Day 91

Plan: Own Bkfst (250), Lunch, Beef bourgioger?(380) = 1300 Happy Halloween!
Not a good day for food intake...  sorta gave up, but will attempt to reconcile.

Breakfast (900AM): Oatmeal with 1t of brown sugar, 2T fruit bits, 4 dried apricots.

Snacks (time??):  Wasa with artichoke dip (120), corn tortilla  55, with 80 cal cheese and 25 cal ham, something else that I can't remember (120)

Lunch: Giant salad from Whole foods (450?)  Lettuce, tomato, peas(30), corn(30), cauliflower, radishes, cukes, orange pepper, roasted beets(50), toasted almonds (3T slivered - 80cal?)), 12 croutons(120?), 1/2 cup of chinese chicken salad(150).

Dinner: 200 cal potato, 2 laughing cow wedges, 2/3 cup peas, 1 slice of ham, 1 T fat free sour cream, 1T of shedd's spread margarine (60)  (500?)

Snack: 500 cal of potato chips.

Daily Total: 2150??  Crappy. :(  But no Halloween candy... :o

Day 90

Plan: Own Bkfst (250), own, own = 1600  2nd day on out of town retreat...
Breakfast (1000AM):  Double Fiber Muffin with ham cheese and apple (250)

Lunch (1230pm):  Vegetable Soup(120) with 3 oz ground turkey(115).  8 tortilla chips(120), 100 cal cheddar cheese.  corn bread (180).  salad with avocado, walnuts, and cranberries(100).  half a cookie (50)

Snack (330PM): Apple (80) and string cheese (80)

Dinner (630PM): Salmon(200), veggies, salad with cuke, tomato, red pepper, and avocado (50), quinoa (200) with peas (30)  Pumpkin/Chocolate cake (200), wine (60)

Daily Total: 1935

Weigh-In #13

Still didn't do great this week in terms of food choice and quantity of snacks, but still down a pound from last week.  And I was up higher than reported by a couple of days after the last weigh-in.  At least it's movement in the right direction.  It shows me that my body will still respond if I do the right things.  I want this coming week to be a clean week.  Biggest goal - watch less TV.  I won't munch if I'm working on something else.  My calorie average was 1771 for the week.  Most days were too high (1830, 1547, 1835. 1780, 2140, 1500, 1765).  However, I ate something other than Bistro for 5 out of the 7 dinners.  So, I guess I made decent choices.  I think I needed a break from the food, but I'm ready to get back to it now! 

I need to get back on track... I sort of had a built in cushion because my planned weight loss was slower than the actual.  BUT I'm eating into that cushion pretty quick here.  Two dead weeks brought me a lot closer to that red line.

Day 89

Plan: Bagel with Ham/Egg (200), Veggie Burrito (370), Beef bourgougksjbgo(380) + 530 Extra/snacks = 1600
Breakfast (700AM):  Bagel with almond butter (250)

Snack (1100AM): Banana (90)

Lunch (1200PM):  Veggie Burrito with some of the carrots (350)

Snack (300-500PM); Carrtos with hummus (150), ice cream (135), brown rice (70) with veggies (50)

Dinner (630PM):  Retreat with weekend - friends cooking meals...  Chicken Thigh (150), sauce from cooking (50), brown rice (120), bread heel (25), cesar salad - already dressed :( didn't take much (80), veggies from the app tray (15)  Dessert - peach cake with vanilla ice cream (took half serving - 200)

Daily Total: 1765cal

Day 88

Breakfast (700AM): CinRaisin English Muffin (140) with ham (50), cheddar (30), and apple (counted below).  Total = 220

Snack (1200PM): 60cal of Chocolate CHeerios and 80cal of apple

Lunch (130PM):  Ham/Turkey DInner with couscous (400)  THe squash puree was totally edible and good this time.

