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<\/a><\/p>\nHere is week two of reducing my calories. Like last week, my goal isn’t necessary to hit “1300” or less calories. But my goal is to reduce my calories more than what I was doing before, including HOPEFULLY not eating back all the calories I burn at the gym.<\/p>\n Breakfast<\/strong>: Plain Greek Yogurt with sliced strawberries and some coconut flakes, half an\u00a0English muffin with cinnamon and splenda, EmergenC drink, and coffee with creamer.\u00a0Calories:\u00a0290<\/em><\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>: Apple and some tea.\u00a0Calories: 70<\/em><\/p>\n Lunch<\/strong>: Lean Cuisine lasagna and a piece of chocolate.\u00a0Calories: 365<\/em><\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>: Wholly Guacamole with celery and carrots. Pre-gym snack. Loving this combo lately! It’s tasty and filling!\u00a0Calories: 110<\/em><\/p>\n Dinner<\/strong>: Salad with tomatoes, broccoli, Craisins, light Caesar dressing, pan-seared tilapia, some tortilla chips with spinach dip.\u00a0Calories: 621<\/em><\/p>\n Dessert<\/strong>: Cantaloupe. Calories: 34<\/em><\/p>\n Day Two<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Breakfast<\/strong>: This breakfast did not work well for me. I thought it would be enough food but it really wasn’t and I was hungry within 2 hours. \ud83d\ude41 I had a grapefruit, the other half of the English muffin with cinnamon and splenda, coffee with creamer and unsweetened iced tea.\u00a0Calories: 292<\/em><\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>: String cheese and hot tea.\u00a0Calories: 80<\/em><\/p>\n Lunch<\/strong>: Salad with tomatoes and light raspberry vinaigrette dressing, half a blackened salmon fillet, small piece of chocolate.\u00a0Calories:\u00a0285<\/em><\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>:\u00a0Wholly Guacamole with celery and carrots and some crackers. Pre-gym snack. Calories: 210<\/em><\/p>\n Dinner<\/strong>: Boneless pork chop, steamed broccoli with Goddess dressing and Michael’s amazing red potatoes (boiled and then sauteed with onions, garlic, rosemary and thyme). Calories: 470<\/em><\/p>\n Dessert<\/strong>: Plain Greek yogurt with strawberries, dried coconut flakes and some chocolate chips. Calories: 187<\/em><\/p>\n Gym<\/strong>: Warmed up on the spin bike, did some weight lifting and my PT exercises, then the elliptical.<\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>: Apple with tea.\u00a0Calories: 70<\/em><\/p>\n Lunch<\/strong>: The rest of the blackened salmon (half a fillet), one serving of quinoa. No idea why the quinoa looks green in this photo, I assure you it’s not! LOL\u00a0Calories: 337<\/em><\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>: String cheese.\u00a0Calories: 80<\/em><\/p>\n Dinner<\/strong>: I saw a friend and then ran some errands and ending up getting home later than I was planning on. I needed something quick and easy! I had some chili with sour cream and tortilla chips, steamed broccoli with Goddess dressing on the side.\u00a0Calories: 640<\/em><\/p>\n Dessert<\/strong>: Fun sized Snickers bar. Calories: 90<\/em><\/p>\n Exercise<\/strong>: It was a rest day but I did a lot of walking!<\/p>\n Breakfast<\/strong>: Trader Joe’s oatmeal with a little brown sugar, coconut flakes and some protein powder, unsweetened iced tea, coffee with creamer.\u00a0Calories: 358<\/em><\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>: Apple.\u00a0Calories: 70\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Lunch<\/strong>: Two turkey slices made into wraps with a little mayo, mustard, spinach and Craisins. Guacamole with celery and carrots.\u00a0Calories: 259<\/em><\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>: Plain Greek yogurt with strawberry slices and coconut flakes. Pre-swim \u00a0snack. Calories: 129<\/em><\/p>\n Dinner<\/strong>: Papa Murphy’s DeLite pizza and two glasses of wine. \u00a0Calories: 694<\/em><\/p>\n Breakfast<\/strong>: Saturday morning I had a grapefruit and and English muffin with cinnamon and splenda, a small glass of milk and coffee with creamer. Calories: 392<\/em><\/p>\n Lunch<\/strong>: Chili with sour cream and some tortilla chips.\u00a0Calories: 417<\/em><\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>: Had a few bites of Michael’s popcorn at the movies (we saw the Avengers!) and had to estimate on the calories.\u00a0Calories: 190<\/em><\/p>\n Dinner<\/strong>: Quinoa with steamed broccoli and Goddess dressing, Michael’s amazing garlic butter shrimp, 1 glass of wine.\u00a0Calories: 656<\/em><\/p>\n Dessert<\/strong>: Way too much chocolate. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n Gym<\/strong>: I did some weight lifting and then the elliptical. Burned 577 calories.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Not my best day this week… \ud83d\ude41 The movie theatre popcorn and chocolate for dessert got me. SIGH. Breakfast<\/strong>: Bowl of Rice Krispies cereal, an English muffin and coffee with creamer.\u00a0Calories: 389<\/em><\/p>\n Lunch<\/strong>: Turkey sandwich with cheese on gluten free bread.\u00a0Calories: 491<\/em><\/p>\n Snack<\/strong>: Blueberries. Calories: 83<\/em><\/p>\n Dinner<\/strong>: Homemade burger with cheese on a sandwich thin, pickles and baby carrots and Laughing Cow cheese on the side. One glass of wine.\u00a0Calories: 636<\/em><\/p>\n Fitness<\/strong>: Went for a 5.72 mile hike. Burned 542 calories.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nBreakfast<\/strong>: 2 fried eggs, leftover red potatoes from the previous night’s dinner, unsweetened iced tea, coffee with creamer.\u00a0Calories: 272<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nExercise<\/strong>: I went for a swim and burned roughly 300 calories. Plus I did a bunch of walking during the day.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
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