When you change your lifestyle of how you eat it is good every once in a while to imagine what you would have consumed had you continued to stuff yourself silly. SO for fun I made a pretend meal of what I would have ate over 7 months ago (pre-diet). This was last Thursday with my friend hanging out.

Faux Meal:
Breakfast: Brownies (I would have totally made brownies from scratch) 117 each 2 inch piece = 702 calories cus I would probably eat 6 before the day was over. plus two glasses of milk for 200

Lunch: We went to the mall to look at clothes we want to fit into and get motivated but if we weren't watching our weight this is how things would have gone down: Panda Express Orange Chicken(480), Brocolli and Beef (150) w/ brown rice (330) = 960

Dinner: My roomate said she was dying for mexican food from this place down the street and I love that place so I would have totally gone with her. I always get the Bean and Cheese nachos with the sour cream and guacamole....wait for it, wait for it....1380!!! Holy smokes!

Snack: small cinnabon roll = 300

For a grand total of........3542!!!!! D A M N !!!!!

ACTUALl intake for the day:

Breakfast: An orange @ 62 and 2 scrambled egg @ 200

Lunch: Budget Meal health meal of shrimp and brocolli pasta - 260 cal.

snack: low fat key lime Yogurt - 110

Dinner: Chicken Dog (instead of hot dog @ 300), trader Joes Cheese Crunchies: 1 cup @130 and splenda sweetened Rasberry Zinger tea @ 0.

Total: 1162!!!! Much better!

Tips for counting Calories of fruits and veggies

http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html
NutritionDATA Nutrition facts Calorie Counter

Banana: small: 90, medium: 105, large: 121, x-large: 135, 1 cup mashed: 200 Calories
orange: small: 45. medium: 62, Large: 86
Apple: small: 55, medium: 72, large: 110
Plum: 30, 1 cup: 76
Peach: small: 31, medium: 38, large: 61, 1 cup: 66
grapes/green/red (1 cup): 110, per grape: 3
Baby Carrots: 5
whole carrot: 30, 1 cup: 52
sweet potato: 112
yam (1 cup): 177
potato w/ skin: 22
brocolli (1 cup): 31
cauliflower (1 Cup): 25
cabbage (1 cup): 21
Brussel Sprouts (1 Cup): 38
salsa (1 ounce): 10
pears: small: 81, medium: 96, large: 121
Butterleaf lettuce (1 cup): 7
Romaine lettuce (1 cup): 1
Green Leaf (1 cup): 5
Iceburg (1 cup): 8
Spinach leaf (1 cup): 48
Celery: small 2, medium 6, large 9

Here is a great list of low cal snacks

Almost No Calories

25-30 Calories

Celery sticks
1 small tangerine
Lettuce
1/2 cup watermelon
Cucumbers
1/4 cantaloupe
Green peppers
1 small tomato
Mushrooms
1 medium carrot
Cauliflower
1 cup popcorn
Broccoli
12 pretzel sticks

35-60 Calories

1 medium peach
1 small apple
1 medium nectarine
1 small orange
1/2 grapefruit
15 grapes
1/2 cup skim milk
12 cherries
1/4 cup plain yogurt
1 cup strawberries
3 saltine crackers
1/4 cup cottage cheese
1/2 small banana
4 small shrimp