More Chocolate ...And Re-Determination

8 1/2 weeks of 12 weeks

Weight today: lost a pound

Total lost: 7 pounds in 8 1/2 weeks

1/2 cup of oatmeal:150
1 tsp of sugar:15
1 tbl of creamer:30
2 tsp of sugar:30
total:225

Fish crackers:35
3 oz chicken breast:105
1/2 cup of rice:85
1 tsp of Smart Balance Light butter:15
total:240
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running total: 465

1 large egg:70
1 large egg white: 16
1 lefse:30
1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese:80
1/4 cup of crushed canned pineapple:34
another lefse:30
with Laughing Cow Swiss Cheese wedge:35
1 tbl of powder creamer in tea:30
2 tsp of sugar in tea:30
total:291
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running total: 756

1/2 graham cracker:35
some fish crackers:20
total:65
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running total:821

4 oz of chicken breast:140
3/4 cup of rice:127
1 1/2 tsp of Smart Balance light butter:22
1 Blue Bunny Premium Light Bomb pop (Jolly Rancher):40
total:329
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running total:1,150

Today's challenge: staying on-calorie

Actual fitness:2 mile run, approximately 7 miles in bike riding

Note on no caffeine and no sweet-n-low: no stomach upset on yesterday's run, no headaches...but I need to get more sleep...geez Imagine that...I quit caffeine and I end up needing to modify my behavior to facilitate the transition because I am no longer using a drug. You'd think getting enough sleep wouldn't be THAT hard.

Note on picture: A friend gave me this yesterday and I saved it for my evening tea. It has a crunchy chocolate (dark) outer shell with a wafer-like inner layer with scrumptious creamy chocolate inside. This is a Ferrer Rondandt and only 55 calories. I guess the question here is...why the heck am I eating fun sized snickers when I could be eating this?

Note on weight loss: Ok...so I re-loss the two pounds I gained. But, now I am thoroughly annoyed and re-determined to get this next pound lost and somehow get myself back on track with a pound a week average. That means no over-eating on Thanksgiving, this weekend or next weekend when we have guests coming into town. I'm tired of fooling around at this weight. I'm actually feeling a little ticked at spending the last two weeks gaining and losing and losing precious weight loss time. But for me, being ticked and disgruntled is a good thing for weight loss.

Oh. Happy Friday!!!