Published on April 14, 2007 By pseudosoldier In Diet
No exact counts today. I've decided that I'll try to be generally good on the weekends, but not too good. However, in the interest of disclosure:

Vitamin water when I woke up.
3 eggs + salsa for breakfast.
Protein bar for morning snack.
Lunch was the last of the shrimp, tomatoes and feta. This stuff doesn't hold up this long, all the fluids from the STF came out into the bottom of the bowl. The shrimp and feta were okay, but the tomatoes were ... kinda stewed sitting in this sludge in my fridge.
I had a ham sandwich with onion as my afternoon snack.
Now, dinner is where I started indulging. I got the 11 oz Outback special with a sweet potato and fresh green beans. I also had an unsweetened tea, that neat brown bread they serve, and a rather large beer. Its size reminded me somewhat of the beers in Germany (although this was, of course, not as good).
Now I'm settling in with a six pack of Killian's Irish Red and a bag of chips.

So, my calories will be the highest I've had since Sunday, but after one last planned indulgence tomorrow morning (bacon with my eggs), I'll be back on track.

edit: I only had two beers, the bag of chips (it's not a really big bag, but it's still around 800 calories), and about 8 slices of ham coldcuts. Still, that's a bunch of extra stuff.

Comments
on Apr 15, 2007
How does the vitamin water taste? Is it bitter, tart, sweet? I thought about buying them but wasn't sure because I always hate the after taste when I drink flavored water!

I say you didn't do too badly! A little indulgence is ok in my book since you have done well for the whole week and as long as you get back on track! Me, well, I had three slices of pizza on Friday night....one beer last night, and perhaps another tonight....and I had some french fries with rotisserie chicken last night for dinner since I didn't feel like cooking. So you did way better than me!lol!
on Apr 15, 2007
The particular vitamin water I use is the Gatorade Propel "Fitness Water." For a 1/2 Liter bottle, it's 25 calories, 25% Vitamin C, 20% Vitamin E, 50% Niacin, 50% Vitamin B6, 10% Vitamin B12 and 50% Pantothenic Acid. (Pantothenic Acid?) The taste is pretty good, although sometimes the aftertaste does seem to coat my mouth. I prefer the lemon flavor. My sons actually love the stuff, too, so you know it can't be that bad, right? Hard to please a 4 and 7 year old...

Small ways to improve what you did: add veggie toppings to the pizza instead of extra cheese or fatty meats, and trade the french fries out for something (almost anything) else. Fried potatoes? Who ever thought that was a good idea? (Okay, I know, they taste great, right? But healthy? Not so much.)

Some of the reading that I've been doing says that indulging once in awhile is okay, but I have to keep in mind that "once in awhile" means at most "once a week." Next weekend will be hard as well, since I'll have my kids.

Still, it's time for me to buckle down again.
on Apr 16, 2007
The particular vitamin water I use is the Gatorade Propel "Fitness Water." For a 1/2 Liter bottle, it's 25 calories, 25% Vitamin C, 20% Vitamin E, 50% Niacin, 50% Vitamin B6, 10% Vitamin B12 and 50% Pantothenic Acid. (Pantothenic Acid?) The taste is pretty good, although sometimes the aftertaste does seem to coat my mouth. I prefer the lemon flavor. My sons actually love the stuff, too, so you know it can't be that bad, right? Hard to please a 4 and 7 year old...


Oh, my daughter likes that brand! I might try it!


Thx for the suggestions! Yeah, it's harder when the kids are around to eat healthy if they want to indulge a bit. The good thing is I'm buying more healthier versions of some things, like bread, wheat instead of white, fat free pop corn, or the one with less butter, and low fat cookies instead of the regular ones and low fat ice cream bars or the nonfat ones and 2% milk, because they won't drink anything less!

Keep up the good work!