Weight Loss Food Journal  

I'm a fan of the furniture store IKEA. And no, the delicious Swedish meatballs sold at their food court aren't why -- they're part of the reason I got myself into this fatty mess. I like IKEA because everything needs to be assembled. Call me old-fashioned, but a step-by-step plan brings me enjoyment. The satisfaction felt after executing a set of clear instructions and then admiring that finished product is unmatched. Maybe you feel the same way. (Of course, we all know what happens when assembling furniture without instructions.) So, with this in mind, here's a meal-by-meal look at what I ate while losing 30 pounds. (I've also included a few notes I wrote to myself while keeping this food journal.)  My choices weren't always the smartest (or best tasting), so don't consider this perfect eating. But it serves as a good guide. Hopefully, you can eat better and lose more weight than I did. Remember: If you build something great, you can enjoy it for years to come.    – David

2/3 - Day: 0

Dinner: An 8  oz burger (no bun), a side of steamed broccoli

Journal entry: I'm not counting the two bagels, chocolate chip muffin, and cookie I ate this morning before meeting with my doctor. They were goodbye presents for my old self. I pulled a Rickey Henderson tonight and started this game off with a homer.

2/4 - Day: 1

Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs

Lunch: 10 o. of steak, a side of steamed broccoli

Dinner:  8 oz of cooked plain turkey breast, 1 cucumber

Snack: 1 string cheese, 1 romaine lettuce wrap w/ cream cheese and nova lox

2/5 - Day: 2

Breakfast: 3 eggs, 1 string cheese

Snack: 1 cream cheese and lox lettuce wrap, 1 sliced cucumber

Lunch: salmon (about 7-8 oz), smoked broccoli

Dinner: 10 oz of beef mixed with green peppers

Snack: 2 string cheeses

Journal entry: I had a 2-a-day bagel habit for about 10 years. I miss them badly.

Fighting a case of the shakes, actually. Can't believe I was that addicted to bread.

2/6 - Day: 3

Breakfast: egg salad (3 eggs)

Lunch: 8 oz of ground beef mixed with green peppers, 1 cucumber

Snacks: 3 string cheeses

Dinner: Haddock fish (7 oz), a side of asparagus, a salad (leafy greens, oil, salt, pepper, green peppers)

Journal entry: I love haddock, which I never had before tonight. In fact, I'm honestly enjoying most of these meals.

2/7 - Day: 4

Breakfast: egg salad (3 eggs)

Snacks: 3 string cheeses

Lunch: A salad w/ chicken (leafy greens, green peppers, broccoli, shredded chicken, cucumbers)

Snack: 1 cucumber and ½ a green pepper

Dinner: 10 oz of hamburger meat, 2 cream cheese and lox wraps on romaine lettuce

2/8 - Day: 5

Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a 6 oz hamburger patty, 1 cucumber, ½ a green pepper

Snack: 2 string cheeses

Dinner: 9 oz salmon w/ 1 ½ tsp. of flaxseed, 3 cream cheese and lox romaine lettuce wraps, 1 cucumber

2/9 - Day: 6

Breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled

Lunch: 7 oz chicken breast

Dinner: 12 oz chicken breast, a side of broccoli, 1/2 a green pepper

Journal entry: Today was a hard day. I went to the photo shoot for this article (the before picture). As my luck would have it, the shoot took place at Chelsea Market in NYC. There are amazing sandwich shops in the market. Unfortunately, I had to walk by them to reach the elevator -- the photo studio is on the 6th floor of the building. The smells of fresh baked bread made my heart race. A quick note about the photo shoot: it took place between exercise shoots for MH. So there were shirtless men walking around with chiseled bodies. When it was my turn to get shot, the photographer asked if I would remove my shirt. I did. (Hopefully, MH won't print these.) There is nothing like exposing a huge potbelly alongside a room of 6-packed men. Sure makes a man feel good about himself. More fuel for the fire.

