Sat
Ate breakfast before remembering that I now weigh in.

B protein shake/coffee, dark turkey meat.
L salad, turkey, evoo dressing
S Quest bar
D salad, HB egg, evoo dsg
S white wine, baked kale balls w cheese, celery sticks

calories about 1500

Sun

-.4 lbs

I'm going to lunch with a friend. It will be a seafood restaurant with plenty of diet-friendly options.

B coffee, protein shake, tomato focaccia with Quest powder
L hamburger, no bun, green salad with butter lettuce, peas, light dressing
S Mandarin orange
D grilled chicken breast

Plans changed, no seafood restaurant. My friend eats one meal a day--she is not a dieter. She had the hamburger with bacon, avocado & cheese. I might like to have most of my day free of thinking about the next meal.

Calories 1280 Net carbs ~ 35

Mon
-.6 lbs
B coffee, protein shake, tomato focaccia, sauerkraut
L salad with chicken, evoo, Bragg's nutritional yeast
S HB eggs, hot choc
D Pasta with Tex Mex sauce, broccoli

Calories 1294 net carbs 36

Tues
+.6
B Tomato focaccia, protein shake, coffee
L salad with chicken breast, evoo dressing
S HB eggs, dill pickle,
D fettuccine with tomato parmesan sauce, sauteed broccoli
S shake, sauteed cabbage

Calories 1275, net carbs 45

Wed
-.2 still up a bit from lowest.

B Tomato focaccia, protein shake/coffee
S store-bought sausage/peppers
L broccoli/cheddar soup, salad with chicken
D salad with chicken (restaurant)
S chicken

I ate over calories, though stayed low carb. It was a long exhausting day with my Mom. I usually eat a lot of prepared carbs on these days, so all in all I did well. Time to buckle down a little more so that I can see some tangible progress.

Thurs
B shake/coffee, Tomato focaccia
L chicken noodle soup with vegs, chicken
S chicken
D
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Sat

- .6 lbs

B Shake/coffee, tomato focaccia
S Salad/HB egg/Bragg's sesame ginger dressing
L Chicken breast, braised cabbage & carrots, tamari, sesame oil
S Costco samples-fun! I discarded the bread portion of the samples. 2 hamburgers, 2 chicken empanadas with guacamole, 1 salami and cheese bite.
D Chicken
S Hot Chocolate

Sun
I posted my breakfast but it's gone. Hopefully it doesn't tun up in an email or on Facebook

What I posted was that my stomach feels significantly flattened, even though my wt loss isn't huge. Now thatI'm dressed, I notice my pants are looser. These are two big motivators that make me feel physically so much more comfortable.

B Shake & coffee, eggs with vegs and cheese from the hot bar at the store---nice treat
L Big green salad with julienne raw carrots, beets, slivered sweet red onion, chicken breast, dressing of coco aminos & evoo. I don't know why but I really love julienned vegs on my salad. They have just the right crunch and are easily digestible.
S Hot chocolate, coffee
D Broccoli cheese soup

Calories ~1300

This is about the time when I feel the effects of increasing daylight in at my latitude. I already feel a surge of optimism and energy. I skipped my SAD light this year to see what it felt like to 'go with the flow'. Some interesting insights were reached.

Sundove Congrats on the loose pants! So glad to hear that you have a surge of optimism and energy. Keep going! You're doing great!

Thanks, Magistra.

Today went better than yesterday, which went well until evening. I started with a small evening snack and it grew into a meal. The scale reflected it with a 1 lb gain.

Tues
B shake/coffee
L salad with vegs, chicken, evoo dressing
D protein pasta with ground turkey, broccoli
S hot chocolate, egg, pickles

Cal 1163 Net Carbs 35

Wed

Weight coming back down, still .2 over recent lowest

B coffee, protein shake, tomato focaccia
L broccoli, ground turkey
S hot bar omelet with chili pepper, cheese, ~225cal
D salad with vegs, chicken, evoo
S Hot choc, egg white omelet & broccoli omelet

Calories ~1358 a little higher than planned. Note to self--eating breakfast makes me hungry all day.

Thurs
B protein shake, coffee

This day went a little haywire. I dropped my vigilance and fell into a leftover bagel at work. After that, I felt obsessed with food and ate a lot more low carb things than I would normally have done. I thought about self-correcting after the bagel and then made a conscious choice to relax my self-discipline for the evening.

Friday
Today has gone better but the night is young.
B shake/coffee
L salad, vegs, chicken, evoo & Bragg's coco aminos dressing
S pickle, HB eggs, hot choc
D protein fettuccine with ginger sesame sauce, broccoli

Calories 1200

Sat
weight back down -.4 below lowest
This is a good pace of loss, not so drastic, but I am impatient to get my shape back.
Today's challenge will be going out to dinner.

B protein shake, coffee
S tomato focaccia
L salad, vegs, chicken, evoo/Bragg's coco aminos dressing
S egg white omelet with broccoli
D (at restaurant) steak, spinach with light sauce, lettuce salad/croutons/vinaigrette, glass of white wine.

I ate well today and did not feel deprived. I'm glad we ate at a restaurant with reasonable portions and no bread on the table. I asked them to omit the starchy vegs and cream sauce. I don't feel stuffed, just very satisfied.

Sun
-1.4lbs
Happy with this whoosh, especially after an enjoyable dinner out. Pat on the back to me for not eating after dinner.

B protein shake/coffee