x 2

Calorie Count: 185

Snack:

Calorie Count: 135

Lunch: minus the apple and 100 calorie pack (and the pb got in the picture!)

  + leftover pasta-30 calories for a different pasta sauce

Calorie Count: 480

Today we went to fun day.  And I got this face painting.  Our mascot is a bee so this was perfect!

Dinner was pizzzzzzzzzzzzaaaaaaa!

This yummy pizza from Trader Joe’s. 

I had three small pieces

Calorie Count: 520

Total Calories Today: 1320

I also picked another cucumber

Tonight was penne pasta with tomato basil marinara sauce (I had to make alfredo for the husband since he doesn’t like “red sauce”).  I made salads with a lettuce mix, blue cheese and I had fat free balsamic vinaigrette, and the husband had ranch (picky much?).  Anyway…

3/4 uncooked penne (serving size)= 1 cup cooked penne

Italian Chicken Sausage (5 links)/ 5 servings

1/2 cup marinara sauce

salad with ff dressing and blue cheese (40 calories)

Calorie Count: 430

I also hard boiled 6 eggs for quick protein.  70 calories per egg.  Boiled like this: How to make the best hard boiled eggs

I then went to Body Pump.  Surprisingly, my dinner didn’t feel like a rock in my stomach! The squat track was super hard tonight.  My quads are still burning!

-600 calories

Before dinner, around 3, I had a cup of red pitted cherries.  Eating them like this is easy because you can put the stem and pit back in the cup.

Calorie Count: about 84

I finished the night off with satisfying a killer chocolate craving!

180 calories per 1/2 cup

Calorie Count: 180

Total Calories today: 1254

Notice that I do not subtract the amount of calories I burn during class from my calorie intake.  It just makes me aware of it.  It also makes me feel like I can have treats because I worked out.  Not because “I deserve it,” but because I burned calories and can eat more calories.  I hate when people get into the “I deserve it” mindset.  It gets you into trouble.  You shouldn’t eat like a pig because you think you “deserve it” after working out, but you can eat portioned treats and enjoy yourself without guilt.

This morning I ate a banana with chocolate pb in the middle.

Calorie Count: 190

I did laundry, cleaned the fridge and freezer out and picked up around the house.  Whew did my refrigerator need to be cleaned out.   I also checked all of the expiration dates and cleaned out things that were close to expiring.

At 12:30 I stopped and made lunch.

A turkey sandwich on TJ’s high fiber bread with roasted turkey and muenster cheese.

And 10 baked salt and vinegar chips.

Calorie Count: 370

My bananas were on their last leg so I peeled and chopped them up.  I put them in the freezer to use for smoothies later. 

Off to fold laundry and watch “The Office.”

Total Calories so far: 560

Sunday

Dinner:

Cookout!

Calorie Count: n/a

Monday

Breakfast:

Calorie Count: 185

Snack after Body Pump (-600+ calories)

Calorie Count: 165

Lunch:

McDonald’s’ Dollar Menu (best cure after beer!)

McDouble and Fries (not pictured)

Calorie Count: 505

Dinner: Chili’s Margarita Chicken and a few tortilla chips (I didn’t touch the skillet queso and ordered salsa instead!-go me!)

Calorie Count: 530

Kiddie Cup of icecream (not pictured)

Calorie Count: n/a

Total for Monday: 1550 – 600 for body pump + kiddie cup of icecream

Tuesday:

Breakfast: Banana and half of a Clip Mojo PB Pretzel Bar

Calorie Count: 205

Snack: WW Key Lime Yogurt and string cheese

This is an old picture.  I just wanted to show the yogurt.

Calorie Count: 150

Lunch: Shrimp with Pasta and Vegetables, 100 calorie pack of Dorito’s and Cheese Its

And a few pieces of cucumber from the garden.  One piece was not good (past its date?) and I was done with them.  Bleh!

and my zero calorie drinks.

Calorie Count: 460

Dinner: We got to preview the new Chick- fil-a spicy chicken sandwich! We brought our invitations and got free meals!! Woo hoo! It was spicy and awesome!

We had fries with it and a diet Dr. Pepper.  Chick -fil-a has the best ice and the best diet dr. pepper!  I get it every time I go

Calorie Count: 870- ouch! but it was a special occasion!

For dessert:

Calorie Count: 100

Total Calorie Count: 1785

This morning I ate a piece of TJ’s high fiber bread with almond butter and honey. 

Calorie Count: 185

We have a birthday cookout tonight at Tara’s parent’s house tonight which will include cornhole and probably hot dogs and hamburgers.  There will be a lot of the husbands coworkers there so it should be a lot of fun!

