McCarron's Piece O' Mind

Here's a quick update to the Diet Blog Log. The diet has been going well, and I'm coming up with new meal ideas all the time.

Since the last update exactly two weeks ago I'm down a total of 22lbs. This is a bit short of my 5lbs a week average goal, but I can't complain because I hit a personal milestone as well. I even had a few cheat meals during two weekends this past month. I'm starting my gym habit back up too, aiming for biking three days a week.

As promised here is a bit of info on the meals that makes my diet easy to live by. This week I'll feature a delicious option from Taco Bell. This is the Ranchero Chicken Soft Taco - Fresco Style. Fresco Style is a special option available for most every item on the Taco Bell menu that removes the cheese and sauces and replaces it with Fiesta Salsa (pico de gallo). I now prefer all their items this way.

• Ranchero Chicken Soft Taco - Fresco Style
  
• calories: 170
  
• fat: 4g
  
• sugars: 3g
  
• protein: 12g
  
• sodium: 730mg
  

Take a look at the pictures, doesn't that look good?

Well since I've been slow in my updates to the diet blog, I'll make it up by providing shots of a dish I just made tonight for the first time. It's a turkey breast tenderloin & pico de gallo burrito with a bit of my Habenero Tabasco sauce for heat and flavor.

• Turkey Breast Tenderloin Burrito
  
• calories: 300
  
• fat: 3.5g
  
• sugars: 1.5g
  
• protein: 31g
  
• sodium: 255mg
  

As I now pay more attention to these numbers over the past month or so I am afraid to total up the results of what I used to eat.

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I was trying to think of something that would inspire me to more often write blog entries. So one of the ideas I came up with was telling the few readers I have about my diet progress.

Two weeks ago while talking to a friend of mine about his new diet, I got inspired to give dieting a shot again. I had moderate success a few years ago, but put on a lot of weight in the last few months due to eating because of stress and excess hours at work. I have no one to blame but myself, and the food didn't help my stress any that's for sure.

So two weeks ago I started this diet, I took my friend's diet ideas and then made a few alterations to make it something I can stick to easier. I'm thinking this will eventually lead to an overall lifestyle of eating better that I need to stick to. A good habit to develop.

Here's the gist of what I do:

• Eat 1500 Calories a day


• Eat under 20g of fat a day


• Eat every three hours, starting at 7am til dinner 7pm. I use my iPhone's alarm clock functions to remind me to eat.


• Log all food intake nutritional information into an Excel spreadsheet that I maintain on Google Documents

I also do exercise as well, but currently am slowly ramping up back into my exercise regimen. Starting this week I'll be doing light cardio for 30-40 minutes during 3 days. I had been a gym rat before, but fell off that train too. Once I begin weight lifting more I'll probably boost my calorie intake to 1800-2000 calories.

I didn't have a scale or tape measure when I started this diet two weeks ago, but I bought one last week, so I can start to log my progress. So since last week here are my changes:

• Weight: -5.1lbs


• Belly Measurement: -1 Inches

I will occasionally update my blog here to chart my progress, at least once a week and also share some discoveries/knowledge that I gain along the way. I have a lot of learning to do yet in my new diet as far as what food options I have, so I'll share some of that stuff here as well.

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