My Menu

For two months I plateaued and haven't lost anything So I decided to actually watch my calorie intake and at first I thought it would be hard to only eat up to 1100 calories but its actually pretty easy if you take the time to actually eat only portion sizes and read the labels before purchasing your food.After you do it a couple times it just becomes habit and after a bit you will just know which products are better than others. Since most fruits and veggies don't come with labels I found this website http://caloriecount.about.com/ , I just looked up what I eat the most so I can have that at hand and its on my fridge.

1 tomato 10 Cal.

1/2 cup cucumbers (raw) 8 Cal.

1 cup cauliflower 25 Cal.

1 bell pepper 25 Cal.

1 medium Banana 105 Cal.

1 cup sliced mango 107 Cal.

1 gala apple 74 Cal.

1 red apple 90 Cal.

1 cup grapes 62 Cal.

1 medium peach 38 Cal.

1 orange 62 Cal

1 cup sliced strawberries 53 Cal.



I eat about the same foods every week but mix it up everyday.

Breakfast is one of these:
1.Special K (100 Cal Blueberries)  , Silk Milk ( 70 Cal.)
2.Slim fast shake - 1 can of slim fast (190 Cal) in blender with 1 banana (105 Cal) I only do that twice a week because it has more calories.
3. Apple Cranberry juice (95 Cal.) Breakfast bar (90 Cal.) string cheese (80 Cal)

My snacks between each meal varies.
1st snack at like
multi grain wheat thins, string cheese.
veggies
trail mix is my favorite
A fruit

I eat one of those snacks between breakfast and lunch and lots and lots of water.

Then Lunch is one of these most days: I try and keep lunch and breakfast around 300 and lower.
1. Turkey sandwich (use sandwich thins low in cal.) always wheat or multi-grain. Depending what I put on it can get up to like 290 Cal.
2. Lean cuisines. depends which kind I try for the lowest Cal.
3. Chicken salad .
4. Tuna sandwich, or tuna on wheat thins.Around 320

Then another snack around 3:00

Dinner this ones hard because its the meal I eat with Jasper. I try and just make it healthy as I can mainly chicken and a vegetable. I always include veggies with a meal the new food guide plate shows veggies should be the most . http://nutritiondietnews.com/food-guide-pyramid-now-replaced-with-food-guide-plate/854187/

You can eat anything you want as long as its the healthy choice. Like my friend loves chocolate and ice cream so she buys these chocolate ice cream bars called skinny cows. I love crackers !! So I buy whole grain cheez- its, multi-grain wheat thins, multi-grain Ritz. I think people forget that they don't have to reserve themselves from foods just make sure its the healthy kind ! You can't loose weight without eating properly or eating enough.

At work some of us girls started Taking Braggs-Apple Cider vinegar (Unflitered and also with the mother kind) before each meal (2 tsp up to 2 tbs whatever you feel like), I mix in a table spoon into a little bit of apple cranberry juice and only drink it for lunch and dinner.  I have been doing that for about 2 weeks now and the only difference is I don't feel as bloated but each article I find on ACV says its really good for you. 

I think exercise is an important key factor also , I go to zumba 3-4 times a week and run on the treadmill when I can get to it , workout videos help too when I don't feel like leaving. Walks, walk up and down stairs anything that keeps you moving.

I find it hard to eat right on the weekends and its my main struggle right now but hoping since I told Jasper Saturdays are hard for me hoping he helps me stay motivated. From exercising and eating right I've lost 5 lbs so far. My goal is another 3-4lbs the last stretch is the hardest !! Let me know any ideas you all have that I could incorporate :)

- Steph