Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Weight 145.6 down 2.2 pounds since Sunday morning and down 1.4 pounds since yesterday.

Breakfast

1 1/4 cup Shredded Wheat n' Bran (200 calories, 8 g fiber)

1 mini box of raisins (45 calories, 1 g fiber)

1 cup of 2% milk (122 calories)

4 ounces of orange juice (56 cal)

2 cups of hot tea with 2 teaspoons of sugar in each cup and 2% milk (31 calories each cup, 62 calories total)

Snack 10:00

1/2 Grapefruit, (52 cal, 2 g fiber)

Snack 11:00

Fage Blueberry Yogurt (130 cal)

11:45 First Light Lunch (I knew I wouldn't eat lunch until 1:15 so had to have something filling early)

1 cup Pumpkin Soup (120 cal, 3 g fiber)

recipe coming soon for this hearty and yummy soup! Super super easy to make!

Perrier

1:15 Lunch

Dakota Split Pea and Barley Soup at CPK (184 cal, 13 g fiber)

Tuscan Panzanella Salad at California Pizza Kitchen (337 cal, 8 g fiber)

3 glasses of Iced Tea with Lemon

5:30 Dinner

1 cup of Fiddle Spinach Tortellini Soup (213 calories, 5.2 g fiber)

1 8-ounce glass of 2% milk

La Croix Grapefruit Sparkling Water

6:30 After Dinner Snack

Small apple (55 cal, 2.5 g fiber)

Perrier

7:00 Gym

Treadmill for 40 minutes. Walking at 5.5 incline.

9:00 Snack because I was hungry

Peppermint Tea

Small Pear (81 cal, 4.3 g fiber)

Monday, November 29, 2010

Weight 147.0 6:30 AM down .8 pounds since yesterday morning!

Breakfast

1 cup Fiber One Raisin Clusters (170 calories, 11 g fiber)

1 cup 2% milk (122 calories)

2 cups of hot tea with 2 teaspoons of sugar in each cup and 2% milk

(31 calories each cup so 62 total calories)

1/2 grapefruit (52 calories, 2 g fiber without membrane)

Vitamins

Snack 10:00 AM

1/2 grapefruit (52 cal. Can you tell I love these! could eat two a day. I just can't get enough of them!)

1/2 crepe (ate it without even thinking about it. It was leftover from the girls breakfast. When I'm not trying to lose weight I often eat without thinking just because food is there. When you are trying to lose weight you want to be conscious of everything you put in your mouth and be sure you are eating it because you really are hungry and want to eat it and not because you just walked by it. Crepes aren't even fattening so it wasn't like I ate something bad for me, it was just that I wasn't even hungry and just ate it without thinking about it.)

Lunch 12:00

Jalapeno and Cheese Fiddle Scramble. My new favorite invention! I must type this up for Fiddle Recipe Blog very soon. Here are the quick directions: Seed and slice one jalapeno. Saute in 1 teaspoon olive oil. Scramble together 1 whole egg and two egg whites. Sprinkle with salt. Add 1 slice of cheddar cheese (90 calories) or cheese of your choice. Add Arugula or Spinach.

1 slice Ezekiel Bread

1/2 cup blackberries (I would have eaten a whole cup but there was only a half cup left.)

Cinnamon Apple Iced Tea (made from leftover hot tea last night)

2:00 Snack

1 cup Pomegranate Seeds

1/4 apple

3:00 Snack (Nirasha was cooking at friends house so I was in luck

to have these yummy things when I was so hungry!)

1 roast chicken leg and thigh

1 grilled beef kabob with 2 ounces of beef and mushrooms and tomatoes

2 Natural Ry-Krisp

Water

5:00 Snack

still not home and out registering Katherine for dance classes.

1 small Pinkberry Yogurt with fresh blueberries (150 calories, according to person who worked there)

1 hot tea from Starbucks (30 calories)

6:30 Dinner

3 ounces flank steak

1/2 baked potato with greek yogurt

plain arugula salad (mixed in with baked potato)

La Croix Sparkling Water Lime

8:00 After Dinner Snack

1/2 pear

La Croix Sparkling Water Lime

Sunday, November 28, 2010

I just returned from Thanksgiving week in Indiana. We eat all of our favorite foods that we never get every time we go home to visit Jason's parents: Shapiro's, Steak n' Shake, Bub's Burgers, Pizzalogy, Some Guys. Not to mention all the pies and feast that go along with Thanksgiving. So I returned with a gain of 4 pounds! Amazing since my jeans were so lose and almost falling off me on the airport on the way to Indiana. Thankfully, I know how to lose it again. I'll be recording here what I eat daily for those on The Fiddle Diet who would like to follow along or get ideas for their own plans. And remember to always ask yourself: "Where's the Fruit?" and "Where's the Veggies?" You want to be sure to eat a minimum of four servings of fruits and vegetables everyday. Enjoy what you eat and "May it Always Taste Good!" --Maili

I always weigh myself first thing in the morning before I've had any water or tea. Coffee, water or tea will change the scale by up to a pound depending on how much you drink. So be sure to weigh yourself before you have anything to drink or eat for the most consistency.

