I didn’t get around to posting this last night like I’d planned, so here’s the stats for yesterday.
Food eaten:

Breakfast: 2 scrambled egg whites, 2 tbsp. Pace Chunky salsa, 1/2 sliced avocado, 2 cups coffee. Calories: 265.
Lunch: Large salad with mushrooms, broccoli, green onions, peas, baby corn, 1 oz. shredded cheese and vinaigrette dressing. Calories: 344.
Dinner: [...]

Food eaten:

Breakfast: 2 scrambled egg whites, 3 pieces turkey bacon, 1/2 tomato roasted and topped with 2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese. Calories: 265
Lunch: Baked potato topped with 2 tbsp. shredded cheddar, 1/4 c. non-fat refried beans, 2 chopped green onions and 2 tbsp. salsa. Calories:

Snacks: 2 stalks celery stuffed with 1 tbsp. cream cheese each, [...]

Food eaten:

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs (1 whole egg, 2 egg whites) topped with 2 tbsp. salsa and 1/2 avocado, sliced; 2 cups coffee. Calories: 284
Lunch: Massive bowl of homemade pho soup. Calories: 384.
Snacks: 2 c. watermelon chunks; 2 brown rice cakes; non-fat latte (16 oz.). Calories: 311.
Dinner: Grilled sirloin (4 oz.), vegetables cooked in packet [...]

Despite my best-laid plans to keep healthy snacks in my purse, I often find myself tempted by fast-food restaurants while running errands. No doubt my failure to restock the granola bars in my bag has less to do with this than my love of burgers. So when I first read about NYC’s city ordinance requiring [...]

When I informed my husband that I intend to cut several types of foods out of my diet for a while in the hope of improving my allergies (along with my waistline and allover health), he made me promise that I won’t put him on the same food plan, too. I agreed, for the [...]

Like a lot of women, I gained weight after I got married and have often wondered if the two things were related. Turns out, they just might be. Not that I needed an article to confirm my suspicion: I have only to think back to this weekend, when a combination of Saturday night insomnia and [...]

I just tried my first-ever “Healthy Choice Cafe Steamer” — a fairly new product, I believe. (I can’t find anything about it on HC’s website, but a USA Today article from April introducing the product says there are twelve flavors out.)
I’ve always been partial to Healthy Choice meals, if I’m going to eat frozen, [...]

After last night’s pizza incident, I’m back on the low-fat track. At least until dinner time, when I might make an exception so I can enjoy fresh insalata caprese from my garden. Meanwhile, here’s what I’ve had to eat:
Breakfast
Egg Beaters “cheese and chive” flavor, 1/2 c. (cooked in non-stick pan)
1 slice Cassava melon
1 piece rye [...]

I’m on Day 5 of Alli, and still without the “unwanted treatment effects.” I’ve lost three pounds so far, and must say this has been the easiest weight loss I’ve ever experienced.
Of course, I’m still keeping my fat intake low — with the exception of some nachos late last night. I hadn’t taken an Alli [...]

What I had this morning, after taking my Alli pill:
2 slices rye bread, toasted (Calories: 164. Fat grams: 2.2)
“I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” spray, about 12 sprays (Calories: 5. Fat grams: 1)
1 cup diced cantaloupe (Calories: 54. Fat grams: 0)
8 oz. low-fat buttermilk (Calories: 98. Fat grams: 2)
Coffee, black (Calories: 0. Fat grams: 0)
Total [...]