Snack(500): 3 wendys chicken nugget (135) and half a kids french fry (105)
Dinner (630PM):  Wendys Chicken Apple Pecan salad, minus dressing, minus 80% of bleu cheese (410cal), add 50 cal avocado, balsalmic vinegar

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Daily TOtal: 1460

Day 87

Breakfast (645AM): Sausage Biscuit at McDonald's - running super late and nothing was defrosted... (a psuedo-excuse... i know.) (430cal)

Snack (1100AM): Banana (90cal0

Lunch (1245PM): Pesto Chicken (340) - Okay, but not great.  Watery and the beans are still weird.  But edible and that's why I brought it to school instead of eating it at home.  !

Snack(300-500PM): 100 cal wasa+dip, 150cal carrots+hummus, 30cal chocolate cheerios

Dinner (700PM):  Family b-day dinner - ugh.  Wait, "ugh" because it's gonna eff with my food choices, not because I don't want to have dinner with my fam!  Ate Steak(250), tatertots(200), broccoli(10), carrots(30), salad (no dressing), steak sauce(10), garlic bread (small piece-200), black olives(50), apple cake(250).  Smaller portions than normal, but definitely too big.  Total: 950

Daily Total: 2140cal

Box #12 Menu

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Day 86

Plan: Bagel with egg/ham(220), Ham and turket with couscous (400), chicken with apples (250) + snacks/extras(630) = 1500

Breakfast (700AM):  Cinnamon Raisin English Muffin (140), 1.5 oz ham (50cal), 50 cal of cheddar, and apple.

Snack (1100-1200):  Apple (70) and string Cheese (80), 15 almonds (100)

Lunch (230PM): Veggie Chili (290) + 50 cal avocado, 30 cal corn, 10 cal ff sour cream

Snack (400PM): 135 icecream + 80 artichoke dip

Dinner (715PM): Blue Cheese Meatloaf(430) with 20 cal green beans and 1/4 cup of brown rice (60)

Snack (800PM): 135 ice cream + 50 carrtos hummus

Daily Total: 1780 cal

Day 85

Plan: Omelet with veggie sausage (260), Blue Cheese Meatloaf (300), Own dinner(400) + snacks/extras (540) = 1500
Sooo out of order!...
Breakfast (700AM):  Spinach Mushrrom Crepe (365) with half a tomato and 1/2 a TBS of artichoke dip (40cal)

Snack (1200PM):  String Cheese (80) and an apple (70) Didn't get hungry mid-morning today.

Lunch (130PM): Pork Tenderloin with brown rice and spinach (315)  The pork was really good, the sauce is iffy.  The rice was good, the spinach is okay.

Snack (400PM): Rice cake with 2 tsp of peanut butter (130)

DInner (700PM): Steak salad (300cal) with waaay too much bread (400), lemon tea
Late (1040PM): Ice Cream (135)

Daily TOtal: 1835

Chips?



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Under my new eating habits, I find myself picking up new products that I never would have tried before.  Some are successful, others are not.  Here's what I brought home from the grocery store today...





1) Baked Lentil Chips -- I know you're asking "Why on earth would you buy those?"  Let me tell you -- they promised to be gluten-free, a good source of fiber, 70% less fat than potato chips, and "the first snack to deliver the great taste and healthy benefits of lentils, adzuki, and garbanzo beans."  I love lentils and garbanzo beans.  I do not love these chips.  The texture is great, but they don't taste like anything.  I was going to compare them to cardboard, but i think cardboard has a more distinctive flavor than these chips.  I even got the dill flavor and I can't taste any dill at all.  Serious disappointment.





2)  Pop Chips - I got a bag of BBQ PopChips awhile back and they were pretty good.  Unfortunately, I didn't eat them quick enough (it was a giant bag from CostCo) and they got stale -- not so "pop" like.  They were on sale at the store today, so I got the Cheddar flavor and the SOurCreamandOnion flavor.  First off, they are both much thinner and flatter than the bag from CostCO.  As to the flavor, the cheddar flavor is odd - sorta chemically.  The Sourcream/Onion flavor is decent, but not as good as the BBQ.  I would buy the BBQ again, I don't think I'd buy these flavors again.

