Thanks for the good words, E, but I've done yet more damage. Although still restraining from what I feel like.

serving of heart to heart cereal
sliver of lemon meringue pie
2 marshmallow peanuts

I'm assuming Fresh Start cards are available on Fridays as well as Mondays. And I must make the point once again that were I not trying to journal everything, I likely would have had MUCH more today.

Amarantha, I'm going to to my best to stay around 1500 calories today. I won't know for sure because I'm going out for dinner tonight at a Mexican place. [I do want to declare my intention to not have any of the chips while we're on the subject!]
And tomorrow night we're having dinner at a friends house so I won't know the real calorie count there either. Will do my best though to guess---I always guess high.
I'm feeling inspired this morning because I weighed myself and it showed 134 pounds. I'd love to lose a couple more pounds by my birthday.

Yo!!! Anagramatic, I think I saw K over at the palace with some Friday Fresh Start Cards!!!! Yowza!!!! No worries, I think the Friday cards are very effective!!!

Yo, Eydie!!! Congratulations on the weight droppage!!! Huzzah! You're doing great. Not meaning to dragoon thee into my STRIVE FOR THE 1500s FRIDAY CHALLENGE, think thou shouldst enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, thy Mexican restaurant jaunt ... even without the chips!!!

As for moi, I'm officially doing my STRIVE FOR THE 1500s FRIDAY CHALLENGE!!!! I'm gonna strive, strive, strive, strive, strive, and arrive at the 1500s!!!! Huzzah!

Gotta run!

Well, my Strive-for-the-1500s Challenge went kerplunk because I worked in one of my towns that always seems to make me run for the convenience store to fight stress. Here's the damage:

Total nutrition soy beverage (1 cup) 130
Sf syrup 35
Scoop Designer Whey van praline protein powder 90

Total nutrition soy beverage (2.5 cups) 325
Sf syrup 35

Whole wheat Eng muff w btr spray (counted for day) 150

Whole wheat Eng muff 130
Electrolyte replacement/hydration beverage (for day) 30

2 bottles Yahoo (one choc fudge, one milk choc) 560
2 pb cups 230
3/4 oz white choc bar 115
Baked Lay's 220

2 EAS van CC shakes 200

Edited: Whole wheat Eng muff 130
EAS van CC shake 100

Total 2480

Exercise: With trainer, walked 10 min (fast), 50 min weights (upper body, some abs ... e.g., planks, etc.)

I'm now officially not going to make my goal for a weekly calorie average less than last week, but we'll see what Scale saith and hope for better things next week.

Friday

Mix of Kashi cereals w/2% milk
8 oz lowfat yogurt
1 sl ww toast topped with cottage cheese
apple
pretzel stix
pork chop
green beans
2 small rolls w/smidge of apricot jam
diet jello
1 svg pb marshmallow lowfat fr yogurt (160 cal so I have to measure much more carefully than when I'm eating a 90 or 100 cal type) - dh brought this home for me and I'm crazy about it but it is a much higher calorie item than I normally get - but then a H.C. I.C.sandwich is 169

I may yet have two marshmallow peanuts as I seem to be craving a bit tonight. That's another 60 calories or so.

Exercised in pool today for 50 minutes - a good workout. All in all, a day on the plus side for me.

Hang in Empress - I found the Friday Fresh Start card helpful and I suspect there's one for Saturday/Sunday as well. In fact, I think there are extra credit ones available for restarting on the weekend instead of waiting for Monday.

Hope so, Anagram, as I'm about to update ... really just starving and am having a bit more food! Don't know why but may as well just eat!

I do understand having those "starving" days (See Thursday). Some days it doesn't seem like it's that much effort but others nothing seems to fill that hollow. Hope it's not a lot of stories from **** this weekend and that you get some peaceful "me" time.

coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
rice w/ vegs, scrambled egg whites, soy 'bacon', 1/4 cup cheese
1 cup carrot/orange juice

2 ww toast w/ hard-boiled egg, humuus, lie cream cheese, red peppers
chocolate-almond biscotti***coffee

[at rest.] 1/2 order vegetable fajitas**1 tortilla
rice**beans**little salad thing w/ sour cream
and lots of fresh salsa slopped over everything!

Snack: frappicino bar

exercise: 4 miles treadmill
25 min. abs video
strenuously cleaned interior of 2 cars!

Saturday

one half rye bagel w/1 tspn pb
orange
6 fish stix (240)
3 svgs broccoli, cauliflower, carrots (60)
diet jello
pb marshmallow frozen yogurt (200)
salad w/ Greek dressing
ground steak burger on bun
more diet jello
2 marshmallow peanuts
Kashi Heart to Heart cereal

Yard work for exercise.

I think I might declare today an "off" day. Maybe not. But leaning that way

Depression hit this afternoon. Must be the heat or the reversal of the earth's magnetic field or something. Anyhow, ate a bit more than expected. We'll see what the saith tomorrow:

Whole wheat Eng muff w btr spray (counted for day) 150
EAS van shake 100

EAS van shake 100
Myoplex Lite Bar 190

2 whole wheat Eng muffs 260
1 c total nutrition soy beverage 130

Shake: 1 c total nutrition soy bev, 1 scoop DW protein 220

2 whole wheat Eng muffs 260
EAS van shake 100

2 pb cups 230
Edited: 2 EAS van shakes 100

Total 1940

Exercise: None

Week's Calorie Average: 2030 (Goal was 1500-1700s)

Week's Exercise Minutes: 315 (Goal was 350)

Here's to reverse polarity of Scale!

coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
brown rice w/ vegs, scrambled egg whites, soy bacon, 1/4 c. cheddar

2 ww w/ hard-boiled egg, humuus, lite cream cheese, red peppers
choc. biscotti****coffee

veg. lasagna
small salad w/ lo-fat italian
chocolate pound cake**2 chocolate-dipped strawberries

snax: weight watchers ice cream bar

exercise:55 min. cardio/sculpt video
1 hour washing windows!

Hmmm. No gain, no loss. So to maintain 151.5, I ate approximately 13.45 calories per pound of bodyweight, so I should reach 149 if I eat an average of 2011 per day this week. We KNOW that won't work, but cutting it down to an average of 12 per desired poundage might (or at least it'd help the cause). That'd be an average of 1788 (less would work better), so that's what I'll shoot for this week. To make that happen, I need to hedge my bets with some lower cal days AND not have any free days that are freer than maybe 2000 (less would be better). Will continue to strive for 350 exercise minutes. Ok, bye!

This is one of those days I really don't want to report but to keep the honesty in this journey, I must.

Muffin
Slimfast bar
apple
Healthy Coice ic bar
salmon
salad w/honey mustard dressing on the side
cream of crab soup
sweet potato
lemon poppyseed cheesecake
2 cups decaf w/cream

NO exercise and not enough water.

Ugh. Don't ask. It was all a blur today. I was at work, there was a reception, and I vaguely remember sour cream dip, cookies and lots of those new caramel chocolate kisses. Pure evil--dont even start with those, trust me.
Tomorrow begins a new glorious week and I have to be on my toes because I'm going to be really busy. I want to work out every day and count calories faithfully. I've finally gotten to the supermarket and am well stocked with lots of produce so I have no excuses.
We can do this! Think royal thoughts!!!