Tomorrow is a new day...*sigh*

*sigh*

I doggone went and done it again. I've fell from my wagon, before the damn thing got off the speed ramp.  And, I hopped onto a scale just to see how bad the damage has been...and, let's just say I'm starting back at square one again.  As in, maybe 5lbs shy of what my original starting point had been before.  At least it's on the right side of the 5lbs.  But looking at it from a more realistic perspective, all the hard work that had been 2009 and the slacking that came forth thereafter has resulted in a 15lb gain from my original 20lb loss. EFF WORD.  But, I have only myself to blame. And I've only got myself to help me out of this mess (again).  I've done it before, right?  Seeing as I've already consumed two generous slices of Chris' nanny's homemade white bread slathered in delicious homemade strawberry jam today, I guess I'll start again -- tomorrow.

Sunday

Brunch:
Oatmeal, 10 dark choc chips, half banana, slivered almonds, small spoon of natural peanut butter
coffee
About a half hour after I ate that I had another coffee with 3 Peak Freans Lifestyle cookies (dark chocolate with a hint of cherry -- really good!)

Snack:
handful of roasted peanuts

Supper/Bookclub indulgence snacking/pig out session:
small glass of Pinot Grigio
several choc bark pieces (with almonds, skor bits & oreo pieces...so good it doesn't matter how bad they are)
triscuits & wheat thins with cheese
multigrain tostitoes with salsa

Saturday

Breakfast:
2 eggs, 2 slices multigrain toast
coffee

Snack:
Triscuits & artichoke/asiago dip

Supper:
bagel with light cream cheese
1 Lindor chocolate (can't; just can't give that stuff up; and I won't)

Snacks (night out at Lizanne & Marco's for a few drinks and games; here's my evening indulgences):
2 Bud Light Lime beers
3 chicken wings
several carrots, a few broccoli pieces & dip
several strawberries and cantaloupe pieces in a yogourt dip
2 Toffifees (forgot how good they are)
1 small handful of mixed nuts
(hey it was a long evening. Don't judge)

Friday

Breakfast:

oatmeal with 1/2 banana, slivered almonds, dark choc chips & natural peanut butter

coffee

Snack:

coffee

porcupine cookie (with dates, walnuts, oats, coconut)

grapes

Lunch (sub day at work):
turkey sandwich on whole wheat kaiser

small handful of chips (you don't put a bowlful of chips beside me and not eat a few)

2 pickles

2 slices of pepperoni

Snack:

yogourt & blueberries

Supper:
Stouffers lasagna
2 slices of garlic toast made with multigrain toast (topped with shredded cheese)
glass of milk

Thursday

Breakfast:
oatmeal with half a banana, 10 dark choc chips, handful of slivered almonds and small spoonful of natural peanut butter
coffee

Snack:
All-Bran bar
coffee

Lunch:
leftover chicken stew
2 flatbread crackers
grapes

Snack:
vanilla yogourt & blueberries

Supper:
pancakes (wasn't my first choice, but when supper is made for you, you eat what's prepared. They were damn good, too).
decaf coffee (hey, coffee goes well with pancakes, what can I say?)

Snack:
Chris and I shared 2 cut up apples and diced up cheese (the combo is REALLY good), and a few Triscuits with asiago dip

There's always another option

OBVIOUSLY the real goal is Option A ....but man, this is too cute for words ;)

It's still nice to know we have options, eh?

Wednesday

Breakfast:

oatmeal with 1/2 banana, 10 dark choc chips, handful of slivered almonds, teaspoon or less of natural peanut butter

coffee

Snack:

Kelloggs Fibre Plus bar

coffee

Lunch:

Stouffers chicken pot pie

fat free choc pudding cup

grapes

Snack:

cheese

Triscuits

I had an appointment after work, leading me home a lot later than my tummy wanted. While supper was cooking I had about 6 good spoonfuls of vanilla yogourt.

Supper:
Chris' homemade quick chicken stew - with chicken, potatoes, carrots, & celery
1 slice multigrain bread (and butter)

Tuesday

Breakfast:
oatmeal with 1/2 banana, 10 dark choc chips, slivered almonds & teaspoon-ish of natural peanut butter
coffee

Snack:
AllBran Bar
coffee

Lunch:
bagel with light cream cheese
tomato soup
fat free choc pudding cup

Snack:
veggies (green pepper & carrots) with tzatziki sauce

Today was Mummy night - and by the time I got to the house to pick her up I was light headed and needed to eat something...so I grabbed a cheese slice and a teeny weeny Kitkat bar in case I needed to balance my sugars ;)

Supper:
chicken shawarma pita with Lebanese rice

After supper:
Peppermint tea with 2 more teeny weeny Kitkat bars (they are smaller than they've ever been)

Monday

Breakfast:
oatmeal with 1/2 sliced banana, handful of slivered almonds, 10 dark choc chips, and a smidge of natural peanut butter
coffee

Snack:
All-bran bar
coffee

Lunch:
clementine
Stouffers lasagna
small serving of Waldorf salad (with yogourt, not mayo)

Snack:
grapes

Supper:
2 small pita wraps - one with shawarma chicken, the other with just veggies, tzatziki sauce & slice of cheese
small serving of frozen veggies & pasta (low on the pasta, high on the brocolli by the time it reached me)
1 teeny weeny KitKat bar (say what you want, but I ain't giving up chocolate. I did, however, put my cookie jar that is jam-packed full of KitKat & Lindor chocolate out in the open for dessert when Matt & Nicole were over last night, and the jar is about half gone now. That's not to say that I won't refill the jar in due course, however *ahem*. I just didn't eat 'em all myself!)

A New Year....A New Wagon

Ooookay folks...it's time to get real. I started this blog 2 years ago. At the time, it was a journal to mark my progress onto a healthier life path, starting with what I shove into my pie hole. For the 2009 year I did fantastically. I tracked my eating, and I blogged everything -even when my choices were not of the healthy variety. Remaining accountable for having to notate everything truly helped. I actually caught myself, many times, choosing alternative snacks/menu items over what I really wanted because I didn't want to have to write the other choices into the blog. So in that year, I dropped probably 25ish pounds. And that was simply eating - no exercise. I didn't follow any diet. I simply attempted to incorporate healthier choices from Canada's Food Guide. I limited the 'crap' (ie, the greasy, the sweet, the white floury goodness that is my demise).

Halfway into 2010, though, I stopped blogging my daily intake. My wrist got sore, and I neglected this blog. Finally, I had an 'out'...I wasn't blogging because I had a bad wrist, so the internets won't know that I just downed another slice of greasy pizza, and topped it off with a chocolate bar. The crap won. And now, 2 years later, I've probably piled on everything that I've lost (too fearful to jump on a scale lately). I'm unhappy with myself, with how I look, and I need to change.

So I will now attempt to resurge this blog, with new a oomph...and new encouragement from everyone (please?). I'm jumping back onto my new wagon....wish me luck.