Weight: 147.8

BREAKFAST

1 1/4 cup Shredded Wheat n' Bran Cereal (200 calories, 7.9 g fiber)

1 tablespoon raisins (or 1 mini box raisins (45 calories)

1 cup of 2% milk (122 calories)

2 cups of hot tea with 2 teaspoons of sugar and 2% milk (31 calories each cup so 62 total)

4 ounces orange juice (56 calories)

Daily Vitamins

SNACK 10:30

Small Bosc Pear (81 calories, 4.3 g fiber)

SNACK 11:30

In Costco and very hungry. Ate half container (about 1 cup, 62 calories, 7.6 g fiber) of blackberries (VERY low calorie and packed with goodness!)

Then only had one sample out of all the ones they offer: Chile Cheese Tamale sample (25 calories estimated)

LUNCH 12:15

Bean and Cheese Burrito (430 calories, 12 g fiber). I was out and didn't have a lot of options. Generally not the best choice because they are so high in calories. Some Chipotle and other fast food burritos are 700 calories or more! A beef or fish taco would have been a better choice. I was starving however and Bean and Cheese Burritos are a quick favorite and at least the beans have a lot of fiber.)

Water

SNACK 1:30

Small Tangerine (37 calories, 1.3 grams fiber)

Perrier

SNACK 3:30

1/2 Grapefruit (52 calories, 2 g fiber without membrane)

Handful of Arugula (3 calories. I'm a bit odd in the fact that I've always like raw lettuce greens from Parsley to arugula. Our friends Steven and Lori used to call me a rabbit. I truly like munching on them for a snack whether I'm dieting or not!)

DINNER 5:00 (eating early because we're still on Indiana time)

1 slice of prosciutto (35 calories. I was hungry while I was cooking)

3 ounces of grilled salmon (155 calories. Grilled on high heat with olive oil and kosher salt)

1/2 cup of white rice with sea salt (121 calories)

3/4 cup zucchini, sliced and sauteed in olive oil with sea salt (25 calories, 1.4 g fiber)

8 ounces of 2% milk (122 calories)

Cinnamon Apple Tea (0 calories)

Snack 8:00 PM

1/2 cup blackberries (31 calories)

Perrier

1,694 calories consumed

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Note: this is what I'm actually eating, for better or for worse. Clearly, as the author of the Fiddle Diet, I know exactly how to eat to lose weight. This journal has two purposes: 1) to explore the ups and downs of weight and fluctuation as related to food 2) to be an accurate assessment of what I ate when my life is extremely busy and I'm working and don't have complete control of what I cook and eat. So this day wasn't a planned boost day and you can see that my weight gain the next day was affected. I also didn't eat enough fruit or drink enough water. And I usually have plain tea in the evenings and last night I had three giant mugs of tea with sugar. All fine and not a big deal, just be aware that this wouldn't be a day to follow as part of the losing weight plan.

Weight at 8:00 AM before breakfast: 143.4

Breakfast

1 and 1/4 cup Shredded Wheat n' Bran

1 tablespoon raisins

Hot Tea with 2% Milk and 2 teaspoons sugar

4 ounces of orange juice

Vitamins

10:30 AM Snack

1/2 Ruby Red Grapefruit

11:30 AM Snack

1/2 grapefruit

(and licked the beater of kitchenaide after making my daughter banana bread:-)

12:30 Lunch

Fiddle Peanut Butter and Jelly with 2 slices Ezekiel Raisin Bread

8 ounce glass of 2% milk

1/2 Ruby Red Grapefruit

Fuji Apple

4:00 Snack

Trader Joe's Seaweed Snack

5:00 Snack at Melinda's

handful of cherry tomatoes, a few grapes and tasted a spoonful of preserved peppers that were really yummy.

