Reminder

Just a reminder the blog is now on my own domain
http://waistingduxie.com, someone commented the other day that I had stopped posting so in case anyone else missed it...

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I have moved my blog to my own domain. You can now find me at http://waistingduxie.com.
Hope to see you there :)

January 6th Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 19 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points.

Breakfast(5) -English muffin, peanut butter, pear
Lunch (5)-Chicken Cacciatore
Dinner (7)-1/2 Cornish Hen no skin(3), Quinoa with Spinach (1), Zucchini with oregano and feta (1), milk (2)
Snack (2)-kozy shack pudding, vitamuffin

Earned 5 activity points did step aerobics and then 30 minutes on the treadmill as a stroll. I'm pretty sore today from the 2 days of couch to 5k and adding strength training back in.

The Cornish hens turned out well in the new toaster convection oven and pretty fast.

Running Weekly totals used 17 of 35 weekly points, earned 23 activity points

January 5th Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 42 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points.

Breakfast(5) -Yogurt, pear and 1 oz reduced fat cheese
Lunch (10)-Cracked crab with salad and sourdough
Dinner (27)-Indian Dinner at Naan and Curry, so good

Earned 5 activity points I did the second day of week one of couch to 5k then walked an additional mile to round out my numbers.

Had Indian then went and saw Avatar, great flick (see it in 3 D)

Running Weekly totals used 17 of 35 weekly points, earned 18 activity points

January 4th Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 20 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points.

Breakfast(4) -Yogurt, pear and 1/2 serving of my Mix My Granola latest blend (low fat with lots of fruit and some nuts)
Lunch (7)-Sweet and Spicy Peanut Soup
Snack (1)-Pear (1)
Dinner (8)-Vegetarian Black Bean Chili (6) with light sour cream (1) and low fat cheddar (1) forgot to put on the avocado I had planned :(

Earned 6 activity points I did The Firm "Body Sculpting" to get in some strength training again, 20 minutes of "gentle" yoga and 25 minutes on the treadmill to get my burn up where I wanted, planned on 15 minutes but was close enough to 600 calories burned that I figured I'd go for it.

Not eating the avocado at dinner put me way under what I planned caloricly for the day but oh well I wasn't hungry so I guess it's all good, just can't do it every day.

Running Weekly totals used 0 of 35 weekly points, earned 13 activity points

Kitchen tools that I can’t live without for low calorie cooking

There are many tools that any cook can’t live without, ever try cutting a ton of vegetables without a sharp knife? But for low calorie cooking I have specific tools that I look to.

I love having steamer baskets for veggies, you can always add some fat later if you want it.

My misto sprayer!!!! With this handy tool you add your favourite oil pump it up and voila fine spray to coat pans or foods. I prefer this to traditional cooking sprays for a couple of reasons. First no propellants or other garbage no body needs, second I can fill it with my favourite oil and know it is fresh. I use this both to coat pans and also to spray some olive oil on foods that I am oven “frying” it adds so much crunch. I am actually up to 2 one for canola oil or regular olive oil for cooking and one for extra virgin olive oil as a finisher for oven “fried” foods.

Immersion blender, great for soups, smoothies etc especially smoothies for one right in the glass.

Stainless Steel Cookware, mostly non stick and provides a much better sear to meat than non stick pans. New favourite is the Scanpan which is a ceramic titanium pan and even though it is nonstick it does not have the issues of non stick pans in terms of the surface coming off.

Grill pans are great for indoor grilling and the fat falls into the wells and away from the food and now that I have a new non warped one I love it even more!

“Adjustable” measuring spoons. These are tubes with a plunger, you set it to the amount you want and fill it. I love it for things like butter, peanut butter and honey which are sticky and not easy to measure in traditional spoons.

And of course, measuring cups and spoons and my food scale.

January 3rd Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 24.5 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points.

