Monday Heartburn

Breakfast:
1 serving Cracklin Oat Bran
1 cup Milk

Later:
3/4 of a leftover Chocolate Chip Cookie
1 Orange

Lunch:
Sandwich
1 Onion and Poppyseed Ciabatta Roll
1 slice Havarti
1 slice Smoked Turkey
1 slice Ham
1/2 Avocado

Dinner:
Beef Stew with Potatoes, Carrots and Onions
several slices of Artisan Bread with Butter

Extra:
about 3/4 of a Sugar Cookie from RS the day before

Nothing Like a Beautiful Sunday

Breakfast:
1 bowl Cracklin Oat Bran
1 cup 1% Milk

At Church:
1 Fruit and Nut Trail Mix Granola Bar
1 mini Butterfinger

Lunch:
Leftover Spaghetti with Balsamic Reduction
1/2 Fluffernutter Thingie (Graham Cackers, Adams Chunky PB, Marshmallow Creme)

Sunday Bunkin Around:
some pieces of Jalepeno
Cookie Dough (Chocolate Chip and Toffee Chips)
tastes of Slaw as I made it
Chocolate Chip Cookie (that my son made)

Dinner:
1 fresh Yellow Corn Tortilla
Creamy Cilantro-Lime Slaw
1 filet Alaskan Haddock
1/6 Avocado
1 cup Cheesy Rice
2 Chocolate Chip Cookies

Fair Day (as in, we went to the Fair today)

Breakfast:
1 cup Strawberries
1/2 cup Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
58 g. French Vanilla Granola

Snack while packing lunches:
1 slice White Grandma Sycamore Bread
1/2 slice Smoked Turkey Breast
1/2 slice Havarti

Lunch:
Sandwich
1 Onion Poppyseed Ciabbata Roll
1 slice Smoked Turkey Breast
1 slice Black Forest Ham
1 slice Havarti
1/2 Avocado

1/2 Orange

2 Fluffernutter Thingies (Graham Crackers with Adams Chunky Peanut Butter and Marshmallow Creme)

Dinner:
Thin Spaghetti with Tomatoes and Basil (probably, like, 3-4 servings...)
1-2 tablespoonfuls of Balsamic Reduction
1/2 Lightly Crusted Parmesan Chicken Breast (chicken, parm, crumbs, herbs, butter)
Asiago Cheese
Grape Juice

Thursday (Day 3 of "no sweets until Valentines Day"

Breakfast:
257 g. Strawberries
1 whipped Yogurt
58 g. Granola
Total calories: 460

Lunch:
Leftover Taco Salad (without the corn or salsa)
1 Cheese quesadilla (with cheddar and jack)
Total calories: 750

Dinner:
3/4 C. Short-grain Brown Rice
115 g. Grilled Chicken (marinated in Korean BBQ sauce)
1 C. Sauteed/steamed Cabbage, Broccoli, and Carrots
1 Clementine
Total calories: 450

Daily total: 1660

Wednesday

Breakfast:
241 g. Strawberries
1 whipped Yogurt
62 g. Granola
Total calories: 472

Snack during Pres Mtg:
handful of Cashews
Total calories: 150

Lunch:
leftover Meatloaf, veggies, and potatoes
Total calories: 385

Extras (no sweets week):
1 Clementine
Total calories: 25

Dinner:
1/4 Tortilla
2 large handfuls of red and green Romaine lettuce
Pinto beans
Ground beef
Long-grain white rice with lemon
Ranch dressing
Jack cheese
Salsa
Corn
Total calories: 600?

Daily total: 1612

This Time It's For Real...No Really

Breakfast:
278 g. Strawberries
1 Whipped Yogurt
64 g. Granola
Total calories: 491

Early lunch:
2 C. Chicken Noodle Soup
Total calories: 200

Later lunch:
259 g. Leftovers (Farfalle with cabbage, tomatoes, fennel, sausage, parmesan and cream)
Total calories: 570

Dinner:
169 g. Red, white, and purple fingerling potatoes
1 1/2 servings of Meatloaf with gravy
166 g. Mixed veggies (peas, carrots, corn, green beans)
1/4 of a Graham cracker
a handful of Multi-grain mini crackers
Total calories: 541

Daily total: 1808

Monday

The Usual:
1 Yogurt
55 g. Granola
Total calories: 380

Lunch:
Leftover Penne with Alfredo Sauce and Grilled Chicken
handful of Raw Carrots
Total calories: 530

After Buying at the Bakery:
Several pieces of Artisan Bread (Ciabatta, Tuscan Boule, Italian Round)
Spreadable Butter (butter with canola oil added to make it spreadable)
Butter with added Cinnamon and Sugar
Total calories: 700?

