(154) Daily Food Round Up

Brunch: 2 poached eggs (142 cal), two slices toast (110 cal), 2 tsp butter (72 cal), 2X coffee (80 cal)
Snack: grapefruit (120 cal), water
Dinner: Another grapefruit (120 cal) and a banana (71 cal), water
Snack:  clementine (35 cal) crackers (160 cal), water, lemonade (90 cal)
Other: 2 Coldeeze (18 cal) and 6 cough drops (96 cal)


Total:   1024 cal, 88 oz

So, apparently some useless calories today. Feeling like I'm fighting off a cold. Not a lot of good food, but not terrible. I'd planned on making a salad topped with grilled chicken, but just wasn't very hungry, and didn't feel like standing in the kitchen to make it. So, I tried to pick some healthy stuff...the fruit. Could have skipped the crackers, but at least I'm not over my calories.

(153) Daily Food Round Up

Brkfst:  one slice of bread w/ one Tbsp peanut butter (150 cal) 2X coffee (80 cal) water
Snack:  water
Lunch: 7.5 oz lettuce (30 cal), 3.6 oz chicken (grilled on the george foreman grill, no oil/spray, 115 cal), 3 Tbsp Ken's Healthy Choice Italian dressing (67 cal), water
Snack:  Cheese stick (71 cal), water
Dinner: clementine (35 cal), grapefruit (120 cal), 5.4 ounces baked fish ( 300 cal), 2 ounces potato w/ butter (88 cal)
Snack:  water,

Totals:  1056 cal, 118 ounces

(152) Daily Food Round Up

Brkfst: whole wheat English muffin w/ 1 tsp butter (193 cal), coffee (40 cal), water
Snack:  HOLY COW!!!! WHO HAS TIME FOR SNACKS?!?!?  water, water, water
Lunch:  3oz broiled steak (leftovers) (190 cal), 1/2 cup cabbage/onions (60 cal), 1/3 cup peas (40 cal), water
Snack: 2 clementines (70 cal
Dinner:  oatmeal (160 cal) with 2 tsp maple syrup (32 cal), water, 2 Tbsp almond slices (80 cal)
Snack:  Cup of tea with 2 tsp honey (32 cal), 1/2 c of unsweetened applesauce (50 cal)

Totals: 947 cal, 120+ ounces

(151) Daily Food Round Up

Brkfst: 14oz Coffee (40 cal), water
Snack:  water
Lunch:  peanut butter & low-sugar rasp. preserves sandwich (230 cal), 16oz water, 14 oz coffee (40 cal)
Snack: 1/2 pkg of ramen noodles (95 cal), water
Dinner:  4 oz broiled round steak, 3/4 cup steamed cabbage & onions
Snack: 1/2 can (drained) of apricots in pear juice (100 cal)

Totals: 833 cal  92 oz

(151) Re-Ordering Some Things

So, Allan has been harping on us about getting the water in early, and I must admit that all I can think about in the morning is getting in that first cup of coffee. n.o.t.h.i.n.g.....e.l.s.e.....m.a.t.t.e.r.s.........

Case in point. I woke up this morning, feeling like I'd been hit by a truck. Hubby came to bed late last night, then forgot to let the dog in, and got up to take care of that. When I woke up, I had to pee (all that water!!) and then he had trouble sleeping, so he went to the couch somewhere around 3 or 4am. So, sleep was crappy, and then when we did get up, hubby is on the fast train of verbal engagement....something I just can't do. So while he is chattering away, I'm in slow motion, trying to keep focused on getting ready for work, and all the while, all I can think about is getting to the kitchen to get that first cup of coffee.....

But.....BUT!!! This morning, I had my first bottle of water AT the bedside, ready for when I woke up. And that is the first, ok the second thing I put my hand on as I woke up, the alarm clock being the first.

So I am actually on my SECOND bottle of water, and it's not even 9am.

So that's the new plan, water by the bedside.

(150) Daily Food Round-Up

Brkfst: 14oz Coffee (40 cal), toast with 1 tsp butter (91 cal), 16 oz water
Snack: clementine (35 cal), 16oz water
Lunch:  peanut butter & low-sugar rasp. preserves sandwich (230 cal), 16oz water, 14 oz coffee (40 cal)
Snack:  cheese stick (71 cal)
Dinner: 2 oz spaghetti (200 cal) 1/2 cup sauce (91 cal), 4 oz grilled chicken (200 cal) 16 oz water
Snack:  2 peaches (120 cal)

Totals: 1118 calories, 92 oz

(145) Daily Round Up

Brkfst: Coffee X2 (80 cal), raisin English muffin (160 cal) with 2 tsp butter (66 cal), water
Snack:
Lunch: turkey sandwich (170 cal), 1.2 c unsweetened applesauce (50 cal), cheese stick (71 cal) water
Snack: coffee (40 cal), water
Dinner: 5 ounces chicken (250 cal), 1/2 baked potato (60 cal), 8 oz juice (120 cal)
Snack: One piece of chocolate, (47 cal)

Totals: 1114 cal, 84 ounces

(142) Daily Round-Up

Brkfst: coffee (40 cal), water (30 ounces)
Snack: crackers & peanut butter (190 cal), water (16 ounces)
Lunch: cereal with a banana (259 cal) and coffee (40 cal) (14 ounces)
Snack: grapefruit (120 cal) and water (16 ounces)
Dinner: 2 oz shrimp (56 cal), 1 cup pasta (220 cal), 1/2 c of steamed broccoli (27 cal), 1 c of steamed cabbage/onions/garlic (62 cal), 12 oz oj (165 cal)
Snack: water (16 ounces)

Totals: 1179 & 104 ounces

(141) It's Chilly Willy....and the Coffee is Hot

I went to let the dogs out this morning and the window on my back patio door looked like this. Not sure that the beauty really comes through in the photo, but it's very cool.

