Day TEN

Breakfast:

6 slices turkey

2 wedges of LC creamy swiss cheese

3 thick pepper slices

Lunch:

1 1/2 Cups Chili
1/8 Cup Cheddar cheese
1 1/2 Cups Salad
2 TBSP RWV dressing

Dinner is not going to be posted!! :) (Just ate too many pieces of Ravioli that we made) :) 

Day NINE

Sunday = FUNDAY!

Here's a little list of what I ate:

-grapefruit
-Snackwell's popcorn bites
-WATER WATER WATER
-Minted tabouleh
-Basil Hummus
-Baba ganoush
-pita bread
-salad with feta and kalamata olives
-1 fresh roll
-almost a 1/2 pound container of greek pasta salad (so not worth it)
-jr. roast beef from Arbys

:)

Day EIGHT.....Weigh Day

253.8   YIPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!


6 pounds down by cutting back food alone is pretty sweet.  This week I'm going to be adding back the exercise.  Hopefully I can continue the 6 pound loss for several weeks...haha :)

Breakfast:

1 Leftover Cheese stuffed Meatball
3 TBSP sauce
1 Kudos M&M bar (100 Calories)

Lunch:

Grilled Portobello Sandwich
Garden Veg Soup
1 Kudos M&M bar


I'm going to put this on record here, this is my FAVORITE sandwich I have EVER eaten!








After School Snack:

1 Kudos M&M bar (yes, I ate 3 today)

Dinner:

8 Pierogies
Mini Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (250 calories)

Got in the gallon with ease today....didn't walk over my lunch break though because Friday's I meet my mom for lunch!  :) Super excited about the numbers but more so that I am feeling great! I keep thinking "I'm almost in the 240's, then theres the 230's and that's ALMOST the 200's!!!" I'm just going to keep chugging along and adding exercise I'm sure will make the numbers soar! :)

DAY SEVEN

 Breakfast:

Nothing, I was so busy I forgot.....EEKS!!!

Lunch:

1 slice of leftover pizza

Dinner:

2 Cheese stuffed Meatballs (one to check and see if they were cooked, one at mealtime) :)
1 Cup of whole wheat pasta
1 1/2 cup mixed salad
1 TBSP RWV dressing

1 Grapefruit

                                  BEFORE

                            AFTER
      (Didn't even eat it all....wooohoooooo!!!!)

Feeling so good about stopping when NOT hungry.  I know I should have eaten more today.  I did get my gallon of water in but only ONE fruit??  That's so bad. :(

Day SIX

Breakfast: 

1/2 Cup Cottage Cheese

1 Grapfruit

Lunch:

1/2 Turkey Sandwich with Mustard

1 Apple

1 Cheese wedge

1 Medium Carrot

(saved the orange for after dinner)

Snack: 

1 strawberry granola bar

Dinner:

1/6 (one slice....goooooo Becky!) of this little beauty!

Leftover grilled onions and peppers, fresh spinach, and

pineapples. and the boys had pepperoni on their half. 

(They had the onions and peppers UNDER the cheese) :)

Took me a while, but I got my gallon!  I am feeling SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Day FIVE

Breakfast:

2 eggs baked in leftover grilled pepper slices

2 TBSP of hummus

Lunch:

6" Subway Oven Roasted Chicken Breast with all the veggies

1 TBSP of spicy mustard and Sweet Onion sauce each

Snack:

1 Carrot

3 Wedges of LC light swiss cheese (had one, then 2, then an hour later one more)

Dinner:

1 small porkchop 

1/2 Cup Red Cabbage (best ever)

1/2 Mashed Potatoes

2 TBSP creamed corn

Ton of broc

Got in my Gallon of water with no problem, could even do more if I wanted without feeling like I'm drowning myself.  I just LOVE water! I bought a bobble bottle and it is pretty cool.  Nice knowing that I can have an extra filtration before consuming.  :)

DAY FOUR

Breakfast:

1 1/2 Cups of the MOST AMAZING CHILI EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (made by a friend)


Lunch:

McAlister's 'Grilled chicken cesar wrap' - 591 Calories and 27gs of fat!  OUCH!
McAlister's 1/2 unsweet tea and 1/2 lemonade

Went hiking for a couple of house with the boys and some friends (probably made a small dent in that stupid wrap.......wasn't even good.....yes I did eat the whole thing, but I did trim a LOT of the whole wheat tortilla and pitch it)

Dinner:

1/2 a thin Rib Eye steak
1 Cup of mixed veg with cheese sauce
1/2 grilled sweet onion
2 grilled pepper thirds

Snack:

1 Grapefruit

Got in my gallon and am feeling really good about my portions lately.  Also, have not been feeling temptation to eat when I'm:

A) Bored
B) Mad
C) Happy
D) Sad
E) Studying
F) Driving

Really, I am only eating when I am hungry! :) I'm proud!

Day THREE

Breakfast:

Shakshuka (1 egg) with 1/2 piece of bread and 2 TBSP hummus

Snack:

5 Pretzel chips and 1 wedge of cheese

Lunch:

2 cups Broccoli in cheese sauce and 1oz left over kielbasa (ate that cold, right out of the fridge) :)

Dinner: 

1 slice of smoked ham on 1 slice of bread, 2 TBSP Sweet Baby Rays, and 1 Cup edamame 

Got my gallon of water today no problem.  Feeling good, lots of energy and not feeling hungry.  :)

Day two....Déjà vu?

I think I like this speedy blogging.  

Breakfast:

-Turkey Sandwich with mustard

-1/2 Grapefruit (best one I've had ALL season)

Snack:

-Strawberry granola bar

-1/2 Grapefruit

Lunch:

-1 Can Progresso Hearty Tomato soup (my fave)

-5 Black bean pinwheels with hot sauce

Dinner:

-2/3 Bag of steamed veggies with light cheese sauce

-4 oz Kielbasa (serving size was 2.....youch!) 

After dinner snack because I could not resist:

-1 cup chocolate Cheerios  

I got my gallon of water in and did a LOT of walking today........hope to start back up on Turbo Fire super soon!

I'm gonna go ahead and say Day One...

These posts are going to be ultra-simplified.  No time to waste, so much studying (and getting fit!)!!! :)

               Before School...

             Lunch Break...

After a quick lunch I did a few laps around campus with a friend.

On the drive home I had a Quaker Rice cake....

              Dinner...

Homemade chili (hit it for a quick min. with the immersion blender)

2 Tbsp of Ricotta cheese

I drank a gallon of water.....you can see it in my lunch picture! :)

Creeeeeping back....

I am back.  I mean it this time.  No time to waste.

Just weighed in at 260.8

Now that school has settled in and I have a good grip on my schedule, it's time to KICK BUTT!

Just want to say thanks to everyone for the encouraging words and helping me get motivated to get back at it and blogging my progress! :)