The Food Confessional

Posted by Jennifer

I tallied and recorded my calories today, but some spreadsheet difficulties have left me unable to post them (yet). I will say that I scarfed down about 1700 calories today. Some canned tuna and a lunch out conspired to make my sodium a bit higher than I would like *and* I still managed too much fat. However, I did rack up a couple of small victories. In addition to keeping up with what I ate today, I also managed to drink 3+ liters of water *and* I went for a 3.2 mile walk tonight. This is the same hilly walk that I was taking nearly every night 2 months ago. However, after 8 weeks of not walking regularly, tonight’s little jaunt nearly killed me. I was really huffing and puffing near the end. But I trudged forward, even when my husband gave up about half way through (wuss!) So… all in all, not a bad day. Hopefully, I’ll be able to post a more detailed report tomorrow. Cheers! :)

Posted by Jennifer

Well after a brief (who am I kidding?) hiatus, I’ve decided that it’s time to start tracking, recording and posting my calories again. I have to admit that after today’s high calorie debacle, I *nearly* chickened and out and pulled an “oh, I’ll wait until tomorrow to start back.” But instead I decided to suck it up, and face the music. I may write more about this on my own blog, but for now, it’s good to be back… even if I did eat poorly today.

A couple of things to note:

1. I recorded things like carbs, fat, protein, etc, in grams, rather than the daily percentage beacuse, well… frankly, I don’t really know what my daily percentage should be. I guess that’s something I need to figure out.
2. And, man… it takes a *long* time to record all that stuff. So long that I’m pretty sure I’ll think twice before putting a variety of foods into my mouth. I knew Paola’s html food diary would be a tool to help me lose weight, but I didn’t realize it would work quite like this. :)

Anyway, tomorrow is my first official day back to school and *hopefully* that will also mean a return back to the beloved routines that helped me lose the amount of weight that I already have.

*fingers crossed*

Posted by Jennifer

It’s been a long and exhausting week and I just haven’t had the energy/gumption to record my calories. Today, as it turns out, I came in pretty low today… but that hasn’t been the case on several of the last few days. I’m hopeful that I’ll feel more inspired and energetic this week and that you’ll see more posts from me which are ripe with healthy eating. *fingers crossed*

Posted by Jennifer

Posted by Jennifer

Like Sylvia, I too received a lovely package from Paola today! Mine was a complete surprise and I was utterly thrilled! Even though I *had* to try one of everything upon opening it, because all of the treats inside were very low cal, I still managed to stay under my calorie allotment for today. :) I adore everything, but I’m definitely having a love affair with the cracker bread. So good. Thank you again, Paola!

Posted by Jennifer

I made Paola’s (cousin’s) carrot/apple soup this afternoon and must say that I very much liked the flavor. Per Paola’s suggestion, I did not add the sugar and found the soup to be plenty sweet without it. I also modified the recipe by using low sodium veg stock and left out the bay leaf (simply because I didn’t have one). And finally, I didn’t follow the garnishing instructions… I just left mine plain. I think next time I will only puree 1/2 the soup and leave the other half of the veggies in their whole state, just to add some texture to it. That said, as prepared, I found the soup to be very tasty. Oh, one more thing… this recipe is supposed to make 4 portions, but there’s no way the portion I ate (which was more than enough) equaled 1/4th of the amount made. I imagine that I’m going to get at least 6 servings out of this recipe, but I went ahead and counted it as the full caloric amount of 150. Anyway, thanks, Paola! This soup was very yummy… I’m glad I made it! :)

Posted by Jennifer

Not super healthy, but at least I didn’t go over.
One thing I’ve learned: exhaustion is not conducive to healthy eating.