Breakfast- Ham and Mushroom Quiche

Total calories- 380

 Morning Snack- Breakfast on the Go
Total calories- 180

 Lunch- Pumpkin Ravioli meal
Total calories- 310

 Afternoon Snack- Intense Orange Chocolate & can of Low Sodium V8
Total calories- 285

 Dinner- Chili and Cilantro Lime Rice
Total calories- 1005

Dessert- 2 Hershey's MIlk Chocolate Drops
Total calories- 27

Exercise- Walking, Elliptical and Lower Body Circuit Training

Total calories for the day- 2217 (8 calories under daily goal of 2225)

Thoughts for the day- Legs are still sore. Can't wait for the weekend!

Breakfast- Oatmeal w/ skim milk and peanut butter

Total calories- 261

 Morning Snack- V8 Potato Leek Soup & Granny Smith Applesauce
Total calories- 250

 Lunch- Lean Cuisine Asian Potsticker meal (Soooo tasty!)
Total calories- 260

 Afternoon Snack- Cheddar Popchips and Honest Tea Zero Calorie Passionfruit Green Tea
Total calories- 100

 Dinner- Homemade chili w/ 2% mexican cheese and light sour cream
Total calories- 898

 Dessert- 2 Peppermint Chocolate Covered Cherries
Total calories- 150

Exercise- 5 minute warm up on the elliptical, and upper body circuit training

Total calories for the day- 1919 (59 under daily goal of 1978)

Thoughts for the day- My legs are sore from yesterday. I totally killed myself with those step ups. Hopefully I'll feel up to doing it again tomorrow.

Breakfast- Oatmeal w/ peanut butter and skim milk, sweet spicy tea w/ skim milk

Total calories- 209

 Morning Snack- Green Giant Broccoli and Cheese Sauce
Total calories- 150

 Lunch- Lean Cuisine Three Cheese Marinara
Total calories- 300

 Afternoon Snack- Flatbread Crisps w/ Laughing Cow Cheese, Franks Hot Sauce and Cherry Preserves
Total calories- 178

 Dinner- Homemade chili w/ cheese, sweet potato fries, and granny smith applesauce
Total calories- 1038

 Dessert- 15 pieces Hershey's Drops
Total calories- 200

Exercise- 5 minute warm up, 29 minutes circuit training (Lower body)

Total calories for the day- 2075 (61 calories under daily goal of 2136)

Thoughts for the day- I'm sore from yesterday's upper body workout. I'm hoping that I'll be sore tomorrow from today's workout, too. (Hopefully not too sore, though)

Getting back on the Damn Wagon

I don't know what the hell happened on Monday. Maybe it was the new pastry shop that brought free samples for our office at work. Maybe it was the lefotver sugar cookies from the weekend. On Monday I ate too much again. So I'm back, with yesterday's food. I was mercifully back under my calories, and had a really good workout at the gym, I hope to do the same today.

Breakfast- Oatmeal w/ 1 tsp peanut butter and skim milk
Total calories- 197

 Morning Snack- Green Giant Healthy Vision vegetables (Carrots, green beans and zucchini)
Total calories- 90

 Lunch- Lean Cuisine Four Cheese Canneloni
Total calories- 240

 Afternoon Snack- Flatbread crisps w/ Laughing cow cheese, franks hot sauce and cherry preserves
Total calories- 178

 Dinner- Freschetta Simply Inspired Hawaiian Style pizza w/ bacon and bbq sauce
Total calories- 1141

 Dessert- 15 pieces Hershey's Milk Chocolate Drops
Total calories- 200

Exercise- 10 minutes elliptical, 22 minutes circuit training (Upper Body)

Total calories for the day- 2046 (80 calories under daily goal of 2126)

Thoughts for the Day- I think I'm going to stick with doing a short stint of cardio and then doing weight training four days a week, saving long cardio for Fridays, and then adding in home-gym stuff during the weekend if and when I have time.

Poached Eggs and Taco Bell

Breakfast- 2 slices french toast w/ syrup

Total calories- 277

Morning Snack (Not shown)- coffee w/ 1 tbsp cream of coconut

Total calories- 130

Lunch- Poached egg on buttered toast
Total calories- 195

Dinner- 1 Fresco Chicken Burrito Supreme, 3 Fresco Chicken Tacos
Total calories- 800

 Dessert- 9 pieces Hersheys Drops
Total calories- 132

Exercise- None other than light shopping

Total calories for the day- 1534 (6 calories under daily goal of 1540)

Thoughs for the day- Didn't get to go swimming, but for a good reason; My swimsuit from last year no longer fits! Swimming is out till I can get one that does.

Coming Back . . .

My birthday was this past Wednesday. Because of this (And the alcohol consumed on that day) I completely forgot to take pictures of my food that day. I have pictures for Tuesday, but forgot to post them. I was under the calorie limit that day, but not so for Wednesday. Thursday was not so great. I've heard somewhere that when you eat too much one day, your sense of hunger and appetite is screwed up for at least the next day if not several days afterwards. I felt it yesterday. I started off well, but then I just kept wanting to snack.
Today I got back on track.
Breakfast- 1 packet of Raisin, Date and Walnut Oatmeal w/ skim milk
Total calories- 166

 Morning Snack- Breakfast On the Go packet and Vitamin Water Zero
Total calories- 180

 This isn't food. It's my sad face after walking back to the office from the gym at lunch. It was pouring rain, high winds and general freezy-ness outside, and once we got inside, my face actually started hurting as it thawed out. My nose as you can see is still a little reddish.

 Lunch- Apple Cranberry Chicken Lean Cuisine (Yum!)
Total calories- 320

 Afternoon Snack- 9 flatbread crackers and 1 wedge laughing cow cheese
Total calories- 128

 Afternoon Beverage- Vitamin Water Zero
Total calories- 0

 Dinner- Frozen Barbecue Chicken Pizza
Total calories- 900

 Dessert- 3 Dylan's Candy Bar Squares
Total calories- 126

 Evening Snack #1- 1 bread and butter pickle spear
Total calories- 25

 Evening Snack #2- Jell-O Sugar Free snack cup
Total calories- 10

Exercise- 25 minutes stationary bike (This was a hard workout, I really pushed it)

Total calories for the day- 1855 (85 under my daily goal of 1940)

Thoughts for the day- I'm glad to be back in the habit. As another step towards my fitness, I plan to start swimming at my home gym at least once a week! I used to be a good swimmer, but I've lost all the endurance I used to have, and I know it will be a great low impact workout.

Day Twelve- Waffle Breakfast!

Breakfast- 1 1/4 waffle w/ blueberry compote, strawberry compote, low-fat cottage cheese, shredded coconut, white chocolate morsels, french vanilla whipped cream, hash brown and hot apple cider. 

Total calories- 812

 Afternoon Snack- 1/2 scoop of protein powder w/ 1/2 cup 1% milk, and 1 serving sweet potato fries.
Total calories- 250

 Dinner- 3 chicken egg rolls, 3 chicken spring rolls, 2 vegetable spring rolls, and sweet n sour sauce
Total calories- 702

 Dessert- 2 squares Dylans Candy Bar chocolate
Total calories- 84

Exercise- 12 minutes circuit training

Total calories for the Day- 1848 (99 under daily goal of 1749)

Thoughts of the day- Had my birthday get-together with my family, complete with homemade waffles and tons of toppings to choose from. Delicious! Also, I weighed myself again this morning and found that I'd lost another 1.2 pounds since yesterday, which means I've reached my goal of 40 pounds lost by my birthday. Whoo hoo!