Daily total: 1610

Sunday, 13th

Pre-Breakfast:
1 slice White Bread, toasted
Butter
Apricot Jam
Total calories: 200?

Breakfast:
Peaches
1 Yogurt
62 g. Granola
Total calories: 510

Scramble out the Door Lunch:
1 mini Snickers Bar
1 mini Butterfinger Bar
Total calories: 200

After Church:
Penne with Alfredo Sauce and Grilled Chicken
Several (maybe 7 or 8) mini chocolate candy bars
????

Daily total: Unfortunate

Saturday, 12th

Breakfast:
1 Yogurt
63 g. Granola
Total calories: 415

At a RS Luncheon:
Gorgonzola with cranberries and almonds
Goat cheese with cinnamon and cranberries
Cheese with pesto and sun-dried tomatoes
Apple slices
Crostini
Water crackers
Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Soup Bowl (sans bread in the middle)
1/2 of a slice of Chocolate cake
1/3 of a slice of Pumpkin Cheesecake
A mini Reeses PB Cup
Total calories: ?????

Dinner:
Whole Wheat Rotini with Tomato Sauce and Parmesan
Total calories: ?????

Probably some candy later, too, but I can't remember.

Daily total: No Idea

Friday, November 11th

Breakfast:
1 Yogurt
61 g. Granola
Total calories: 406

Here We Go:
1 Cinnamon Roll
Total calories: <400?

Trying to Get Back on the Wagon:
1 "lean" frozen Lasagna Meal
Total calories: 280

Rest of the Danged Day:
2 1/2 more Cinnamon Rolls
Basmati Rice, Roasted Broccoli, Carrots, Grilled leftover Chicken, Creamy Cheese Sauce
1 (from a package of two) Peanut Butter Twix bar
1 mini Butterfinger

Daily total: Sad, just sad

Thursday, November 10th

Breakfast:
1 yogurt
68 g. Granola
Total calories: 437

Lunch:
2 oz. Whole wheat penne
10 Brussels Sprouts sauteed in 2 t. Butter
72 g. Leftover Grilled Chicken
1 t. Raspberry Balsamic Vinegar
Total calories: 428

Extras:
3 Skittles
a bite of Waffle
Total calories: <40

Afternoon Doldrums:
1 mini Snickers
Total calories: 72

Dinner:
1 3/4 Biscuit pinwheel with chicken and gravy
Raw carrots
1/2 C. Cottage Cheese (with some dry ranch dressing mix mixed in)
Total calories: 615

Daily total: 1590

Wednesday

Breakfast:
1 whipped Strawberry Yogurt
61 g. Granola with Blueberries and Flax
Total calories: 406

Yum:
1 1/2 Banana Chocolate muffin (homemade, small)
odds and ends
Total calories: 250?

Lunch:
1 Lean Gourmet entree (Salisbury Steak)
Total calories: 180

Big Dinner:
165 g. Brown Medium Grain Rice
195 g. Grilled Teriyaki Chicken
122 g. Roasted Broccoli
163 g. Roasted Carrots
62 g. Teriyaki Sauce (Very Very Teriyaki)
Total calories: 659

Daily total: 1495

Tuesday

Breakfast:
1 lemon Greek yogurt
75 g. Granola
Total calories: 467

STARVING!!!!!:
3 pieces of Pepperoni Pizza
4 Breadsticks
Total calories: 1150

To Top It Off:
1 'fun size' Butterfinger
Total calories: 85

Daily total: 1702


Not bad for losing it during lunch!

Meatless Monday

Breakfast:
1 Chobani lemon greek yogurt
Granola with blueberries and flax
Total calories: <420

Lunch:
some Fries from McDonalds
1 Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken from McDonalds (no dressing)
Total calories: 490

Snacky:
1 Fiber One peanut butter granola bar
Total calories: 150

Tidbits:
about 6 Skittles
1 Sour Patch ghost
Total calories: <40

Dinner:
186 g. Vegetable Couscous (Couscous, sauteed broccoli slaw minced fine, onions, herbs, pinto beans, corn, lime juice, feta)
150 g. Roasted broccoli
Total calories: 301

Daily total: <1401

Success!

The Weekend

It was not good, folks.

