Day 111: The Day We Planted a Children's Garden

They were allowed to choose what was planted and where it went, and they had the greatest time sowing the seeds.

• Chocolate Cheerios in 1% milk and a small bowl of Cupcake Pebbles (I had to try) (breakfast)
• Goldfish, chocolate milk, Alba's pasta salad (lunch)
• a piece of dark chocolate, All-Fruit ice pop
  
• deli ham rolled in deli Swiss
• Dad's chicken and rice, Red Raspberry Diet Rite (dinner)
• 100 calorie pack Hostess cupcakes, 1/2 c milk
  

calorie total: 1,674

Day 110: The Day I Made Up For Yesterday

Adam and I went for our inaugural weekly "long" run. We hope it becomes a steady tradition. In preparation for the 10K we are doing in two weeks, we went for a 6.18 mile run -- just barely under 10K -- while our kids stayed with friends. It was only the second time we've run together and I learned that Adam is slightly OCD a la Monk while running: he has to touch nearly every phone pole and sign that he passes. Who would have known ...

• Greek yogurt w/ wheat germ, a slice of bread (breakfast)
• a pita w/ Suzanne's white bean-rosemary dip, 100-calorie pack Hostess cupcakes (have you bought these yet? Because you totally should), water
• a slice of bread w/ cinnamon-honey butter, deli turkey rolled w/ deli Swiss dipped in mustard, water, Cherry Cola Diet Rite (lunch)
• dry Chocolate Cheerios, water
• pita pizza w/ ham and pineapple, water (dinner)

calorie total: 1,426

Much, much better.

Day 109: The Day I Cared for Charlotte, Babysat Nico, Hosted a Lunch, Mowed the Lawn, Ran Three Miles, Baked Bread, and Went to Book Club.

Phew. It was a doozy of a day and I am so ready for bed.

And, as my sister says, I ate like a jerk. Man was not meant to consume so many Rice Krispies treats in such a short period of time.

• Chocolate Cheerios in 1% milk (breakfast)
• turkey and Swiss wrap, fruit salad, pasta salad, tortilla chips and salsa, lemon and white chocolate mousse parfait with strawberries, water (lunch for my friend who is expecting her 4th baby)
• a Rice Krispies Treat
• 2 more Rice Krispies treats
• yet another Rice Krispies treat (dinner??)
• white bean dip w/ pita, 2 chocolate covered strawberries, 2 slices of homemade bread w/ cinnamon-honey butter, a slice of Ami's chocolate-banana marble cake, water (treats at book club)

calorie total: I don't think I can admit it. I am embarrassed and ashamed.

Ugh. I truly ate like a jerk.

But I kind of have to, right? That's the whole point of this, right?

2,879

SHAME!

This is almost as bad as Easter. The sad thing is that, had I exercised any self-control over those blasted RKT, I would have saved myself 924 calories. 924! How could something so innocent be so bad for you?!? That would have kept me just a little more that 100 calories off my limit.

Let this be a lesson to myself: never make treats to help Adam study; it will just ruin you the next day.

Here's to tomorrow and a new day.

Day 108: The Day I Spray Painted the Kids' Chairs

Berry Pink and Key Lime Green. The girls chose the colors. Few things make my heart as happy as refinishing or repurposing something we already own. My ugly, orange, stained children's chairs are now shiny and new. Now I find myself looking around the house wondering what else could use a coat of spray paint ...

• Chocolate Cheerios (which they now sell at Costco) in 1% milk (breakfast)
• sliced deli ham w/ mustard, Ritz crackers, 1/2 banana w/ 1 T peanut butter, cherry cola Diet Rite (lunch)
• Greek yogurt w/ wheat germ
• 100 calorie pack Hostess cupcakes w/ 1/2 c 1% milk
• gemelli w/ chicken & bacon in a broth-cream sauce and parm, bread, green beans the rest of my cherry cola (dinner)

calorie total: 1,607

I may or may not have made Rice Krispies Treats for Adam at 9.30 pm in an effort to keep him awake so he could study. I can't really say. If I did also partake in this marshmallowy goodness, they would have set me back 200 calories a piece.

