Day 36... Finally!

I've made it through another week of watching (or not-watching) what I eat, counting calories, exercising consistently, and playing tennis when I can. At the end of Week 5, I should be at 142 calories. With a few set backs (Thanksgiving and that entire weekend, plus this past weekend), I expected to be know where near 142 lbs. Luckily, I weighed myself first thing and the scale was shocking ...

146...

146?! That means I lost 3 lbs after the week after Thanksgiving! Somehow I lost weight, even after wrapping up each blog for the past 3 or 4 days by saying "I didn't save any calories" or "I ate more than I should." So by looking at the past few days of "overeating" it is making me wonder how accurate all this is. I should not have lost weight if I was over on my calories so much. However, this is the plan I've decided to take, so I'm going to stick with it for now.

Breakfast

• 2 Mini Quiches (95 calories x 2 = 190 calories)  
  • A few mini quiches were left over from dinner last night. I thought the onion was strong at dinner, but it is even stronger when the quiches/muffins are at room temperature. Oh wow... a little too much for me! 

Lunch

• McDonalds, kinda ( 160 calories)
• I was going to eat left over pork, but then Jason wanted McDonalds. Lovely, right? I told him I didn't want anything, that I was going to eat pork, but then he sat down next to me. A McDouble and fries is one of my favorite meals. ever. So I snacked a little on Jason's food (taking about 1/4 of his McDouble and probably 1/8 of his large fries).
• 1/4 McDouble (97.5 calories)
• 1/8 Large Fries (62.5 calories)

Dinner

• Snacks at the tennis court (500 calories)
• After the tennis match, there is always a few appetizers, water, and beer for mingling together after the match. Last night I thoroughly enjoyed the cheese ball, a dip, and a brownie or two. I don't have the calories for what I ate because I didn't make it and I'm not sure what all was in it. My guess would be around 500.

Exercise

• Elliptical (150 calories)
• Singles Tennis match for at least 90 minutes (604 calories)
• Last night was probably the most evenly matched competitor I've played in the singles league (thought this was 2.5 and not 2.0). I lost the first set 6-4, and I really lost the second set (6-1). I'm pretty sure the cold weather got the best of me for the second set... a chilly 40 degrees is not tennis weather. Anyway, we had a great time playing and chatting.

Day 34 Summary

Calorie Calculator Total Calories: 666 calories

Total Burned: 754 calories

Amount I Could Have Eaten: 1420 calories

Food Eaten: 850 calories

Calories Saved: Wow... I saved 570 calories!