Sat., Oct. 10 Menu

Breakfast - 8 am

2 Kashi Blueberry waffles with Blueberry Peach butter

Nutritional Info: 195 cal., 3g fat, 0g sat. fat, 0mg chl., 300mg sodium, 39g carbs, 6g fiber, 10g sugar, 8g protein

Workout 10 am - 12 pm

Lunch - 12 pm
EAS Protein Shake and a banana

Nutritional Info.: 215 cal., 3g fat, 0g sat. fat, 20mg chl., 261mg sodium, 868 mg potassium, 29g carbs, 4g fiber, 14g sugar (all unrefined from the banana), 18g protein

Friday, October 9th Menu

Breakfast - 6 am

Special K Fruit and Yogurt cereal w/ Light Soy milk
1 homemade banana nut muffin

Snack - 9 am

2 homemade banana nut muffins (yeah, I over-indulged in this tasty treat so, I'll pay for it later).

Lunch - 11:30 am
Since I went overboard on my snack I'm going light for lunch.

1 packet Wholly Guacamole with 14 Terra Exotic Vegetable chips

Nutritional Info: 250 cal, 17 g. fat, 2g sat. fat, 0mg chl., 200mg sodium, 21g carbs, 7g fiber, 4g sugar, 2g protein

Thursday, October 8th Menu

Breakfast: 6 am

Kashi Truly Vanilla Oatmeal with 1/4 cup dried cranberries and 1/4 cup fresh blueberries

Nutritional Info: 280 cal., 2g fat, 0g sat. fat, 0mg chl., 110mg sodium, 58g carbs, 34g sugar, 9g fiber, 9g protein (too much sugar -even if some of it is unrefined - for my preference in this one).

Wednesday, October 7th Menu

Breakfast - 6 am

2 Kashi blueberry waffles with blueberry-pomegranate butter

Snack - 9 am

Banana

Lunch - 12 pm

Chick-Fil-A Chicken sandwich on wheat bread, no pickles with light mayo and bottled water.

Snack - 3 pm

Honeycrisp apple

WORKOUT - 4-6 pm

Dinner - 6 pm

Special K Fruit and Yogurt cereal with Light Silk

Nutritional info: 190 cal., 3g fat, 0.5g sat. fat, 0mg chl., 255mg sodium, 35g carbs, 2g fiber, 17g sugar, 8g protein

Snack: 8 pm

1 cup red seedless grapes

Tuesday Octber 6th menu

Breakfast - 8 am

1/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt with 1/4 cup tropical fruit trail mix from Good Sense
1 Nature's Own Multi Grain english muffin toasted and with spray butter.

Nutritional Info.: 300 cal., 14 g. fat, 2.5g sat. fat, 0mg chl., 363mg sodium, 39g carbs, 8g fiber, 10g sugar, 15g protein

Snack - 10 am

2 cups kettle corn

Lunch - 12 pm

Leftover chicken and fruit salad.
Jello sugar-free rice pudding cup (threw the carton away so I don't know the nutritional info for this).

Snack - 3 pm
Honey Crisp apple

Dinner - 5 pm
37 all-natural lightly seasoned rice crackers
2 servings Quaker caramel rice cakes. (Horrible dinner I know, but I wasn't hungry for anything else. lol!)

Monday October 5th Menu

Breakfast - 8 am

1/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt with 1/4 cup tropical fruit trail mix from Good Sense
1 Nature's Own Multi Grain english muffin toasted and with spray butter.

Nutritional Info.: 300 cal., 14 g. fat, 2.5g sat. fat, 0mg chl., 363mg sodium, 39g carbs, 8g fiber, 10g sugar, 15g protein

Lunch - 1 pm

EAS chocolate protein shake and an apple

Nutritional info: 200 cal., 3g fat, 0g sat. fat, 20mg chl., 280mg sodium, 27g carbs, 9g fiber, 18g sugar (this is all unrefined all-natural sugars from the apple), 17g protein

Snack - 3pm

2 cups Kettle corn

Nutritional Info.: 130 cal., 5g fat, 0g sat. fat, 0mg chl., 130 mg. sodium, 21g carbs, 2g fiber, 6g sugar, 1g protein

Dinner - 5 pm

Homemade chicken and fruit salad with honey mustard dressing:
Salad:
1 cup raw Spinach leaves
1 grilled chicken breast
strawberries, quartered
grapes
mandarin orange sections
Dressing:
1/4 cup olive oil
2 T. balsamic vinegar
1 T. agave nectar or honey
1 T. orange juice
2 T. dijon mustard
Mix well and drizzle over salad ingredients.

Dessert - 6 pm

2 Schwan's oatmeal raisin cookies

Nutritional info: 220 cal, 6g fat, 3g sat. fat, 20mg chl., 200mg sodium, 36g carbs, 2g fiber, 22g sugar, 4g protein

Ok...

So, life is crazy. And I am one that usually requires a schedule.
I haven't had a schedule as of late. So, therefore, I have slacked on my blog updating duties.
To my followers and visitors, I apologize.

As a general update I have begun a rigorous workout schedule. I am going to school to become an EMT, then I'm on to paramedic school. So, in light of my job's physical requirements, I felt compelled to gain some muscle mass, rather than just be thin.

In gaining a balance between thin and muscular I have increased my caloric intake and my workout regime has become more rigid and demanding. I life weights every day for an hour or 2 and I run 1.5-2 miles daily, whether outside or on a treadmill.

With that said, I can obviously eat more and still stay within my weight goals because I'm burning more calories with my workout. My meals usually don't go over 400 calories each and I eat every 3 hours. My daily schedule is something like this:

Breakfast: 6 am (400 cal)
Mid-Morning snack: 9 am (200 cal)
Lunch: 12 pm (400 cal)
Mid-afternoon snack: 3 pm (100-200 cal)
Dinner: 6 pm (400 cal)
Dessert: 7 pm (less than 200 cal)

I still stick with my limited dessert intake and I don't eat anything after 7 pm. As you can see, my average daily calorie intake is only about 1700-1800. This is still a reasonable amount even if you're not exercising as strenuously as I am every day. It all depends on WHAT is making those calories add up!

My menu for today:

Breakfast - 6 am
1/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
1/4 cup dried tropical trail mix (Good Sense. It only has 3g of sugar.)
1 Nature's Own 100 calorie Multi-Grain english muffin with spray butter and 1 Tbl. of Polander All fruit spread.

Nutritional Info: 360 calories, 14g fat, 2.5 sat. fat, 365 mg sodium, 49g carbs, 0 chl., 18g. sugar (8 g come from fruit/fruit juice), 15g protein.

Snack: 10 am
2 oatmeal raisin cookies from Schwan's
(220 cal., 6g fat, 3g sat. fat, 20mg chl., 200mg sodium, 36g carbs, 2g fiber, 4g protein) for both

Lunch: 12 pm
Chicken Bacon and Ranch Flatbread Melt from Schwan's
(210 cal., 8g fat, 3.5g sat. fat, 15mg chl., 490mg sodium, 25g carbs, 1g fiber, 4g sugar, 10g protein)
Jello Sugar-free rice pudding
(70 cal., 2g fat, 1.5g sat. fat, 10mg chl., 180mg sodium, 13g carbs, 0g sugar, 2g protein)

Mid-afternoon snack and dinner (no dessert tonight as I had cookies for my snack) will be on the road. We are leaving for a weekend getaway tonight and won't be back till Sunday evening. So, I'll see you all on Monday!