Wednesday, March 9, 2011

A little guilty!

I didn't blog yesterday...not sure why?  Just wasn't feeling it.  But I regret my decision.  I think this is a really good way to stay in touch and aware of my health.  It's so easy to backslide and I'm just not going there!  Tomorrow we celebrate Mike's 48th birthday at a really nice restaurant here in town.  I'm starting to think now about planning my meal and whether or not to have dessert.  This is a lifestyle, not a diet, so I have to be realistic.  Will I really turn down birthday cake?  Would it be right to?  I don't want to be militaristic about this and make other people feel uncomfortable.
Here's how YESTERDAY went:
Breakfast:
not much different here!
Lunch:
1 portion Veggie stir fry w/tofu and peanut sauce.  This was a tough one.  Tasted so very good, but I knew the peanut sauce was a bad idea.  Next time I'll ask for the sauce on the side.  In fact, I'll ask for all sauce on the side!
1 C. brown rice
Dinner:
1 portion meatloaf (Mike's famous meatloaf!  Could have eaten the WHOLE thing.)
1 sm. salad
1 med. yam - baked
Snack:
1 med. apple
1 short soy latte
I'm starting to be able to eyeball portion sizes.  It really helped to go through Sparkpeople's explanation of what a portion looks like.  Although my calorie count was high today, I was happy with almost all my choices.  I also think the counts may be a bit high because I counted cal's on store bought food instead of homemade.  Not going to be too stringent about it! 
Here's the breakdown:
1,666. cal. consumed
1,677. cal BMR
   381. cal exercise (yoga and a long steep hill walk!)
  -392 differential
All in all it was a GOOD day! 

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