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Thursday, January 4, 2007 - 125 lbs
1 1/2 servings Fried Eggplant 
with 1 ounce colby-jack cheese baked until melted
12 ounces Crystal Light ruby red grapefruit
1 ounce peanuts
12 ounces diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper
1 serving Chicken Fajita Salad
12 ounces diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper
6 Sesame Almond Crackers
3/4 ounce French onion flavor Laughing Cow cheese
8 ounces sugar free apple drink
1 serving Beefy-Mushroom Soup
1 salad with thousand island dressing
Nutritional Count: 1490 Calories; 111g Fat; 79g Protein; 52g Carbohydrate; 18g Dietary Fiber; 34g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Silver Foxes Pilates II
To keep myself accountable, I've decided to start posting my menus again for a while. Back in September of 2006 I was down to my lowest weight of 116 pounds. I've since put on about 9 pounds while on vacation and over the holidays. It's time to crack down and get my weight under control again.
About a year ago I started exercising daily. Every day I do either an hour of Callanetics or Pilates. I find that when I exercise, I can't lose much weight. When I first started, I gained a couple pounds and then pretty much maintained my weight. However, I did find that I'd lost inches and my clothes were loser after building up my muscles. So, I probably won't get back to 116 pounds again, but hopefully I'll lose at least a little. One reason that I was able to get down to 116 a few months ago was because I had stopped exercising due to back problems. I was afraid that the exercising was causing the pain despite the fact that I'd been exercising for many months with no problem (I've had back problems off and on for quite a few years and they were likely caused by being overweight). After taking about four months off from regular exercise, my back problems hadn't gone away so I decided that I may as well be in shape in spite of the pain. I've decided not to give in to the pain for fear that I'll end up a crippled old lady in a few years.
Friday, January 5, 2007 - 124.5 lbs
2 cups coffee (1 tablespoon cream per cup)
1 1/2 servings Fried Eggplant with 1 ounce colby-jack cheese baked until melted
12 ounces Crystal Light ruby red grapefruit
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
12 ounces diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper
1 serving Chicken Fajita Salad
12 ounces diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper
5 Sesame Almond Crackers with 3/4 ounce French onion flavor Laughing Cow cheese and 1 teaspoon natural peanut butter
1 serving Baked Tilapia
1 serving Green Beans Almondine
1 serving Sautéed Fresh Spinach
8 ounces sugar free apple drink
Nutritional Count: 1620 Calories; 121g Fat; 91g Protein; 51g Carbohydrate; 18g Dietary Fiber; 33g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Callanetics
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 124.5 lbs
8 ounces Crystal Light ruby red grapefruit
1 serving Beefy-Mushroom Soup
12 ounces diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper
1 serving Chicken Fajita Salad
2 large Cheese Crisps
12 ounces diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
Corned Beef Sandwich (with an extra ounce of corned beef)
1 1/2 servings Mock Rice Pudding
Nutritional Count: 1754 Calories; 130g Fat; 106g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 11g Dietary Fiber; 30g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Silver Foxes Pilates I
Sunday, January 7, 2007 - 124.5 lbs
8 ounces Crystal Light ruby red grapefruit
1 serving Beefy-Mushroom Soup
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
5 Sesame Almond Crackers
1 1/2 servings Mock Rice Pudding
12 ounces diet Dr. Pepper
Corned Beef Sandwich (with an extra ounce of corned beef)
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
6 Sesame Almond Crackers with 3/4 ounce French onion flavor Laughing Cow cheese
