Yummy New Breakfast Food

So this morning, I attempted to make peanut butter balls with 1/2 cup of quick oats, 2 tbsp of organic peanut butter, 2 tsp of Splenda, and 1/8 tsp of cinnamon. That's what the closeup above is. Look under the jump to see it in my ready-to-go container.

My Day - Shopping and Eating

So let me start by saying I'm really surprised at how well my diet is going. I can eat all sorts of things(in moderation, of course) and still be well under 1000 calories for the day. For example, I can eat 3 Hershey's special dark chocolate kisses for only 60 calories. If you suck them instead of biting them, they last for quite a while. Without further ado, here's a pic of my lunch:

So I actually ended up eating about half at lunch with a cup of reduced fat milk and the other half I had for dinner. At dinner I also had 5 wheat Saltines with 1 tbsp of organic peanut butter(I poured the oil off), 5 Hershey's special dark kisses, and 1 reduced fat string cheese. I'm also now finishing up the remains of a 90 calorie pack of fruit snacks. It's taken me at least 30 minutes to eat them now and I still have 2 left.

Lunch at Souplantation

So I did keep healthy but I ate soooo much!!! And I had a lemonade with the pulp in it. It wasn't too sweet so I hope there weren't too many calories in it. And the piece de resistance, my salad:

No dressing, just cherry tomatoes, kidney beans, corn, lettuce, green peppers, cabbage and carrots. It was delicious! Here's what my less healthy best friend had:

Not so good since he smothered it in ranch dressing and croûtons. And he also ate a baked potato chopped with sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese along with some creamy clam chowder. Yikes! That's a lot of calories, but he's a guy and he plays basketball a lot so he'll be fine.

Eating Out

So my best friend hit me up after class today and asked me if I wanted to go and grab something to eat with him. This is my first team eating out since I have started this diet. Hopefully I get something really healthy and filling with a low calorie count.

Besides that, I discovered today how filling those almonds can be. I ate 8 almonds after class because I'm starving and the cafeteria wasn't open yet(which I won't be going to since I'm going out to eat) and within minutes my hunger pangs went away. I have to ask my mom to send me some more of those almonds! They're raw and that's honestly the way almonds and cashews taste best to me. They both taste kind of sweet, almonds tasting a little like coconut even.

Good Morning....Internet

I'm up bright and early today! I just came back from the gym and I was feeling a little light-headed this morning so I only got  to 21 minutes on the elliptical before I got off. It said that I burned 235 calories in those 21 minutes so I'm pretty content with that. I'm gonna get to my daily bowl of oatmeal now before I faint out of hunger!

Edit: Totally forgot to tell you that the scale said I weigh exactly 175 pounds without my shoes.

Again?

Yes, I'm updating twice in one day. Remember the early days when I used to update more than once a day? Me neither. Seems like so long ago. Anywho, I just came back from the gym. I weighed myself with my shoes on before workout and the scale said 178.something. I can't remember what it said. I did 45 minutes on the elliptical at resistance level 5 and I burned 558.5 calories. Woohoo!!! If I do this everyday, I can burn at least a pound of fat off every week just through working out, not even considering my diet. Then I played a little basketball for 30 minutes and came back to tell you everything I did. Oh, and I weighed myself after I got off the elliptical and I weighed 176.2 without my shoes. I think this is my actual weight now. And funny fact for the day: When I tell people I weigh almost 180 pounds, no one believes me. They're convinced the scale is broken and I can't weigh more than 150-160 pounds. Well I do, and that's that. I think having size 36G breasts can weigh down a person quite a bit.

Edit: I just found out that 36G breasts weigh about 5 pounds each. So let's subtract 10 pounds from my current weight to see what the rest of my body weighs and we get....... 166.2 pounds. Ok, so maybe that's why people can't believe how much I weigh. I can't wait until I weigh 166 or less. I'm gonna work my butt off(literally...ok maybe not. I have a pretty nice normal butt.) to get there. Hope all my weight loss dreams come true!!!

New Diet, New Me

Hey guys!
I'm back for real this time!!! So I've started on a new and improved healthy diet. I'm eating lots of fruits and vegetables, I'm getting protein and a few carbs. A typical day goes something like this: