Day 9 Total: 1615 Calories

Late submission. Don't worry, I'm keeping track of my food intake.

Breakfast:
2 cups Sprite
2 cups Coffee
1/4 cup Whole Milk
2 heaping tsp Sugar
1 Sara Lee Plain Bagel
4 tbsp Philidelphia Cream Cheese
2 oz Nova Smoked Salmon

838 Calories

Lunch:
1 Papaya Spear
1 Snickers Ice Cream Snack Bar
1/2 cup Raspberry Sorbet
1/4 Banana
2/3 Vanilla Ice Cream

447 Calories

Dinner:
1 Cup Ginger Ale
1 Chicken Breast
1 cup Salad
3 tbsp Raspberry Hazelnut Dressing

330 Calories

Day 7 Total: 1178 Calories

Breakfast:

2 Cups Yuban Coffee
1/4 Cup Whole Milk
2 Heaping tsp Sugar
6 Tbsp Chopped Onion
1 Banana

232 Calories

Lunch:

2 Eggs Scrambled
2 Cups Yuban Coffee
1/4 Cup Whole Milk
2 Heaping tsp Sugar

88 Calories

Afternoon Snack:

1/4 Sara Lee Plain Bagel
1/2 Tbsp Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1 oz Smoked Salmon

143 Calories

Dinner:

1 bag Nutter Butter Bites
1 Foster Farms Chicken Breast
12 oz 2% Milk

575 Calories

Day 6 Total: 2427 Calories

Oh man. That total is disheartening. I went from too little to too much. But, my blood pressure went down from 140/100 to 127/72. Most everything was healthy today except the soda (which I shouldn't have had because today is not Saturday) and the coffee (which I also shouldn't have had because today is not Sunday).

Breakfast:

12 oz 2% Milk
1 cup Coffee
4 packets Sugar
4 tbsp Half & Half

Again I should have had something more for breakfast.

331 Calories

Lunch:

2 slices Sourdough Bread
1/4 cup Spinach
1 tsp Red Onion
1 tsp Black Olives
2 slices Salami
5 slices Pepperoni
4 slices Black Forest Ham
1/4 Avocado
2 slices Provolone Cheese

This all adds together to make a wonderful panini. Instead of eating all of this sandwich, I should have had half and saved the other half for later.

910 Calories.

Afternoon Snack:

1/2 Sara Lee Plain Bagel
3 Tbsp Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese
2 oz Smoked Salmon

375 Calories

Dinner:

1 Foster Farms Chicken Breast
2 cups Salad
3 tbsp Italian Dressing
2 cups Sprite
1/4 Tsp Orange Blossom Honey
1/6 Banana
1/6 Peach
1/8 Pink Lady Apple
1 Tbsp Vanilla Lowfat Yogurt
1/2 Tsp Golden Raisins
16 oz 2% Milk

I should have halved this too. So marinate the chicken in the Italian dressing overnight. Then grill or broil it. Cut it up and serve it on your salad with a little more dressing to top it.

811 Calories

Water Intake:

1 cup Tap Water

Day 5 Total: 1078 Calories

Wow! Cutting out soda drastically lowered my calorie count. In fact this is much lower than is good for a person. When a person doesn't eat enough food, it teaches their body that times are lean. After this, when a person eats more the body stores it as fat, for when times get lean again. This is why the "I don't eat anything" diets fail. A person will initially get thin, but then when they start eating regular they will actually put on more weight than they lost in the body's efforts to not starve to death. The key here is that I should have had something for breakfast, and maybe a mid-morning snack as well.

Breakfast:
Yes, I was terrible and didn't eat any real food for breakfast. Slap me on the wrist. I wasn't hungry, plus I find that a cup of coffee really does fill me up for a good long time. Also, I had the coffee at a neighbor's place and they make it with Half & Half instead of whole milk so there were a few calories added on there.

1 cup Coffee
3 cubes Sugar
1 tbsp Half & Half
1 Snickers Mini Ice Cream Bar

139 Calories

Lunch:
I ran out of 2% milk and so to prevent my whole milk (which I normally used for coffee) from spoiling I drank a cup.

2 Eggs scrambled
5 Leaves Spinach
3 tbsp Chopped Onion
1 oz Cheddar Cheese
1 cup Whole Milk

For cooking instructions see Day 1 Lunch. Then put the cheese on top of the scrambled eggs. If you make an omelet, put the cheese on top and then fold it over so that the cheese melts inside.

424 Calories

Afternoon Snack:
I bought some fruit at the store the other day. I didn't want it to go bad, so I hauled out the chopping knife and started cutting. Obviously I didn't just cut 1/8th of an apple and so on. Keep reading after the ingredients list for the recipe =D
1/4 tsp Orange Blossom Honey
1/6 Banana
1/6 Peach
1/8 Pink Lady Apple
1 tbsp Vanilla Lowfat Yogurt
1/2 tsp Golden Raisins
1 tbsp Whole Milk
Dash of Lemon Juice

First, make sure you have room in your fridge for six small bowls/teacups. Then, cut up your apple (I only had 3/4 of an apple which is why the different figure from the peach and banana) and your peach and banana. Split up into six small bowls or teacups. Add yogurt, raisins, honey, and lemon juice (this is to keep the fruit fresh). Stir all together. Save one serving to eat, store the rest in the fridge. When you're ready to eat, if you want to thin out the yogurt a bit, add the milk and stir.

80 Calories

Dinner:

2 cups Spring Mix Salad
3 tbsp Light Raspberry Hazelnut Vinaigrette
1/4 Sara Lee Plain Bagel
1 tbsp Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1 oz Smoked Salmon

305 Calories

Before Bed:
I had the suggestion to drink a glass of milk (get in some calcium) to up my daily calorie intake. So I did.

1 cup 2%Milk

130 Calories

Water Intake:

2 cups Tap Water

Day 4 Total: 1389 Calories

Breakfast:
Mmm... Sunday. Coffee day. Boy does coffee in the morning smell good. It's too bad it's so hot right now. Still, I had my 2 cups in my Starbucks thermos with snap top (best investment EVER!). Yes. I had a can of Coke. I knew I would have some soda today, after all it's Labor Day weekend.

2 cups Yuban Coffee
1/4 cup Whole Milk
2 Heaping tsp Sugar
1/2 Sara Lee Cinnamon Raisin Bagel
1 tbsp Whole Milk
2 tbsp Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese
2 tbsp Chopped Onion
2 Eggs scrambled
4 Leaves Spinach
1 can Coca Cola

479 Calories

Lunch:

1/2 Sara Lee Plain Bagel
3 tbsp Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese
2 oz Nova Smoked Salmon

375 Calories

Dinner:
I realize it seems rather boring now. That I'm eating a lot of the same things. Just like I said I wouldn't. Well part of that is I'm trying to go vegetarian for a month for the health benefits and at the moment all I know how to eat is salads. But never fear. I have found myself a wonderful website (Eating Well and as soon as my refrigerator needs a restock things'll change.

2 cups Spring Mix Salad
3 tbsp Light Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette
1/2 cup Glen Oaks Strawberry Banana Drinkable Yogurt

225 Calories

After Dinner Snack:
These should be a no-no, but think of it as a small desert sort of attached to dinner.

2 Lemon Poppyseed Mini Scones
1 cup Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Gardens Green Tea

160 Calories

Water Intake:

1 cup Tap Water