Well, it’s time to report my first official weigh in results. I am pleased to announce that my weight is steadily and slowly dropping. As of Wednesday, September 9th, 2009, my weight now stands at 168.5 pounds. I have lost one and a half pounds in two weeks inspite of the holiday weekend where both my diet and my exercise program was not sustained. I was so relieved to step on that scale and see that I had lost weight. I was afraid that I would see 170 again. I feel like the cleanse is partly responsible. The real test will be after I finish the cleanse. Seeing weight loss after completing the cleanse will the real testament to whether my eating program is working.


Now, I am nearing that time of the month. You know what I am talking about. I know, TMI again but there is a reason that I am discussing this. I usually bloat enough that my weight jumps up a couple of pounds. My goal is that I don’t gain weight and that I will even show additional weight loss. I will probably have to be even more focused on my eating habits to accomplish this goal.

I learned a lot through reporting my Daily Food Accountability below. Sometimes you can think that you are making healthy choices; but, if you really look closely at the choices that you make they are not anywhere near as healthy as you thought. My daily nutrition totals are not as good as previous reports. There are a lot more hidden calories in my soup and salad option at Olive Garden. The salad was the real problem. I would have never thought that a vinaigrette dressing would have added so many calories. Now that I think about it, they do put a lot of dressing on that salad. Next time, I will ask for the dressing on the side so that I can control how much salad dressing I am eating. There are a couple of tricks to eating salad dressing with your salad that will lessen how much salad dressing you consume. One is to dip the tip of your fork into the dressing and then use your fork to pick up the salad. When you take the bite off your fork, the salad dressing will be right on your tongue giving you a lot of flavor for just a little dressing. This technique only works for thicker salad dressings. If you are eating a thinner salad dressing, you can use your fork to pick up your salad and can dip the edge of the salad into the dressing slightly, limiting the amount of dressing on your salad. Try it out next time you have salad and remember to order the dressing on the side.

I haven’t had opportunity to recalculate My Daily Food Accountability Reports prior to the Labor Day weekend. I will notify you when those corrections have been made.

I won’t be submitting my secondary daily blog today. I had a dental appointment today and I have my son’s football game this evening and I won’t have time. I will submit both My Daily Food Accountability and my secondary informational blog tomorrow.

My Daily Food Accountability:

Breakfast:
1 c (1 serving) Kashi GoLean High Protein & High Fiber Cereal
1 c (1 serving) Vanilla Light Silk Natural Soymilk
1 slice (1 servings) Sara Lee Classic Honey Wheat Bread
1/2 Tbsp (.5 servings) Land O Lakes Light Butter with Canola Oil
8 oz’s Propel Vitamin Water Beverage Berry flavored

...48% of my RDA of fiber and 335 calories, 1% cholesterol only from the butter and 22g of protein

Lunch: Olive Garden, Memorial NW OKC
1.5 pieces (1.5 servings) Garlic Butter Breadsticks
1 serving salad with Olive Garden’s Signature Italian Dressing
1 bowl Pasta e Fagioli Soup
1 Andes Mint
8 oz’s water with lemon and one packet of sweet n low

...7.5% of my RDA of fiber and 672.5 calories, ? cholesterol and ? of protein

Midday Snack:
1 container Yoplait Light Yogurt Key Lime Flavor
8 oz’s Propel Vitamin Water Beverage Berry flavored

…0% of my RDA of fiber and 110 calories, 1% cholesterol and 5g of protein

Dinner:
1 Grilled Chicken Breast
1/2 c Green Giant Whole Kernel Sweet Corn canned
2 slice (1 servings) Sara Lee Classic Honey Wheat Bread
12 spears Green Giant Asparagus Spears
16oz Propel Vitamin Water Beverage Berry flavored

...20% of my RDA fiber and 490 calories, 44% cholesterol and 47g protein

Bedtime Snack:
1 granny smith apple slices with peel on
8oz Propel Vitamin Water Beverage Berry flavored

...20% of my RDA of fiber and 90 calories, 0 cholesterol and 0g protein

*My total daily nutritional information:

…95.5% of my RDA fiber and 1697.5 calories, total cholesterol and protein is unknown