Weigh-In: Week 4
No gain, no loss - I’m content.
I’m definitely not surprised by this at all since I didn’t try that hard to improve my eating habits or resist the urge to not eat 3 bagels with cream cheese in 3 days. If you know me, you know that these are one of my favorite foods on the planet. When I went to Noah’s last week to get some bagels to treat my team at work last Friday - I couldn’t help but eat two that day in order for me to save lunch money and then take the extra onion bagel that was left over home to eat on Sunday for brunch. What the heck was I thinking?? Granted, I didn’t consume as much of Noah’s low-fat whipped shmear as I normally would.
Just that alone sabotaged any chance I had a losing even 1/2 a pound. Oh well. Now I just won’t get to treat myself with a bagel until September - sound fair? 
On the bright side, I did keep up my end of the bargain as far as the activity goal I set for myself. On Sunday, my friends and I went to the local high school and played tennis (sort of) for about 2.5 hours. This was a pretty good workout for me, chasing tennis balls and whacking them as hard as I could over the net.
This weekend I’m going camping so I’m going to try to get in a nice hike and then hang out and fish with the Boyfriend and our friends. Hopefully we won’t be eating too much junk since I requested fruits instead of Oreos on the menu for our 3-day outing 
Now for the food diary. Note that I didn’t write in this every day so I couldn’t remember what I snacked on (probably pretzels and plain croutons when I craved crunchy). Maybe you have a tip - when you crave savory, crunchy things, what do you tend to snack on besides chips?
Wednesday, 7/30
Lunch: Vietnamese hoanh thanh noodle soup
Snack: 90-calorie Rice Krispie Treat
Dinner: Ginger Fish in Parchment, Hot and Sour Soup
Snack: watermelon
Thursday, 7/31
Lunch: 1/2 Tuna Melt, handful of fries
Snack: 1oo-cal pack Cheetos
Dinner: 1/2 pork chop over noodles
Snack: handful of Combos pretzels
Friday, 8/1
Breakfast: Asiago bagel with light cream cheese (light on the cc, too!)
Lunch: yet another bagel (sun-dried tomato) with light cream cheese
Pre-dinner: small instant vermicelli bowl
Dinner: 2 pieces of steamed chicken with 1/2 bowl of white rice (pictured above); 1 pita with hummus
Drinks: 3 vodka crans
Saturday, 8/2
Lunch: plain hot dog
Snack: 1 slice toast with cream cheese
Dinner: Spicy Tuna Sushi Roll, California Roll, and plain udon noodles
Sunday, 8/3
Brunch: onion bagel with cream cheese, 1 kiwi
Snack: 6 bagel bites, handful of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
Dinner: 1 slice of toast with 1/2 bowl Thai-style red curry (chicken, mushrooms)
Monday, 8/4
Lunch: 1/2 salami and cheese sandwich
Dinner: at Chevy’s - ate 2 flauta pieces, 3 nacho bites, 1 margarita, 2 vodka crans
Tuesday, 8/5
Breakfast: small hot & sour vermicelli bowl
Lunch: 1/2 salami and cheese sandwich
Dinner: bowl of macaroni soup, 1 hard-boiled egg
Wednesday, 8/6
Breakfast: instant vermicelli noodle bowl
Lunch: at Red Lobster - 1/2 steamed snow crab, 1/2 lobster rolls appetizer (these were a big NO NO but were sooo good!), and 1 cheese biscuit
Happy Hour: 4-5 calamari, small handful of fries,3 pieces of baguette with tapenade, 3 Hennessey and Coke
Dinner: 1/2 ham and cheese sandwich and small handful of Flaming Hot Cheetos
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On August 9th, 2008 Elaine said:
Amazing photographs. Are you actually taking those photographs yourself? If so, good job - you should be doing the photo work for Gourmet magazine!
I was chuckling to myself reading about your bagel binge, I’m doing far worse - a cupcake binge, in two days I’ve eaten 4 or them. I could have done worse though - so I won’t lose any weight, but I won’t gain it either.
I’m interested in what anyone has to say as a snack substitute for a salty treat.
You rock! Love reading your weigh in and food blog.
On August 10th, 2008 Marisol said:
Hennessey & Coke - my kind of girl
Have fun camping!
On August 10th, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi Elaine,
I do take the photographs myself!! If I could get a gig at Gourmet, I think I would DIE — if you know someone there, hook a sista up! LOL
Cupcakes! They’re so yummy! What kind is your favorite? I personally love red velvet ones. And 4 isn’t so bad - they’re so cute and small, how could you resist, right?
Hope you’re having a good week! We can get through our food binges together.
On August 10th, 2008 Lilan said:
Thanks Marisol!
Do you like to go camping in the summers?
On August 28th, 2008 Tina said:
yuk - I hate dieting. I crunch on pretzels instead of chips.