today was better by a bit:

Late Breakfast/early Lunch: Black Bean Burger, bun, cheese, veg
early dinner: lettuce, tofu, broccoli. cabbage salad with a bite of noodles
Dessert: dark chocolate, pistachios

On plan today! Yoshhhh.

B: 80g plain yogurt, banana, instant oatmeal
S1: "Barley" chocolate
L1: Cabbage/corn/lettuce with a dollop of potato salad and 3 thin slices ham, no dressing from 7-11. Only 105 kcal!
L2: 1 Fuji apple, 1 serving cheddar cheese, 80g Borlotti beans, 1 "head" spinach stir-friend in sesame oil chopped and mixed. Note to self: VERY filling!
S2: 80g yogurt, 1 caramel chew
D: Salmon fillet, 1/2 stalk broccoli, 1 egg fried w/1 slice of Gouda cheese. 2 100g zero calorie jellos.

Exercise: 30 minute uphill powerwalk to work. 80 minute up and downhill powerwalk with lots of stairs after work. Some core stuff this morning.

Calorie total: about 1450

Making progress on the thesis. Woke up at 8 am, putzed around my room thesising and procrastinating until 11, did C25k Week 5 Day 2 in a fasted state... and I guess that set me up to be dramatically lower than my normal calories by 7:30 at night. I don't really know how to deal with how many calories I have for snacks/dessert. I ate a lot of dinner just now and so I'm actually uncomfortably stuffed.

Anyone else find that exercise in a fasted state actually makes them no longer have cravings for anything but protein and fruit? I actually passed up pasta for fish today, that never happens.

B: skipped. Did drink 20 oz water with vitamin mix (really sweet, 0 cal) first, of course.
L: 12 pm. 4 oz atlantic salmon, huge mess o' stirfried veggies (bok choy, cabbage, etc). 270 cal.
S: 2 pm. small tangerine, 50 cal.
S2: 3 pm. Clif mini, 100 cal. (Somehow these are really filling while other bars aren't. ??)
D: 6 pm. grilled chicken, 4 oz kale & caramelized onions, 2 oz chickpeas. 300 calories.
Evening snacks: 8 ginger thins (130cal), 1 graham cracker (60cal).

Total so far: 910 cal. I actually feel like I've been pushing food down instead of fighting cravings today... it's a really weird feeling. Currently at perfect 30/40/30... may stay up late to write just so I can justify a midnight boca burger.

Didn't do so great today nurition wise. Need to go grocery shopping but no time!!!

Breakfast (310) 1/2 cup oatmeal (150), blueberries (25), almond milk (45), tea with more almond milk (90).

Lunch (490): 1/2 a bagel (200) with hummus (70), mock chopped liver (150?), green olives (50) herb mix. Bunch of grape tomatoes on the side (20)

Snack: Dark chocolate (100)

Eary dinner/snack (225): 2 mini potato pancakes (90), T applesauce (15) 1/2 tofurky keilbasa (120)

Late dinner/snack (200): 1 cup korean ramen noodles with kimchi (200ish, the entire packet was 500 and this was less than half) I don't think kimchi has calories?

1325 calories

While I was searching for calories in kimchi I found this cool site, calorie gallery! Lots of different foods with pictures of the portion size and calorie counts. Might be helpful for some of us who don't always have packages around to read...

http://www.caloriegallery.com/

Wildflower, that site is FANTASTIC! I can't weigh my food in the dining hall (I've been bringing it back to my room to check in the last couple of days, to make sure I'm eyeballing correctly... a little neurotic, but I'd like to know exactly what 2 Tbsp of peanut butter is), and this is so helpful. Thank you!

B: 3 Weetabix, 1 cup light vanilla soy milk, banana (195, 70, 172)

S: Small Macintosh apple, 1 tbsp sunflower seed spread (80, 100)

L: Green Giant veggie steamer, serving low fat cottage cheese, 1/2 cup blueberries (50, 90, 41)

S: 1/2 avocado (apparently 140, thought it was more)

D: 4 oz shrimp, 1/2 cup cherry tomato, 4 whole grain crackers- sat down to eat it with spinach and Italian dressing, but the spinach didn't taste right (tasted like I had just eaten grass from right outside, blech!)so I ate it all other than the spinach and dressing and ended up making another veggie steamer of a different kind ( 103, 13, 60, 100)



Total 1214

I didn't workout today because work kept me longer than planned, did walk to work and back which takes 1/2 hr each way.

