10 posts tagged “healthy”

Ok, on June 2nd I killed my diet.

The wife and I celebrated our 15 years of marriage and so I ate out (unhealthy), went to the movies (did not eat anything), went to Maggie Moos (Yum Yum Sooooo Unhealthy) and then Pizza for dinner... (Yes, unhealthy).

What movie did we see? Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Hank Azaria absolutely owned that movie. 'Nuff Said...

The next day, Ahhhh crap.. what did I eat? I know I had Curried Chicken the wife made for dinner. Oh yes, breakfast I had whole wheat biscuits, milk gravy with sausage.

I want to look up the GL on all of that... but I do not have the time this exact moment.

This morning I had the rice with the full grain on it along with sausage. I would prefer to have my Cheerios, but we are out and have to shop tonight.

Tea Time

New Day...new tracking. Did our intrepid hero start off on the right foot? Did he scarf down massive amounts of chemically induced, pre-packaged and greasy foods?

I had a bowl of Cheerios and had Strawberries chopped into it.

Cheerios - (103 Calories, 21g Carbs, 3g Fiber, 12 GL)
Milk - (146 Calories, 13g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 9 GL)
Srawberries - (49 Calories, 12g Carbs, 3g Fiber, 3 GL)
Stash Spiced Chi Tea - (Pink Packet) - (0s across the board)

298 Calories/1600 Calories
24 GL/100 GL

Nice start... time to get some water, going to keep tanking down the H2O.

Turkey/chicken breast, ham & swiss and salami sandwiches

It is now time to back over my previous day and talk about what I had for lunch and dinner and see what the Glycemic Load was.

So for lunch I ended up going to this great sub place called Sub Depot. As there is only one of this place I am going to need to break this down into its core ingredients and attempt to figure this out.

I had a Turkey on Oat bread with tomatoes and red onions and had a light mayo on it.

Turkey - (66 Calories, 3g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 3 GL)
Oat Bread - (140 Calories, 24g Carbs, 2g Fiber, 12 GL)
Tomato - (4 Calories, 1g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 0 GL)
Red Onion - (11 Calories, 3g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 1 GL)
Romain Lettuce - (8 Calories, 2g Carbs, 1g Fiber, 1 GL)
Iceberg Lettuce - (10 Calories, 2g Carbs, 1g Fiber, 1 GL)
Light Mayo - (45 Calories, 1g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 0 GL)
Unsweetened Tea - (6 Calories, 0g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 0 GL)

In Total
Calories: 284
Carbs: 36g
Fiber: 4g
GL: 18

A load less than what I had at Starbucks and overall since this was my lunch this kept me full for many hours... this was worth it.

So at this point in the day I had a total GL of 71 and I had 712 Calories left over I could use.

So let's head for dinner time when my wife wanted to make me a nice salmon salad, which in hindsight is awesome. Instead we went the hamburger, potatoes and corn route cause I am a whiny bitch. I am almost afraid to figure this out.

Hamburger - 2 patties (NO bread) - (392 Calores, 0g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 0 GL)
Mashed Potatoes - 1 Serving - (174 Calories, 37g Carbs, 3g Fiber, 16 GL) *Whimper*
Corn - 2 Servings - (192 Calories, 44g Carbs, 4g Fiber, 18 GL)
Water - 16 Ounces (Not even worth putting here since it is all 0s and look at me I am still wasting time)

So I surpassed my daily intake by: 52 calories
My Glycemic Load by: 5

I succeeded in a different way however. Had I not been tracking, I would have surpassed this by an even greater amount and I see I should have gone with the nice salmon salad the wife offered to make for me. However, I do not feel guilty as I was careful during the day and was able to splurge on what I really loved at dinner time. With some fine tuning I can stay on target.

Also I succeeded in that on a sandwich I added something other than lettuce and mayo. I generally am NOT a fan of tomatoes or onions and I went ahead and added them...and then absolutely fell in love with the taste they brought to the sandwich.

