Day Twenty-Three

So I finally have some new food pictures to show! I actually cooked dinner tonight, finally using up some ground turkey I've had in the freezer for ages. I also did the sweet potato fries thing again, this time in traditional fry shape. I did the burgers on the George Foreman and they turned out awesome...nice and thin. Pictures...

I was inspired by Kalyn's Kitchen's Grilled Middle Eastern Turkey Burgers, but didn't have all the ingredients, so I improvised a bit. I added the goat cheese which was delicious! I didn't even need sauce on them.

Who needs McDonald's when you can eat this? Yummy!

For exercise today, I half-danced/half-cleaned for a little over an hour. That's right...I organized my room, got all my summer clothes packed away, vacuumed, changed the sheets, did three loads of laundry, and did lots of running up and down the stairs! And danced when the activity allowed for it. :) I meant to scrub down the bathroom too, but it started getting late and I have a paper due and a test on Tuesday so I had to do some writing and studying. But I made some progress on both of those so it was a good, productive day.

Today's food:

Breakfast
Omelette w/ goat cheese and mini turkey pepperoni - 175
Morning star veggie links - 80
Coffee w/ creamer - 60

Lunch
1/4 cup chicken salad - 111

Dinner
Turkey burgers w/ goat cheese - 210
Sweet potato fries - 162

Snacks
Turkey bites - 80
Jell-o sugar free snack cup - 60
Fat free whipped cream - 30
Chobani non-fat Greek yogurt (vanilla) - 140

Total: 1108

I didn't do well with fruits or veggies at all today, but I'm running low on both, and I'm trying not to go back to the grocery store as I'll be going home for Thanksgiving this Thursday and I'll be gone for a week. But I might have to make an emergency spinach run!

Day Fourteen

Wow! We're one day away from the two week mark, and the end of phase one! It feels like it's gone by so fast. And I'm still going strong! Everyone's encouragement has helped so much.

I also got some exercise today! I walked from biology back to my car like I've been meaning to do for two weeks now! I think I'm going to start doing it regularly now, because it's practically built in to my day. It only takes twenty minutes, so it's not as long as it could be, but there are plenty of hills and it gets my heart rate up. I do need to get some shoes with better support though, because I did it in flip flops today and my calves were not happy.

I pretty much skipped lunch today, which wasn't good. I don't get home from class until 2:30 on Tuesday/Thursdays, and once I got home today I was a little panicked about my Bio test next week, so I came home and got studying...pretty much until dinner! But then, of course, I was starving by dinner. I managed not to overeat, though. And then I made a delicious chicken breast (recipe here) which had been marinating since last night. I grilled it on our George Foreman and it turned out great! I'm going to have to start using the George Foreman more...I usually don't like plain chicken breast much, since it usually turns out dry, but this was so good and moist all grilled up! Here's a picture:

It was so juicy, I didn't even need to put sauce on it! YUM!

Here's everything else I ate today:

Breakfast

Breakfast cup: 160

Morningstar Veggie Sausage: 160

Coffee w/ creamer - 60

Lunch

Eh...nada

Dinner

Mustard, lemon, and coriander chicken breast - 220

Peas and carrots - 40

Snacks

1 tablespoon peanut butter - 100

1/4 cup cottage cheese - 58

Total: 798

Yikes...a little low. Gotta keep up with those meals!

Thanks everyone! And keep commenting, it helps so much!!