Day 15 Total: 1362 Calories

Okay, time for the truth to be told. It's weigh in day. Now, I've been watching a lot of Dr. Oz on TV. He says to weigh oneself every day to track progress. And so, I'll be posting my weight at the end of every day here. Let's see what this week's eating habits have wrought.

Now I did have two sodas today and my dinner was way more than 500 calories. Part of that is the soda and the milk. I figure the milk was good, I know the soda is bad. Still working on kicking the habit. It's going to be a long road. On the upside, after all of the soda in the house is gone (it'll take a while at the rate that I am drinking it) I won't be buying anymore so I'll have to turn to either milk or water.

Breakfast:

1/2 cup Grapes

34 Calories

Lunch:

1 cup Squirt
2 Eggs
1 slice Milton's Whole Grain Bread
1/2 pad Butter
1 tbsp Grape Jelly

420 Calories

Dinner:

Salmon with Mustard Crust & Sauteed Spinach
Brown Rice and Mushroom Pilaf
1 can Pepsi Throwback
14 oz 2% Milk

Now instead of me writing the recipes for dinner I found them online so click on the links above and it will take you to the recipe web pages. They are super delicious!!!!!!!!!! And easy to cook. I recommend starting the rice first as it takes longer to prepare than the Salmon.

908 Calories

Water Intake:

2 cups Tap Water

Weight:

149 lbs

Day 14 Total: 1804 Calories

Well, it's the soda that killed me again today. I'm really working on reaching for water first, but when my tummy feels queasy, there's something about fizz that really helps. Not the greatest of excuses is it? Oh well *sighs*

Breakfast:

8 oz Glen Oaks Strawberry Banana Drinkable Yogurt
6 oz 2% Milk

I love this drinkable yogurt, but it's so thick, so I mix in the milk to thin it out. It doesn't change the flavor at all and I get more calcium and magnesium in my diet to boot :D

282 Calories

Lunch:

1 Egg
1 Egg White
1 dried Papaya Spear
1 & 1/2 oz Cheddar Cheese
2 cups Sprite

Yep, scrambled eggs. The papaya spear is to be eaten separately.

552 Calories

Dinner:

2 cups Sprite
1 tbsp Sweet Relish
1 can Salmon
1 tbsp Best Foods Mayonnaise
2 slices Milton's Whole Grain Bread
1/2 oz Ruffles Potato Chips

970 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 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 3 Total: 1490 Calories

These sugar cravings are what's killing my calorie count... and my waistline. Starting Monday, no sweets of any kind (except the one can of cola on Saturdays). I'll beat this sugar addiction, just watch me ;D

Breakfast:
I was not hungry at all this morning when I woke up so I grabbed an apple and half a bagel and ran out of the house to get started on the day's errands.

1/2 Sara Lee Plain Bagel

130 Calories

Morning Snack:

1 Pink Lady Apple

95 Calories

Lunch:
Yep. Here is where the sugar craving hit. I actually ate too much. One bar would have been enough and would have fit in easily with a day's calorie count. But I didn't have my water bottle on me and I wanted something to generate saliva as it was super hot and I was super thirsty.

1/2 tsp Sweet Relish
1/4 can Salmon
1 tsp Best Foods Mayonnaise
2 3 Musketeers Mint Bars

Mix and eat. Just don't mix the candy into the salmon *yuck!*

425 Calories

Afternoon Snack:
This afternoon it was a drink break instead of a snack break. Note to self: have bottled water handy for when the thirst bug hits.

1 can Pepsi Throwback
2 cups Minute Maid Orange Juice

370 Calories

Dinner:

1 Egg scrambled
2 Leaves Spinach
1 tbsp 2% Milk
1 cup Spring Mix Salad
2 tbsp Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette

Mix egg, milk, and shredded spinach leaves. Cook on stove. Eat with salad. I recommend Garlic Pepper and Onion Powder for seasoning on the omelet.

180 Calories

Water Intake:

1 cup Tap Water

Day 1 Total: 1257 Calories

Ah day 1. And it begins. A really helpful website is Calorie King. You can type in whatever food you've eaten and it will ask you the serving size and then it will calculate the amount of calories. This is how almost all of the calories here have been calculated, unless I looked directly at the packaging of the food I was eating. Also I have labeled all of my posts by what meals they contain as well as the specific foods they contain. So if you're searching for an egg recipe you can find all of my posts that contains the label "Egg" etc.

Breakfast:
Breakfast was really simple. Something I could very easily get tired of very soon.

3/4 cup Honey Nut Cheerios
1 cup Milk

Just pour ingredients into a bowl and eat up.
240 Calories

Morning Snack:
Now I had a snack that was a definite splurge, but it sure did taste good.

1 cup Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Gardens Green Tea
3 Ralph's Lemon and Poppy Seed mini-Scones

Boil your water and steep your tea. Put the scones on a nice dish and enjoy, taking a bite of scone and a sip of tea.

240 Calories

Lunch:
Well, I did okay for lunch, food-wise. But I spoiled it with a can of cola. But it wasn't just any cola. It was Pepsi Throwback. They only have it around for football season, and I adore things without high fructose corn syrup. I'm trying to cut back on soda, so I think I'm going to let it be my Saturday splurge. Call me out if you see me drinking soda on a day other than Saturday... starting next week =D

2 Eggs scrambled
1 tbsp 2% Milk
4 leaves of Spinach shredded
2 tbsp chopped Onion
1 can Pepsi Throwback

Crack eggs into a cup add milk and mix until well blended. Then stir in the shredded spinach. Cook the onions on high heat on the stove until translucent.Turn the heat down to low and pour in the egg and spinach mix. You can either scramble the eggs or make an omelet as I did.

322 Calories

Afternoon Snack:
I started getting super hungry. So, instead of waiting and getting even more hungry and flirting with the overeating at dinner option, I made a small snack. I actually over did it on the cream cheese so I'll be more careful next time.

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

Cut your bagel, top with cream cheese (I recommend 1 tbsp instead of 2), and then top with a slice of Nova Smoked Salmon (a.k.a. Lox).

205 Calories

Dinner:
Very simple dinner. I'm trying to work on a more vegetarian/raw fruit and veggie diet for a while to detoxify my body. Oh, but I cheated again. After my 20 minute walk I splurged on another can of Pepsi Throwback.

2 cups Spring Mix Salad
2 tbsp Wishbone Raspberry Hazelnut Vinaigrette
1 can Pepsi Throwback

Mix salad and dressing on a plate and voila! dinner.

 250 Calories

Water Intake:
We all need water. I sip mine throughout the day, so I'll total it up at the end so you can see how much I consumed.

2 cups Tap Water

Yes, I drink water straight from the tap. Obviously there is a small screw on filter on the tap, but I'm not squirmish about drinking straight up tap water. With one proviso, only in the States or the UK.