Day 1
- Breakfast: Cereal, Banana, Blueberries, Milk, Water
Kashi® Island Vanilla biscuits with half of a banana (sliced), blueberries, and 2% milk. - Lunch: Turkey Armour® LunchMakers®, Mango, Water
Crackers, meat, and cheese, and the tiny candy bar included for dessert. Also a few slices of honey mango. - Dinner: Picadillo, Rice, Broccoli, Water, Cupcake
Approximately 1/2 cup jasmine rice, some picadillo (more than 1/2 cup, but less than 1 cup), and some broccoli microwaved in the bag and tossed with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper. Half of a cupcake for dessert. - Snack: Apple, Water
Half of a sliced apple.
Day 2
- Breakfast: Cereal, Banana, Blueberries, Milk, Water
Same breakfast as yesterday. - Snack: Banana
Needed something to tide me over, so I had the other half of the banana from breakfast. - Lunch: Soup, Water
A can of Amy’s® Quinoa, Kale & Red Lentil soup. - Dinner: Picadillo, Rice, Squash, Water, Cupcake
Same dinner as Day 1, but with spaghetti squash instead of broccoli. - Snack: Orange, Water, Hard Seltzer
A mandarin orange, plus a hard seltzer with friends (luckily only 100 calories!).
Day 3
- Breakfast: Oatmeal, Apple, Water
1/2 cup quick oats mixed with salt, cinnamon, and slightly less than 1 cup 2% milk, microwaved for 90 seconds, stirred, microwaved for another 30 seconds, and then I stirred in some peeled, chopped apple. - Lunch: Turkey Wrap, Grapes, Water
Whole wheat tortilla, light mayo (1 Tbsp. or less), whole grain mustard, 1 slice reduced-fat cheese, turkey, lettuce, tomato, plus some grapes on the side. - Dinner: Chicken Sandwich, Carrots, Water, Cupcake
Wendy’s grilled chicken sandwich with some baby carrots, and half of a cupcake for dessert.
Day 4
- Breakfast: Cereal, Banana, Blueberries, Milk, Water
Cheerios™ with sliced banana, blueberries, and 2% milk. - Lunch: PB&J, Apple, Water
Half of a PB&J sandwich (whole wheat bread, less than 1 Tbsp. natural peanut butter, 1-2 tsp. jelly) and an apple. - Dinner: Chili, Corn Muffin, Water, Water, Cupcake
1 cup Nonstop, No-Chop Chili, a Cornmeal-Cheddar Muffin, and half of a cupcake for dessert.
Day 5
- Breakfast: Cereal, Milk, Water
Kashi® Island Vanilla biscuits and 2% milk. - Lunch: Turkey Armour® LunchMakers®, Apple, Water
Crackers, meat, and cheese, and the tiny candy bar included for dessert. Also apple slices. - Dinner: Chili, Corn Muffin, Water, Tootsie Roll
Same dinner as Day 4, except with a midgee tootsie roll instead of half of a cupcake. - Snack: Grapes, Water
Day 6
- Breakfast: Cereal, Banana, Blueberries, Milk, Water
Grape-Nuts® (1/2 cup) with 1/2 cup 2% milk, sliced banana (half of a banana), and some blueberries. - Lunch / Dinner: Pork Tacos, Water, Cream Puff
I had a late breakfast, and then we went out for my mother-in-law’s birthday for dinner. I got 3 pork tacos, which were much bigger than I thought they would be, and also topped with coleslaw. I probably shouldn’t have eaten all of them, but I thought they wouldn’t reheat well because of the coleslaw, so I finished them off. I also had a cream puff for dessert.
Day 7
- Breakfast: Cereal, Banana, Blueberries, Milk, Water
Same breakfast as Day 4. - Lunch: Peanut Butter Crackers, Apple, Water
1 package of peanut butter crackers and an apple. - Dinner: Picadillo, Rice, Spaghetti Squash, Water, Tootsie Roll
The last of the leftover picadillo and rice (even less than I had before), rounded out with a whole bunch of leftover spaghetti squash with salt and pepper. A midgee tootsie roll for dessert. - Snack: Grapes, Orange, Water
A few green grapes and an orange.
How Did I Do?
I think I did pretty well, but I did overeat for dinner on Day 6. I also had cupcakes for a fair portion of the week, but I only ate half of one each day and either skipped my nighttime snack or only had fruit, and I’ve lost weight doing that before. I drank plenty of water and ate lots of fruits and veggies. I watched my portions and made good choices (except for that one dinner). I didn’t exercise, but I was doing some lifting and toting one day, and walked quite a bit another. So, overall, I think I did pretty well, but we’ll see!
No regrets.