Day 014

Breakfast

• 382 - Breakfast Waffles

Breakfast Total: 382



Lunch

• 470 - Marie Callendar's Creamy Four Cheese Mac

Lunch Total: 470



Dinner

• 382 - Breakfast Waffles

Dinner Total: 382



Snacks

• 150 - Swiss Miss Dark Chocolate Sensation Hot Chocolate

Snacks Total: 150


Daily Total: 1384
Daily Weigh-In: 159  

Day 013

Breakfast

• 211 - Cheerios in 2% Milk

Breakfast Total: 211


Lunch

• 280 - Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich Plain
• 130 - Baked Lays Potato Chips

Lunch Total: 410


Dinner

• 330 - Lean Cuisine Roasted Garlic Chicken Pizza
• 60 - Jell-O Mousse Temptations

Dinner Total: 390


Snacks

• 150 - Swiss Miss Dark Chocolate Sensation Hot Chocolate
• 90 - Special K Cereal Bar - Chocolatey Drizzle

Snacks Total: 240

 
Daily Total: 1251
Daily Weigh-In: 158.6

Day 012

Breakfast

• 180 - 2 Special K Cereal Bars - Chocolatey Drizzle

Breakfast Total: 180



Lunch

• 280 - Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese
• 60 - Jell-O Mousse Temptations: Chocolate Mint

Lunch Total: 340



Dinner

• 780 - 3 Homemade Sausage and Cheese Kolaches

Dinner Total: 780



Daily Total: 1300
Daily Weigh-In: 159.2 

New progress pictures are going up tonight!

Day 012

Breakfast

• 191 - Rice Krispies in 2% Milk

Breakfast Total: 191



Lunch

• 330 - Peanut Butter Sandwich
• 140 - Quakes Rice Snacks - Cheddar Cheese

Lunch Total: 470



Dinner

• 780 - Homemade Cheese and Sausage Kolaches
• 150 - Swiss Miss Dark Chocolate Sensation Hot Chocolate

Dinner Total: 930


Daily Total: 1591
Daily Weigh-In: 159.8


In retrospect, making my kolaches was a mistake.  I was easily able to resist the brownies I made for my friend.  The kolaches were a different story.  I ate one too many, and ended up over my calorie limit. 

Day 011

Breakfast

• 382 - Breakfast Waffles

Breakfast Total: 382



Lunch

• 340 - Subway 6" Oven Roasted Chicken Breast on White Bread with Provolone Cheese
• 130 - Baked Lays Potato Chips

Lunch Total: 470



Dinner

• 280 - Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese 
• 160 - Yoplait Whips! Chocolate Mousse Style

Dinner Total: 440



Snacks

• 90 - Special K Cereal Bar - Chocolatey Drizzle

Snacks Total: 90

Daily Total: 1382
Daily Weigh-In: 160.2  

Day 010

Breakfast

• 131 - Bowl of Rice Chex in 2% Milk
• 105 - Banana

Breakfast Total: 236



Lunch

• 330 - Peanut Butter Sandwich
• 90 - Special K Cereal bar - Chocolatey Drizzle

Lunch Total: 420



Dinner

• 300 - Annie's All Stars
• 67 - 2/3 bag of 100 Calorie Healthy Pop Butter Popcorn (Jolly Time)
• 160 - Yoplait Whips! Chocolate Mousse Style

Dinner Total: 527



Snacks

• 119 - 35 Red Seedless Grapes
• 90 - Special K Cereal Bar - Chocolatey Drizzle

Snacks Total: 209


Daily Total: 1392
Daily Weigh-in: 160.8   

Day 009

I was bad on this day.  I ate french fries....and they were DELICIOUS.  For that reason, today is a failure.

.....but I also stayed under my calorie limit, so today is a success as well! Yay!

Breakfast

• 382 - Breakfast Waffles

Breakfast Total: 382


Lunch

• 280 - Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich Plain
• 380 - Medium Waffle Fries

Lunch Total: 660


Dinner

• 280 - Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese

Dinner Total: 280


Snacks

• 90 - Special K Cereal Bar - Chocolatey Drizzle
• 60 - Jell-O Mousse Chocolate Mint

Snacks Total: 150




Daily Total: 1472
Daily Weigh-In: 161.2

  

Day 008

Sorry for the late posts.  I've been distracted.  And also lazy.  But I HAVE been faithfully counting my calories and weighing myself.

...unfortunately for you, while my fancy iPhone app does record and graph my weight every day, it is hard to read previous dates....so I don't have all my weigh-in numbers.   I can only tell you that they are slow, but awesome drops in weight.  I have made up some numbers for you done my best to recall what those numbers were, and included them here!

