So many eggs today! They were so good, but incredibly filling. I didn't want to eat dinner, but forced myself at hubby's insistence. It's late so, here's what I had (lost .4lbs from yesterday, but hit 1500 calories again today):

April 24th, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,101; calories consumed: 1,594; calories burned: 0 Net calories: 1,594 Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
McDonald's Scrambled Eggs (2 eggs)	1.00	170	11g	520mg	180mg	1g	1g	0g	15g
McDonald's Sausage Patty	1.00	170	15g	30mg	340mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
IHOP Bacon Temptation Omelette	1.00	894	69g	959mg	2,273mg	14g	9g	1g	54g
Szechuan Tofu And Vegetables	1.00	130	6g	0mg	1,020mg	11g	4g	2g	11g
Guacamole	1.00	60	2g	0mg	130mg	6g	0g	0g	1g
Armour Pepperoni	0.50	70	7g	13mg	275mg	1g	0g	0g	3g
Smirnoff Citrus Vodka	1.00	100	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Totals:		1,594	110g	1,522mg	4,218mg	34g	14g	3g	91g

I weighed 159 on the nose this morning.

I'm loving all the cheese. Could the resetting of everything effect my lactose intolerance? I don't seem to be having much of a problem with all the dairy I'm ingesting. I won't worry about it. I'll just keep eating the cheese. Yum! Today I made creamy cheese enchiladas, low-carb style. They had chicken breasts, green chilies, cream cheese, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, onions and whipping cream. My girls and I killed it. Hubby said it was fantastic as well. Oh, and with all the fat and calories? I was down .4lbs this morning. Is this for real? Here's what I had today:

April 23rd, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,104; calories consumed: 1,334; calories burned: 0 Net calories: 1,334 Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
McDonald's Scrambled Eggs (2 eggs)	1.00	170	11g	520mg	180mg	1g	1g	0g	15g
McDonald's Sausage Patty	1.00	170	15g	30mg	340mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Low Carb	1.00	578	50g	199mg	352mg	6g	2g	0g	27g
Cache Valley Swiss Block 8oz	1.00	100	8g	25mg	60mg	1g	0g	0g	8g
Raw Iceberg Lettuce	2.00	16	0g	0mg	0mg	3g	0g	1g	2g
Armour Pepperoni	1.00	140	13g	25mg	550mg	1g	0g	0g	6g
Wishbone Ranch Dressing	1.00	160	13g	5mg	250mg	2g	2g	0g	0g
Totals:		1,334	110g	804mg	1,732mg	15g	5g	2g	65g

I was 159.4lbs this morning. What cheesy delight will I have tomorrow? Oh, decisions, decisions.

Happy Earth day! I lost .2lbs from yesterday, which puts me at the high end (two pounds above, exactly) my LIW. I thought I'd never see it again, once I started bouncing around 161 pounds. No complaints here. I'm still eating high fat and today was the first time I breached 1500 calories. My protein is exceptionally high and I suspect that is what is stabilizing me(?) I'm hoping I'll be able to tell over the next few days. I can't believe I'm nearly in P4 which scares me even more than P3. Will I be able to resist my temptations? Have I absorbed all of the good lessons I've learned?

Knowing that I have to stay within a certain weight range is pivotal to this process. If one just ran off and ate Willy Nilly whatever he/she wanted, that person's weight would soar back to naughty heights. Certainly can't have that now can we! I think that my Cinco De Mayo lunch out with my coworkers will have me choosing cautiously out of basic fear. It's funny to think that I may be able to show that kind of control. How extraordinary!

Here's what I had today:

April 22nd, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,107; calories consumed: 1,513; calories burned: 0
Net calories: 1,513

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Egg, Scrambled	1.00	160	11g	400mg	211mg	2g	1g	0g	13g
Sliced Bacon	2.00	208	18g	31mg	579mg	0g	0g	0g	11g
Western Family Premium Chunk Chicken Breast In Water	5.00	300	8g	175mg	1,400mg	0g	0g	0g	55g
Kroger Classic Mayo	2.00	200	22g	20mg	150mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Iceburg Lettuce	1.00	10	0g	0mg	7mg	2g	1g	1g	1g
Grapefruit, Half	1.00	26	0g	0mg	0mg	7g	0g	0g	1g
Guacamole	2.00	120	5g	0mg	260mg	12g	0g	0g	3g
Low Carb Taco Bake #119732	1.00	469	38g	206mg	502mg	3g	2g	0g	29g
Green Giant Kitchen Sliced Green Beans	1.00	20	0g	0mg	0mg	4g	0g	1g	0g
Totals:		1,513	100g	832mg	3,109mg	31g	4g	2g	112g

"Hello, 150s. Did you miss me?" I was 159.8 this morning. Hooray!

I lost .4lbs from yesterday and am feeling really good. I made the Taco Bake which was loaded with cheese, cream and eggs. I substituted the normal ground beef for. lower fat ground turkey. My eldest gobbled it up. She loved it! My youngest ate some too and didn't turn up her nose. I ate lots of fat and more calories then I've had so far. Here's what I had today:

April 21st, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,109; calories consumed: 1,333; calories burned: 0 Net calories: 1,333 Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Low-carb Crustless Ham & Broccoli Quiche	0.50	218	18g	151mg	297mg	5g	1g	2g	11g
Crystal Farms All Whites	2.00	60	0g	0mg	190mg	2g	0g	0g	12g
Low Carb Taco Bake #119732	1.00	469	38g	206mg	502mg	3g	2g	0g	29g
Grapefruit, Half	1.00	26	0g	0mg	0mg	7g	0g	0g	1g
Salmon Fillet, Grilled	2.00	500	10g	201mg	241mg	1g	0g	0g	64g
Guacamole	1.00	60	2g	0mg	130mg	6g	0g	0g	1g
Celestial Seasonings Red Zinger	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Totals:		1,333	68g	558mg	1,360mg	24g	3g	2g	118g

Today's weight was 160 on the nose.