Day 84

Plan: SpinachMushroom Crepe (365), Cheeseburger Meatloaf(490), Salmon(220) + snacks/extras(225) = 1300

Breakfast (800AM):  Trader Joe's Steelcut Oatmeal (150cal) with 4 cut up dried apricots (60cal) and 5 almonds (35)  Total = 245cal 

Snack (1130AM): corn tortilla (55cal) with 2 slices of ham (52cal), wrapped around a string cheese (80). 

Lunch (230PM): Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf (490!) with ketchup (20)  Microwaved, then finished the meat in the toaster.  Tasted great today.

Dinner (600PM): Salmon in pepper sauce with quinoa (220), chipped out the pepper sauce before cooking.  Added around 50 cal of mixed veggies.  Drowned the salmon in lemon juice, as usual.  It was much much much better without the pepper sauce.  Weird flavor to me...

Dessert (800PM): German Chocolate Cupcake (200cal)
(900PM): Ice Cream (135cal)

Daily Total: 1547cal

Day 83

PLan: Bagel with almond butter (230), Chicken Pesto (340), Apricot POrk(315) + snacks/extras (715) = 1600

Breakfast (730AM): Bagel with almond butter and 20 cal of jam  (250total)

Snack (1045AM): 15 cal of carrots (finished the bag) and a string cheese (80cal), 5 almonds (35cal)

Lunch (1230PM): Tilapia with Peas and Yucca (330) scraped the red pepper sauce off (-30).  Added only lemon juice.  I really like this - drowned in lemon juice of course.  Nothing against the tilapia, that's how I always eat fish.  The yucca is pretty good if you don't overcook it.  Took the veggies out halfway through and cooked fish on it's own. 

Snack (345PM):  Just starting to feel hungry, better control than last week.  Need a bigger snack since dinner will be late and I'm going to a house warming party first.  Can't show up hungry -- who knows what might happen...  !  Entertained a number of options, finally decided to eat a 1/2 cup of steamed frozen brown rice (75cal), 1/3 cup of edamame (40cal), 1/3 cup of corn (30cal), 2/3 cup of green beans (20cal), 2/3 cup of broccoli (20cal), TBS of teriyaki (30) and 5 almonds (35cal)  TOTAL: 250cal   Very filling.

(700PM): House-warming party - 3 oz of wine (75cal)

Dinner (800pm):  Panda Express Double String bean chicken breast (340cal) with a side of veggies (50 -20 for all the uneaten carrots), water.

(1130PM): Wendys Chicken nugget (225) and value fries (210) ugh. Let's not even talk about it.  I do feel like I made a better connection to the fact that it doesn't taste good enough to overcome how bad it makes me feel...

Daily Total: 1830cal

Weigh-In #12

So, not such a good week for losing weight. I gained a pound. Had a tough time staying on track this week. Ate a lot of snacky food. Had dinner at mom's a couple of times last week. Had three days over 2000 this week! Went out last night with friends. Totally caved late night and got french fries at In-n-Out AND later, ahamburger at Carl's JR. Old habits die hard. I think though, that I can't avoid it forever and trying to do so makes the inevitable crash worse. On the other hand, I don't think I'm someone who can eat just a little fast food. I think it's a trigger. idk. Oh well, motivated to make this week better and actually feel better and capable to do it. Plans: More water. Less TV. More work done (idle hands and all that.) Also, need to go buy some more fruit and carrots. Ate mostly carb-based snacks. Not so good.  Daily calorie average for this week = 1892cal

Day 82

Plan: SweetPOtato Pancakes (360), Salisbury Steak(290), Jerk Tilapia(330) + snacks/extra(720) = 1700

Breakfast (645AM): Sweet Potato panckaes with turkey sausage and light syrup.  (360) yum!