Breakfast

• 382 - Breakfast Waffles

Breakfast Total: 382


Lunch

• 350 - Lean Cuisine Five Cheese Rigatoni
• 60 - Jell-O Mousse Temptations - Chocolate Indulgence

Lunch Total: 410

 
Dinner

• 360 - Annie's Cheesy Ravioli

Dinner Total: 360


Snacks

• 186 - Bow of Rice Chex Cereal in 2% Milk
• 60 - Jell-O Mousse Temptations - Chocolate Mint

Snacks Total: 246

Daily Total: 1398
Daily Weigh-In: 161.8   

Day 007

So it is the end of an overall successful week!  I started the week at 164.3 lbs, and ended it today at 161.2 lbs.  This means that in 7 days, I have lost 3.1 lbs.  Excellent. =)

Breakfast

• 382 - Breakfast Waffles

Breakfast Total 382

Lunch

• 350 - Lean Cuisine Five Cheese Rigatoni
• 60 - Jell-O Mousse Temptations

Lunch Total 410

Dinner

• 360 - Annie's Organic Cheesy Ravioli

Dinner Total 360

Snacks

• 125 - 1 1/4 cups Rice Chex
• 61 - 1/2 cup Milk, 2% Reduced Fat
• 60 - Jell-O Mouse Temptations

Snacks Total 246


Daily Total: 1398
Daily Weigh-In: 161.2 lbs  

Day 006

Breakfast

• 100 - Rice Chex Cereal
• 31 - 1/4 cup Reduced Fat 2% Milk
• 105 - Medium Sized Banana

Breakfast Total: 236


Lunch

• 280 - Chick-fil-A Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich  - Plain
• 130 - Baked Lays Potato Chips

Lunch Total: 410


Dinner

• 280 - Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese
• 60 - Jell-O Mouse Temptations - Chocolate Indulgence

Dinner Total: 340


Snacks  

• 300 - 2 Cinnamon Sugar Muffins
• 67 - 2/3 of Medium Red Delicious Apple

Daily Total: 1353
Daily Weigh-In: 161.4 lbs 

For those who are curious, unless I say otherwise, I am drinking water with each of these meals.  I don't want to waste my daily allotment of calories on beverages. Also, the milk in my breakfast meals....that's for the cereal.  Not for drinking.

Day 005

 Monday, November 8th, 2010


Breakfast

• 61 - 1/2 Cup, Reduced Fat, 2% Milk
• 150 - Cheerios

Breakfast Total - 211


Lunch

• 300 - Annie's All Stars Pasta
• 60 - Jell-O Mousse Temptations - Chocolate Indulgence  

Dinner

• 370 - Smart Ones Four Cheese Pizza
• 68 - Red Seedless Grapes

Dinner Total - 438


Snacks

• 150 - Cinnamon Sugar Muffin
• 180 - Special K Protein Meal Bar - Chocolate Peanut Butter

Snacks Total - 330
  
Daily Total: 1339
Daily Weigh-In: 162 lb

I was SUPER pleased with my weigh-in this morning!  Especially since I was nervous about going over yesterday!  Also, Tyler and I did my yoga routine this morning.  We added in some sets of sit-ups and push-ups....well....Tyler did the push-ups anyways.  I kinda....attempted to do them....ish. lol.

I also went grocery shopping for the first time since I started my diet today.  I bought some fruit, and some slimfast shakes (which I may or may not like, but I'm hoping I will like!), some diet friendly frozen dinners, and some muffin mixes that produce tasty and relatively low calorie muffins!  I think things are going good so far.  I am pleased with my progress. =)

Day 004

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

This was a HARD day.  It was Hayden's birthday party, and then Stephen and I spent the afternoon and early evening on the road, so food choices were very limited. We ended up at McDonald's, and I ended up with French Fries in my hand.  But I was kinda strong....I didn't get a meal....only a small fries...and I drank water.

Yeah, it was really hard.  Also I am completely ashamed of how much I enjoyed those fries!  Anyways, because I was still traveling, I did not have access to my scale at the usual weigh-in time.



Breakfast

• 113 - 3/4 cup Vitamin D, Whole Milk
• 130 - Rice Krispies

Breakfast Total 243


Lunch

• 340 - 2 Bun-Length Wieners
• 220 - 2 Hot Dog Buns
• 80 - Slice of Cheese
• 163 - Piece of Cake

Lunch Total 903


Dinner

• 360 - McDonald's Classic Grilled Sandwich - Plain
• 230 - McDonald's Small French Fries 

 Dinner Total 590 


Daily Total: 1736
Daily Weigh-in: N/A

Day 003

Today was really hard! I spent the day with family, which basically means that I had a lot less control over what I ate. We ended up going out to eat lunch. Because this was my first experience with restaurant eating while on a diet it proved really difficult. In the end though, I pushed through the meal, and ended up making it to the end of the day having eaten way fewer calories than I expected or hoped for.

