Monday

Breakfast:
1 Peach
1 slice Cheese pizza, cold
1/2 C. Milk
Total calories: 385

Munching:
1 Granola bar
Total calories: 100

Lunch:
1 Healthy Choice frozen entree (chicken, pasta, broccoli, carrots, red pepper, apple crisp)
Total calories: 320

Dinner:
1 C. Mashed potatoes, with gravy
1 serving Pork chop
2/3 C. Carrots and peas
Total calories: 600

Daily total: 1405

Sunday

Breakfast:
Some random stuff (a few crackers and marshmallows)
2 (thick and not very good) pancakes
1 T. Butter
1/2 C. Milk
Total calories: 500

Lunch:
1 slice (111 grams) Cheddar zucchini bread
Butter
Total calories: 265

Snacks throughout afternoon:
1 Granola bar
Fish crackers
Total calories: 200

Dinner:
1 serving Grilled curry chicken
1/2 C. (generous) Short grain brown rice
1 C. Stir fried cabbage and carrots with parmesan
Total calories: 479

Daily total: 1444

Saturday

Breakfast:
1 Peach
1 Yogurt (Vanilla, whipped mousse style!)
31 grams granola (French vanilla)
Total calories: 373

Lunch:
2 C. Chicken noodle soup
1 slice (98 grams) Cheddar zucchini bread
Total calories: 435

Extra:
Taste of birthday cake at a party
Total calories: 45

Dinner:
1 Baked potato
2 t. butter
2 T. sour cream (light)
2/3 Carrots (buttered)
Total calories: 315

After dinner:
3/4 Peanut butter granola bar
Cottage cheese and pineapple
Total calories: 205

Daily total: 1373

Friday

Breakfast:
1/2 C. Cottage cheese
2 T. Strawberry freezer jam
Total calories: 160

Snack:
1 Granola bar
1/2 C. Milk
Total calories: 155

More snacking:
Handful of Captain Crunch
1 Pancake
Total calories: 130

Lunch:
1 Healthy choice frozen entree (rice, chicken, broccoli, peach crisp)
Total calories: 400

More munching (hungry today):
Marshmallows
Total calories: 100

Dinner:
1 1/2 slices Cheese pizza
Total calories: 380

Baskin Robbins:
1 scoop Mint cookie ice cream
1 Sugar cone
Total calories: 200

Daily total: 1525

Oh my!

Food journaling is turning out to be quite effective in motivating me. I usually do fairly well throughout the week and then lose it on the weekends, but knowing that I have to account for each little nibble online (where whoever can read it) gives me momentum to avoid the extras. Plus, wow, it is fun to actually see some success. We'll see how it goes tomorrow and over the weekend.

Thursday

Morning snack:
1 Crunchy strawberry granola bar
Total calories: 100

Breakfast:
1 Peach
1 Yogurt (Vanilla, whipped mousse style)
36 grams Granola (French vanilla)
Total calories: 361

Lunch:
3/4 C. Rice (leftover)
1 Salisbury steak (leftover from dinner)
Total calories: 380

Various munching while I clean up after children:
Including mini marshmallows, captain crunch, goldfish crackers (maybe 3-5 of each)
Total calories: 60

Dinner:
5 oz Salad (Romaine, iceburg, green cabbage, snow peas, carrots, pineapple, almonds, chinese noodles)
1 oz Asian vinaigrette
16 grams Chicken (leftovers)
Total calories: 260

Night snack:
Cottage cheese and strawberries
Total calories: 130

Daily total: 1291

Wednesday

Breakfast:
53 g. Raisin Bran Crunch
1 C. Milk
Total calories: 300

Snack:
.5 oz Monterey Jack
1 Peach
1 oz Cashews
Total calories: 288

Munching:
1/4 Waffle
Total calories: 70

Lunch:
1 Healthy Choice frozen entree (chicken, potatoes, broccoli, apple crisp)
Total calories: 250

Dinner:
1 2/3 Salisbury steak with gravy
1 Baked potato
1 serving Steamed carrots
Total calories: 600

YW activity:
1 Cookie
Some cookie dough
Total calories: 150

Daily total: 1658

Tuesday

Breakfast:
1 Peach
1 Yogurt (Vanilla, whipped mousse style!)
40 grams granola (French vanilla)
Total calories: 400

Lunch:
10.7 oz Salad (Romaine, iceburg, green cabbage, snow peas, carrots, pineapple, almonds, chinese noodles)
2 oz Asian vinaigrette
40 grams Chicken (leftover from dinner last night)
Total calories: 530

Dinner:
1 1/4 C. Farfalle with chicken and creamy pesto sauce
2/3 C. Sauteed yellow summer squash
Total calories: 475

Daily total: 1405

August 24, 2009

Breakfast:
1 Peach
1 Yogurt (Raspberry cheesecake flavor)
42 grams Granola (French vanilla)
Total calories: 345

Munching:
Croutons
Total calories: 60

Lunch:
3/4 C. Fettuccine
1/2 C. Bolognese sauce
Carrots
Total calories: 425

Dinner:
1 C. Jasmine rice with fresh ginger
Baked chicken with garlic and chinese five spice powder
2 servings of Snow peas with shallots and almonds
Total calories: 620

Daily total: 1450

Food Journaling

Transparency is the key to motivation. This is the ugliest picture I could find. I can do this, right?