RedFlameOut’s Musings

Today I start logging my eating. I thought, “What better way than in my blog?”. And so, here is begins.

Logging your eating habits help keep your eating in check and make sure you are getting balanced meals. I need to get my weight down to something manageable. Even though I watch what I eat fairly closely, I don’t know if there are trends in my eating patterns or not. This should help me see any patterns and adjust or simply eliminate them by the fact I am now seeing what I eat everyday.

Breakfast today:

• 2 servings of Coach’s Oats — 1/3 cup dry per serving, 160 calories per serving, 25 calories from fat, 4 grams fiber
• 1 large banana — approximately 100 calories, 4 grams of fiber
• 1 medium Pink Lady apple — approximately 100 calorie, 5 grams of fiber
• My usual assortment of vitamins and minerals as suggested by my doctor
• 16 oz. of water

Total calories: 520
Total fiber: 17 grams
Total fat calories: 50 (approximately 6 grams)

This is typical of my breakfast. As I had blogged before, I eat ovo-lacto vegetarian for breakfast and lunch on most days as it really helps to keep the calories down and increases the fiber intake since you have to eat more fruits, vegetables, and grains to get enough to eat (and fill yourself up).

I try to eat until I am comfortably full and no more. I try to avoid special occasions I call white events. Usually they consist of foods with lots of white ingredients, like white cake flower. For example, birthdays. When I have to go, I politely decline or if they are insistent, take only a small portion and then don’t eat the frosting. Its not that these are bad for you. But in quantity, you will get fat.