Yesterday, my calorie count for lunch was 542 calories.  A massive improvement over my usual of about 800 - 1700 calories for lunch - for just ONE MEAL!

The difference is that I am now bringing in my own lunch to work. Eating the office provided lunch, or even going to the food places around here, is just too unhealthy.  Why take in extra calories when I don’t have to?

However, with … see the full entry

I’ve been using FitDay to track what I’ve been eating and my calories.  For certain meals, I’ve had to estimate the portion size.  Now I know I eat more than the suggested servings, so I’ve been pretty generous.  For example, one “normal” serving of rice is 1 cup.  I know I eat more than that, so I’ve been putting down about 1.5 - 2 cups.

Well last night, while making … see the full entry

From my FitDay journal:

1,650 calories eaten today

Extra Calories Burned (in addition to my normal activity level)
45 minutes at the gym with heavy weights (215)
1 mile very fast “power walk” (101)
1.3 miles dog-walking (85)
401 Total

1265 (BMR) + 705 (Daily Actvity) + 401 (Extra Excericse) = 2,375 Calories burned today

Difference of -721 Calories

I went out for dinner tonight.  Now usually, I would have ordered something like the ribs or steak, but I’m consciously trying to make healthier choices now.  Not that I think steak is bad for you, but I eat enough red meat as it is already.  I decided to go for either the tuna steak or the rotisserie chicken.

Wanting something a bit more substantial, I ordered the 1/2 rotisserie chicken with a side of brown rice and the hot & … see the full entry

So lunch today was catered breakfast foods and I just couldn’t help myself.

• 5 breakfast-sized pork sausage links
• 4 slices of bacon
• a heaping of scrambled eggs (maybe the size of two tennis balls)
• a cup of fresh fruit (honeydew, cantaloupe, pineapple, oranges, and grapes)

I wanted more, but I stopped myself. An hour after lunch, I felt tired and groggy. This happened before, the last time I tried to eat healthy, whenever I eat heavy/fatty foods, I felt physically dulled and slowed afterwards.

Let … see the full entry

While in the supermarket last night to pick up some eggs, I got a craving for some breakfast sausage.  Now, I know how utterly unhealthy sausages are, but they’re one of my favorite foods.  I like them in links, patties, mixed in with stuffing, anything, you name it.  Mmm mmm mmm!

I also want to shake up my morning breakfast routine a bit.  A girl can only take so much cereal and milk before she goes bonkers!  As I was looking … see the full entry

So we had the Armenian food, and I ate so much of it.  No exaggeration - I ate to the point where my stomach was stretched and round. I felt stuffed and uncomfortable, yet I kept eating because it was just. so. tasty. Ugh! Self control, Taffy, self control!

3 greasy, roasted (I think?) fatty pork ribs
a 6″ kabob of some sort… chicken maybe
1/2 a pickled cauliflower head
2 cups of green tea

It doesn’t seem like much now that I’m writing it … see the full entry

I feel bad that I didn’t blog at all yesterday. I’ve been so tired! I’m still not used to getting up so early, and I haven’t compensating by going to bed earlier. I went to bed Tuesday night around midnight, and last night it was around 1 AM. I really have no excuse for staying up so late - I’m just so used to it plus I’m a night person who tends to get energized in the evenings.

Also, … see the full entry

It’s about 6:30 Tuesday morning. I usually get up around 8, 8:15. It was surprisingly easy to get up this morning. Probably the excitement of something new - the anticipation. However, it’s foggy and overcast this morning. It can be hard to get out and go to the gym when it looks so uninviting outside. I make sure to turn on a lot of lights, open the windows wide, and put on the radio … see the full entry

2 cups mixed baby green and baby spinach salad, no dressing
1 medium chicken drumstick, fried in vegetable oil, no breading

I was still hungry so I ordered some Thai food…

papaya salad with dried shrimps
steamed trout
fried calamari, breaded but picked off

I tried to be good by not ordering any beef or pork, which is a big deal for me since I love them both. I’m just going to take it day by day in baby steps.  Also, before bed, I had

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