Weigh-in Sunday is here!  My plateau is putting my patience to the test!  However, I did see a small improvement this morning.  I weighed in at 157.  That makes a total of one pound lost this week and a collective nine pounds in this venture.  I look forward to celebrating a ten pound lost hopefully this coming week.  Ten pounds is a third of the way to my goal! 

Today I was busy trying to get all the “stuff” on my to-do list that remained undone this weekend.  I ambitiously pulled out my washer and dryer to mop the floor and discovered more dirt accumulates under there in a year and a half than I expected!  My original dietary plan for today was to have a smoothie for dinner.  I was too busy with household chores and forgot!  Maybe I lost my appetite when I looked under the washer also...

So again I am coming up short on calories today, as I did yesterday.  However, I have no doubt I will make up for it.  I am not happy about it because my intention is not to "do without"!  However, I have to remind myself that I am not struggling to thrive.  I am a well-nourished individual and I will not continue to come up less than 800 calories regularly or on purpose.

Also, I want to share a great practice I learned from a good friend of mine.  A great way to add fresh spinach to a meal is to heat up your food then either put some spinach on top of it then put the lid on and let it steam for a couple minutes (just enough to heat it up but not let it shrink up).  Or sometimes I place the spinach on the plate or bowl then the hot food over it.  By the time I sit down to eat it, the spinach is warm and it adds a good nutritional element to the meal as well as taste and substance.  As you notice below, I took leftover Mexican food and added spinach.  Delicious!  By the way I do not know how spinach would microwave, as I do not own one.

Here is how my 725 calories worked out today:

Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snacks
½ banana 2 cutie oranges 1 toast (I use Dave’s Killer Bread- the good seed-yum!) ½ Tablespoon almond butter	1 cup Spanish rice ¼ cup black beans ½ cup veggies 2 cups spinach ½ roma tomato Valentina hot sauce	1 cutie	¼ cup raspberries 4 cauliflower florets 1 Tablespoon hummus