Vegan Day 3

Breakfast: Chocolate Coconut Larabar: 200 calories
Lunch: Burrito! with guacamole, pico de gallo, lettuce,jalopenoes, onions, and peppers :400 calories
Snack: Banana with peanut butter: 200 calories and failed sweet potato: 50 calories

Total: 850 calories

Vegan Day 2

^ It looks like a Pac Man bagel!



So, I was going to have a slice of 40 calorie toast with peanut butter for breakfast but my bread was not vegan... So I had to add 30 calories to my intake in order to stay animal free (which in all honesty I am not sure if my substitution was better). Otherwise today has been going good! I packed carrots and grapes for a snack and I have no clue what I want to have for dinner.

The Amy's meal I had for lunch was one of the best ones I have ever had! I would eat it even if I wasn't doing a vegan challenge. It had perfectly cooked brown rice and a yummy teriyaki sauce! Plus the broccoli and carrots weren't too mushy!

Breakfast: 1/2 weight watchers bagel with a tbs of peanut butter: 175 calories
Lunch: Amy's Organic Teriyaki Bowl: 290 calories and 1 cup Red Grapes: 110 calories

Total: 575 calories

Vegan Day 1

I am officially nervous and terrified that I am going to fail at this challenge. This morning I woke up and made myself a Vegan toaster pop but the whole time I was thinking "This would be so scrumptious if I had a glass of milk." I also realized that coffee is going to be a small problem this week but I need to stop looking at the negative. I have class until 11 today and I think I am going to search out the dining hall for some vegan options and then go walk the loop. I need to start searching for something for dinner. I am craving a sweet potato so maybe i can incorporate that somehow. I had a few setbacks this past weekend but I am hoping to work through them this week and start having a little more faith in myself along with a little more self control!

Today has actually been going awesome! I went to 2 local markets to get some food for the week and found some really yummy snacks.

Breakfast: Amy's Strawberry Toaster Pop: 150 calories
Snack: Apple Chips and Dry Roasted Edamame : 200 calories
Lunch: 1/2 of an Amy's Noodle Bowl: 145 calories
Snack: Apple and Peanut Butter and Tomato chips with Vegan Sour Cream and French Onion Dip: 390 calories
Dinner: Homemade Pesto and pasta : 284 calories
Dessert: Banana with 1 tbs Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter and 1 tbs of regular peanut butter : 280 calories

Total: 1,449 calories

NO SWEETS?

So it is day 1 of my no sweets until Tuesday challenge. So far all is well and I haven't had the urge to ransack the house for any stashed (in case of emergency) chocolate. For breakfast I had a banana nut vita muffin top (I do not consider this a sweet but what do you think?) I had a very long strenuous test for my 8 am and after that I rushed to the store on campus and got a coffee and an organic blueberry yogurt. After that I found a cozy table and sat down and started writing this before I have to leave for my ten. So, I have been thinking about upcoming week challenges and while this week I have sworn off all "traditional" sweets I was thinking it might be cool to limit my entire sugar intake to a certain amount one week. Also, I have decided to eat like a vegan next week but next Saturday night I am hosting a Harry Potter dinner party and I was thinking about excusing myself from the challenge for that one meal. Honestly, who can resist butter beer? I may make one vegan dish for the party though. Is that too much of a cheat though? I am very conflicted simply because I have had this party planned for a month.

Week 1: No sweets
Week 2: Vegan
Week 3: Vegetarian
Week 4: Ideas?

Also, my phone is dead and I left my camera at home in the "I might be late for my test" rush! So no pictures of my early morning meals!

Hitting the wall

I always run into a major problem when trying to lose weight which is getting to this point in my healthy eating regime where I give up/get bored. So, as my blog entries started to decline I realized that this is a pattern that I can not keep repeating. So, I had what I think to be a fabulous idea! The idea is to challenge myself to a different type of eating every week to keep my weight loss interesting and fun. Starting next Tuesday I am going to eat like a vegan for a week. As for the conclusion of this week I am going to not eat sweets. I am really excited about this challenge! I think it will be a great way for me to stay focused and have more fun with it. So if you have any good vegan recipes please send them to me! Also, if you have any ideas for what I could do for a week send that too.

