3/27/13
coffee: 76
1 cup yoghurt with 2 tbsp cooked berries: 200
2 chicken thighs in mushroom sauce: 400
1 apple: 74
1 serving cheez-its: 150
5 dark hershey kisses: 128
4 crab rolls: 130
1 bowl honey bunches of oats: 120
1 package oriental ramen: 380
total: 1658
exercise: morning walk
notes:

3/28/13
2 cinnamon pancakes: 148
1 tbsp lite syrup: 25
1 can tuna in water: 120
1 tbsp olive oil mayo: 60
2 oz spaghetti: 210
3 turkey meatballs: 125
1/2 cup yoghurt with berries: 100
1 bowl salad with lite ranch dressing: 100
1 baby bottle pop: 120
1 serving reduced fat cheezits: 130
1 apple: 74
5 dark hershey kisses: 128
total: 1340
exercise: morning and afternoon walks
notes: trying that wrap thing to detoxify fat! will post pictures when i get them. i didn't mean to go so far under, i fell asleep early, unintentionally.

3/29/13 WEIGHED IN AT 182.8
coffee: 76
1 cinnamon pancake: 149
1 tbsp lite syrup: 25
1/2 cup yoghurt with berries: 100
1 fried chicken drumstick: 216
1 serving shoprite mac and cheese: 156
1 small slice tiramisu : 222
1 cup V8 smoothie: 130
1 bowl salad with lite ranch dressing: 100
1 piece tilapia: 80
1/2 cup carrots: 27
5 dark hershey kisses: 128
1 oats and honey granola bar: 90
1 gala apple: 74
total: 1573
exercise: morning walk, walking around shoprite, afternoon walk just because it was nice out
notes: done really well with the veggies today! i think that helps balance out the fried chicken :P

3/30/13
1/4 cup salted cashews: 170
coffee: 76
1 whole wheat english muffin: 100
1 scrambled egg: 100
1 tbsp ketchup: 20
1 slice low sodium bacon: 45
1/2 cup yoghurt with one tbsp berries: 100
1 huge pulled chicken bbq sandwich: 270
1 hard-boiled egg: 100
4 popeye's butterfly shrimp: 150
2 popeye's chicken strips: 270
1 gala apple: 74
1 blow pop: 60
total: 1535
exercise: short walk in the afternoon
notes: cashews were a late-night snack, wasn't feeling tired. eventually went to bed around 3 am, woke up at 8 *roll eyes* i was sleeping in til 10, now that i have an alarm set for 9 i've been waking up at 8.

3/31/13
coffee: 76
oatmeal: 120
1 scrambled egg: 100
1 cinnamon pancake: 74
1 minute steak: 184
1/4 cup mushrooms: 11
1/2 cup sweet potato fries: 140
1 oats and honey granola bar: 90
1 bowl salad with dressing: 100
2 small slices honey ham: 100
1 white chip macadamia nut cookie: 220
1 blow pop: 60
5 pieces dark chocolate: 128
2 oz cashews: 340
total: 1653
exercise: was going to go for a walk after dinner, but it started raining while i was eating =_=
notes: Happy Easter everyone! Last day of March!!

i didn't do my calories yesterday because i had a very bad day. i will post it first then start the list for today.



4/1/13 WEIGHED IN AT 182.0
coffee: 76
honey bunches of oats with light silk: 120
blt: 275
salad with ham and ranch dressing: 150
apple: 74
peas in cream sauce: 152
1 slice apple pie: 295
1 slice pineapple angel food cake: 150
1 oz. cashews: 170
15 dark hershey kisses: 384
total: 1846
exercise: 2 walks and a bike ride
notes: chocolates were after people were very mean to me and i needed comfort. they are the entire reason i am over, i had worked the pie and cake into my diet previously, but that was depression eating.




4/2/13
coffee: 76
oatmeal: 120
1 scrambled egg: 100
2 slices bacon: 90
1/2 tbsp ketchup: 10
1/2 whole wheat personal pan pizza (home-made): 300
3 turkey meatballs with potatoes and carrots: 300
1 apple: 74
1 serving cheez-its: 130
5 dark hershey kisses: 128
1 pulled chicken sandwich: 270
total: 1598
exercise: none, felt horrid all day, stomach pains
notes: don't know what's wrong with my stomach it feels as though i've been stabbed. hoping to wake up without pain.

4/3/13
NO CALORIE COUNTING
i was having severe stomach pains all day
i will possibly list what i can remember eating later


4/3/13
coffee: 76
1 bowl cereal: 120
1/2 cup yoghurt with 1 tbsp berries: 100
1 turkey sandwich with cheese and mayo: 235?
huge loaded salad (literally containing a whole tomato and whole cucumber and chick peas and olives and dressing): 200?
1 gala apple: 74
chicken with peas and pasta: 250?
handful m&ms: 50
5 dark hershey kisses: 128
1 small chocolate chip cookie: 75?
1/4 cup cashews: 170
total: 1478
exercise: none, intense pain from UTI
notes: most of this is done by estimation, but it's fine. i was too concerned with my pain to really calculate much. this is being done at noon the next day xP

4/4/13
coffee: 76
1 egg over easy: 100
1 slice buttered toast: 130
2 breakfast sausages: 125
small portion chicken with peas and pasta: 150
boston market 2-piece dark meat: 320
1/2 serving loaded potatoes: 135
1/2 serving cinnamon apples: 105
24 oz root beer: 334
1/2 pack kit kat bars: 105
1/2 cup yoghurt with 1 tbsp berries: 100
total: 1680
exercise: skipped morning walk as i'm still having pains, but i took a pill so if i feel better later i'll go out. // ended up going out to dinner with family and by the time we got back it was dark and i don't walk in the dark.
notes: first time having BUTTERED toast in a while... and i didn't realize how many calories were in these tiny sausages! but i've been really good with breakfast lately so it's okay~ i am definitely going over tonight, im already at nearly 1500 at only 8 pm... but that's because of the boston market. and the root beer. but it was a family dinner thing which isn't very often, so i forgive myself for today.