6:40 Dinner at our friends house

1 glass of red wine

large piece of turkey meatloaf

three slices of flank steak

1/2 cup of homemade ketchup (because it is so good!)

half cup of pistachios (47 pistachios are 170 calories)

Tomato, Cucumber and Parsley Salad

1 piece of my friends sushi roll

1 crust from my daughter's pizza

After dinner

3 large cups of decaf Constant Comment tea with half and half and sugar. (probably a fourth of a cup total)

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Weight at 7:00 AM before breakfast: 142.4

Breakfast

1 and 1/4 cup Shredded Wheat n' Bran

1 tablespoon raisins

Hot Tea with 2% Milk and 2 teaspoons sugar

4 ounces of orange juice

1 mandarin orange

Vitamins

Snack

Fage 2% Blueberry Yogurt

11:30 Lunch

Fiddle Fried Egg Sandwich with Cheddar Cheese and Arugula

Carrot Sticks

Celery Sticks

4 ounces of Almond Dream Chocolate Milk

Perrier

Cinnamon Apple Iced Tea

2:00 Snack

1 cup Popcorn popped in oil

1 package of Trader Joe's Sesame Snacks

Apple

3:00 Snack

1 super pretzel (home size)

with soft cheddar cheese and mustard

4:30 Dinner

I had to eat early because I'm leaving at 4:45 to teach a cooking class

Fiddle Pot Roast with Rutabagas

8 ounce glass of milk

Taught Cooking Class in Hidden Hills

For some reason I gain weight when I teach cooking classes. I think in part it is because I am tired and so eat more. Also, I am up later and tend to be hungry afterward and will eat then. So here is everything I ate at the class since I have to taste what I cook to make sure it tastes right!

3 Tempura Fried Basil Stuffed with Goat Cheese

1/2 cup of Cranberry Sauce

Marcona Almonds and Pecans

Kale Chips

Brussels Sprouts

2 Scallops with Thai Chili Beurre Blanc

Pork Tenderloin with Pecan Apple Cornbread Stuffing and Cider Cream

Red Wine

Monday, November 8, 2010

Weight at 7:00 AM before breakfast: 143.6

Breakfast

1 and 1/4 cup Shredded Wheat n' Bran

1 tablespoon raisins

Hot Tea with 2% Milk and 2 teaspoons sugar

Snack

Chobani Pineapple Yogurt

Early Lunch 11:30 at Los Arryos with Susie

1 Crispy Beef Taco

1/2 cup of black beans

15 tortilla chips with salsa

1 cup cabbage salsa

3 glasses of Passion Iced Tea

2 packages sugar in the raw

2:00 Snack

1/2 Grapefruit

Carrots and Celery

Radishes

4:00 Snack

small Iced Mocha with total blend from Blenders in the Grass

Before Dinner Snack

6 pieces of Panda all natural black licorice from Finland 52 calories

1/2 grapefruit

handful of my daughters popcorn:-)

Dinner

Fiddle Pot Roast with Root Vegetables (especially Rutabagas!)

Arugula Salad (wish I had bought some cucumbers because cucumbers sound so good right now)

8 ounce glass of 2% milk

After Dinner

Cinnamon Apple Tea by Celestial Seasons

Mandarin Orange

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Weight at 7:00 AM before breakfast: 144.2

Breakfast

Fiddle Soft-Boiled Eggs

2 slices Ezekiel Toast with a teaspoon of butter on each slice

Hot Tea with 2% Milk and 2 teaspoon sugar

1/2 Ruby Red Grapefruit

Snack

Chobani Pomegranate Yogurt

Lunch

1 cup cooked Spaghetti 1/2 cup of Maili's Vodka Sauce

1 tablespoon Parmesan Cheese

Arugula Salad

1/2 Grapefruit

8 ounce glass of 2% Milk

Snack

Apple

Parsley

Ciliegine Fresh Mozzarella Balls (3 of them, 10 calories each)

1/4 cup of Pumpkin Seeds

Dinner

This is when the best plans go awry. I intended to have the Fiddle Pot Roast with Root Vegetables for dinner but got distracted and didn't get it in the Slow Cooker until 3:00. So when everyone was hungry at 6:00, it still wasn't ready. We switched gears and had a kind of ramshackle medley of food. I usually advise against these thrown together meals because you eat less and are more satisfied if you eat a complete meal. But we are full and happy and at least we still had something healthy.

1/4 of a cheese quesadilla as a snack while waiting with El Pato sauce

3/4 cups Spinach and Cheese Tortellini sauted with olive oil, garlic and fresh basil

(with a spoonful of Vodka sauce leftover from lunch on the side)

Brussels Sprouts (because I love them!)

Carrots

Celery

La Croix Sparkling Water

After Dinner

Hot Peppermint Tea

Mandarin Orange