Breakfast—two cups coffee with one tsp sugar and
fat-free half-and-half, apple, oatmeal cooked in non-
fat milk with two spoonsful of blueberry maple syrup
Lunch—Amy's organic enchiladas (480
calories)
Snack—one cup coffee with ½% milk and two tsp sugar, one slice whole-grain toast
Dinner—three crackers topped with white bean and tuna salad; whole-grain pasta with tomato sauce, a small sprinkle of parmesan, and turkey sausage; spinach salad with one tbsp walnuts,
fat-free feta, grapefruit segments, and two tbsp dressing
Snack—navel orange
Did thirty-five somewhat lackadaisical minutes on the elliptical.
I'm quite annoyed about my lunchtime enchiladas—the box said 240
calories, and I was careless—I didn't notice that it was supposed to be two servings, for who'd think one frozen dinner tray was two servings? But they were so delicious and cheesy that I just knew, and sure enough, afterwards I went to look and found I'd eaten twice as many
calories as I'd meant to.
Felici, thank you so much for stopping by. I'm definitely trying to refrain from freaking out, helped somewhat by the fact that my scale has returned to 277, which is at least only .2
pounds more than my last weigh-in. *sigh* I read through the thread, and it seems like there's a balance between respecting your metabolism and keeping it active and also remembering that it's all about
calories in and
calories out. Hopefully I'll find that balance!
Natalie Jo, thanks for the encouragement. I'm trying to keep cool and not start panicking at LEAST until my next weigh-in day!
Umbra, I'm not so worried about water weight as long as it IS water weight. And I have planned to have a slowly decreasing rate of
weight loss. Three
pounds a week is doable for me right now (except this week APPARENTLY). In fifty
pounds, maybe it'll be two
pounds a week, and so forth. This is a marathon, not a sprint. I'm just trying to figure out how much I should pace myself and how much I should let her rip.