Breakfast(5) -Non fat Greek Yogurt (2), 1 TBSP Pure maple syrup (1), Granola (2)
Lunch (6)-Lemon Chicken Soup with Orzo (6)
Dinner (12.5)-Greek Style Cheeseburger (6), Salad with vinagrette (2) Pesto (1.5) Alexia Sweet Potato Fries (3)
Snack (1)-Kozy Shack low fat chocolate pudding (1)

Earned 5 activity points on the treadmill, did week one day one of Couch to 5k a program to get you running a 5k in 9 weeks.

Running Weekly totals used 0 of 35 weekly points, earned 7 activity points

January 2nd Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 19.5 of 25 points. Earned 2 activity points.

Breakfast(3) -Strawberry yogurt(2), pear (1)
Lunch (6)-Lemon Chicken Soup with Orzo (6)
Dinner (9.5)-Greek Style Cheeseburger (6), Salad with vinagrette (2) Pesto (1.5)
Snack (1)-Kozy Shack low fat chocolate pudding (1)

Earned 2 activity points on the treadmill

Running Weekly totals used 0 of 35 weekly points, earned 2 activity points

The Weekly Round up 12/26-1/1

I got in 7 workouts this week.

Summary I used 35/35 Weekly Points and I earned 31 Activity Points.

I'm up 1.8 but it was the hardest 2 weeks of the year with lot of eating out and foods that I don't see often.

Saturday 36.5 of 25 points ate Christmas leftovers. Earned 3 activity points

Sunday 31 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points, made yummy Beef Bourgiugnon for dinner so good and worth the points.

Monday 25 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points, made lemon chicken and orzo soup for lunch and spicy peanut soup for dinner

Tuesday 24.5 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points. Leftovers for dinner beef, mushroom and barley soup for lunch

Wednesday 21 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points. Chicken Cacciatore in the slower cooker really tasty and easy.

Thursday 31.5 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points, leftovers and new year's celebrating

Friday 34 of 25 points leftovers. 2 activity points, leftovers

I plan to workout every day this week and stay on plan, eating out on Tuesday.

January 1st Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 34 of 25 points. Earned 2 activity points.

Breakfast(17.5) -English Muffin, scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, mimosa
Lunch (8.5)-cheeseball and triquits
Dinner (8)-chicken cacciatore, brown rice and pear,

Earned 2 activity points on the treadmill

Running Weekly totals used 35 of 35 weekly points, earned 31 activity points

New Month Resolution

I was going to do New Year's Resolutions but honestly the month feels so much more managable and focuses change over a year so I'm going to stick with the monthly resolutions, it's also nice to be able to mark my progress and know I'm succeeding.
I hope that these things that I add monthly will add up to lots of changes over the year, taken in smaller more manageable bites. So New Month's Resolution will be a regular feature.

To review last month my resolutions were

1. Remember that a holiday is just that a day. I learned from Thanksgiving that I can't be near the leftovers, I have to give them away and have plans for light nutritious meals after the holiday fare.

2. To enjoy what I eat and not eat mindlessly.

3. To enjoy some form of activity every day.

4. To keep blogging and journaling no matter how "bad" it looks

I really didn't do better on number 1 than I did at Thanksgiving, granted there were more "events" in a single week but still it's something I need to work on this coming year... I mastered number 2 fairly well aside from some junk that was around, I made Ben hide it and things began to look up. I did really well on number 3. I managed 30 minutes on all but 2 days and that was due to pain as opposed to not being bothered. And number 4 I did great, I didn't count points the week of christmas but I did write it all down.

This month

1. To eat vegetarian completely one day a week.

2. To try a new recipe each week.

3. To enjoy some form of activity every day. Not new

4. To keep blogging and journalling. Not new This has been a great outlet and way to organise my thoughts.

5. To lose 5 pounds (may not seem like much but it's achievable and I like focusing on 5 at a time).

6. I put the most important last. To make myself a priority, by taking care of myself I can better take care of others. I started this in 2009 now I plan to really focus on it. Taking time for exercise and clean eating to start, I'm sure there is more that I'm not thinking of yet. I have put me at the top of my to do list.

