Dan Nied's 100 Days is the chronicle of one man's quest to improve his health in 100 days. Feel free to email him at nieddan@yahoo.com with any questions you might have.
What I ate today
Breakfast (10 a.m.)
½ bag of peanuts (bad idea, I explain below)
Calories: 130
Fat: 13 grams
Lunch (1 p.m.)
1 Healthy Choice smoked sausage
2 ounces of roast beef
Calories: 346
Fat: 10.75 grams
Snack (4 p.m.)
2 ounces of turkey
Calories: 50
Fat: 1 gram
Snack (6 p.m.)
1 small stick of beef jerky
Calories: 80
Fat: 1 gram
Dinner (7 p.m.)
2 slices of multi-grain bread
2 ounces of turkey
3 ounces of roast beef
2 servings of fat-free mayonnaise
Calories: 270
Fat: 5 grams
Snack (9 p.m.)
1 small package of beef jerkey
Calories: 140
Fat: 1 gram
Total calories: 1,016
Total fat: 31.75 grams (ewww)
Exercise: 40 minutes on elliptical, somewhat abbreviated upper body workout with sets of 20.
I am tired as all hell today. So I am going to keep this short. I hope you appreciate this, people, I really do. It’s 12:30 a.m. and I have written at least 4,000 words tonight. I was very close to not giving you an entry for today, but then I thought about all the people (5) who come to work each morning and look to me for inspiration to get them through the day. I did it for you.
Anyway, this was a weird eating day all around. I woke up late as hell for work so I had to scramble without preparing a proper breakfast. In turn, I had to resort to the vending machines at work. I was determined to find something of value amongst the chocolate donuts and Snickers and Twixes. I was close to getting low-fat Sun Chips until I remembered that peanuts were a good source of protein. So I went for the nuts and then read the back label. I forgot that peanuts are also a good source of fat. There were 26 grams for the very small package. I was pissed. The Sun Chips would have been more satisfying. Actually, if I had gone shopping over the weekend like I planned, I wouldn’t have found myself in that situation, and that would have been more satisfying.
So I sucked it up and ate half the peanuts, finished work and then headed to evil Wal-Mart around noon thirty. I planned on spending about $30. I ended up spending more than $50. (I think I am officially broke right now. I’ll have to check the balance in the morning.). I bought all the usual stuff. Of course, there were a few wild cards thrown in. Three cans of soup, two cartons of cottage cheese, and beef jerky that I only bought because it was cheaper than most beef jerky.
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