2/10 - Day: 7

Breakfast: 2 cream cheese and lox romaine lettuce wraps

Lunch: a salad (topped with shredded chicken, tuna, cucumbers, and green peppers)

Dinner: 9 oz of cooked plain turkey breast

2/11 - Day: 8

Breakfast: 3 oz of tuna, 2 cream cheese and lox wraps on romaine lettuce

Lunch: 6 oz of tuna, leafy greens, 1 cucumber, 2 tsp. of flaxseed

Dinner: salmon (7-8 oz), a side of broccoli

2/12 - Day: 9

Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs, 3 cream cheese and lox romaine lettuce wraps

Lunch: 8  oz of hamburger, leafy greens, 1 cucumber

Dinner: 4  oz of hamburger, 1 cucumber

2/13 - Day: 10

Breakfast: egg salad (3 eggs)

Snack: 1 string cheese

Lunch: a salad (topped with shredded chicken, scoop of tuna, cucumbers, and green peppers)

Dinner: 10 oz combined of chicken and tilapia, vegetable minestrone soup, side of broccoli

Journal entry: I cheated on my diet for the first time today. Wasn't supposed to eat minestrone soup -- it contains potatoes. I relished this cheat. And I'm going to do it again. It's a good way to eat potatoes without overdoing it. Sure, it goes against the plan. But to be successful on a diet, you have to reward yourself. The key is to keep the reward sensible.

2/14 - Day: 11

Breakfast: 2 cream cheese and lox romaine lettuce wraps

Snack: 4 oz of hamburger meat

Lunch: a salad (topped with lettuce, scoop of tuna, cucumbers, and green peppers)

Snack: 2 string cheeses

Dinner: 8 oz of ground turkey mixed with ½ a green pepper, 1 cucumber

2/15 - Day: 12

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: 8 oz ground turkey with green peppers, 1 cucumber

Dinner: 7 oz of tuna, dark leafy greens, and 1 cucumber

Snack: 2 cream cheese and lox romaine lettuce wraps

2/16 - Day: 13

Breakfast: 2 cream cheese and lox romaine lettuce wraps

Lunch: a salad (topped with lettuce, dark greens, tuna, shredded chicken, green peppers, turkey, and cucumbers)

Dinner: 3 cream cheese and lox romaine wraps, 1 cucumber, 4 scrambled eggs, 1 string cheese

Journal entry: At this point, I've dropped 16 pounds! And 2 inches off my waist! Can't stop, won't stop. I feel like Forest Gump when he ran across America.

2/17 - Day: 14

Breakfast: none

Lunch: Two 4 oz hamburger patties atop leafy greens and cucumbers

Dinner: a small order of steamed moo goo gai pan chicken

2/18 - Day: 15

Breakfast: egg salad (3 eggs)

Lunch: a salad (lettuce, cucumber, 2 scoops tuna)

Dinner: Wedding food testing session (see below)

Snack: a small bag of vegetable chips

Journal entry: Bad timing! My fiancée and I headed to the site of our wedding reception for our food tasting. I had bites of steak, mashed potatoes, salad, sesame chicken, bruschetta, mini cheeseburgers, peanut chicken, and rigatoni. Ok, maybe more than bites. I might have had plates-worth of some. Oh yeah. I also discovered Terra vegetable chips today. The bag stated this claim: A delicious potpourri of exotic vegetables. Sounded healthy to me. But I soon found out they weren't. Bad decisions today.

2/19 - Day: 16

Breakfast: none

Lunch: a salad (containing lettuce, cucumber, 2 scoops tuna)

Snack: 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad

Dinner: 7 oz of tuna, 1 cucumber

2/20 - Day: 17

Breakfast: 4 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad

Snack: 1 cucumber, 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

Lunch: chef salad (containing ham, turkey, salami, lettuce, tuna, chicken salad, and greens)

Dinner: 12 oz of grilled chicken

Snack: 4 romaine lettuce and cream cheese and lox wraps

Journal entry: I discovered Wasa crackers today. Eureka! Packed with 100 percent whole grains and fiber, these Swedish flat crackers contain no hydrogenated oils and are baked, not fried. They taste just like a crispy wheat bagel, but without all the sugar and carbohydrates.

2/21 - Day: 18

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Snack: cup of Jell-O, 1 cheese stick

Lunch: A salad (containing lettuce, scoop of tuna, cucumbers, and green peppers)

Snack: 3 romaine lettuce wraps and white fish salad, 2 Wasa with cream cheese

Dinner: 9 oz grilled salmon, a side of broccoli, house salad, 1 cucumber

Journal entry: My bride-to-be made me suffer by eating a frozen yogurt with chocolate chips in front of me. That's love.