Nutritional Count: 1532 Calories; 110g Fat; 100g Protein; 35g Carbohydrate; 11g Dietary Fiber; 24g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Callanetics
Monday, January 8, 2007 - 123.5 lbs
1 cup Tropic of Strawberry herbal tea
1 1/2 servings Mock Rice Pudding
1 1/2 ounces corned beef topped with melted Swiss cheese and coleslaw
8 ounces sugar free apple drink
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
6 Sesame Almond Crackers
12 ounces diet Dr. Pepper
4 ounces roast pork with gravy
1 serving Faux Mashed Potatoes
1/2 cup parslied carrots with butter
1 serving Green Beans Almondine
Nutritional Count: 1507 Calories; 118g Fat; 78g Protein; 36g Carbohydrate; 12g Dietary Fiber; 24g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Silver Foxes Pilates II
Tuesday, January 9, 2007 - 123 lbs
8 ounces Crystal Light ruby red grapefruit
1 serving Beefy-Mushroom Soup
1 Atkins Advantage bar (Double Chocolate Crunch with Caramel)
12 ounces Diet Rite cherry cola
4 ounces roast pork
George's General Tso's Chicken
Sesame "Noodles"
1 1/2 servings Mock Rice Pudding
Nutritional Count: 1526 Calories; 101g Fat; 114g Protein; 35g Carbohydrate; 17g Dietary Fiber; 18g Net Carbs
Exercise: I took the day off
I don't normally eat diet bars anymore but I found these marked down to just 79-cents so I bought a few to have on hand. I ate one while driving home today from a morning of shopping. I just read about Diet Rite cherry cola at Low Carb Friends this morning and I found some at Wal-Mart. It's not bad but not as good as Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi. I don't care for Diet Rite regular cola, or any of their other soda flavors, but this is pretty good.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 122.5 lbs
1 cup Wildberry Zinger herbal tea
1 Atkins Advantage bar (Double Chocolate Crunch with Caramel)
1 1/2 servings Mock Rice Pudding
12 ounces Diet Rite cherry cola
George's General Tso's Chicken
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
1 cup "Fresh-Squeezed" Lemonade
1 piece Flourless Lemon-Almond Cake *
6 Sesame Almond Crackers
12 ounces Diet Rite cherry cola
4 ounces roast pork with gravy
1 serving Faux Mashed Potatoes
1/2 cup parslied carrots with butter
1 serving Green Beans Almondine
Nutritional Count: 1847 Calories; 129g Fat; 123g Protein; 54g Carbohydrate; 26g Dietary Fiber; 28g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Callanetics
* I made this cake today but it didn't turn out well enough to post on my site.
Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 122.5 lbs
1 1/2 servings Mock Rice Pudding
12 ounces Diet Cherry Coke
3 Sesame Almond Crackers with 1 ounce Portabella Jack cheese *
George's General Tso's Chicken
1/2 Atkins Advantage bar (Caramel Fudge Brownie)
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
4 ounces roast pork with gravy
1 serving Faux Mashed Potatoes
1/2 cup parslied carrots with butter
1 serving Microwave Brussels Sprouts with Browned Butter
12 ounces Diet Rite cherry cola
1/2 serving lemon pudding dessert **
Nutritional Count: 1914 Calories; 140g Fat; 119g Protein; 48g Carbohydrate; 18g Dietary Fiber; 30g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Silver Foxes Pilates II
* I found this cheese near the deli at Kroger this morning. The brand is Sonoma Jack and it comes in a variety of flavors such as Portabella Jack, Garlic Jack and Vidalia Onion Jack. I bought a package of each of those flavors. The Portabella Jack is very nice and the Vidalia Onion Jack reminds me a little of the cheddar with caramelized onion that I bought at Trader Joe's a few months ago. I haven't tried the garlic cheese yet. There is very little information on the Sonoma Jack site, but I found more on the Costco website here.
** I salvaged the cake that I made yesterday by making "cookie" crumbs out of the cake and layering them in a baking dish with diet lemon pudding and Whipped Topping. I just guessed that there might be about 5 carbs in the sample serving that I ate.