Day 107: The Day I Signed Abigail Up for Sculpture & Pottery

A 2.5 hour class once a week this summer. She is so super excited and so am I. Pottery was such a big part of my high school and college experience. I can hardly wait for her to get her little hands into some good clay.

• Honey Graham Crunch in 1% milk (breakfast)
• raisins & chocolate chips
• Quaker Oatmeal Squares in 1% milk (lunch -- can you tell I was craving cereal today?)
• Greek yogurt
• cup of chicken noodle soup, half chicken Cuban pannini (dinner w/ fam at Panera)
• DOTW: cup of vanilla bean ice cream w/ homemade hot fudge & caramel

calorie total: 1,880

I recognize that I abused my dessert privilege all weekend and continued today. I will be better tomorrow. I promise.

Day 106: The Day We Came Home From Syracuse

Always sad to leave such great friends, but so nice to be back home with the hubs.

• a banana (breakfast -- still full from yesterday)
  
• pretzels, goldfish, and a Rice Krispies treat in the car with a cranky Miles' during church
• homemade pizza margherita, fruit salad, little bit of pasta salad, a small piece pf each of Anika's leftover cakes, water (lunch)
• turkey and salami on WW bread, an apple, more goldfish and pretzels than I even want to think about, diet Coke flavored with a shot of cherry goodness (dinner/snacks on the road)

calorie total: appx. 1,900

Which is more than I thought it would be ...

Day 105: The Day I Ate Really Well With Friends

And by "well" I don't necessarily mean healthfully, but everything was delicious and worth the calories. And we went on an hour or so long hike after lunch and that partially made up for the fact that I haven't run in a few days.

• Anika's crepes -- 1 with broccoli and a sprinkle of manchego, 1 with caramelized bananas and whipped cream and the remains of Miles', which had the bananas and berries, milk (breakfast)
• lots of fruit salad (watermelon, strawberries, pineapple), a wonderful mango-avocado salad with Anika's homemeade vinaigrette, a small scoop Jill's super yummy pasta salad, steak expertly BBQed by Jon, water (lunch)
• a small piece each of Anika's two cakes: vanilla bean-lemon curd and chocolate cherry almond (post-hike deliciousness)
• Suzanne and I shared the following at the Arad Evans Inn: Wild Foraged Mushrooms & Chevre Tart (foraged Pacific Northwest mushrooms, Lively Run goat cheese, shallot confit, white truffle essence) and Georges Bank Scallops (pan caramelized select large sea scallops, golden chanterelle & hedgehog mushroom risotto, beurre rouge) and then I ate a beautifully, beautifully presented chocolate mousse with raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries and I ate it all by myself.

calorie total: with that dinner, I'm sure I was upwards of 2,500

Day 104: The Day the Kids and I Left for Syracuse

To visit a whole mass of our dearest friends -- the Criddles, Lotts, Bates, and with the Harts in tow. Couldn't ask for a better group of people to spend the weekend with. Only wish Adam could join us.

• Quaker Oatmeal Squares in 1%milk (breakfast)
• 1/2 Greek yogurt
• 2 eggs scrambled w/ a sprinkle of parmesan, 1 mini cinnamon raisin bagel, water (lunch)
• a 100 calorie pack Hostess cupcakes (I honestly could have eaten the whole box -- so good), 1/2 c 1% milk
  
• Tangerine Diet Rite, some of Miles' iced animal crackers (which are dangerously close to being cookies)
• a store-bought Rice Krispies treat (stress making me snack like crazy)
• 2 more eggs scrambled w/ parm (when Miles takes it upon himself to bring the eggs in from the hen house, they make it to the kitchen cracked and you end up eating a lot of eggs)

calorie total (so far): 1,310

I fully anticipate eating at least an apple, another soda, and some sort of snacky food on the car ride up to Syracuse.

