Getting behind!

I'm getting behind in posting my daily journals! I'll have them up shortly, probably on Saturday. It has been a busy week!

Food Journal - 1/4/2008

I've been a little fascinated with pouch cooking lately. I threw something together last night that was decent but probably not something I'd repeat exactly. I took a sheet of aluminum foil and put around 2 tbsp of BBQ sauce down. A chicken breast went on top of that, followed by a little more BBQ sauce. I piled shredded potatoes and chopped peppers & onions over it. It was OK but I did under season it. Next time I'll follow Alton Brown's formula for pouch cooking.

	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein	Fiber, total dietary	Sodium, Na	Vitamin B-12
Dunkin Donuts Coffee, cream, 1 serving	60	6	2	1	0	15	0
Dunkin Donuts Onion bagel, 1 serving	350	4	66	12	3	660	0
Dunkin Donuts Lite Cream Cheese, 1 serving	130	11	3	5	0	250	0
	540	21	71	18	3	925	0
Whole Wheat Spaghetti, cooked (pasta), 2 cup	347	2	74	15	13	8	0
Boca Italian Sausage, 1 serving	130	6	6	13	1	650	0
Mozzarella Cheese, whole milk, 2 oz	170	13	1	13	0	356	22
Newman's Own Organic Marinara Sauce, 1/2 cup, 2 serving	140	4	24	4	0	1,100	0
	787	24	106	44	14	2,114	22
Chicken Breast, no skin, 1 breast, bone and skin removed	260	3	0	54	0	153	15
KC Masterpiece Classic Blend, 4 tbsp	20	0	4	0	0	820	0
Baked Potato (baked potatoes), 1 potato (2-1/3" x 4-3/4")	145	0	34	3	2	8	0
Onions, raw, 1 medium (2-1/2" dia)	42	0	9	1	2	3	0
Green Peppers (bell peppers), 0.5 cup, strips	19	0	5	1	1	1	0
	485	3	52	59	5	986	15
None
	1,813	49	228	122	22	4,025	36
	1970 - 2320	49 - 86	250 - 361	60 - 194	25 - 35	0 - 2300	100 - 200

Checking in!

I'm still working on the issue with posting my journals. I'm keeping track of everything in SparkPeople and am experimenting with different ways to pull the data from Point A to Point B.

My New Year diet is going reasonably well. I've not been 100% perfect. It is a work in progress. Life is sometimes hectic at best. The big thing to report is that I've not been overeating. Especially in the face of stress, that is a major victory for me.

I've been sticking with my weekly mini-goal of drinking plenty of clear water every day and limiting soda. It is going well and I already feel much better. I loooove Diet Coke but I don't think it loves me. In just the past few days I feel more alert and happier in general. Something about it muddies my mind.

Food Journal - 1/3/2008

Too much fast food and too little quality stuff. But still! Tropical Smoothie! Their tropi-colada smoothie is just happiness in your mouth. For those out there who are following WWers, their smoothies aren't terribly high in points if you go for Splenda instead of sugar. Just FYI though I'm personally suspicious of artificial sweeteners. I did get it this time but am really trying to limit my intake of artificials.

	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein	Fiber, total dietary	Sodium, Na	Vitamin B-12
Dunkin Donuts Iced Latte, 16 oz	120	7	11	6	0	105	0
Krispy Kreme Cake-Glazed Cruller, 1 serving	240	14	26	2	1	240	0
	360	21	37	8	1	345	0
Tropical Smoothie Tropi-colada Smoothie w/ splenda, 1 serving	299	6	61	1	3	26	0
Tropical Smoothie Tuscan Turkey Panini, 1 serving	439	13	67	13	3	962	0
	738	19	128	15	6	988	0
Chicken Breast, no skin, 1 breast, bone and skin removed	260	3	0	54	0	153	15
BBQ Sauce, KC Masterpiece, 4 tbsp	120	0	30	0	0	480	0
Broccoli, fresh, 2 cup, chopped	49	1	9	5	5	48	0
Plantains, 1 cup slices	179	0	48	1	4	8	0
	608	4	87	61	9	689	15
Banana, fresh, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long)	109	1	28	1	3	1	0
Dunkin Donuts Glazed Donut, 1 serving	180	8	25	3	1	250	0
	289	9	53	4	4	251	0
	1,994	52	305	88	19	2,273	15
	1970 - 2320	49 - 86	250 - 361	60 - 194	25 - 35	0 - 2300	100 - 200

Food Journal - 1/2/2008

First day of the new diet... not a great start! Could have been much worse though. I didn't overeat, which has been my problem for the last few months. Fell short in every category...except sodium! Yikes!

On a positive note, I did keep my goal of limiting soda and increasing water. Had 1 Diet Coke and 12 - 8 oz servings of water.

Edit: This is a copy and paste from SparkPeople. Kind of a sloppy solution but it was the best option without spending too much time on it. I'll see if I can figure something better out in the future.

	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein	Fiber, total dietary	Sodium, Na	Vitamin B-12
Apples, fresh, 1 large (3-1/4" dia) (approx 2 per lb)	125	1	32	0	6	0	0
Whole Foods All Natural Peanut Butter, 2 tbsp	190	16	7	8	0	5	0
Pistachio Nuts, 0.25 oz (47 kernels)	39	3	2	1	1	0	0
Diet Coke, 12 oz	0	0	0	0	0	40	0
	355	20	41	10	6	45	0
None
Wendy's Large Chili, 1 serving	330	9	35	25	8	1,170	0
Saltine Crackers (Saltines), 6 cracker	77	2	13	2	1	193	0
Wendy's Hot Chili Seasoning, 2 serving	10	0	4	0	0	560	0
Wendy's Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, 2 serving	760	36	68	40	4	1,780	0
	1,177	47	120	67	13	3,703	0
None
	1,532	67	161	77	19	3,748	0
	1970 - 2320	49 - 86	250 - 361	60 - 194	25 - 35	0 - 2300	100 - 200

New Year, New Resolutions

As noted in my non-diet blog, I didn't do very well with the resolutions last year. In general life, I am thinking more simply than last year. On the diet front, I have decided to tackle a series of mini-resolutions. Every week I'll pick a small goal to work on. Seems a little more manageable than biting off big chunks.

So... this week, I am working on drinking less diet soda and more water. I've been really bad about drinking too much diet soda. Seriously. There were stretches of days where I drank little else. I'm off to a good start today. I did have a diet soda earlier in the AM but the rest of the day has been nothing but clear H20.