I am officially at the half way mark!! Tomorrow I weigh in and hopefully my Wii weight is the same as the wrestling room scales weight. :) Hopefully, despite my sweet tooth week, I maintained my weight of 149. I really would be happy just to maintain it right now. I want to say "go girl" to a special young lady who has started her own blog now to journal her own daily choices in life and food and sports. She is the kind of young lady who will be an inspiration to many other girls her age who are standout athletes with many pressures. Just don't ever lose sight of the fact that your healhty weight is not determined by society-- check the medical research provided to determine your normal weight range (and it is a range). I used to weigh 128 and I now know that is the bottom of my normal weight range for being 5'8" tall and approx. 48 years old. I was reading an article today that said 50% of all people who diet gain their weight back and biggest loser contestant have an 80% success rate. I think you have to pace yourself and learn what it is that makes you eat what you do.
Is it because that's what you buy? I think that's a big part of it. I also think that food is the American way of saying "I am loved". We constantly eat and think about eating. We should divert that energy to thinking about and serving others. There's a diet tip you won't find in many books. I believe it though. When we stop thinking about what we eat, but remain educated about the calories, sodium, etc. when we do eat, we will become natural eaters and maintain our natural body weight. Our exercise needs to be paced and easy to maintain-- not excessive like fad diets. Both can be dangerous and give temporary effects.
HAMBURGER TIP: You can reduce calories and saturated fat significantly by draining the grease off the hamburger, patting it down with a paper towel, and wiping out the pan before returning it to the pan to make your sauce.
Here's what my day looked like foodwise:
BREAKFAST: Quaker granola bar (chocolate chip)- 100 calories, 1.5 grams Sat. fat, 75mg Sodium
Morning Snack: Wheatables- 140 calories, 1 gram sat fat, 230 mg sodium
LUNCH: Lean Cuisine Shrimp Alfredo- 260 calories, Sat fat- 2grams, Sodium 590mg
SUPPER: Marie Calendar's Low Fat Cornbread Mix (add water) 140 calories per slice, 300mg sodium, 0 sat. fat. W/Honey- 1 tblsp. 64 calories, 0 sat. fat, 1mg sodium and spray butter 0 calories.
Corn- (canned)- ½ cup – 82 calories, .1 grams sat. fat, 3mg sodium
Homemade Spaghetti for Six: (Ingredients)
*Rozonni whole grain spaghetti- 400 (5oz. uncooked) calories, 0 sat. fat, 0 sodium
*Hunts 14.5 oz stewed tomatoes- 105 calories, 1295 sodium, 0 sat. fat
* Albertsons 8 oz tomato sauce- 20 calories, 260 mg sodium, 0 sat. fat
* Zucchini- 20 calories, 12mg sodium, 0 sat. fat
*Pineapple, 1/2 cup crushed - 40 calories, 1mg sodium, 0 sat. fat
* Minced onion- 0 calories, 0 sat. fat, 0 sodium
* Oregano- 6 calories, .1 sat fat, .1 sodium
* Lawry's Garlic Powder w/Parsley- 0 cal. 0 sat fat. 0 sodium
* Low Fat Mozarella- 1/4 cup per person for topping- 80 calories, 2g sat. fat, 200 mg sodium
*1/2 lb. lean hamburger drained in strainer & paper towel before adding sauce (you don't need a full pound)- 400 calories, 80 mg sodium, 5 grams sat. fat (probably less because of draining the fat)
Serves 6 good size portions about 200 calories per person w/cheese
EVENING SNACK: Quaker granola bar (chocolate chip)- 100 calories, 1.5 grams Sat. fat, 75mg Sodium
Total Calories Today: 1100-1200
Total Sat. Fat Today: less than 10 grams
Total Sodium Today: about 1500 mg
Great web site about sodium: http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/nutrition/food-salt.html
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