Day 103: The Day I Converted to Diet Rite

Thank you, Minna. You win. Cherry Cola with no calories, no sodium, no aspartame, no CAFFEINE. It's like I'm drinking nothing ... except sweetness.

Diet Rite was my mother's soda of choice in the '80s. We always, always had two liter bottles of it in the house. For some reason I didn't think they made it any more. I figured it went the way of ankle socks with pompoms and TAB. But no. Oh no. $3 for a case of 12 at WalMart. It made my day today.

• Honey Bunches mixed w/ Corn Flakes in 1% milk (breakfast)
• some of Miles' goldfish crackers
  
• repeat of last night's dinner , Cherry Cola Diet Rite (lunch)
• pretzels and chocolate chips
• chicken enchiladas w/ rice (dinner)

calorie total: 1,575

Day 102: The Day I Planted Our Vegetable Garden

Always exciting for me.

• Quaker Oatmeal Squares in 1% milk (breakfast)
• 1.5 pieces 4 day-old quiche, minus half the crust (which Miles ate), water, Cherry Coke Zero (lunch)
• pretzels w/ 1 T Nutella
• strawberry frozen GoGurt
• turkey burger on ciabatta, salad w/ strawberries, pecans, goat cheese & raspberry vinaigrette, water (dinner)
• piece of dark chocolate

calorie total: 1,675

Day 101: The Day Grace Fell in the Pond at the Peconic Herb Farm

"I just (sob sob) really wanted (sob sob) to touch (sob sob) the frrrooooggg!" Followed by more sobbing. She was fine. Soaked, stinky, scared, and naked in the stroller the rest of the time there, but fine.

Also the first day I've ever run with an iPod. Pearl Jam made 3.5 miles just fly by.

• Honey Bunches in 1% milk, 1/3 of an apple (breakfast)
• sourdough pretzel nibs w/ a few chocolate chips
  
• 3 slices deli turkey, 2 of deli provolone, 5 Ritz crackers, Cherry Coke Zero*, water (lunch)
• slice or two of the date bread Adam's Sri Lankan coworker made (super good)
• a frozen berry GoGurt
  
• Adam's pizza margherita (except he mistook spinach for basil), Marliese's smoothie, water (dinner)

calorie total: 1,448

Really?? That's all??

*a note on Cherry Coke Zero: Though I've never been a big soda drinker, I have taken to this particular beverage. I have always harbored a great dislike for diet soda -- I couldn't get past the chemical taste of aspartame. But now with so few sweets on my horizon, I had to find something to fill the void. Cherry Coke Zero has fit the bill. With lots of ice, the cherry-ness hides most of its chemically-ness. I've yet to try the Vanilla Zero, but I have high hopes for it. I'm still on the hunt for the caffeine free variety of either flavor, so if you ever see it, please tell me where. Or if you know of a calorie-free sweet that satisfies, please share.

Day 100: The Day I Moved a 500 lb. Stove Across the Gargae All By Myself

All this calorie counting has made me pretty tough. :)

Actually, I am happy to be celebrating my 100th day of food logging. I honestly didn't think I would stick it out this long. Keeping track of what I eat and counting calories has almost become a game to me. I look at food differently now. Eating is less about satisfying a craving and more about feeling satisfied. It's almost on par with shopping for me. I have always loved a good bargain, love to get the most for my money. And now when I sit or, more likely, stand for a meal I think, "Okay, I have x amount of calories to spend on this. What is going to taste good and fill me up?" Don't get me wrong; I have the occasional lapse in judgment. Like the fringed suede jacket I over paid for (and never wore) in college and the Fruity Pebbles I ate for breakfast this morning. But overall, this little system I've got going has really been working for me. I feel great, and, though weight loss wasn't a main goal here, I've lost 12 lbs. (Adam's lost 15!) since starting. Not too shabby, if you ask me.

