Thursday

Lost 5 lbs.

1 large peach - 61 calories
1 small tomato - 22 calories
2 eggs - 140 calories
1 T butter - 60 calories
2 t. coffee creamer - 20 calories

1 c butter beans - 200 calories
1 med peach - 38 calories

Tuesday

2 slices bread - 120 calories
1 T reduced sugar preserves - 60 calories
coffee creamer - 30 calories

2 slices turkey bacon - 60 calories
2 slices bread - 140 calories
1 T light mayo - 45 calories
2 slices of tomato - 5
1 serving reduced fat chips - 140 calories

2 servings beef jerkey - 180 calories

2 pieces medium corn on the cob - 130 calories
2 T butter - 120 calories
1 serving popcorn shrimp - 250 calories
3 oz. oven potatoes - 80 calories
2 T ketchup - 30 calories

Total calories = 1390

Monday

2 slices of bread - 140 calories
1/2 T peanut butter - 47 calories
1/2 T SF preserves - 40
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227 calories

2 low carb tortillas - 220 calories
2 FF hotdogs - 80 calories
1/4 c shredded cheese - 110 calories
2 oz. reduced fat chips - 260 calories
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670 calories

1/2 oz. peanuts - 83 calories

I need some more foods that I can take with me on the go. Also reduced calorie bread, butter, etc. would come in handy.

I had fasted until 11:30 for some lab work and devoured my PBJ in the car but then passed on lunch because everyone was having pizza. By the time I got home at 1:45 I was way too hungry and not too many quicker options in the house. On a better note though the low carb tortillas, even though 110 calories a piece, have 11 g of fiber each!

I will just drink and probably not eat anything else today except for some watermelon tonight.

Saturday

1 serving grits - 140 calories
1 T butter - 60 calories
coffee creamer - 20 calories
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220 calories


Michaelina's Buffalo Chicken rolls - 190 calories
1 large peach - 61 calories
1 SF pudding - 60 calories
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311 calories

3 oz. baked chicken - 164 calories
1 c baby lima beans - 200 calories
1/2 c stuffing - 50 calories
1 medium tomato - 22 calories
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436 calories

watermelon - 100 calories
coffee creamer - 30 calories

Total calories = 1097 calories

Friday

1 cup Honey Nut Cheerios - 147 calories
1 cup skim milk - 90 calories
coffee creamer - 30 calories
1 large peach - 61 calories
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328 calories

1 can chicken noodle soup - 175 calories
1 low carb flour tortilla - 110 calories
sprinkle of shredded cheese - 50 calories
20 peanuts - 117 calories
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452 calories

sugar free pudding - 60 calories

Michaelina's Buffalo wraps - 190 calories
1 slice bread - 70 calories
1 1/2 T butter - 90 calories
7 saltine crackers - 80 calories
100 calorie pack of popcorn - 100 calories

Total calories = 1370 calories

Thursday - Granny Dimm's for breakfast

1/2 cup fried skillet potatoes - 100 calories
6 oz. fried chicken ( no skin) - 280 calories
1 small tomato - 22 calories
1/2 cup cantaloupe - 30 calories
1/2 cup watermelon - 20 calories
creamer for coffee - 30 calories

2 cups watermelon/cantaloupe - 100 calories
100 calorie bag popcorn - 100 calories

1 large yellow squash - 52 calories
1 cup onion - 48 calories
2 T butter - 120 calories
3 oz. potatoes in the oven - 80 calories
1 small tomato - 22 calories
1 oz. onion burger mix - 80 calories

watermelon - 172 calories

Total calories = 1119 calories

Wednesday

1/3 c dry grits - 140 calories
1/2 T butter - 30 calories
1 small tomato - 22 calories
1 c skim milk - 90 calories
creamer - 20 calories

2 cups gatorade - 50 calories
1 can tuna in water - 155 calories
2 small tomatoes - 44 calories
2 small ears corn - 120 calories
1 cup green beans - 53 calories
1/2 T butter - 30 calories

1 SF popscicle - 15 calories

3 oz burger - 231 calories
1 medium peach - 38 calories
coffee creamer - 20 calories

Total calories = 1058

Well, I have decided to count calories for awhile and boy I am glad I did! Just yesterday, I exceeded my goal calories for the day by 243 calories and I would have never guessed it. You really do underestimate the calories contained in food!!

I have decided also, to post my food intake and calorie count each day just as a way for me to keep accountable. Feel free, if you see something that would help to change or include/exclude, to let me know. :)

Monday

1 1/2 pieces toasted bread - 105 calories
1 T butter - 60 calories

McDonald's Country Style Chicken Sandwich - 420 calories
2 small tomatoes - 44 calories
2 small ears of corn - 120 calories
1 T butter - 60 calories

1 cup crowder peas - 220 calories
1/4 pan of WW cornbread - 156 calories
1 small tomato - 22 calories
1/2 small onion - 29 calories
1 1/2 medium size ear of corn - 116 calories
2 cups watermelon - 91 calories

Total calories = 1443

My goal this week is for 1200 calories per day

Tuesday

2 pieces toasted bread - 140 calories
1 T butter - 60 calories
coffee creamer - 20 calories

1 cup green beans - 53 calories
1 small tomato - 22 calories
1 low carb tortilla flour - 110 calories
1/6 cup shredded cheese - 55 calories

3 oz spaghetti - 250 calories
1/4 c sauce - 30 calories
1 bun - 110 calories
1/2 T butter - 30 calories

McDonald's vanilla ice cream cone - 150 calories

Toatal calories = 1030

Okay, Okay....I know I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. I have been busy with one thing after another.....harvesting a garden and putting up the produce, traveling to Chicago for medical reasons, taking care of my recovery husband, SIGS, SIGS and more SIGS (Jordie's gymnastics), family reunion, medical appointments, traveling to Georgia for a wedding weekend........Whew! Not my typical schedule....I prefer things much more low key! Ha!

Anyhoo, I weighed on the scale the morning after returning from Georgia....Tuesday...and I weighed 223.5. I believe I weighed that the week before. So it looks like I am up a total of 3 lbs. But I am trying to recoup and hit the diet hard again. I believe I can still be close to my first goal by the end of this month....the BIG 200! Regardless, I am still persuing the goal and there is no turning back.