Tuesday's Menu

B - 2 fried eggs, 2 sausage patties, peppers & onions, low-carb ketchup

L - cheesesteak, salad w/ tomatoes and bleu cheese dressing

D - low-carb white pizza w/ broccoli & tomato

S - Peanuts

80 oz of water!

Monday's Menu

B - 2 fried eggs, 2 sausage patties, low-carb toast w/ butter

L - chicken cheesesteak

D - low-carb white pizza with broccoli & tomato, side of broccoli

60 oz of water

Sunday's Menu

B - 2 fried eggs, broccoli

S - peanuts

S - swiss cheese

D - ribeye steak, broccoli

Lots of water - as always!

Saturday's Menu

B - 2 fried eggs, ground turkey, peppers and onions, low-carb ketchup

L - Italian sausage and peppers with cheese and a little tomato sauce

S - peanuts

D - My yummy low-carb tomato & Caesar pizza, salad

80 oz of water!

Friday's Menu

Another pound gone forever! Down to 164 today and closing in on my goal of 158...

B - leftover cold blackened chicken w/ Ranch dressing

L - tomato & cheese salad, creamed spinach

D - ground turkey w/ peppers and onions, 1 fried egg, Caesar salad

65 oz of water

Thursday's Menu

B - Atkins bar

L - TGI Friday's Sizzlin' Chicken & Broccoli

S - tomato & cheese salad

D - blackened chicken Caesar salad

70 oz of water

Wednesday's Menu

B - Atkins bar

L - leftover blackened chicken with Ranch dipping sauce, creamed spinach (yum!)

D - grilled chicken, peppers, onions, mushrooms kobobs, asparagus

S - 2 oz of cheese, peanuts

60 oz of water!

Tuesday's Menu

Down to 165 lbs today! I continue to inch closer and closer to my final weight loss goal of 158 lbs...and I'm still loving what I'm eating!

B - 1 fried egg, broccoli, low-carb ketchup

L - smoked turkey, swiss, lettuce, tomato, mayo low-carb wrap

S - peanuts

D - blackened chicken with Ranch dipping sauce, spinach with grated Romano cheese

60 oz of water

Monday's Menu

B - 1 fried egg, broccoli

L - chicken cheese steak

D - ribeye steak, broccoli, tomato salad

S - peanuts

70 oz water!

Sunday's Menu

Down to 166 lbs today! 8 lbs away from my goal of 158...

B - Atkins bar

L - TGI Friday's Sizzlin' Chicken & Broccolli

S - 2 oz American cheese

D - blackened chicken with ranch dressing

Water! Water! Water!

Saturday's Menu

B - Atkins bar

S - peanuts

S - 3 oz American cheese

D - blackened chicken, mozzarella & tomato salad, broccoli

lotsa water!

Friday's Menu

B - Atkins bar

L - blackened chicken, ranch dressing

D -2 scrambled eggs, spinach

water!

Thursday's Menu

Oh boy - I ate WAY too much food on Thursday. I did manage to keep it low-carb...but I consumed WAY more calories than I need. I guess that's gonna happen every once in a while, but I'll be back on the straight and narrow on Friday.

The day started off fine - but I went to The Police concert at Citizens Bank Park last night and ended up eating an extra meal before the show! Hey, how can you NOT eat some old-style Philly food when you're right there! Besides we had about an hour to kill before The Police were scheduled to go on.

Here's Thursday's over-indulgent menu:

B - 1 fried egg, 2 pieces organic nitrite-free bacon

L - low-carb pizza w/ turkey pepperoni

D1 - 1/4 white chicken, creamed spinach, broccoli

S - 6 Wawa meatballs

D2 - Tony Luke's Italian sausage & peppers

80 oz water

Wednesday's Menu

B - 1 scrambled egg, spinach, 3 pieces of organic nitrite-free bacon

L - leftover blackened chicken w/ Ranch dressing for dipping

D - low-carb pizza!

