Yesterday I had an ok eating day. I didn't figure up my calories yet. Had skim milk and a Luna bar 180 bar for breakfast. Did not have any snacks since it probably would be frowned upon in church !!!! :)
For lunch I had my cabbage and ham soup. Can't find any calories on it. I had 4 oz of it. It has cabbage, onions, carrots, celery in it plus a small bit of ham. The bad part might be 1 cup of skim milk in the whole batch plus 2 cups of half and half. That makes enough for about 3 or 4 meals for dad and I. I had 3/4 of an ounce of baby swiss cheese. Then for supper we went out with Deb and Bob Derksen. Made the mistake of telling Bob he could order the pizza at Monica's. He ordered a 5 meat pizza. Not a vegetable in site. I ate 2 little pieces of bread dipped in oil..not much....and 1 small slice of pizza and had tea to drink. I will have to try to figure that out later. Today, I got on the scale and I was down .8 lbs....so 3.4 lbs since the beginning. I am not saying much to dad. He still isn't real helpful. I didn't tell him I even lost a lb yet because he won't be supportive. I told him I bought some Turkey stuff because it is more healthy. His comment is ..."Oh to help you on your YO-YO dieting? I told him that wasn't supportive and he said not to blame him if I can't control myself. It is true I have been up and down but comments like that are not a bit helpful. If I had wanted to get into a royal fight I could have commented that only because he has good genes is he able to stay as slim as he is..because talk about NO CONTROL. He talks about eating healthy and watching his weight and in the same breath wants to know if I can get him some cake and ice cream to eat. So I guess I will just depend on you two for encouragement. Kind of sad.
Good job on 3.4 lbs!
ReplyDeleteI won't comment on Dad, I have commmented many times before. Don't let him sabotage you, that is all I will say.
Here are a couple of websites that I found searching the internet....you can input all the ingredients of your recipe and see what is in a serving. I have not used any of them so I don't know if one is better than another. I am sure there are others out there as well.
http://www.fitwatch.com/database/analyzer.php
http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php
http://www.nutritiondata.com/mynd/myrecipes/welcome?returnto=/mynd/myrecipes
All right, now I will comment on the food. I would say this was not one of your best days. I am not talking necessarily about the number of calories as I am not sure where you would be on that. However, the amount of fat appears to be quite large. Luna bars are good but they do have a fair amount of saturated fat in them. If you eat healthy the rest of the day, not a big deal. But...that soup is probably not the best although you did eat a ridiculously small amount. In 2 cups of 1/2 and 1/2 there are 629 calories, 56 g of fat and 35 g of saturated fat (a HUGE amount). The pizza as you know with all the meat is going to be huge in fat/saturated fat.....probably even with one piece. A T. of olive oil (is that the oil your bread was dipped in?) has 120 cal and about 14 g fat in it, mostly unsaturated though. My guess would be you went well over your daily alotted sat. fat total. With your cholesterol being high (we assume?)...that is not the best. Anyway, something else to think about as it is not only important to keep your calories in check but also the types of food you eat.
Yes, good work on the 3.4 lbs! You know that I am very sad at the lack of support you get at home, but know that Stacey and I are rooting for you heartily, and believe in you, and will be proud with you in all your accomplishments. Try to put Dad's words out of your mind and focus on the positive things you are doing.
ReplyDeleteStacey had good food input, I agree. So keep up the good work and keep working on making those better for you food choices. You're doing awesomely! :)