Challenge: Thursday: June 18th - Castle in the Corner

[maxlharris]

Like the castle in its corner
In a medieval game
I foresee terrible trouble
And I stay here just the same

Are there challenges on your horizon? Do you have plans for them? Or do you see a terrible trouble and stay there just the same?

There is the short term approach to this. Tonight is a late night cause the wife and I are going to see Andy Dick, who doesn't go on until 10:30. Late outings, for me, tend to lead to 4th meal. If it does, we're going for breakfast. I will have eggs and steak or something.

Tomorrow, taking the day off work and going to the Aquarium. Which will offer nothing in the way of on plan food. So, breakfast up, and pack a snack.

There is the long term trouble too. Family history for big stuff, like diabetes, heart disease, or Alzheimers? The PP Life is doing something. Off plan is staying there just the same?

Get out and do it.

Oh yeah, it's Thursday. Drink something good.

[Ammy]

Hm...I have trouble on the horizon...it's Thursday and I struggle with weekend eating. I miss my routine.
BUT, I don't have any late nights this weekend, so that makes a difference. I can at least stick to my routine TIMES for eating. That's a step in the right direction. Now to start making food plans...

Oh, and we're going out on Friday. We are traveling next week on my birthday (coming to Chi-town, watch out Max, this could be the trip Missy and I show up on your doorstep!!...where IS Missy) so we're having a "date" tomorrow night. I chose a place in Stillwater, Ruby Begonia's (http://www.rubybegonias.com/). which has a HUGE menu (http://www.rubybegonias.com/RubyMenu2009.pdf)!! Stillwater (http://www.ci.stillwater.mn.us/) is SUCH a beautiful town, right on the St Croix river (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croix_River_(Wisconsin-Minnesota)), which is a very blue river! Where the St Croix meets the Mississippi, there is an actual LINE in the water because the St Croix is blue and the Mississippi is so brown. It's pretty cool.
Anyway, lots of food options there, so I should be fine......SHOULD be...:o

Meals are planned today.
8am 2deviled eggs, brat-wrap, diet v8 juice
11am chix quarter, fauxtato salad
2pm iced coffee, 2oz deli turkey
5pm tuna patty, noodles with butter/parm
8pm 2sf popsicles

Pro: 119.2
Ecc: 37.1
Fat: 129.5
Cal: 1978

[Spruce Goose]

I'm not very original in my goals but I keep posting them daily in the hopes it makes me more accountable to them.

#1 More water (80 oz?)
#2 No soda other than morning one

B: Eggs / sausage with 2 slices of melted cheddar
L: Jumbo cheeseburger w/o bun w/ pickles, salad bar (lettuce, shredded cheese, full fat ranch, bacon bits, sunflower seeds, 2 pickle spears on the side), water
D: Beef fondu (used to be fondu, now we cut up roast and drop it in fryer), side (salad, I think), fried cheesesticks & mushrooms (breading: low-carb mix of parmesan cheese & almond flower w/ egg to make it stick and some italian spices for flavor)

I'm confident that I can lock things down during the week. Work keeps me busy during the day and what I don't bring to work I can't be tempted by. My concern is the weekends. I need to do more meal planning on the weekend instead of going with the flow.

Edit: Heh, it seems Amy and I were posting at the same time with similar weekend thoughts :)

[Anniesnan]

I actually see no trouble in the (immediate) future.

I made a quiche ysterday morning following Fran Mc C's book, instead of PPLP and it was amazingly delicious :D
but, it was minues 2-3 eggs, which led me to less protein in my portion, which maybe led me to be hungry ...

I'll have to keep that in mind in the future when I make it again.

I have found a trick to keep me from nibbling after work and pre-dinner -
COOK

if I am cooking, I do NOT nibble. Or graze. I can wait an hour or more to eat.
If I am not cooking, I can't wait.

anyway
breakfast - 1/4 quiche & 2 slices bacon
lunch 1 can of tuna - don't feel like mayo today, dripped 3 drops of lime juice
don't really want it, though.

