Food and Workout Journal for Monday, June 30, 2008

6:20 a.m. 1 mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, few sliced strawberries, small glass juice

Noon - Other 1/2 of Panera sandwich, handful of reduced fat chips, 2 chocolate chip cookies, diet coke

Afternoon - 1 root beer suck candy

Supper - Hamburger on bun w/ketchup, mustard, onions; few reduced fat chips, couple bites cole slaw, small glass vitamin water, few pickle slices, 4 chocolate-peanut clusters

Evening - 1 chocolate chip cookie, small glass 2% milk

WORKOUT: Crunch Burn and Firm Pilates w/Ellen Barrett - 45 min.

Food and Workout Journal for Sunday, June 29, 2008

Breakfast - small bowl of CoCo Wheats, 1/2 orange, small glass OJ

Lunch - Panera Bread w/DH: 1/2 Turkey Bacon Bravo sandwich (turkey, bacon, cheese, onions, lettuce, sauce on ciabatta bread), bag of chips, 1 pickle, couple sips of Sprite

Afternoon - Dairy King w/DH - 1 small vanilla cone

Later afternoon - 2 chocolate peanut clusters

Supper (7:45 p.m.) Rotisserie chicken, homemade coleslaw, little bit of baked potato w/butter, small glass vitamin water, 1 peanut cluster

WORKOUT: 1 hour walk (total) in Brecksville (to/from Panera)

Food and Workout Journal for Saturday, June 28, 2008

Breakfast - little bit of oatmeal, 1/2 orange, 1/2 banana, small glass OJ

Mid-morning - 2 Dove chocolate caramels

Late Lunch (2:00 p.m.) - Cheesecake Factory w/DH: several small pieces sourdough bread, split Grande Factory Burrito w/DH, split chocolate coconut cream cheesecake w/DH too.

Afternoon/Evening: 1 serving vitamin water, 4 chocolate peanut clusters

WORKOUT: The FIRM Total Body Toner w/Allie (40 min.)

Food Journal for Friday, June 27, 2008

Breakfast - mini bagel with whipped cream cheese, little bit of pineapple, small glass OJ

Mid-morning - Chex Mix and diet coke

Lunch with a huge group of staff/SMW: Quiznos - small Baja Chicken sandwich, bag of Jalepeno chips, diet coke

Evening - 3 chocolate chip cookies w/ 2% milk
Large cereal bowl of air-popped popcorn w/little bit butter/salt, small can Dr. Pepper (8 oz.)

Food and Workout Journal for Thursday, June 26, 2008

Breakfast - 1 mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, 1 banana, small glass OJ

Lunch @ Ritz Carlton: "Palette Platter" - 2 tiny pieces of bread w/butter, 1/2 crispy chicken sandwich w/cheese, ham, and honey mustard, small bowl of soup, small serving mac-n-cheese, tiny serving creme brule.

Dinner - 2 chocolate chip cookies, 1 mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, 1 sausage link, small glass vitamin water, 1 banana, 3 Dove chocolate caramels

9:45 p.m. - few peanuts

10:45 p.m. - 2 Dove chocolate caramels

WORKOUT: 45 minute walk around neighborhood (south loop + return from Hickory/bike trail

Food and Workout Journal for Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Breakfast - 1 mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, pineapple chunks, small glass OJ

Lunch - Big Mac, fries, diet coke (I know....this has to stop....happening waaay too often)

Afternoon - 1 root beer suck candy

Dinner - 1 Belgium waffle w/syrup, sliced strawberries and blueberries, 1 small sausage link, small glass vitamin water, 2 chocolate chip cookies

WORKOUT: Cathe Total Body Sculpting (1/2 hour)

Food and Workout Journal for Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Breakfast - mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, pineapple chunks, small glass OJ

Noon - 3 chocolate chip cookies, 2 pieces pepperoni pizza, 1 small (8 oz) can regular pepsi

Dinner - mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, 1 cookie, blueberries, peanuts, grape/apple juice

11:00 p.m. another cookie!

WORKOUT: Walk around neighborhood (south loop + two cul de sacs) - just under 1 hour

Food Journal for Monday, June 23, 2008

Today was the firm's golf outing, which I left the house for at 10:30....didn't get back until 10:30 at night.