Yesterday definitely tested me. Farewell dinner for a friend at an Italian restaurant, and then another friend wanted to talk over going out to eat at lunch. On edge all day.

Breakfast: 1 pancake experiment (whole wheat, oats, roasted pumpkin, bran- turned out yummy) (178)
Lunch: 1/4 c shrimp in sauce, 1/4 c fish curry, 1/2 c coconut rice (810. Pretty sure an overestimate, but not taking any chances. It could be accurate- Indian food is extremely calorie-dense)
Snack: 1/2 pomegranate (105)
Dinner: 1 1/2 small broccoli-cheese-eggplant roll-ups at an Italian restaurant. (410)

Since two meals were out, it was difficult to estimate calorie content. I picked high calorie/fat content fish and shrimp curry entries in my calorie counter, and then opted for baked eggplant parmesean to resemble these roll-up things.

I was SO CAREFUL with portion size which was the only thing that saved me from a potentially disastrous day. There were 4 small roll-ups, I only ate 1.5 and took the rest home. Phew.

Then, feeling gross after lunch, I power-walked uphill for 30 minutes and hit up an abs and arm routine. Only counted the power-walking for my exercise to underestimate.

Anyway, totals are:
Total: 1507
Exercise: 281
Net: 1226

Whatever overestmating/underestimating I did I think worked, because even though I went to bed fearful and feeling gross (probably mostly psychological), woke up this morning the same at 129.6.

Feeling a little gross this morning, so I may try to do a VLCD today.

Sorry for the long post. Yesterday was just a very difficult day!

indiblue, it sounds like your day was extremely successful. Great job at dinner - wow!

What's a VLCD? I may have done one today and would rather just log it as such than stuff myself, at this point. After downing 200 cal of only carbs, I can tell I wouldn't be making healthy choices if I keep eating.

It's a Very Low Calorie Diet. I don't think it's a good idea in the long run, but I need a bit of a detox after yesterday. Lots of things running around amuck in my body right now :-/ Plus still have this strain in my groin that only got worse after my long powerwalk, so I really need to just RICE it today. Ergo, no exercise :(

Yesterday I was totally thinking of you and your recommendation of upping protein when I picked the restaurant where we ate for lunch. There is one restaurant that serves seafood curries, so I opted for that one. Got loads of protein yesterday as a result. So thanks!!! :)

Hmmm, Wikipedia is not promising on this... I am not obese and I don't want gallstones. ;) You probably shouldn't go super low-calorie either -- especially if you over-counted at lunch (I HIGHLY doubt you ate 700 kcal), you can almost certainly just eat normally tomorrow. Don't set yourself up for a binge!

Vacillating on whether I should eat the Quest protein bar I bought yesterday. It's actually the $2 cost of the bar that is keeping me back more than the calories... I feel like I should bring it with me "on the go" or something.

Meh, think I will. It looks yummy, and I feel weird at 900 calories. I don't want to end up sick tomorrow.

ETA: STRONGLY REGRET eating/buying Quest bars. They taste like caramel syrup on chewy gelatinous poop. At least I'm full / nutritionally-balanced / over 1000 calories, now. But... gross gross gross.

I have to be sedentary all day today and continue to still feel full/sick from yesterday. Reducing my calories today to around 800 (or 900-1000 if I feel I need it, I'm not tied to the technical definition of VLCD's 800 threshold) for one day will be fine.

Your resolve is steely indiblue. I don't know how you managed to get away with eating that little at a restaurant!

Well, I just realized I completely forgot about the small roll and small bell pepper-goat cheese roll-up (lots of roll ups apparently) I also ate as an appetizer during dinner. Oh well. No use in going back and counting the cals for it. What's done is done.

Regarding resolve... I've just gotten to the point where I'm over being in the upper 120s. I'm DEFINITELY over being in the 130s. I was able to think all day and yesterday about the opportunity dinner would be to either eat well or to pig out. I had worked too hard over the past few weeks to throw it away over a meal. It just wasn't worth it.

I am sore. So sore. Only cardio for me today. Funny, when I get back on track and realize how hard I have to work in the gym, my food intake is immediately reorganized.

Of course in the face of pizza, pizza always wins, also vegetable lo mein....but in their absence, I'm a rock star if I do say so myself.

We're having friends over this weekend and most likely they will be of the sleepover variety so I need to make sure I get to the gym on Saturday and Sunday without fail. But..what's that Jillian Michael's quote?

