I went shopping today for lunch. I had to go down the candy isle and I passed by a smorgasbord of confectionary temptation. My mouth began to water, my eyes widened, I felt a tingling feeling in my… stomach. (Get yer minds outta the gutter!) Before you start lecturing me, I didn’t pick any up. I wanted to, though. God, I used to have some chocolate everyday!
Wait, I had chocolate chip cookies yesterday, so why would I miss chocolate so soon? I think I was a chocoholic. Yes, to quote Betty White, I was addicted to chocohol! No, I craved it, and thought nothing of indulging that craving. I still do. Crave it, I mean, but I don’t impulsively buy it anymore. Instead, I’m eating peanuts. I thought it might be a good idea to up my protein a little, and nuts seemed to fit the bill. There are only two kinds of nuts I really like: peanuts (which apparently are not really nuts, but work with me here) and cashews. I love me some cashews, but they’re expensive, and looked to have more fat and calories. I could be mistaken. Yeah, that’s the ticket… So I got a bottle of lightly salted, dry roasted peanuts. And now Mr. Peanut is staring at me through his monocle, with that snide smirk that says, “Yes, Nick, you want more, you want to pile them in your face and eat them in one sitting. Go ahead, they’re on sale. And you get 25% more free, so it’s not exactly cheating.” Or, at least that’s what he’s saying to me. He’s in my filing cabinet now. I’ll let him out tomorrow.
Breakfast at Adult Probation! Woohoo! Nothing like stealing a few minutes before your clients start showing up to wolf down a bowl of Cheerios. I left the remaining bananas on the lunch room table yesterday and like magic, they disappear! It’s a miracle! I mean, it’s magic! I could use some blueberries or strawberries with my cereal. Thank goodness for summer! An apple quelled my hunger long enough to make it back to work from the grocery store. A salad with a little chicken and some ham was lunch, with a diluted Vitamin Water. I figure if I do a 50/50 VW/water mix will bring down the calorie value while still making it pleasing to the taste buds. That was followed up by me eating my nuts. Um, lemme rephrase. Eating whatever peanuts actually are. Dinner at Danny and Rachel's was rotisserie chicken sandwiches and chocolate pudding. Mmmm, chocolate. I mean, oh crap! =P
No walk today due to inclement weather, but I did a group workout with Danny and Rachel. Y'know, it was alot more fun, with each of us making fun of the workout. We've pretty much decided that Wednesdays will consist of the three of us working out together.
I’m using SparkPeople to track my food intake and my cardio. It’s pretty cool. I can use my cell phone to input the foods and their servings, and the site will calculate the rest. On average, I’m taking in anywhere between 1700-2500 calories. They recommend about 2500 calories, and they're complaining that I'm not taking in enough calories. What?! Isn't that what I'm supposed to be doing, eating fewer calories than I'm burning? And at the end of the day I'm still hungry. Crap, I think it's time I go to the doctor and spend $25 on the copay, then a dietitian and spend another $35. That I don't have. Anywho... Browsing the food database on the site gave me a rude awakening. The only thing on a chinese menu I like, Sweet and Sour Chicken, has an ungodly number of calories. Goodbye, S&S Chix. I'll miss you. Most of the other things I crave like Arby's and Pizza Hut are also pretty hefty. Eating well is a pain!
Well, I weighed myself today. And the results are:
Wednesday Weigh-In
Weight: 285.0
BMI: 40.89
I lost 1.8 lbs since Friday, which isn't really out of the ordinary, but it's in the right direction. Robert was the closest to my weight with an estimate of 285.6. Actually, he was the only one. Ah well. Congrats, Rob! Next Weigh-In is in one week.
Well, that does it for this Day 13. Tomorrow looks to be awesome weather, so I think I'll take a walk. Check ya later!
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