And this is what I ate today...

• Fruity Pebbles (who can resist?) in 1% milk (breakfast)
• Greek yogurt
• homemade tortilla w/ leftover Cafe Rio-esque chicken, black bean & corn salsa, lettuce, and guac., water, Cherry Coke Zero, a small piece of milk chocolate (lunch)
• a few mini rice cakes at Mom's, a few pita chips at Mel's
• repeat of lunch w/o lettuce and w/ a sprinkling of cheese in place of the guac. (dinner)
  

calorie total: 1,814

Day 99: Adam's Birthday

Not a chance I'm counting this day. Not. A. Chance. In celebration of Adam's birthday, we spent the afternoon with the Harts, eating, laughing, and quizzing each other on random bits of trivia -- like Supreme Court cases and the currencies of the world. Oh, and pressure points to stop bleeding from head wounds. It was a great birthday -- for me at least.

• scrambled eggs, strawberries, Marliese's smoothie, pain au chocolat (breakfast)
• Dannon yogurt
• Cafe Rio-esque salad w/ chicken, guacamole, lime-cilantro rice, 2 homemade tortillas, too much stripey Jell-O, Cherry Coke Zero (dinner)
  
• dark chocolate orange flour-less cake w/ vanilla bean ice cream
  

Just a portion of breakfast -- the pain au chocolat I make Adam every year -- cost me 815 calories alone. 815! And that was just a portion of one meal. No way on earth I'm tallying the entire day.

Day 98: The Day There Was a Bomb Threat in Town

And Adam had to come home from the library (where he was studying) because they were evacuating Main St. So odd.

• raisin bran in 1% milk, an apple (breakfast)
• Greek yogurt w/ wheat germ, a banana
• leftover tandoori chicken, water, Cherry Coke Zero, a piece of milk chocolate w/ 1 t PB (lunch)
• salad, rolls, fruit salad, a piece of mediocre cheesecake (I know -- I have been so bad about dessert this week), water (dinner at the Stake RS activity)

calorie total: 1,890

Day 97: The Day Adam's Birthday Festivities Began

Because should one of our birthdays fall on the weekend (as Adam's does), the celebration ends up lasting at least three days. According to Adam, every holiday is at least a three day affair, if not an entire week. Just ask him.

• Raisin bran w/ milk, half a banana (breakfast)
• Greek yogurt w/ wheat germ, Marliese's smoothie, 1 T peanut butter on the other half of my banana (lunch)
• diluted apple juice
• chocolate covered pretzels, 1 piece Italian bread, a homemade granola bar, bites of ice cream cake (I lost all control late this afternoon because I was starving as I fed the kids dinner)

Had I stopped at this point (which was at 7.30, our normal eating cut-off time) I would have been fine, with a calorie count of 1,770. But, alas, Adam and I went out to pre-celebrate his birthday. He was craving Indian, so we went to the Curry Club on the north shore. I tried to order smart, but also didn't want to take the fun out of a date night.

• potato pancakes in a yogurt, tamarind sauce w/ chickpeas (totally delicious), tandoori chicken, 1 1/2 pieces of naan, a few bites of Adam's chicken tikka masala and rice, water (dinner)

I haven't a clue how many calories were in dinner and am too tired to look it all up. Maybe 800? Maybe 1,000? I guess it doesn't really matter -- I know I was over. Way over.

Day 96: The Day I Got So Mad at a Chicken I Threw It

And then threatened to eat it. Very loudly. If we ever decide to slaughter our chickens, Wendy will be the first to go (no offense, mom).

• Greek yogurt w/ wheat germ, a banana (breakfast)
• 2 slices deli turkey, 1/2 turkey burger w/o roll, fresh mozz, Ritz crackers, water (lunch)
• an apple
• Chipotle Chicken Salad, 3/4 grilled cheese, 1 chicken finger, everyone's pickles, bites of each of the kids' ice cream (dinner with the fam at Friendly's)

calorie total: 1,786

Day 95: The Day I Bought Less Mulch Than I Thought

How is it that so many bags of mulch can cover so little? I went back and bought more this evening. I expect to spend most of the morning mulching -- before the rain comes.

