Day 29... Time to Lose the Thanksgiving POUND!

Yes, you read the title correctly. I only gained 1 lb over Thanksgiving. Much better than I expected... so that's a plus! Now it's time to get back to business. My "challenge wraps up at the end of December, so I'm half way there. But am I half way to my goal? I just finished week 4, and my calorie calculator shows that I should be at 144 lbs. I'm 5 lbs higher than I should be in order to reach my goal. That means the next few weeks I am going to have to work extra hard! That's not going to be easy, especially with Christmas approaching. The Perry House is throwing 2 parties this month... one for Drop Night (the night we find out what base we go to next) on December 9th and the other is a Christmas Party with friends on December 18th. I can't serve entirely low-calorie foods for everyone... that wouldn't be fair. I'll just have to step it up at the gym, and eat better. I look forward to working harder in order to obtain my goal of 135 lbs!

Breakfast

• Bag of Popcorn ( 62.5 calories) 

Lunch

• Not sure what I was thinking today. I decided to make some popcorn for breakfast (we literally have no food at our house). I snacked on the popcorn throughout breakfast and into lunch.

Dinner

• Juicy Porkchops (138 calories)  
• http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Juicy-Pork-Chops/Detail.aspx?prop31=1
• I've made these porkchops before, and they are always delicious. The porkchops are marinated in soy sauce, minced garlic, and pepper. Cook under the broiler for 7 or 8 minutes on each side, and it makes for a low calorie meat.
• Salad (125 calories)
• Lettuce (15 calories)
• Cheese (55 calories)
• Bacon Bits (30 calories)
• Fat Free Italian Dressing (25 calories)

Exercise

• Elliptical for 20 minutes (175 calories)
• Lazy bike for 5 minutes (25 calories)

Day 29 Summary

Calorie Calculator Total Calories: 676 calories

Total Burned: 200 calories

Amount I Could Have Eaten: 876 calories

Food Eaten: 325.5 calories

Calories Saved: 550.5 calories - This probably isn't good. I was so hungry all day today (probably from all the overeating done this past weekend), so I tried to fight my hunger pains.