12 Week Success!!!!

Today I went to the doctor and found out my new weight loss total.

 

I lost another 5 pounds.

 

That's a total of 47 pounds in 12 weeks!

 

AWESOME!!

Friday - December 14, 2007

Today was good. I had Noodles & Company again. It was great!

 

I had Japanese pan noodles with shrimp (690 cal.) and a packet of soy chips (100 cal.) my doctor gave me.

 

Total for today was 790 calories.

 

Feeling pretty good!

Thursday - December 13, 2007

Today was a good day. I had a Lean Cuisine chicken fettecine (250 cal.) for lunch and for supper I found this pizza at Schnuck's that was 870 calories total so I ate a third of it for 290 calories.

 

That's a total of 549 calories for today.

Confession

I have not been drinking all my shakes and eating my bars. This week's weather has put me in a situation where I am so tired and sleepy that I forget to eat bar and drink my shakes.

Wednesday - December 12, 2007

Today was good.

I had caldo de pollo (285 cal.), which is a mexican soup made with chicken, veggies, and a little bit of rice, and two tortillas (160 cal.) for lunch.

 

For supper I had my leftover soup plus a little bit of taco soup (75 cal.), a tortilla (80 cal.), and the leftover "toppings" (75 cal.).

 

That's a total of 675 calories today. A little over but not too bad.

Tuesday - December 11, 2007

So far today so good. Yummy! I took some of my leftovers and made me up some "toppings" for breakfast.

I was starving when I woke up this morning and since I knew I was in for some taco soup, Lord willing, tonight I knew I had to eat light so I can enjoy the soup later. So this is what I did.

I took some white onion and some carrot and diced them up very tiny. To this I added some minced garlic and freshly ground salt and pepper. I put this in a skillet with a teaspoon of olive oil and sautéed it until it was tender. Then I took the leftover steak I had last night with the little bit of mushrooms it had and sliced it up very thin and diced it and added it to the veggie mixture. I cooked this down until everything was just tender and succulent. I added it up and this entire mixture whole would be around 300 calories, so I divided it into about 10 pieces of 30 calories to make my "toppings." I got an egg (70 cal.) and fried it with salt and pepper in the leftover oil from my "toppings." Then I took a small tortilla (80 cal.) and browned it in the skillet. I plated the tortilla with egg on top and covered it with some "toppings" and a small teaspoon of salsa. Total this part of the day was only 215 calories. That leaves me able to eat my taco soup like I cannot wait to do!

I'll update this post later with my total daily calorie intake.

***UPDATE***

I had taco soup (375 cal.) and a tortilla (80 cal.).

This makes my total for the day 645 calories.

Weekly Summary for December 1-7, 2007

Here is a break down of my daily calories and weekly average for daily caloric intake.

1-Dec 1350
2-Dec 1400
3-Dec 1350
4-Dec 1334
5-Dec 1415
6-Dec 1163
7-Dec 1235
Avg Daily 1321

Average of 1321 calories per day! I cannot believe that I did that well with a snow week!

Monday - December 10, 2007

Today was special all the way around. :)

I got to hear my baby's heartbeat for the very first time today. It was awesome! On the way over I ate some Orville popcorn (50 cal.) so I wouldn't be too weak since I hadn't eaten anything all day. I only drank one shake today too, so I'm a little low on that side of things.

Not only was the baby's heartbeat awesome but I went someplace I never thought I'd go eat tonight.

Oh how wonderful it was. I'm pretty proud of what I ate too. I had a 10 oz. skirt steak of which I only ate half, so that's a 5 oz. skirt steak (312 cal.), a bit of mushrooms in a gravy (30 cal.), some corn succotash (80 cal.), two rings of their "onion rings" (80 cal.), and broccoli (50 cal.). My total calories for today were 602 calories. Not that bad for going into a restaurant famous for large portions and DELICIOUS cheesecakes!

Yummy!

Now Sarah on the other hand was bad. ;) She ate a delicious meal that she loves from there called Crusted Chicken Romano and a slice of pumpkin cheese cake.

Can you believe she'd eat this? Oh God, it looked so good. :)

Sunday - December 9, 2007

Today was good. I had a new thing of Orville popcorn (20 cal.) that was buttery salt and cracked pepper flavored. It was good. I didn't get to bed until 6:00 a.m. from last night's snow, so I didn't make it to church. On the way home, Sarah picked us up Ruby Tuesday's to eat. I had a baked potato (180 cal.) and a bowl of their white bean chicken chili (223). It was really good. During the snow event we had today I ate 4 slices of deli turkey (60 cal.). Total calories for the day was lower than what it should have been. I only ate 483 calories.

Saturday - December 8, 2007

Today was profitable but very hard.

It was my work Christmas party and they catered a delicious meal! It looked and smelled so very, very good.

I did eat very small amounts of the food I put on the plate, but I don’t know even how close I would be to start guessing at the calories, so I’m just going to put down 550 calories for today. I might have gone over and I might have been under. Either way doesn’t matter right now. I’m just happy I cut the small piece of chicken parmesan in half and didn’t eat all the food I put on the plate. I did eat some beef tips, noodles, veggies, salad, and shrimp.

I didn't eat my bar or drink one of my shakes today.