It involved cheetos and cookies and not counting.

Not. Good.

Thursday

Breakfast:
1 yogurt (4 oz)
55 g. Granola
Total calories: 370

Looking for Lunch:
a taste of leftover Beef Stew
licking the knife of PB and honey
Total calories: 30?

Lunch:
1 C. Long Grain Rice and Pinto Beans
12 g. Salsa Verde
11 g. Feta
124 g. Corn
Total calories: 370

Cleaning Up:
maybe a tablespoonful of Nerds candy
a handful of Cinnamon Quaker Oat Squares
Total calories: 75?

Dinner:
144 g. Grilled Curried Chicken
1/2 C. Basmati Rice
7 Brussels Sprouts
Total calories: 408

At a YW Training:
a handful of Apple Slices
Total calories: 80?

Daily total: 1333

Wednesday, but Hungry

Breakfast:
1 yogurt
60 g. Granola
Total calories: 391

Lunch:
233 g. leftover Spaghetti
8 g. fresh Parmesan
79 g. leftover Cheese bread
Total calories: 417

3:30 pm:
1 Reese Peanut Butter Cup
Total calories: 105

Are You Kidding Me? No Time To Eat Dinner:
several large spoonfuls of "Annie's Organic Shells and White Cheddar"
Total calories: 250-300???

YW and still hungry:
two good handfuls of Candy Corn
Total calories: 200-250?

Daily total: 1463

...the calories are good for today, but unfortunately I am still really hungry tonight. It is because of my indiscretion at 3:30. If I would have kept to my "no sweets" rule then I would have at least been able to have a bowl of shredded wheat tonight after YW. Alas I will go to bed hungry with a headache.

Also, fruits and veggies are severely under-represented here.

Tuesday and I'm In the Zone!

Breakfast:
1 yogurt (whipped, strawberry)
55 g. Vanilla granola
Total calories: 370

Lunch:
1 C. Long grain white rice
141 g. Mixed veggies (carrots, peas, corn)
40 g. Creamy rosemary and sage sauce (leftover from last night)
Total calories: 335

Snack at 3 pm:
1 large Banana (150 grams)
35 g. Granola (homemade: peanut butter cookie crumbles, almonds, coconut, oats, strawberries)
Total calories: 315

Dinner:
287 g. Spaghetti with marinara sauce (no meat)
94 g. Cheesy bread
Total calories: 481

Daily total: 1501

Booyah!

Beginning a 40 lb Weight Loss Diet on Halloween!

Terrible start, really:
1 Southern style chicken and biscuit from McDonalds
Total calories: 410

Monday

Breakfast:
74 g. Peaches
75 g. Granola
1 Whipped Yogurt
Total calories: 483

Between:
< 1 T. raw Cookie Dough
Total calories: 40?

Lunch:
148 g. Orange Rice (leftovers)
149 g. "Refried" beans (leftovers)
Total calories: 293

Snacky:
2 Clementines
Total calories: 40

Afternoon:
1.5 oz Homemade Bread
4 g. Butter
.2 oz Honey
1 Graham Cracker
more Clementine segments
Total calories: 314

Best Meal of the Day:
235 g. Smashed Red Potatoes
105 g. Sauteed Broccoli Slaw (broccoli, red cabbage, carrots)
125 g. Grilled Chicken Breast with Jus
7 g. Fresh Lemon Juice
3 g. Asiago Cheese
Total calories: 399

Daily total: 1569

Sunday

Breakfast (at a YW training)

1 large Cinnamon Roll

3 Ham and Cheese roll things

about 3/4 C. mixed Fruit (cantaloupe, strawberries, grapes, kiwi)

Total calories: ???

Quick "lunch" before church:

2 more Cinnamon Rolls

Total calories: ???

At church:

1 fun size Butterfinger candybar

Total calories: 90?

Dinner:

1 1/3 C. Orange rice (long grain rice, carrots, butter, broth, garlic, etc)

1.5 oz. Teriyaki grilled chicken

and another Cinnamon Roll

Total calories: ???

Daily total: Hmmmm

Saturday

Oh my...

