Weigh In Day

I lost 1.8

I am now back to where I was on November 1st before I fell off the wagon for the holidays. It's a loss and I'll take it but I'll be honest I was hoping for more. It felt like the longest week of my life. I felt very disciplined and deprived. But, my monthly bill arrived yesterday which probably screwed me up a little bit. I feel huge and bloated. I also didn't exercise because Jane was sick all week and I didn't take her to the Y.

I am going to stick to documenting my daily plans and see if I can get to a new low next week. New low meaning a number I haven't seen in at least a year.

I do feel better and am not as hungry as I was the first few days. Slow and steady right?

Here's what a 185.2 pound tubster with her Aunt Flo looks like in Biggest Loser attire:

The waist size is staggering!!!

HANDSOME

Plan for today: 

Breakfast 303 Calories:
1 Van's waffle 115
1 tsp butter spread 44
4 tbsp half and half for 2 coffees 80
4 tsp sugar for 2 coffees 64

Morning snack: 180
Kind Bar 180 calories

Lunch: 470
Trader Joe's Kale and edamame salad: 410
hard boiled egg: 60


Afternoon Snack 180
Luna Bar 180

Dinner 
Breaded eggplant with arugula and parm - need to calculate calories after I review recipe
sherbet cup 60 calories


Have a good week Tubsters!

Calorie counting day 7

Big weigh in tomorrow so i want to be really low on my calorie range today. 

Stay between 1,496 to 1,713 calories per day: 

Breakfast 303 Calories:
1 Van's waffle 115
1 tsp butter spread 44
4 tbsp half and half for 2 coffees 80
4 tsp sugar for 2 coffees 64

Morning snack: 200
Trader Joe's Trail Mix packet: 200 calories

Lunch: 430
Trader Joe's greek salad: 250
hard boiled egg: 60
Luna Bar 180

Afternoon Snack 180
Mango greek yogurt 120
cheese stick 60

Dinner 360
Baked Haddock with Spinach and Tomatoes 200
sherbet cup 60 calories
1/2 cup brown rice 100 calories

1,473 calories

Calorie Counting Day 6

I went out to eat with neighborhood ladies and did ok. I shouldn't have had any bread or fried calamari but it was so delicious. I ordered a "small plate" of salmon for my entree which was a good choice and the wine tasted so good! Only drink I had all week. I still managed to stay within my total calories for the day even with this dinner splurge. 

Stay between 1,496 to 1,713 calories per day: 

Breakfast 303 Calories:
1 Van's waffle 115
1 tsp butter spread 44
4 tbsp half and half for 2 coffees 80
4 tsp sugar for 2 coffees 64

Morning snack: 45 calories
Half small Banana 45 calories

Lunch: 365 calories
Small bowl chicken noodle soup 140 calories
small piece of baguette 45 calories 
Luna Bar 180 calories

Snack 100 calories
100 calorie chocolate bar Trader Joe's 

celery sticks

Dinner 720!!!!!!!!!
salmon at Square Cafe 280
fried calamari 240
one glass red wine 160 calories
small piece of bread 40 
NO DESSERT

1,533 TOTAL 

Calorie Counting Day 5

SATURDAY

Stay between 1,496 to 1,713 calories per day: 

Breakfast 303 Calories:
1 Van's waffle 115
1 tsp butter spread 44
4 tbsp half and half for 2 coffees 80
4 tsp sugar for 2 coffees 64

Morning Snack: 200 calories
Kind Bar (went for more calories because I knew I couldn't eat lunch until 2pm due to hair appt) 

Lunch: 470 calories
egg sandwich: 310 calories
english muffin 120 calories
egg 60 calories
cheese 50 calories
1 sausage 80 calories
wasa crackers and cottage cheese 160 calories

No afternoon snack

Dinner 350 calories
chicken noodle soup 200 calories
small chunk of baguette 50
100 calorie dessert

Homeland Snack: 120 calories
120 Trader Joe's calorie trail mix packet

1,443

Calorie Counting Day 4

Project Slim Plan for Friday

Stay between 1,496 to 1,713 calories per day: 

