Food differences

[dancerjodi]

Stuff on WW, points, fiber and eating junky food - to show you a bit of what my thought process works like now in trying to balance things now that we're on this program.



Usually I have a bowl of raisin bran for breakfast (1 cup) with a cup of 2% organic milk. Its got a good amount of fiber, the calcium, and one of the day's fruits. And it fills me up for the few hours in the morning before I have my other fruit - something like a peach or plumb or pear or something. I ran out yesterday, but had some corn flakes (left over from the oven fried chicken recipe) and some raisins, so I substituted. Points-wise, they are about the same as my regular cereal. I knew the fiber was lower and I didn't think a day would kill me by WOW, am I hungry! I ate my peach, an hour later was still hungry, so I had my cheddar rice cakes (normally I'll have with my lunch, or for a snack later on). It just goes to show the impact that a minor change in diet can have!

Tonight is grocery shopping night and a new WW week, which means we'll be out at a restaurant, whoot! I have goodies to make for a dinner with friends tomorrow (peach raspberry cobbler) and for another NEG cookout this weekend. We may go to Kelley's on Revere Beach (finally - I've never been there) for dinner on Friday, so it will be a tough week foodwise. I can be in control though! Heh, how many points do you think fried clams, french fries and extra tartar sauce are? 20 clam items are 9 points, 20 french fries are 10 points, and 2 tbs of tartar sauce are 4 points. That one meal exceeds what I should eat on a normal day (20 points) and though I have an additional 35 flex points to spread around as needed that 23 would take a good chunk out of that!

Maybe we should eat in tonight! :)



PS, I'm downloading a ton of claim data today, hence all of these LJ posts while things churn.

Comments

[andrewfeland.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I cracked 200lb on my trip to Vancouver (and that was with walking nearly ten miles a day recreationally--I guess it just made me hungrier), so I've been watching what I eat. I'm already down to 196 after less than a week of slight changes to my diet, but breakfast is the killer. I hate cereal and I'm not too fond of yogurt. I'm finding that low-fat cottage cheese with fruit is a palatable alternative (and beats my usual breakfast pastry for nutrition by about a mile) but it's not easy to stick with. Starting at about 11:30am or so, vegetables get easier to come by around here, and sticking with any kind of diet gets easier. Mornings are tough!