Breakfast (the usual):
201 g. Peaches
49 g. Whipped yogurt
5.3 oz. Greek yogurt
74 g. Granola
Total calories: 599

Lunch on the Road:
1 Cafe Rio Salad (shredded chicken, black beans, rice, cotija, shredded lettuce, lime, guacamole, vinaigrette, large tortilla)
most of a Fresh Lime Pie with whipped cream
Calories: 5 Bazillion

Dinner at IHOP (yes, dinner after the huge lunch...I know, it was wrong):
1 bowl of coldish Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Fried Steak with a blob of tepid Mashed Potatoes and some token Broccoli
tastes of sons Pancake and sausage
Calories: More, more, more

Daily total: I feel ill

Friday

Breakfast:
205 g. Peaches
5.3 oz Yogurt (Greek-style, vanilla)
75 g. Granola
Total calories: 514

Worth every bite (starving at the grocery store):
1 "Fast Break" Candybar
Total calories: 260

Lunch:
1 tortilla
50 g. Pinto beans, pureed
18 g. Cheddar Jack
45 g. Rice (long grain)
54 g. Grilled chicken
35 g. Salsa verde
Total calories: 367

Randomness:
sip of a Slurpee
one Smartie
tastes of Cookie dough as I prepped it for a recipe
1 slice cold Domino's pizza
a few small handfuls of Granola as I was making it
Total calories: 510

After-hours indiscretions:
3 tortillas
abt 90 g. Pinto beans, pureed
Cheddar Jack
Grilled chicken
Salsa verde
Total calories: 625?

Fruit makes it all ok:
2 Clementines
Total calories: 45

Daily total: 2276

You see, this is the problem...I wasn't super duper hungry at night, but because I hadn't officially had dinner, psychology I felt like I had to eat something. But, notice if I didn't have those 3 burritos (3 burritos, crazy!) I would have been at 1651. Hey, even if I just had 1 burrito, I still would have been better at 2068. 

Thursday

Breakfast:
195 g. Peaches
4 oz. Yogurt (strawberry, whipped)
74 g. Granola (vanilla with almonds)
Total calories: 526

Lunch:
1 slice Domino's Hawaiian-style Pizza (leftovers)
3 bites Domino's Cheese Pizza
Total calories: 330

Pseudo-cookies:
3 Graham Crackers
Total calories: 195

Whoops:
10 Peanut M&M's
Total calories: 125

Wasted calories (kicking myself):
experimenting with Biscuit dough, Ham, Asiago, and Sharp Cheddar for an upcoming brunch engagement (probably ate, like, fourteen little hamlet thingies...)
Total calories: 634 (and yes, I did count the calories)

Dinner:
1 C. Rice (long-grain white) with Peas, Ham, Grilled Chicken, Asiago and Tarragon
Total calories: 350

Daily total: 2160

Still eating too much. But it is easy to see where the extra calories are coming from. Must. Do. Better.

Wednesday

Breakfast:
1 Yogurt (greek, strawberry)
a tablespoon or two of Whipped Yogurt
9 g. Freeze Dried Strawberries
76 g. Granola (vanilla with almonds)
Total calories: 488

Munch-O Matic:
1 Graham cracker
Total calories: 65

Making lunch:
tastes of Pasta and Cheese as I prepped for the boys
1 more Graham cracker
Total calories: 115

Lunchy Baby:
174 g. Braised Pork Tenderloin with Rosemary and Garlic (leftovers)
295 g. Medium-grain Brown Rice
Total calories: 727 (?)

Dinner:
2 1/2 slices Domino's Cheese Pizza
1 slice Domino's Hawaiian-style Pizza
1 Breadstick
Total calories: 1180 (Ouch!)

Daily total: 2575

The lack of fruits in general and vegetables in particular is quite shocking, really. Really.

Thursday

No Breakfast 'til Noon Is Never a Good Thing:
2 large squares of the leftover Dessert from yesterday (from my YW)
about 1/2 C. Baked Beans with Hot Dogs
Total calories: <700

Lunch:
2 C. Minestrone Soup
Total calories: 225

Before Dinner Snack:
1 large slice Banana Bread
Total calories: 200

Dinner:
2 slices Pepperoni Pizza from Little Caesars
3/4 slice Cheese Pizza from Little Caesars
Total calories: 760

Daily total: 1885

Wednesday Was...Well...Hmmm

Not Good to Snack Before Breakfast:
1 slice Banana Bread
Total calories: 120

Breakfast:
5.2 oz. Yogurt
63 g. Granola
Total calories: 445

Prepping Boys Lunch:
taste of Black Beans and Rice
Total calories: 75?

Lunch:
2 C. leftover Spaghetti
1 t. Parmesan cheese
Total calories: 560

Sweet:
1 Smartie
Total calories: 25

Oh No!:
lots of a Cheesecake-y thing that one of my YW brought over
Total calories: 650?

