Tuesday, June 15 -- Week 24, Day 3

Today went pretty close to how I expected it to. We were home for a nice relaxing breakfast. I almost changed my breakfast menu because I didn't feel like cooking cream of wheat, but it only takes a minute or so, so I made it anyway.

Breakfast:

• cream of wheat (.75 oz uncooked), with Splenda and cinnamon
• 1 peach, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup skim milk

I just can't get used to the feel of fuzzy peach skin in my mouth. It only takes a minute to peel, and it's pretty nice and neat to just pop a slice into my mouth, instead of gnawing on a juicy, drippy, messy one.

Lunch was supposed to be ricotta/tomatoes/garlic baked in a pita pocket. The ricotta had mold on it, so I had to come up with a quick change of plans. I ended up having pizza bagels. We didn't eat at home, so I don't have a picture.

Lunch:

• 3 pizza bagels (3 bagels halves, 3 T. pizza sauce, 2 oz mozzarella, 6 slices pepperoni)
• 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt

Dinner:

• 2 oz pork chops simmered in cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 cup no yolk egg noodles
• 1/2 acorn squash with brown sugar and margarine
• 1/2 cup carrots

This was good. Delicious pork chops! Acorn squash is an acquired taste. I'm getting there... I was NOT in the mood for another salad. I need a salad break for a few days...

Snack tonight was a baked apple in the crock pot. Mmm! Quick and easy.

I was starting to fall a little behind in my triathlon training, and I don't have the time to spare for falling behind. So this evening after dinner, I went for a 6-mile bike ride. Any bike ride around here is a super-aggressive one. The hills!! After my bike ride, I came home, changed my clothes, grabbed a drink and my Nike+ band, and headed back out for a 2-mile run. It was my first back-to-back workout, and it went really well!

I ended today at about 1400 calories, but I burned about 400 of them off during my workout tonight! It was another good day :-)

I haven't weighed myself in a few days, so maybe I'll try to remember to do that tomorrow. I've had several successful days in a row, and that usually shows up on the scale.