December in Brief

December in a few quick stats....

Days in November that I counted all my points: 24

Number of days I did high intensity activity(ie worked up a sweat): 18

Number of days I did moderate or low intensity activity: 9

Number of days I did some form of organized activity: 27

Number of days I reached my 30 minute activity goal: 28

Fast Food Eaten: 0

Meals Eaten Out: 9

Sodas Consumed: 0

Glasses of Wine: 13

Servings of Beer: 2

Total Weight lost: 1 pounds

Total Inches lost: (not sure)

December 31st Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 31.5 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points.

Breakfast(5) -Kringle, pear
Lunch (5)-Mushroom, Barley Soup and mandarin oranges
Dinner (21.5)-1/2 serving Sausage, Bulgur and Kale, cheeseball and trisquits, champagne

Earned 5 activity points on the treadmill

Running Weekly totals used 26 of 35 weekly points, earned 29 activity points

December 30th Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 21 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points.

Breakfast(4) -oatmeal, brown sugar, pear
Lunch (6)-Lemon Chicken Soup with orzo
Dinner (11)-Chicken Cacciatore(5), brown rice (3), beer (3)

Earned 5 activity points on the treadmill

Running Weekly totals used 19.5 of 35 weekly points, earned 24 activity points

December 29th Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 24.5 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points.

Breakfast(6.5) -English muffin, neufchâtel, pear
Lunch (6)-Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup
Dinner (12)-Beef Bourguignon (5) Potatoes (2), Tomato Basil Soup (1) Chocolate (3) asparagus with brown butter sauce (1) half servings of each

Earned 5 activity points on the treadmill

Running Weekly totals used 19.5 of 35 weekly points, earned 19 activity points

December 28th Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 25 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points.

Breakfast(7) -granola, yogurt and a pear
Lunch (9)-Lemon Chicken Soup with Orzo (6), Sourdough (2), Brummel and Brown (1)
Dinner (9)-Sweet and Spicy Peanut Soup (7), apple cider (2)

Earned 6 activity points on the treadmill and step aerobics

Running Weekly totals used 19.5 of 35 weekly points, earned 14 activity points

December 27th Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 31 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points.

Breakfast(5.5) -english muffin with brummel and brown and pear
Lunch (10.5)-Sausage, bulgur and kale(6), chocolate bar(4.5)
Dinner (15)-Beef Bourguignon (10), potatoes (3), wine (2)

Earned 5 activity points on the treadmill

Running Weekly totals used 19.5 of 35 weekly points, earned 8 activity points

Went and saw avatar, good movie worth seeing in 3D

December 26th Food and Exercise Diary

Ate 36.5 of 25 points. Earned 3 activity points.

Breakfast(11.5) -english muffin with butter and latte
Lunch (11)-Roast Beef Panini
Snack (1)-pear
Dinner (13)-Roast beef, roast potatoes Zucchini, persimmon pudding, red wine


Running Weekly totals used 13.5 of 35 weekly points, earned 3 activity points

Back on the wagon after a week of not counting points

December 25th Food and Exercise Diary

Breakfast() -kringle, english muffin, butter, scrambled eggs and bacon
Lunch ()-turkey, stuffing, dinner roll and cherry pie with splenda
Dinner ()-persimmon pudding

Running Weekly totals used ?? of 35 weekly points, earned 10 activity points

December 24th Food and Exercise Diary

Breakfast() -cereal with milk
Lunch ()-nachos with reduced fat cheese
Dinner ()-prime rib with horseradish sauce, roasted potatoes and parsnips, roasted brussels sprouts, yorkshire pudding, persimmon pudding with brandy sauce

Running Weekly totals used ?? of 35 weekly points, earned 10 activity points