Dinner:
1 1/2 slices homemade Cheese Pizza
Total calories: 400

YW:
2-3 large handfuls of Carmel Popcorn
Total calories: ?????

Daily Total: 2250, before the blasted Popcorn

Tuesday, the Second Day is Always the Hardest

Starting Out Wrong:
2 Pringles
Total calories: 30

Breakfast:
221 g. Peaches
1 Raspberry Greek Yogurt
63 g. Granola
Total calories: 503

Munching:
couple of handfuls of Cracklin Oat Bran
tastes of Black Beans as I prepped them for the boys
Total calories: 200

More...:
1/2 Ciabatta Sandwich Bread
Total calories: 80

Totally Gross, I know:
Baked Beans with Hot Dogs
Total calories: 335

Might As Well Give Up Now:
shared a Snickers Bar with the boys
Total calories: 180

Whatever:
more Cracklin Oat Bran handful
Total calories: 80

Baking:
a slice an a half of Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
Total calories: 250

Dinner was Delish!:
98 g. Sauteed Broccoli Slaw
218 g. Mashed Russet Potatoes
32 g. Grilled Marinated Lemon Chicken
1/2 C. Lemony Chicken Jus
Total calories: 486!

Couldn't Resist the 11:00 p.m. Temptation:
more Banana Bread
Total calories: 200

Daily total: 2264


Too many snacky-poos today.

Hooray For Today! Tomorrow Is Tart Day...

Breakfast:
185 g. White flesh Peaches
1 Lemon flavored Greek Yogurt
64 g. Granola
Total calories: 491

Lunch:
bite of Ciabatta bread
3/4 C. Orange Rice (long grain white rice, butter, carrots)
1 generous C. leftover Pork Chop Suey (pork, cabbage, broccoli, sesame)
Total calories: 425

Snacky-poo:
2 (1 serving) Crunchy Peanut Butter Granola Bars
35 g. Red Pears
Total calories: 211

Extra Indiscretion:
2 Pringles
Total calories: 20

Dinner:
Whole-wheat Penne with Sauteed Spinach, Roasted Butternut Squash and Asiago Sauce
Total calories: 553

Yum:
1 Smartie Roll
Total calories: 25

Daily total: 1725

Sunday

In a Nutshell
4-5 small Pancakes
Butter
2 small cups of Milk
1 Ciabatta Roll
2 T. Cream Cheese with Scallions
4 slices of Ham
10 (or so) Pringles
2 Nutter Butter Cookies
1/2 Chocolate Chip Cookie (at church)
7 large stale Marshmallows
more Pringles
5 rolls of Smarties
1 1/2 C. Orange Rice (white rice with carrots, garlic, butter, etc)
about 1 Cup Pork Chop Suey (stir-fried pork, broccoli, cabbage)
Coconut-carmel Popcorn

(Need more veggies and fruits...)

Saturday's Alright for Fighting

Oi vey.

Breakfast:
1 yogurt
209 g. Nectarine
61 g. Granola
Total calories: 489

The Rest of the Day:
14+ "Circus Peanuts" (banana flavored candy)
swig of Rootbeer
handful of Cheddar Pringles
handful of Sour Cream and Onion Pringles
2 Ciabatta Sandwich Rolls
2 T. Cream Cheese
4 slices Ham
5 carrot sticks
8 or 9 Nutter Butter cookies
more Circus Peanuts
3 or 4 stale-ish Chocolate Swirled Marshmallows
another Ciabatta Sandwich Roll
with Butter
a good scoop of "Chinese Coleslaw" with strawberries
several good scoops of Pasta Salad (with a sort of sweet dressing)
2 small Croissant and Chicken Salad Sandwiches
1 Oatmeal raisin cookie
1 mini Cupcake (I scraped off the gross frosting)
2 Brownies

Some days it would probably be good to be bulimic.

Just a thought.

Today, Tuesday

No Breakfast - No Time:
1/2 Medium Fry from McDonalds
1/2? Strawberry Shake from McDonalds
Total Calories: 

Lunch:
Roasted Red Onions and Red, Orange, and Yellow Peppers
swirl of Olive Oil
2 oz. Whole Grain Pasta
1 T. Feta
Total calories:

Munchy:
a Pita chip or two
a few M&M's
Total calories:

Afternoon Baking:
1 1/2 Biscuits with butter
Total calories:

Dinner:
3/4 C. Baked Rotini and Cheese
Total calories:

Dessert:
2 Berry Shortcakes (Biscuits from earlier with Raspberries, Strawberries, 1 T. Strawberry ice cream)
Total calories:

Daily total: ???