2/22 - Day: 19

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: A salad (containing lettuce, scoop of tuna, cucumbers, and green peppers, and shredded chicken)

Dinner: A salad (leafy greens, cucumbers, tuna, romaine lettuce, and a scoop of white fish salad)

Snack: 1 bag of vegetable chips

2/23 - Day: 20

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: A salad (containing a scoop of tuna, cucumbers, and green peppers, cucumbers, shredded chicken)

Dinner: 5 romaine lettuce wraps with lox and cream cheese, 1 cucumber, 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

2/24 - Day: 21

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: A salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, cucumbers, green pepper, turkey)

Dinner: broccoli, asparagus, 8 oz of hamburger, 3 Wasa with cream cheese

2/25 - Day: 22

Breakfast: 3 Wasa with cream cheese

Snack: 4 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad

Lunch: a salad (containing lettuce, leafy greens, cucumbers, 2 scoops tuna)

Dinner: 7 oz steak, broccoli, 4 oz of grilled chicken, 1 cucumber

2/26 - Day: 23

Breakfast: 3 Wasa with cream cheese

Snack: 1 cucumber, 4 oz hamburger

Lunch: 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad, 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese, 10 oz, of tuna

Snack: 1 cucumber

Dinner: 9 oz salmon, broccoli, leafy greens, 2 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

2/27 - Day: 24

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers)

Dinner: 6 oz of beef, broccoli

Snack: 4 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad, 2 Wasa crackers with cream cheese, 1 cucumber

2/28 - Day: 25

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers)

Dinner: 8 oz of beef, 4 oz of flounder, green beans

3/1 - Day: 26

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green peppers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 7 oz of beef, 3 romaine lettuce wraps and white fish salad, 1 cucumber, 2 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

Journal entry: Man, cantaloupe is refreshing. It's now a permanent staple in this diet.

3/2 - Day: 27

Breakfast: 4 romaine lettuce wraps and white fish salad

Lunch: A salad (containing tuna, cucumber, lettuce), 3 oz, of beef

Snack: 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad, 2 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

Dinner: 7 oz salmon, green beans, 1 cucumber

3/3 - Day: 28

Breakfast: None

Lunch: 7 oz of sliced turkey

Snack: 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

Dinner: 6 oz of halibut, 2 oz. of beef, 1 cucumber, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish, asparagus

3/4 - Day: 29

Breakfast: None

Snack: 3 Wasa crackers with butter

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, cucumber, greens)

Dinner: Minestrone soup, 8 oz veal, broccoli, green beans, green peppers

3/5 - Day: 30

Breakfast: 4 scrambled eggs, 3 pieces of bacon

Snack: 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese, 1 cucumber

Lunch: 8 oz steak, broccoli

Snack: 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese, a scoop of white fish salad, 1 cucumber

3/6 - Day: 31

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green pepper), cantaloupe

Dinner: 2 cucumbers, 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese, 8 oz of halibut, green beans

3/7 - Day: 32

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green peppers)

Dinner: 6 oz of salmon, asparagus, 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese, 1 cucumber, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

3/8 - Day: 33

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers), vegetable chips

Dinner: 10 oz grilled chicken, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad, 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

3/9 - Day: 34

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green peppers), cantaloupe

Dinner: a salad (tuna again, leafy greens, cucumbers), 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

3/10 - Day: 35

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of bacon

Dinner: 6 oz of steak, 4 oz of chicken

Snack: 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

Journal entry: New weight loss total -- 22 pounds. Rocking on with my bad self.

3/11 - Day: 36

Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs, bacon

Lunch: a salad (containing white fish salad, egg salad, tuna, leafy greens, lettuce, cucumber)

Dinner: 8 oz of tilapia, broccoli

3/12 - Day: 37

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, bacon

Lunch: 9 oz steak, broccoli

Snack: a scoop of egg and white fish salads

Dinner: 2 slices of pizza

Journal entry: CHEAT NIGHT, CHEAT NIGHT! I've been planning this for a few days. Felt like I needed a treat. Ordered one cheese pizza pie. Ate it all. I'm a bit sick now, but that's ok. I want to remember how bad I feel after overdoing it. Next time, my cheat will be one slice.