Clean clock

I need to eat healthier today for lunch and I am in the Opry Mills area for lunch. I am surrounded probably by 100 places to eat.

I would like to eat out healthier and cheap.

Any suggestions?

Coffee Cup Isolated

As a new diabetic I was wondering what the snot is this Glycemic Load stuff is. Now I do not fully grasp everything about it yet, however I do understand that it is how foods affect your blood sugar.

I also read that the typical person should not exceed a rating of 100 in a day and that diabetics should shoot lower.

So let us analyze the glycemic load of what I had today:

Banana: 10 (Cool)
Cheerios: 12 (Still Good)
Milk: 9 (Very Cool)
Starbucks: 22.... (DEAR LORD)

I am over my halfway point simply because of Starbucks.

Oh Starbucks, how I love thee...let me count the ways....  Caramel Light Frappachino....
Ok, so that is my only reason.

From here on out... I am cutting myself off from Starbucks. I am sorry Starbucks, I would send you a "Dear John" letter, but I am too busy.

Breakfast cereal

EDIT: Oink (who appreciates fine thighs) pointed out I was way off on bananas and I went back and checked and I screwed up the type and serving information. So I have readjusted the numbers... thank you!

So I might as well start recording what I ate. Might as well place it here and tag it foodjournal.

1 - Bowl of Cheerios (103 Calories, 3g Fiber, 21 Carbs, 3g protein)
1 - Pink Packet of Sweetener (No Idea)
1 - Medium Banana (200 Calories, 6g Fiber, 51g Carbs, 2g protein)
1 - Medium Banana (105 Calories, 3g Fiber, 27g Carbs, 1g protein)
1 - Cup of Milk (146 Calories, 0g Fiber, 13g Carbs, 8g protein)
1 - Venti Skinny Caramel Frappachino (250 Calories, 4g Fiber, 51g Carbs, 9g Protein)

I swear those Frappachinos are Kryptonite.

Ok, so looking over this...what did I learn? Dear God... a Banana is as bad as a Light Frappachino in terms of Carbs and as I am diabetic... I should be staying away from the Frappachinos and be wary of bananas.

Now the banana has awesome fiber in it... and so that takes away from the Carbs as well as other nutrients. As long as I do not go overboard, I can eat a banana. I have to make sure I eat it in the morning when my blood sugar is at it's lowest and I have a chance to burn it off. I am thinking that Starbucks needs to be culled totally from my diet and not bananas. Bananas offer potasium and other nutrients which I can justify as long as I only eat 1 in a day.

I could also offset those carbs by taking in some Benefiber or some other fiber additive.

I think I am going to restrict my calories to 1600 per day for now. That is what the Doctor told me to begin with, now I will listen.

So, how many do I have left and how many have I consumed?

Consumed: 699 604
Remaining: 901 996
Likelyhood I will surpass this: Pretty Good Chance.
Mood: I was in a neutral mood this morning, sick yes, but not sad about it. However when I went to Starbucks I did it cause I really thought I needed the caffeine. I need to buy a new coffee press and make my own sugar free coffees at home.

I am just being honest with myself, I had no idea how many calories I had consumed until now.

I always knew my metabolism is awesome in the mornings and craps out at night. Perhaps I need to eat most of my calories through the day up until 1pm'ish. Then around dinner time, I stick with a nice salad, some baked fish... that kind of stuff and not eat past 7 PM so that it gets burned up before I go to bed... or mostly burned up. I did it in the past and it really worked out for me then. I am reminded that that is probably the way I should go. 
 
I also need to replace the whole milk in my diet with perhaps soy milk, which I do enjoy or perhaps skim milk.
Must research.

I got the nutritional values from this cool site: http://www.nutritiondata.com/

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New group created... the Vox Fit Club

I am horribly unhealthy and I want to lose weight and live a long life. I want you to join me as well. Join the group to encourage one another, to post recipes and hints and tips... success stories. If you are really brave, then post a photo.

