Accountability

Breakfast: 1/2 bagel w/lowfat garden veg cream cheese, oj

Lunch: Turkey & cheese sandwich

Dinner: Beef curry w/rice, salad stuff

Exercise: I walked about 1/2 block. . .

I’m not sure how many calories as I went out for dinner. Breakfast & lunch 610 - maybe 1000 for dinner? Anyway I don’t think I had more than 1600-1700 today.

Breakfast: Toast w/peanut butter, oj

Lunch: Salad

Dinner: Turkey patty, french bread, pear fruit cup, v-8 juice

Snack: Trail mix

Exercise: Biked 6 miles, 36 min. 1400 calories.

I don’t feel like I did very well today. As I think about it though I actually did good stuff. I wanted pizza rolls this morning & didn’t go to the store & buy any! I made sure I ate a big salad for lunch before I went shopping so I wouldn’t be tempted to stop and eat something. It is just when I went to eat dinner I didn’t feel like fixing it or eating it. I ended up having something different than I’d planned but it wasn’t bad stuff. I really didn’t want to bother eating but I don’t want to do that. In the past I’ve done it and then later been hungry and had junk food. I’m trying (actually I think I’m doing it) to eat even when I don’t feel like it because I know it is good for me and I’ll feel better in the end.

Breakfast: Scrambled egg, toast, oj

Lunch: Turkey spaghetti

Dinner: Hamburger patty, salad w/lots of vegetables, slice french bread

Snack: small piece chocolate, apple

Exercise: Bike-34 min, 6 miles (I went faster today). 1725 calories.

I notice in looking back over my meals that I’m not doing as well as I should for the food pyramid thing. Overall I think I’m getting enough protein, some days less but like today I had to much. I’m doing pretty good on the vegetables. I put a lot in my salads - peppers, cucumber, carrots, broccoli. Grains I do better good on also. Where I’m really bad is fruit & dairy. The funny thing is that I like fruit, I just forget to eat it. I’m going to start eating cereal more often, that way I’ll get a cup of milk in the morning (& I won’t throw so much away). I bought some calcium tablets today & the clerk - who was about 25 years old - said that after age 26 you are supposed to have 500 milligrams a day. I was going to say I was in big trouble because I’m way past 26 but I was hoping she thought I was younger (like 39).

Breakfast: Toast w/peanut butter, oj

Lunch: Sundried tomato wrap w/turkey & cheese & lettuce

Dinner: Beef curry w/rice, salad w/vegetables, cranberry juice

Snack: Trail mix, sliced pears

Exercise: Aerobic tape for 20 minutes. 1600 calories.

I have a Richard Simmons aerobic tape called Sweating to the Oldies. I didn’t do very well with it but I guess I’ll try some more.  I tried doing armlifts w/weights but I couldn’t find my 4 lb ones so had to use the 8 lb ones. They were a bit heavy for me. I think I did 2 lifts. I’m going to look for the 4 lb ones tomorrow.

An interesting thing occurred to me today. Since I started eating better I haven’t been drinking as much coke. I’m not consciously trying to drink less - I only drink diet so I wasn’t concerned about it. I’ve been drinking more water & at the most 1 coke a day, a couple of days I think I didn’t have one. This is good - I periodically wonder why I’m paying money to drink colored water, but it seems strange. . .

I agree w/Colleen & Stephen & am going to change my goal to 1800-2000 calories a day. I think that sounds reasonable. Today’s meals:

Breakfast: wheat toast & orange juice

Lunch: turkey sandwich on wheat bread (I’m stressing that wheat bread, it isn’t my favorite thing but I know it is better than white bread).

Dinner: Lean Cuisine TV dinner, salad, slice of french bread.

Snack: 1/4 c. trail mix.

I only had about 1300 calories today but I think I did ok - I didn’t really feel like eating lunch or dinner, I’m feeling kind of sick but I made myself eat so I thought that was good.

Exercise: bike 31 minutes, 5 miles.