day 1 - mondays . i hate mondays .

Mondays always seem to be the hardest days. I started with a plan as for what I’m going to eat. It was one banana for breakfast, half a cup of special k cereal for a midmorning snack, one salad for lunch (lettuce, 5 strawberry tomatoes, cucumber, no dressing), one little container of activia for an afternoon snack, and whatever was made for dinner.

The plan changed during the day a bit, and I’m disgusted to say that I slipped. This is what it ended up being.

Breakfast: One banana - 105 calories

Mid morning snack: One stick of celery - 6 calories

Lunch: One salad with lettuce, 5 strawberry tomatoes, and cucumber - 4, 25, 8 calories respectively. overall: 37 calories

Afternoon snack: One container of activia - 100 calories

12 guacamole chips - 152 calories

1/8 bag of popcorn - 55 calories

1 blue raspberry twizzler - 40 calories

Overall, this came to 495 calories. And because I ate not only popcorn, but also guacamole chips, AND a twizzler, which I was dismayed to find out was a whopping 40 calories, I’m not allowing myself to eat dinner.

I’ve done some calculations, and my math results in this:

There are 3,500 calories in one pound. My body, at a sedentary level, burns 1420 calories a day. 1420 x 7 days a week is 9,940 calories. I need to eat less than 1420 calories in a day, and if I subtract 3,500 from 9,940, I get 6,640. I have to eat 6,640 calories per week and no more in order to lose one pound a week. This ends up being 920 calories a day.

So, I have a 920 calorie limit a day. But to be on the safe side, I am restricting myself as much as possible. I didn’t get any time for exercise today, though, which is terrible.

I also found out that my scale is broken, and I don’t know when I’ll get a new one.

My mother is making dinner for tomorrow - it’s spaghetti. How will I ever do this?

No, I can have no doubts. I will be strong, and I will lose everything that I need to. 85 pounds, here I come.