I'm Back.

I gave up on this blog more than three years ago because I was being really bad about taking pictures of my food, and even when I did remember, it was such a pain in the ass to upload them to the blog.  With the advent of the smart phone, though, that's not a valid excuse anymore.

Plus, I've been complaining a lot lately about being unable to lose the 3 pounds I gained over the holidays.  I know, it's just three pounds...but three pounds more than I was carrying around when I bought my wedding dress back in November, so it's imperative to lose them (and preferably a few more).  Jon suggested that I start this blog up again because in the past, it has worked  as a way to get me to eat better.  OK, eating better to avoid public ridicule is probably not the right reason to do it, but hey.  It's better than nothing.

So...here we are.  Take Two.  (Or three.  I can't remember.)

BREAKFAST, 7:45 A.M.
I forgot to take a picture this morning, so clearly we're off to a great start.  Anyway, here's what I ate:

*1 medium-sized bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, no milk

*1 6 oz cup of Yoplait Light strawberry yogurt

LUNCH, 11:30 A.M.

Garlic parmesan Bowl Appetit (not very good) & Diet Cherry Coke.

SNACK, 4:15 P.M.

12 oz carmel steamer, with skim milk

DINNER, 6:00 P.M.

Turkey sub, Doritos, & diet Coke

SNACK, 9:45 P.M.

Ritz Crackers & cheese spread

Brunch, 2:15 p.m.

No breakfast today because I had to fast for some blood work that was done at 1:30 -- some b.s. mandated by the insurance company to maintain my current level of benefits. Anyway, that meant no food until after. Since I had an afternoon of errands planned, I just ate at the Taco Bell right next to the clinic. I ordered 2 beef tacos and Cinnamon Twists, but I ended up with 2 Taco Supremes slathered in sour cream. Gross. So, I didn't eat very much of my tacos. Why didn't I complain and get new tacos? Because it took them almost 10 minutes -- I shit you not -- to make the wrong thing. Never mind that there was one car in the drive thru and I was the only person inside.

Dinner, 6:45 p.m.

We went to Antoinette's, where I ordered my usual plate of pasta. Jon also had beer-battered cheese curds, and I ate quite a few of those as well. I ate only half of this pasta, at most. Maybe even less. I know what I'm having for lunch tomorrow...

Snack, 9:30 p.m.

Apple.

Snack, 1:00 a.m.

Baked Lays, BBQ flavor. Verdict? Not as good as the plain ones, but not bad either.

Breakfast, 9:00 a.m.

Parmesan bagel.

Lunch, 11:45 p.m.

We had a dreadful 2-hour meeting during lunch, so I packed my lunch box and took it along. I had a turkey sandwich, yogurt, a granola bar, and Goldfish crackers. Oh, and a Diet Pepsi, of course. Have to stay awake during those things.

Snack, 3:00 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: Granola bar.

Dinner, 7:15 p.m.

A take-n-bake pizza from Wal-Mart. (They're quite good.) This one is "ultimate meat," which I personally think is way too much meat...but it's Jon's favorite. That's OK. I just pick off half of my meat and give it to him.

Snack, 10:30 p.m.

More peppermint bark. I love Costco; my thighs do not.

Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.

Light strawberry banana yogurt and a parmesan bagel.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.

Easy Mac and a granola bar.

Snack, 2:45 p.m.

Skittles.

Dinner, 5:15 p.m.

Frozen fettuccini alfredo. (a.k.a. 340 calories of Michelina microwave goodness.)

Dinner #2, 7:45 p.m.

I take skating lessons on Monday nights, and I was ravenous when I got home. So...I made goulash. Except that I used ground turkey instead of ground beef. Bad move. It had zero flavor, and I didn't eat much at all. Neither did Jon...so you know it was bad.

Snack, 8:15 p.m.

I was still hungry, so I had a can of mandarin oranges. (I drained the juice.)

Snack, 11:30 p.m.

A piece of peppermint bark before bed. Yum.

Breakfast, 12:30 p.m.

Cherry pop-tarts.

Lunch, 4:00 p.m.

A Costco chicken bake and a berry smoothie.

Snack, 6:30 p.m.

A very filling parmesan bagel.

Snack, 9:15 p.m.
NOT PICTURED: A piece of almond bark. We found it at Costco, and nostalgia for the stuff my mom used to make convinced me to buy a tub. It wasn't as good as Mom's, but it was pretty darn good.

Dinner, 10:00 p.m.

Leftover Hamburger Helper and a mug of Land-O-Lakes white hot chocolate. Yum.

Long Overdue

This isn't nearly as many photos as I ought to have, given that it's been 3 weeks since my last post. Thing is, my friend Kelly had my camera for about a week because she doesn't have a digital and needed some photos of her leaky basement for insurance stuff. Anyway...here's what I've got.