December 5^th.

I had every intention to workout today, but my body told me it needed a little break. It’s a new concept I’m learning…I’ll let you know how it goes. : )

Saturday’s are tough day’s because I don’t like to cook, and all the food that I had from the week is usually gone by now.

Coffee!

Yup…I had my weekend cup of coffee (if you forgot, I’m allowing myself a weekend break).

But…it was very different. After going through the excruciating headaches all week, I decided to go for decaf. And no sugar. It tasted pretty good, but it was a slight disappointment when I was still yawning after finishing my small cup. Oh well. Again, l’m guessing that listening to my body might be of service here. Instead of downing caffeine, maybe a nap would do the trick! The truth is that a week ago on Saturday I would have had an oatmeal cookie with my coffee, so considering the improvement, I’m pretty happy!

Food for the Day:

Breakfast: Steel cut oats with 1egg, 1egg white, milk and flax. Green tea.

Lunch: Whole foods custom sandwich. I call it the “Audranator”…and it’s awesome! It’s so big because of all the veggies, I can barely get my mouth around it!

• Whole grain bread with a little balsamic vinaigrette
• Avocado, spinach, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions
• Oven roasted Turkey

Afternoon snack: decaf coffee with milk and stevia (natural herbal sweetener that I highly recommend for sugar fiends like myself. No calories like in real sugar, and no cancer-producing chemicals like in the artificial crap-ola.

Dinner: Yes. Left over clam chowder mixed with the left over corn chowder. Not the best choice, but at least it’s all gone now and I can clean up dinner for next week!

A note about eating something like clam chowder when I’m trying to lose weight: Yes, it’s true. It’s definitely not on the list of any of my 12-week nutrition programs. But, it’s all I had for dinner. Nothing else, no bread bowl, no dessert after..nothing. Just the Clam Chowder. So when you look at it from a nutritional and lose-weight stand point, it’s probably not the best. But from a calorie stand point, the bowl probably cost me 450-500 calories, the amount I would have eaten anyways to lose weight.

When it’s sweltering cold outside (and yes…I’m from Texas, so this is sweltering cold to me), I crave soup, so lately it’s all I’ve been in the mood for. Soup is actually a great tool for losing weight because of it’s high water content and usual low calorie density.