Monday's Menu

Hey there friends!!!  Hopefully you all made it through Monday in one piece!   1 down, 4 to go right? 

Some of you are asking what else I eat throughout the day, other than dinner so I'm going to share with you. 

Disclaimer:  I EAT SNACKS!!!  I EAT CANDY!!  I EAT REAL FOOD! 

Now that that's outta the way... onto today's menu.  As with any day, I start with 24 oz of water on the drive into work.  At work, I drink 2 -6oz cups of coffee.  I put 2 tbsp of creamer in each cup.  The creamer varies, but I usually buy whatever I want.  It doesnt have to be non fat, or sugar free.  I figure its better than the 400 calories in a Venti Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks that I REALLY want.

Breakfast was a 45 calorie slice of toast.  Sara Lee Delightful 100% Whole Grain! Very tasty!  I topped it with 1 tbsp Peter Pan WHIPPED Peanut Butter.   If you havent tried this, you MUST!   It's 150 calories per 2 tbsp, vs 190-210 calories per 2 tbsp for regular peanut butter.  Its awesome!  I LOVE peanut butter so this is a great find for me!  

Lunch was a tostada. Same tostada that I had on Thursday night I believe.  That will be my lunch of choice this week.  Well, up until Wednesday, then Thursday and Friday I gotta figure something else out.  I only had enough ground turkey for four meals.

Afternoon snack was supposed to be a Dannon Light and Fit and a Fit and Active string cheese, but that didnt happen because Lesley (co-worker) came in with pretzels, and we dipped them in the whipped peanut butter. BEST.IDEA.EVER!  It was really good.

After work I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things and couldnt pass up this little number... oooh boy was it delightful.  Totally worth the 110 calories.  Russel Stover, you've outdone yourself my friends!!!  Thank god I only bought ONE!   Had I bought more, I definitely would've eaten them all!!

Then the gym.... as my routine is usually work - gym - home in that order.  Today was arms/back/shoulders.   Ran 2.5 miles before that for a grand total of 807 calories burned in  70 minutes. 


Finally onto dinner..

I was craving a cobb salad!  So I made my own version at home.  
Romaine lettuce
2 strips of REAL bacon crumbled,
1 small roma tomato
1 oz Kraft Italian Blend shredded cheese
2 tbsp of Bolthouse Farms Ranch dressing (Thank you Lis and Pam for telling me to try this for months now!)

Calories - 278


In addition to the salad, I made 4 oz baked chicken breast, topped with 1/4 cup Ragu Light Parmesan Alfredo and added some sauteed spinach.  YUM!  

Calories - 268

Calories for dinner - 546
Carbs - 9
Protein - 40 grams









Today's total calories: 1474 (NET 667 after the gym)
Carbs - 89
Protein 86

Have a great night all!