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food diary 12/17/12

breakfast (277 calories):

• pumpkin oatmeal with 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats, 1/2 cup canned pumpkin, 1/2 cup almond milk, 10 crushed almonds, 1 tbsp craisins, 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice, 1 packet stevia
• 2 cups chinese oolong tea

exercise (-255 calories):

• 1 round circuit training
• 25 minutes elliptical

lunch (498 calories):

• 2 cups chicekn & rice skillet (recipe here) (485)
• 2 cups baby greens with italian vinaigrette spray dressing (13)

dinner (289 calories):

• lettuce wrap with 2 outer romaine leafs, 1.5 tbsp light thousand island dressing, 1 slice swiss cheese, 2 slices black forest ham, and 2 slices tomato (161)
• 1 sweet potato with plain nonfat yogurt (128)

snacks (255 calories);

• 1 banana (100)
• 1/2 homemade chocolate chip cookie (65)
• 1 cup apple cider (90)

welp, today was my first day in the gym in weeks (months??). it felt good, but i got winded so fast! such a difference from the summer. i definitely would like to change that now that i’m on break from school! who says you have to wait for the new year to make a positive change? :)

food diary 11/23/12

breakfast/lunch (270 calories):

• pumpkin oatmeal with 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats, 1/4 cup pumpkin puree, 10 crushed almonds, 2 tbsp craisins, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, 1 packet stevia
• 1 cup ginger/mint tea (0)
• 1 cup green tea with cranberry

snack (220 calories):

• 2 servings pretzel sticks

dinner (427 calories):

• blt sandwich with 2 slices low-carb multigrain bread, 5 slices low-sodium bacon, 1 tbsp mayo, 5 tomato slices, handful icerbeg lettuce (317)
• 1/2 cup campbell’s tomato rice soup (110)

snack (352 calories)

• 4 small gingerbread cookies (101 calories)
• 3/4 cup kashi go lean crunch cereal with 1/2 cup almond milk (163)
• 1 cup apple cider (90)

total net calories: 1271

i survived thanksgiving! it was a nice day off from counting calories. i did eat a lot at dinner, but i didn’t feel sick or anything… until dessert. i had a big slice of apple pie with ice-cream, which definitely got to me later on lol. at midnight, my sister and i drove out to the mall and i felt soo nauseous in the car. but thankfully shopping/walking around definitely helped me feel a bit better.

i still felt full yesterday morning so breakfast kind of turned into lunch. i also may or may not have spent the entire day in pajamas on the couch napping and watching tv… :)

food diary 11/22/12

breakfast (282 calories):

• 1/2 cup total whole grain cereal with 1/2 cup almond milk (87)
• 3 large scrambled egg whites with 2 cups spinach and arugula mix, 1/4 cup black beans, 1 tbsp nutritional yeast, 2 tbsp reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese (195)
• 2 cups green tea with cranberry (0)

snack (80 calories)

• 1 yellow delicious apple

lunch (249 calories)

• 1 cup baby greens with 10 sprays italian dressing (20)
• 1 cup pasta fazool (203)
• 1 gingerbread cookie (26)

dinner (403 calories):

• 1-1/4 cup campbell’s select harvest clam chowder (238)
• 1-1/2 servings pretzel sticks (165)

snack (190 calories):

• 1 banana with 1 tbsp creamy reduced fat peanut butter
• 1 cup decaffeinated green tea (0)

water/tea: 9 cups

total net calories: 1204

about to leave to go to my aunt’s for thanksgiving dinner! no calorie counting today, but i plan to *try* to not go overboard. i actually don’t like thanksgiving foods that much (except for mashed potatoes and pie, of course), so i don’t think it will be that hard. maybe. i started the day off with a green smoothie (baby spinach, arugula, celery, banana, apple) and just had a salad right now, so i feel good!. i’ll probably eat some black beans just to fill me up before we go. and i plan on drinking like 3 cups of water on the way there.

good luck fitblrs! 

food diary 11/20/12

breakfast (248 calories):

• pumpkin pie oatmeal with 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats, 1/4 cup pumpkin puree, 10 crushed almonds, 1-1/2 tbsp craisins, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, 1 packet stevia

lunch (160 calories):

