salawless's Journal

This is day 5 of my new way to eat...being mindful and making better choices. Logging calories helps me plan meals, and keeps me from eating something bad as I know I will hate to see the count on the screen. I have lost 4.5 lbs as of this a.m.; I do know that at first you are just losing water weight and it won't be this much every 5 days, darn it! I am still pumped up about this, so I pray that I keep with this. I REALLY want to! Anyway, I find that using the calorie count screens are frustrating. If you use frozen dinners or eat out, there are not enough of the choices. When I was looking for frozen dinners, there were many,many from a company I never heard of, and only 3 from a national company that has been around since the 1960's! I also had a gardenburger at Red Robin, but the screen did not provide that info. I spent an hour trying to figure that out. This morning I had a cup of Folger's instant French Vanilla Cappuccino...I quickly located it in the search, but when I entered it the screen wouldn't accept it because I did not have the grams. However, the grams were not listed in the selection area. I can see that this is one thing that might cause me to stop logging foods, and I want to use this feature because it helps me to be accountable. Anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions? I would appreciate any advice. Yes, I know eating frozen dinners and going to restaurants is not the best idea right now, but I have to use the food I have until it is gone, and there are times when you have to eat out. I have resisted cook-out foods; hot dogs,macaroni cheese, chips and a root beer float, and I LOVE Red Robin's bacon,cheese,guacomole burger but I opted for the gardenburger instead. No fries, I had a side salad. I am making better choices, and when I am able to buy differrent groceries, it will be much easier!