Vegetarian Chili

I made some vegetarian chili tonight. Pretty good. I added cumin this time, which I didn't do last time, so it tastes a bit off, and I don't think I like cumin...but otherwise it's pretty good. I didn't put too much cumin, so it's just a bit of a cumin-y after taste that I'm not enjoying. But I made a pretty big pot of it to refrigerate, so I'll just suck it up and have that damn cumin.
Really it's not that bad though. And, assuming I calculated everything right, it only has 208 calories per cup. A little grated low fat cheese and a piece of bread and I'm all set.

I usually end up blogging 2 hours before I go to bed. So it's before I have a snack (ok I know I know I shouldn't be eating this late anyways, but I'll work on that), so then I end up missing out on my snack calories. So every night before I go to bed I'm going to do a quick little edit and add everything I ate between blogging and going to bed. Or maybe I could just not eat so late. Hm, I suppose that's an option.

Food Today

Breakfast
Slurpee (uh, hello bad breakfast choices. And holy crap did it give me a buzz! way too much sugar and caffeine for first thing in the morning...er...afternoon...umm..well I guess it might be considered evening by then...not the point! I was up all night/morning) - 305

Lunch
Toast - 128
Cheez Whiz - 91
2 Poached Eggs - 147 (and hello cholesterol!! I don't usually eat eggs and I knew they were high in cholesterol but I sure didn't know it was that high)

Dinner
Veggie Chili - 312
Grated Cheese - 49
Bread - 128

Total: 1160

editted to add:

Snack
Special K Chocolatey Delight - 120
Vanilla Soy Yogurt - 70
Strawberries - 22

Total: 1372

Oh my god! Great day. I'm so excited you have no idea. And I'm heading to bed soon (already in my room, which is a good sign and usually means no more food) so it should stay that way.

Ok...so I also just now had an ounce of swiss cheese and 3 kalamata olives. We're out of water and I'm super thirsty so I think it's making me crave salt. I was brilliant with the cheese though! I'm never sure what an ounce is, so I looked up how many grams in an ounce (28), divided the size of my block by 28 (approx 180 grams), and then divided my cheese into 6 portions, so it's already there for me, no need to think and then estimate and probably always underestimate. I can have one stick of swiss cheese when I want it and it's all set out for me and I know how many calories are in it. Convenience is key for me to lose weight.

Total: 1518

I'm going to try to keep my calories at 1300 on days I don't exercise and 1500 on days I do exercise. And today (as well as pretty much every other day this month) would be a no exercise day, so that leaves me with 140 calories for a snack. I'm actually really craving grapes, which is nice.

p.s. I ate the whole box of pizza pops. So no more buying pizza pops. Hm...idea for a new post!