7/22 - 7/25

Breakfast: Boring for U- every single day I ate my Kashi "autumn wheat" with fresh blueberries, 1/2 medium slightly green banana (this week pretty green) and raw almonds with soy milk (Silk, organic, plain, unsweetened.)

Meal#2: 2wice meal # 2 was on the run and I stopped by my local starbucks and grabbed a real treat - Vente Green Tea Frappachino, no whip cream (such a sacrifice.) I just say "green to the top please." Even tho the calorie content is on the high side I still scarfed down a palm full of sunflower seeds for my mufa. 7/23 I had an 3.5 oz can of white packed in water TUNA with finger veggies, baby spinach, cherry tomatoes from my garden, baby carrots and a palm full of sunflower seeds. After giving myself a few mins to let that settle, I found I wasn't satisfied. So, I had a nectarine. 7/24 I ate a large serving of cabbage salad from my neighbor, with raisins, and nuts and carrots and slaw dressing, All I know about her dressing is non-fat olive oil base mayo.

Meal#3: On Wed. and Thurs. I made a large crab louis. My "large" is a small paper plate not overflowing. My large used to be way, way, way bigger. It was made with baby spinach, broccoli slaw, grape tomatoes from the garden, boiled egg, onion, garlic, carrots, crisp asparagus spears & green beans, avocado 1/4/large, and a heaping handful of Crab meat (the real stuff.) I made a louis dressing with organic low calorie, low fat mayo, ketchup, sweet pickle relish, a heaping tablespoon of grainy wonderful dark mustard and I sprinkled guess what, sunflower seeds on top. At work on Fri and Sat. I ate frozen dinners with whole wheat pasta, chicken, veggies. One had peanut sauce and one italian seasoning. I also ate a nectarine and a handful of sunflower seeds.

Meal#4: On Thursday night I had a whole small carton of a favorite on my Way To LIVEit path. I intended to only eat 1/3 of the small carton. You know what they say about good intentions. It is Purely Decadent Dairy Free Pomegranate Chip Frozen Desert. The "chips" are dark chocolate. 1/2 cup is just 200 calories, mufa included. Try it you'll like it ! On Friday and Saturday, at work, I had a blueberry yogurt - Stonyfield Farm, OIKOS, organic Greek Yogurt- 5.3 oz & a Wild Harvest Organic 60% cocoa 3 oz bar = 460 calories. I divide into into 3rds for a serving. (there are lots of 60% or more dark cocoa bars out there.) Did you ever think you could eat a candy bar to be healthy? And a V8.

Meal#5: only one day did I get in a 5th meal. It was a granny smith with 2 tbsps peanut butter and a V8.

Remember: I drink green tea with lemon all day and ice water!

MOVEMENT: This week I came very close to "heat stroke" walking to work. So I have altered my walking to paths around neighborhood in the early AM and late evenings. On Wed. & Thurs, I did yard and house work, my Physical Therapy exercises and walked to grocery store. I walked to YoYo's one evening. This was an out of order treat. Fat free Lemon custard yogurt with unsweetened strawberries & blackberries. Yesterday, I didn't do anything but work and wiggle at my stand up desk.

TIP:

My eating, laying it out for you like this, seems pretty boring. I think there is great value in doing your research and finding what you like, what satisfies and what is the best fuel for your body, portioned controlled mostly, and quick and easy - then repeat often. It becomes pretty thoughtless to just fuel your body if your cupboards are full of ingredients that fit this bill.

TIP:

If you like, want &/or need to cook more than I do and with more variety, I have a great tip. On your grocery check out counter shelves right now is a little booklet "Flat Belly Foods." It has full info on the Mufas and 25 "Fat-Blasting Recipes." It also has a chart that tells you what Fast Foods you can order and what to add to make it a good for your body choice with a mufa.

I do not recommend going on any DIEit, though the Flat Belly has lots and lots of excellent info about healthy foods and eating and getting results. It is one of my many resources and originated through Prevention Magazine which constantly has quality information for you to apply in your way to your Way To LIVEit.