yikes!

and this is why it's good to track your food!!

after inputting all of it.. (plus the ice cream binge i just had)

almost 3000 calories!!! WHAAT!

right... so...re-thinking meal plans now.... holy crap

didn't get all my water in... but i did get a 30 min. walk in... better than nothing.

aye aye aye!! tracking food is always a good way to snap you out of weight gain avoidance syndrome... seriously!

Weigh in

up 1lb to 219
Totally expected as I binged on stouffers french bread pizzas (2 boxes in one weekend)
and also thought that maybe I was retaing water because of my weight training class.. so I used that excusse to just keep eating crap... like the whole bag of chips I ate last night..

I did this to myself.. so i am the only one to blame.. I know what I should be eating and I have taken the steps to meet my goals this week

Breakfasts: oatmeal (packets, not clean, but oh well), fresh/frozen fruit (strawberries, banana, blue berries, soy milk.. might do smoothies but the protein powder I have is getting boring

lunch ... salads.. with chicken, olives, avacado, light asian sesame dressing ... grapes

snacks.. orange, almonds

dinner.. still have some turkey burgers, turkey chili...also have black beans.. may do tacos... all with big bowl of veggies...


I'm trying to be a little more strict with myself.. just for awhile.. If I have too many options then I get in trouble.. I need some guidelines in place.. but I also need to make myself be accountable.. no one else will do this for me...

2 food things

The veggie/bean soup I made is so freakin' BLAND.
I'm food $ budgeted out.. so I can't run to the store to get anything to enhance it

What are so ways, if any, to make a bland soup more flavorful.

I added salt/pepper/oregeno/basil to the soup when cooking.. only used water, no broth.. which I think was my first mistake but boullion cubes are too salty and buying stock in a box seems rediculous.. any thoughts on how to add some flavor would be appreciated!

Second thing..
Grapes are freaking SWEET... as in 'wholy crap.. it tastes like i'm eating sugar'
Yes.. I know its fructose.. but I don't think I've ever really realized how sugary they taste... maybe my taste buds are waking up!