September 19

Special K with Fat free Milk - 150
Can of coke – 140
Lean Cuisine Pizza – 300 (I subtracted 10 points because a piece fell on the ground)
Can of Lemonade – 5
Mini Junior Mints – 60 (I could not find the calorie value of the Mini Jr. Mints. A full size package is 170 calories, so I divided by 3 and rounded up.)

Total so far today 655
Amount left for today 1,145
I can splurge a little for dinner... J
This is based on 1,800 calories. The normal person needs 2,000 calories.

Today is the first day of my food blog. I’ve been told that the best way to make sure you are controlling your food outtake is by writing it down. So here it is. I started monitoring my food last Sunday (9/10)

I did step on the scale yesterday for the first time. It read 186. This is about 7 lbs less than the 193 that was at Dr. Matthews office on August 8th. I am on my way!!

I only exercised once this weekend, for about 45 minutes on Saturday. On Sunday, I putzed in the pool, but not for very long. (5-10 minutes). Monday, I walked about to the courthouse (about 3 city blocks), and did a mini mall walk, but nothing to write home about. DH has been up sick, so watching videos was out.

Something I learned today: I package of Smarties is only 35 calories. I have 3 packages on my desk for emergency usage.

MINI Goal: 180
Mid-size Goal: 150
Ultimate Goal: 120