SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15TH - GAIN 2.75 FOR PAST WEEK

A week has past since I have written on my blog. As you can see I had a week of not dieting. I went to Byron's house for 3 days and just didn't try at all. I also went out to eat Monday,(Chili's) Tuesday,(Cracker Barrel) Wednesday,(Austin's) Thursday,(Church Senior Dinner) Friday,(Applebees) Saturday,(O'Charleys) Sunday.(Cracker Barrrel). So you can see what my problem is. But I plan to start again tomorrow. I am going to fix my cottage cheese and pineapple in the morning and I am not planning on eating out until at least Wednesday when I go to Austins with the girls that I used to work with at Hillcrest. I also plan to start cleaning tomorrow. I would like to walk but it is just suppose to be in the low 50's and 40's this week with rain part of the time so I probably won't be able to do much of that. I hope this will be a better week for me.

MONDAY - LOST 1/2 POUND

I got my other 1/2 pound today. That makes 6 total.

I didn't eat breakfast this morning. I had a lot to do so I skipped which is not a good thing but thats what I did.

For lunch I went to Chili's . I was craving some chips and salsa. So I had 1/2 order of chips and salsa for a total of 235 calories and 1/2 of a Quesadilla salad for 630 calories. I got the calorie count off of Chili's web site nutritional values. So that was a total of 865 for lunch so it will be a light supper for me.

I also walked 1 round at the Hillcrest track and that was all I could do because my hip hurt so much. I used to walk around 5 times without even stopping. I will try to walk again tomorrow.

SUNDAY - NO POUNDS LOST

I was hoping to reach 6 pounds but I will have to settle for 5.5. Which is good.

I didn't eat any breakfast before going to church.

After church we went to Cracker Barrel for lunch. I found some of the Cracker Barrel calorie counts. I had been counting too high on most things but better than counting short. I had the grilled chicken tenderloins (4) for 160 calories, Green beans 70 calories per serving. Hash Brown Casserole 155 per serving. 2 biscuits at 133 each for 266 calories, Jelly 40 calories, margarine 30 calories and unsweetened tea for a total of 721 calories for lunch.

I am going to try not to each much more today.

After church I had 50 calories of turkey on 80 calories of bread with 15 calories of light mayo.

SATURDAY'S FOOD INTAKE

For breakfast I had 1/4 cup of cereal, 1 slice of deli ham and 1 slice of 40 calorie bread. I am thinking about 200 calories for breakfast.

For lunch Brenda,Barbara and I went to Bravo's for lunch. I can't find a calorie count but I had the Dela Casa salad and Penn noodles with some chicken and red pepper sauce on them and mushrooms. I also ate a piece of Italian bread with dipping sauce. Tea.

I probably won't eat anything else tonight. I would love to have 6 pounds for the week.

SATURDAY - LOST 1/4 POUND -TOTAL OF 5.50 SINCE SUNDAY

FRIDAY'S CALORIE TALLEY

Today is going to be a little hard to figure. Breakfast was easy 90 calories for Yoplait yogurt and 70 calories for bacon. So breakfast was 160 calories. I went to get my hair colored and then we went to Chesapeake's with Barbara and Chester for lunch.

Lunch I had a sirloin burger on a bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo/mustard mix. I had a baked potato with sour cream and butter. 1 roll with butter. Tea.

That is all I have had today so maybe I didn't' do too bad. I am a little hungry right now. It is 7:30 so I may fix me a cup of hot tea.

TOTAL OF 5.25 POUNDS SINCE SUNDAY

I am thrilled. 5.25 pounds since Sunday. I am going out to eat for the next 3 days so I will have to be very careful.

FRIDAY - LOST 3/4 POUND

THURSDAY - TODAY'S TALLEY

It was Cracker Barrel this morning and I had 1 biscuit at 230, 1/4 cup gravy at 100, apples 85, ham 135, hashbrowns 200, jelly 40, margarine 15 for a total of 820. This is a guess. Could of been more, hopefully was less.

No lunch

For supper I had a bowl of soup for 84 calories, ground beef 230, 2 slices of 40 calorie bread 80, mayo. 15, slice tomato and piece of lettuce 25. For a total of 434calories.

Later I had 1/2 cup of strawberries 25 and 1 slice of cantalope 25.

That makes a total of 1304 for the day.

I had a good visit to the doctor and I had lost weight since I was there 3 months ago. Hopefully when I go back on May 5th I will have lost even more. I can't wait until I can start walking again.