Thank you, steak-day. I had a 2.2lb loss this morning. I noticed today and other days past that I get in plenty of fat, but not enough calories. I don't know if this has hindered me or not. I'll chug along and just do my best. My goal? Not to lose my momentum and spiral out of control on the gain-weight-wagon. So many people just self-destruct on P3 and P4. I'll be happy to find a happy-medium and stick with it until my next round (which will, hopefully be my last round).

Tomorrow, I have a recipe for a Taco Bake to try. It has cream, ground beef (I'm using ground turkey), cream cheese, cheddar cheese, green chilies, eggs and a touch of taco seasoning. It seems like it will make a great meal and I'm looking forward to it. I think I've also decided that the heavier meals should definitely be during the day (Breakfast like a Queen, lunch like a princess and dinner like a pauper is surely the way to go). Here's what I had today:

April 20th, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,112; calories consumed: 935; calories burned: 0
Net calories: 935

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Cache Valley Swiss Block 8oz	1.00	100	8g	25mg	60mg	1g	0g	0g	8g
Crystal Farms All Whites	1.00	30	0g	0mg	95mg	1g	0g	0g	6g
Bar S Bacon	1.00	80	7g	15mg	280mg	0g	0g	0g	4g
Green Giant Kitchen Sliced Green Beans	1.00	20	0g	0mg	0mg	4g	0g	1g	0g
Low-carb Crustless Ham & Broccoli Quiche	1.00	435	35g	302mg	594mg	10g	3g	3g	22g
Grapefruit, Half	1.00	26	0g	0mg	0mg	7g	0g	0g	1g
Market Pantry Tilapia	2.00	180	2g	110mg	80mg	0g	0g	0g	42g
Guacamole	1.00	60	2g	0mg	130mg	6g	0g	0g	1g
Celestial Seasonings Black Cherry Berry Herbal Tea	1.00	4	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Totals:		935	54g	452mg	1,239mg	29g	3g	4g	84g

I was 160.4lbs this morning.

Steak day. Yep. Knew it was coming. Not much to tell except I haven't eaten a thing all day (still haven't, but the steak is coming of the grill as I type this). I'll have the beef flat iron an apple and some tea. I had my 80 ounces today, one cup of green tea (for breakfast) and a cup of Folgers decaf for lunch. Exciting, right? That steak better be good cause I'm one hungry chick.

Oh, and the reason? The super high fat day (no more Nathan's or super high cholesterol shrimp for me for a while). I had a .8lb gain from yesterday. So, I was 162.6 this morning. Ugh!

It's strange to be eating all the fat. I still have a dieter's mentality in a lot of ways and cringe at all the fat I'm ingesting (I am trying very hard to work through this dogma). I think back to the days of staying within 1200 calories and 30 fat grams. Someone on the boards mentioned "getting rid of the Weight Watcher's ideology" and there's something to be said around that. Today I was around the 100 fat gram range and I'll be surprised if there isn't a significant change in my weight, tomorrow (only up .2 from yesterday, sort of. I got back on the scale and it reflected the same weight as yesterday. Since I try to record the first amount, then there was actually the .2lb increase).

The extra fat came from beef dogs and sausage links. The sausage was just part of breakfast, but the beef dogs were sort of a splurge with hubby (he's home and normally we'd splurge with cheesecake...instead I splurged on protein). I checked the stats online for Nathan's before we did it, just to be on the safe side. Actually, we opted for salads over the dogs but once we bit into those salads? Ugh! They were bland, bland, bland. Who knew a Southwest salad could be bland? That's when, we ordered the dogs. Too bad. If the salad had been good, I'm sure I would have been satisfied with it.

Amongst all the eating, I was more active today than I've been in a while. We went to two parks, played Frisbee, walked the neighborhood and did some shopping. I hope this offsets any damage I may have incurred. I recorded some activity below, but it was far more than what I recorded. I just don't really have a handle on how much it really was. Oh, well.

Here's what else I had on my high fat day:

April 18th, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,124; calories consumed: 1,309; calories burned: 97
Net calories: 1,212

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Cache Valley Swiss Block 8oz	1.00	100	8g	25mg	60mg	1g	0g	0g	8g
Crystal Farms All Whites	2.00	60	0g	0mg	190mg	2g	0g	0g	12g
Bar S Bacon	1.00	80	7g	15mg	280mg	0g	0g	0g	4g
Farmland Foods Pork Sausage Links - Original	1.00	260	23g	40mg	610mg	1g	1g	0g	0g
Nathan's Hot Dogs	2.00	340	30g	70mg	940mg	2g	0g	0g	14g
Sea Pak Shrimp Scampi	1.00	340	32g	115mg	540mg	3g	1g	0g	11g
Birds Eye Steamfresh Broccoli Cuts	1.00	30	0g	0mg	20mg	4g	2g	2g	2g
Grapefruit, Half	1.00	26	0g	0mg	0mg	7g	0g	0g	1g
White Zinfandel Wine	1.00	73	0g	0mg	5mg	1g	0g	0g	0g
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	20.0	-97.0
Totals:		1,212	100g	265mg	2,645mg	21g	4g	2g	52g

I was 161.8lbs this morning (still bouncing around in 161 land...at least it's fairly stable).