Uhhh, yeah, gonna try this again! lol!

8/11

9:30am - 2 blocks
2 oz string cheese, 1 apple, 1 spoonful almond butter

11:30am - 2 blocks
2 oz string cheese, 1 apple, 1 spoonful almond butter

2:30pm - 3 blocks
Salad: lettuce, dried cranberries, feta cheese, ginger dressing
I’ve got this one down to a science!

6:40pm - 2.5ish blocks
2 hard boiled eggs, 3/4oz cheese - 2.75 blocks protein
2 saltines - .5 blocks carbs
1/2 cantaloupe - 2 blocks carbs

Forgot to get some nuts for the house for fat source…gonna run to the corner store to buy some before dinner.  This is what I’ll be eating for dinner:

9:00pm - 3 blocks
1 ground beef hamburger - 3 blocks protein
2 cups green beans - 2 blocks carbs
1/4 cantaloupe - 1 block carbs
~15 cashews - 5 blocks

I am going to eat some extra cashews to make up for my earlier snack.  And for the record the cantaloupes at the Co-Op right now are CRAZY good.

I also made sure to drink at least 2 liters of water today in addition any other drinks.  When I’m being mindful I drink 2-3 liters of water each day—it makes a big difference in energy level.

Total blocks: 12.5

My goal FYI is eating between 11-13 blocks per day.

6/25

8:00am - 3 cheese sticks, 1 apple

11:00am - 2 cheese sticks, 1 apple

1:30pm - 3 cheese sticks, 1 apple

3:30pm - Salad: lettuce, dried cranberries, feta cheese, ginger vinaigrette

4:15pm - protein bar

7:00pm - Macadamia nuts courtesy of Mtanwyck

9:00pm - Handful of assorted nuts

10:00pm - ricotta cheese (I was starving and too impatient for my turkey burgers to finish cooking), 2 turkey burgers (I was too tired to make green beans!)

6/24

8:00am - 3 cheesesticks, 1 apple

11:30am - 2 cheesesticks, 1 apple

2:30pm - Salad: lettuce, dried cranberries, feta cheese, ginger vinaigrette

4:00pm - 3 cheesesticks, 1 apple

5:30pm - protein bar, handful of nuts

9:30pm - chicken breast, green beans

**For anyone playing around with the Zone, I am NOT following the Zone precisely these days, so don’t use what I’m currently eating as an example.  If you go back through my logs you’ll find more Zone accurate meals and a few recipes in there.

6/23

Gonna start logging again!

7:30am
2 cheesesticks, apple

11:30am
2 cheesesticks, apple

2:45pm -
Salad: lettuce, dried cranberries, feta cheese, ginger vinaigrette

7:15pm -
handful of cashews

8:00pm -
Celery & ricotta cheese

9:30pm -
Hamburger and green beans

3/31

8:45am -
2oz cheese, 1 apple, almond butter

10:45am -
2oz cheese, 1 apple, almond butter

2:45pm -
Salad: lettuce, dried cranberries, feta cheese, raspberry vinaigrette

4:45pm -
2oz cheese, 1 apple, almond butter

8:00pm -
chicken breast with green beans on side, fruit salad of strawberries (fresh from Farmer’s Market yesterday!) and cantaloupe

3/30

9:00am -
2oz cheese, cantaloupe, cashews

11:00am -
2oz cheese, strawberries, cashews

12:45pm -
Chicken breast, popcorn

4:00pm -
Salad: lettuce, feta cheese, dried cranberries, honey mustard vinaigrette

8:30pm -
scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Notes:

Also, FYI in case anyone has been looking at my log for Zone reference purposes - my weekends are not strict Zone, so my blocks are all wacky.

3/29

8:00am -
1 apple, 2oz cheese, almond butter

12:00pm -
Lunch at Back On Broadway: ham & cheese omelet, side of fruit, scone

2pm -
Chai Tea Frappucino

6:20pm -
pineapple, 3oz cheese

8:00pm -
Salad: lettuce, 4.5oz feta, dried cranberries, honey mustard vinaigrette

3/28

8:15am -
1 apple, 2oz cheese, almond butter

10:00am -
1 apple, 2oz cheese, almond butter

11:30am -
Chinese chicken salad from Co-Op, 2 cutie orangie thingies

2:00pm -
1 apple, almond butter

6:00pm -
3oz cheese

8:15pm -
Starbuck’s: Chai Tea Latte
Dinner at Chibuya: chashu chicken bowl - ate the chicken, the salad on the side and about 3 or 4 bites of rice

