Day 74 Summary

Tuesday November 1, 2016
Total Steps: 9161  (walk)
Total Calories:   1146
Water Intake:   64 oz 
Weight Loss: -1.5  (-17.8 lbs loss total to date)

Cool, did better than I thought.  I'm ALMOST down 18lbs.  This is really amazing I have to say.  I was trying to isolate why this seems "easy".  It's less time consuming in many ways although I still take time for preparation and manage to explode the kitchen.  I think one of the key things is that I eat dishes that are more complex (although processed) than I typically take time to make.  For example.  My simple Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breast last night.  Now I might normally grill a piece of chicken, and make the salad and steam or roast the vegetable but I most likely would have not prepared stuffing and made a stuffed chicken breast.  My meals tend to be very fresh but not complex on most days so may be less varied, flavor wise.  Whatever it is, I'm not complaining.

Diet Day 74 Breakfast

I have an early appointment and I don't want to eat or drink a lot before.  I decided to try the Nutrisytem Blueberry Muffin (a shelf stable product) again.  I also scrambled a quick egg.  The muffin was sort of "meh" but then you probably know by now how I feel about sweets for breakfast.  The egg was good.  I miss my fresh tomatoes already.

I got out the house, off to my appointment then had to drive to San Francisco to pick up something for a customer.  I didn't get back to the office until well after noon. 

Diet Day 74 Morning Snack

I was on the road at snack time so I stopped for a coffee at Starbucks and had them add a splash of cream (not milk).  I counted those calories as my morning snack.

Diet Day 74 Lunch

Finally back home I was really hungry so I made lunch seconds after walking in the door.  It's already past 1:00 and I don't have yesterday's blog out and I have barely walked. I quickly threw together a Nutrisystem Grilled chicken Sandwich along with a small field greens salad adding my usual olive oil, balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper.

Diet Day 74 Afternoon Snack

I was still jamming at snack time so I skipped it all together (mistake).

Diet Day 74 Dinner

It's approaching dinner time, I'm really hungry and haven't walked yet.  I took off for a walk and made a last minute decision to try some chicken at a new place in town so I only walked maybe 30-35 minutes. The good news is I only ate 1 chicken thigh, had a small bite to taste the breast and the leg.  But those calories really rack up.  I estimated my total calories for the day at less than 1200 but it could be even higher, I'm not sure.  We also sampled the deviled eggs. I had one of those which I personally didn't care for.  The chicken was OK but a little greasier than it should have been.  Neither food was really worth the calories but at least now I know I can knock them off my list of places to go.  I didn't eat that other "stuff" on the plate.  I tasted one French fry dipped in the gravy and it definitely was not worth the calories.

Diet Day 74 Dessert/Snack

Even though I know dinner was not a great move I went ahead and had a small snack, the Nutrisystem Sweet and Salty Snack.  It was the lowest carbs of all their snacks.  Feeling ever so guilty I went to the treadmill and punished myself for about 15 minutes.  I still didn't even make 10k for the day.  

Diet Day 74 Wrap Up

This was not one of my better diet days but I'll get over it.  I probably won't weigh tomorrow just so I don't beat myself up over it.  Tomorrow is work out day so that should help.  Meanwhile, ciao for now and go eat something healthy!