Some Musings

So my ultimate goal is to lose about 60 pounds but since that seems like such a high number coupled with the fact that I have never had much dieting luck in the past, I have decided to make myself multiple 10 pound goals. Technically I have already reached one, so I only need to lose 50 more pounds. The majority of this first reached goal came from just exercising and slightly tweaking my diet.

Range of Logic:

"I want coffee and I want something sweet while I read. A nonfat latte and a blondie? Or a nonfat vanilla latte?" Go with the latter because it's the best of both worlds.

So that is how I am doing things. Tweaking my diet, exercising. And now I am adding on calorie counting, courtesy of www.calorieking.com so things should (ideally) get rolling now.

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Breakfast:

1 Smoothie:

- 1 peach: 61

- 1 nectarine: 69

- 1 cup soymilk: 100

- 1 tbsp protein powder: 45

TOTAL: 275

Lunch:

1 TJ-brand string cheese: 80

1 serving peanut butter pretzels: 150

1 serving grapes: 82

TOTAL: 312

Dinner:

1 crunchy shrimp roll: 521

1 caterpillar roll: 570

1 cup miso soup: 40

TOTAL: 1,131

Long Introductory Post

Hello all! Some of you might know my from my other blog, annewasinnocent.blogspot.com, aka Graduate Me! where I record my life in graduate school. Well, as many of you know, it can be a challenge to remain fit and healthy while bogged down by so much school. I certainly fell off the wagon as an undergrad!

My goal is here to record my journey of getting fit, healthy, and losing weight. I will be recording food intake and exercise output. All the while I am going to try to make it my goal to create a well-rounded diet for myself while still being able to incorporate the treats I like. This way I will not be depriving myself of anything while I get healthy.

I figure that you should know my major food likes, dislikes, and impulses so here's a sampling:

Food Likes:

White meat chicken

Salmon

Bread (white and wheat)

Pasta

All fruit (except melons)

Broccoli

Green beans

Mushrooms

Garlic

Olives

Food Dislikes:

Almost all vegetables (especially peas and carrots!)

Dark meat chicken

Turkey

Red Meat

Pork

Most fish (except salmon)

Chinese Food

Chocolate ice cream

Melons

Beans (most)

Food Impulses:

Muffins

Blondies (like brownies, but vanilla)

Green & Black's Dark Chocolate w/Ginger

Frozen Yogurt

Coldstone

Poptarts

You guys will probably get a better sense of this as the posts go on. Anyways, let's get down to business!

Calorie Intake (courtesy of www.calorieking.com)

Breakfast:

None. I woke up too late.

Lunch:

Bowl of French Onion Soup (including croutons/cheese) from Panera Bread: 174 calories

1 piece French Baguette from Panera Bread: 160 calories

1 pumpkin muffie from Panera Break: 250

TOTAL: 584

Not bad so far today. I my goal is to keep my intake between 1500-1700 calories a day. I will update later to record the rest of my food for the day.

ETA:

Now that my day is over I can finish:

Dinner:

1 Trader Joe's String Cheese: 80 Calories

1 serving TJ's Peanut Butter Pretzels: 150

1 serving grapes: 115

1 12 oz bottle Tazo White Tea: 70

TOTAL: 345

Class fuel:

1 serving Green & Black Dark Chocolate w/Ginger: 200

TOTAL: 200

Pre-Bed Snack:

1 Nutra-Grain Bar: 130

1 cup Vanilla Soymilk: 100

TOTAL: 230

TOTAL CALORIES: 1,399

EXERCISE: none =( but I'm below 1500 so it's all good.