Also, as I do not have access to my scale, I will have to apologize for having no weigh-in today. I won't have one for tomorrow either. But I will be back on track on Monday with my daily weigh-ins. =)

Breakfast

• 130 - 1.25 cups Rice Krispies
• 113 - 3/4 cup Vitamin D, Whole Milk

Breakfast Total - 243


Lunch

• 190 - Corn on the Cob (with butter)
• 181 - 1/2 of Chili's Guiltless Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Plan and Dry 

Lunch Total - 371


Dinner

• 181 - 1/2 of Chili's Guiltless Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Plan and Dry
• 330 - Peanut Butter Sandwich

Dinner Total - 511


Snacks

• 80 - Welch's Fruit Snacks Small Pouch

Snacks Total - 80


Daily Total: 1205
Daily Weigh-in: N/A  

Day 002

Sorry for the delay in updating, all.  I spent Friday driving to Austin for my nephew's birthday.  For the sake of being thorough and consistent, I will be posting for every single day, regardless of the the actual day on which I post it.  So, for day 2, or Friday, November 5th, here is what I ate...


Breakfast

• 285 - Eggo Waffle with Peanut Butter
• 95 - Eggo Waffle with Butter Spray
• 0 - Water

Breakfast Total: 380

Lunch

• 330 - Peanut Butter Sandwich

Lunch Total: 330
 
Dinner

• 330 - Peanut Butter Sandwich

Dinner Total: 330
 
Snacks

• 240 - Welch's Fruit Snacks Small Pouch 
• 78 - Cookie, prepared from recipe, with butter

Snacks Total: 318 

Daily Total: 1360
Daily Weigh-in: 164.4

As far as traveling goes, road trips have definitely made my diet really hard to stick to.  Every McDonald's we passed BEGGED me to stop and order up a nice fried chicken sandwich with a side of extra large, extra salty, extra heavenly, crispy, golden fries of deliciousness....but....I didn't stop anywhere.  And BOY was it hard!  I was prepared.  I packed a few peanut butter sandwiches and a box of fruit snacks snack packs.  I can only hope to do as well on the drive home! 

Day 001 (Continued)

Breakfast

• 150 - 1.5 cups of Cheerios
• 61 - 0.5 cup Milk (2% Reduced Fat)
• 0 - Ozarka Water Bottle

Breakfast Total 211

 
Lunch

• 300 - Chick-Fil-A Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich
• 130 - Baked Lays Potato Chips
• 0 - Dasani Water Bottle

Lunch Total 430

 
Dinner

• 460 - Tyson Chicken Sandwich
• 140 - Quakes Cheddar Rice Snacks
• 234 - Cookies (home-made, with butter)

Dinner Total 834

Daily Total: 1475  calories

Daily Weigh-In: 164.3 lbs 

Day 001

Today is my first day of the new diet.  I am excited to be doing something good for my body, but I am concerned about my willpower and ability to resist foods I love to eat...

Yesterday I ate the way I typically would, and came out to about 2000 calories.  This is my baseline.  I want to cut my daily consumption by 500 calories, for sure.  So 1500 daily allotted calories it is!

I downloaded a free app onto my iPhone called "MyFitnessPal," and it is awesome.  I can add anything I eat, as I eat it, and it will keep track of my calories for me.  It can also search for keywords and such, with a nice full database, so I don't have to remember how many calories are in certain things.  I can also save meals that I eat often.  This is super handy =).

I started my morning with a long walk at a MUCH faster pace than usual.  Tyler and I got out and got some exercise. Granted, it wasn't MUCH, but the plan is for MWF to be power yoga days, and TThSS to be walking days.  I hope I can keep up with it!

I'll update tonight with my calories for today.  I plan to include my daily weigh in in EVERY post.  I can only pray that I will keep up!

Also, I took my first pictures...my "before" pictures.  I will post them in their own page, for those of you who feel so inclined as to witness my fatness with your own eyes!  When I lose a few pounds, I'll update it again, and add more photos.

Signing off until tonight!

Catherine


Daily Weigh In - 164.3 lbs

Preparation

I am going to go on a diet.  I want to lost 40 pounds.  My mom is going to join me on this journey.  We both want to lose 7 pounds by christmas.  That's the first goal.

I'm going to record my journey here on a blog...because I think that will help my stick with it.  Making myself write down every calorie I consume for the world to see MIGHT just help me be more conscious of those calories as I'm consuming them.

Today, I am eating like normal, so I can get an idea of how many calories I consume on a typical day.  Tomorrow starts the diet.  For real.

These are the things I am pledging to myself, and to you, internet, that I am going to do.

• I will eat no more than 1500 calories in a day
• I will weigh myself every morning
• I will measure my waist every week
• I will update the calories I've eaten on this blog every day.
• I will put up pictures of me in a bathing suit for every 5 pounds I lose.

 So follow along for my weight loss journey.

....or don't.   It's up to you.

For this blog, I find that I don't care who reads it.  Because I'm doing this for me.

Wish me luck!

Catherine