Breakfast 303 Calories:
1 Van's waffle 115
1 tsp butter spread 44
4 tbsp half and half for 2 coffees 80
4 tsp sugar for 2 coffees 64

Morning snack Calories: 170 calories

Trader Joe's Strawberry Greek Yogurt 120 calories
1 small apple 50 calories

Lunch 425 calories:

Egg white omelet with english muffin:
15 TBSP egg whites 125 calories
1/4 cup light cheese 80 calories
ass load of veggies not counting calories for veggies 
1 100% whole wheat english muffin 120 calories

Trader Joe's dark 70% chocolate bar 100 calories

Afternoon Snack: 300 calories

Luna Bar 180 calories
21 soy crisps 120 calories

Dinner:  455 calories

Individual Trader Joe's pepperoni pizza 290 calories

mixed green salad with 1 tbsp Ken's Honey Balsamic dressing 45 calories

120 calorie dessert bar

TOTAL: 1,653 calories

Stick that in your ill fitting brazier.

Calorie Counting Day 3

Plan for shrinking myself today:

Stay between 1,496 to 1,713 calories per day:

Breakfast 303 Calories:
1 Van's waffle 115
1 tsp butter spread 44
4 tbsp half and half for 2 coffees 80
4 tsp sugar for 2 coffees 64

Morning snack Calories: 120 calories
Trader Joe's Blueberry Greek Yogurt 120 calories

Lunch 500 calories:
Trader Joe's Super Spinach Salad with quinoa, carrots, cranberries, chickpeas, edamame, pumpkin seeds and carrot ginger miso dressing 400 calories
Trader Joe's dark 70% chocolate bar 100 calories

Afternoon Snack: 180 calories
Luna Bar 180 calories

Dinner:  570 calories

Thai Coconut Curry Shrimp 

2 servings = 270 calories

1 cup Trader Joe's Thai Jasmine Rice = 180 calories

120 calorie dessert bar

TOTAL: 1,673 calories

Stick that in your tight pants.

Counting calories

Greetings Fattys!

No weigh in until next Tuesday but I stuck to my exact eating plan yesterday and I counted calories and wrote it down and shared it so I am doing that again today. Why is it that after one day I feel I deserve a medal?

I have had success following weight watchers in the past but the meeting times don't work with my kid and YMCA schedule and I am trying to avoid spending money to lose weight. So, I am counting calories with an obvious understanding that some calories are better than others. I went to a calorie website http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm that told me the following:

I am going to shoot for the 1,496 to 1,713 range which means yesterday I ate less than "Extreme Fat Loss". I will readjust the calculator at each new weight.

I know this is minutiae but I have to do it. Do not feel compelled to read my mania.

Breakfast 303 Calories:
1 Van's waffle 115
1 tsp butter spread 44
4 tbsp half and half for 2 coffees 80
4 tsp sugar for 2 coffees 64
Basically my two morning coffees every morning will equate to 144 calories. What a V punch.

Morning snack 140 Calories:
Lemon Chobani Greek yogurt

Lunch 510 calories:
Trader Joe's Kale & Edamame Bistro Salad with sweetened dried cranberries, cherry tomatoes, almonds, scallions and 1/2 of the lemon herb dressing provided. 410 calories - you would think it was Big Mac! It's Kale for fu&^%'s sake! But it really is delicious.
Trader Joe's dark 70% chocolate bar 100 calories

Afternoon Snack: 160 calories
1/2 cup low fat chive and onion cottage cheese 90 calories
3 slices Wasa crisp' n light crackerbread 70 calories it's friggen air
season salt

Dinner: 425 calories
Egg white omelet with english muffin
15 TBSP egg whites 125 calories
1/4 cup light cheese 80 calories
ass load of veggies (onion, red pepper, tomato, cilantro, spinach etc)not counting calories for veggies 
1 100% whole wheat english muffin 120 calories
100 calorie dessert bar

If I stick to this plan I will total 1,538 for the day which is fine considering they are almost all nutritious calories.

Here's to another day of misery!