THURSDAY - LOST 1/4 POUND

I was only down 1/4 pound this morning but I didn't think I would be down any. Well its off to the Cracker Barrel for breakfast, more later.

WEDNESDAYS LOG

We went to Barbara's to watch a movie and she fixed us a Sub sandwich for lunch. I had a sub bun for 220 calories, 2 slices of ham for 30 calories 1/2 piece of lite baloney for 30 calories, a piece of Swiss cheese for 90 calories. Mayo and another sauce she had to put on it I will allow 100 calories for. 1 oz of baked potato chips for 110. So I had a total of 580 calories for lunch.

For supper James cooked pinto beans and I made enchiladas. I didn't eat any beans but I did eat two servings of the enchiladas. The whole casserole dish had 1095 calories so I will say that I ate 1/2 of that for 548 calories.

That makes a total of 1326 which is not real bad for the day but probably too much for me to have a loss in the morning. I will try extra hard tomorrow. After all Scarlett "tomorrow is another day".

WEDNESDAY - 0- POUNDS LOST

I wasn't down any today but I'm not discouraged. I'll just try harder today. So far I have had breakfast and I had 1 hard boiled egg at 78 calories, 2 pieces of OM bacon for 70 calories 1 piece of ww 40 calorie bread with 10 calories of lite marg. for a total of 198 calories for breakfast. More later.

TUESDAY'S CALORIE COUNT

For breakfast I had a cup of Special K with 1/2 cup milk for 160 calories. I also had a meduim banana in my cereal for 90 calories. Breakfast total 250

James made some delicious soup at 84 calories per cup and I had 1 cup of soup, 84, 1 oz. of hard cheese at 110 and 17 of the new Special K wheat crackers for 90 and an apple for 61 calories. A total of 345 calories for lunch.

For supper I had a salad for 50 calories, 1/4 cup of shredded cheese on the salad for 110 and 1 TBS Ranch drsg for 70 calories. I also had 4 oz of baked ham for 170 calories. A total of 400 calories for supper.

That makes a total of 995 calories for the day. The only other thing I am going to have is a cup of hot green tea with splenda.

TUESDAY - LOST 2 POUNDS

I am thrilled, down 2 more pounds. More later.

MONDAY - FEBRUARY 2

Well I have had supper now and I had 4 oz of baked ham, package said 190 calories for 4 oz. I had a medium baked sweet potato for 150 calories. I also had a cup of stir fry vegies for 35 calories per cup. James made some sauce for the vegies with several spices but all total there was about 15 calories per teaspoon so I am going to add another 30 calories for the sauce. This after noon I had some celery sticks I am going to guess a cup which would be 17 calories per cup with 1/2 oz fat free cream cheese for 30 calories. I also had a cup of hot green tea with splenda. So my total since breakfast has been 352 calories. Surely I didn't eat more than 8oo calories for breakfast which would keep me within the 1200 that I need to lose weight. I can't find any calorie count for any of Cracker Barrels food. I was going to Naples with Barbara and Mary Alice tomorrow for lunch but I guess if there is ice we will be changing our plans.

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW! LOST 2.25

"Oh the weather outside is frightful but the snow is so delightful so if you've no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." I actually have no where to go except to sit in front of the fireplace with a good book to read. Wonderful to not have to worry about getting to work etc. Today I started off with a retirement celebration breakfast at Cracker Barrel. James and I split the Sunrise Sampler. I don't know my total calorie count but I think I did ok. I was down 2.25 pounds this morning. I was real pleased and hope to do good the rest of the day. I will let you know later.

SUPER SUNDAY

It has been a good day. I had Yoplait yogurt for breakfast for 100 calories. We went to the Cracker Barrel for lunch and I had a baked potato with sour cream and butter. I know the sour cream had 60 calories but I don't know about the potato and butter so just to be safe I am going to count it at 400 calories. I also had a house salad. The only thing in it that had much calories was the croutons but I didn't eat any other bread not even the crackers they brought. I used about a teaspoon of dressing. So I am going to count the salad as 300. Later I had a small apple 61 calories and 2 cups of popcorn for 50 calories. So I have still stayed right at 1000calories. I don't plan to have anything else tonight. I need to drink more water. I had 3 glasses of unsweetened tea for lunch but no other water. I will work on that a little more.

FACING THE SCALES

Well this morning I faced that monoster, the scales. But it was better than I expected especially since I went to CICI Pizza yesterday with my sister and niece. I was still down 1.25 pounds from when I started on January 1st. So I hadn't gained it all back. I will write more later about my food intake for today. Sundays we always go to Cracker Barrel but they usually have a lot of things I can choose from.