February 24~Biggest Loser Day 4

Breakfast: Cereal bar and 1/2 banana= 160

Turkey club on rye with chips for lunch (don't judge, it was a REALLY bad day)=600 (kind of guessing based on other things I looked up.)

dinner= 500ish  bowl of chili, salad, tea

So 1260.  That number isn't bad if I'm exercising which tonight, I did!  My friend came over at like 9 and we did 40 minutes of Zumba. We look like convulsing idiots but I sweat and that's what matters!  I guess we'll see!

Also carried my 50 pound dog halfway down the street today. Is that exercise?  Oh, and went to the chiropractor which was very much needed.  I love going!  I always feel better afterwards.  Okay, it's REALLY late and I need to sleep :)

February 23~Biggest Loser Day 3

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi Granola (1 cup) with less than a half cup of unsweetened almond milk on top and I drink as little as possible of it.  Cereal = 190 and if I had to make a generous guess I'd say I got 10 from the milk so total = 200

Snack: One medium banana = 100

Um, after this I'd rather not say. But I'm going to anyway.  My in laws called and wanted to take me and the boys out to eat.  I said sure.  They wanted to go to a cajun place that is really good if you like cajun food.  Problem is, I don't.  But they had corn fritters. And okra.  So I got a big salad to start out with.  And some corn fritters.  And some more corn fritters.  The weird thing is I wasn't stuff as a cow when I left so I'm going to hopefully way overestimate and say 1000 calories.  I didn't eat the rest of the day either because as soon as Joe got home I went to the church to volunteer so at least, I kept myself honest!

So Total for the day: 1300 (or so???)

February 22~Biggest Loser Day 2

Day 2~Not bad

My mother in law came over to help me with the boys today so I could work on school work and go grocery shopping. Aside from this allergy/cold flare up it was a good day.  I found myself wanting to snack all day though because I am home.  Being home makes me fat :P

Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast: Steel cut oatmeal with raisins, honey, pecans and 1/2 a banana, cup of tea = 270 (I measured out the add ins and figured out the calorie contents of each)

Snack: Cereal bar and watermelon cube = 115

Lunch: Homemade pizza pocket = 250 (this is a guess! i based it off of what store bought ones have and the fact that mine are whole wheat, homemade sauce and I know everything I'm putting in them)

1/2 tbs of natural peanut butter and 1/2 banana = 100

3 pretzels, 1 tsp pb, 1 homemade lemon marshmallow = 62

bowl of brown rice and veggies = 200

1 tsp pb = 32

Total for the day = 1029 

I'm not mad at that!

oh, and i'm putting my weight on the side bar with my weekly weigh in.  ew. how embarrassing. 

February 21~Biggest Loser Day 1

My good friend and are having a mini Biggest Loser contest.  No diets, no pills, no crazy workout schedules.  Just two girls trying to do things the right way. I cannot believe the amount of dedication I feel knowing there is someone else doing this right along with me. It's so loverly!  I'm not trying to be a food scientist or break down every itty bitty calorie but I am trying to do my best!  We don't really have a set prize yet for our BIG prize.  Our weigh ins are Monday mornings and whoever lost the highest percentage of weight for that week is the winner.  The loser has to provide a lunch for the winner and kids one day during the next week (we get together to play at least once a week if not more and it most often falls over lunch time) and then the winner gets to pick a "punishment" for the loser.  It can be no sugar for a week, no tea, no chocolate, no watching Hulu (we both LOVE Hulu), no staying up past 10...whatever the winner decides!  

So here is what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast: Kashi Cherry and Vanilla cereal bar-110 calories

Snack: Medium Banana 70 cals

Snack (we were in the car :P): 1 cup of all natural spinach/tomato straws 70 calories

Lunch: Spinach salad with 1 egg, 1/4 cup diced tomato, a few bites of grilled chicken grilled with no butter/oil and about 2 tbs balsamic dressing 200

Snack:Apple, another kashi cereal bar 150

Dinner: Smoothie (1 banana, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1 cup frozen broccoli/carrot shreds, water), 5 more veggie straws and a cup of echinechea tea with less then a teaspoon of raw, local honey=200 cal

1 half sweet half unsweet tea with lunch=100 calories (just a guess?)

=900 calories.  

I know that isn't enough for one day but we were in a car driving home from visiting our friends in Tennessee so I had to adjust for the fact that I knew I'd get zero exercise!

Not bad for day one!