Walk the Talk Tuesday

Tuesday
Breakfast: coffee w/skim milk, 1/2 c. skim milk, 1 slice toast w/margarine & Nutella
Lunch: 1 serving Campbell's Chicken & Tortellini soup
Afternoon: 1 banana, 1 mug hot chocolate (made w/skim milk, cocoa and sugar)
Supper: 2 small servings Black Beans & Rice, fresh cucumber chunks and cherry tomatoes, 1 c. ice tea

Wednesday
Breakfast: coffee w/skim milk

2.25 miles: 25 min
(walked the 1/8-mile warm-up and cool-down, but jogged the full 2 miles!!)

Afternoon: 1 banana, 2 mugs green tea w/a bit of honey, 2 small fresh carrots (dirt and everything!)
Supper: 1 c. Veggie Cream Soup, 3 cheesey drop biscuits
Evening: another mug of green tea/honey

Yes! A successful fasting day! Finally. (I allowed the banana and carrots because I had no fruit or veggie juice in the house)

Thursday
Breakfast: 1 c. skim milk, coffee w/skim milk (some from the 1 c.), 1 small slice toast w/margarine
Lunch: small serving leftover Hamburger Stroganoff w/spaghetti, 1 orange
Afternoon: 1 fresh carrot, and later, FIVE fresh chocolate chip oatmeal cookies w/1 c. skim milk. Sheesh. How can you tell I rarely bake cookies?! What a treat!
Evening (skipped supper since hubby wasn't home and I wasn't hungry ~ go figure.): one cheese & red pepper sandwich (2 slices bread, low-fat Miracle Whip, 1/2 a fresh red pepper and cheddar slices to cover one piece of bread), 1 c. ice tea...

...and three more cookies w/1 c. skim milk

Friday
Breakfast: 1/2 Tim Horton's chocolate glazed Boston cream donut, 1/2 maple glazed donut, 1 c. skim milk, coffee w/skim milk

Dang it, The Bushman brought home donuts in the middle of the night and I just couldn't resist this morning. The second fasting day of the week is off to a bit of a rocky start!!

2.25 miles: 30 min
(walked 1/4 mile, jogged 3/4 mile, walk 1/4, jog 3/8, walk 1/8, jog 3/8, walk 1/8)

Lunch: polished off way too much leftover tuna noodle casserole AND hamburger stroganoff. And ate 3 more cookies w/a tall glass of milk.
Afternoon: handful pretzels, 2 slices processed cheese
Supper: two small cobs of corn, large serving Crispy Potato Cubes w/fat-free sour cream, small chunk baked ham, 2 large servings cucumber salad
Evening: another FOUR cookies w/a tall glass of milk!

I think we will call this day Tammi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DAY!! Yikes.

Saturday
Breakfast: coffee w/skim milk, 1 banana
Lunch: 1-1/2 homemade Egg McMuffins w/ham & processed cheese, 1 c. skim milk

2.5 mile bike ride w/girls: 60 min
(with a stop to visit the horses a mile south of us)
3 mile bike ride to the store in town and back: 20 min
(can't have a hotdog supper without chips!!)

Supper: 2 large handfuls chips, 1 hotdog, 1/2 c. beans, two pieces Fudgy Toffee Bars, 2 c. skim milk

Sunday
Breakfast: medium bowl Alpha-Bits w/skim milk, coffee w/skim milk, 1 small slice toast w/margarine
Lunch: 1 hotdog w/processed cheese, 2 medium fresh carrots, WAY too many chips, 1/2 c. ice tea

2.25 miles: 30 min
(jog 3/8 mi, walk 1/8 mi X 4; 1/8 mi walk warm-up/cool-down at each end)
lawn-mowing: 20 min

Supper: 1 serving Zucchini Casserole (added carrots and ham), 2 Cornmeal Muffins, 1 c. ice tea, 2 pieces Fudgy Toffee Bars, 2 c. skim milk

Ate WAY too much this weekend. Don't remember the last time I felt hungry, but have felt over-full for the last two days already. NOT GOOD.

Monday
Breakfast: too much coffee w/skim milk, 2 c. skim milk (one hot w/sugar & cocoa)

2.25 miles: 45 min
(walked today)

Lunch: 1 fresh carrot, 5 fresh cherry tomatoes
Afternoon: 1 Zucchini Nut Muffin, 1 c. Chai tea w/honey
Supper: small serving leftover Coffee Cup Pork Roast & gravy over mashed potatoes, 1 serving cucumber salad, 1 c. ice tea
Evening: 1 large bowl Mini-Wheats cereal w/skim milk

Total exercise time: 3 hrs, 50 min (avg. 32.8 min/day)
largely moderate exercise this week

Another less-than-stellar week. Man, I'm sure not doin' much to feed the hungry around here!!