November 26th

Breakfast

• 1 egg (70 calories) 
  
  
• Hot Lemon Water
• 1/2 grapefruit (46 calories)
  
  

Trying to change things up.  I normally drink so much in the morning with lemon water, green tea, cranberry water, and sometimes coffee that I'm really not hungry in the morning for a big breakfast.  I'm trying to have my hot lemon water, eat, then later have some of the other drinks.  It worked out well today, so I was able to get in more calories earlier and wasn't as hungry in the evening.  

Breakfast #2 

Oatmeal (290 calories) 

Took my oatmeal with me and got a grande cup of hot water from Starbucks- works out great when I'm on the go.  I like the Trader Joe's steel cut oat meal with flax seed mixed with low sugar maple and brown sugar.    Just made a batch of steel cut oatmeal tonight, so I will have it already made for the week.  

Addicted to this.  I love the Metifast hot chocolate mix with 1 cup of coffee.

I buy it at the Scripps hospital pharmacy (weight management clinic in Carmel Valley).  It is kind of expensive, so I normally only have 1/2 the package, but today I had the whole thing (110 calories).  The ingredient list is longer and more complicated words than I like it to be, but the nutrition facts are good. It has 4g of fiber, 14g protein, and 390mg potassium (11%).

Snack

Blueberry Bagel Alternative (110 calories) 

Warmed it up in the microwave- so good.  

Had another one.  

Warmed it up in the microwave and put a little smart balance on it.  

Souplantation for lunch with a friend

Looked up the menu ahead of time and planned out what I was going to have.  Souplantation provides all their nutritional information online and in the restaurant.  You can look up what is served for that day on the website.

• I made a large salad with fat free Italian dressing
  
• chunky chicken noodle soup
  
• black bean soup
  
• 1/8 piece of roll
  
• Iced Tea 
  

Snack

Didn't plan on having this.  Made a salad for my husband with these great candied pecans.  

Dinner

Zucchini Spaghetti 

Stacey made this at the girls night in and I forgot how much I liked it.  It is so good.  I changed it up a bit.  

• 1 Zucchini (for the noodles)
  
• 3/4 cup classico spaghetti sauce
  
• 1/2 cup spinach
  
• 1 mushroom
  
• 2 cloves garlic
  
• 2/3 cup boca crumblers
  
• 1 spray olive oil 
  

This whole bowl for only 195 calories.  

Dessert

Another frozen yogurt date with my husband.

I also sample a few of the flavors that look good, but are not the lower calorie yogurt.