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TIP OF THE DAY: when faced with poor choices at a restaurant, just ask for something custom. Don't want bacon and cheese? Just ask for plain eggs on toast!
OK -- today other than the "junk" calories (a bite of pie, a sprite) I did well. But you can't say I had a good day, because I went over my calorie limit. Why?
The junk calories.
Something else I noticed (trying to be more mindful, as in the lovely book SAVOR by Thich Nhat Hanh) is that the most FILLING meal I had all day today was the serving of baby carrots and 2 celery stalks with chunky peanut butter. Kinda counter intuitive, but I was definitely more full after that than I was at any other meal.
I like having the eggs and toast option at Einstein Bros' in the morning because eggs are high in MUFAs (and research shows they don't actually raise cholesterol in the majority of the population), they are filling, AND I've noticed I lose more weight when I eat eggs, probably because they are filling and not fattening. I feel stupid now because I had to wrack up courage to ASK for eggs on toast at Einstein's: it's not on the menu.
But they let me have it :) At first they charged me for a full egg, bacon and cheese sandwich (ugh, but it was worth it since I used to eat that anyway) but now they figured out to just charge me for "bread : add egg". (How novel.)
Diet Calendar Entries for 04 October 2010:
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1290 kcal
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Fat: 48.42g | Prot: 51.93g | Carb: 171.36g.
Breakfast: trail mix planters, eggs, "scrambled" in microwave (Einstein Bros), whole wheat hearty toast. Lunch: grilled chicken salad, light italian. Dinner: baby carrots, peanut butter, celery, macaroni and cheese, apple . Snacks/Other: sprite, coconut cream pie . more...
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1965 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 16 minutes, Resting - 8 hours and 44 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Desk Work - 7 hours. more...
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