Breakfast - 1 mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, 1 orange, small glass OJ

Noon - hamburger w/ketchup, onion, mustard on bun, tiny bit pasta salad, couple of pickle slices, 1 chocolate chip cookie, little bit of lemonade

Dinner - Grilled chicken, tiny bit of salad, pasta with tomato sauce, 1 roll, chocolate mousse for dessert, diet coke

Once I got home - 4 chocolate chip cookies (yeah, it was late, but I was still hungry)

Food and Workout Journal for Sunday, June 22, 2008

Breakfast - Panera w/DH: Bacon, Egg and Cheese breakfast sandwich, small organic lowfat chocolate milk

Mid-day - glass grape/apple juice

Dinner - 1 tiny baked potato w/butter, rotisserie chicken (not a whole lot)

Throughout the day - 6 chocolate chip cookies!

8:00 p.m. - another glass grape/apple juice

WORKOUT: 1 hour (total) walk in Brecksville (to/from Panera)

Food and Workout Journal for Saturday, June 21, 2008

9:30 a.m. 1 piece of toast w/peanut butter, small glass juice

11:50 a.m. 2 chocolate chip cookies

2:30 p.m. Your's Truly w/DH: Grilled chicken sandwich w/bacon, cheese, and mayo, 3 pickle slices; Carvel - 1 small twist soft-serve cone

4:00 p.m. 1 medium glass grape/apple juice

6:00 p.m. 2 chocolate chip cookies w/ small glass 2% milk

7:00 p.m. Little bit of airpopped, buttered/salted popcorn, small glass vitamin water

9:30 p.m. 2 more chocolate chip cookies w/ small glass 2% milk

WORKOUT: Walk w/DH to/from/around Calvin Park + Mary Lane Loop (around 1+ hour)

Food and Workout Journal for Friday, June 20, 2008

6:20 a.m. 1 piece of toast w/peanut butter, small glass OJ

12:15 p.m. McDonald's w/Phyllis: Quarter Pound (er w/cheese, diet coke (hey...I skipped the fries!)

1:30 p.m. 1 root beer suck candy

5:30 p.m. 2 chocolate chip cookies

7:00 p.m. 2 pieces Rascal House pepperoni pizza, 1 can regular Coke

WORKOUT: Walk (probably 1 hour) - To/from Calvin Park + Mary Lane loop

My idea of a great time

Okay, so everybody has their own idea of a great time. I find mine to be much "tamer" than many folks. In fact, I'm sure many will find my "good time" activities completely boring. But that's alright. I know what makes me happy. And I know what keeps me sane.

Last night I come home feeling pretty yucky as it the first day of TTOM. It was also a fairly stressful day at work full of people problems and lots of negotiating. I'm kind of tired, achey, and very much in need of chocolate and comfort. So I treat myself.

It's a very nice, cool night so I open up all of the windows. I set up the kitchen CD player with my current audio book, The Thirteen Tale. I put my kitty in her bed up on a stool in the kitchen so she can watch me. And then I start making chocolate chip cookies. I'm a stress baker, and making chocolate chip cookies is completely therapeutic to me. I enjoy my book, smell the wonderful scent of the outdoors with the freshly cut grass as well as the freshly baked cookies, and every few minutes scratch my feline friend's adorable head. And of course I'm eating lots of cookie dough batter as well as a couple of baked cookies.

Nothing is better for my mental well-being and relieving stress than a night like this. I felt so much better and was ready for a blissful night's sleep afterwards.

Take your shrinks and group therapy. Take your Prozac and Paxil and whatever else the pharmaceutical companies are pushing now (I can't keep up with all of the crap out there.). Take your nights on the town, bar-hopping, night clubs, cigarettes, and booze. I'm perfectly content in my kitchen, and there's not much in life that can't be fixed with the addition of chocolate chip cookies, a feline, and books!

Food Journal for Thursday, June 19, 2008

6:20 a.m. 1 cup Fruity Cheerios with 1/2 c. 2% milk, small glass OJ

12:15 p.m. Take-out from Gardenia: Fried chicken sandwich w/mayo (about 3/4's), French fries (about 3/4's), diet coke, 2 root beer suck candies

6:00 p.m. Chunk of milk chocolate

8:00 p.m. (ish) 2 chocolate chip cookies and enough batter to make 2 or 3 more! Small glass 2% milk

No workout today....feeling like crap (first day of TTOM)

Food and Workout Journal for Wednesday, June 18, 2008

6:20 a.m. 1 cup Fruity Cheerios with 1/2 c. 2% milk, small glass OJ

12:15 p.m. The Market Cafe w/JPC: Caesar salad w/croutons, 1 piece pepperoni pizza, diet pepsi