Monday, June 20th

Breakfast:
105 g. Raspberries
181 g. Strawberries
4 oz. Whipped Strawberry Yogurt
57 g. Granola
Total calories: 496

Munchy Snacky Stuff:
1 oz. Black Bean and Roasted Garlic Chips
.5 oz Sharp Cheddar
a handful of Pita chips
2 or 3 Mint M&M's
1/2 Waffle with some Butter
Total calories: 500

Lunch:
1 serving (9) Cheese Ravioli
1 pat of Butter
Total calories: 290

Dinner:
Grilled Marinated Chicken Thighs
Smashed Red Potatoes
Sauteed Snap Peas with Shallots and Cashews
Total calories: 575

Dessert:
3/4 Leftover Father's Day Cookie (Chocolate chip cookie dipped in milk chocolate)
Total calories: 200?

Daily Total: 2061

Rest of the Week Plus the Weekend

Peanut butter cookies

Popcorn

Guacamole

Grilled Curried Chicken

Persian Rice (dilled basmati)

Roasted Broccoli

Black Bean and Roasted Garlic Tortilla Chips

Pita Chips

Grilled Asparagus

Sweet and Sour Meatballs 

Stir Fried Cabbage and Carrots with Soy

Medium Grain Brown Rice

Burrito with Sour Cream and Salsa Verde

Red and Yellow Peppers

Celery

Raw Carrots

Cottage Cheese (4%, Yum!) with Herbs

Short Stack (2 large pancakes) plus Butter and Syrup

Biscuits and Gravy

Chicken Burrito from Chipotle (tortilla, black beans, cilantro rice, corn and red onion salsa, crema, jack cheese, lettuce)

tastes of Kraft Mac and Cheese (unfortunately)

2 Lil Drumsticks (miniature ice cream cone things)

Mint M&M's

Tuesday, June 14th

Breakfast:
1 Belgian style (sized) Waffle [half whole-grain, made with white wheat pastry flour]
1 large Banana
1 1/2 t. Butter
Syrup
1 large glass Milk

At the splash pad:
bite of PB Granola bar
a yummy Black Bean and Garlic Tortilla Chip
1/3 of a Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie

Lunch:
2 slices Pepperoni Pizza

Munching:
1 1/2 more slices of Pepperoni Pizza
2/3 of a Chocolate Cupcake

3:00 Blues:
1 Avocado, smashed with Lemon and Salt
1 1/2 oz. Fritos
one or two small tastes of Slaw that I prepped for BBQ

Neighborhood BBQ:
1 Cheeseburger (bun, burger, cheese, lettuce, pickles, condiments)
1 oz. Doritos
1 serving Creamy Lime Cilantro Cole Slaw
1 slice Banana Pie

10 pm Indiscretions:
4 Peanut M&M's

Daily total: More Than It Should Be

Back in the Saddle Again - Monday

Breakfast:
1 no-bake Chocolate, peanut butter and oat bar cookie

Breakunch:
1 giant leftover salad from last night (romaine, scallions, pears, strawberries, feta, cashews, raspberry-balsamic vinaigrette)

Luncheon:
1 bean and cheese burrito (tortilla, pinto beans, sharp cheddar)
1 T. light sour cream
Salsa verde
Some of sons burrito
Celery sticks
Carrot sticks

Dinner:
Grilled marinated steak (less than 1 oz)
Grilled red onions and red and yellow peppers
Creamed corn with cilantro and queso fresco
Roasted gold and red baby potatoes

Post FHE "treat":
140 g. Strawberries
1/2 C. Homemade lemon sherbet

Daily total: ????

Thursday

Breakfast:
1 Yogurt
2 small Nectarines (262 g.)
55 g. Granola
Total calories: 498

Snack:
1 oz. Fish crackers
Total calories: 135

More:
a handful of Popcorn
Total calories: 30

Lunch:
Sauteed carrots and spinach with garlic
White beans
1 Red plum
Total calories: 265

Dinner:
160 g. Medium grain brown rice
356 g. Stir fry with pork and ginger (cabbage, carrots, zucchini, scallions, ginger, garlic, etc)
Total calories: 388

Daily total: 1316

Renewing My Goal of Tracking this Infernal Diet, Starting TODAY

I am totally disgusted with myself today. 


