- Jelly donut
- 2 large strawberry marshmallows
- Half a plate of whole wheat linguini w/bolgnese sauce and cheese (Boston Pizza) (leftovers)
- A couple licorice wands
- 8 oz steak w/twice baked potato (The Keg)
- Half a plate of onion rings (The Keg)
- 2 granola bars
- Peach
- Small cup of applesauce
- Handful of peanuts
- Half a serving of beef and broccoli
- Half a serving of general tso chicken on fried rice
- Lots of water
Whew. I just ate the last 2 food items not too long ago and I have a pretty decent food baby going on.
Anyway, I know the last few days have been pretty crappy, but I just went to Walmart today and picked up some fruits and veggies and I might even go back tomorrow and pick up some more healthy stuff and try to eat mainly that stuff this week. On top of that, I'm off for the next 3 days, so I'll be gyming it up with my heart rate monitor and burning some major calories.
On a side note, I still haven't decided if I'm gonna weigh myself tomorrow morning. It's probably gonna be pretty depressing, but I might just need that slap in the face.
In lieu of a picture, I'm gonna give you some really delicious food for thought; something I read on one of the weight loss blogs I frequent. Enjoy!
I
get this question a fair amount, so I thought I’d do a lovely post on
what foods one should ABSOLUTELY avoid when trying to lose weight. I’m
talking about the type of food that can single handedly sabotage your
diet, make you pack on the pounds and set back all the progress you’ve
made.
Ready for it?
They don’t exist.
There is no one food (peaches, candies, steak, cake) or one
type of food (alcohol, dairy, meat) that will cause any sort of setback
in your diet.
Why? Because food is not the enemy. Treating food items or food
groups as horrible fiends that trick you into craving them with their
addictive additives and their easy accessibility gives them way too much
power. It’s an item, composed of macro and micro nutrients, with
assorted tastes, flavors and sensations. That’s all. Some are enjoyable,
some aren’t.
Furthermore, eating fruit or not eating fruit isn’t going to make or break your diet.
Weight loss, specifically fat loss, comes down to energy balance.
If you put yourself into a deficit (either by diet or by exercise) you
will lose fat. If you put yourself into a surplus (either by diet or
lack of exercise/activity) you will gain fat (and/or muscle, depending). That’s it. If a food has 200 calories it has 200 calories. Done. There’s no further discussion from a weight loss point. (
Before I get 1,000 asks talking about how 200 calories of veggies and 200 calories of cake are not the same, save it. For weight loss they are, for health they’re not. Go away. You’re annoying and redundant and clearly can’t read.)
Let’s set up a scenario. Say that your TDEE (the amount of calories
you burn a day as an active human being) is 2,100. Maybe you’re trying
to lose weight, so you put yourself at a 300 calorie deficit every day
and eat 1,800 calories a day. Awesome. It’s about 5pm and you’ve had
your meals for the day but there’s something extra you’re craving - like
a piece of cake. You’ve got about 350 calories left for the day and
your mom just brought home a delicious cake - Cheesecake. Your favorite.
Turns out the calories for the entire piece add up to 400 calories and
she wants to split it right down the middle.
But cake! That’s bad food! It’s always listed on that “DO NOT EAT”
diet sheet! Guess what - you’ve got plenty of room to eat that cake. And
you know what? It’s your favorite. You’ve worked hard. You have the
space for it in your meal plan. You’re still hungry and you WANT this
cake.
So eat it. Those 200 calories you just ate of cheesecake
isn’t going to suddenly morph into 800 calories in your stomach, then
grow to 3,500 calories in your intestines and set back all that great
progress!
Say you don’t have any extra calories left for the day but you want
the cake and you eat it. You’ve eaten 2,000 calories that day. 2,100
calories will keep your weight. 3,500 calories + 2,100 calories will
make you gain a pound.
Take this same advice with any food.
No, adding milk to your
cereal isn’t going to make you gain weight. Adding milk to every item
you eat all day, causing you to go over your calorie limit, will. See how that works?
Instead of obsessing over “good food” and “bad food” focus on how
food makes you feel. If you really love a type of food, find a way to
incorporate it into your diet in a healthy way. Find recipes that make a
smaller serving size so you aren’t plagued with an entire cheesecake
going bad in your house. Split desserts with your friends, get rid of
the “bad food/good food” dilemma. Food is food.
What you shouldn’t focus on is the
food, but the
feeling.
Do you find that chicken makes you feel full longer without putting you
into a food coma? Does too much dairy make you gassy and uncomfortable?
Do certain carbs make you retain water like crazy? Are you highly
reactive to sodium or cholesterol? These cues are SO much more important
than the good food/bad food dichotomy because these experiences are
highly personal and can’t be generalized like this.
My take? There’s no such thing as bad food, but there is such a thing as too much food. Moderation moderation moderation!
(Source:
barbellsandbeakers.com)
