This is a daily calorie tally page. Because it's in the depression area of this community, I may talk about challenges. Too often people who grapple with depression are ignored or shunned. Not so here on this thread. Kindness and compassion are as important as breathing

Sunday
coffee 300
samples from Costco and Trader Joe's. The sample guy at TJs gave my a huge cup of chocolate bark. Calories est. 400?
Strrawberrirs 180
low fat chicken chili 300
Salad with turkey. No cheese 300
total for day 1480

New Year's Eve I and way too much high calorie food

on Tuesday I was much better
tuesday

coffee 300
chicken curry 280
salad 260
stir fry without oil 300

total 1140

Saturday
coffee 250
bamba 480
salad 110
Chicken stir fry 230

found out last night that I will be going to visit my mother. She is very critical of my weight if I am not on the very low side of normal weight. I always lose around 6 lbs before I go to visit her. which prompted me to grimace and get on the scale this morning. I have gained 2 lbs on top of my normal high. So I have to lose 8 lbs before I go to see her.

two things are in my favor. I should be able to lose 2 lbs of fluid weight if I cut way back on salt.
also I realized that when I changed my supplement for cortisol, I cut the dosage in half by mistake. So I am going back
to where that was. This could be the reason for the gain. I have to take something for T4 AKA cortisol production.
Also, I will start eating low carb and low calorie. I am hoping to get the calories down to 1,000 per day. No puffs which are high carb. Will instead be having a lower calorie and zero carb snack food. I will have no fruit. And will lower the amount of carrots. I will stop buying sugar snap peas for the salad. I will eat clean. just chicken and then vegetables with no salt. No oil,. The carbs will come from the vegetables I do eat. I always eat a lot of vegetables. No more sugar of course. No grains. I can do this. I have done it before. I just have to get excited by it. I wish I could walk. But its winter and very cold. Inside walking is not my thing. .And my feet are not in good shape. The date when I must go to see her is not up to me. But the person deciding expects it to be toward the beginning of February. I am thinking it will be in 3 weeks. Thus having to lose 2 lbs a week. In addition to the weight lost by reducing sodium.

Monday
coffee 250
Vegan puffs 430 (my farewell to puffs)
Chicken with vegetables and wine sauce 320
Salad 280
Total 1280

Projected low carb calories for the next few weeks
Coffee 250
chicken with mustard and vegetables 240
Salad 220
frozen lemon juice and whey protein powder 50
baked cheese things from Trader Joes 320
Total 1080 calories per day

Wednesday 1/17
weight down by 1.8 lbs (mostly from sodium reduction)
6.4 more lbs to lose b/4 I go to see fam.

coffee 260
baked cheese bites 350
chicken with power greens, cabbage and green beans. No sodium 180
lemon, protein powder and stevia 40
projected: salad with LF feta and BHF yogurt dressing 250
projected total 1080

Thursday
down another pound. 5.4 more to lose. Today's food should be repeat of yesterday.
Am pleased that I have around 3 weeks to lose the remaining weight. I do think
It's attainable.

I def. went off the diet. Big rebound. Just heard from my SIL. I now have a date when my greatest critic (other than myself) will see me. She has a Big problem with me when I am even slightly overweight. So back to low carb/low fat diet. So, this is definate.

Ideally I need to lose 8 lbs. but that seems impossible in 17 days. Even though I know some of the fluid weight will fall off as I reduce sodium.

I will not be able Le to hold to the store on Sunday and probably Monday. Thus no baked cheese thingys which have 340 calories and 2 carbs per bag. This will be an interesting 17 days. And I expect to lose enough so I will look presentable.

Today I off to a rough start because I did not get the call from my SIL until after I had the vegan cheese puffs.

Saturday
coffee 300
vegan puffs 440
salad 160
chicken with Vegs 220
salad 250
total 1350
tomorrow will be much better

Weight loss .Tuesday .8 lb. total loss 2.8.
I have 5.2 left to lose before I see family,

Coffee (always low acid) 250
B TJ's baked cheese bites 340
L Salad with sugar snap peas, carrot, onion, cucumber, lettuce, herb mix, 1.5 oz low calorie feta, BHD 190
D will be chicken with cooked cabbage and green beans 210
S frozen lemon protein stuff 60

total for day 1050
Note to self, drink water
Significant inflammation may slow down weight loss