Eat To Live Week 3 Recap (Sunday, April 11 – 17, 2010)
Ryan: Lost 3 pounds in week three, and at 222.5. Total weight loss after three weeks: – 8.5 pounds.
My Dear Wife: Lost 3 ½ pounds in week three. Total weight loss after three weeks: – 7 pounds.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Breakfast
Fruit salad of pineapple, kiwi, and cantaloupe, with flax seed, tea with honey and a splash of skim milk and a small glass of orange juice.
Lunch
Salad ~ with a quick homemade salsa. This was essentially a cold salad plate with romaine lettuce, black beans, whole kernel corn, salsa, cucumbers, garbanzo beans, ½ a sliced avocado, and some queen olives. The oil-free and salt-free salsa is the dressing.
Dinner
Barbecued Eggplant, a wonderful dish that has a nice barbecue flavor and is modified from the American Wholefoods Cuisine cookbook.
Activity
Mow the lawn and yard work, 3 hours.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Breakfast
Clementine and dates, tea with honey and a splash of skim milk, and ½ cup orange juice.
Lunch
Leftover barbecued eggplant and beans, and fresh fruit, Immunity drink and nuts.
Dinner
Leftover barbecued eggplant and beans.
Activity
Neighborhood walk for 30 minutes. My dear wife at Curves, and Ryan on Wii Sports and Wii Fit for 30 minutes.
Tuesday, April 13 2010
Breakfast
Clementine and dates, tea with honey and a splash of skim milk, and ½ cup orange juice.
Lunch
Salad with cucumbers, romaine lettuce, spinach, salsa, olives, garbanzo beans, and fresh fruit, Immunity drink and nuts.
Dinner
Leftover barbecued eggplant and beans.
Activity
Neighborhood walk for 30 minutes. My dear wife at Curves, and Ryan on Wii Sports and Wii Fit for 30 minutes.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Breakfast
Clementine and cantaloupe, tea with honey and a splash of skim milk, and ½ cup orange juice.
Lunch
Salad bar salad at company cafeteria with mixed spring lettuce, romaine, spinach, red kidney beans, beats, grilled zuchinni, squash and onions, raisins, cucumbers, tomatoes, jalapeno slices, and fresh peas.
Dinner
Left over great northern beans
Activity
Neighborhood walk for 30 minutes. My dear wife at Curves, and me on Wii Sports and Wii Fit for 30 minutes.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Breakfast
Clementine and cantaloupe, tea with honey and a splash of skim milk, and ½ cup orange juice.
Lunch
I had left over great northern beans and my dear wife had a salad, a Fiber one bar, dates, and nuts.
Dinner
Blackeyed Peas
Activity
Neighborhood walk for 30 minutes. My dear wife at Curves, and me on Wii Sports and Wii Fit for 30 minutes.
Preparations
Friday, April 16, 2010
Breakfast
Fruit salad, tea with honey and a splash of skim milk, and ½ cup orange juice.
Lunch
Left over blackeyed peas, Immunity drink, strawberries, kunquats, dates, and nuts.
Dinner
Made another
vegetarian pizza with made from scratch whole wheat pizza. Click link to view recipe.
Vegetarian pizza with whole wheat crust
Activity
Neighborhood walk for 30 minutes. My dear wife at Curves, and me on Wii Sports and Wii Fit for 45 minutes.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Breakfast
Clementine, tea with honey and a splash of skim milk , and ½ cup orange juice.
Lunch
Garden Burger at Red Robin with a side salad and balsamic dressing on the side.
Dinner
Leftover blackeyed peas with 1 slice left over pizza as an appetize.
Activity
Neighborhood walk for 1 hour, and went to the local farmers market and herb festival.
13 responses so far ↓
1 OC2Seattle // Apr 20, 2010 at 2:03 pm
You guys are doing so well! Congrats!
2 pegasuslegend // Apr 20, 2010 at 5:49 pm
I love the Wii Fit~ but I hate what its description on my is~! That eggplant sounds awesome you are a true inspiration, I hardly have eaten anything with sugar and looking at portion control…love the results your getting!
3 Tricia // Apr 20, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Nice to know we can all eat, while eating less. thanks for the lessons! T
4 Belinda @zomppa // Apr 20, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Awesome!! Keep it going!
5 Gera @ SweetsFoodsBlog // Apr 20, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Excellent weight loss both! Keep going, you’re in the good way!
Have a great week!
Gera
6 Giselle // Apr 20, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Woohoo! Great work! I can’t wait to hug the mini Boudreauxs!
7 Divina // Apr 21, 2010 at 3:53 am
Congratulations to and your wife. Carry on.
8 penny aka jeroxie // Apr 21, 2010 at 6:06 am
Keep it up!
9 Jessie // Apr 21, 2010 at 9:13 am
keep up the good work Ryan! you and your wife are on the right track, I love what you guys have been eating too very flexible yet healthy diet
10 Drick // Apr 21, 2010 at 10:18 am
you know I wish you the best of luck and I am so proud of you two for losing the weight – Great job – I’m just starving reading what you are eating…..
11 norah lucus // Apr 21, 2010 at 12:08 pm
wow! you guys are doing great!!
12 Emily // Apr 21, 2010 at 12:28 pm
8+ lbs?! You are doing SO WELL! What an inspiration you are 🙂
13 Cooking Rookie // Apr 21, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I’m so glad to hear that you’re making such a great progress with ETL 🙂 If you can lose so much weight with that pizza – you’ve found the key to happiness ;-P