4 LBS Down

After 7 days I jumped on the scales and yes, I had lost 4 lbs.

The rest of the week was crazy and I did not get the chance to write every meal down. It was so busy that I had a few Hamburgers along the way and was still able to control my weight. Wendy's was good, but yesterday I stopped by McDonalds and found that I really could not stomach the Double cheese burger I had ordered. I do not know if it was the grease or what but about half way through it. I put it down. And believe it or not after polishing off the fries I was full. I will try and tune in the next time my body says stop.

I have introduced graham crackers and some other snacks which will make a good verity. Instead of grabbing the whole junk and fat foods I am going more in the fruit and almost no fat line. I still can not top the Rice Krispy treats for sweet and filling.

This morning I started the day with a couple of slices of French Toast and skim milk. That is 8 grams of fat. We will see what this next week brings and if it still takes off some weight, eating normal.

Day 3 - Biscuits & Such

Every morning without fail for over several years I have cooks, stopped or drove to a place to get my morning biscuits. They are just a part of my life and my weakness. As always this morning was no exception I stopped by the little country store and grabbed my Bacon, Egg and Cheese Biscuit and instead of grabbing another full meat biscuit I settled on a plain one to go with it. I also grabbed a Coke to wash it down with.

Biscuits - 2 - Cal, unknown, - fat - some, - sodium - yep

This is not a chain, but they are good and they held me until from 7 AM to 1:20 when I headed out for lunch.

Lunch:

I made up for it by stopping by McDonald's and grabbing a salad for lunch without the chicken - which makes it about 150 cal, fat free dressing 90 cal, no fat in the whole thing. I did grab some Milk which added 80 cal and 2 fat. I sat down to eat knowing my trusty banana was there along with some treats to fill the space of the missing chicken and a few fat grams. But, the school called and I had to go pick up my daughter because she was sick. Well, let me tell you that salad did not last long at all. By the time I rolled in to the driveway I was seeing spots from hunger (not really, but I was hungry).

Dinner:

I walked in and in true male fashion, could not respond to 1 question or understand english until "Food", "Must have Food".

I broke open a "Can" of chicken, grabbed the Egg Whites and made a chicken, spinach and feta cheese omelette, a glass of milk, an english muffin with some apple jelly, 2 bananas and topped it off with 2 graham crackers and a low fat trail mix bar. Finally, good.

1 - Carton of Breakfree Eggs (2 Eggs) - 60 cal, 0 fat, 320mg sod.
1 - 1 oz Feta no fat cheese - 35 cal, 0 fat, 380mg sod
A smattering of chopped Baby Spinach to cover 1 side - 20 Cal, 0 fat, 65mg sod
2 - Banana - 400 cal, 2 fat, 4mg sod
1 - Glass of Skim Milk - 80 Cal, 0 fat, 120 sod
1/2 can of cooked chicken - 30 cal, . (point) 5 fat, 320 sod.
1 - English muffin - 120 Cal, 1 fat, 200 sod
2 - sheets Graham Crackers - 130 cal, 3 fat, 180 sod
1 - Kroger Chewy Granola Bar - 100 cal, 3 fat, 60 sod.

Total for Lunch and Dinner/Supper: 1205 cal, 10 fat, 1649 sodium.

I think there was wiggle room for my biscuits!

Day 2 - Dinner

To round out the day I went with a Lean Cuisine Meal, and yes some of these are really good. I went for the Deep Dish Spinach and Mushroom Pizza. The secret to make this a really good meal is Garlic Salt! Add a little to this pizza and it flat out rocks.

1- Pizza - 340 Cals, 7Fat, 430 Sod.
1 - Glass Skim Milk - 80 Cal, 0 fat, 120 sod.
1 - Banana a little later - 200 cal, 1 fat, 2mg sod
1 - Rice Kripy treat, also later for a snack - 90 cal, 2 fat, 105 sod.

That brings the total of what I know for the 1st and last meal(s) to:

1170 Cals, 18 Fat, 1517 sod.

With everything consumed I think I still hit my target of a normal range of eating, even with the unknown variable.

Lunch Day 2

The kids made lunch for the Adults at Sunday School and we ate after lunch. As they put in the work I eat it. Not sure what the counts are but here is what we had.

2 - wedges of a chicken salad sandwich
1 - Bag of Chips (guaranteed the most of everything)
1 - Coke
2 - small pieces of cake (ok, I could not resist)

Day 2 Morning

Pork Chop Sandwich and a Glass of Milk on the run. It was a no frills, running behind kind of morning.

1 - 4oz Breakfast Chop - 140 cal, 5 fat grams, 320mg sodium
2 - slices of white wheat bread - 240 cal, 3 fat, 460 sod
1 - Glass of Milk - 80 Cal, 0 fat, 120 sod

Chinese Dinner

This is going to be the hard part as many restaurants are not chains and do not have a breakdown on it's menu items. I had the Steak and Scallop with veggies over rice. I ate 2 of the scallops and several pieces of the meat which looked lean and no fat showing. It was a huge plate that came out and not knowing I eat about a 1/4 of the plate, which was really about what I felt I needed. At worst I feel like it did not go over the breakfast totals, but who knows.

So far today's totals are: 1060 Cals, 20 fats and 2382 sod.

That leaves me with the question on dinner, what do I put down for that? For argument sake lets put down the worst of the 2 from today which was the Chili and see where that ends up:

575 cal, 12 fat, 1275 sod

Grand total for the day is 1635 cals, 32 fats, 3657mg sod.

Pretty good for a days work, I am low on the cals (2000-2500), In range for the fats (normal 50, though I was shooting for 25), and way high on the sodium (2400 recommended). I think I will down a few Bananas and head to bed.

Hormel Chili

The breakfast did last a long time, I was not hungry for about 5-6 hours, so that worked well. For lunch I popped in a microwaveable bowl of Hormel Chili along with 10 saltine crackers and some fresh chopped cherry tomatoes for texture.

1 - Chili (Hormel can) - 260 cal, 7 fat, 900mg sod
10 - Saltine Crackers - (2 servings) 140 cal, 3 fat, 150 sodium
4 - Sweet cherry tomatoes - 5 cal, 0 fat, 0 sod
1 - Rice Krispy Treat - 90 cal, 2 fat, 105
1 glass of Skim Milk - 80 Cal, 0 fat, 120 sod.

Total: 575 cal, 12 fat, 1275 sod.