The last two days have been really difficult on me. I went out of town on Sunday, so I ended up eating two meals out. I feel like I did well, considering, but not today, not at all. I think I am keeping under my calorie limit, but I know spreading food out and eating the right kinds of food is just as important, which I did not do…..

Yesterday I had:

1 cup 1% milk - 100

1/3 cup Carnation instant breakfast - 130

1 banana - 85

1 oz low fat mozzarella string cheese – 80

Subway Sweet onion chicken teriyaki – 430

Small bite of Mike’s cookie – 22

8 oz filet mignon – 465?

1 cup zucchini sautéed in butter – around 85?

small salad with raspberry vinaigrette dressing – 50?

a couple of bites (maybe ¼ cup) of macaroni and cheese – 75?

That totals out at somewhere in the neighborhood of 1522 calories for the day. While I am happy with that number, and even more happy with myself that I drank somewhere around 12 cups of water, I only had 1 fruit, while my goal is 3. Also had 2 ½ breads, which I would like to have 3 – 4 a day, 3 proteins, 3 veggies, and 2 dairy.

Today was worse. I didn’t have time to eat breakfast before work, so I threw a couple of snacks in a bag and headed out. All I ate were those snacks until about 5:00 this evening.

1 cup almond coconut milk - 60

1 almond/flax granola bar – 140

1 peach - 50

When I got home I had a large bowl (maybe 2 cups) of vegetable soup with a little bit of stew meat (I don’t even know how to guess this one… 400?)

Tonight I cooked shrimp and grits

Below I will post the recipe – I would love feedback from anybody that has had / cooked shrimp and grits successfully, because I do not feel this turned out correctly.

My guess for dinner is:

Grits – 150

Bacon – 150

Shrimp – 45 (a wonderfully lean meat!)

Chicken broth – 5

Onion – 5

Scallion – 5

Garlic – 2

Flour - 20

Lemon juice – 1

Dinner totals out at 381, which isn’t terrible at all.

I allowed myself a desert tonight, which is a frozen yogurt popsicle thingy from Blue Bell. It was FANTASTIC and only 110 calories!!! If anybody wants to try something sweet but not terribly unhealthy, I would suggest these, in a heartbeat.

My GUESS for the day would be 1141, so I really should eat something else, but it is a little too late for that now. I have had 8 cups of water, and working on another 2 before bed, 2 dairy, 2-3 carbs (bigger serving of grits), 3 veggies, 1 fruit (need to push myself more on that tomorrow) and 2 proteins.

Here is the recipe for the shrimp and grits I used. I feel like it looks like a good recipe, and I would like to try it again, but I wasn’t happy with it. I was more eating because I was starving, rather than because I enjoyed it. But it was a lot of food for the calories, which is nice.

http://sugarcrafter.net/2010/02/03/shrimp-grits/

P.S. I weighed myself last night - I refuse to post progress more than once a week, so I am waiting until Thursday night to weigh myself "for real" but just for a preview, I see progress!!!