Live in the moment, be in the present. That is all you have.

Didn't do the low-calorie thing due to dinner out. Oh well. I think still ate close to on-plan.

Breakfast Slim Fast with skim milk, 1 banana
Lunch 1 glass watermelon juice (which rang in at 128 calories- does that seem right??), 1 c Indian lentils (daal)
Snacks (throughout the day) 1 tsp Jif Peanut Butter, 3/4 cucumber, 4 tsp hummus
Dinner 1/2 c jasmine steamed rice, 1/4 c pad thai, 1/4 c green curry, 1 bite of stir fry, 3 bites of tapioca in coconut milk, 1 glass red wine

Total: 1194
Exercise: 0 (day 1 of resting the pulled hamstring)
Net: 1194

Although I had a few "bites, licks, and nibbles" or whatever WW folks call it throughout the day, so probably closer to 1250 or 1300.

Question the Thai dinner came in on my counter at 367. Does that seem a bit low to you guys?

Where can I find the suzie thin cakes???!? Does Publix or walmart or albertons carry it?? I am in Florida..

I decided I do want to log into 3FC -- just making sure to keep it under 5 min a day to do this accountability thread. I do need my sanity to be effective, after all. Sorry I can't do personals! I doubt anyone will have questions for me, but if you do just PM and it'll come through my email.

I bought Suzie's thin cakes at a yuppie grocery store in Boston. I wish I knew how better to describe it but that's what it is. I know they're on Amazon but I have no idea where else to get them, sorry :(

I don't really have "days" anymore so I'll just log what I've eaten since last logging:

After midnight: 10g block of ChocoPerfection dark chocolate (this stuff is awesome, girls -- hella expensive but awesome, & the price keeps me from eating too much), 1/3 cup Special K, ~1/2 cup cheerios, 1/2 cup broccoli, 1/4 cup carrots. All-nighter-ish, slept 7am to 10am.

Today:
B (170): 1/2 cup Cracklin Oat Bran (my favorite high-cal cereal), 1/3 cup milk.
L (320): grilled chicken, salad base, cucumber, red onion, balsamic vinegar... and an Atkins Daybreak bar because i had noms. Next time I'll prob replace that with a cookie.
S1 (120): 1/2 cup nonfat cottage cheese, 1 Tbsp PB2 peanut butter powder
D (260): huge mess of veggies & tofu, i think 1.5 lbs total: steamed cabbage and green beans, baby corn, a bit of snow peas & broccoli, lots of tofu. Some kind of greasy/syrupy sauce that I tried not to use much of. Ridiculously delicious/filling.
S2 (150): forced down 6 oz egg whites, 1 boca burger for the protein.
S3 (70): OMG cantaloupe & honeydew in the dining hall!! way too exciting.
0-calorie things: I don't know how many cups of black coffee and tea.

Total: 1160. No time for exercise.

Still pushing through this...
By the way, if anyone is willing to read a chapter of my thesis and point out my typos/run-on sentences, I would be much indebted to you. PM me. <3

Did really well yesterday. Today is doomsday aka all you can eat buffet day with my foodie friends.

Yesterday's food/exercise

Calories: 1300ish

B: Yogurt, bagel sandwich, oatmeal
L: Chicken breast, broccoli, pasta with beans and dill and a little olive oil
S: 1 small to medium Ruby Red grapefruit, 0 calorie jello
D: Chicken breast on top of "baby leaf" greens with a little sesame oil, mini Snickers, 4 tiny bite size cookies, 0 calorie jello again
Exercise: Nothing too sweaty; 200 crunches, 50 pushups, planks, squats in the AM, 100 min fast walking. Both feet feel awful now. :(

Currently having 2 eggs, spinach, and a slice of Gouda cheese for breakfast.

Breakfast: 2 eggs, sunny-side up
Snack1: (recovery from exercise) 1 apple, 1 tsp peanut butter, 1/2 slim fast
Lunch: 1 c cauliflower carrot puree soup
Snack2: 1/4 c yogurt, 1 tsp honey
Dinner: 2 homemade black bean burgers (carrot, black bean, chick peas, oats, onion, seasonings), 1 jalbi (Indian sweet)

A few bites, nibbles, licks= ~100

Exercise: 30 minutes uphill powerwalking, 15 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes abs and strength

Total: 1282
Exercise: 174 (only counted the power-walking and elliptical)
Net: 1108

Might have another small sweet to kill my sweet tooth, but net should not be more than 1200.

