Day 7... Now What?

I've made it almost an entire week. A week of watching what I eat (minus Saturday a little), not stepping on the scale (okay maybe once or twice), but now what? I don't see a physical change, but I can tell by the amount of food I am not eating. And I don't mean that in a "I'm starving myself" type way. I mean that I don't feel hungry like I did a week ago. And when I do feel hungry? I don't act on it right away... I give it a little while so I can wait to see if the hunger is permanent or it goes away. I think this adventure has been successful so far. So, what have I eaten today?

For breakfast, I didn't do the whole "egg biscuit" thing. We have leftover food from our football yesterday, so I want to get that out of the way as soon as possible. I snacked a little on a tiny cheese ball I broke off of the original (it wouldn't fit in the platter I was using). I ate it with a few Ritz crackers. Pretty good, but not the healthiest item.

I cleaned a little while Jason and his good friend Smith golfed. Not really, that's a lie. I sat around pretty much the entire day. They made it back from golfing around 2:00, and then we ate lunch. I finished up the grilled chicken from yesterday, and I ate some Fiesta dip. For the first time in my life, I measured out the serving size for dip: 2 tablespoons. Then I ate a few chips with the dip. Overall, a pretty good lunch.

After Jason and I ran a few errands, we decided to hit the tennis court... in the dark, in the cold. We had a fun time, and I beat him pretty good. We played played one set and I won 6-1. The second set was cut short because my ears were cold, but I won that 4-2, as well. We set the timer so I could have an accurate time of how long we played tennis: 56 minutes. Heck yeah... that was 394 calories!

For dinner, I decided to treat Jason to his favorite meal: spaghetti. Good on calories? Not so much! So I started googling and found out a cup of lean ground beef (93%) is 330 calories. Plus tomato sauce and spaghetti seasoning... I knew I was about to hit my calorie limit for the day. So instead of eating spaghetti noodles, I decided to make an open faced spaghetti sandwich. I measured out a cup of spaghetti and poured it on a toasted slice of bread. Not bad... but it was way too much meat for one piece of bread. I wish I spread it out over 2 slices, but I don't think my calories would have allowed that. And... I had to add some Parmesan cheese. Next time, I think I'll just put 1/2 cup of spaghetti per slice of bread. Either way, Jason has been great support of not eating fatty foods in front of me and putting up with the low cal foods, so I wanted to let him have his favorite.

Breakfast

• A small portion of my leftover cheese-ball (about 11 calories: 215 calories, divided by about 20 servings)
• Cream cheese (100 calories)
• Shredded cheddar cheese (110 calories)
• Italian dressing mix (5 calories)
• Ritz crackers (128 calories)
• 5 crackers is 80 calories according to the box, and I believe I had 8

Lunch

• Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken (266 calories)   (eaten yesterday)
• Ingredients
• 1/3 cup dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon steak sauce
• boneless skinless chicken breasts (this recipe makes 4 breasts)
• Directions
• In a shallow bowl, mix the mustard, honey, mayonnaise, and steak sauce. Set aside a small amount of the honey mustard sauce for basting, and dip the chicken into the remaining sauce to coat.
• Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill chicken over indirect heat for 18 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally, or until juices run clear. Baste occasionally with the reserved sauce during the last 10 minutes (which we forgot to do, oh well).
• Fiesta Dip (100 calories)
• Ingredients
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup salsa
• 1/2 cup salsa
• Directions
• Mix everything together. Serve or refrigerate.
• Tortilla chips (about 60 calories)

Dinner

• Open Faced Spaghetti Sandwich, 465 calories
• Lean ground beef (330 calories)
• Tomato sauce (20 calories)
• Spaghetti seasoning (35 calories)
• Slice of bread (60 calories)
• 2 teaspoons Parmesan cheese (20 calories)

Exercise

• 56 minutes of singles tennis (394 calories)

Day 7 Summary

Calorie Calculator Total Calories: 719 calories

Total Burned: 394 calories

Amount I Could Have Eaten: 1113 calories

Food Eaten: 1030 calories

Calories Saved: 83 calories