New Year: More Joy....Day 1

Day 1 (I kept this on paper and am typing it up)

Date: 1/14/13

Weight: 179.8

Physical feelings: Tired. We got home late last night from Nashville at the Farm Bureau Convention at the Opryland Hotel. A lot of walking! Feet hurt. Hips hurt. Shins hurt. A few weeks ago at Christmas it was my knee. I started last week at 182, but cut back on food b/c I new Nutrisystem would start Monday. The weeks before I started getting a swelling, bloated feeling in my upper stomach when I ate even a bit too much. In other words, my body is rebelling against the extra weight.

Emotional Feelings: Very good! Positive! Excited!

Breakfast: 
NS Blueberry Muffin. ** (I'm giving this a 2 star rating) Texture was kind of weird, but the flavor was okay. Had a twinkie vibe to it. I tried warming it, and accidentally left the "do not eat" packet stuck to the bottom of it while heating it for 10 seconds. Whoops!
Protein drink. I just used vanilla Slimfast powder and skim milk. Tastes like liquid birthday cake to me! 

Morning Snack:
PowerFuel: Boiled egg, coffee with fat-free creamer. I chopped up the egg (it was warm) and I added a small amount of salt and some pepper. Then I had a big cup of coffee. I was excited because I bought whole bean Eight-o-Clock coffee and ground the beans. Smelled so good! I guessed at the amount of creamer, but I don't think I went much over a Tablespoon.

Lunch
NS Three Cheese Pasta w/chicken *** This is one of the dry ready-to-eat meals, and it took me forever to get it rehydrated properly. Not one to make if I am in a hurry unless I perfect it. It wasn't bad though. The meat (?) was the texture of bacon bits and the noodles were good. The sauce was pretty good also. 
PowerFuel: 4 oz yogurt Activia vanilla, fat-free. Pretty good. Vanilla is sort of boring.

Afternoon Snack
SmartCarb: cucumbers and carrots. I didn't measure them. I had a plate full though! These are unlimited, so it was a good way to help curb appetite. 
1 cup hot low-sodium chicken broth. I cannot imagine drinking this in warmer weather, but it was so cold, it tasted pretty good.

Dinner
NS Sloppy Joe Mix. * This was the low point of the day. This stuff is worse than what I imagine they serve to prisoners. The smell, texture, and taste was sooo bad. I cooked real sloppy joes for the rest of the family, and I added peppers and onions to theirs, so in desperation I sautéed some and added them to mine also and put it on a wheat bun. It looked like a dog got sick on my plate. The peppers and onions were the only reason I was able to eat it, but I felt sick for like an hour afterwards. Never again. Sad that NS sent me another one in the first shipment. I think I will pass. This alone makes me want to pay the extra $20 to customize my next shipment so that this never (dramatic pause) happens again.
SmartCart:The wheat bun. Also ate a small portion of baked beans and some nasty canned greens that said they were Southern seasoned. 


Dessert
NS Chocolate cake ** After dinner (ugh), I was desperate to find something to remove the taste from my mouth. I picked this cake and added some lite Cool Whip to the top of it--not even caring if I was allowed. Did I mention desperate? It helped, but I was really hoping that NS had included one of those chocolate mint patties in my shipment that everyone raves about. They didn't, so I was disappointed before I even ate the chocolate cake. 

End of the day thought:
Just glad that I am done eating for the night. Had some plain hot tea and finished my water and called it a night.