[gitfiddle]

Are there challenges on your horizon? Do you have plans for them? Yup! Leaving tomorrow for a camping weekend (with a bunch of musicians) and I need to make a durable food supply. No hookups. The potluck tomorrow evening centers on deep-fried turkey, but most of the side dishes will be carby. Dinner in a local feedery on Saturday night where they have an amazing cobb salad. All I have to bring is breakfasts and lunches. Nuts, of course, but I'm also thinking about the bacon Amy mentioned and jerky. I wish I had some of Puddin's itty bitty apples! No time to make protein cookies. :(

[charleysmommy]

I have a picnic this weekend with my husbands work at an amusement park ARRGHH. Can you imagine trying to eat there. I guess I could always get a burger and just not eat the bun. But I will pack some veggies and a protein shake and some cheese and jerky and almonds.
Question: in a case like this, would you opt for the burger w/o bun or an atkins bar?
And, where can I find the recipe for protein cookies?

[Ammy]

definitely the burger...
in fact Wendy's and I are on a first name basis because anytime I'm in a pinch, I get a burger there.

I either get the 1/2lb burger with cheese and NO bun, or I get to $.99 dbls with cheese and eat 1/2 the bun. The bun is smaller on those.
Oh, and I say NO ketchup as the carbs can REALLY add up. Ask for mayo instead.

[laughingW]

One thing I learned about going to picnics. If everyone else is having "fun food" and I'm having boring, earnest, and dreary jerky and almonds, it made me resentful and wanting to throw in the towel and of course sometimes I did.

So, if it's a party day for everyone else, I would plan on eating the burgers without the bun, or maybe more than one!, or if I brought my own food, it would be way better than everyday. Like Boursin cheese for the veggies.

[maxlharris]

Burger definitely, unless you really like the Atkins bars. It's been a long time since I had one (I think 6-7 years now, maybe), so maybe they are better now, flavor wise. But if people are going to be lounging with food, I'd rather have something I can maybe lounge with a bit, which isn't a bar. It's not necessarily the bunless burger either. This'd be a good time to get creative. premade bacon. Boursin. An interesting trio of cheeses (Cahill's Porter, something I've picked up recently... an irish cheddar made with dark beer... nice). If you do the dreamfield's like I do it, a pasta salad (with cautions to portions and to add in protein...)

[gitfiddle]

Joanne, I'd have TWO bunless burgers, cheese added, mayo and pickles, and I would not feel like a second-class citizen. I wouldn't be hungry for the rest of the picnic, which keeps me from nibbling.

LW, I like Wendy's, but now we've got a Culvers and I enjoy theirs even more! My weakness is the mushroom-swiss burger. :)

Max, I like the boursin. My store has several cheeses I'd like to try, but I can't get past the price per pound dilemma! :paranoid:

[maxlharris]

Buy sub pound.
Buy stuff that is on sale.

And enjoy the Roquefort and breathe a sigh of relief.
On January 16th, the US Trade Rep was going to trip the 100% tarriff on the sheep's milk blue cheese from France (according to the French in petty punishment, according to the outgoing administration, because 100% hadn't done anything to loosen EU restrictions on US beef).
Tax was supposed to go into effect on March 23rd. The Obama administration, in an attempt to negotiate a settlement to the beef issue, delayed the scaling up before the March 23rd deadline, to April 23rd. It was then pushed back to May 23rd.
Now, a concession from the EU has been wrung, and the tarriff will not take effect.
We can enjoy our Roquefort at the same insane prices since the Clinton Administration. Possibly plus $6 a pound in removed EU price supports. You have to like negotiation. You actually can work to mutually acceptable positions.

Here's a workable package:
http://www.shop.com/Roquefort-8883003-13259305-p+.xhtml?sourceid=298
Really, raw milk cheeses are better. For you and for your palette.

[Spruce Goose]

When I first started doing the bunless burger in public I was very self conscious about it. After doing it a few times I got more comfortable.

Heck, now I bring my own romaine lettuce and wrap the burgers or put a hot dog in it.

Lunch was way more filling than I expected (as filling as always, I just forget how much a burger / salad can fill me up).

