I posted on how I got fat, and the book I read, my crazy philosophies, and the things I did to be not fat anymore, and part of me naively thought that it could really make huge changes for people. It’s something that I feel crazy passionate about (don’t get me started talking about calorie counting, it’s always hard for me to stop), and there have been many nights where That Husband has turned to me and said “I’m really tired, can we talk about this another time?”

I just want to convert all of you to the marvelousness that is a life filled with the knowledge that comes with calorie counting and an absence of self-imposed dietary restrictions. I have now wised up, and I realize that it ain’t gonna happen (for all of you, I know some of you are trying and to that I say “Go! Go! Go!”), and so I came up with a plan that allows me to both continue my preaching in a fairly unobtrusive way and motivate myself to start counting on a regular basis once again.

Here is how this is going to work:

  1. I will take pictures of everything I eat on a random day each week (Yes, everything, no matter how small or inconsequential)
  2. I will log everything into Fitday
  3. I will write a post and include those pictures and a chart of my nutrition stats and intake
  4. You will read it, and hopefully those who don’t use it start to see how fitday works, and where the calories they eat might be coming from.

Here is what I ate on Wednesday, February 4, 2009:

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I combined all of these together to make a breakfast burrito. It’s my favorite breakfast. I like to use one yolk for the flavor, but I pair it with several egg whites to get the protein without the fat. The cheese is fat free (it’s gross, but lots of protein, and I can’t really taste it in the dish), and the tortillas are definitely an indulgence I am willing to splurge on (I wish I would change to something with more fiber, but these tortillas are SOOO good).

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I love eating tuna and crackers, mostly because I can cram so much protein into such a little serving. I miss my regular mayo, but I switched to light and it’s made a huge difference in my fat intake over time. Mayonnaise/peanut butter and other pasty products are hard to measure because they don’t come off of the spoon easily. I usually weigh mine using my scale (I put it on the grams setting) so my measurements are really exact.

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This is the same dish (I didn’t have tuna twice), I just wanted to show you the crackers. Have you tried these Kashi Stoneground 7 Grain crackers? They are oh so delicious, and my personal favorite, also nutritious.

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I finished off the night with a bowl of butternut squash soup.

It’s important to remember that you can end up drinking a lot of your calories through liquids. I only drink milk (fat free) or water, always, because I either want zero calories, or lots of protein. I added 226 calories to my day by having 20 oz of milk, but I also got 22 grams of protein out of it, which I think is a fair trade.

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This is 10 oz.

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And this is 10 oz.

I know my choices were a little bit influenced by the fact that I knew I was eating that day and then going to write a post about it, but skewed results don’t bother me too much because in the end it worked out better for me. There aren’t many days where I meet all of my goals (less than 44 g fat, less than 15 g sat fat, more than 80 g protein)

1-4-09 nutrition stats

What do you all think of this series? Would you like to see it continue, or is it just a waste of my time?

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