We can do this.

The name of the group was originally going to be just a tag I used, but I went with it as a group name as well. Thanks to Budd for the name suggestion. It is brilliant in it's simplicity.

Vytorin

Ok, time for us to gather in close and talk a bit more seriously.

I went to the doctor yesterday and we are not immediately treating my diabetes. No, I have a bigger problem. I have very high bad cholesterol. Not just in the red... but really beyond the red.

So I am now on Vytorin to lower my bad cholesterol. So, my dietary choices need to be re-examined.

However I am looking at this in a positive manner. Basically what it boils down to is simply either do the right thing now or suffer a heart attack by 40.

While I am indeed on a drug, my intent is to stay away from this drug once I get things under control.

So basically, I am needing to concentrate on staying away from fatty meats and most dairy. I found I can have skim

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What else?

Whole Grains Good
Skim Milk Good
Red Wine Good
Salmon and Cod Good
Cheeseburger Bad Very Very Bad Bad

I have not exercised in the last 2 nights either, I have crashed and fallen asleep at around 7:30 - 8:00 pm. Soooo I have to adjust myself to exercise right when I go home.

So tonight I will play Dance Dance Revolution when I walk in the door and then whenever I crash it will be good.

While this post sounds bad... I do have a bit of good news. News that is helping me stay positive.

I lost 3lbs already.

Fruit and vegetable 5

While I was not faithful to my food journal this weekend, I was very faithful to the diet itself. I made sure I ate the appropriate foods and stayed away from the junk... even when doughnuts threatened to crush my soul.

The only junk style food I had was some popcorn that had some chocolate drizzled on them. I also ate only a single serving. Not a bag, not a huge bowl... just about a cup worth. This turned out to be such a reward for all the good work I am doing.

I did not ride my bike this weekend, I was hitting bed really early and did not get a chance to ride. However, I have a 2nd bit of exercising I can do now. My 32' TV was broken, or so we thought, then I found some dials on the back and suddenly the TV was no longer borked. Someone, probably in the 3-4" range in height, obviously messed with the dials and we assumed the tube was dying. It is now repaired... so what does this have to do with exercise? Dance Dance Revolution... the game that originally caused me to lose 30 pounds before, I can play it again.

Going to get down with my bad self... cause I am a LEGEND at DDR people... a freaking LEGEND...

5 year old dance dance revolution guru

Of course... in my own mind.... in the privacy *cough* of my bedroom....

However I am a LEGEND!!!

This gives me something to do when I do not wish to ride a bike in 90 degree weather right now. Hey do you blame me? I am still fat and I smell like just cooked bacon when I get back to the house.

I should take a photo history of what I look like every single day.

But I do not think I should subject you to that horror.

We will see how brave I am.

Ok, last bit... I need a tag idea. I want to tag my progress posts a unique way and I need some suggestions... so please let me know in the comments.

two icing filled yellow cake rolls

Dear Lord... the pain...

I went shopping yesterday to get stuff for my lunch. So I picked up some Chow Mein meals and Teas and found what appeared to be a good idea. Twinkies and Oatmeal Cookies that are a healthier alternative to the originals. They also have lots of fiber.

As I need fiber due to a medical condition... I thought this was a good idea.

Holy Crap, I have never in my life eatin anything so amazingly disgusting. Scruffle McDuffle could not even believe it, he had taken a picture of it.

I 100% kid you not... this twinkie tasted and smelled JUST like Play-Doh. yes ... Play-Doh... how do I know what Play-Doh tastes like? I was a stupid kid long ago... lie to me and tell me you did not taste Play-Doh.

Anyways, I swear I could probably use this to make a vase or something... Actually they could use these as a torture device.

Ahhh, I cannot get the smell of these things off of my hands...

Ladybug-sm

EYYYYUCK... I really need this taste out of my mouth now.

I ... just... want...the pain...to....stop...

I should make a ladybug out of these... or something...