3/13 - Day: 38

Breakfast: none

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers) cantaloupe, vegetable chips

Dinner: double dinner salad of leafy greens, tuna, and cucumber

Snack: 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

3/14 - Day: 39

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green peppers) cantaloupe, 2 hard-boiled eggs, veggie chips

Dinner: 3 slices of roast beef, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish, 1 cucumber, 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese and lox

3/15 - Day: 40

Breakfast: 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese and lox

Lunch: a salad (containing turkey, chicken, hard-boiled egg, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 8 oz of halibut, broccoli, 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese, 2 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad, 2 cucumbers

3/16 - Day: 41

Breakfast: 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green pepper), cantaloupe, vegetable chips

Dinner: 8 oz salmon, broccoli, leafy greens, 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

3/17 - Day: 42

Breakfast: none

Lunch: a salad (containing a scoop of tuna, cucumbers, green peppers, egg, shredded chicken), cantaloupe

Dinner: leafy greens, 8 oz of chicken breast, green beans, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

3/18 - Day: 43

Breakfast: 4 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

Lunch: a salad (containing shredded chicken, cucumbers, green pepper, turkey, bacon)

Dinner: 8 oz of tilapia, green beans, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

3/19 - Day: 44

Breakfast: 3 romaine lettuce wraps with tuna, 2 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

Lunch: a salad (containing lettuce, leafy greens, cucumbers, turkey, chicken, bacon)

Dinner: leafy greens, 6 oz piece of salmon, two 4 oz hamburger patties, and broccoli

3/20 - Day: 45

Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, turkey, cucumber, green peppers, hardboiled egg), cantaloupe

Dinner: two 6 oz veal patties, asparagus, 2 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

3/21 - Day: 46

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green peppers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 12 oz of chicken, green beans, 2 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish, 2 cucumbers

3/22 - Day: 47

Breakfast: 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, egg), cantaloupe

Dinner: 10 oz of chicken, broccoli, and minestrone soup

3/23 - Day: 48

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green peppers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 1/2 pound of sliced turkey

Journal entry: I had my first glass of alcohol tonight since this diet started. A cold Jack Daniels and Coke. Buzzed immediately. I was at a party in NYC where there were tons of hearty appetizers. Instead of indulging, I walked across the street to a deli and got this turkey. Rolled each slice before eating it. Took down the whole 1/2 pound in about 3 minutes. Then returned to the party without fear of sneaking pigs-in-a-blanket.

3/24 - Day: 49

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 10 oz veal, broccoli, leafy greens, and minestrone soup

3/25 - Day: 50

Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs, 2 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

Lunch: a salad (tuna, lettuce, cucumbers)

Dinner: 5 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

3/26 - Day: 51

Breakfast: 4 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad

Lunch: a salad (tuna, lettuce, cucumber)

Dinner: 4 scrambled eggs and bacon

Journal entry: That Jack and Coke was so good a few nights back, I decided to have 3 more tonight. A big diet no-no. Should have made a better decision.

3/27 - Day: 52

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, turkey, egg, cheese, cucumbers, broccoli), cantaloupe

Dinner: 8 oz of flounder, red peppers, green beans, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with cream cheese and lox

3/28 - Day: 53

Breakfast: cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green pepper), cantaloupe, bag of vegetable chips

Dinner: 5 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish, 3 romaine wraps with cream cheese and lox

3/29 - Day: 54

Breakfast: 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese and lox

Lunch: a salad (containing turkey, chicken, cheese, cucumber, green peppers, egg), cantaloupe

Dinner: two 6 oz veal patties, snow peas, 3 romaine lettuce wraps white fish

3/30 - Day: 55

Breakfast: 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese and lox

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 8 oz of veal, broccoli, leafy greens, and minestrone soup

3/31 - Day: 56

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: 8 oz of steak with green peppers and onions

Dinner: 9 oz steak, broccoli, leafy greens

4/1 - Day: 57

Breakfast: none

Dinner: a salad (tuna, lettuce, cucumbers)

Snack: 7 oz bacon hamburger (with bun), salad (lettuce and cucumber)

Journal entry: CHEAT NIGHT. However, I lost more weight. Now down 30 pounds. I reached my goal with plenty of time to spare. Unbelievable.

4/2 - Day: 58

Breakfast: 4 romaine lettuce wraps with cream cheese and lox

Lunch: 4 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

Dinner: 10 oz salmon, green beans

4/3 - Day: 59

Breakfast: cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, turkey, egg, cucumber, green pepper), cantaloupe

Dinner: leafy greens, minestrone soup, and 8 oz of chicken, broccoli

4/4 - Day: 60

Breakfast: cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green pepper, egg), cantaloupe

Dinner: a salad (tuna, lettuce, cucumber)

Snack: 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

4/5 - Day: 61

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green peppers), cantaloupe, 2 hard-boiled eggs

Dinner: 8 oz of tilapia, broccoli

4/6 - Day: 62

Breakfast: cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing turkey, chicken, tuna, hard-boiled egg, cucumbers, green pepper), cantaloupe