Friday, January 12, 2007 - 122.5 lbs
6 ounces Kroger French apple pie yogurt with Coconutty Crunch
1 Atkins Advantage bar (Double Chocolate Crunch with Caramel)
3 Sesame Almond Crackers
12 ounces Diet Cherry Coke
1 cup "Fresh-Squeezed" Lemonade
1 serving Chinese Chicken Soup
4 Cheesy Pepper Poppers
12 ounces Diet Rite cherry cola
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
4 ounces roast pork with gravy
1/2 cup parslied carrots with butter
1 serving Microwave Brussels Sprouts with Browned Butter
Nutritional Count: 1761 Calories; 118g Fat; 115g Protein; 67g Carbohydrate; 25g Dietary Fiber; 42g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Callanetics
Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 122.5 lbs
1 cup "Fresh-Squeezed" Lemonade
1 Atkins Advantage bar (Double Chocolate Crunch with Caramel)
2 cups coffee (1 tablespoon cream per cup)
3 Sesame Almond Crackers
4 Cheesy Pepper Poppers
12 ounces Diet Cherry Coke
4 ounces roast pork with gravy
Sauteed Peppers and Onions
12 ounces Diet Rite cherry cola
1 serving lemon pudding dessert (see Thursday's menu)
George's General Tso's Chicken
Nutritional Count: 1523 Calories; 109g Fat; 99g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 17g Dietary Fiber; 24g Net Carbs
Exercise: I took the day off
Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 122.5 lbs
2 cups coffee (1 tablespoon cream per cup)
1 Atkins Advantage bar (Double Chocolate Crunch with Caramel)
3 ounces roast chicken with gravy
1 serving Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing"
1 serving Faux Mashed Potatoes
1/2 cup buttered green beans
12 ounces Diet Cherry Coke
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
8 Sesame Almond Crackers
4 ounces roast pork
1/2 cup Sauteed Peppers and Onions
1 salad with thousand island dressing
12 ounces Diet Rite cherry cola
Nutritional Count: 1693 Calories; 123g Fat; 98g Protein; 59g Carbohydrate; 26g Dietary Fiber; 33g Net Carbs
Exercise: I took the day off
Monday, January 15, 2007 - 123.5 lbs
1 Atkins Advantage bar (Double Chocolate Crunch with Caramel)
3 ounces roast chicken with gravy
1 serving Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing"
1 serving Faux Mashed Potatoes
12 ounces Diet Cherry Coke
2 Sesame Almond Crackers
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
12 ounces Diet Rite cherry cola
4 ounces roast pork
1/2 cup Sauteed Peppers and Onions
1 cup raspberry herbal tea
Nutritional Count: 1261 Calories; 88g Fat; 87g Protein; 40g Carbohydrate; 19g Dietary Fiber; 21g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Callanetics
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 123 lbs
1 cup Tasty Tangerine herbal tea
4 ounces roast pork
1/2 cup Sauteed Peppers and Onions
4 Sesame Almond Crackers
1 teaspoon natural peanut butter
12 ounces Diet Cherry Coke
1 cup Cinnamon Apple Spice herbal tea
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
3 ounces roast chicken with gravy
1 serving Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing"
1 serving Faux Mashed Potatoes
12 ounce Diet Rite Cherry Cola
1 carton kiwi passion fruit yogurt with Coconutty Crunch
Nutritional Count: 1715 Calories; 124g Fat; 108g Protein; 50g Carbohydrate; 14g Dietary Fiber; 36g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Silver Foxes Pilates I
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 123 lbs
8 ounces Crystal Light ruby red grapefruit
1 carton strawberry banana yogurt with Coconutty Crunch
1 serving Chinese Chicken Soup
4 Sesame Almond Crackers with 3/4 ounce French onion flavor Laughing Cow cheese
12 ounces Diet Cherry Coke
1 serving Caramel Protein Smoothie
3 ounces roast chicken with gravy
1 serving Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing"
1 serving Faux Mashed Potatoes
12 ounce Diet Rite Cherry Cola
Nutritional Count: 1434 Calories; 95g Fat; 102g Protein; 47g Carbohydrate; 13g Dietary Fiber; 34g Net Carbs
Exercise: 1 hour Callanetics