Daily Dose 15

AAARRGHH!!  SOOO frustrating!!  Stinkin' scales are stuck at 226!  What the HECK???  I'm just baffled as to why I'm not losing weight!!  Ya know how many calories this body requires to maintain it's current weight?  2044!!!  No WAY I'm consuming that many!  If I exercise at least 30 min per day, I can eat that many calories just to maintain 226!  If I don't exercise at all, and consume 1824 calories per day, I'll lose 1# a week...and so on.  http://nutrition.about.com/od/changeyourdiet/a/calguide.htm  Check it out!

Last night I cut up veggies for this weeks snacking: of course, I ate a bunch dipped in my Roasted Pine Nut Hummus (I could live on that stuff) and this was after 9pm.  As I ate, I thought..."this will probably affect the scales tomorrow morning."  But they were SOO good and they're SOOO good for me! 

Anyway, I'm feeling VERY discouraged!  Like I'm putting alot of effort into eating carefully (well, certainly more so than if I were NOT trying to lose weight!!) and exercising almost every day, so I should see more progress!  Seems like when Sylvia & I were doing this two years ago, similar efforts then would have yielded results for sure!  Maybe it's because I'm two years older and my metabolism is really slowing down...???  SIGH!!!!!   :( 

Okay.  Enough whining.  How about some pretty pictures I took yesterday morning as I left the house? 



Penelope saying goodbye! 




Our house in the morning light




Looking up the lane from our driveway, toward the road




Bradish Lane, where I live!

Alright; back to the business of the day. 
Today's Plan
AM:  Thin toast w/ p.butter & 1 tsp raspberry preserves/coffee/1/2 cup fruit
Snack:  Almonds/Apple
Lunch:  Veggie-stuffed Pita w/ Hummus/
Snack:  Caramel Rice cake
Dinner:  I have no idea yet....chili, maybe?
Snack:  Um....more veggies w/ hummus? 

Exercise:  Cardio & Weights OR Zumba class
Today's Goal:  Pray for patience.  (NO, NO!  I don't mean that!!  We all know what happens when we pray for patience!)  :p  Um...pray for perseverence!  :D

So, I just added up all the calories I consumed for breakfast; here they are:
1/3 cup of half & half 100 cal
thin toast  100 cal
1/2 T p. butter 50 cal
1 tsp butter 35 cal
1 tsp jam 17 cal
1/2 cup frozen fruit 25 cal
TOTAL:  327 calories 

I'm gonna count calories today just to see exactly how many I'm actually consuming.  Try and figure this thing out.  But I really HATE counting!  :{  Well, hope you have a good day, folks!  :)