Breakfast:
2 pieces of Whole wheat toast
butter
honey
1 C. Milk
Total calories: 520


The Rest of the Day:
1 package of Peanut M&M's
some Pringles
3 1/2 homemade Rice Krispie Treats
33 calories worth of Celery
a bite of Peanut granola bar
a bite or two of Zuchinni bread
several handfuls of Fish Crackers
several handfuls of Peanut Butter Captain Crunch
a Provolone Grilled Cheese Sandwich on Whole Wheat
a forkful of Balsamic Slaw
a large dollop of Refried Beans
3-4 triangles of Quesadilla
Total calories: >1300


Daily total: at least 1820...

Blech. I just need to stick with the parfait breakfast. It is the only thing that grounds me for the day. Oh, and the mid-morning M&M thing wasn't so good either.
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Tuesday

Breakfast:
some random tastes of things like Waffles or cereal
1 Yogurt
2 small Nectarines (226 g.)
46 g. Granola
Total calories: 492

Munch munch:
tastes of food items as I prepped them
1 serving of Cottage Cheese and Strawberries
Total calories: 180

Lunch:
227g. Corn and Rice Salad with Sauteed Zucchini and Lemon Vinaigrette
Total calories: 380

Baking, baking:
3-4 slices of Zucchini Bread (really like a Zucchini pound cake)
lots of tastes of a Colcannon gratin
Total calories: 600?

Dinner:
a few more spoonfuls of the Colcannon gratin (now pureed)
1 1/2 Red Plums
generous serving of Honeydew
Total calories: 200?

Daily total: 1852?

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Monday (kind of sketchy at this point)

Breakfast:
tastes of Waffle as I made them
1 Yogurt
2 small nectarines (197 g.)
48 g. Granola
Total calories: 458

Trying to decipher my shorthand:
Bread and cheese
Cheddar Zucchini bread
Total calories: 700?

Dinner:
Beef Stroganoff
Total calories: 400?

Daily total: 1558

Ok. So this is how it went down.

I was starving today. And I just kept looking around for something "good" to eat. It is never a good thing when I start out with chocolate. That almost always spells D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R.

The No-Breakfast, Breakfast:

Chocolate Covered Almonds

1 Cheesestick

3/4 Whole-wheat waffle

Butter

Total calories: 500

Bad Day, I Can Feel It:

more Chocolate Covered Almonds

Total calories: 125

Emotional Reaction (kids running wild, 5 yr old yelling "I hate you!", etc):

MORE OF THOSE CURSED CHOCOLATE COVERED ALMONDS

Total calories: 220

Shall We Lunch Now?:

Popcorn with Butter and Salt

Some taffy

1 Rice Krispie Treat

Total calories: 300

While We're At It:

1 Yogurt

1 Nectarine

50 g. Granola

Total calories: 450

More Than I'd Care to Admit:

a good sized blob of Mashed Potatoes

some Gravy

Baked Chicken (breast meat)

several good scoops of Cornbread Stuffin' (Freaking love this stuff)

Peas

Total calories: ?????

YW:

1 mini Banana Cream Pie Blizzard

Total calories: 350?

Daily total: Much More Than I Was Hoping

Tuesday, August 24th

Breakfast:
190 g. Nectarines
1 Yogurt
45 g. Granola
Total calories: 422

Snack:
.5 oz Cashews
1 Cheesestick
Total calories: 160

Snacking more:
a few Chocolate covered almonds
one or two Salt Water Taffies
Total calories: 150

Lunch:
Barley with snap peas and carrots
Total calories: 140

Hungry hungry  me:
.5 oz Baked cheetos
more Chocolate covered almonds
Total calories: 270

Dinner:
Gemelli with zucchini pesto and diced tomatoes
Parmesan crusted chicken
Total calories: 454

Daily total: 1596

Monday through Thursday (8/2 - 8/5)

MONDAY

Breakfast:

60 g. Raspberries

148 g. Strawberries

4 oz. Yogurt

55 g. Granola

Total calories: 455

Lunch: 

1 Pre-made Cobb Salad with some random ranchy-flavored dressing

Total calories: 300

Snack:

26 g. Captain Crunch cereal, dry

Total calories: 100

Dinner: 

1 bowl Homemade chicken and wild rice stew

1 1/2 pieces Roasted parmesan bread

Total calories: 500

Daily total: 1355

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TUESDAY

Breakfast: 

