Diary of a Loser: Food

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Meals Today

Breakfast: 2 eggs fried in olive oil. One slice whole grain toast with Smart Balance Spread, 2 walnuts, Coffee with creamer, Splenda and teaspoon of Cocoa. Two ounces of Revinatrol and 2 oz. of Red wine.

Lunch: Went to Mexican Resturant for business meeting. Don't like to go to Mexican when I'm trying to be strict on intake. I am sabotaged by the chips and salsa. I ordered corn tortillas as a better bad choice to eat with the salsa, but they didn't get to the table in time. Had about 6 chips. Ordered the Fajita lunch, ate only the meat (beef), no tortillas, beans and picadigio(SIC?)

Dinner: 6 oz of salmon and a diet drink. I know that's not good but I didn't have time to cook a good meal. I watched the VP debate. 2 walnuts

Snack: teaspoon of crunchy peanut butter and quarter of medium apple

I haven't been getting enough small snacks in between meals since I've started this blog. Ideally I'd like to split my meals into 6 smaller portions throughout the day. Can't get discourage about not doing everything perfect. Just gotta do what I can while being honest with myself.

Some Basics (changes in review)

There is no such thing as a quick loss diet with lasting results. Forget about the fads if you want to lose weight and keep off the fat in a healthy way. There are a few inescapable facts concerning weight loss.

First of all, a pound of fat contains 3500 calories. If you want to lose a pound of fat, you must burn 3500 more calories than you consume. Here's the equation : Fat lost or gained = (Calories consumed - Calories burned) / 3500. If you want to lose a pound fat a week, you must on average burn 500 calories a day more than you consume.

Second, you must consume enough calories each day to keep your body from thinking it may starve. If you don't get enough calories your metabolism will slow down thereby burning less calories and you'll just feel tired and hungry. Also, if the deficit is too large and last more than a few days, your body will start consuming muscle, the organ that burns the calories. The accepted wisdom seems to be 1200 calories for females and 1800 for males. One to three pounds a week is a healthy rate of fat loss.

Third, muscles burn the calories (your brain burns some also but for some people its negligible :) ), therefore exercise is a important part of any weight loss effort. It does not have to be strenuous. Walking is wonderful, it will burn extra calories and build muscles in your legs. Try to work up to at least 2 miles a day. If you walk 2 miles in 34 minutes (3.5 mph), you'll burn approximately your weight in extra calories. Use the calculator below. I strongly suggest you lift weights at least twice a weak. Try to increase or maintain all your muscles.

Exercise Calculator (click in box to select Pace)

Calories Burned Calculator
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	height in inches²