[Belfrybat]

I'm a day late in posting, but the second half of my house finally arrived yesterday. I came home and celebrated with a delightful sparkling wine, jarlsburg cheese, a crisp pink lady apple, and 2 squares of chocolate. Ending a stressful day on-plan was a milestone for me.

I'm down a half pound below my original goal weight and am now working on the 4-1/2 lbs. I'd like to lose. That will put me at 140 and solidly in a size 12. Back to what I weighed in my early '30's.

[Ammy]

Broke down and had a SMALL order of Onion rings last night...I was TOO hungry and TOO angry and TOO tired...trifecta!!

But worked my BUTT off at the feline rescue place. 1hr45min of cleaning, wiping, mopping, scooping. No rest.

Still...I caved to o-rings. Not a favorite food of mine, just wanted something "bad for me".....:o

[gitfiddle]

I'm a day late in posting, but the second half of my house finally arrived yesterday. I came home and celebrated with a delightful sparkling wine, jarlsburg cheese, a crisp pink lady apple, and 2 squares of chocolate. Ending a stressful day on-plan was a milestone for me. BC, that's a post worth waiting for. :) Congrats on the house arrival and for getting above the stress! Now they have to put the two halves together? Or did they do that yesterday? When do you move in?


Broke down and had a SMALL order of Onion rings last night...I was TOO hungry and TOO angry and TOO tired...trifecta!!
...Not a favorite food of mine, just wanted something "bad for me".....:oOh, yes, I've been there. Today will be a better day.

[Ammy]

I HOPE it to be...but I'm going on a date tonight, at a restaurant with LOTS of odd options...and I'm worried I may want to try something "new"....


We'll see...I'm only thinking about lunch at this point (I see to not have anything here at work to eat????). I have to figure something out...I HATE having to figure something out...

[Spruce Goose]

Hit 75+ oz of water yesterday. Only the morning soda.

Dinner I just aimed for my protein goals with the beef fondu and 1 cheese stick. Wasn't terribly hungry after my good lunch so I didn't eat a normal amount.

[laughingW]

I'm down a half pound below my original goal weight and am now working on the 4-1/2 lbs. I'd like to lose. That will put me at 140 and solidly in a size 12. Back to what I weighed in my early '30's.
Congratulations Belfry! Standing ovation!

[Frank Hagan]

I have a picnic this weekend with my husbands work at an amusement park ARRGHH. Can you imagine trying to eat there. I guess I could always get a burger and just not eat the bun. But I will pack some veggies and a protein shake and some cheese and jerky and almonds.
Question: in a case like this, would you opt for the burger w/o bun or an atkins bar?
And, where can I find the recipe for protein cookies?

Like the others here, I would go for a bun less burger (or two!).

We actually have a burger place here that will do a "protein style" burger for you (you have to hold the thousand island dressing to remain really low carb on it, but a double meat, double cheese protein style burger is 11 carbs!) They use those little paper envelopes to hold the burgers, so you have layers of lettuce, the meat and cheese, and a few more layers of lettuce.

I was able to stay on plan at Disneyland ... twice ... but it took a little thought. You really have to watch the foods in amusement parks, because some have hidden carbs. The turkey legs sound safe, but are 1100 calories due to the marinade (reportedly full of sugar, and high in carbs, but I haven't been able to find out how much.)

[gitfiddle]

You really have to watch the foods in amusement parks, because some have hidden carbs. The turkey legs sound safe, but are 1100 calories due to the marinade (reportedly full of sugar, and high in carbs, but I haven't been able to find out how much.)Thanks for that bit of advice, Frank. Who would guess? :eek:

[Spruce Goose]

It's like IHOP putting pancake batter in their omelette's or Applebee's injecting their steaks with sugar. The mind boggles at what people will do to perfectly healthy food :P

[charleysmommy]

So I did have 2 bunless burgers, that was all I could eat there as the rest was potato salad and chip and icecream. They had so much barbque sauce on the burger too. I had to scrape some off. After that I didn't eat, kinda lost my appetite.