Yesterday -

Breakfast - Luna Bar and tea (my original breakfast of toast with almond butter had an unfortunate soaking of my original cup of tea...so thus a train station Luna bar, sigh)

Lunch - Sushi with friends! Brown Rice with avocado roll, 4 veggie dumplings, miso soup.

Snack - mimosa. No, I don't usually drink alcohol has snacks, I was a a spa and given while waiting! Hahaa.

Dinner: Snacks with the fiancee - chipotle hummus with brown rice crackers, green olives, 2 pieces of veggies sushi, these evil mac and cheese balls from Trader Joe's. 1 Rum and coke.

Calories: No idea, didn't count. Hopefully not too bad, my stomach was growling by 8:30 even after the snacks from 6:30-7 pm. I also did a lot of extra walking around the city today, probably about 3 + miles until rain started and I hailed a cab.

Worked out yesterday morning like the dickens. Today too. Eating is going well. Yesterday was on point. Today....doesn't look good as my daughter has a playdate and the lunch menu consists of pizza. Sigh.

Way to give yourself a fun day, Wildflower! Looks like you were able to keep it pretty healthy too. Hope the spa was fun :) When is your wedding?

ju5tdoit congrats on the good workout. Pizza is a great food if you can just keep it in moderation. I was nervous about a pizza lunch last week but was able to just have 1 slice and keep all my numbers in check. Plus an extra boost of calcium and protein :) Hope your day ended up where you wanted it.

(Oh my god. Thesis. It is a LOT better than yesterday, but.... a day has passed. I have never been so efficient and I am sure it will not get done. What a feeling.)

In terms of food, I didn't stay low-carb or "whole-food" like yesterday, but I also felt sick -- TMI alert but this constipation is really getting out of hand, I can't even be flippant about it, it's just painful as everything but s*** can be (PUN, ok I am flippant about it).

Morning run, C25k W5D2.

B (130): Atkins Daybreak oatmeal bar bc I missed real breakfast with real oatmeal. Determined to be awake for oatmeal tomorrow.
L (320): Big bowl of lentil soup and quinoa; steamed broccoli; 6 oz egg whites.
D (230): 4 oz Spaghetti squash, 4 oz collard greens, 4 oz grilled chicken, 14 pieces fresh celery sticks. One nibble of brownie that was too disappointing to continue (overlogged at 1/10 brownie or 13 cal).
Snacks: 3 Clif minis. (300 cal). 1 cup frozen grapes (60), if I manage to finish the grapes. Only 3 cups of coffee, 2 cups of tea today.

Total: 1040.

Daisy, I realize I never told you the bars I am eating. Mostly Atkins (even though they contain some bizarre ingredients and have a strange aftertaste). Usually the chocolate chip granola. Sometimes FiberOne bars. Occasionally MetRx if I worked out but usually eat 1/2 the bar. I tend to eat them as my snacks with tea since candy and cake are my downfalls. Especially cake. I am forever trying to trick myself into thinking these bars are candybars or brownies or real cookie dough.
You are doing great with the thesis and trying to stay on plan so don't be too hard on yourself. You also reminded me I have a spaghetti squash and kale that I need to cook! And I think I will buy some of those Clif minis. Are they 100 cals each? That would be a good on the go thing for me.
I hope you get a PW and that feeling goes away soon. My daughter suffers, too, and I feel so bad for her at times. The doctor wants me to give her Miralax every day but she hates it. It's supposed to have no odor or taste but somehow she knows when I've mixed it into her drinks!

I'm taking a break from this thread, I'm just too busy right now to post online so much, I will be tracking cals at home on paper, but for the next two weeks I'm barely going to have time, but I will be back. Keep up the good work Ladies! :)

I want to join in on this thread, because I have one more 3 week push until my honeymoon, and I really want to break out of the 120s by then.

Today I have only had breakfast so far, but ate a slice of whole wheat toast, 1 egg, and a slice of cheddar. It was delicious and satisfying. I am going to hit the gym for some weights and cardio here in a bit. For lunch I am planning to eat rice and beans, and I have some vegetable soup ready for supper. When I plan ahead, I don't mess up. Oh yeah, and i had a couple of squares of fancy dark chocolate while cleaning my house this morning.

