Eating-Day 11

I had a few sips of my smootie before my workout. I finished most of it after along with my muffin.

I had my 2 blueberry muffins and an apple for snack.

Here's my snag. I went shopping. I thought I only was going to one store and I went to four. So, I had about 6 pieces of Megan's popcorn chicken. I thought it tasted gross.

Came home and had my real lunch. I had 4 pesto pizzetas and skipped the salad.

For snack I had one slice of Ezekiel bread with butter. (Not in the plan)

Dinner I had one chicken breast, spaghetti squash with marinara and salad.

Snacked on some Ritz crackers for no apparant reason. Probably ate about 10.
That's gonna show up in my weight!

Weight:212.7 (down .7 from yesterday)

Eating-Day 10

I ate one blueberry muffin before my run. I ate my egg white omlette and other bluberry muffin after my swim.

I had my apple and almonds for snack.

For lunch I decided to have what I made yesterday. Many of these meals make quite a few servings, and I will probably eat them for lunch several days in a row. I had 4 pesto pizzatas and salad with fat free ranch.

I skipped my afternoon snack and replaced it with 2 chocolate chip cookies.

I had delicious fish tacos for dinner and left out the melon and frozen yogurt to have another cookie.

Weight:213.4 (down 2.4 from yesterday)

Eating-Day 9

I ate my Kashi cereal before my walk. It called for 1 cup of fat free milk but, I don't drink milk, so I substituted it for 1/2 cup soy milk. The tradeoff was instead of 90 calories and 0 grams of fat, I had 65 calories and 2 grams of fat. I ate my hard boiled egg after my swim.

My snack was fine. I made the pesto pizzatas for lunch which were made on polenta. I loved it. I ate four instead of three, ate only 1/2 the salad amount and fat free ranch instead of low cal. caesar.

I never ate my afternoon snack. This could continue to be a problem with school starting, but I will keep working on it. So, I had a little splurge with dinner since we were celebrating back to school. I decorated the table and made baked chicken, spaghetti squash with marinara and green beans with almonds. I also had a piece of my ezekiel bread with some butter and a glass of sparkling apple cider. I was pretty full. I'm still not hungry either. All in all, a good day.

Weight:215.8 (same as yesterday)

Eating-Day 8

I ate my watermelon before my run.
I ate my omlette after my swim. However, I was out of salsa so I added tomatoes, olives and onions to my eggs.
I ate my lunch before we went shopping.
I took my almonds and a pear with me. So, I wasn't able to eat my cottage cheese.
I got home from the store at 6:15 and still had to prepare dinner and go to meet the teacher at the school, so I ate my apple and almond butter.
I ate my tilapia, rice and spinach and I had to add a little fat free ranch because I seasoned the fish a little too spicy.
I didn't eat my yogurt and fruit, so instead I had one blueberry muffin that I had just made for future menus.
I rate today about a B+

Weight:215.8

EatingDay 7

We had breakfast at the hotel this morning. I chose an english muffin with peanut butter and jam. I had a few bites of activa yogurt.

I had taken some hard boiled eggs, so I had one for snack along with string cheese.

I had lunch at someone's home after church. I ate a turkey sandwich rolled in a tortilla and 1/4 turkey croissant with about 6 carrots.

I left with a piece of chocolate cake. I had not even finished it before my stomach was shooting stabbing pains. It wasn't worth it. It also affected my mood.

For dinner we had cheese tortellini with marinara and alfredo sauce and green salad. I should have stopped with one helping but I didn't because I hadn't had an afternoon snack.

Eating-Day 6

Breakfast-check
Snack-check
Lunch-We headed out of town before I had lunch, so I ordered a chicken chipolte ranch salad from Rubios, with everything on the side. So, I got the lettuce and chicken then added pico, cheese, and guacamole. And, because they forgot to include the salad dressing, I saved on a lot of calories and I didn't have to use my sour cream to cut the spice.
Snack-check
Dinner-1 chicken enchillada, grapes, 2 servings rice, 6 chips with nacho cheese sauce(eaten while I was cleaning the kitchen)
OOOppppsss-3 chiken McNuggets and 2 oreos

Eating-Day 5

Because I live, I have to adapt. I just couldn't eat my oatmeal this morning. I took enough bites to take my vitamins, but that's about it. Then I was off to a meeting. Luckily, I packed my hearty snack. Grapes and string cheese. Then I had to have the car battery replaced. So, lunch did not happen until about 1:00. Better than most days, so far. Since I hadn't eaten my breakfast, I finished the chili from the other day, which was more than one serving, but I did not get full. Then it was off to take Megan to the doctor. Now I need my afternoon snack which was a whole wheat english muffin with natural peanut butter and 100% fruit spread. I was so on track for dinner until I found out that my mushroom caps for my pizzas had been put in the cupboard. Yuk! So, I had my pizza on flat bread. I know it was more calories, but I was adapting. I topped it with turkey bacon, olives, pineapple and green peppers. It was easy to take foods I had already eaten this week. Now I have to get next weeks menu ready for Sunday.

Weight:216:2 (pre-exercise)

Eating-Day 4

Today went pretty well. I was able to fight off my headache that seemed to be lingering around. I switched my lunch and had chili from last night on a corn tortilla with a little cheese. I wasn't able to eat my dinner before I went to a meeting, so I ate some of the chicken that would later be on my salad and that held me over. I ate my salad around 9:30 p.m. (not ideal) and instead of olive oil and lemon for the dressing I had fat free ranch. I also added a little agave sweetener to my smoothie. It helped and only adds about 20 calories. I am pleased on the whole.

Weight:215.9
same as yesterday

Eating-Day 3

Today was more of a struggle for me. I found that I had a hard time finishing all the food and then became hungy quicker. My headache began at 11:00 this morning. By 1:30 I had only had breakfast and snack and had to lay down. So, I ate lunch about 2:45. When I started getting hungry for my afternoon snack, dinner was almost ready, so I waited. Then I ate an extra portion of chili at dinner (150 calories) since I had skipped my snack. Then I went back and had another helping on a corn tortilla with a little cheese. Now, I was finally putting everything away and I ate more with a few chips. I don't expect to see any weight loss tomorrow.

Weight:215.9

Eating-Day 2

I did well today on my meal plan. I still ate breakfast quite late, but that will change when school starts. I found that I don't like jicima, so that will be deleted from future menus. But, at least I tried it. I even survived a great temptation. A friend called me and invited me to go out for dessert after our meeting. "It's only day 2!" I thought. But, I told her I wasn't eating dessert right now, but I would love to come for the company. We went to a frozen yogurt place and I watched her eat and I focused on spending time with her. I can do this!

Weight:216.6

Eating-Day 1

I did fairly well following the plan today. The big problem was that I got up late and ate my fruit. Then by the time I exercised and ate the rest of my breakfast, it was almost noon. So, that pushed all of my meals later. I let too much time pass before my snack, which gave me a headache. I never did end up eating my afternoon snack before dinner.

We had company for dinner and so I ate my chicken, but also had some pasta salad along with grapes and carrots.

I do feel like there is plenty of food on this plan. I feel good about my efforts. I also shopped for the rest of the food I'll need for the week.

Weight:218.4