Weekend #1

Weekend Meals - Days 6 and 7: I wish included the sundae above, but no...sadly. Our "cheat" meal actually ended up being on Friday night - pizza and a real sugar coke. SO GOOD! We ran an hour and a half on Saturday too - so sort of "earned" another treat: some dark chocolate, about 150 calories worth.

Saturday: had a great omelete - spinach, pea, egg white/egg and Monterey Jack cheese. I kicked myself later for not using Feta cheese, but it was still good!

After our run we ate leftover pizza - John had two slices and I had one. Pizza is great before and after a run because you need post-exercise protein, and salt. We love it. So, it hit the spot. We caught a matinee on Saturday afternoon and it felt good to sit for 2 1/2 hours after putting in a 6 miler!

I heated up leftovers for dinner Saturday night - leftover stir fry and minestrone, and we split a panini. It had ham, lowfat swiss, spinach, tomato, and Ricotta. YUM!

Since dinner was at 5pm we had a snack when we got home - a yogurt and a cheese stick. We slept good thanks to that run...

Sunday - I had originally planned an egg dish, but decided to go with another powerfood: oatmeal. And not just any kind! It had: dried cranberries, whey protein powder, organic milk, almond butter, pecans, and ground flax seed! Super healthy!

Breakfast kept us full until an afternoon picnic at 1:45: A homemade sandwich with: turkey, avocado, lowfat cheese on whole wheat with spinach, tomatoes, and olives. Dessert was apple slices, they hit the spot.

We went to a birthday party after that and there was a make your own taco bar along with cakepops. We avoided the soda, chips, and second servings and figured we had saved close to 800 calories. We mindfully enjoyed a taco and a cake pop - and that would be our dinner! We only had an evening snack of hummus and veggies and yogurt.

I did our grocery shopping and we are stocked for this next week. The challenge next weekend will be how to go camping and eat right!

Have a great Monday, all -