I have been measuring myself in addition to weighing in. I find the measurements to be more motivating than the scale.
Waist: 26 in.
Upper arms: 10 in.
hips/belly area: 29 in.
Thighs: 18.5 in.
Calves: 13 in (all muscle)

I would like to see a 24 in. waist for honeymoon!

Kwinkle-- wow, your measurements are smaller than mine!! :o
I'm so flabby... really have to get to work on that.

Breakfast: yogurt, granola, 2.5 eggwhites, 1/2 egg yolk, raisins, coffee
Lunch: salad, bbq chicken, veggies, egg white no cheese omelette
Dinner: roast turkey with veg, raw spinach & carrots slices, apple
Snack: 1/2 muffin, huge bowl of fruit

1100 calories -- more than typical for the time of day but i'm about done eating. God this thesis is miserable. no time for exercise... wil be working out like crazy come weds though

Breakfast: 1 morning glory muffin, 2 egg whites
Snack: 1/2 banana, 1 tsp peanut butter
Lunch: 2 homemade black bean burgers (black beans, chick peas, carrots, onions, oats, bran)
Snack: 1 c Kellogs Cornflakes hint of honey cereal, 1/2 c 2% milk
Dinner: 1/2 c elbow macaroni, 1/2 c homemade tomato sauce, 1 c stirfried eggplant
Dessert: (dessert date with my bf... planned for this, decided fully I wanted to indulge) Some sort of chocolate shake that was listed as 99% fat free but I have no idea if that was true or not (perhaps around 200-300 cals? Logged it as a McDonalds chocolate shake in my counter- 400)

Exercise: 20 minutes stationary bike, 10 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes treadmill powerwalking uphill, 15 minutes abs and cardio, 15 minute walk up/down hills to go get our chocolate dessert :)

Total: 1420
Exercise: 287
Net: 1133

Did well today! I didn't feel peckish or really hungry at all during the day except for in the afternoon.

B: yogurt, oatmeal, banana
S1: souvenir cake
L: 1 apple sliced, 80g Borlotti beans mixed with 100g beef curry
S2: "Balance up" energy bar, 5 caramel chews
D: 90g skinless boneless white meat chicken cooked in sesame oil on raw spinach

Exercise: about 2 hours very fast walking, 100 crunches

Calorie total: ~1500

Nice job krampus!

Mine was weird today. Had to fast this morning for some blood work at the doctor's, ate a late (and big) breakfast.... then went to an event tonight with lots of finger food. Didn't drink any alcohol and ate mostly veggies and yogurt dip.

All my food has been pretty similar the past few days. Looking forward to diversifying once I finish up what's in my fridge.

Breakfast: Slim Fast, 1/2 homemade morning glory muffin
Lunch: 2 small black bean burgers, 1/2 c cauliflower carrot puree soup
Snack: 1/2 banana, 2 tsp peanut butter
Dinner: (at an event, guesstimating) 3 c carrots and cucumbers, 1/3 raita/tzaziki/yogurt dip thing, 2 mini samosas, 1 pakora, 1/3 piece chocolate cake

Total: 1249
Exercise: 0
Net: 1249

lackadaisy, I am pretty muscular so my weight seems a bit high for my clothing size and measurements. I do have a bit of flab on me, mainly on my stomach and thighs.

I have been very good today.
Breakfast: oatmeal
snack: frappuccino
lunch: homemade burrito with whole wheat tortilla, smashed black beans, fat free cheese and wild rice
Dinner: beans and rice with lettuce and salsa.

Here are my last few days, had some not great moments, but I suppose they were OK overall:

Saturday:

Breakfast: 2 eggs over easy. fingerling potatoes with fresh rosemary and 1 T margarine. 1 slice tempeh bacon. tea with almond milk.

Lunch: (Cheat meal at vegetarian place): spinach salad with miso dressing to start, then potato and corn enchiladas. I ate the ENTIRE meal!! OMG, I could not stop eating and cleaned my plate. tea with milk.

snack: coffee with milk

late snack: tofurky with hummus, tomatoes, brown rice crackers, pickles.

Sunday:

breakfast: 2 eggs overeasy with 1 slice wheat toast. coffee with almond milk.

Lunch: 3 slices tofurky with hummus on a challah roll. herb mix.

Snack: 4 cookies. :( OMG, I couldn't stop eating these. :(

Dinner: green pepper slices, green olives, grape tomatoes, hummus, bruchetta, tofurky slices.

