Well, I've been a bit of a blogger slacker the last 48 hours. I do have to report that I've been eating pretty well. Now that I have a decent idea about how many calories are in the typical foods that I like to eat, I'm making better and better choices throughout the day.
One big thing was not to "drink" my calories. Seems silly to consume 180 calories in a 12 can of soda (or anything else) so I've stuck with water or sugar free Koolaid. Coffee has been a staple for most days but it's been a few days since I've had a soda. And I don't really miss it.
Tonight we had Ronzoni pasta (the one that whole wheat with extras infused in) with a hodgepodge spaghetti sauce and very lean ground beef. I only had a small portion with some steamed corn. Kind of nice. Lunch was a meal out - small sweet port salad at Costa Vida (I LOVE that place) and water. Breakfast was Kashi Go Lean and skim milk. So I'm somewhere around the 1500 mark for caloric intake.
I'm adapting to a new life schedule since I'm not working at a job right now. So my days are a little weird. I can tell you that I don't miss the commute at all and a side effect can be some pent up hours here at home where there's a full pantry of goodies that sometimes sing their siren call. But I've done well to avoid it - even with my wife making chocolate chip cookies the other night - I was able to let myself enjoy a couple and call it a day.
The Food Network is also kind of fun to watch - I'm becoming a lot more interested in the quality of the food I eat and I'm getting the itch to try out some light and tasty recipes (isn't there a whole magazine for that?).
Ryan,
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This is very impressive. I'm going to try and follow along. Maybe I can lose my weight too. We have a book. "Eat this not that". It's a good book only we forget to read it before we go out. It gives you the right and wrong things to eat when dining out.
ReplyDeleteI'm very close to your weight and size. I'm 6' and right now I'm 235. I think when we were kids this would be refered to as "Husky"
You are a brave man.
Ben
Dan- Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBen - Ah yes, Husky. But not as the dog or ill fated Washington mascot but the big kid in the back of the room (where are my Toughskins?)...
ReplyDeleteI'll check out the book. Thanks for the suggestion and let me know if I can "help" you along. Some days are better than others...
Ryan, the magazine is called Cooking Light...a great magazine for light recipes...I have a bunch if you would like to borrow some...Let me know!
ReplyDeleteShannon - thanks! I actually would like to borrow them if you're willing. I was looking through the 1953 Better Homes and Garden Cook Book and it's not really "health" friendly with "lard" and "butter" slathered throughout the recipies...
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