12W12S: W9 Update

One quick advance update* -- next week I am supposed to switch over to 8 oz. cans of Mountain Dew, but I still have more than half of a 12-pack in the fridge, so I am going to "extend" Week Nine until the regular-size cans are gone. Week 9A, I guess it will be.

Anyway:

• Thursday -- Jimmy Dean D-Lights Turkey Bacon Breakfast Bowl (delicious! but needed some ketchup), pear, Healthy Choice Fire Roasted Tomato Chicken, single-serve broccoli and cheese, pistachios, brown sugar barbecue chicken breast (marinade, not sauce), ½ cup Birds Eye Steamfresh Southwestern Style Rice, ½ cup Bush's Vegetarian Baked Beans
• Friday -- GoLean! Crisp, milk, cherries, Healthy Choice Country Breaded Chicken, carrots, pistachios, egg roll, 2 cups wonton soup broth with 4 dumplings
• Saturday -- 2 eggs scrambled with spinach, cheese and onions, 2 slices reduced-fat reduced-sodium bacon, mini bagel with margarine, V8, 2 cups wonton soup broth with 4 dumplings, 2 slices pork roll with cheese (no bun), grilled marinated chicken finger, 1 cup baked macaroni and cheese, 2 slices tomato pie, 3 wedges watermelon
• Sunday -- cherries, 2 eggs scrambled with cheese, 1 breakfast sausage, 1 slice Pepperidge Farm Light Style Soft Wheat bread with butter, 2 beef BBQ sandwiches with rolls, 1 cup macaroni and cheese, Quaker Chewy Peanut Butter 90 calorie granola bar, grilled marinated chicken breast tenders, sauteed zucchini, 1 cup pasta salad with cheese and pickles, cherries, watermelon

The weekend was tough because we were at picnics most of the time, but I tried to make good choices. Limited my snacking, chose fruit when it was available, etc. It wasn't good, but I could have done worse (especially on Saturday, when we were at a picnic and there was nothing but high-carb side dishes and non-diet sodas). Will try to improve this week, and go back to packing a travel lunch next week.

[* Ed. Note: This was started on Thursday 7/1 so it isn't so "advance" any more, but it was at the time.]