For lunch, we went to Fletcher’s Kitchen as planned. Today’s special was the Avocado Turkey Wrap, which is one of my favorite items on the menu. I’m not a fan of the avocado, so I usually just have them hold it. This time, it was a bit drier than normal, so I’m guessing they didn’t put nearly as much dressing as they usually do. On the side, I also the grilled zucchini once again. It’s really amazing how good the zucchini tastes when it’s grilled. It has a very bold, rich, smokey flavor.

For dinner, I decided to fix myself two grilled chicken breasts with some Valley Fresh Steamers Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrots and Cheese. As I mentioned previously, the cheesy versions from this particular brand are absolutely awesome! The chicken was grilled on the Forman Grill with a bit of “Kickin’ Chicken” and Mesquite seasoning added. Meal was very tasty overall, and pretty filling. I think this helped me make my daily quota. Now I just have to see how it shows tomorrow morning. Just one more day until my next weigh in and I would like to have “Free Week” completely blown away by then! 40 pounds, here I come!

A friend of mine was able to get out for lunch today, so I decided to meet him up at Fletcher’s Kitchen rather than having the stuff I brought in.  Today, being Tuesday, meant that the Gail’s Chicken Sandwich was on special.  I decided to go for that, minus the bacon, with the grilled zucchini on the side.  Once again, I was pretty happy with the sandwich overall, though the lack of bacon really takes away from the flavor.   Still, it was a pretty healthy lunch overall, and it still leaves me with options for dinner tonight.

At the grocery yesterday, I picked up some Gortons Roasted Garlic and Butter Tilapia. I used to enjoy the Gorton’s frozen fish products, so I was looking forward to having them again. I also decided to have another variety of Valley Fresh Steamers that I’d never seen before, Roasted Red Potatoes, Green Beans and Rosemary Butter Sauce. The fish was pretty awesome, but once again the Valley Fresh Steamers were not the best. So far, the only varieties of their product that I’ve enjoyed have been the “cheesy” type. About 10 minutes after dinner, I was still hungry, so I decided to add some additional carbs and had a few slices of bread with spray butter.

Only 1365 calories, so a bit on the low end. Going to need to ramp up the calories… tomorrow’s going to be a bit high since I’m planning a Breadco Bagel in the morning and Fletchers for lunch.

For lunch, I wanted something spicy. I convinced everyone to head to “Noodles and Company”. There I went for the Japanese Pan Noodles. One thing that I changed up was the removal of the “Sauteed Beef”, going with the Shrimp instead. That saved me about 170 calories and gave me the protien that I needed. Also, I think I might have enjoyed the shrimp a little more than the beef, so it really was a win-win situation! I also gave it a nice squirt of “Rooster Sauce” (starting to be my favorite seasoning of all time), which kicked up the heat in the dish quite a bit!!

After I got home from the grocery, I didn’t want to cook anything, but there was something I’d been craving for a while! I decided to make up a small batch of tuna salad (minus eggs, of course). At the grocery, I did pick up some “Light Mayonnaise” which is a little less than 1/2 the calories of the regular stuff. I figured I could use this whenever I’ve got “mayo cravings” or when I want to make something that just doesn’t seem right without it (ie. Tuna Salad). Overall, the sandwiches were good, but I wanted something extra when I was watching TV. I decided to go for a yogurt, especially since I hadn’t had one in a few days!! The TV Show “Dexter” had gotten me craving Key Lime Pie, so I decided to go for that flavor of yogurt. It was pretty awesome!

Overall, a little on the “low” end, but without getting to the gym, I guess it’s not too bad.

Later on, I started getting hungry again. I decided to fix me a bowl of the Chunky Healthy Select Clam Chowder. I figured it was still pretty light at 240 calories, and having a bowl full of warm soup would help me get to sleep. It did it’s job well.

Wow… at only 830 calories, I was definitely on the low end for the day.  I was extremely sedentary though, spending most of my day just resting and sleeping.

After breakfast, I went out to Fenton City Park to watch a friend of mine run a 5K race.  She did pretty awesome, coming in at right around 30 minutes.   I felt that was truely awesome, especially given that it was averaging about 40 degrees outside, not including the wind chill factor.

After the race, we made a trip up to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch.  I decided I wasn’t going to do Ranch dressing again (I’m one of the few people in this world that isn’t a fan), so I went with a light drizzle of the Catalina instead.  Other than that, it was almost all veggies, so it was pretty healthy.  I also started off with a bowl of the Deep Kettle Chili.  It was all good, but after a few trips of my friend coming back with different items, I decided I wanted something a little more.  I went for the Pot Pie stew and also a blueberry muffin with cornbread.  It was all good, though I probably should have passed on the cornbread.

Later that evening, I stuck around for my roomates birthday party.  I decided to have a few items that they offered, but tried to keep my munching to a minimum.  I’m not sure how much was in each of the items, so it’s a bit of a guestimate.   Overall, the party was great.  For once I was playing quite a bit of Rock Band.  The practiced I’d been getting in finally paid off.

That gives me roughly 2320 calories for the day.

That brings my total for the day up to 1600 calories.  A bit lower than I wanted to hit…

That brings my total for the day up to 850.   Lots of room for dinner!