Today is a non-workout day.  What this means is....today I can only eat 1219 calories!  It is amazing how fast you can use up 1219 calories.  No cream in my coffee, no chocolate after dinner, no heavy dressings.  Today is a pretty bare bones day as far as foods go (ok, I had half a bagel at breakfast...but half!) and, I have changed my dinner menu about 5 times already in order to find something that will fit into my budget.  I feel very hungry wich is miserable.  I'm drinking tea to try to curb my hunger. I feel like I have been hungry to the extreme for the past week.  Strange how sometimes you feel satisfied and other times...ravenous!

Here is what I ate today:

16oz of coffee    (2 8oz cups a couple hours apart)    5 cals
2 splenda            7 cals
2% fage yogurt   140 cals
100% fruit bar    (fresh fruit isn't usually an option for me..allergies,yada yada yada )   140 cals
1/2 bagel            144 calories
1/20z  cream cheese    48 cals

3oz chicken breast                  93 cals
1.5c lettuce                            4 cals
1/4c cucumber                       4 cals
1/4 red bell pepper                9 cals
1Tbls low cal italian dressing  26 cals
1/4c beets
5 black olives                        18 cals
5 croutons                             30 cals
diet rootbeer                          0  cals

sweet onion teriyaki sandwich (subway) with slice of american     420 cals

rice cake                               35 cals
1/2tbls peanut butter              47
stick of gum (yep,have to count it,stupid huh?)  5 cals

  this leaves me with 21 calories left over.  I was able to eat out tonight at Subway and enjoy 1/2 bagel at breakfast.  I can see by looking at this that another breakfast item might have held me over alot better, but I was craving that bagel.  I've also heard that rice cakes have no nutritional value, but I do like them and I figure some protein from the p.b. would help.  Eating less is what is most difficult for me.  Eating healthier isn't the hardest part......