Snack (1100-1200): 1.5 rice cakes (50cal), 1 peanut butter cup (100), half an energy bar (100) [forgot lunch today]

Lunch (200PM): Salisbury Steak - New to me (290).  Just another meatloaf, but okay.  Microwaved, then toasted the meat in the toaster oven.  Decent.  The pureed cauliflower got mixed up with the gravy and mushrooms -- not the most attractive part of the meal.  Added 1/3 cup of corn (30cal)

Snack (400PM) Lil' Drum (115) and Carrots (40)

Dinner (630PM): Deli sandwich (turkey 140, roll 150, avocado 80, bacon 80, cream cheese 30, sprouts, tomato, pickle, mustard) and a pumpkin ale (180)

(800PM): 7oz wine 160cal

(1100PM): We stopped at In-n-Out on the way home.  I resisted the burger and milk shake, but I got an order of fries to share -- though I ended up eating most of them.  They were good at first, but after a few bites not that fabulous, but I ate them all anyways cause that's what I do...  (300cal)

(1200AM): But wait, it gets worse...  I was so irritated with how this week has gone poorly and the lack of loss, and maybe I still had the taste of fries in my mouth... And I was feeling all sad and deprived, so I stopped at Carl's Jr on the way home and got a WesternBaconCheeseburger for 660cal.  And ate the whole thing.  It was a total "Well, I effed up already, so why not seal the deal?"  But I didn't order soda or fries.  SO, um, that's something...  So, at least now I cracked and the whole "I-haven't-had-fast-food-in-3-months" thing is not so much pressure.  And frankly, it didn't taste that good after the first few bites.  I should have just thrown it away.  A little bump in the road that makes me more motivated for this coming week. 

Daily Total: 2865 (1905 if I had stopped at the wine, but I didn't... 1905 would have been respectable for a night out.  I thought I was already screwed at that point.)  On the plus side, I did walk around a giant corn maze for 2 hours tonight!  Not real challenging, but better than watching TV!

Day 81

Plan: Buckwheat pancakes (360), Veggie Chili (290), Turkey with Quinoa(390) + snacks/extra (460) = 1500cal

Breakfast (700AM): Buckwheat pancakes with ham and berry sauce (360) yum!

Snack (1200PM): 50cal carrots

Lunch (145PM): Turkey with cranberry quinoa and butternut squash puree (390) Turkey, cranberry, quinoa was pretty good .  The puree is inedible -- like orange glue (-50cal)

Snack (500PM): Jack in the Box Taco (190cal).  Running errands and starving.  Resisted many many fast foods options, but caved a bit here.  It tasted pretty damn good.  Only ate one, the other is int he fridge.  Did get irritated waiting in line, which used to be a regular occurance.  Felt like I was wasting my time! :D

Looks terrible, tasted great!

Dinner (700PM): Stuffed Chicken with roasted carrots and green beans (300cal)  I added a chopped tomato and broccoli (30cal).  Also 6 almonds (50cal).  My plate had 5! vegetables on it.

 (800PM): 2nd taco
(1000PM):  100cal of popcorn

Daily Total:  1610cal

Day 80

Plan: Chicken Mushroom Crepe(270), Chicken Lentil (330), Spinach/feta chicken with veggies(300) + extra/snacks(600) = 1500

Breakfast (700AM): Chcken Mushroom Crepe with a small tomato, chopped. (270cal)

Snack (1100AM): Rice Cake (35cal), 50 cal of carrots

Lunch (230PM): Salmon with Rice and Spinach (435)  This has been sitting in the fridge for a couple of days and I keep avoiding it.  The salmon was so fishy last time.  So, I decided to eat it for lunch today because I was starving (waited until I got home from work - didn't want to stay there today), I thought hunger would make it taste better.  And either I was right or it was better.  I really liked it.  I did add a chopped up tomato and I think that really helped with the flavor of the salmon - not sure why, but those bites were the best.  Also added lemon juice and 5 almonds. (35)

Snack (330PM): Lil Drum (115)

