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True Life: I've been eating crap
Nov 04 2009 14:03

My parents are having their kitchen remodeled so ALL of October we ate take-out because we don't have a stove/oven...just a microwave and fridge/freezer.  And we eat in our family room.  Right in front of the tv. 

Unfortunately, those bad habits have trailed over into Nov., along with our remodeling project which was supposed to be complete cerca Oct. 25th.

Since we don't have a real kitchen I also eat a lot of fast food during the day.  SO BAD.  But even when I pack a lunch it's just Easy Mac...not much healthier.

BAD Eating Example (based on a true story):

Breakfast:  McDonald's EggMcMuffin Meal with Orange Juice (hashbrown, eggmcmuffin, orange juice)  <-- before work

Lunch:  Potbelly's Chicken Salad Salad with Full-fat Potbelly Vinagrete and Provelone Cheese, Water  <-- during lunch break

Snack:  1-3 Diet Sodas, Water, Snack Crackers & Cheeze Its  <-- at work

Dinner:  Olive Garden Chicken Scampi & Olive Garden Salad (TO GO) <-- at home

Snack: 6 fun-size gummi lifesaves, 6 tootsie rolls, 2 Hershey's Milk Chocolate Fun Size candies, water <--- at home

The only fruit I've been eating are the dried cranberries in my Potbelly salads and the gummi lifesavers...which don't count.

Hmm.  Not so good.  Only good thing is I've been maintaining my weight and my alcohol consumption is under control (finally!).  Being broke means I don't go out to bars more than once a month and since I'm no longer in college land I don't really drink that much when I'm out and have to drive -- i.e. One beer and I'm done for the night.  It sure is a nice change of pace from college binge drinking, i.e. 3 beers was a pregame before going out.  Come to think of it, the last two times I drank, it wasn't even beer.  It was wine.   I'm classy now, I guess.

Anyways, maintanence or not, I'm still over weight and need to lose weight to reach a healthy BMI.  My friend says she tends to pack on pounds during the winter months and suggested I try a Carb Blocker (which I did).  That might explain why I haven't been gaining despite my crap diet.

My friends and I are also trying a 30-day trim diet.  Something's gotta give.