• Banana (110c.)
• Stawberry Smoothie (55c.)

Total breakfast = 165c.

Lunch

• grilled cheese and ham sandwiches (400c.)
• Stawberry kiwi Crystal Light (10c)

Lunch total = 410c.

Snack

• pretzels ( 160c.)

Supper

• Chicken pot pie (374c.)
• fries (160c.)

Supper total = 534c.

Total calories = 1149c.

I know some of my meal combinations seem a bit weird, but we are scraping right now.  I thought that I was going to get paid today but, as it turns out, it won't be until 2 weeks from now. 

• 2 ham, egg, and cheese sandwiches (690c.)

Breakfast/Lunch Total = 690c.

I know that this one meal is half of my daily intake, but I sort of combined 2 meals.  I was up early but ate late.  I probably will have supper and then that would be it, unless I am hungry and have room left for a snack.  If not, then it is good ol' water.

Supper

• Shake n' Bake chicken (260c.)
• MacCain's Extra Crispy SPicy Fries (160c.)

Total Supper = 320c.

Snack

• Pretzel sticks (190c.)

Total Calories = 1200c.

How weird is that?  Exactly 1200c. on the nose.  That doesn't happen often.

• Ham and egg sandwich - Bread (190c.), cheese (30c.), egg (50c.), ham (25c.), light calories wise mayo (50c.)
• 1% milk (90c.)

Total breakfast = 435c.

Lunch

• Chicken wrap - Wrap (120c.), chicken(70c.), lettuce and tomato (5c.), Light Ranch Dressing (80c.)
• Cantaloupe (55c.)
• Strawberry Orange Banana Crystal Light (5c.)

Total Lunch 335c.

Supper

• Pad Thai noodles (400c.)
• Iced Tea (5c.)

Total supper = 405c.

Snack

• Oreo Thinsations (100c.)
• 1% milk (90c.)

Total snalc = 190c.

Total calories = 1365c.

• 3/4 cup Special K Vanilla Almond Cereal (160c.)
• Crystal Light Tangerine (10c.)

Breakfast total = 170c.

Lunch

• On Natural meatless hotdog (80c.) on a while wheat bun (110c.)
• Carrots (35c.) with light ranch (80c.)

Lunch Total = 315c.

Snack

• Cheddar cheese (165c.) on Melba Rounds (180c.)

Snack total=345c.

Supper

• Left over pork tenderloin = 210c.
• Left over macaroni and cheese (210c.)

Super total = 420c.

Total calories = 1250

Much better today for the calories.  I may be a little off on my calculations but I am probably within 50 calories or so.  I also did a lot of walking at work yesterday.  Walking around the mall parking lot and changing the cart ads trying to pick up the stranglers is a lot of walking.

• 3/4 cup Special K Vanilla Almond cereal (160c.)
• 1/2 grapefruit (40c.)
• Lemon Lime Crystal Light (10c.)

Total breakfast = 210c.

Lunch

• Toasted blt sandwich (490c.)
• diet coke (1c.)

Total lunch = 491c.

Snack

• leftover chicken (165c.)

Total snack = 165c.

Supper

• Garlic and Portabella patty (100c.) on multigrain bread (190c.)  with lettuce and tomato (5c.) and cheese (30c.)
• Macaroni and white cheese (210c.)
• carrots (35c.) with light ranch dip (80c.)
• 1% milk (90c.)

Total supper = 740c.

Total calories = 1606c. (way too much)

• 2 Egg, cheese, and turkey bacon sandwiches on english muffins.  (540c.)
• 1% milk (90c.)

Total breakfast = 630c.

Lunch

• McDonalds Chicken grill Sandwich (360c.)
• 1 medium diet coke (1c.)

Total lunch = 361c.

Supper

• 2 skinless chicken drumsticks (230c.)
• French Fries (160c.)
• Lemon Lime Crystal Light (10c.)

Total Supper = 400c.

Total calories = 1391c.

• 1% milk (90c.)
• 1 1/2 pieces aotmeal toast (142c.)
• 1/2 grapefruit (40c.)

Breakfast total = 272

Lunch

• 1 grilled cheese sandwich (280c.)
• carrots (35c.) with light Ranch dip (80c.)
• Iced tea - 5

Total lunch = 400c.

Snack

• 1 banana (110c.)
• Tangerine orange Crystal light (10c.)

Total snack = 120c.

Supper

• Homemade asian soup (480c.)
• water

Total supper = 480c.

Snack

• 1 bag Oreo thinsations (100c.)
• 1 % milk (90c.)

Snack total = 190c.

Total calories = 1462c.

So yesterday I think I pushed myself a little too hard since today I can barely move.  I spent from about 9am to about 1pm cleaning house, doing laundry, sorting bottles, yada yada, yada.  But I didn't stop there.  Then I went outside and worked in my flower bed for about 3 1/2 hours.  I will post the pictures in my photo album so you all can see that my effort was not in vain.  The whole front flower bed was completely overgrown and the lawn needed a serious mowing.  Plus I trimmed the bushes etc etc. planted my flowers and then watered them.  Plus I went out to the stores and did some work which involves a fair bit of walking.