Dinner (600PM): Chili Verde Pork with quinoa(330).  I added a chopped tomato, 2TBS of fat free sourcream (30) 1 oz avocado (50cal) and 1/3 cup of corn (30)  This was pretty freaking good!  The pork was very lean.  I was worried about the quinoa stuffed peppers being too spicy, but they were more like sweet peppers.  This was a ton of food, especially by the time I added the extras.  Stopped eating at 3/4 gone.  Save the rest for later. (Didn't eat today, -110cal)

Dessert: 100cal of M&Ms, ice cream (115cal), 70 cal coffee cake

Daily Total: 1555cal

Box #11 Menu

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Day 79

Plan: Catch Up day - 1500cal
Breakfast (630AM): Protein bagel (140), 1/2 oz cheddar (60cal), ham (52cal). = 252cal

Snack (1200PM): small apple, 80cal, rice cake (35cal)

Lunch (200PM): Chipotle Chili (440cal) no additions, still pretty good, but not spicy enough. :D

Snack (400PM): 100 cal pirate booty, 100 cal popcorn, 50 cal carrot/hummus, 100 cal of mashed potato, 50 cal mm

Dinner (630): Stuffed Chicken with wheat penne and roasted eggplant (410) with half a chopped tomato  Love this still!

Oops (800PM): 150 cal dressing/gravy, 100 cal coffee cake with butter, 250 cal of apple crisp

Ridiculous day - couldn't stop eating, not sure why.  On the plus side, I did use the treadmill today.  And I actually ran for part of the time!  If walked/ran in 1/8 mi increments and finished the mile in 15 minutes.  This seems like a better exercise option for me - I worked up a sweat quicker and it feels like I'm accomplishing something.  Kinda excited to try again on Friday!

Daily Total: 2117cal

Day 78

Plan: Fruit Crepe(365), Jerk Tilapia(330), Chili Verde(330) + snacks/extras(575) = 1600cal

Breakfast (630AM): Fruit Crepe (365)  Yum!

Snack (1200PM): Cottage cheese with pinapple (100cal)

Lunch (200PM): Morrocan Chicken with lentils (330)  Took this because all the other ready options benefit from modification OR are new and need pictures - I didn't have my camera.  Still like this, undercooked a bit so the lentils were a little on the firm side, but okay.

Snack (430PM): half a rice cake 15cal, and a 2x1x1 piece of coffe cake (100cal?) 

Dinner (645PM): Jerk Tilapia (330) with 30 cal broccoli, 30 cal edamame, lemon juice.  The tilapia is good, only a small bit of it tasted sorta fishy/oily.  Could be a bit of leftover skin - hard to tell under the sauce.
Dessert (745PM): LilDrum (115)

Oops(830PM): M&Mas adn 2 marshmallows (100cal)

Daily Total: 1515cal

Day 77

Plan: Bagel with CreamCheese(180), Chipotle Chili(440), own(400) + snacks/extra(330) = 1350cal

Breakfast (800AM): Protein bagel (140) toasted with 1TBS of peanut butter (90cal) and 2 tsp of jam (30cal)

Snack (1200PM):  150 cal of jalopeno cheese bread, 20 cal of dried apple

Lunch (330PM): Steakhouse Wrap (405cal) which is sooo a burrito, with 45 cal of avocado, a chopped up tomato, and 15 cal of fat free sour cream.

Dinner (630PM):  turkey dinner part 2: In a bowl -- Much smaller portions.  2 oz of turkey breast (80cal), 3/4 cup of mashed potato (150cal), 1/2 cup of dressing(100cal), green beans, 2 tbs of gravy (25cal), 1 Tbs of cranberry (25cal)  May have underestimated -- I felt really full the rest of the evening.
Daily Total: 1285cal

Day 76

Plan: Omelet with VeggieSausage(260), Chicken Bowl (300), Stuffed Chick with eggplant (410) + snacks/extras(530) = 1500cal

Breakfast (800AM): Omelet with veggie sausage (260) added half a chopped tomato, about 20 cal of broccoli, half a laughing cow cheese (17cal) and some basil.  It was decent, but the spongy egg just kills me.  I'm not a fan of eggs much anyways.  Needs more experimentation...  Total: 297

Snack (1130AM): half a wasa (22cal), haf a laughing cow (17), 4 carrots (10) Total: 50cal

Lunch(1230PM): Chicken Bowl (300) - This is new to me -- it's really good!  Chicken breast, brown rice, black beans, tomatillo sauce, etc.  I added half a tomato, 1.3 oz of avocado(60cal), and 2 TBS of fat free sour cream (20cal).

