An on going thread for those who want to journal their food intake.

Keep it real.

If you ate it, post it. if you don't know exact amount, guess. Try and be aware of how much or how many you ate.

Don't expect to be coddled if you go to a drive through and super size it. You'll get suggestions on what you can do differntly next time.

It's a thread for everyone to help make wise and healthy choices. For us to look back on, to see what progress we have made.

breakfast ... single serving instant oatmeal apple and cinnamon (the lower sugar kind) ... cup of coffee with splenda and 2 tbs of flavored creamer

lunch ... cup a soup and 1/2 cup of low fat cottage cheese (yes i measured), cup of coffee with splenda

dinner ... 1/2 cup of boiled fish cubes with just a little garlic butter over (its called poor mans lobster, 1/2 cup of creamed peas (drained), and 1/2 of rice-a-roni .... cup of coffee with splenda

not much in veggies or fruit today due to being at work ... did drink my 10 glasses of water ...

10 sit up (crunches), 10 squats ... plus up and down stairs at work 5 times and all the walking i do at work ...

what ... no-one else gonna post??? or pick apart my menu ??? stomping my feet ... come on if i can do this everyone can do this ... and i am all for insights on how to better my menus ... i know that there will be days when i will eat really good and then there will be days when ... hang it up ... diet is right out the window ...

Ummmm......I'll start posting my menus tomorrow, okay?

i.ll hold ya to it ...

today was ...
breakfast ... instant oatmeal, coffee with splenda and flavored creamer
lunch ... bowl of home-made bean soup (would guess close to 2 cups), coffee with splenda
dinner ... pot roast (small serving maybe a half a cup worth), mash potatoes with just alittle of the roast gravy, brussel sprouts (10), 2 biscuits (no butter), coffee with splenda
have had my 8 cups of water and will have 2 more cups before retiring ... no exercising today as was having neck pain and lower back pain due to weather change

I will be Deb. I have them written down. Busy weekend (3day) and then my internet has been wonky.

Just gotta get this down somewhere...cause I usually journal my food and actually this week, I didn't do that.
I don't want to give anyone the wrong idea about this. Actually, journaling helps me significantly.
This week I have eaten fairly well each day. I have weighed myself daily and seem to have lost about .2 pounds up until this morning...then I dropped more! I got on the scale this morning...and there was another 1.2 weight loss! I'm not sure what happened...but I'm really happy about it! So far this week, I've lost 1.4 pounds. This was yesterday's food intake...

Breakfast:
1 small piece of low fat cheese
1 small plain yogurt
Lunch:
1 large bowl of vegetable soup
2 thin slices of lean roast beef
Dinner:
1 small chicken breast
Large portion of mixed veggies
Snack:
1 small apple and some grapes

I also had several coffees w/ a small amount of this new Italian Creamer we found...yummy...but probably a little high in calories and not super healthy...but certainly fun!

I am going back to journaling...I feel like I have more control when I do that.