• Honey Bunches w/ Strawberries in 1% milk (breakfast)
• granola bar, milk
• a few slices of deli turkey dipped in mustard, some fresh mozz., a few low-fat Ritz crackers, Cherry Coke Zero, water (lunch)
• chocolate chips and raisins
  
• Greek yogurt w/ wheat germ
• turket burger on ciatbatta w/ thick slices of tomato, lettuce, baby potatoes and carrots roasted with herbes de Provence, water (dinner)
• cup of Ovaltine
  

calorie total: 1,770

Day 94: The Day I Had the Best Run of My Life

Honestly, I did. I don't know what it was -- maybe the weather, maybe the relaxed mood I was in, maybe the perfect combination of Cherry Coke Zero and granola. I ran like I've never run before: completely unaware of the fact that my feet were moving and without the stimulation of tv. Not even an mp3 player. I set out to run 2.5 miles and I ended up going just under 3.5. I never, ever over-run. Ever. If anything, I get close to my goal and than lie about it. But today was different.

About three-quarters of the way through my run I rembered my prayer from the morning: please help me to find time to run and please help me to want to run and please help me to enjoy it.

Prayer answered on all three counts.

And yet ... I overate :(

• Rasin Bran, Oatmeal Squares in 1% milk (breakfast)
• package of mini muffins w/ a glass of milk (snack with the kids)
• piece of toast, Greek yogurt, water (lunch)
• homemade granola bar (very yummy, very healthy, but calorie dense. I will be modifying the recipe tomorrow which will shave 75 calories off a bar)
• 2 slices Adam's pizza margherita (only 150 calories a slice!), water, another granola bar (dinner)

calorie total: 1,923

Darn that package of mini muffins. I could've been 190 calories lighter.

Day 93: The Day We Had Strawberry Shortcake for Breakfast

Because Adam found out the hard way the little milk we had left was sour.

• strawberry shortcake, banana, water (breakfast)
• leftover lasagne, bread twist, water (lunch)
• Dannon yogurt, piece of dark chocolate
  
• 2 hot dogs (one was Abby's castoff, w/o a bun), broccoli, TJs tomato soup, Cherry Coke Zero (dinner)

calorie total:1,563

Day 92: The Day We Had Jell-O As a Non-Dessert

Even though it had whipped cream on top. Clearly a dessert masquerading as a side dish.

• toast, water (breakfast)
• tilapia, WW couscous, green beans, grilled eggplant, clafoutis (lunch w/ Mom and Dad)
• Ami's lasagne, a basil & garlic bread twist, broccoli, jello w/ bananas & whipped cream (dinner with the Harts)
• DOTW: berry shortcake

calorie total: 1,925

Over my limit, but considering it includes our dessert of the week, I don't think it's that bad.

Day 91: The Day I Spent Four Hours Prepping Soil and Installing Sod

To cover the bare spots left by the bushes I tore out a few weeks ago. Tediously laborious, but very gratifying. I hope our Frankenstein lawn survives. Thank you, Hart family, for the donation of your sod.

• bowl of Honey Bunches & bowl of Mighty Bites, each in 1% milk (breakfast)
• pita pizza margherita, Cherry Coke Zero, water (lunch)
• a banana, a bunch of strawberries
  
• bite of birthday cake, a few dark chocolate covered pretzels (picking up girls from Autumn's birthday party)
• 2 pancakes w/ SB, syrup & spicy peach topping, 2 scrambled eggs, Greek yogurt w/ wheat germ, Marliese's smoothie (large breakfast for dinner)

calorie total: 1,933

It would have been 1,711 without the birthday party treats. They got me through the last sodding hour (haha -- I crack myself up), so they were totally worth it.

