drove me home. I managed 4 hours but have decided that a half marathon is a better option for me this year rather than a full marathon.

Yeah,a day off at home. I had 2 muffins and 3 fried eggs for breakfast. I am now heading out for a marathon walk to prepare for my real marathon in 2 weeks.

I got called in early to work so didn’t have the awesome breakfast I had planned in my head.

Breakfast was a slice of flaxseed rye bread with swiss cheese (I  know I am feeling insecure by all the bread and cheese I am eating!)

And I added 2 oatmeal nut, blueberry muffins that my house guest brought for me.

I ate while driving to work.

Lunch was a bowl of canned lentil soup—lots of fiber and not much fat.

Throughout the day I nibbled on concord grapes, an  apple, 2 dried figs and a generous handful of potato thin fins (only 80 calories in 15).

And I had a handful of plain almonds late afternoon.

Hey, if you only knew the food and treats I was exposed to today you would admire me for my restraint.

After a long walk I ate another 2 muffins with 2 slices of swiss cheese (light) and called it a day.

Another scattered day because I didn’t take time to prepare proper meals.

Breakfast—flaxrye bread sandwich with swiss cheese.

Lunch— a pile of raw veggies, broccoli, cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, carrots, cauliflower and dip (available at my work place), a few local grapes also sitting at my workplace.

People bring nurses a lot of goodies and today seemed to be a day full of food gifts. I avoided the fat sweet ones and opted for the more nutritious ones so I feel virtuous about that.

I had a piece of laughing cow cheese sometime in the afternoon and an apple then tried to walk away from the food. I didn’t have time to actually have lunch so just munched on veggies.

Late afternoon I had a handful of almonds then pistachios, then a handful of low fat cheese crackers and another apple.

Thankfully I left work and the food behind at 4:30 pm and have not eaten anything since (except 2 calcium chews and 4 fiber gummies) so my digestive system is ready for sleep.

After my weigh in (which was up ) I ate another flax rye bread sandwich with Swiss cheese and fiber 1 bar. I am done for the day, exhausted and ready to sleep.

Today I was out of town for education and my eating was not well planned.

Early morning with rushed breakfast-- flaxseed and rye bread with Swiss cheese and a fiber 1 bar.
Another fiber 1 bar a couple hours later then some fresh fruit salad (raspberries, strawberries, melons, cantaloupe, pineapple.
Lunch was pepparoni pizza (provided at the seminar). I had 3 slices of the greasy, salty, fat stuff. And some raw veggies and dip.
That was my last meal. And since I am waiting to do my TOPS weigh in tonight, I am not going to eat again until after. I have not weighed for 3 weeks as I have been away. Not sure what the scale will tell, but I feel slim and fit.
And the fiber 1 bars are talking to me.

Lunch was chili (I made this big pot of chili a couple weeks ago and froze the leftovers. It is going a long way this week to keep me fed while I wait for time to get groceries.

5 more gin gins (thank goodness that’s the end of the bag!). 2 spartan apples fresh from someone’s tree in Creston. There’s nothing like a fresh Spartan apple picked from a tree in Creston this time of year.

Handful of trail mix (generous handful) while impatiently waiting for someone.

2 calcium chews. I pretend they are candy.

After all that I went for a lovely long walk. Supper was a sandwich made with flaxseed rye bread and light swiss cheese then a fiber 1 bar for dessert.

Where I sit in my dining room I have an exquisite view of the Skimmerhorn mountains to the east and I can see the sun trying to break through the clouds as it rises over the highest peak. There is hope and light on the horizon.
I am eating scrambled egg whites (4 with one yolk) with spinach, tomatoes, peppers and onions blended with extra virgin olive oil. I feel totally virtuous and moral and upright eating such a breakfast to start my day. Besides that, I am eating off a plate which has a scripture emblazoned on it--Lamentations 3:23. Great is His faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.
My soul is being fed this day. I have asked a blessing of God that what I eat will bring energy, health and beauty to my soul. And that I will use the energy derived from this food to bless the lives of those I encounter this day.