In/Out for Thursday, August 14

IN:

Breakfast: Coffee with a splash of half & half and sugar-free sweetener; a few ounces of low fat vanilla yogurt.

Snack: Oh god, a chocolate glazed donut. I got it in return for helping a coworker. I really have to stop thinking of food as a reward.

Lunch: Lentil soup and Coke Zero. Love, love, love lentils. They are a perfect food.

Dinner: Well….nothing. Bad girl. I had rehearsal and then went out for drinks and came home at 10:45 realizing I hadn’t eaten, but that I’m also not hungry. Maybe I’ll have a little yogurt.

OUT:

Nothing, it’s an off day.

In/Out for Wednesday, August 13

IN:

Breakfast: Coffee with splash of half & half with sugar free sweetener. No food, because I am a bad person who forgot to buy breakfastable foods yesterday.

Lunch: Went to Whole Foods for the hot bar! Two triangles of fried sweet & sour tofu, a serving of garlic basil zucchini & squash, about 3 forkfuls of curry shredded chicken, and half a cob of roasted corn. Plus a natural cherry soda (140 calories).

Snack: A bottle of Coke Zero.

Dinner: About half of the portion you see below of JUNGLE FUCKING CURRY. We went to a Thai restaurant and I found a curry made with no dairy or coconut milk, which is much healthier. It was very spicy red curry with chicken, zucchini, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, green beans, etc, and avocado which I made them add to it (avocado is somewhat caloriffic, but has good-for-you vegetable fats, tons of fiber and some protein, not to mention tasting amazing). I only used about 1/3 of the rice. I’m bringing the other portion for lunch tomorrow!

Dessert: 150 calories worth of jelly beans. I counted.

OUT:

I walked 7/8 of a mile (0.86 miles) meeting a friend for lunch, burning about 85 calories; and swam 18 laps/36 lengths/ half a mile in the pool after work, mostly breaststroke, some freestyle and backstroke, burning about 490 calories.

Man, think about how much more I burned swimming for 40 minutes than I would have if I walked for 40 minutes, which is twice what I did today!

Also, I want to point out that I did excellently on veggies today.

In/Out for Tuesday, August 12

IN:

Breakfast: Coffee with a splash of half & half and sugar-free sweetener, a few ounces of low fat vanilla yogurt.

Lunch: Half a salami & cheese sandwich (about 6 slices of salami and one slice cheese folded into one slice of bread) and about a cup of  cucumber-tomato-green pepper salad dressed in lemon juice, olive oil and dill.

Snacks: A giant diet Coke with about 50 calories of regular Coke mixed in; a bag of chips (210 calories) as carb prep for three hours of musical rehearsal. Two popsicles totaling 140 calories.

Dinner: Three Indian vegetable samosas (about 260 calories). When I was putting these bad boys in the oven I thought they would have more calories since they are fried, but they only had about 85 calories each. So I kind of accidentally underate because dinner should probably be a tad more substantive than that.

But I did eat more veggies….

OUT:

No technical exercise, I’m exercising Wednesday. But I did have music rehearsal tonight, which is a lot of standing and a lot of singing. Basically two extra hours of being on my feet, during most of which I was actively singing, which is more physical than most people think. You need excellent ab and diaphragm control for breathing, good posture, etc. I’m sure there is a minor net caloric benefit to rehearsal, but I have no idea how to quantify it.

In/Out for Monday, August 11

IN:

Breakfast: Coffee with half & half and sugar-free sweetener, 5 or 6 spoonfuls of vanilla low-fat yogurt.

Lunch: A salami and cheese sandwich (6-8 really thin slices of salami, like, so thin they can barely stay together as a slice) on whole wheat with mustard and a can of Diet Dr. Pepper.

Snack: a can of Coke (regular; I feel guilty but I needed caffeine and there was no diet anything left in the machine)

Dinner: Two hot dogs in buns and about half a serving of baked beans.

Dessert: 1/4 pint of Haagen Dazs Mango Sorbet, 150 calories

NOT ENOUGH VEGETABLES TODAY.

OUT:

Nothing. I am aiming for three days a week. This is an off day.

In/Out for Sunday, August 10

Everyone always says to that weight loss is as simple as calories IN vs. calories OUT. Well, I wish it were that simple, but things like psychology, schedules and inherent body tendencies tend to muck it up. However, I think it’s a valid point, and I think I should track what I’m eating and my exercise on a daily basis. I’m not going to get really obsessive and count calories for everything on here, though. When I can easily figure out the calories for what I am eating and do it, I will post it. But I am not aiming to start an untenable diet that I can’t keep up. The point is for to be able to eat enough healthy food to satisfy my hunger that isn’t overeating. I’m a big girl and I know what foods are healthy and what aren’t; it’s a matter of not giving in.

Okay so, today, August 10:

IN:

Brunch: Fruit salad (melon, peach, grape), 2 hash brown patties with a bit of ketchup, 5 or 6 spoonfuls of vanilla low-fat yogurt, and a cup of orange juice.

Snack: 4 Finn Crisp thin rye crisps with chevre crumbles (about 150 calories), an organic root beer (150 calories), a white chocolate fudgsicle (60 calories). Finn Crisp thin rye crisps are a great snack because they are high in protein and fiber, while also being super tasty. They’re a perfect partner for chevre or cream cheese and peanut butter.

Dinner: Half a Trader Joe’s Pesto pizza (465 calories) and a cup and a half of cucumber-green pepper-tomato salad dressed with lemon juice, olive oil and dill. Diet Hansen’s Black Cherry soda, which has no calories, caffeine, or sodium.

OUT:

Swimming: 16 laps (800 yards or about 0.45 miles); online exercise calorie calculators are giving me answers varying between  275 – 450 calories burned.