Jan 5

At three o'clock last night, I ate a granola bar and quite a lot of slivered almonds. I wasn't really hungry, but that's what I do when I can't sleep. Bummer.

Today: No br; L: Italian wedding soup, bean salad, 1 cookie. D: small helping of baked beans with 1 hot dog. Later, several pistachios, a few almonds. Late night snack: 1 yogurt, hard-boiled egg, piece of chocolate.

January 2

To the gym, 40 min aerobics, 20 min weights.

B. small cup yogurt. Lunch: omelet w tomato, spinach, and cheese, small amount of grits, two pieces buttered toast. snack: cherries, handful of almonds. D: 5 sausage links, some squash, 1 c macaroni and cheese. 100 calorie ice cream cone.

Snack: rice pudding.

December 9

I haven't stopped eating--just recording my food intake. Scary--I just bought two pairs of pants which looked big enough to fit a hippo--and they don't fit!

So I am resuming my food intake blog. I know it's weird, but it keeps my appetite in check.

Somewhat.

Today: br:small peach lowfat yogurt. L: bowl of Italian wedding soup, bean salad, one slice bread.

Nov 12--wed

Br: yogurt; no lunch: a few apple slices with peanut butter as snack; half a spicy Italian sub for dinner--the rest later that evening. Candied ginger, small amount kasha.

Tues, Nov 11

br: egg, two pieces rye toast, mayo, relish. L: large hamburger, guacamole, mayo ketchup, bun, 10-12 fr fries. D: kasha, cheese, dried peas, yogurt, sugar free tapioca.

Monday, Nov 10

br: cereal with dried fruit and milk, coffee w half and half. L: omelet with spinach, tomato, and cheddar cheese, small amount of grits, 1 sl lightly buttered rye bread; mid-aft: piece of cheese, apple; D: beef and beans in barbecue sauce (390 cal), yogurt; snack: large piece of apple nut bread.

Nov 6

Br: oatmeal, fruit. A couple of chocolates, perhaps 4, over the course of the day. L: 1 serving veg soup, 1 tuna sandwich, 1 pkg (100 calories) chips. Later: chips.

Nov 5

Br: cereal, dried fruit L: milkshake, cream cheese pretzel, celery; D: butternut squash soup (awful). Several pieces chocolate, apple, c yogurt w strawberries. Late night: chips--about 20, 360 calories.

Sunday, Nov 1

Br: Yogurt; l: lunch, won ton soup, egg roll, small amount of veg, pork and rice; later:
a whole lot of dried fruit and nuts, 1 piece cheese.

Friday--Halloween

Br: 2 pieces toast, peanut butter L: roast beef sandwich with sauteed mushrooms, potato salad, 1 cookie. Afternoon, 2 pieces candy.

Disaster day--Thursday

No breakfast, so I ate e cream cheesy bagel and a cup of coffee in the car, none too successfully. L: Bacon and tomato sandwich, cookie and coffee for lunch. D: lots of pizza--v hungry. Tonight, as we speak: nibbling on slivered almonds. No way is this going to be a weight loss day.

Wednesday

Yesterday was a lost weekend kind of day. Let's forget it.

I was up in the middle of the night drinking juice and snarfing down nuts and potato chips. Consequently I did not eat breakfast. My big problem is that I'm always hungry late at night. Solution? Go to bed early. More easily said than done.

Today; NO BR; LUNCH: BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP, cream cheese filled pretzel. D: 1 slice meatloaf, not terribly hungry. Now (7:25) I'm getting there.

Sunday

Br: Oatmeal, dried fruit (I"m getting awfully sick of this, couldn't finish it. L: yogurt, cauliiflower, pretzel
Mid-afternoon: pear

Friday

B: oatmeal with dried fruit, milk, coffee w cream; snack: 1 chocolate frosted donut, coffee, creamer. L: soup (beans, pasta, veg,), salad w vinegar and oil. Later: a few pretzels, granola bar. D: 2 Leanpockets egg & cheese pockets, 1 piece of cheese, pear.

Evening: Another 100 cal granola bar.

Late night: apple with peanut butter

back from California

Br--oatlmeal with dried fruit, milk; l hamburger, lettuce, onion, tomato, catsup; a few pretzels, nibbling on French fries all evening, snack--small vanilla yogurt.

I'm seriously considering eating an apple.

I did eat an apple, plus six pretzel sticks.

Oct 2

br: a c yogurt (60 calories)

L; cream of corn chowder, bean salad, chocolate chip cookie

snack: green grapes

oct 1

b--2 waffles, peanut butter.

4 pieces dried pineapple--oops, finished the whole package.

Dinner, meatloaf, salad, garlic potatoes.

Later: 1 piece cornbread, 25 or 30 almonds, butterscotch pudding (80 cal), 1 granola bar (100).

late at night: salad, pretzels, Wheat Chex

Sept 30

B: farina and dried fruit L: tuna sandwich, cole slaw, 5 small pieces candy D: 2 hot dogs on buns.
Snack: 12 pretzel sticks, 1/2c pineapple.

I'm always hungry at night.

Sept 28

Yesterday, as far as I can remember: B: Ricotta cheese and pineapple; L; black bean soup and romaine with salad dressing, 1 piece bread. D, 1 granola bar, crudities, cooked sweet potato, 1 cheese.

At night: about 20 pretzels, grapefruit juice.
Middle of the night: several pretzels, cookies.

Today: B pancakes, w peanut butter, L: cup Italian wedding soup, salad, 2 meatballs.

several pieces of sugar-free licorice.

Tuesday september 23

B: oatmeal with dried fruit
l: cheese omelet, grits, 1 slice rye toast
6 strings licorice: about 200 calories
d: large salad, 1 tB oil, 1 ts vinegar, orange, 12 almonds.
later: granola bar. several pieces candied ginger