If the site is accurate and then I burned 1205c. doing the housework and 1607c. doing the gardening for a total of 2812c. burned just doing that.  Is it a good thing or a bad thing to burn more calories than you take in?  I burned about twice the calories I ate.

• 1 cup Acapella cereal (220c.) with 1% milk (45c.)
• Lemon Lime Crystal Light (10c.)

Total breakfast = 275c.

Lunch

• 1 can tuna (120c.) with mayo (50c.) and green onion on Soy and Sesame Canape Melba rounds (180c.)
• 1 % milk (90c.)

Total lunch = 440c.

Snack

• 1 cup vanilla frozen yogourt (100c.)
• Tangerine grapefruit crystal light (10c.)

Totla snack = 110c.

Supper

• 4.3 oz pork temderloin (210c.)
• 1 serving Uncle Ben's Natural slection Hicken and Herb rice (130c.)
• 1 glass iced tea (5c.)

Total supper = 345c.

Total calories= 1170c.

Hmm okay.  Yesterday I ate when I was hungry but I am still below 1200c.  Going to have to watch that.  Perhaps have an extra little snack or something during the day.

Yesterday I would say that I got my share of exercise.  My parents, Kimber, and I walked 3.5 miles or 5.6 kilometers.  According to the calorie burners I burned anywhere from 1000 - 1230 c.  I am not sure how much I will get today.  I have a pretty good headache happening but I am hoping that will go away sometime this morning.  I have a lot of housework to catch up on and I need to go around to the stores to put up the new ads.  So even if I don't do deliberate exercise, I should be able to keep moving.

• 1 packet of instant apple cinnamon oatmeal
• 2 pieces od rye toast with margerine
• 1 small glass of 1%/skim milk

I didn't have lunch because it was a late breakfast.  But we did have an early supper.

Supper

• I ordered a chicken club burger.  I guess this is not too bad since it was chicken breast instead of a preformed patty but the bacon was pretty bad.  There were 3 slices on the it.  Plus the lettuce and tomatoe etc.
• A few pieces of pizaa bread (they are small pieces, shaped like a pizza slice)
• Diet pepsi.

Yeah so I blew the diet yesterday but it is back on to it today.  I did weight myself this morning...Friday is my day.  I am going to go by my scale since it is the one I will be using every week.  I won't be using the one at the clinic until I go back for my blood test.  My new weight is 243 lbs.  So that means I have lost 4 pounds.  Progress.  No, I don't expect to lose a whole bunch at once.  I know it is going to be a long road.  I am actually happy with having lost 4 pounds in a week.

I still have not heard from the dietician.  The doctor is supposed to contact them on my behalf but I have not heard anything yet and it has been nearly 2 weeks.  If I have not heard anything by Monday, I will call the doctor and see what is up.

Anyway, it's time to start today's activities once I have been around to you. :)

• Roasted chicken (From Joey's Only)
• Garlic parsley potatoes
• 2 small slices of garlic toast
• Iced tea sweetend with splenda and lemon

Supper

• 2 white chicken breats sandwiches on light rye with mayo, mustard, and baby spinach
• Iced tea sweetend with splenda and lemon

Snack

• 1/3 of a cup of Nature's Source Voyageur trail mix
• 8 oz glass of skim milk

So there we are.  That is my day.  I am going to try to count calories starting today.  We shall see how it goes.

• 2 small pieces of light rye toast with magerine (a little bit)
• 1 glass of water

After breakfast, I worked on the hobby room which will be my office coming on the 22nd.  I had furniture to move around, things to throw away yada, yada, yada.  It was a pretty good work out.  Now I will also be able to set up the treadmill and the stepper so I can really get into the work outs.

Lunch

• Grilled salmon burger on a focachia bun with lettuce, tomatoe, and tartar sauce (we went out to eat for lunch)
• Tossed salad
• Garlic parsley potatoes
• large glass of water

After lunch I worked somemore on the hobbyroom/office.  I have most of it done but won't be able to work on it anymore until I know exactly what all I am getting from my mom when I take over the contract.

Supper

• Spicy Slasa Chicken Grill (I wanted to make it for the in laws while they were here)
• Tossed salad
• Uncle Bens Spanish Rice
• Iced tea (sweetend with splenda and lemon)

We all relaxed after supper.  Watched some tv. 

Snack

•  1/2 cup of trail mix

That is it for today.  I will be by to visit you all and add somemore tomorrow now that the family has gone home and I will have a little more time on my hands.

• 1 1/2 tukey sandwich with spinach, tomato, mustard, and mayon on sunflower seed bread.
• A few slices of apple.

It was a pretty lazy day.  I was pretty tired from a late night and an early morning so all 3 of us had a nap.  We got up really late...again but then went to have supper.

Supper

• Chicken and mushroom fettucinni (although I didn't eat all of what there was.
• 1/2 piece of garlic toast
• 1 diet pepsi

Well that is all.  Supper wasn't too healthy but I didn't all of it and I splurged and had the diet pepsi.  It's hard to stick to your diet when you are eating out so much.