9:30pm -
Extra calories for tomorrow’s redo of Helen - bag of cashews

3/27

8:15am -
1 apple, 2oz cheese, cashews

10:30am -
Protein bar thingie

12:00pm -
Lunch at Back On Broadway: BLTA wrap (bacon, lettuce, tomato & avocado in a wrap), side salad with feta, nuts, honey mustard dressing

5:10pm -
2oz cheese, 1 apple, 2 cutie thingies, cashews

9:30pm -
Salad: lettuce, 4.5oz feta, dried cranberries, honey mustard vinaigrette

3/26

7:00am -
Zone bar (yucky!)

9:30am -
2oz cheese, apple, almond butter

2:00pm -
Salad: 6c lettuce, 4.5oz feta, dried cranberries, raspberry vinaigrette
plus a cutie orange thingie that Stanwyck gave me

5:00pm -
2oz cheese, apple, almond butter

9:45pm -
Salad: lettuce, 4.5oz feta, dried cranberries, honey mustard vinaigrette; also had some cantaloupe on the side because I didn’t use as much lettuce and cranberries.

Another glue bar for breakfast! Ack.
Also I surprised myself like the cutie thingie - normally anything with pulp grosses me out, but these were pretty tasty.  I might eat another one tomorrow.

3/25

9:15am -
Balance bar

11:00 -
2oz cheese, 1 apple, almond butter

1:45pm -
Chinese chicken salad from Co-Op, cantaloupe

4:15pm -
2oz cheese, 1 apple, almond butter

7:00pm -
Salad: 6c lettuce, 4.5oz feta, dried cranberries, raspberry vinaigrette

I think I’m averaging around 12-13 blocks these days, which I’m cool with for now.  Once I’m back in the groove for a few weeks and feeling less hungry I may knock it down a bit.  We’ll see.

I ate a Balance Bar this morning because I had no time between classes I was teaching to run to the Co-Op to restock so I picked up a Balance Bar from 7-11 on the way in to work.  I don’t like eating them since I think they’re just glorified glue and they’re not very filling, but it does in a pinch.

3/24

9:00am -
2oz cheese, 1 apple, almond butter

11:00am -
2oz cheese, 1 apple, almond butter

2:15pm -
Salad: 6c greens, 4.5oz feta, dried cranberries, balsamic vinaigrette

5:15pm -
2oz cheese, 1 apple

7:40pm -
handful of cashews

8:15pm -
3 eggs scrambled with diced red pepper, green beans on the side

3/20

7:00am - emergency snack
3 macadamia nuts

8:00am - 2 blocks
1 apple, 2oz cheese, almond butter

10:00am - 2 blocks
1 apple, 2oz cheese, almond butter

12:00pm - lunch at the Counter
Grilled chicken breast on lettuce w/ roasted peppers, olives, cheese, pineapple & balsamic dressing.  AND some sweet potato french fries. Yay!

5:00pm -
1 apple, 4oz cheese

9:30pm -
5 eggs scrambled, cashews

3/19
12 Blocks Total

9:00am - 2 blocks
1 apple, 2oz cheese, almond butter

10:00am - 2 blocks
1 apple, 2oz cheese, almond butter

2:45pm - 3 blocks (forgot to buy walnuts for the fat blocks!)
Salad: 6c lettuce, feta cheese, dried cranberries, balsamic vinaigrette

5:20pm - 2 blocks
1 apple, 2oz cheese, almond butter

9:30pm - 3 blocks
Dinner: grilled turkey with green pepper and onions, green beans on the side, cashews

My sister-in-law sent me great spices from Texas - tonight I used the “Truly Texas Fajita Seasoning” on my turkey and veggies.  Yummy!

3/18

8:15am -
1 apple, 2oz cheese

10:45am -
1 apple, 2oz cheese

1:45 -
Salad: 6c lettuce, 4.0oz feta, dried cranberries, balsamic vinaigrette

5:15pm -
2 apples, 2oz cheese

7:00pm -
Dinner: grilled turkey with green pepper and onions, green beans on the side

Need variety and good fats with my snacks!  I keep forgetting to eat my spoonful of almond butter!