Day 90: The Day I Refurbished an Old Roman

... Blind. And I love how it came out.

• Rice Krispies w/ banana in 1% milk (breakfast)
• leftover cheese pizza (lunch)
• chocolate chips & raisins, glass of 1% milk
• fresh mozz., tomato, basil on ciabatta, TJs tomato soup (a 360 calorie dinner that is tasty and oh so very filling), Cherry Coke Zero, water (dinner)

calorie total:1,272

However, Adam is on his way to pick us up some shakes for dessert/TV night, so, depending on what he brings back, I may or may not blow the roof off my 1,877 calorie limit. Time and ice cream will tell ...

(later)

He brought back a small Baskin-Robbins chocolate oreo 31 below. It had a whopping 920 calories, but I was only able to eat a little more than half before feeling like I was going to puke. I just can't pack away the desserts like I used to!

revised calorie total: 1,732

Day 89: The Day I Accidentally Packed a Tomato In my Bag on the Way to See 39 Steps

An overripe tomato is so disappointing when you are expecting an apple. 39 Steps was very clever and very funny. Thanks, Em, for inviting me. Next time you have $6 tickets for Broadway, I'm totally game.

• Honey Bunches of Oats in 1% milk (breakfast)
• TJs tomato soup, fresh mozz., basil & tomato on ciabatta, water (lunch)
• TJs pirate booty, a piece of dark chocolate
• Rice Krispies in 1% milk w/ a banana (when I didn't think I'd have time for dinner)
• another banana on the train
• a turkey 6" from Subway, light chips, diet coke (dinner when I realized I had time)

calorie total: 1,712

Day 88: The First Truly Hot Day of the Year

80 degrees in April. I'm not quite ready for that kind of heat.

• dry cereal at 5.30 am while Adam was getting ready for work
  
• Oatmeal Squares in 1% milk (breakfast)
• a banana, leftover taco meat w/ 2 scrambled eggs, tortilla, water (lunch)
• TJs pirate booty, another banana
• Cherry Coke Zero
• pasta w/ roast carrots, onions, mushrooms, red potato, cranberries, light Italian dressing, ham and parmesan, water (dinner)

calorie total: 1,613

If I drink some Ovaltine with Adam later, that will add 150 more calories. And it will be delicious.

Day 87: The Day I Finished Painting Miles' Room

The color is called "Chocolate Froth". The paint looked so creamy it took everything in me not to take a lick. I don't know why paint has that effect on me.

• 1.5 servings Quaker Oatmeal Squares in 1% milk (breakfast)
• egg salad on ciabatta, an apple, 1 T peanut butter, water (lunch)
• TJs white cheddar pirate's booty, diluted apple juice, a few raisins
• 2 cheese-less beef burritos, water (dinner)

calorie total:1,753

I wonder what it would have been had I tasted the paint.

Day 86: The Day I Ran Outside

... and determined that I don't understand people who prefer running outdoors to a treadmill. It could be that I hate -- HATE -- to run. The only thing I enjoy about running is being done, which is why I think I so strongly prefer the treadmill. The television, the bottle of water, the little numbers flicking by telling me how far I've run and -- more importantly -- how much further I need to go so I can get off, they all serve as a great distraction from what I am actually doing: moving. And expending energy. The less I think about that, the better I run. The best run I've had this year was to the very first episode of 24. I need the adrenaline rush of imaginary conspiracy theories and graphic violence to get me through, and that is something the great outdoors just doesn't provide.

And this is what I ate today ...

