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.

Pork Chop with Feta Cheese and Spinach Omelet

This was a pretty good meal and it filled me up with a lot of food. It has been a while since I have made an omelet so no photos of the demolished wreck, but it severed its purpose none the less.

1 - 4 oz Breakfast chop - 140 cal, 5 fat grams, 320mg sodium
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
1 - Banana - 200 cal, 1 fat, 2mg sod
1 - Kellog's Rice Krispy Treat - 90 cal, 2 fat, 105 sod.
1 - Glass of Skim Milk - 80 Cal, 0 fat, 120 sod

Grand total: 485 Cal, 8 fat grams and 1107 sodium.

As you can see it is a lot of food, actually it's a meal. Lets see how far this gets me today.

Day 1 Start

This morning I hit the scales to find my starting weight.....241. Time to get started. If you run across this blog and have some input or recipes along the way feel free to chime in. Don't worry, I do not count off for spelling or grammar and hope you don't either.