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September 8th, 2016 at 12:42 pm

Health:
Breakfast: overnight oats with coffee and Good Belly
Lunch: ham and cheese sandwich
Dinner: Leftover BBQ hot dog with bun
Snack: Green tea
Extra Food: low calorie protein drink and vanilla ice cream

No spend day yesterday. Today will be a spend day because I need to gas up my car. Today is also payday and I am low because I took an FMLA day last pay period.

I’m trying to stay low on my calories. I know for a fact that if I stay in the 1,200-1,300 daily calorie range I will lose weight. On my workout days, I’ll increase to 1,300.

The adjustments to my eating plan are rather small. For now, I’m not consuming my mid-morning snack (aka 2nd breakfast), a glass of wine each night, and sweets (I caved and had ice cream). I’ve substituted green tea and protein drink. I’m also have taken up food tracking, measuring portions and clean(er) eating.

Posted in No Spend Day, Healthy Stuff | 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “Healthier Eating”

  1. snafu Says:
    September 8th, 2016 at 01:04 pm 1473339869
    1473339869

    We're being told to start our day with an egg, poached, soft or hard boiled, steamed, shirred, sunny side, scrambled hard/soft, omelette [no cheese], over easy as you prefer Apparently it provides protein without carbs eliminating craving for mid morning snack and sets you up for the day.

  2. Jenn Says:
    September 8th, 2016 at 11:59 pm 1473379163
    1473379163

    Another suggestion: fresh veggies. Most fresh veggies, especially leafy greens, have very few calories yet are nutritionally dense. In your day above, there isn't a single vegetable. I think you should pick a few that you like and work them in.

  3. PatientSaver Says:
    September 9th, 2016 at 02:04 am 1473386662
    1473386662

    How about ditching the hot dog and ham, both filled with nitrates? And do what Jenn said.

  4. PatientSaver Says:
    September 9th, 2016 at 02:05 am 1473386702
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    And if it's store-bought green tea in a bottle, check the sugar content; it will likely be loaded.

  5. PatientSaver Says:
    September 9th, 2016 at 12:34 pm 1473424463
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    OK, the unsweetened green tea and the match is excellent. Smile You can also use Truvia, which is a natural sweetener but doesn't convert to glucose or raise blood sugar or cause tooth decay. It's good for diabetics for that reason.

    I just noticed at BJs a bottled drink called bal antioxidant infusion. It is sweetened with Erythritol, the active ingredient in Truvia. I bought some for myself the other day and if it tastes decent, i'm buying a case for dad to get him off the sugary Snapple.

    I drink my own iced tea all summer long and hot tea in winter, but i must say i occasionally get tired of the same old thing. You might want to check out nutritionfacts.org, which has a lot of excellent articles about various foods, all bsed on science.

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