Thursday 9/16 Dinner 6:30pm

2 eggs
1c. raw spinach
1T salsa
28g fat free feta cheese
1T chopped yellow onions
(200 calories)

... This was an amazing omelet... Very Yummy! Then I had a cup of instant sugar free cappuccino for another 25 calories.

Thursday 9/16 Snack 4:15pm

Venti Starbucks Light Mocha Frappuccino
(200 calories)

Another thing not on my list :(

Thursday 9/16 Lunch 2:15pm

Banana
1T Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter
(200 calories)

Thursday 9/16 Snack 10:15am

8oz Motts Medley Tropical Juice

4oz Aloe Vera Juice

8oz Coffee w/Stevia

4oz Silk Vanilla Almond Milk

1 Packet Plain Instant Oatmeal w/ Stevia & Allspice

(300 calories)

Thursday 9/16 Checklist

I asked my husband to take a candid "before" picture of me today. So, here it is, double chin and all, LOL...

Weight This Morning: 188.8

I weigh .6 pounds less than I did yesterday!

Yesterday, according to BodyBugg.com, I burned 1931 calories and consumed 1075 calories for a deficit of 856 calories which would be about 1/4 of a pound lost based on the whole 3500 calories = 1 pound thing. That would be an average of 1.75 pounds lost per week... that sounds about right! (Can you tell I'm a total math geek? he he)

1075 calories doesn't seem like that should be enough calories (maybe because we are always having the "never eat less than 1200 calories a day" burned into our brains all the time), but it looks like I had enough food, judging by the pictures, even though I was very hungry last night.

Food Checklist:

Left:

Water w/Lemon Juice:[][][]

Decaf Green Tea/Herbal Fruit Tea: []

Finished:

Protein Shake: [x]

Green Veggies: [x]

Fruit: [x]

Water w/Lemon Juice:[x][x][x][x][x][x]

Grains: [x]

Yellow/White Veggies: [x]

Orange/Red Veggies: [x]

Fruit: [x]

1/2 Fat: [x][x]
Protein Shake, Beans, Tofu or Dairy: [x]

Eggs: [x][x]

Food Eaten Not On Plan: Frappuccino, Instant Sugar Free Coffee

I'm not eating the following because I had a Frappuccino

Protein Shake, Beans, Tofu or Dairy: []

Grains: []


Note to self... sugar free coffee drinks from Starbucks or in powdered form make me hungry... avoid at all cost!

Thursday 9/16 Breakfast 6:15am

- 1 Scoop Chocolate Peanut Butter Spiru-tein

- Water & Ice

- 2 c. Raw Spinach

- 1 Small Banana

(200 calories)

Wednesday 9/15 Snack 6:30pm

Okay, I didn't really plan ahead too well. I got stuck out and was starving, so I stopped by CVS and got a protein bar. That's not really one of the things I was planning on eating on my clean days, but it's better than some of the other alternatives I could have gone for.

(200 calories)

Wednesday 9/15 Dinner 8:00pm

- 2c. Grapes

- 2 c. bagged salad mix

- 1/2 c. mashed pinto beans with garlic and salt

- 1/2 c. salsa

(350 calories)

Wednesday 9/15 Snack 3:30pm

Orange (85 calories)

Wednesday 9/15 Lunch 12:30pm

- 2 boiled eggs

- 1/4 cup dry steel cut oats

- 2 packets Truvia

- 1/8t. allspice

- 12 oz coffee

- 2 oz fat free milk

(350 calories)

Wednesday 9/15 Breakfast 9:30am

Breakfast (9:30am)

- 1 Scoop Chocolate Peanut Butter Spiru-tein

- 12 oz water

- 12 oz coffee

- 2 oz fat free milk

- 1 packet Truvia

(120 calories)

Wednesday 9/15 Checklist

About 3 months ago someone posted a really horrible picture of me on Facebook. Here it is:

I'm the sickly looking one in the pink on the right.

I see myself like this:

Both of those pictures were taken within a few weeks of each other. But that first picture, where I look all sickly, really scared me. It also made me feel bad for my husband (the hottie with the sunglasses on his head). He is yummy eye candy for me every day. I should do the same for him! :D

Then, I started having really bad gallbladder attacks. They describe the average person with gallbladder attacks like this... "Female, Fat, Fancy (as in eats creamy foods), and Forty". Ugh... I'm 32! My gallbladder was removed a little less than 2 weeks ago. I'm starting to feel better, an while I can't exercise really yet... it's time to get healthy! I'm going to be using photos of food, myself and anything else I can think of related to health to help me stay focused.

Starting Weight: 189.4 (pretty sad for someone who's just under 5 feet tall!)

Here's my plan. It's modified from the book "This Is Why You're Fat (And How to Get Thin Forever): Eat More, Cheat More, Lose More--and Keep the Weight Off" by Jackie Warner from the show Thinterventions.

Food Checklist:

Left:

Water w/Lemon Juice:[]

Decaf Green Tea/Herbal Fruit Tea: []

Finished:

Water w/Lemon Juice: [x][x][x][x][x][x][x][x]

Protein Shake, Beans, Tofu or Dairy: [x][x]

Eggs: [x][x]

Protein Shake: [x]

Grains: [x]

Fruit: [x]

Yellow/White Veggies: [x]

Orange/Red Veggies: [x]

Green Veggies: [x]

Fruit: [x]

Protein Shake, Beans, Tofu or Dairy: [x]

I'm deciding not to eat the following, to make up for the fact that I ate a protein bar that was not on my plan above.

Fat (1.5t oil/nutbutter,1T nuts,or 1/16 avocado): [][]

Grains: []