I am also taking wild salmon oil capsuls.  They have Omega 3 which is supposed help lower cholesterol.  I am, however, finding out that my stomach really doesn't like them all that much.  Everytime I take them, I end up with a stomach ache and nausea.  Not much fun, if you ask me.  But I am hoping it gets better with time.

• 1 buffalo turkey (deli meat) sandwich on rye bread with lettuce and tomato.
• 1 small glass of milk

• 1 turkey garlic sandwich (deli meat) on sunflower seed bread with lettuce and tomato
• 1 glass of iced tea (sweetended with spelnda and lemon)

•  1 roast beef dip (It came with fried but I was good and only ate 3 fries.)
• 1 16 oz glass of water

After supper we came home and we all played in the back yard for a little while until it started getting cold and dark.

Snack

• 1 small piece of ice cream cake (It was, afterall. Kimber's birthday)

Total glassses of water=2-160z glasses

That's all folks.  I didn't get a whole lot of exercise in but I didn't eat a whole lot either.  I may not over the next few days as I am probably going to be doing a bunch of running around.  We shall see how it all goes.

• 1 piece of rye toast with a little bit of margerine (I can't manage dry toast.  It just makes me feel like I am chewing a piece of cardboard.)
• 1 small omlette made from Egg Creations Garden Vegetable.  (I didn't care for this a while lot.  It was really bland but I think with a little seasoning, it will be okay.)
• 1 small glass of 1%/skim milk
• 1 cup of fat/sugar free yogourt, mixed berry

Lunch

• 1 tuna sandwich on rye with lettuce and tomatoe.  (I know.  I had this for lunch yesterday but it is all I had at the time and I had some left over from the day before.)
• 1/2 cup crab salad made with lemon pepper, frank's red hot, and a tiny bit of low fat mayo
• Glass of H2O

This is where I got my poop in a group and started working on the house.  I cleaned the kitchen which included sweeping and mopping the floor.  I did 3 loads of laundry.  Made the bed.  Cleaned the bathroom.  Cleaned out the chest freezer.  Took out the garbage.  Changed the litter box.  And last but not least, I cleaned up my entryway.

Snack

• Another 1/2 cup of crab salad.  (It was quick and easy and I was starving.  I would have had some fruit, but until I see a dietician, I have to try not to consume a whole lot of sugar which fruit has)

Supper

• 1 1/2 bowls of Soup - This is an "Asian" soup that we make.  It's really healthy.  We used a broth mix that Terry's mom sent up for us put in boneless/skinless chicken breasts, cubed, mushrooms, bok choy, green onion, and rice vermachelli noodles.  (This is one of my favorite meals so I slipped a little and had a little more than I should have.
• 1 glass iced tea, sweetend with Splenda and lemon (we always have iced tea on hand.  It's so easy to make and very cheap too.)
• 1 stawberry banana milkshake. (This is a big slip I know but it was made with real strawberries and bananas we had on hand and we used skim milk.  The ice cream was the worst part of it.)

Total Glasses of Water=5 16 ounce glasses

So that is it.  Like I said, I slipped a little with the milk shake but it wasn't a huge slip I don't think.  At least it was made with real fruit and low fat milk.

I am not sure how the next few days is going to work out.  With Terry's family here, we may end up eating out a lot so I will have to see how it goes.  I hope that I can stick to it.  I know that they are buying sushi tonight which is really healthy. 

Thanks again for the support, everyone.  It definitely helps to know there are people out there that will look after and support me. :)

• 1 sandwich - Tuna salad made with a tiny bit of light mayo just to keep it "together" with one slice of tomatoe and a piece of lettuce.
• 1 large carrot cut into sticks
• glass of water

After lunch, I took Kimber for a walk.  We went through the tail to the interpritational park near the mall and we played on the slides for a while.  Then we walked the short way up to the store where Terry works so that I could get his bank card so I could walk to the mall and pick up something for supper but we couldn't get ahold of him.  So we walked home again.

Elapsed time: 12:40pm to 1:45pm

Snack

1/2 large apple

I just puttered around the house for a while, played some games on the computer, read to Kimber, that sort of day to say stuff.

Supper

• Spicy Salsa Chicken Grill (Oh my god this is SO good.  I found the recipe online at the American Diabetes Association website.  Click on the name to see for yourself  We had to modify it a touch because we don't have a grill just yet, we used medium instead of hot salsa...which was cholesterol free, and we forgot the chives.)
• Uncle Bens Natural Select Spanish rice. 
• Iced Tea (homemade and prepared with splenda and lemon)
• One large slice of watermelon

That was it for the night  When you write it down like that, it seems like a lot, doesn't it?  I have no idea if I did well but considering that if I wrote down everything I used to eat, then I think I am making progress.

It's hard though.  The serving sizes are what is difficult.  We used to eat until we were stuffed but now, with the amount of food that we are eating ie: the proper serving sizes, I don't get that.  So, mentally, I feel like I'm not full, even though I have had enough to eat or as much I should eat anyway.  It will be easier when my body gets used to it and my stomach "shrinks".  Until then, it will be difficult to keep my hands "out of the cookie jar" so to speak.

Anyway, that's it for today.  I will try to at least update this site while family is here.  Out of the 2, this one is the more imporatant.