Snack(330-400PM): 100cal of pirate's booty, 1/3 cup of fat free cottage cheese (50cal), a banana(100cal)

Dinner: Turkey Dinner at Mom's house - 3oz of turkey breast (135cal), 1cup of mashed potato (200cal), 1/2 cup of stuffing (150cal), green beans (20cal), salad with a bit of lite italian, cranberry sauce (45cal), 1/4 cup of gravy (50cal), apple crisp (200cal) with ice cream (100cal).  Apple crisp was unnecessary...
Extra: Margarita (only one!) @ Elephant bar (300?cal) and a grocery store cupcake, no icing (120cal)
Daily Total: 2297cal  All in all, not too bad for a "thanksgiving" meal and a drinking event in the same night!

Weigh-In #11

Down 3.5 pounds this week, yay!  2 pounds away from the next mini-goal.  Weekly calorie average: 1561cal  Most days were right at 1600, with exception of 2 days at 1400.  Nothing too different this week, though I did try to drink more water and sleep earlier.  When I get home from work early, I'm pretty snack-y in the afternoon, but I really didn't want to be at work late this week.  Pretty sucky week.  I've developed quite a backlog of meals -- I currently have 2 full weeks plus 3-4 days in the inside freezer and another 1.5 weeks worth outside in the garage freezer.  I like running behind a bit, so I'm not screwed if something happens to the shipment, but this is ridiculous.  I'm skipping a box in a couple of weeks because I'll be out of town on delivery day, that should help. 

Day 75

Plan: Bagel w/almond butter (230), SteakHouse Wrap(405), Stuffed Chicken with carrots(300) + snacks/extras(515) = 1450cal

Breakfast (630AM): Ham, apple, cheddar muffin (110+52+30+15)=207cal

Snack (1100 - 1200): Apple 4oz sliced (60cal), One rice cake (35cal)

Lunch (200PM): Chicken with spinach feta stuffing, green beans and carrots. (Brought the dinner to school because I like to modify the lunch... will eat tomorrow).  300cal

Snack (400-430):  String cheese (80) with a corn tortilla (55), carrots with hummus (80), 25 cal of MM

Dinner (630PM):  Beef/Veggie Stirfry (390), extra broccoli 30cal, almonds 35cal



Dessert(745PM):  Lil'Drum 115cal

Late-night oops (1045PM):  Cleaning out freezer and organizing newest food box.  Found an opened package of these terrible little frozen "Lean gourmet" mini hot pockets.  These were pepperoni pizza flavor.  I ate three (200cal)

Daily Total: 1612cal

Day 74

Plan: Buckwheat pancakes(320), Chicken w/lentils(410), Veg and Beef Stirfry(390) + snacks/extras(380) = 1500cal

Breakfast (630AM): Buckwheat pancakes with ham and berries (320) - good!

Snack (1000 - 1100AM):  apple (70cal)
Snack (1200PM) - 100cal of pirates booty and 100cal of cottage cheese with pineapple.

Left early, before eating - stopped at hospital to get flu shot and blood pressure read, down to normal!

Lunch(330): Half Salad from Jack's with 3 oz of chicken (140), romaine, spinach, tomato, corn, cucumber, beet, garbanzo/kidney mix, red pepper.  Added 1 TBS of ranch (70cal)  (100cal for all veggies?)  Total: 310

Snack (?): Carrots and hummus 80cal
Dinner (700PM): Veggie Chili (290) with avocado (30)  I still like the flavor of this very much.  Good spice.