Dinner: 8 oz of halibut, broccoli with cheese

4/7 - Day: 63

Breakfast: None

Lunch: 2 salads (both containing tuna, lettuce, cucumber)

Dinner: 8 oz of salmon, broccoli

4/8 - Day: 64

Breakfast: None

Lunch: a salad (tuna, lettuce, cucumber), 4 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

Dinner: two 5 oz pieces of veal, broccoli, leafy greens, and minestrone soup

Journal entry: For the first time in my life, I feel like I know how to eat properly. After 26 years of living, I keep thinking about why it took me so long to learn this skill? I blame fast food. It definitely takes a lot of work and planning to make these meals. And money. It's so much easier to hit a drive-up window.

4/9 - Day: 65

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with salami, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

Lunch: a salad (containing steak, lettuce, cucumber), 5oz of chicken

Dinner: a salad (tuna, lettuce, cucumbers), cantaloupe

4/10 - Day: 66

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 4 pieces of salami, 3 slices of roast beef, a scoop of white fish salad, 2 cucumbers

4/11 - Day: 67

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 2 salads (both containing tuna, lettuce, cucumbers), 4 pieces of salami, 3 slices of roast beef

4/12 - Day: 68

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, turkey, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 12  oz steak, leafy greens, broccoli

4/13 - Day: 69

Breakfast: cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, turkey, egg, cheese, cucumbers, broccoli), cantaloupe

Dinner: 9  oz of brisket, string beans, 3 slices of salami

4/14 - Day: 70

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, shredded chicken, turkey, cucumbers, green pepper), cantaloupe

Dinner: 9  oz chicken, leafy greens, a handful of cashews

4/15 - Day: 71

Breakfast: 4 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish salad

Lunch: 3 romaine lettuce wraps with tuna, cantaloupe

Dinner: 8  oz of veal, broccoli, and minestrone soup

4/16 - Day: 72

Breakfast: 4 slices of salami, 3 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish

Lunch: two 4  oz hamburger patties, 4  oz, of salmon, string beans

Dinner: 3 scrambled eggs, 3 pieces of bacon

4/17 - Day: 73

Breakfast: None

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, turkey, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 9 oz brisket, green beans, cantaloupe

4/18 - Day: 74

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, turkey, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 8 oz brisket, green beans, 3 slices of salami

4/19 - Day: 75

Breakfast: cantaloupe

Lunch: two 4  oz, pieces of chicken

Dinner: 8  oz of salmon, broccoli, a handful of cashews, 2 scoops of egg salad

4/20 - Day: 76

Breakfast: cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, turkey, egg, cucumber, green pepper), cantaloupe

Dinner: 6  oz of halibut, asparagus

4/21 - Day: 77

Breakfast: cantaloupe, 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: a salad (containing turkey, tuna, chicken, egg, cucumber, green pepper), cantaloupe

Dinner: 2 scrambled eggs, 4 pieces of bacon, 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

4/22 - Day: 78

Breakfast: none

Lunch: 6  oz of brisket, cantaloupe, and string beans

Dinner: a 9 oz steak, 2 house salads, and broccoli

4/23 - Day: 79

Breakfast: 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese, 2 scrambled eggs, and 3 slices of salami

Lunch: 7  oz of brisket, green beans, and cantaloupe

Dinner: a frozen yogurt with sugar-free chocolate chips

Journal entry: At least I didn't get the M&M topping. I wanted it badly.

4/24 - Day: 80

Breakfast: none

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, turkey, chicken, cheese, egg, cucumber, green pepper), a bag of vegetable chips

Dinner: 4 romaine lettuce wraps with white fish, cantaloupe, and 4 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

4/25 - Day: 81

Breakfast: cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 8  oz of brisket, green beans, and 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

4/26 - Day: 82

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 7  oz of tilapia, asparagus, 1 cucumber, and 3 Wasa crackers with cream cheese

4/27 - Day: 83

Breakfast: cantaloupe

Lunch: a turkey and roast beef pita wrap

Dinner: 12  oz steak, house salad, and broccoli

4/28 - Day: 84

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 2 cans of tuna with mayonnaise, 4 slices of salami, 4 slices of roast beef

4/29 - Day: 85

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, cantaloupe

Lunch: a salad (containing tuna, chicken, turkey, eggs, green peppers, cucumbers), cantaloupe

Dinner: 12  oz steak, house salad, and broccoli

Journal entry: Peace out food journal. Hopefully I won't need you again.

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