For lunch I had a coupon for a free salad from McDonald’s so I got it to go.  I got the Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad with Southwest Dressing.

Calorie Count: 420

Tomato plant

Kale, Basil and Cilantro

Cucumbers

Yes, I started those plants with soil, seeds, a pot and water.  No, I did not buy plants from the store and transfer them into pots. That’s all seeds baby!

I really do have a green thumb!

The fruits of my labor

We picked this guy later on tonight.

A little tomato!!!

Rinsed and laying out to dry.

Hi little guy!

Yes, that is my cat Zoey trying to climb the window.

We went to Trader Joe’s today (haven’t been in months!) and got all of this for $43.

I love TJ’s and could spend hours in there!

For breakfast this morning we went to Cracker Barrel.  I got the french toast (make it wheat!) and ate half.

The Daily Plate.com said that this has 520 calories for the white bread.  I got wheat, so I know it is lower in calories.

We didn’t eat anything until dinner.  We went to mexican at La Cocina.

I got a bean burrito and a chicken soft taco that I only ate half because it had oil dripping from it-it grossed me out!

Much better than what I would have gotten before!

I finished the night off with this:

Calorie Count: 100

Thursday

For breakfast I had a sandwich thin with almond butter and honey.

Calorie Count: 195

For lunch I had left over fajitas. 

100 calorie cheese its, 100 calorie doritos ( I can’t remember if I ate both of these or not)

Calorie Count: maybe 500?

I went to work and then to a bridal shower (at work) and then out for margaritas. Whew, it was a busy day.  The bridal shower was so cute!  It was princess themed.  Our music teacher at work is getting married in June.  She is a very sweet girl and I couldn’t be happier for her.  Also, I won two games!  I won a sticker book and cute magnetic notepad and then a candle from Ulta.

There was a princess castle cake.  It was huge and so were the pieces.  I only ate about half of mine.  It was pretty rich.  Then my coworker and I went out for margaritas and twisted chips (not pictured appetizer).

It is getting to be the end of the year and we are getting excited about the summer.  So of course, margaritas were in order.  Then I brought the hubby home some cake and of course I ate some more of it.  Cake for dinner? Oh well, moving on.

Side Note: Speaking of candles…I love love love them.  Yankee Candles are my favorite.   We went into the Yankee Candle store after dinner and I got a cute candle holder for my desk at work.  It is a bee which is perfect because our mascot is a bee. 

I bought “Dune Grass” tealights to put in it.  I also bought a “Sweet Honeysuckle” candle (the smell is heavenly!) and “Ocean Blossom.”  I have a beach themed guest bathroom so it will probably go in there.  I could stay in that store forever trying to make a decision!  Apparently I was taking too long because the husband went and found a bench to sit on.

Last night we ate at Kanki Japanese Steakhouse.  It is one of those places with the dinner show.  The chef does cute things like the “volcano” where he layers rings of onions and lights the top on fire and he drops the butter from up in the air and says “butterfly” – get it?  I love corny stuff like that.

At Kanki we both got the steak special and bogo sushi.  I love sushi and I am so glad I introduced Brandon to it.  It is just one of those foods you have to try.  I could eat it every day. We got the deep sea roll and the volcano roll.  Spicyyyyy! And so good!

I forgot to take a picture of the steak, but I will tomorrow when I eat the leftovers!

For Friday’s breakfast I had a sandwich thin with almond butter and honey

Calorie Count: 195

For lunch I made a salad with blue cheese and ff balsamic dressing.

Calorie Count: 105

I also packed a WW yogurt that I didn’t eat and leftover cake.

And a Sobe Lifewater

There is the recap! Hope you had a good 2 days!

Breakfast

Calorie Count: 185 breakfast

Lunch

String cheese, doritos, grasshopper cookies, a fuze drink, and a bite of a veggie hot pocket from one of my students (super gross)

Calorie Count: 440

Dinner

Chicken Fajitas (makes 8 servings)

3 chicken breasts cooked and then cut with my awesome Pampered Chef salad choppers

flour tortillas (Wally World doesn’t have wheat ugh!)

one green bell pepper and one red bell pepper and 3/4 of one red onion

fajita spices (a dash of each) cumin, paprika, seasalt, pepper, garlic powder, chili/onion powder

Calorie Count: about 300 give or take a few

After Body Pump (-600 calories) Dessert

Calorie Count: Probably 300 (about 3/4 a cup)

Total: 1225