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 Seven- A week's worth of Honest Eating

Breakfast- Maple and Brown Sugar Oatmeal w/ Fat Free milk and 1 tbsp natural peanut butter

Total calories- 283

 Morning Snack- Cocoa Chip Full Bar
Total calories- 160

 Lunch- BBQ Chicken Quesadilla (I completely forgot to take a picture of my lunch today, oops! Luckily most lean cuisines have images online, this one was pretty damn close)
Total calories- 270

 Dinner- 2 1/8 slices of Papa Murphys 5 meat stuffed pizza
Total calories- 1476

Exercise- 40 minutes on the stationary bike

Total calories for the day- 2189 (49 above my goal of 2140)

Thought of the day- Someone commented yesterday that I should be having a bigger breakfast. I decided to try something different by adding a tablespoon of healthy natural peanut butter to my oatmeal. It was so delicious! I'm already a huge fan of peanut butter, and with it mixed in with the mapley flavor, it tasted like a decadent dessert for breakfast!

Day Three- Paaartay!

Breakfast- Coffee w/ 5 splenda packets and 1/4 cup 1% milk (Didn't have any actual food because we woke up late and had a big lunch to head to)

Total calories- 50

Lunch- 1/2 slice of chicken pot pie w/ broccoli, and 1/2 slice of ham pot pie with peas and carrots

Total calories- 440

Beverage- 1 liter bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper

Total calories- 0

Dessert- 1 slice of butter pie
Total calories- 271

 Dinner- Chicken Bruschetta Pizza (Get used to the pizzas, they are a food group in our house)
Total calories- 870

Beverage- 1 glass of plum wine (Only ended up drinking 2/3 of it)

Total calories- 150

 Total calories for the day- 1781 (161 over calorie goal of 1620)

Exercise- none (Still taking it easy until Monday)

Thought of the Day- I can't wait to start exercising again.

Day One- This might actually work!

Breakfast-1 packet pumpkin spice oatmeal w/ 1/3 cup skim milk.
Total calories- 176

Morning Snack- 1 package broccoli and cheese sauce

Total calories- 150

Lunch- 1 package Lean Cuisine Frozen Lunch

Total calories- 230

Afternoon Snack- Diet Pepsi
Total calories- 0

Dinner- 1 frozen thin crust barbecue chicken pizza
Total calories- 900

Dessert- 5 animal cookies
Total calories- 140

Total calories for the day- 1596 (24 under 1620 calorie goal) Yay!

Exercise- Due to a continuing knee issue, I am refraining from any kind of workout this week. Can't wait till I'm feeling better, I want to get back in the gym!!

Thought of the Day- Taking pictures of whatever I eat is definitely making me think about what I'm putting in my body more. No more just randomly grabbing things and eating them because they're there. This might actually work!