Day one. Some good things learned

Day one is almost done and I'm not eating the glue off the back of any envelopes!  Good day!  With the help of an app on my phone called Sparkpeople I've been able to not only keep a food journal, but get a running total of calories eaten and burned throughout the day.
Here's the total for Tuesday:
Breakfast:
2 slices whole wheat toast
2 T. natural peanut butter
2 C. coffee
Lunch:
.5 C. veggie baked beans
1 gardenburger
1 sandwich thin bun
1 small salad that included avocado, cucumber, carrots and just a bit of salad dressing (60 cals/2T)
3 large strawberries
Dinner:
1 small corn muffin (homemade)
2 oz. penne pasta - whole wheat again
2 C. spaghetti sauce - heavy on the mushrooms!
Snack:
.5 L. banana

The cool thing about Sparkpeople is that I get a breakdown of what I've consumed today. 
1,388 calories eaten
1,687 calories burned for BMR
345    calories burned on 3 mile run
so I'm at a -644 cal differential.  LOL to me this means = I CAN EAT MORE!! HA!!

So what did this first day teach me? 
First of all, I really need to pay attention to PORTIONS!!  When I measured out 2 oz of pasta I actually started laughing!  A typical pasta dinner, for me, would COVER a large dinner plate!  But in an attempt to really stay within what I should be doing, I measured and only ate one serving.  What I found was that I wasn't hungry after eating that SMALL amount of food!  I've heard that your brain believes what it sees, so if you give it a small portion and say, "this is right.  This is enough." your brain believes it!  It works! 
Second, I really had a hard time just eating!  Honestly, I'm so used to eating and doing something else that the effort it took to sit at the table and JUST EAT was much harder than I imagined.  In fact, I failed terribly at dinner.  We watched 127 hours while we ate and I really felt bad about it.  Tomorrow!!
Third, sugar was not an issue!  This was a surprise.  I woke up this morning and thought, "okay...here we go.  You just need to get through a week and you'll have a dessert day!"  But I didn't jones at all.  We'll see how tomorrow goes. 

This is helping!  I'll wait a bit longer before I let anyone know I'm blogging about my diet, but just the thought of someone reading it and being accountable...well...it'll keep me going!   So if you're reading this, THANKS!! 

oh, I should also note stress related issues here too.  Seeing that stress and eating kinda go hand in hand for me (unfortunately).  On a scale from 1 - 10 the stress was about a 7.  Not good.  I should have made a phone call, I didn't and that means the stress number will probably be the same tomorrow - not good.  I'll need to work on this too!