4:30 p.m. 1 root beer suck candy

6:15 p.m. Cheeseburger w/ketchup and onions, few organic pretzel sticks, small glass vitamin water, 1 pizzelle, 4 Dove chocolate caramels

9:45 p.m. Chunk of milk chocolate

WORKOUT: Walk around neighborhood - south loop + 2 cul de sacs (little under 1 hour)

Food and Workout Journal for Tuesday, June 17, 2008

6:20 a.m. 1 cup Fruity Cheerios with 1/2 c. 2% milk, small glass OJ

12:30 p.m. McDonald's w/Kathy: Big Mac, medium fries, regular coke (they were out of diet...not that it mattered after the Big Mac!)

5:30 p.m. 3 Dove chocolate caramels, 2 pizzelles

8:00 p.m. Chunk of milk chocolate

WORKOUT: Cathe Basic Step on 6" step (30 min.)

Food and Workout Journal for Monday, June 16, 2008

6:20 a.m. 3/4's of a mini bagel w/peanut butter, 1 normal sized lowfat yogurt, small glass OJ

12:00 p.m. Grilled chicken fajita wrap from Gardenia (chicken, rice, onions, peppers, salsa, sour cream, cheese in tortilla) - ate 3/4's, few regular chips, diet coke
4:00 p.m. 4 Milky Way Mini's

6:00 p.m. 1 chunk milk chocolate, few peanuts, 1 Fiber One bar

WORKOUT: Cathe Push Pull (45 minutes)

Food and Workout Journal for Sunday, June 15, 2008

8:30 a.m. 1 mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, little bowl of OHs! cereal w/2% milk, small glass OJ

12:00 p.m. 4 Dove chocolate caramels, 1 ham, cheese, mustard sandwich on sesame seed bun, few pretzel sticks, 2 root beer suck candies, vitamin water

4:00 p.m. 2 pizzelles, 1 chunk milk chocolate, vitamin water

6:00 p.m. 1 piece Rascal House pepperoni and onion pizza, vitamin water

WORKOUT: 45 min walk around neighborhood

Food and Workout Journal for Saturday, June 14, 2008

8:45 a.m. 1 mini bagel w/whipped cream cheese, little bit of egg white, 1 small sausage link, small glass OJ

12:00 p.m. 3 Dove chocolate caramels, 2 lemon pizzelles

1:45 p.m. Cracker Barrel w/DH: Grilled chicken, bacon, cheese, and mayo on grilled sour dough, steak fries, couple bites of cole slaw

5:00 p.m. 1 root beer suck candy, 1 chunk of milk chocolate

6:00 p.m. small bowl of peanuts

7:00 p.m. 1 piece Rascal House pizza w/pepperoni and onions, vitamin water

9:45 p.m. Buttered/salted airpopped popcorn, vitamin water

WORKOUT: 1 hour walk around Hinckley Lake (paved trail)

Food Journal for Friday, June 13, 2008

9:30 a.m. 3/4 Belgium waffle w/syrup and strawberries, 1 small sausage link, small glass OJ

1:00 p.m. Ham, cheese, lettuce, and mustard on sesame seed bun, few mini pretzels, small glass 2% milk w/Hershey syrup, few roasted peanuts, 3 Dove chocolate caramels, 2 root beer suck candies

5:00 p.m. Chunk of milk chocolate

7:00 p.m. Delivery from Rascal House: 3 BBQ chicken wings, 2 pieces pizza w/pepperoni and onions, 3/4's can regular Coke

I'm really being lazy. I was home all day again and didn't workout. Crazy. But I'm just enjoying myself for the week.

Food and Workout Journal for Thursday, June 12, 2008

8:45 a.m. Small bowl of oatmeal w/brown sugar, 1/2 banana, couple slices of bacon, small glass OJ

12:00 p.m. Grilled cheeseburger w/ketchup, mustard, lowfat mayo, onions, and lettuce; several baked French "fries," small glass vitamin water, large chunk milk chocolate, 2 root beer suck candies

3:00 p.m. 2 lemon pizzelles

6:00 p.m. Small bowl of roasted peanuts, small glass vitamin water

9:00 p.m. Another chunk of milk chocolate

WORKOUT: Cathe Low Impact Step on 4" step (40 min.)