64 oz water

Tuesday's Menu

B - 1 egg, 2 pieces organic nitrite-free bacon, low-carb ketchup

L - Greek Salad w/ black olives, feta cheese, tomatoes, & Greek dressing

S - 2 Wawa meatballs

D - Blackened chicken, spinach, grated cheese

70 oz water

Monday's Menu

B - 1 fried egg, 2 pieces organic nitrite-free bacon, broccoli

L - chicken cheesesteak, 3 chicken wings w/bleu cheese

D - leftover Italian sausage, peppers & onions

70 oz of water!

I came up short on the veggies today - not a great day of eating - but at least I kept it low-carb!

Sunday's Menu

B - Atkins bar

L - Italian sausage, peppers & onions

D - 1 scrambled egg, 2 pieces of organic nitrite-free bacon, broccoli

Only about 45 0z of water today. I'll do better tomorrow!

Saturday's Menu

B - 2 scrambled eggs, broccoli

L - grilled chicken, salad w/ Ranch

D - Applebee's! - 10 buffalo wings w/bleu cheese, salad w/bleu cheese, NY strip steak, broccoli

70 oz of water!

Friday's Menu

B - 2 scrambled eggs w/ green & red peppers, salsa

L - 2 chicken breasts, lettuce, tomato, mustard sauce

D - 1 organic chicken & turkey sausage w/ roasted red peppers, broccoli

64 oz water!

Thursday's Menu

We went out to dinner Thursday night at Steak 38 in Brigantine - and it's always tougher to stay on your eating plan when you're out - right? Well, I basically stayed on my plan...I just ate WAY too much food! For the first time in a long time I truly felt "stuffed" walking out there last night! I also blew my "no cheese" thing for this week since I opted for the bleu cheese dressing on my salad (yum!). As a sidebar - if you're a steak eater...do yourself a favor and go to Steak 38! Delicious!

So here we go for Thursday's recap:

B - 2 fried eggs, 1 leftover BBQed turkey sausage link

L - blackened chicken caesar salad

D - 20 oz rib steak, bernaise sauce, green beans, green peppers in olive oil, salad w/ bleu cheese, tomatoes, onions

Tons O' Water!

Wednesday's Menu

Down ANOTHER pound today to go down to 168lbs! I'm easily the lightest I've been since college. You gotta love losing fat - while eating fat!

Here's today's menu:

B - 2 fried eggs, 1 sausage patty, low-carb ketchup
L - WaWa roasted chicken salad w/bacon, tomato, & ranch dressing
S - handful of peanuts
D - 3 links of turkey sausage w/fat/carb/calorie/sugar free BBQ sauce (yum!)
About 80oz of water today!

Tuesday's Menu

Another pound gone this morning...to take me down to 169...and just 11 pounds away from where I'd like to be!

I'm going without cheese for the rest of this week as an experiment. I've been reading online about many people who say that cheese, while Atkins-friendly, causes their weight loss to stall. Since the final 10-15 pounds are always the hardest to lose, I decided I'd give up my beloved cheese for a week and see if it makes any difference for me. I'm also taking a break from the Atkins bars...which are really more for people who are in "maintainance" mode. Between dropping the cheese and the bars, maybe I can lose more than my usual 1 pound this week. I LOVE cheese...and those bars...so they'll definitely be back SOON!

Here's today's menu:

B - 2 scrambled eggs with green & red peppers, low-carb ketchup

L - 6oz leftover BBQ pork tenderloin, broccoli

D - 6oz turkey burger topped with salsa, lettuce

About 75 oz of water today!

Back From Vacation

I'm back from my very enjoyable week-long vacation spot. No - not Walley World (though I did sport my Walley World t-shirt the other day)...but the wonderful resort up in the Catskill Mountains that my family and I have been vacationing at every summer for 32 years! - Anyway, it's back to reality today...and the good news is I didn't gain any weight on vacation, which as you know is no small feat...so I'm holding steady at 170 lbs...for now. I fully intend to continue shaving off the weight and love what I'm eating!

Here's the menu for today:

B - 2 fried eggs, green peppers, low-carb ketchup

L - chicken steak w/cheese, turkey burger w/spinach

D - 6 oz BBQ pork tenderloin (with no carb/no sugar/no fat/no calorie bbq sauce!), broccoli

Water!!!