So one of the things I've been struggling to let go of has been my coffee creamer (sweetened). Allan has given me some crap about using Creamora instead of the stuff I've been using. So I went and bought some...Coffee-mate actually, since that's what i was able to find at the grocery store. And I've been cutting back on the amount of sugar I put in there. And it has been a struggle.

A couple weeks or so ago, my best friend and I went to Starbucks for a coffee, and I ordered a Cinnamon Dolce latte, SUGAR FREE. And you know what? It wasn't bad.

Problem is, I'm not about to drop $3 on a cup of coffee every day. It's a treat every once in awhile, but come on?!? So, I bought a bottle of the syrup instead.

$7.95

That just covered the cost of two cups of coffee, and I can get dozens out of this bottle. And using the coffee mate gets my calories down to about 40 per cup. That's a helluva lot better than the 140 I was drinking with the International Delight stuff. I do miss it. A lot. But this is an acceptable alternative.The syrup is sugar free, so its zero calories. And Coffee-mate is 10 cal per tsp.

YAY!!

Day 135

Went home for lunch to take a quick nap, since I hardly had any sleep last night. I was able to catch a quick 30 minutes, and had a moment to grab some crakers (9) & peanut butter (1 Tbsp), a bit of applesause (1/2 c.) and a string cheese snack: 295 calories.

I'm on water number 3. Also had coffee this morning, and oatmeal: 210 calories.

Totals so far: 505 calories, 50 ounces water, 16 ounces coffee

......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....think I need more coffee

Day 110 Just Checking In

Not much to write about this morning, so I'll just do the daily calorie count so far.

Breakfast: one piece of whole-grain raisin bread 70 calories
1/2 tsp of butter on the toast, 27 calories
3/4 cup of grapes, 75 calories
cup of coffee, 105 calories

Snack, string cheese 70 calories
and 6 wheat thins, 60 calories
cup of coffee, 105 calories

Total so far: 512 calories Whew!! I am eating too much...Actually its the coffee.....ugh!

Leaving for lunch now. I'll have to keep that minimal.

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Went home for lunch (instead of attending yet another work-related lunch event at a mexican restaurant) and had:

One ounce of red-pepper hummus, 70 calories
3 large carrots cut in strips, 90 calories

Running total, and I'm trying to keep it low! 672 calories so far

One December Goal....

One of my goals for December is to try and find an alternative to the creamer I use in my coffee. Allan keeps shouting CREAMORA at me! Lol!! So I'm giving it a go. Its not like I've never had it before...we've got Creamora at work in our coffee area...but the coffee is so bad, that on the rare occassion that I have a cup at work (out of desperation), I'm not liking it so much. Can't tell which is worse, the coffee or the creamora.

So here's my plan. I've got pumpkin pie spice at home, and (I've done this bofore) I'm going to add a 1/2 tsp or so to the coffee grounds as it brews. (no calories) THEN, instead of adding my **sweet** creamer, I'm going to add CREAMORA and either Stevia or a small amount of sugar, or maybe even maple syrup. (I'm not up to using artificial sweetener, it tastes SOOOO bad to me). So, I'll let you know how it goes. And for those of you out there that still use the International Delight flavored creamers, this could be good news.

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So far today: coffee w/ sweetened creamer: 140 calories
A medium banana, 105 calories
2 bottles of water 33.4 ounces
1/2 of a shortbread cookie, 141 calories

Total: 386 calories...yuck

December Goals

I'm borrowing a bit here....

Sweat Pea posted today about her December Goals, and asked her readers about theirs. I'll admit, I haven't actually broken down my weight loss plan into mini-goals, or given much thought to very time-limited goals, such as what I can get done in the next 30 days. I've really only been thinking in terms of what my end goal is, my goal weight.

Duh....

Feeling kinda silly for not coming up with little milestones along the way, even ones that aren't about a number on the scale. I'm all about tracking what I AM doing (even if what I do isn't the best), but not so good at setting some short-term goals that will help me along the way.

So, for the sake of participating in what works for others, and may work for me as well, here goes:

December Goals

1.)  4  hours (in pieces) doing the Insanity Workout to the best of my ability. (This will take some serious work-up to be able to do the whole thing and at the pace on the video.)

2.)  Walk/run 25 miles.....in spite of the weather.

3.)  1200 calories, 82 ounces of water per day

4.)  7 days of coffee with alternate creamer/sweetener options.