{jen} food log 03/18/10...

• 2 hard boiled eggs--140
• Green Monster smoothie {1 cup skim milk, 1/4 cup oats, 1 T peanut butter, spinach, 1 T honey, 1 frozen banana--449
• Dried apricots--120
• Wrap with Hummus, turkey pepperoni, spinach and tomato--234
• Cherry Sprite--230  {I know!  stupid!  never drink your calories!!}
• Nutz over chocolate Luna Bar--180  {I think Luna Bars are my favorite!}
• Meatball open faced sandwich on sandwich thin--485
• Mango chunks--90
• fiber one crackers--280

I went way over today!  I blame it on the sprite.  very stupid!

Today's total:  2208  {that's 633 calories over my goal...bleh}

{jen} food log 03/10/10...

• 2 hard boiled eggs---140
• 1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean with 1/2 banana and 1/2 c skim milk--230
• dried apricots---120
• wrap with turkey, tomato, spinach and hummus--225
• pink lady apple--100
• banana bread lara bar--220
• burrito bowl--461

Today's calories--1501

{jen} food log 03/09/10...

• 2 hard boiled eggs---140
• 1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean with 1/2 banana and 1/2 c skim milk--230
• Med. Iced Vanilla Coffee from McDonalds---190  {I know!  But I have a weakness , and my friend made me do it....really!  It's the best one I've ever had, too!}
• Burrito Bowl---380
• Cashew Cookie Lara Bar---230
• Chicken & Asparagus---106
• Dried Apple slices---110
• Smart Start Cereal {dry}---190

Today's total:  1576

{jen} food log 03/08/10...

I was fairly lax on tracking my calories this weekend.  This doesn't mean I didn't eat well, I just didn't keep track of everything.

Today:

• 2 hard boiled eggs---140
• 1 cup Kashi Go Lean, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup skim milk---230
• 20 raw almonds---120
• Dried Apricots---120
• Salad with spinach, artichokes, tomato, grilled chicken and balsamic vinaigrette--135
• Pecan Pie Lara Bar---220
• Clementine---37
• Dried Apricots---60
• Chocolates---100
• Burrito Bowl with 1/2 c brown rice, 2 oz chicken, 1/4 c black beans, 2.5 oz avocado, 1 oz tomato, salsa and green tobasco sauce---380

Today's total:  1542

{jen} food log 03/05/10...

Hey girlie!  Where'd you go? ....come back to me!!!!!!!

Friday breakfasts with the team at work are bad!  Next week is my week though, so I can control the calories then!  mwahahahahaha!

• Gooey Cinnamon Roll---240  {estimation}
• Banana---100
• OJ  {took a couple of sips of some low sugar orange juice...gross}--13
• 1/2 lavash wrap with turkey, spinach, tomato, hummus, & avocado--249
• Ginger Snap Lara Bar---240
• 1/2 cup milk---40
• 2 Wasa Crackers and one wedge Laughing Cow cheese---125
• Homemade stir fry with chicken, shrimp and veggies---400?  {not sure on exact}

{jen} food log 03/04/10...

• 2 hard boiled eggs---140
• 1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean, 1/2 cup Smart Start, 1/2 cup skim milk and blueberries---240
• 1/2 lavash wrap with avocado, roast beef, spinach, tomato and hummus---198
• Peanut Butter Cookie Lara Bar---220
• Clementine---37
• Dried Apricots---120
• 4 hershey's kisses {i caved}---88

I had dinner with my friend April.  We shared a few items from the small plates menu at Houlihans.  The following amounts are based on their nutrition info and some estimations on my part....

• 1/2 BBQ Chicken Flatbread Pizza--174
• 1/2 Chinese Dumpling Kabobs---274
• 1/3 of the Hummus and 1/2 Pitas---375  {eek}

Today's calorie total--1986

All in all I went over by 411 calories!  Definitely not ideal, but it is encouraging to see that I still fell under 2000 calories for the day!  Maybe all isn't lost....

{jen} food log 03/03/10...

• 2 hard boiled eggs---140
• 1 cup Go Lean Cereal with 1/4 cup soymilk, 1/4 cup skim milk, and fresh blueberries---220  {yay!  the soymilk is officially gone!}
• Burrito Bowl!---412
• 20 raw almonds---120

This is where it gets tricky.  We went out with some friends to watch the KU vs. K-State game, so I had bar food to choose from...not pretty.

• 1 Miller Light Draft---???  {Jillian says no alcohol, but I just couldn't help but have one...just one!}
• Grilled chicken salad with oil and balsamic vinegar---???  {totally disgusting.  I ate the chicken, that was about it.  Note to self:  Don't order salads at a bar}

When we got home I was still hungry, so I had:

• Pita and Hummus
• Smart Start Cereal and skim milk.  

Not sure where I ended up calorie-wise, but I think I did okay considering I was surrounded with fried bar food and pizza all night!  

p.s.  Rock Chalk!!

{jen} food log 03/02/10...

