12W12S: W9A

This week is actually the 10th week of this "program," and I was supposed to be keeping on with the positive changes plus cutting back to only an 8-oz. can of Mountain Dew (down from the regular 12-oz. can), but I still have more than a 6-pack of 12-oz. cans from the last time I went to the store and as I mentioned in the last update, if there's anything I hate more than being fat, it's wasting money. So I'm extending the Week 9 "menu" for another week and will fully switch over to Week 10 beginning next week.

Menu:

• Monday -- Smart Ones Breakfast Quesadilla, cherries, Lean Cuisine Swedish Meatballs with Pasta, pistachios, chef salad (iceberg and romaine lettuce blend, celery, cucumber, tomato, shredded Colby Jack cheese, diced ham, diced turkey, chopped reduced-fat reduced-sodium bacon, croutons) with 2 Tbsp. Ken's Light Options Honey Dijon dressing, 3 small slices Italian bread with margarine
• Tuesday -- 4 oz. yogurt, mini bagel with ½ oz. fat-free cream cheese, apple, Healthy Choice Sweet & Spicy Orange Zest Chicken, ½ sliced peeled cucumber with 1 Tbsp. light ranch dressing, pistachios, 2 TGI Friday's Sizzling Steak Fajitas, sliced onion and bell pepper, ½ cup Knorr Taco Rice
• Wednesday -- GoLean! Crisp, milk, frozen mixed berries, Lean Cuisine Mushroom Tortelloni, single-serve Brussels sprouts, Birds Eye Steamfresh Roasted Chicken in Honey Chipotle Sauce, sliced onion and bell pepper, ½ cup steamed broccoli

We don't often have salads for dinner but it was so stinkin' hot this week that a nice salad was perfect, especially because on Monday we were still recovering from the holiday weekend's shenanigans and over-indulgence.

Also: I am trying out a new iPhone app starting this week, Lose It!, which I can use to track food and calories and exercise and nutrients and lions and tigers and bears, oh my! I will give you a report in a little while, once I've used it for about a week.