Day 1 (Monday, 1/22/2007)

Okay, here goes nothing.

Breakfast, Day 1: A good sized bowl of lowfat granola with milk. Good stuff.

I spent about $35 on groceries for the week and I'm hoping to keep the total tab to fifty bucks.

I'm not a big cereal fan. I've gone years between bowls. I bought some granola a few weeks ago and found it to be reasonably satisfying. Same for Raisin Bran. I'd rather have bacon and eggs, but since I'm not a morning person, that doesn't happen too often during the week.

Some other breakfast foods I like: Omlettes, biscuits and gravy, grapefruit, breakfast sandwiches...



Lunch: Ooh, not so good. Thought about a turkey sandwich at home, but I was decidedly hungry.

Burger King Texas Double Whopper, fries, Coke.

About a zillion calories. The Texas Whopper is a very, very tasty sandwich, although this wasn't the finest one I've ever had. Overall, very satisfactory if not dietetic.

Amount wasted on fast food: $6.14.

I really want to cut way back on the fast food. If you count pizza, I've been running in double digits for fast food meals per week. It's just wrong.

So consider this a big black mark.


Dinner:

What I really wanted for dinner was biscuits and gravy. No idea why. I didn't really feel like making sausage gravy, though, and I had some chicken that I cooked up yesterday, so I decided to make chicken and biscuits.

I basically used this recipe with a couple minor tweaks. I made the biscuits separately using 'Heart Healthy' Bisquick and substituted canned peas and fresh diced baby carrots. I was less than diligent at measuring things, but it worked out. The only defect was that the carrots weren't done enough - I should have precooked them in the microwave - a lesson for next time. I have 3 biscuits left for tomorrow, along with at least half of the chicken stuff. If I'm really hungry, 1 meal, if not then maybe 2.

The blob behind the bowl is a small leftover brownie. The beverage is Meijer Organic Lemonade - my grocery store splurge of the week. I had 2 1/2 glasses. Bad me. At least once it's gone, it's gone. I hate grocery shopping.

Snack:

Six Snyder's pretzel rods.

Probably not necessary.

Day in Review:

Heavy on protein and starch. Light on vegetables (toppings at lunch, some carrots and peas at dinner). No fruit. I did buy some grapes, so there's hope for the rest of the week.

This was fun, so I think there will at least be a Day 2.