Day 4... Still awesome :)

I've come to the decision that if I'm really going to do this with some amount of success I'm going to have to sit down and make lists of ALL of the things I can eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I've been repeating a lot of the same things and that's definitely no good.

Today was not as great as the past few days have been as far as food choices go, but I'm managing around 1,100 to 1,200 calories per day. I'm making sure to eat LOTS of fiber and A LOT LESS sodium and sugar. I'm also cutting down to actual real portion sizes. I can definitely feel the difference in the changes I am making. To start out this first week I was still feeling hungry when I was finishing meals but tonight at dinner I couldn't even finish a portion before I felt full. I don't have that "fried food bloated feeling" and I can tell that I'm not retaining fluid since lowering my sodium intake.

All in all, I think I'm being productive and I will continue to remind myself that results will be slow but hopefully consistent. Today my motivation is that I know of several people in my life who are having health issues. I am tired of having to take pills for blood pressure and cholesterol. I WANT to be healthy. I WANT to be pill free. Even if I never manage to run a half marathon (for the record, I'm not saying that is my goal right now, but maybe eventually!) I want to be healthy enough at least jog a mile or two! :)
All that being said, here's what I ate today!

Breakfast:
1 slice of 15 whole grain bread with a tablespoon of peanut butter and a teaspoon of strawberry jelly. (reduced sugar!)

Lunch:
1 cup whole grain rotini pasta with 2 oz. cheddar cheese, 2 oz. low-sodium tuna, 2 teaspoons mayo
(This was an already made pasta salad that was a leftover from a pot luck I went to earlier this week.)

Dinner:
1/2 cup whole grain elbow macaroni with 97% lean ground beef, bbq sauce (tiny amount), and 2% milk velveeta cheese. (383 calories)

***EDIT: Snack: Navel Orange ***

My total calorie intake for the day: 1,259.
Exercise: Up and down the stairs with Alexis, 1.5 hours of literally running around the park chasing after Alexis. 35 minutes of chasing Alexis around the house tonight playing "tag."

According to MyFitnessPal where I am logging my food to count calories, "If every day were like today, I'll weigh 203.5 Lbs. in 5 weeks. Hmmmm... juuuust something to think about! :)