Dinner today was practically a binge. I don't know what's happening to me, I am so hungry lately. I think my cheat meal Saturday got my appetite going. Since then I haven't been able to stop eating, and last week I was doing so good. :(

Breakfast (340): 1 slice whole wheat toast (100) with 1 tablespoon almond butter (100). Jam (50). Lots of green tea with almond milk (90).

Snack: red pear (100)

Lunch (620): sandwich from a local place - said 430 calories. chips (150?). tea with soymilk (30).

Dinner: ugh, I ate sooo much. big salad (10) with 2 T dressing (60), 10 grape tomatoes (20), 20 green olives (100), egg over easy (80). leftover potatoes with rosemary and margarine (200?), probably 20 brushetta rounds (200). tons of hummus 200?. tea with almond milk. emergenC packet (25)

1060 + all that stuff for dinner. who binges on salad an hummus, seriously?

Um, me. ;) Well, not the salad, but the hummus, yes I have been known too and my Fiance also. I make hummus at home and find it hard to put the dish away if I'm just scooping from it with veggies, so I take two tablespoons on a plat and put the dish away before it gets ugly. :D

Aw Wildflower, that sounds like the healthiest possible binge anyone could have. I have cleaned out a 400g tub of hummus with bread before and the other day I was mindlessly shoving bananas down my throat. When the hunger hits, anything goes.

Hope you feel less ravenous tomorrow!

Thanks Krampus. I can easily eat an entire tub of hummus too. I seriously love the stuff and eat it about every day. I try to have it with veggies instead of bread to cut calories, but tonight I was all about these 10 calorie bruschetta rounds we bought awhile back. Those 10 calories a peice really add up...as do those 5 calorie a peice olives. Jeeeez!!!

Probably ate at maintenance today, calories ~2000. I ended up having a little more than planned at lunch and getting dessert with dinner, but everything was reasonable and there was no binging or frantic grazing. Also, said dessert was the best cake I've found in Japan yet and presented so beautifully that it was absolutely worth it - teeny tiny too, I'd be surprised if the whole plate (dollop of cream, 1 strawberry, 1 blueberry, little chocolate cake) totaled 300 calories.

B: yogurt, oatmeal
S: "Tokyo banana" souvenir cake
L: soba noodle soup, 4 bite sized pieces boneless fried chicken
D: chicken sautee in butter garlic sauce w/skin (half breast?), side of veggies - 1 slice acorn squash, maybe 1/3 cup mashed potatoes, 1 mini tomato, 2 slice zucchini, bitter chard, 2 lemon slices. not sure on calories; estimating 600-700 range.
D(essert): chocolate gâteau style cake slice

Exercise: 30 minute very fast powerwalk, 100 pushups, 200 crunches, planks, squats. 80 minutes normal speed walking. My Achilles tendon is super creaky and painful so I need to take it easy on my feet.

Mmm that chocolate cake sounds wonderful.

Breakfast: Banana smoothie (1/2 c yogurt, 1 small banana, 2 tbs bran)
Snack1: (Recovery from exercise) Slim Fast (except used 2/3 c milk instead of 1 full cup- all we have right now is 2%)
Lunch: 2 griddlecakes (oats, roasted pumpkin, egg, milk), 2 tbsp honey
Snack2: RED ALERT!!! STEERING OFF COURSE!!! 3 Twizzlers, 8 sour cream and onion chips... REROUTED, NOW ON COURSE 100 calories worth of popcorn
Dinner: 2 homemade black bean burgers (carrots, black beans, chick peas, onions), about 1/2 c of stir fried veg rice (more veg than rice)

Exercise: 30 minutes moderate speed stationary bike, 15 minute intervals walking/running (just logged as powerwalking), 15 minutes strength training upper body.

Total: 1338
Exercise: 250
Net: 1088

A little nibbly right now, may have two tsp of peanut butter at some point before bed to get closer to 1200.

Finally got fed up with plateau (and was also really tired/braindead) and decided my brain health matters more than tummyfat, and went off-plan yesterday with the biggest sustained carb-binge I have seen in a while.

The funny thing is it wasn't bad, in the end. two bowls of cereal, a muffin, an apple, a Clif bar, a bar of chocolate -- I think that, on top of the calories I tracked earlier in the day, put me around 1900. I shot up a full pound this morning, which does kind of suck, but I place my current maintenance calories at ~1700 so no lasting harm should have been done.

Just wanted to check in and remind myself not to be as destructive today, if I can help it. I have to wear a bikini in five days :)