Day 229

Today was a good day.  I implemented the lowered calorie lunch and combined it with a lower calorie snack.  It felt just fine to not eat as much for lunch as I was used to even though I really don't think I ate that much less.  I continue to experiment with serving size and have found that the dish the food is placed in makes a huge difference.  The cardio workout at the gym was fine as I continue to ease into the new routines.  I only did 6min on the stair stepper instead of the projected 10min.  I'm doing intervals on the stair stepper to compensate for the decreased time frame.  By next week I feel I will be doing the full routine on a continuous basis.  I look forward to the results of that endeavour.  So here's how I hit my food goal:

Belt loop Watch: 4 but flirted a bit with 5

Breakfast: Egg and roast beef with tomato and avocado on a skinny bun.  Banana and 20oz of cold water.

1st snack: Fiber One bar

2nd snack: Greek yogurt and a small handful of almonds.  About half of what I normally have.

Lunch: A small cereal bowl of roasted veggies and quinoa with a hard boiled egg.  This was probably half of what I normally eat.  Not 300 calories (I'm guessing) but still more than a bit less than my normal lunch.

3rd snack: Aussie Bite

Dinner: Spinach salad with raw beet, roasted veggie, tomato, quinoa, and a chicken sausage.  For dessert I had a quarter bar of dark chocolate from TJ's.