I am plugging along with my plan. It seems to change daily but that’s okay. I am still avoiding fast food and cooking for myself.

I am doing yogurt or breakfast tacos in the morning. I am loving the breakfast taco!!! So far I have been eating two which is just under 400 calories. I think I will cut it down to one taco and a yogurt which will be about 300 calories. I don’t believe the 100 calorie yogurt on it’s own is enough for breakfast (even though I put nuts in).

Lunch has been a grilled chicken salad (about 450 calories) or a sub (I don’t know the calories–ugh!). On sub day I will eat 1/2 for lunch and the other 1/2 for dinner.

I have to plan some lunches to bring to work. My goal is to make a couple of freezable meals (lasagna, soup etc.) divide them into portions so I can grab one for lunch.

Dinner has been touch and go. My father cooks pretty healthy (except Fridays which is fried catfish day). I have been eating what he makes–except on fish day.

I have goals for the weekend!! I want to try roasting veggies. They always look so good and I am developing a taste for my own food.

As for the scale, I admit I still get on it every time I go to the bathroom. I have seen a lot of up and down; however, I know that weight is always changing. Gladly, I am on a downward trend!

I feel better. I have noticed that indigestion comes when I eat high calorie restaurant food. Since I have been making my own food more I know what I am eating and feel more confident that positive results are happening, whether the scale says so or not!!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!!!

I don’t know what dark cloud was over my head when I wrote the glum, negative entry. I am glad that I discovered eatingwell.com. I jumped into the kitchen and whipped up some lemon biscotti (originally Anise Biscotti) and I feel much, much better.

I don’t understand it but knowing that I will have 38 calorie snacks for the next 2 weeks somehow made me happy I am feeling more in control of my food, I am empowered in the kitchen and I will never pay $1.10 for a biscotti again!!!

I am excited because tomorrow I will be doing something fabulous with the whole wheat bowtie pasta that has been in my pantry forever. I am excited because I am switching from coffee to tea this week. I am excited because next week I will feel better than I do right now.

I am done with feeling down. There is so much for me to be excited about!!!

So I don’t work out. . . yet. Oh well, it will come. Right now I will keep my calories in check and slowly and responsibly change my life for the better. Two entries in one day WHEW, that’s a record

I hope everyone has a wonderful and exciting week!!!

It may be the winter blahs, I don’t know. I cannot get motivated to do much of anything. I am not sad or down, just unmotivated. I don’t want to do laundry, I don’t want to go to work and I definately don’t want to exerise. Ok, I have to go to work so I do that. I avoid every other thing that I have to do. I have spent the majority of my days on the sofa playing corny facebook games–they aren’t even fun!

I need a hobby. I have been cooking more, YEAH ME! I have discovered eatingwell.com and have used 2 recipies, both of which were great. I made a big batch of turkey burgers (which my family loved). I have not exercised a day and I have still been avoiding the scale. I have been eating less drive through but seem to have replaced it with sit-down food out. It may be better than fast food because I can’t get it as easily, but I have not been the calorie hawk I was a couple weeks ago.

I won’t go back to the old me but I am struggling to find a new one.

A friend got the bypass and has had a fairly easy recovery. He is 2 weeks out and starting work next week. He is down 38lbs. I don’t think this is a good option for me. I know exactly what I need to do and the only reason I have not done it is laziness. I have been choosing the easy route day after day and something has got to give.

Oh well, I am still trying at it. Just going through something : (

I don’t want to weigh. Not because I have been really doing anything wrong. I just don’t want to be disappointed by slow movement. I realize that it will take time but, I am very impatient. I got a nice, speedy start but somehow, I feel like my clothes should be falling off me but they aren’t . . .

Oh well, I know that I am eating better. I am feeling better and one day I will be noticeably smaller : )

I have never had them, I have heard about them, I never have understood them darn, I think I have New Year’s Blues. I stayed home New Year’s Eve. New Year’s Day I barely got dressed. I had a casino trip planned with friends today and I cancelled yesterday. What is my deal? I just feel down. I’m not used to it, I don’t like it!!!

On the brighter side, I am maintaining about a 17lb weight loss and have been eating in. I had one bar night this week and I did over do it : )

I am happy with my pace so far and am planning meals ahead. Last night they kept showing this Pizza Hut commerical. Apparently, you can get any size and type of pizza for $10. I was SOOOO tempted to order a meatlovers. I did not. I baked my own pizza at home. I made my own crust and used italian sausage, pepperoni and full fat mozzerella : ) It wasn’t Pizza Hut but it fit the bill.

I took your advise and made myself a healthy soup–I used the remains of the turkey to make a stock from which I made turkey soup. It was delicious. I used carrot, onion, parsnip and potatoes. I have never had a better broth-based soup : ). I would like to make a creamy potato for this week.

I have been making breakfast at home but need to make a better choice. It has been eggs for the past 3 days (with cheese and italian sausage today). I will start back on my cereal tomorrow.

I feel better have written a bit. Maybe I am out of my funk. Be that as it may, I don’t think I’m getting dressed today : )