Day 3-Continuing the trend

Weigh-in: 211.5
I was quite surprised to see a 2.5 weight loss in such a short period of time. I even got back on and off the scale to double check. I credit this to the proverbial "Water Weight" we each carry. I went running last night after all and was able to complete my 2 miles. I was proud of myself for pushing through and running the two miles. I even did a cool down walk for the heck of it. It had been raining all day and as I was cleaning house I realized it was only misting rain. I got my clothes on and headed to the track.
Last night at the grocery I bought a ton of Lean Cuisines and some healthy snacks. The healthy snacks included apple slices, grape tomatoes, cottage cheese single servings-90 calories, and yogurt-100 calories. I had pistachios (160) for my morning snack and will have a cottage cheese cup and 10 grape tomatoes for my afternoon snack around 3:00. I had a Lean Cuinsine for lunch:
Chicken Parmesean: Roasted chicken breast with spaghetti, tomato, and basil sauce.
Quite delicious for only 260 calories and 5 grams of fat.
My friend January gave me a great tip of throwing in some vegetables as filler for my Lean Cuisines. I used this idea last night and it was great. I had my Santa Fe Chicken and Rice Microwave meal and then also had steamed carrots and broccoli on the side. I ended the meal feeling full and as if I ate healthy.
Essentially what I have done is create a nutri-system of my own using microwave meals. Tomorrow night will be different. Zach and I are cooking, which will require me to be careful of planning the meal and assuring it is something I can eat without too much fat and calories.
I am particularly enjoying the veggies.
If all goes well I will go running again tonight. I need to load more songs on my Nano so that I have more upbeat motivating music.
I talked to my friend Angie last night and she did well on her diet yesterday as well, she is supposed to start the exercise portion of her plan today! GOOD LUCK TO ANGIE. We decided we needed to figure out what our reward will be at the end of the 90+ days if we reach our goals.
I was able to purchase all my snacks, Lean Cuisines, and steamed Veggie servings for about 56 dollars. If I divide this by 14 days, which includes pretty much all of my meals I am looking at roughly $4.00 a day. This is crazy to actually consider seeing as I have been spending between $20.00-$30.00 a day on food...including eating out with friends and co-workers. It is amazing how much money one can save by dieting and what a reality check it can be to figure up the amount of money we spend on food.
I must admit I am feeling a bit anxious about the Turkey day holiday, because I will be visiting my sister and her husband. I need to use self control and try to continue some of the eating I have been doing here. It will test me to use my skills at restaurants of choosin healthy foods. I will at least be able to continue running there. Running in new areas is fun and exciting and keeps it from becoming monotonous.