Third day of the diet!

My weight at 6:30 AM: 281 pounds.

Weight Lost so Far: 5 pounds!

Breakfast:

Milk (skim) 1 cup: 86 calories
Cinnamon Toast Crunch 3/4 cup: 130 calories

Lunch:

Subway Foot long Subway Melt Sandwich on Italian Herbs and Cheese bread, jalapenos, lettuce, tomatoes, mustard, banana peppers, no bacon: 760 calories
Dr Pepper 10: 10 calories

Dinner:

Taco Salad with lettuce, cheese, meat, light sour cream: 606 calories

Snacks:

TGIF Potato Skins Chips: 150 calories
ACT 2 Movie Theater Butter Popcorn (entire bag): 281 calories

Exercise:

Stationary bike 45 minutes: 525 calories

TOTAL NET CALORIES LOGGED TODAY: 1498

As you can see I finally bought groceries so I have milk again and can eat cereal instead of nutrigrain bars for breakfast.  I also discovered Dr. Pepper 10 at the grocery store and am trying that out.  It is 10 calories per can but hopefully tastes even more like the real thing.  Sometimes the diet sodas hose you because you will crave calories after drinking artificially sweetened drinks.  There have been a lot of recent medical studies about Diet Sodas being worse for you than regular ones due to this!  I love soda so i’m not giving it up (yet) but drinking just lots of water is a lot better for you if you can do it.

Also popcorn is one of those secret gluttonous tasting snacks that is very filling but also very low calorie.  Who knew that the tons of butter version was only 281 calories a bag?  The less butter versions are even better!  Popcorn also has some fiber which helps you feel more full and takes up a lot of space in your stomach.  The only down-side is if you are trying to watch your sodium intake popcorn ain’t so great for ya!