• 1 red delicious apple (80)
• 1 navel orange (80)

dinner (320 calories):

• 2 cornflake-crusted chicken tenders (150)
• 1 cup beef, potatoe, and veggie stew (170)

snack (300 calories):

• 1 banana with 1 tbsp creamy reduced fat peanut butter (190)
• 1 serving pretzel sticks (110)
• 1 cup decaffeinated green tea (0)

water/tea: 3 cups

exercise: -0 calories

total net calories: 1028

omg yesterday was such a food failure. it was my last day of class before our mini thanksgiving break, so of course i was just thinking about school and everything i had to turn in… and i somehow completely forgot to pack my lunch and water bottle. and i was at school from 12:00 to 6:00 staaarving to death. i did buy an apple and an orange, but still. it messed up my whole day :( especially forgetting my water bottle because when i’m at school i usually drink like 6+ cups lol.

i also didn’t realize i was so under my calories, because i didn’t add everything up until i was already in bed. oh well, today will be better!

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food diary 11/18/12

breakfast (332 calories):

• 1 cup cranberry green tea (0)
• breakfast quinoa with 1 cup cooked quinoa, 1 mashed banana, 1/4 cup almond milk, 1 tbsp crushed walnuts, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1 packet stevia

snack (80 calories):

• 1 yellow delicious apple

lunch (388 calories)

• 1 wrap made with a large spinach tortilla, 3oz grilled chicken, 1 cup spinach and arugula blend, 1 tbsp parmesan cheese, 2 tomato slices, and 1/2 tbsp ranch dressing

dinner (331 calories):

• 1/2 cup green beans
• 2 cornflake-crusted grilled chicken tenders with 1 tbsp light ranch (270)
• 1 cup romaine with 1/2 tbsp light french dressing (27)

water/tea: 10 cups

total net calories: 1136 calories

once again, my eating schedule was so messed up because of sleeping late + work. breakfast at 2PM, lunch at 6PM, dinner at 11PM. it kind of works though because it prevents me from late-night snacking lol.

in other news, i weighed myself for the first time in weeks and i lost 3 pounds! so i’m 121 now. i haven’t been exercising, so i wasn’t expecting that, but i’m happy! it feels good to be going down again instead of up! i can’t weight to break out of the 120’s again. :)

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today’s breakfast - pumpkin oatmeal with raisins and crushed almonds

food diary 11/17/12

breakfast (96 calories)

• 1 small apple (72)
• 1 tbsp craisins (24)
• 3 cups cranberry green tea (0)

lunch (500 calories):

• 1 cup salad mix with italian spray dressing (10)
• 1 cup red potatoes with spinach and prosciutto (140)
• 1 whole wheat meditteranean pita pizza with kalamata olives, baby tomatoes, spinach, and feta cheese (280)
• 70 calories of something i did not write down/can’t remember what it was

dinner (496 calories)

• 1/2 cup lima beans (110)
• 2 bites of deep dish spinach pizza (116)
• 2 cups capellini pasta with bacon, tomatoes and breadcrumbs (270)

snack (120 calories):

• 1 serving pretzel nibblers

water/tea: 10 cups

exercise: -0 calories

total net calories: 1312

lol @ my pathetic breakfast… but i made up for it during lunch/dinner. all of the stuff in my lunch and dinner was not eaten all at once… i ate each thing like an hour or more apart. i had work last night from 4PM to 1AM so my eating schedule got thrown wayy off. like i ate the pasta at like 1:30AM after i got home lol.

proud of myself for resisting the deep dish pizza though. i work at a pizza place and we always get to eat the pizzas that get messed up. i usually don’t eat any, but i had never tried our deep dish pizza so i wanted to taste it b/c deep dish pizza (from giordanos) is one of my favorite foods. so i had 2 bites then threw the rest out. :)

in response to my last post, working actually helped take my mind off things and i feel a loooot better.

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gaintheirjealousy:

Ground oats cooked with ground flax seeds, 1 egg white and cocoa powder in water / soy milk, topped with 1/2 banana, peanut butter, shredded dark chocolate and hazel nuts; mango slices and pomegranate seeds

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