Here's my food plan. (I don't know that I will log here each day because I tend to do fine with my paper and pen.)
B: raspberry smoothie- I am trying something new- a pretty large, higher cal smoothie I make as a breakfast. I can eat this on the way to work.
L: rice, veg and a green salad- leftovers
S: skim milk tea
D: toast, jam and soy hot cocoa. (I know that being sick and working will mean that I will totally want comfort and that I will not at all be willing to cook, so we are going for easy comfort.

friday ended with 2 grumpy people yelling at me==not a good thing on 4 horus of sleep. i ended up eating way too much for dinner, and then having a horrible bout of diarrhea. i slept much better, and i ran for an hour on satruday. later, dd wanted me to help her get back to jogging, so i did another 30 minutes jog. saturday has been on track and great

Good luck to you all. I don't have the energy to join in this time, much as I'd like to and need to. Maybe at a later date.

Hang in there, Sandy. Tomorrow will be better, if only because it's NOT Friday the 13th!

I had a good day, though I wrote out my food plan over lunch. Had a rough idea of what the day would look like food-wise when I headed out the door at 8:45 a.m., knowing I wouldn't return till after 5 p.m. Exercise class, errands, working at the school book fair (two shifts!), and getting DS to his play date, which has turned into a sleepover. Only unplanned eating was the last half slice of banana bread as dessert. (It's a yeast bread I make in my bread machine.) I'm considering that a victory because 1) I passed up the candy dish at the dry cleaners' this morning and 2) I was at the mall just before dinner time and both the food court and See's Candies were screaming my name.

I think my biggest challenge right now is learning what 1500-1600 calories really looks like and how to pack more volume into that number so I'm more satisfied at the end of the day. The after-dinner hours have been especially hard lately.

My first day on challenge was a total flop! I felt totally sick and ate snack food- mostly pretzels and dry toast all day. My calories were likely too high- I know that one handful after another of pretzels really adds up!

I am hoping to feel better tomorrow and to stick to a real plan. UUGH!

congrats to those of you who stuck to your plans.

Today went pretty much as planned. I had a different snack but my total calories were still just barely 1300.

Did not go to the Y.

Good on plan day for me.

Tomorrow will be a challenge as we got a last minute invite to an OSU party and we'll be there for dinner. Lots of portion control and good decisions are in my future tomorrow.

Change of dinner plans for me as the market has beautiful salmon on sale.

So dinner tonight will be salmon, artichokes and roasted potatoes. I'll save the pasta dinner for tomorrow or Sunday.

i had planned to workout but i only got 4 hours of good sleep, so i stayed in bed. which always messes with my rhythms a bit. oh well.

B; sushi (brown rice) and spinach
snack: if hungry, 1 organic beef hot dog with ketchup (80 calroies)
L: veggie soup with spinach, chicken patty if i need the extra protein
d: 3 bluberry blintzes
lots of sleep tonight becuase i plan for an hour run in the morning.

Ok, I don't usually "plan ahead" but I am a creature of habit so I usually have the same thing for my breakfast, snack and lunch every weekday.

Breakfast: (between 5:30 & 7am)
Dan Active (Strawberry)
Banana
1.25 oz(1/2 serving)Jiff Reduced Fat Peanut Butter
10 Ritz Whole Wheat Crackers

Snack: (around 10am)
Quaker Oatmeal
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 serv. Granny Smith (No Sugar Added) Applesauce

Lunch: (between 12 & 2pm)
Turkey Sandwich

Grand Total:
Calories 938
Fat 31.7
Carbs 142.3
Protein 36.3

I think we are going to have Tilapia and Brocoli Florets for dinner tomorrow. That could change.

I have been going to the Y first thing in the AM but I think I may try going after lunch everyday except Wed. (I take mother to the grocery store after lunch on Wednesdays).

On M, W, F, I do upper body machines and walk 1 mile.
On Th. & Thur. I do lower body machines and walk 1 mile.

Rarely get to the Y on the weekends because we are always on the go all day Sat. & Sun.

My plan for tomorrow:
E: kettle bells
B: whole wheat/flax english muffin with light cream cheese
L: tuna sandwich with 1 serving of pirates booty
S: 1 cup veggie based soup
D: whole wheat pasta with shrimp, zucchini and 1 oz of goat cheese