September 28, 2007 Diet Diary

Another exciting day on the BRAT diet. This thing is driving me crazy.

Weight: 133 pounds

Breakfast: 2 multi-grain waffles, coffee with sugar-free Coffee-Mate

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: 1 piece of toast, 1 banana

Afternoon Snack: 1 piece of chocolate angel food cake, pedialyte

Dinner: 1 cup of rice, a few small pieces of chicken breast (maybe 1-2 oz.), soy sauce

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: None

September 27, 2007 Diet Diary

Another exciting day on the BRAT diet. Boo!

Weight: 133 pounds

Breakfast: 2 multi-grain waffles, coffee with sugar-free Coffee-Mate

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: 1 piece of toast, 1/2 cup of applesauce

Afternoon Snack: 1 banana

Dinner: 2 cups of rice, 2 pieces of toast with olive oil

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: None

September 26, 2007 Diet Diary

Another exciting day on the BRAT diet (though I'm starting to test the limits).

Weight: 132 pounds

Breakfast: 2 multi-grain waffles, coffee with sugar-free Coffee-Mate

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: 1 piece of toast, 1 banana

Afternoon Snack: 2 pieces of toast, 1 CocoaVia bar

Dinner: Brown rice, tilapia, eggplant, mushroom and carrots

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 24, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 133 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: South Beach frozen cheese pizza

Afternoon Snack: Half of a ZonePerfect Bar, 1 banana

Dinner: 1 slice of bread, about 1 cup of white rice with a little butter, 2 cups of Pedialite

Evening Snack: 1/2 cup of applesauce, 1 slice of bread, 1 CocoaVia bar (yeah, I cheated a bit)

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 23, 2007 Diet Diary

I'm on vacation!

Weight: unknown

Breakfast: Coffee with skim milk, 2 hard-boiled eggs (only 1 yolk), toast with 1/2 pat of butter

Morning Snack: Decaf latte with artificial sweetener & 2% milk

Lunch: 1 fish taco with corn tortillas, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, cheese, 1 piece of a chicken quesadilla with guacamole, 1 light beer

Afternoon Snack: None

Dinner: Tiny snack-pack of honey roasted almonds and 100-calorie pack of cookies, 1 glass of red wine

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 22, 2007 Diet Diary

I'm on vacation!

Weight: unknown

Breakfast: Coffee with CoffeeMate, 2 hard-boiled eggs (1 with yolk, 1 without), a couple bites of yogurt

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: 1 piece of foccachia dipping oil, 4 pieces of turkey pastrami topped with goat cheese and roast onions, a couple bites of potato salad, 1 glass of wine

Afternoon Snack: 1 glass of wine, a couple crackers, 1 beer

Dinner: 2 mojitos, about 10 pistachios, 4 mini-duck eggrolls with bbq sauce, 2 pieces tuna sashimi with veggie slaw, a few pieces of cheese on crackers with dried fruit and poached pear

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 21, 2007

I'm on vacation!

Weight: unknown

Breakfast: Coffee with skim milk, bowl of strawberries, a couple bites of a almond croissant

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: 1 fish taco, 1 shrimp taco with corn tortillas, lettuce, tomato, salsa

Afternoon Snack: 2 small cupcakes

Dinner: 1 pomegranite martini, 2 glasses of wine, 1 piece of bread, small caeser salad, risotto with truffles and lobster, a couple bites of chocolate banana cake

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 20, 2007

I'm on vacation!

Weight: 132 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: Fish taco (battered fish, corn tortilla, lettuce, tomato & salsa)

Afternoon Snack: None

Dinner: Pomegranite martini, 2 glasses of wine, ceaser salad, black truffle risotto with lobster, a couple bites of a banana chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 19, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 132 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: Strawberry smoothie

Afternoon Snack: None

Dinner: Stuffed shells with turkey

Evening Snack: Blueberry smoothie

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 18, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 132 pounds

Breakfast: 1/2 cup of Fiber One, 1/3 cup of milk, 1 tablespoon almonds, 7 grams of protein powder (Ugh! I remember eating this once, years ago, but had forgotten how disgusting of a combo it is. Sickeningly sweet milk mixture. I won't eat this again.)

