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Over the past month I have probably increased my food intake by 50% using my dietician's guidelines.  And I have not gained any weight!  In fact I have lost a little!  Today was my 1 month check-in and I am very proud of myself.  I have been getting to the gym 5-6 days per week and have made several modifications to my diet:

• I found 2 healthy cereals that I like.  The guidelines for a "good" cereal are 3g of Fiber per 100 calories.  A serving should be around 100 calories and about a cup (I would say at least 3/4).  My 2 cereals are plain Kix and a generic version of Vanilla Almond Special K which I buy at Aldis.  I'm really loving the Special K right now. *A note on generics, always check the labels!  Walmarts generic version of this same cereal only has 1 gram  of fiber!
• I also added fruit to my breakfast.  A 1/2 Cup of frozen berries, which I warm in the microwave, are added to breakfast almost all the time.  Some days I do get lazy and skip this step, but not often.
• I've incorporated more whole grains into my diet.  The hunt for whole wheat bread that I really enjoy is still on, but the good news is I am off the white bread.  I DO still miss it, nothing beats sourdough in my book.  Besides bread, I've made brown rice a couple times this month to go with dinner, and my friend Carrie gave me my first taste of Quinua!  It was good!
• Continuing with whole grains I found a snack that I enjoy: Quaker Mini Rice Cakes.  They come in all different flavors, and eat like a potato chip.  The background rice-cake flavor actually reminds me of popcorn.  (popcorn is a whole grain so that is a great snack too, but I can't stand the texture.  yes I am weird).  A snack should be roughly 100 calories.  These snacks are a little saltier than the nutritionist would like, I am going to compare the different flavors and see if one has less than the others.  She said it is fine to have, but probably not more than 3x per week.
• Before I started this program my lunch consisted of a banana at noon and a milk-based chai tea in the afternoon.  I now eat lunch every single day.  Some days I have a serving of Progresso Soup (there are 2 per can), a piece of whole wheat toast, and a glass of milk.  Other days I make myself a 2 egg omelet with LOTS of mushrooms, green onion and 1/2 a slice of colby cheese along with a piece of whole wheat toast and milk.
• Dinner has pretty much stayed the same.  We have salad before dinner more often and I stop eating when I am full.  I have always made our meals from scratch so there wasn't too much to improve upon.

Pretty good right?  And yet, my nutritionist says I am STILL not eating enough!  She would like to see me get 2 servings of grains at breakfast and lunch as apposed to one and I need a second snack.  I also need to keep working on eating more vegetables throughout the day.  Apparently your metabolism can't work properly if you don't eat enough.  Is it possible I have been keeping myself overweight all this time by not eating enough?  It sounds like crazy talk!  I mean geez, if I had to feel fat all these years the least I could've been doing was eating a bunch of cake... not just a banana.  Oiy!