Day 41

Breakfast: Kashi Pumpkin Spice Flax bar with a 1/2 milk: 220 calories
Snack: Kettle Corn Popcorn : 100 calories
Lunch : Cedarlane Enchiladas: 370 calories with 12 chips and Jack's Salsa 150 calories

Total: 840

Breakfast: Light Whole Wheat Toast with Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter: 160 calories

Day 39

I woke up to beautiful snow this morning! I think I am going to head down to the beach and get a few pictures. There is a bird in the second picture; you can click it to enlarge it.

Breakfast: 2 slices Light Whole Wheat Toast with Veggie Bacon, 1 egg, and a slice of cheese: 245 calories

Day 37

So I finally got my scale to work and I am up a pound! Ahh! I guess I will just need to work harder this week and really get into the gym.

Breakfast: 2 eggs and a piece of light wheat toast with strawberry jam: 210 calories
Lunch: Ethnic Gourmet Chicken Tikka Masala with a few apple slices and peanut butter : 370 calories
Snack: White Cheddar Popcorn 100 calories
Total: 680 calories

Day 36

My scale won't come on! So I haven't weighed in yet this week. I am going to try to replace the batteries this afternoon and hopefully that will work. I couldn't take pictures at dinner because I was at a business etiquette dinner

Breakfast: Cinnamon Roll Larabar : 210 calories
Lunch: Chik Fil A Chicken nuggets: 270
Snack: Sushi: 400
Dinner: 3 course business etiquette dinner

Day 35

I made beautiful cookies with the girls today but now my hands are dyed pink. I really liked the spinach and feta pocket but I think next time when I make it I might add some grilled chicken to it.

Breakfast: Light Whole Wheat Toast with an egg and Texas Pete: 110 calories
Snack: Bite of a sugar cookie: 45 calories and coffee with Cinnamon Creamer: 85 calories
Lunch: Amy's Spinach and Feta in a Sandwich Pocket: 260 calories
Snack: Moroccan Hummus and Wheat Thins: 200 calories
Dinner: Buffalo chicken with sweet potato fries. I put greek yogurt on my plate but didn't end up eating it: 220 calories
Dessert: Spoonful of dark chocolate peanut butter with a couple of chocolate chips 150 calories
Total: 1,060

Day 34

Breakfast: Naked Strawberry and Banana juice
Coffee with cream and splenda
Lunch: Amy's Tortelini and Pesto
Snack: Vanilla Greek Yogurt with a little granola
a handful of wasabi almonds
Dinner: 2 chicken tenderloins with buffalo sauce in a 80 calorie wrap and a sprinkle of cheese

Weekend

Day 31

I did a small workout last night and I am planning on going to the gym today after class. Today is going really well! No snacking for me!

Breakfast: English Muffin with Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter and half of a banana: 235 calories
Snack: Organic Vanilla Greek Yogurt with pumpkin granola: 130 calories
Lunch: Amy's Organic Burrito with added chicken: 400 calories
Snack: Orange - 45 calories
Dinner: ?

Total: 810

Day 30

My internet is finally working!!! It took a cable man coming to my house to tell me that there was a cord unplugged...

Anyways, today has been a bad day as far as dieting goes...

Breakfast: Gingersnap Larabar : 190 calories with a non fat vanilla sugar free latte 100 calories
Lunch: 1 1/2 soft tacos from on campus: 300 calories
Dinner: Amy's Organic Stuffed Shells dinner: 310 calories

Snacks:
I finished off my apple chips and my Mediterranean vegetable chips: 320 calories
1/2 mint 3 musketeers bar 75 calories and 1 dark chocolate ferrero rocher 56 : 131 calories

Total: 1,251 calories

My Amy's meal was ridiculously delicious! I will definitely be buying it again. I really want to try more things like that from that brand mainly because I can pronounce all of the ingredients!
Ok maybe today wasn't as bad as I thought! I felt like I was eating all day... I am also having a really hard time getting back into exercise, any tips? Also, I am looking for a healthy oatmeal breakfast cookie or bar does anyone have a recipe for that?

Day 29

I only ate half of the bar because I didn't really like the bar, it was too tart for me. Weigh in was today and I stayed the same. I guess it could have been worse but oh well. I just need to start getting in the gym more. Well, I am on my way to babysit

Breakfast: Cherry Pie Lara Bar: 100 calories
Snack: popcorn, craisins, and cashews
Lunch: Chicken Burrito
Dinner: Chicken burger with sweet potato chips and apple chips
Banana and peanut butter
I snacked today :-( Unfortunately my internet has been down and I didn't take pictures