4/5/13
coffee: 76
oatmeal: 120
tuna on cucumber with olive oil mayo: 205
1 cup v8 vfusion: 110
1 serving ramen: 190
1 turkey and cheese sandwich with olive oil mayo: 285
1/4 breaded chicken breast: 65
1 cup mixed veggies: 100
2 small cookies: 150
1 glass light silk: 70
1/2 cup yoghurt with 1 tbsp berries: 100
1 gala apple: 74
5 dark hershey kisses: 128
total: 1483
exercise: walk with my grandmother and brother. totally gorgeous out today. // had the ramen, went for a quick 1-mile bike ride. good lord is it beautiful out!
notes: not really feeling hungry today, 5 pm and only 500 calories o.o maybe i should have some ramen, that'll kick me up another 190 calories and isn't very filling, s it will just give me some quick carbs. if i have ramen i'm going for a short bike ride though to actually use the carb energy.

You're doing so great Alyssa! Keep up the good work. I am a bit envious at how well you calorie count. I've been wanting to but I am a major procrastinator so I'm not quite there yet.

I think I remember reading somewhere that you have had problems with an ED before? Is that why you "force" yourself to get more calories even when you don't really want them (the ramen)? If that's not the case, I'd say just go with what you're body is telling you. If it happens day after day, then it might be good to eat when you're not hungry but every once in a while, it's ok to not eat when you're not hungry.

Anyway, just wanted to give you encouragement. Hope you're day is going well! I love going for walks too.

4/6/13 WEIGHED IN AT 181.8
coffee: 76
1/2 chicken breast and 1/2 cup noodles and peas in light sauce: 250?
pulled chicken bbq sandwich: 250
2 cups mixed veggies with potatoes and light sauce: 125?
1 bowl home-made chicken alfredo in noodles: 350?
1 carnation drink: 130
? cashews: 250?
total: 1556
exercise: 1 mile bike ride, walking
notes: skipped breakfast unintentionally. i was so busy reading that i didn't notice time going by... i'll make up for it later. the veggies said 90 calories for 1 serving, 1 serving is 1.25 cups, and there are 2.5 servings per bag... yet the entire bag only came out to a total of 2 cups. yeesh.

actually the reason i force myself to eat 1500 a day is because bouncing around (1200, 1600, 1300, 1800, 1200, etc) can actually make you gain weight because it confuses your body. and i never feel hungry, unless i smoke weed and get the munchies. i have an appetite issue (probably from years of ED behavior) where i simply don't feel hungry. ever. i enjoy the taste of food so i still eat and quite like it, even though my ED brain is like "yo ho you ate 800 calories already now STAHP" i know that that is not healthy.

and thank you for your encouragement, i totally appreciate it.

and calorie-counting is very easy once you get used to it. i've even been memorizing the calories of things i eat often without trying. if you look at my logs you'll see i eat a lot of the same stuff... coffee w/ 1/2 tsp agave nectar and 1 tsp creamer per mug at 2 mugs a morning = 76, tuna on cucumber = approx 205-225 (depending on if it's chunk light or solid white), 5 dark hershey kisses = 128, yoghurt and berries = 100, etc etc etc. i no longer have to look those up, they are in my brain. and for anything i don't know and/or that doesn't have it labelled on the package (for instance, veal or chicken), i use caloriecount for. i suggest going for it, try doing some counting, you'll be surprised at how easy it is!!

4/7/13
coffee: 76
cereal with light soymilk: 120
1 bowl pasta with turkey sausage: 200?
1/2 peanut butter and jelly sandwich: 200
5 dark hershey kisses: 128
1 apple: 74
1 hot dog with ketchup and relish: 210
1 slice "grandma's" pizza: 150?
1 fiber one brownie: 90
huge salad with chick peas and olives and light ranch dressing: 150
another 5 dark hershey kisses: 128
total: 1526
exercise: 1 mile on bike
notes: fiber one brownie is yummy but tiny!

4/8/13
coffee: 76
2 granola bars: 180
1 scrambled egg on 1 piece toast with 2 slices bacon: 290
1 huge salad with light ranch dressing: 140
1 gala apple: 74
1/2 cup alfredo pasta: 150?
1 can tuna with olive oil mayo: 160
1 fiber one brownie: 90
5 dark hershey kisses: 128
1 glass v8 vfusion: 110
total: 1398
exercise: short walk to mailbox (there isnt one in my apartments for outgoing so i have to take a quick 5-minute walk to the strip mall just down the road), 3 mile bike ride
notes: got an appointment set up with Binder & Binder, and my dad's lovely girlfriend is willing to take me! i need to get a bunch of information first though. slightly under today, which is unusual because i can usually find a quick snack, but i really can't think of anything else to eat except more chocolate... so eh, i'm under a bit for once.