Weight Loss Challenge Week 1, Day 6 & 7 — Getting Back on Track

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Getting back on track after getting stressed and eating for comfort on Day 4 and 5. It seems to me my week-end eating was a lot worse in the past. Lots of big meals, with sauces involved. It’s amazing how eating healthy can become such a habit, if you give it a try. I used to eat spaghetti 3 to 4 times a week — and I’m not talking 1 cup serving sizes! Now, it’s maybe once every couple of weeks.

So, don’t believe the stories that you tell you yourself, that there’s no way you could something. I used to tell myself I was a pasta fiend and there’s no way I could stop eating pasta. You know that attitude. Well, I was kidding myself. I didn’t need to give it up completely, but I was perfectly capable of putting it in its place and not let it rule me. You can, too!

Here’s what I ate over the week-end. Note: I didn’t intentionally eat less than my calorie goal of 1700. It just turned out that way. Don’t know if it was an after-effect of the overeating on Thursday and Friday.

Dislcaimer: I am not a nutritionist, nor do I play one on TV. Your needs may be different

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Food Item	Amount	Cals	Carbs	Prot.	Fat	Mono Poly Sat
Tea, 1 sugar and low fat milk	4 serving	148	28.96	8.24	0.20	0.12 0.00 0.28
Cereals ready-to-eat,, KASHI GoLEAN CRUNCH by KELLOGG	0.5 cup	100	18.00	4.64	1.53	0.86 0.56 0.12
Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG’S ALL-BRAN Original	0.2 cup (1 NLEA serving)	31	8.91	1.58	0.59	0.08 0.25 0.08
Soy Protein (Small Pieces)	30 gram	90	4.00	14.00	2.50	0.00 0.00 0.00
Soy Nuts (1/4 cup)	1 serving	190	13.00	15.00	9.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, cooked	0.33 cup	66	14.28	1.32	0.16	0.05 0.04 0.04
Shrimp Stir Fry	0.5 serving	123	4.43	19.69	2.92	1.07 1.02 0.52
Plantain Snack (28g or 33 chips)	0.5 serving	75	9.50	2.50	4.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Bananas, raw	1 small (6″ to 6-7/8″ long)	90	23.07	1.10	0.33	0.03 0.07 0.11
Mollusks, scallop, mixed species, raw	2 unit 2 large or 5 small	53	1.42	10.06	0.46	0.02 0.16 0.04
Oil, olive, salad or cooking	1 tablespoon	119	0.00	0.00	13.50	9.98 1.35 1.82
Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted	1 cup, chopped or diced	231	0.00	43.43	5.00	1.74 1.08 1.41
Beans, snap, yellow, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	1 cup	44	9.85	2.36	0.35	0.01 0.18 0.08
Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red	2 glass (3.5 fl oz)	148	3.50	0.42	0.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Cheddar cheese, low fat (20% m.f.)	30 gram	90	1.00	9.00	6.00	0.00 0.00 3.50
		1598	139.92	133.34	46.54	13.96 4.71 8.00

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Food Item	Amount	Cals	Carbs	Prot.	Fat	Mono Poly Sat
Tea, 1 sugar and low fat milk	4 serving	148	28.96	8.24	0.20	0.12 0.00 0.28
Cereals ready-to-eat,, KASHI GoLEAN CRUNCH by KELLOGG	0.5 cup	100	18.00	4.64	1.53	0.86 0.56 0.12
Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG’S ALL-BRAN Original	0.2 cup (1 NLEA serving)	31	8.91	1.58	0.59	0.08 0.25 0.08
Soy Protein (Small Pieces)	30 gram	90	4.00	14.00	2.50	0.00 0.00 0.00
Soy Nuts (1/4 cup)	1 serving	190	13.00	15.00	9.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, cooked	0.33 cup	66	14.28	1.32	0.16	0.05 0.04 0.04
Shrimp Stir Fry	0.5 serving	123	4.43	19.69	2.92	1.07 1.02 0.52
Plantain Snack (28g or 33 chips)	0.5 serving	75	9.50	2.50	4.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Bananas, raw	1 small (6″ to 6-7/8″ long)	90	23.07	1.10	0.33	0.03 0.07 0.11
Mollusks, scallop, mixed species, raw	2 unit 2 large or 5 small	53	1.42	10.06	0.46	0.02 0.16 0.04
Oil, olive, salad or cooking	1 tablespoon	119	0.00	0.00	13.50	9.98 1.35 1.82
Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted	1 cup, chopped or diced	231	0.00	43.43	5.00	1.74 1.08 1.41
Beans, snap, yellow, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	1 cup	44	9.85	2.36	0.35	0.01 0.18 0.08
Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red	2 glass (3.5 fl oz)	148	3.50	0.42	0.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Cheddar cheese, low fat (20% m.f.)	30 gram	90	1.00	9.00	6.00	0.00 0.00 3.50
		1598	139.92	133.34	46.54	13.96 4.71 8.00

Workouts

No official workouts, but I went for a long bike ride on Saturday and a long walk on Sunday. I’ll talk more about how the week went after I do my official weigh-in and measurements.

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