Morning Snack: 1/2 of a ZonePerfect bar

Lunch: Stuffed shells with turkey tomato sauce

Afternoon Snack: ZonePerfect Bar

Dinner: Morningstar Chickin' Nuggets, BBQ sauce, low-fat string cheese

Evening Snack: Blueberry smoothie

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 17, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 133 pounds

Breakfast: 1 cup fat-free yogurt with 2 teaspoons fructose, 1 tableshoon almond butter, 5 grams protein powder

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: Cedar's Hummos with celery sticks, half of a ZonePerfect Bar

Afternoon Snack: 8 grapes and 1/4 cup of soybeans

Dinner: Vietnamese chicken salad (skinless chicken, cabbage, basil, mint, peanuts and vinegary sauce) and Vietnamese pancake (eggy crepe-like thing, bean sprouts, steamed pork and shrimp, lettuce, basil, mint, cucumber, carrot and fish sauce)

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 1 mile

September 16, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 132 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: Half a ZonePerfect Bar

Lunch: Chicken salad with lettuce

Afternoon Snack: None

Dinner: 1 glass white wine, 1 glass beer, Chinese sizzling rice soup with chicken and shrimp

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 4 miles

September 15, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 132 pounds

Breakfast: Bran cereal and milk

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: Cedar's Original Hummos and celery

Afternoon Snack: Half of a ZonePerfect Bar

Dinner: 1/2 cup of 2% cottage cheese, 1 tablespoon almonds, 1.5 cups strawberries

Evening Snack: 1 glass of red wine and 2 ounces low-fat cheese

Exercise: 2 mile walk

September 14, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 132 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: Half a ZonePerfect Bar

Lunch: Leftover baked stuffed shells

Afternoon Snack: Balance Bar

Dinner: 2 glasses red wine, cheese & salami, olives & almonds, and a couple slices of bread

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 13, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 132 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: Half a Balance Bare Bar

Lunch: Leftover baked stuffed shells

Afternoon Snack: Half of a ZonePerfect Bar

Dinner: Cedar's Original Hummos and celery

Evening Snack: Blueberry smoothie

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 12, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 133 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: Half a Balance Bar

Lunch: Leftover baked stuffed shells

Afternoon Snack: 1/2 of a Balance Bare Bar

Dinner: South Beach Diet's Cheese Pizza

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 3.5 miles

September 11, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 133 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: Leftover baked stuffed shells

Afternoon Snack: 1/2 of a Balance Bar

Dinner: 2 glasses of wine, salad with goat cheese and pumpkin seeds, grilled salmon with steamed spinach, mushrooms, king crab and octopus

Exercise: Bike 30 minutes, walk 3.5 miles

September 10, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 134 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: Half of a ZonePerfect Bar

Lunch: I'm bad! I skipped lunch :(

Afternoon Snack: Cedar's Original Hummos with celery

Dinner: Cooking Light's Baked Stuffed Shells

Evening Snack: Decaf almond mocha iced latte

Exercise: Bike 30 minutes

September 9, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 134 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: None

Lunch: 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, 1 apple, 1/3 cup of grapes, 1.5 tablespoons almonds

Afternoon Snack: Balance Bar

Dinner: Lean Cuisine Cheese Canneloni

Evening Snack: Blueberry smoothie

Exercise: Walk 2 miles

September 8, 2007 Diet Diary

Weight: 134 pounds

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese (cook 1/3 cups of oatmeal with 2/3 cups of water, when finished add 1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon fructose, 2 teaspoons almonds, 1 tablespoon milk)

Morning Snack: Coffee with cream and Equal

Lunch: 1 oz sliced turkey, 1 oz low-fat swiss cheese, 1 teaspoon each mustard and mayo, 1 apple

Afternoon Snack: Balance Bar

Dinner: Salad with full-fat dressing, 1/2 crab cake, 5 jumbo shrimp with cocktail sauce

Evening Snack: None

Exercise: Walk 2 miles