Planning my day and feeling beaten....

Planning my day of food is so important and now that all my travelling is behind me I need to get really on to of this.  I am supposed to have a weigh in with Rita today but I know my weight is prob about the same after being in Vegas - even though I chose healthy options for the most part while we were away, eating in a restaurant still means a piece of bread to start, extra wine and champagne, maybe a bit of dessert, etc.....so I'm paying the piper now and feeling pretty down about myself.

So today, my meal plan is as follows:
My every morning fruit and greek yogurt shake which I will be having shortly, followed by a 1 hour intense session in Rita's House of Pain.

Protein shake after my workout.
I am serving lunch at the school today so that protein shake will take me though that and keep me from diving into the Dominos pizza I will be serving the kids (which is my all time fav).
For lunch I believe I will have the last of my leftover homemade chicken noodle soup along with some of those Vegga chips.  They are the only kind I will buy with my groceries today.

My afternoon snack always depends on how I feel so not sure about that yet.

Last night I went through a bunch of cookbooks looking for new ideas that everyone in the family will eat.  I found this great looking spaghetti and meatball recipe.  I actually don't eat meatballs but everyone else in my house loves them so I'm making them from scratch with whole wheat flour, ground beef and brown bread crumbs.  The sauce is fresh tomatoes and basil with smart noodles.  I really really hate whole wheat spaghetti and the Smart noodles are a good alternative.  I'm going to make a huge fresh salad with romaine, tomatoes, carrots, all colours of peppers, cauliflower....so I will have a small portion of the pasta and a big salad.  No bread served on the side.

So I look at that day and go okay, I think this is a great well balanced day.....am I deluding myself?? Is that why I'm not losing any weight?  How come when I did Herbal Magic last year and ate pretty much like this I lost 15lbs without any problems and with Herbal I was allowed to have a 100 calorie bag of chips at lunch, I had to eat much less protein and I took their herbal pills.  So, whats the best decision for me?  Do I do Herbal again and pay the 100.00 per week for their pills because obviously they must have been doing something for me?  Do I keep going the way I am and hope that the switch to Vegga chips helps?  I can't really exercise any more than I am doing.  So what am I doing wrong?  Do I really need to live on quinoa and veggies and no carbs for the rest of my life to weigh a healthy 130lbs?

I am feeling frustrated and beaten down today - maybe it's the weather, maybe it's the damn scale.  Lack of sunshine does this to me every time.  Gotta run now, hit the grocery quick before my workout. Would love some feedback from someone other than my mom who just kind of tells me to stop eating shit - not that easy MOM!!!!  If it was I'd be skinny as shit.....haha...