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Talk Of Food And Such....

Should I be talking more about what I eat? I visit a lot of weight loss blogs and everyone's talking about what they eat and how much they exercised - or IF they exercised... and I just wonder if this is what I should be talking about? I'm thinking I would bore you all to death if I did this! Well... I'll try it. Today for breakfast I had a bagel (300 cal.) and 1 tablespoon of peanutbutter... split between the two halves. (95 cal.) That's plenty -- I only need to taste it! A glass of 1% milk. (about 100 cal.) WOW! That's a LOT of calories for breakfast - huh? But it's okay cuz for lunch I had a HUGE bowl of Negative Calorie soup - that cabbage stuff! Yea... I would never center a whole diet around it -- but it's not bad stuff - and very useful for days when you want to have a bagel! LOL! I also had 2 hard boiled eggs. (140 cals) Later in the day I had an apple for a snack (65 cal - but I've recently learned they too are negative calories!) and then THIS was dinner!

I'm not much into chicken so I only ate half of it. My dog ate the other half. And that squash -- Oh my goodness! I was sooooooo looking forward to this squash for dinner tonight! It's stuffed with spinach, mixed with ricotta cheese, salt, pepper and little bit of nutmeg! Doesn't that sound sO yummy? I found the recipe on-line and I just couldn't wait to have it! It was NOT yummy. It was very bland and I wished I had cooked that squash with a little butter buds and cinnamon like my friends suggested. With a side of PLAIN ol' spinach! Nope... do not try this recipe. It was a flop and a failure! I ended up only eating half the spinach -- Jewl ate the other half of that too. I did eat all the squash! I love it! And pears. Not sure exactly how many calories dinner was -- but it wasn't enough to hurt me!

As far as exercise -- I pedaled 45 minutes today. That is my norm at this point. I keep TRYING to get to 60 minutes every day - but thus far that just doesn't happen MOST of the time. I give myself extra pats on the back when I DO make it that far! Honestly I think I've only done it twice straight through. Most of the time when I reach 60 minutes for the day, it's because I do 45 early in the day - and then having a great burst of energy in late afternoon (or a sever case of guilt over having eaten something) and I will get BACK on the bike and pedal again for 20 or 30 minutes! 2 days a week I don't pedal at all. Or do calisthenics, or stretches ... or ANYthing! And I don't feel guilty about it either! I feel that doing my best 5 days a week is what doctors recommend and that's what I do!

So... now... have I bored you completely? I can't imagine coming in here and doing this every day! LOL! Please don't expect this of me.

posted by Melli at 8:43 PM