Tuesday

Today was a strange day. I was working from home (as I now do every Tuesday and Thursday) but for some reason didn't thaw anything or prepare anything. So at the last minute I threw together this very delicious recipe for dinner BUT it's 800+ cal/per serving - yes per serving. So I ate less than 1 serving to avoid having to write that down AND I wanted some bread :-)

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Tuesday, January 8

1. Spoon sized shredded wheat with skim milk, 203
2. Smart Ones Three Cheese Ziti Marinara, 360
3. Penne Pasta with Vodka Cream Sauce, 600
4. Bread, 200
5. Becks Beer, 64
6. Wheat Thins, 120

Daily Total
1547

Monday

Today was a weird day. I ate breakfast, then attended a 10:00 am funeral assuming we would get lunch afterward, but didn't. So I ended up not eating until around 1:30 pm.

Daily Goal = 1350

Monday, January 7

1. Spoon sized shredded wheat with skim milk, 203
2. Potbelly Turkey Sandwich (I know she put too much mayo), 400
3. Baked Lays, 110
4. Hotdog with Bun (mustard & sauerkraut), 280
5. Baked Doritos, 120
6. Large Coke from McDonalds :-) (it was worth it), 240

Daily Total
1353

And the BEST part is, Gus and I went for a run - so 30 minutes of cardio for me today! YAY!

Sunday

Today was an okay day. I had another migraine and just kept grabbing handfuls of whatever might make it go away.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Sunday, January 6

1. Spoon sized shredded wheat with skim milk, 203
2. Handfuls of this and that - yes I kept track,200
3. Easy Mac (GROSS), 130
4. Baked Fries, 150
5. Hamburger (w/ bun and cheese - 97% lean sirloin, 600
6. Low Cal Fudgsicle (2 - I know!), 120

Daily Total
1403

Saturday

Today was the best I've ever done on a weekend - when I wasn't sick - haha.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Saturday, January 5

1. Yogurt Burst Cheerios with skim milk, 160
2. Smart Ones Three Cheese Ziti Marinara, 260
3. Hotdog with Bun (mustard & sauerkraut), 280
4. Baked Doritos, 120
5. Large Coke from McDonalds, 240 (WORTH IT)
6. Becks Light Beer (I deserved a break), 64

Daily Total
1224

It was indeed a beautiful day, but I decided to rearrange all the cabinets in the kitchen, so I did nary an activity. But I did open the windows :-)

Friday

Today was a good food day.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Friday, January 4

1. Yogurt Burst Cheerios with skim milk, 160 (ate smaller bowl than yesterday)
2. Diet Coke, 0
3. Taco salad, 422
4. Diet Coke, 0
5. Brownie (1/2), 120
6. Baked Chicken Breast, 200
7. Brown rice, 150
8. Green beans, 20
9. Lemon herbal tea with honey, 64

Daily Total
1136

And tomorrow the forecast is calling for low 70's and pleasant. That should be great for getting outside for some activity!

Thursday

Started out better, but when a migraine took hold around 2:00 I just started trying anything food wise to get rid of my nausea and headache. I think that my body needs more than 500 calories to operate between waking at 6:00 am and 2:00 pm. Just a thought. It's all about adjustment.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Thursday, January 3

1. Yogurt Burst Cheerios with skim milk, 180
2. Hard boiled egg (2), 100
3. Yogurt Burst Cheerios dry snack, 90
4. York Peppermint Pattie (2) thought the chocolate might help head, 80
5. Can Coke, 140
6. Lipton Soup, 86
7. Quesadilla, 320
8. 1/2 Hamburger (w/bun & cheese), 300
9. Homemade fries (baked), 150
10. Lemon herbal tea, 0

Daily Total
1446 - a little over, but far less than my pre New Year intake of 60,000 per day.

Wednesday

Was a good day - calorie wise. I visited my new fave site, Calorie Counter Database. There is a cool online tool where you put in your weight, your height, age, goal weight and current activity level and it tells you your optimal daily calorie intake for losing weight. So, I'm doing pretty well.

Here is the rundown for Wednesday - day 1.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Wednesday, January 2

1. Cascadian Farms Oat and Honey Granola with Skim Milk, 270
2. Starbucks Tall Nonfat Latte (1/2), 63
3. Potbelly Turkey Sandwich, 370
4. Baked Lays, 110
5. Med Coke,
6. Baked chicken breast, 200
7. Brown rice, 150
8. Green beans, 20
9. York Peppermint Pattie, 40

Daily Total
1333