• 1.5 servings of Honey Bunches of Oats in 1% milk, half a banana (breakfast -- would you believe that I was so full from a cup and a half of cereal that I couldn't finish my banana? I tell you, I am a changing woman.)
• Greek yogurt w/ wheat germ, 2 spring rolls that Bates left ( the rest are in the freezer, Suzanne, in case you are wondering), the other half of my banana, diluted apple juice (lunch)
• 7 pieces of pepperoni (which, though totally fattening, has surprisingly few calories)
• a package of Abby's Little Bites chocolate chip muffins
• a piece of the homemade makowiec Suzanne (my neighbor) brought over, along with a petit four (also courtesy of Suzanne)
• big salad w/ feta, pecans, dried cherries, egg, piece of ciabatta, a few tortilla chips w/ avocado, Marliese's smoothie (dinner)

calorie total: 1,855

WAIT! I almost forgot. Oh no. This is going to put me over. We had Marliese's smoothie with our dinner (which I lovingly referred to as "sludge"). Tasty, but not at all pretty. And about 107 calories a serving.

calorie re-count: 1,962

So close! But I did run today. That makes it better??

Day 85: Easter. Or The Day I Said I Wasn't Counting Calories and Found I Couldn't Resist

Because between breakfast with friends, lunch with family, and snacking at home, I just had to know what the damage really was. Turns out it was pretty substantial.

• chocolate bran muffin, milk (pre-breakfast)
  
• cinnamon roll, scone w/ lemon butter, egg bake, water (breakfast)
• another cinnamon roll and ... um ... maybe the potentially expired chocolate cream puff Suzanne brought (pre-lunch)
• turkey & vegetable wrap, big salad, half of one of Zakk's individual chocolate mousse cake masterpiece, slice of my fresh coconut cake, a few candied almonds (lunch)
• some mystery chicken that the Bates left in our fridge (dinner?)

calorie total: are you ready for this?



Are you really ready?



It knocked my socks off.


2


9


9


5


2,995!

Who eats that much?? Well, apparently I do. On holidays. When lots and lots of sweets are involved. SHOCKING.

Back on the wagon (and the treadmill) tomorrow.

*for those of you who ate with us and are curious, here are some of the calorie counts for some of the items I baked today: cinnamon roll (483), scone (189), egg bake (74), coconut cake (332)

Day 84: General Conference and The Day I Primed Miles' Room

I couldn't take the midnight blue walls - day glo green ceiling combination for one more day. Neutral walls, white ceiling here we come!

• chocolate bran muffin, Oatmeal Squares, milk, banana (breakfast)
• 2 clementines
• tuna on Brenna's granny's molasses bread, Dannon Activia vanilla yogurt, water (lunch)
• another chocolate bran muffin, small glass of milk, Rice Krispies mixed w/ Cocoa Pebbles in 1% milk (sad excuse for dinner)

total calories: 1,603

Day 83: The Day I Spent With My Three Eldest Sisters

• 2 instant pancakes (from mix Em left behind), 3 slices bacon, 2 scrambled eggs (power breakfast)
• 2 chocolate bran muffins
  
• WW pepperoni pizza, water (lunch - 4pm)
• Greek yogurt
• BBQ -- 1 hot dog, 1 hamburger, 1 sweet Italian sausage (it was 9pm -- I was starving!), water, diet Coke, small slice carrot cake (dinner)

total calories: 2,168

Yikes! I guess I made up for yesterday.

Day 82: The Day I Nearly Regretted Spending in Manhattan

If it weren't for the highs of having lunch with Adam in Bryant park and hanging out with Em in Central Park, I would have written off the day as a failure. Manhattan. Spring break. Passover. Easter weekend. All make far too, too many people.

• 1.5 bowls of Cinnamon Life cereal in 1% milk (breakfast)
• bite of Miles' bagel, Abby's bagel, and a few bites of Adam's salad, a serving of kettle corn (lunch)
• half a Breyer's coconut all fruit bar, until the pulp started bothering me, at which point I traded Miles for his King Cone
• Greek yogurt
• 1 piece my foccacia, Mel's salad, 1/2 bowl John's baked ziti, water (dinner)

calorie total: 1,023

Apparently I don't eat very much when I am on the go in a crazy city towing three kids, no stroller, and two scooters.