French Fries & Donuts

It's day 2, week 2. Yesterday I went 400 calories over the target. Damn those fast food french fries! Looked it up on Runza's nutrition web page to log my food from last night, and discoved a medium order of fries has 410 calories. Okay, lesson learned. If I'm really craving their fries, a small order at 280 calories is the way to go.

Gordon may be trying to sabotage my diet. He delivered an order to Randy's Donuts this morning and brought back my favorite kind, a cake donut with chocolate icing. According to my Food Counts book, that's 130 calories. Yes I ate it--it's my favorite!

Family Ties

Thanksgiving weekend this year was just the way I like it...lots of time with extended family that we don't see often. I feel especially grateful to the relatives who travelled and those who hosted gatherings, giving us the opportunity to strengthen family ties.

Weight Loss Day 4 - Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful family dinner on Thanksgiving Day, and I estimate I consumed about 845 calories at that meal. So far this week, the calorie counts are okay. Exercise, not so much. I need to get moving!

Weight Loss Day 2

Using the Microsoft Food Diary template, I started to track my food consumption and exercise. Yesterday my calories totalled 1577, and I got 15 minutes of exercise walking the dog. According to the weight loss calculator at caloriecount.about.com, in order to lose 30 pounds by November 29, 2012 I should consume 1533 calories per day. So I wasn't too far off yesterday. If I had skipped the sprinkle of cheese on either my breakfast biscuit or lunch salad, I'd have hit the target.

I want to lose weight



Chubby Chris

In my younger days I never dreamed I could get this heavy. Guess that's what happens when you over-eat a lot and stop exercising! I'm almost 49 years old and don't want to lug around all these unneeded pounds in my 50's. Though I'm reluctant to change because eating and laying around on the couch are pleasurable, it's time to lighten the load.

My goal is to weigh 30 pounds less on my 50th birthday than I do now. I think that would be a comfortable weight that I could carry without putting undue stress on my aging body. Of course, I will enjoy looking more youthful and fitting easily into stylish clothes too.

Family and friends have lost weight successfully and healthfully with programs like Weight Watchers, TOPS, and Jenny Craig. If I need to I'll explore those options. But I want to do it using available resources, i.e. food from our restaurant and grocery stores, the free gym at my husband's workplace, and so on. So I'll try that first and see how it goes.

My doctor explained that every pound is 3,000 calories, so to lose a pound I have to reduce calorie intake a lot, and exercise much more. She also said when I eat less fat I'll feel hungry again sooner. So I need to eat more often, while resisting the temptation to fill up with heavy foods. To burn calories fast, she recommends running.

Starting today, I am officially on a self-regulated weight loss program. Here goes!

It must be Autumn because everybody's wearing red.

In Nebraska, this season has a color and that's Husker Red. Game Day is celebrated by the wearing of red, or sometimes "blackshirts" black. It's a statewide phenomenon, fans everywhere wear their team gear in droves. Parking lots and driveways are dotted with tents decorated in red and white. Smoke rising from thousands of grills perfumes the air with the smell of searing meat. Shortly before kick-off, the streets, restaurants and stores empty out. Just about everyone has gone to sports bars and TV rooms to watch the game. Here at Frank & Simon's, we provide a tailgate spot in the parking lot. We grill our Chicago hot dogs and bratwursts for hungry customers and entertain them with games of cornhole, the Husker pre-game show blaring from my 1978 boombox, and door prizes. Go Big Red!