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.