Day 2

Yesterday, even though I did not have a difficult day as far as being hungry, I did realize that I had not gotten in more than 1000 calories. So, what I did was after I wrote up my entry I had another cup of grapes. This put me over 1000, but I really wasn't exactly hungry when I ate them. I need to spread the calories out over the day. Planning out my meals will help me in this. I am not going to let this get me down by any means. Instead, I will just take that step forward to make sure that I plan ahead and get in the calories I need, and not the ones that I WANT.

By doing that I made a change today. For breakfast I had a 6 oz. banana yogurt with 80 calories, 0 fat, 1 cup grapes with 110 calories, .3 g fat, 1/2 of an orange, 35 calories, .2 g fat, and a banana, 105 calories, .4 g fat. Then I had 8 oz of V8 juice which contains 60 calories, 0 fat. So my total so far today is 385 calories and less than a gram of fat. I think this is pretty good.

For lunch I plan to have some carrot sticks, peppers, and cucumbers with veggie dip and probably some watermelon and maybe an apple after that. If I have the time that is. Lunch is difficult because I get caught up in doing my school work and lose track of time. This is something I need to work on so that I make time for everything. I prefer to exercise in between my bus runs, but I have been thinking that I may have to start getting up earlier and doing it first thing in the morning. If I do it that way I have the opportunity for my metabolism to get jacked up before I have even begun my day. Also, it gives me the chance to get some extra walking in later in the day if I choose.

The other idea was to do it either right before dinner or right after. The problem with this is that I do not want to get my body going too close to bedtime because that can actually make it harder to get to sleep. I am going to try it both ways and see which I like best.