Dessert: Coconut Spice Chocolate CHip bakery cookie (300cal)  (intended to eat half...oops)

Daily Total: 1600 cal

Day 73

Plan: Omelet w/Ham(180), Calif Wrap(400), Asian Veg and Beef(390) + snacks/extras(380) = 1350cal

Breakfast (630AM): Ate on way to work.  Wasn't up to an omelet this morn.  Toasted an english muffin, ate the ham with a slice of apple (1.5oz) and a half oz of cheese (230?)  Ate the baked apples from the meal too (50?)

Forgot my food again... :(  Ate half a rice cake (20cal) at 1100AM and another tuna kit (150) at 1200PM. 

Lunch (245PM):  Home - ate the Calif Wrap with artichoke heart salad (400).  Added half a tomato, 40 cal of avocado, half a tbs of hummus (25cal) and 5 chopped almonds (35cal).  Not a huge fan of this one, hence the many additions...  It's so dry.  For future reference - The hummus gave the most improvement, followed by tomatoes.  Avocado was good, but didn't really add to the meal.  And the almonds were not a good addition, too crunchy.

Snack (500PM) 100cal of Pirate booty and carrots (15cal) with 25cal of hummus

Dinner (630PM): Asian Vegetable and Beef (390) added 35 cal of almonds and 30 cal of broccoli.  This beef/broccoli meal is pretty good (though not as good as my favorite ever which they subbed out on me THREE times, still bitter!).  Rice noodles are good and the beef has a good flavor/sauce.

Dessert (830PM) LIl' Drum (115)
Daily TOtal: 1660, high but yesterday was lower than planned.  This puts the weekly average at 1543, not bad.

Day 72

Plan: Chciken Mushroom Crepe(270), Salmon/Quinoa(435), Turkey with CiderGravy(390) + extra/snacks(505) = 1600

Breakfast (700AM):  Chicken Mushroom Crepe (270) added a half a tomato chopped.  Liked the zucchini/sweetpotato hash more than previous times.  Helped to mix it in to the filling.

Lunch (1200PM): Forgot lunch and snack.  Fortunately, have a couple of tuna salad kits at work for emergencies.  Fat Free tuna salad - 80cal, 6 crakcers = 70cal

Lunch II (300PM): Turkey in Cider Gravy (390) Pretty good.  turkey is dry, but that's my personal preference.  The stuffing is great.  The baby carrot souffle is... interesting, but totally edible.  I added a TBS of cranberry sauce (30?)

Snack (430PM): 50 cal of M&Ms
Snack (500PM): carrots(20) with 2 TBS of hummus(50)

Dinner (715PM): Salmon in Pepper coulis (290)  Added lemon, 25 cal of almonds, and 30 cal of broccoli  The salmon is not a favorite -- sorta fishy for me - but not terrible.  The quinoa is great.

Dessert(900pm): Lil' Drum (115cal)
Daily total: 1420cal

Box #10 Menu

Day 71

Plan: Sweet Potato pancakes(320), Veggie Chili(290), Salmon(220) + snacks/extras(770) = 1600

BReakfast (730AM): Sweet POtato Pancakes with turkey sausage and light syrup.  Yum! (320)

Snack (1200PM): Banana (90cal), rice cake (30cal), and a tsp of peanut butter (60cal).

Lunch (140PM): CHicken with Greek Lentils (410) Accidentally brought the wrong lunch.  Makes my snack calorie count too high... oh well. 

Snack? Nope

Dinner (700PM): Out to dinner -- Steak salad:  romaine, arugula, 4oz? steak (160), goat cheese (1oz - 75), balsalmic.  200?cal bread 60cal butter.  250 cal yogurt.

Daily Total: 1655

Grocery Shopping

Bought most staples needed (and then some!) -- only need to buy some fruit for the next 2-3 weeks.

