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Last night I drak Pepsi and ate an ice cream sandwich, macaroni with mushrooms and tomatoe paste and many blue raspberry small Mr Freeze. This morning I had grape juice and thre toasts. As a snack I had an ice cream sandwich. I ate cheese then put cheese and mushrooms on a frozen small cheese pizza then ate a few bacon hickory potatosticks with Pepsi.

Last night I drank Pepsi and ate pasta bows with mushrooms and tomatoe paste and the rest of my small blue rapsberry Mr Freeze. This morning I had grape juice and three toasts. I had Pepsi and salted sunflower seeds in shell as a snack. Earlier I had Pepsi and a pork chop with uncooked white potatoes fried in the pork chop greese with extra butter.

After some revelations in my food journal, I recognize that my habit of being spontaneous with meals contributes to poor choices as I tend to make them during my weaker moments of hunger.

So, as much as I detested the thought of a "typical" menu, I'm finding more success with healthful choices and weight loss if I stick (at least loosely) to one.

My breakfasts: cottage cheese with fruit, yogurt or eggs.

My snacks: lite chocolate soy milk, nuts, vegetable juice, fruit, vegetable sticks, tofu, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs.

My lunches: salads, soups

My dinners: This is where it can get crazy so I will do my best to stick with the following choices: Proteins and vegetables in a variety of ways but NOT battered and fried. NO starches.

My desserts: I'm not a huge dessert eater but can be tempted. I will stick to fruit and low-sugar choices.

My daughter and I will be developing and researching recipes for a low-carb breakfast cookie and other desserts!

Last night I drak Pepsi and ate bacon hickory potatosticks, macaroni with butter, lemon starbursts and small red Mr Freeze. This morning I had grape juice and two toasts. Then (when i came back from Matane and 2 other times each with a calcium) I had uncooked white potatoes fried in butter with Pepsi, I also ate salted in shells sunflower seeds.

Last night I ate white rice with tomatoe juice and chocolate and drank Pepsi. This morning I had grape juice and three toasts. Earlier I drank Pepsi and ate french fries from the nearest restaurant and one lemon Starburst.

Last night I drank Pepsi and ate the rest of the french fries with barbecue sauce, white rice with tomatoe juice, bacon hickory potatosticks and chocolate. This morning I had grape juice and three toats. As a snack I had peanuts in shells (i added salt after taking them out of the shells) with Pepsi. Earlier I had cucumber with a steak and Pepsi.

Nancy - I know you like toast for breakfast . But it's really important to get protein into you when you start your day. Toast doesn't have protein in it.

Is there any sort of protein-like thing that you'd be interested in for breakfast? Sausages? Hard boiled eggs? Scrambled eggs? A chocolate protein shake?

I love eggs. And strangely I don't really like ham except for breakfast so I like that with eggs. My eggs I usually eat scramble but I like it cooked in different ways too. I love bacon (who doesnt? haha). Once in a few years I want to eat sausages but the last time was many years before moving here. I hate shakes so that is out. I did find interesting recipes involving eggs and they are either for crockpots or the oven and I never cooked eggs like that so that would be interesting.

Nancy -

That is *awesome* that you love eggs! Eggs are amazing nutritional powerhouses. They have all sorts of important vitamins and minerals in them.

Scrambling eggs only takes a minute or so, could you try scrambling eggs one of these mornings? Or you can make microwaved eggs REALLY easily with one of these -

hard boil eggs in microwave

I have one and *adore* it. It is so so easy. So you do that the night before and they're all ready for you in the fridge in the morning.

Yummm!

Last night I drank Pepsi and ate peanuts (in shells then added salt) and chicken and brocoli sidekick from Knorr. This morning I had grape juice and four toasts. As a snack I had Pepsi and peanuts (like last night). Earlier I had Pepsi with cucumber, steak and reheated noodles from last night.