Dan Nied's Fortress of Weight Loss: Day 37

WHAT I ATE TODAY

Meal 1
2 cups of corn chex
1 ½ cups skim milk
Calories: 360
fat: 1 gram

Meal 2
2 slices of wheat bread
1 can of tuna
fat free mayo
Calories: 290
Fat: 3.5 grams

Meal 3
1 Pumello (I have no clue what nutritional value this freakishly large, bastardization of a grapefruit contains, so I will estimate.)
Calories: 100
Fat: 0 grams

Meal 4
1 Big salad with: Lettuce, green peppers, onions, fat free cheese, fat free croutons, fat free cottage cheese.
Calories: 600 (guess high!)
Fat: 6 grams

Meal 5
1 Orange
1 Fat free yogurt (Blueberry)
Calories: 145
Fat: 0 grams

Meal 6
2 slices wheat bread
7 slices of lowfat salami
10 fat free croutons
Calories: 255
Fat: 2.5

Total calories: 1,750
Total fat: 13 grams

Exercise: Woke up at the crack of 11:30 a.m., had breakfast, and went directly to the gym. Hell yes. That was a stand against fatness if I have ever seen one! Got in a half hour on the ol’ elliptical machine, burned 500 calories, went to work. Exciting.

THE REAL REASON I BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY

Actually, the real reason I brought you here today was to tell you all about my gallbladder surgery, which was going to be a great post, full of reflection, humor, and life lessons. However, I seem to have waited until 2 a.m. to begin, and it turns out I am super tired.

So that got postponed. Hopefully you’ll see it on Monday.

But, with that idea off the table, I really have nothing on topic to write about. I mean, overall, things are going pretty good with the diet. I can’t really complain.

The only thing that really bothers me is how big of a struggle the middle of the week has been lately. The problem, again, is the work schedule. Thursday wasn’t bad at all, though. Lots of fruit, some vegetables even, not that much fat. Under 2,000 calories. AND I went to the gym today.

Though yesterday, I wasn’t totally happy with the eating. I did have to fight a fast-food urge around 10 p.m. I ended up doing something really weird: I went to the liquor store on my corner, and purchased canned chunks of roast beef and a can of clams. The whole thing was pretty good as far as fat and calories are concerned. But I really don’t know why I chose that meal over anything I had in the house.

For the record, it was about as delicious as it sounds.

So anyway, with nothing on my mind, let’s answer some comments.

From: maskay
Comment: Great job! I look forward to you columns. You've motivated me to join a program to lose weight at work. I hope I can be as successful as you are!

Article Author: Dan Nied

Dan Nied is a journalist, of sorts, living near San Francisco. He is a college graduate, but you wouldn't know it by looking at his bank statement.

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