August 8th--
breakfast--yogurt and banana
lunch--salad w tuna, veggies, balsamic dressing.
snack--zone bar
dinner--ravioli w white sauce. 2 pieces bread. red wine.

end of the 30 day paleo challenge. missed the meeting last night. outcome: did keep a food log for 4 weeks. some better eating but by no means strict enough. I think I lost a couple of pounds and then gained them back. will work to maintain the food log habit.

not a good food weekend.
August 6th--
breakfast--yogurt, blueberries
lunch--sandwich w cotto salami and 1 piece gouda cheese. veggie crisps
dinner--cheese enchiladas w sour cream. white wine.

August 7th--
breakfast--yogurt, pineapple.
lunch--tomato soup and saltine crackers.
dinner--salad with strawberries, feta cheese. white wine. jello sugar free chocolate pudding.

August 5th--day 25
breakfast--yogurt with fruit and granola
lunch at Slanted Door--very tasty and pretty paleo other than the rice--tuna tartare; bok choy; imperial roll; shakin' beef; claypot catfish; broken rice.
dinner--chicken dinner from Chef by Request. small amount of red wine. two pieces of bread w margarine.

Aug 2nd--Day (?)--yogurt, banana
lunch--fish tacos
zone bar, no dinner to speak of. ate some crackers after ballgame (Giants lost, dismal)/

Aug 3rd--
yogurt, peach
work lunch brought in--grilled cheese sandwich w jalapenos, lemonade; cookie
dinner--fish dinner from Chef by Request, 1 piece of bread. red wine.

Aug 4th--
banana. scrambled eggs, 1 piece of sausage, 1 piece of bacon.
cotto salami sandwich
chicken dinner from Chef by request. rice snacks. red wine. 1 piece of bread.
weird long day with Dick having surgery. made poor food choices.

some catch-up logging:
July 26th--Day 16
yogurt w strawberry, peach
chicken salad w onions, lettuce, mushrooms, peppers, coke zero
cookie, glass white wine
chicken dinner (Chef by Request), rice snacks

July 27th--Day 17
go lean cereal, banana
salad w shrimp & melon
rice snacks, fish dinner (Chef by Request), 2 pieces bread, white wine

July 28th--Day 18
yogurt & banana
chicken salad sandwich on thin roll
chicken dinner (Chef by Request), wine

July 29th--day 19
yogurt, banana
cheese & crackers, wine
carnitas on corn tortilla
small ice cream

July 30th--Day 20
yogurt
friends for dinner (no lunch per se)--cheese & crackers
salad, steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, blueberry shortcake, wine

July 31--Day 21
yogurt
hot dog w soda (playing golf)
steak dinner (Chef by Request), blueberry shortcake

August 1--Day 22
close to the end of the 30 day challenge.
yogurt w raisins, fruit
salad w tuna, other veggies, balsamic vinegar
pork dinner (Chef by Request), small amt of white wine, 1 piece of bread w margarine

July 25 - Day 15
Breakfast--yogurt w strawberry, peach
Lunch--8 pieces california roll sushi, diet coke. water.
Snack--work mate made cookies after we had harassed him for several weeks to do so. of course I had to eat a couple.
Dinner--salad. turkey dinner from Chef by Request. 1 piece bread w margarine. water.

not perfect but not terrible. no wine anyway.
weighed in for work weight loss challenge. 175.7 on their scale. nice digital scale, made me want one. my scale at home says 170, not that it matters much. goal is 7.5% body weight, at 1.5%/month, to end of year. so I should weigh 173 on their scale by end of August.

July 24th - Day 14
Breakfast--yogurt w strawberry, pineapple, coffee.
Snack--rice cakes, way too many. white wine.
Dinner--salad w blue cheese dressing, pizza. red wine. 2 oreos.

not a good food day, made a number of bad choices. not sure why exactly . . . felt kind of bored and out of sorts. resolve for a better week coming up!

July 23 - Day 13
Breakfast--spinach and bacon egg souffle. coffee
snack--rice crackers w Laughing Cow light spreadable cheese.
lunch/dinner--fish dinner from Chef by request. white wine. 1 piece bread w margarine. 2 oreo cookies.

kind of combined lunch and dinner and did not eat at ballpark which was good. would have been better w/o the bread or cookies (obviously). and the crackers/cheese . . .

almost half way thru the 30 day challenge. have lost 1 or 2 lbs I think.

July 22--day 12
Breakfast--plain yogurt with raisins, fruit. coffee
lunch--salmon with tomatoes, corn. 2 pieces of bread, butter. really good bread at Cosmo Cafe.
afternoon work treat--ice cream with choc sauce. I should learn to decline these things but feels like group pressure to partake.
dinner--2 corn fritters. 3 pieces pizza with figs, arugula. a few bites of ice cream. red wine. water.

actually a better water day.
joining a weight loss challenge at work. structured to be 1.5% of body weight lost monthly to end of year. pay $ if not hitting monthly checkpoints. seems like a good plan.

July 21--day 11.
Breakfast--go lean cereal w almond milk. banana
Lunch- 1/2 chicken salad sandwich w tomato. coke zero.
Dinner--salad. chicken dinner from Chef by request. 1 glass white wine. 1 piece of bread w margarine.

generally a better day than the day before, although not perfect.

July 20th - day 10.
Breakfast--yogurt and fruit, mainly pineapple.
Lunch--beef and brocolli dish, some rice, some asparagus. mostly overcooked and mushy, threw about half away. coke zero. water.
Dinner--a very large cosmo, crackers with weight watchers soft cheese, Chef by Request chicken dinner. ice cream. water.

had a horrible work day, worst in recent memory. interesting, though not really new news, to see how that prompted me to want to come home and soothe myself with what I could find 'bad' to eat. today is another day, see if I can do better.

July 19th - Day 9
Breakfast - yogurt w strawberries, banana. Coffee
Lunch - Thai curry soup w shrimp, oyster crackers. Coke zero. water.
Dinner (before show) - 1 piece of bread w butter; beet and goat cheese salad; salmon with quinoa and brussel sprouts; 3 bites carrot cake; 1 glass white wine. water.

pretty good day food wise. drank some water but definitely should drink more.

July 18th - day 8
Breakfast - banana, coffee
Lunch--salad w tuna, hardboiled egg, balsamic viniagrette
Snack--yogurt w strawberries
Dinner--polish dog (at ballpark), water

a pretty good food day. and the Giants won!

July 17th - Day 7 and end of week 1.
Breakfast- Go Lean cereal with almond milk. banana. Water
no lunch. glass of red wine at reception.
Dinner out - chips and salsa; veggie taquitos (2) w pico de gallo; jicama, piece of pineapple; (3) fish tacos, small; ~ 4 spoonfuls of ice cream. 2 (!) margaritas.

well . . . reflecting back on the week, lots of exceptions particularly at dinner and involving alcohol. Also need to focus on drinking more water, some days are pretty light. on to week 2.

July 16th--Day 6
Breakfast--yogurt w strawberry. apple. coffee, water.
dinner--wine outing. red wine. cheese, pate, bread. 4 types of salad, carrot, beet some others. assortment of cake. 2 cookies. coke zero. water.