Week 1 (but really, week 3)

This is week one of me recording meticulously everything I ate. I have been "trying" to lose weight for more than 6 weeks, and really, more than 6 months. But this is the first time I am breaking down and writing it all out. I did this when I was in the last 10 pounds the last time I was trying to lose this weight - it was the only thing I hadn't tried and guess what, it worked.

Monday - I didn't weigh myself or write anything down that day because I knew I would be heavier. But this is the day I finally recommitted to writing stuff down and trying to get between a 1000-1500 calorie day (9100 calories in one week). Some days are more successful than others.

Tuesday - 134.0

Breakfast:

Tea

2 fried eggs (160) 

1 cup cabbage mix (17 calories)

1/2 cup black beans (110)

Snack: 

1/4 cup dry oatmeal (75) 

10 grapes (20)

Banana with 1/2 tbsp PB (80 + 50)

Dinner:

Tami's Rice Stuff. I think I had half the bowl and did not measure how much this initially made. But the total batch with 1.5 c uncooked rice (1012), canned pinto beans (200), black beans (400), 1/4 c canola oil (480) + .5 lb chicken (500 = 2500 cals, so I guessed I ate (1250 total)

Snack:

8 cups popcorn (1/2 cup unpopped = 8 cups popped = 880 calories) + 1 bag microwave popcorn (500 for 10 cups). This is a total of 25 cups, and 1380 calories. I ate 8 cups of it, which was (460 calories total). 

Total: 2000. This day was pretty much over as soon as I ate so much rice. But I made it worse by adding a bagged microwave popcorn to our regular popcorn. I also ate the popcorn more out of habit than hunger.

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Wednesday

Lunch: 

2 cups green lettuce (10

4 cups cabbage mix (68)

2 Tbsp Asian drsg (45)

1/4 cup dry steel cut oats (170) that I then cooked up 

1 over-easy egg on the oats (80)

1 cup cabbage mix on oats (17)

Dinner: 

1/2 an egg muffin cup (30)

1/4 egg muffin cup (15)

2 cups tortellini soup (410 cals)

2 cups cabbage mix mixed into soup, yum (34)

3 Ritz Crackers (48)

Treat: 

2 Bomb Pops (80)

Total: 1007. If you average out today and the last day, I'm at 1500, which is good. 

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Thursday: 132.2

Steel cut oats (1/4 cup cooked, this was not enough. I overcooked it and it got dried out) (170)

1 over-easy egg on oats (80)

1 cup cabbage mix on oats (17)

Dinner: 

2 cups green lettuce (10)

4 cups cabbage mix (68)

3/4 cup leftover of Engine 1 burrito mixture (??)

3/4 cup leftover Tami's beans and rice (??)

1 cup total of Bush's baked beans (300)

Dessert: I didn't have anything except tea and that was really, really hard not to eat something.

Total: let's say 1262 total calories today. 662 known, and I'd guess Tami's beans and rice and the burrito mixture totaled up to another 5-600 calories. 

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Friday: 131.4 

Tea

Breakfast (ate at 11)

Steel Cut oats (1/4 cup cooked) (170)

1 strawberry (8)

1/4 cup almond milk (8)

Little sprinkle of cinnamon sugar

1 over-easy egg (80)

1 handful cabbage mix (17)

2 tbsp cottage cheese (25)

Lunch:

2 cups green salad (10

4 cups cabbage mix (68)

2 Tbsp Asian dressing (45)

5 pretzels 

1 Ritz

1-1/4 cup Special K cereal dry (140)

Dinner: 

3 pieces of gross Jack's frozen pizza (310)

1 cup almond milk with 2 Tbsp chocolate syrup to make choc milk (30 + 90)

1/3 cup Special K (35)

1 Ritz (12)

Dessert (I was dying for chocolate or anything.)

1 cup neopolitan ice cream (210)

1/2 bag of Fun-size peanut M and Ms (shared other half with kids) (45)

3 starburst (60)

Tea

Total: 1364

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Saturday
Tea
Breakfast:
1/3 cup dry steel cut oats then cooked (170 + 85 = 255)
1 granny smith apple (80)

Snack:
Star Bar (110)

Dinner:
1.5 cups quinoa tex mex (413)
10 chips (130)

Desserts:
Star Bar (110)
4 pieces of Susan's bread...like 4-(500) calories. Dumb dumb dumb.

Total: 1598

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Sunday - Mother's Day
Breakfast:
Baked Blueberry French Toast, 3 pieces (290 per piece = 870)
1 Banana (80)
1/4 granny smith apple (20)

Dinner:
2 cups romaine (10)
5 cups cabbage mix (85)
2 oz chicken (50)

Snack: 1 cup popcorn (40)
1 chocolate chip cookie (156)
1 chocolate chip cooke (156)
1/4 cup coconut chocolate bites (160)

Total: 1627