• 2 hard boiled eggs---140
• 1 cup Kashi Go Lean, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup soymilk---239
• 20 raw almonds---120
• Wrap with turkey, roast beef, spinach, black beans, tomato, avocado and fat free cream cheese---331
• 5 dried apricots---120
• PB&J Cliff Mojo Bar---220
• Burrito Bowl with grilled chicken, rice, avocado, tomato, black beans, salsa, lots of cilantro and green tobasco---431

I cannot tell you how much I love these Burrito Bowls!  Inspired by this lovely lady.  I think I could eat them every day, seriously.  so good.

Today's calorie total:  1601  {26 calories over!  eek!}

{jen} food log 03/01/10...

I'd just like to state right here on Monday morning that this week is going to be a bit challenging for me.  I have social dinner plans 3 nights this week...yikes!  I am going to have to make sure that I really watch what I eat and workout as hard as possible to ensure that I make progress in the midst of this.

Today's food:

• 2 hard boiled eggs with sprinkle of salt/pepper---140
• Kashi Go Lean Cereal with 1.5 oz fresh blueberries and 1/2 cup soymilk---217
• 20 raw almonds---120
• 5 dried apricots---120
• Lavash wrap with turkey, spinach, tomato, black beans and fat free cream cheese--255
• Avacado--76  {my friend shared, it was the perfect add on to the wrap..mmmm}

this is where the evening out begins:

• Approx. 1 cup pasta with cheese, sausage, etc---???
• Salad with fat free italian dressing---???
• Brownie---???

Not really sure where I ended up calorie-wise.  Before dinner I was at 928.  I'd like to think I wasn't too far off my 1575, but I probably went a little over.  We had a great night with friends though!  I think it was worth it!

{jen} weekend food...

I didn't log in and record everything from the weekend.  I did keep track in my handy-dandy food log, so I could record it all here now, but that seems kinda silly.  Instead I think I'll just fill you in on the gist.

First of all, I had my first weekly weigh in on Saturday!  I'm down 3.6 pounds!  According to my scale, my body fat % only went down by .4%, but I'm not sure how accurate that is anyway.  I do know that I'm feeling stronger everyday and I can tell my clothes are starting to feel a little looser!

I did pretty well with my food this weekend.  Nothing threw me off course.  Saturday I totaled 1553 calories {shooting for 1575} and Sunday came in at 1267.  I just wasn't that hungry yesterday.

The workouts are going well!  You can read about them here.

Here's to another week!  Happy Monday!

{jen} food log 02/26/10

• Smart Start Cereal with 2 oz blueberries and 1/2 cup soymilk--275
• 2 breakfast burritos---576  {yikes!  We had a morning breakfast meeting.  i guess i should have stopped at one!}

**update:  feeling rather yuck from the burritos.  what was i thinking?!  I'm trying to drink lots of water to flush it out.  bleh.

• Mixed Salad---116
• Cutie---40
• Wasa cracker---45
• 20 raw almonds---120
• Pizza made from a pita bread, 1//8 cup marinara sauce, 1/2 oz shredded mozzarella cheese, 7 turkey pepperonis, 1 oz feta cheese, 5 cloves roasted garlic, and basil---268  {this was seriously so delicious!  hit the spot!}
• Cutie--37
• Kashi Go Lean Cereal with 1/2 cup soymilk---190

Today's total:  1540 cal

{jen} food log 02/25/10

• 2 scrambled eggs with green tobasco sauce---140
• Kashi Go-Lean cereal with 2 oz fresh blueberries and 1/2 cup soymilk---225
• Wrap with turkey, spinach, tomato, black beans and low fat cream cheese---255
• Navel Orange--40
• Mandarin Orange Cutie--37  {yes, two oranges in a row. I just bought the Cuties and couldn't resist trying one!} 
• 3 Dried Apricots---72  {the afternoon snack attack is starting again}
• Peanut Butter Cookie Luna Bar---180  {yummy!  seriously, so good.  should boost my energy just enough to get me through my workout!}
• 2 T Roasted Garlic Hummus---70
• 1 Pita bread---60
• Apricot Chicken---278  {recipe from Making the Cut.  a little sweet for my taste.  Thinking about adding red pepper flakes to the next batch.  Then it would be more spicy sweet!}
• Roasted Asparagus--50
• Cutie---37

Today's total calories--1564

{jen} tuesday's food...

• 2 hard boiled eggs with a sprinkling of salt and pepper----140 cal
• 1 cup Kashi Go Lean cereal w/ 2 oz fresh blueberries and 1/2 cup Soymilk---225 cal
• 20 raw almonds---120 cal
• Roast Beef, Spinach and Tomato Wrap--192 cal
• Small Navel Orange--40 cal
• Apple--100 cal
• Mushroom Jack Sandwich & a house salad with low fat ranch dressing {Texas Roadhouse}--496

We had dinner out with the family this evening for my sister's birthday.  This was the calorie count as found on the internet for Texas Roadhouse, but I am having a hard time believing it was that low.  The bun was smothered in butter.  In hindsight, I should have removed it and just eaten the inside, but I didn't.  

I did pass up ice cream and my boss' delicious sugar/reece's peanut butter cup cookies at work today though.  That's a feat in itself!  

I should also mention that I'm shooting for 1575 calories per day.  This is based on my BMR.  Don't want to go into starvation mode!  I have to say, when you start watching what you eat, you can really have a lot for 1600 calories!  

Today's calorie count:  1313