Fozen Broccoli, green beans $6.58
4 100cal cans of peaches $5.56
Cottage Cheese (fatfree) $2.99
Lil Drums 10 for $5.49
100cal popcorn 20 bags for $9.98
Reeses Pieces small box $1.49
Almonds $3.48
Wasa Crisps $2.99
Bananas 3 for $0.88
Avocado $1.79
Mini Carrots $2.68
Pink Lady Apples 3 for $2.65
Tomatoes 4 for $3.41
Laughing Cow Cheese $3.00
Rice Cakes $1.89
$54.86 + tax = $59

Day 70

Plan: Bagel with CreamCheese(180), Bleu Cheese Meatloaf(430), Chicken Marsala from friday(300) + snacks/extras(420) = 1350

Breakfast (730AM):  I'm liking the new digital food scale very much!  I had a wheat english muffin (140cal), 1.5oz of deli ham (52cal), 0.3 oz of cheddar cheese(36cal), and 1.5 oz of apple(22cal)  Total: 250cal

Snack (1115AM): String Cheese (80cal) wrapped in a corn tortilla (55cal)

Lunch (130PM): Bleu Cheese Meatloaf (430).  Added 1/2 cup of green beans (15cal).  Microwaved veggies seperately.  Mixed the califlower puree with the gravy.  Microwaved meatloaf, then crisped it in the toaster oven for a few minutes.  The texture is MUCH better this way!  Added Worcestershire sauce too.  Good!  3.2 oz veggies, 4 oz puree/gravy, 3.5 meatloaf

Snack (230PM): Lil Drum Chocolate Brownie (135cal)
Snack (400PM): Wasa Crisp with Tbs of Artichoke DIp and 2 slices of tomato (120cal)

Dinner (630PM):  Chicken Marsala (300cal) I added the remaining frozen green beans (10cal).  I remember not loving this meal before, but it was reeeealllly great tonight!  I scooped out about half the marsala sauce, but kept the rest.  I really like the sweet potato puree and the mushroom add a very satisfying flavor.  the chicken was great.  The brussles are just okay - probably inedible if you don't like brussels...  Full!

Snack (900?):

Daily Total: 1395cal, 171 g carb

Day 69

Plan: Sausage/Egg Bagel(200), Picadillo(225), Chicken Roasted Apples(250) + snacks/extras(775) = 1450

Breakfast(800AM):  Spinach Ricotta Crepes with Sweet Potatoes (365cal) - Decent...

Snack (1000 - 1200AM): 1/2wasa with laughing cow light (55cal), Lemon Cupcake (350cal)

Lunch(1245PM):  Picadillo (225) - one of the best meals!  Though I don't love the plantains...  Added 5 green olilves (15cal) and 4 chopped almonds (25cal).  Also ate one corn tortilla (55cal).

Snack (230PM): Dried Apples (70cal)
(330PM): 100cal of popcorn
(430PM): Wasa with artichoke dip (120)

Dinner (600PM): Chicken with roasted Apples, Hacked  -- The broccoli souffle is inedible and the root medley is depressing.  I pulled the chicken breast (120cal) out, microwaved and then put it in the toaster oven.  Added 1 cup of green beans (30cal), 1/3 cup of corn (30cal) and 2tsp of teriyaki sauce (25cal).  I suppose I need to turn off delivery of meals with the souffle and roots veg.

Daily Total: 1585cal

Weigh-In #10

Made a conscious effort this week to eat closer to 1500-1600 calories and not try so hard to keep the count low.  It kept me from overeating.  Official weigh-in has me down 2.5 pounds.  Decent, but a bit disappointing.  I have to keep reminding myself that about 2 lb a week was the goal!  Only 5 pounds away from next mini-goal, should will happen within two weeks.  Then I get to get a nice haircut!  By the way, I know my finger nails are growing faster than they used to and I think my hair is too!  Oh, and I'm having the wear the hell out of a few key clothes because they are getting too big, but I love them so much!
Note to self: Drink more water this week!