A handful of dry cereal, here and there

61 g. Raspberries

152 g. Strawberries

4 oz. Yogurt

56 g. Granola

Total calories: 480

Indulgent Morning Snack:

5 Cashew Clusters

6 Milk chocolate chips

Total calories: 190

Un-inspiring lunch:

1 serving of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (white cheddar version)

Total calories: 380

Dinner: 

212 g. Herby Vegetable saute (onions, carrots, potatoes, zucchini, peas, etc)

155 g. Grilled Marinated Chicken breast

Total calories: 343 

Daily total: 1393

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WEDNESDAY

Breakfast:

54 g. Raspberries

124 g. Strawberries

4 oz. Yogurt 

55 g. Granola

Total calories: 455

Snack:

2 Cashew Clusters

Total calories: 60

Lunch:

226 g. Stir-fried Broccoli

Medium-grain Brown Rice

Chicken breast

2 1/2 T. Spicy Orange Sauce

Total calories: 472

Snacky-poo:

Chocolate chip or two 

Total calories: 20

Dinner:

300 g. Beef with Broccoli in Ginger Sauce over Soba Noodles

1 Cashew cluster

Total calories: 345

Daily total: 1352

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THURSDAY

Breakfast:

1 leftover Pancake with butter

47 g. Raspberries

149 g. Strawberries

4 oz. Yogurt

55 g. Granola

Total calories: 623, ouch!

Afternoon indiscretions:

Cheese quesadilla triangles

2 (small) burritos with Salsa Verde

some Homemade refried beans

like, 12 Cashew clusters and handfuls of chocolate chips

Total calories: >1000

Dinner:

4 Whole-wheat pancakes with butter

2 T. Syrup

1 C. Milk

Total calories: ???

Daily total: I don't even want to know...

Monday, June 28th

Breakfast (the Usual):
143 g. Strawberries
Yogurt
55 g. Granola
Total calories: 443

Snack:
4 Butter crackers
6 slices Deli Turkey
Total calories: 125

Snack:
1 serving Drumstick Ice Cream
Total calories: 170

Afternoon scrounging:
1 1/2 Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Total calories: 160

Dinner:
93 g. Baked chicken
167 g. Curried rice with lentils and fried onions
Total calories: 380

Late night snack:
1 Green pepper
Total calories: 34

Daily total: 1312

Sunday, June 13th

No Breakfast, always a bad omen

After conference:
1 serving Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper microwave packet (This is gross, I know. It is just leftover from the trip and, well, when you are starving, you are starving...)
Total calories: 210

More lunch options and poor choices:
2 slices Bread
37 g. Deviled ham
a swig of Chocolate milk
Total calories: 334

A great idea:
making homemade waffle bowls for ice cream (never quite got the texture right because I was trying to do it with a deep-holed waffle iron, so I pretty much ate them all)
Total calories: ???

Dinner:
Mashed potatoes and carrots
1 1/2 Salisbury steaks
Yellow Summer Squash
Total calories: ???

Dessert:
abt 1/2 Strawberry cheesecake ice cream
Total calories: 120

Before bed:
1 Red Plum
Total calories: 20

Daily total: ????

Saturday, June 12th

183 g. Peaches
1 Yogurt
56 g. Granola
Total calories: 472

Snack before leaving:
1 Granola bar
Total calories: 140

Lunch with the YW at 3:00 (starving):
1 Breadstick at Pizza factory with
Marinara and "Alfredo" dip
2 slices Ham and Pineapple Pizza
1 slice Chicken Alfredo pizza
Total calories: 1000, at least

Before bed snacky:
1 mini Ice cream bar
2 slices Wheat bread
some butter and honey
1 cup Milk
Total calories: 510

Daily total: 2122

Friday

Before-Breakfast Noshing:
Cereal bits, here and there
Total calories: 25

For Reals:
177 g. Strawberries
1 Yogurt
55 g. Granola
Total calories: 433

Blah blah blah blah:
some Microwave Popcorn
Total calories: 100

Leftovers for Lunch:
125 g. Grilled chicken
108 g. Rice
56 g. (1/2) Avocado
Total calories: 355

Experimenting:
trying to duplicate some expensive vanilla and walnut granola at home, and tasting as I go
Total calories: 170?

Hungry for Dinner After the Pool:
1 footlong Subway sandwich with chicken breast, cheese, veggies, and bbq sauce
Total calories: 640, but worth it

Daily total: 1723