solareclps's Journal

Well It's A Start....
Sep 28 2009 22:03

Today I totally blew my diet. I ate about 600 calories in chocolate alone. I'm trying to find the best way to incorporate healthy eating on the go. It's one of the biggest challenges facing my diet. I really want to change the very idea of what a "snack" should be. I'm trying to switch over to sweet fruits like apples, bananas, and oranges for those sugar cravings. It's tough though. I did make a one big change though, I bought a salt substitute (Mrs. Dash to be precise). I really want to address the amount of salt I take in daily. My goal is to reduce it by half by the time I hit mid-terms. Then from mids to finals I want to try to totally remove or severely limit my salt intake. I never knew how much work it is to cook every day. I can definitely appreciate all you women out there who go to work, come home and put dinner together. It's really a lot of work. Getting all these ingredients, setting everything up (all the cutting, measuring, seasoning, etc), and then there is the clean up(which I personally hate the most!). I can definitely understand the resistance to being a chef and a worker (I hate cooking already and I have only made one meal!). So a really empathetic and understanding shout out to all the women out there who prepare meals everynight or every other night while holding other obligations! It really is a lot of work! Well I am hoping that I can at least prepare dinner thrice a week. Even that is an ambitious goal. I havent even gotten a cooking set yet (afraid of the guy stigma when I walk into Macy's into the home section looking for a cooking set!). I also want a set of utensils to make my own chocolate chip cookies (I've been dying for a REALLY GOOD COOKIE!) I know I am like no where near where I want to be, but I have a plan. I agree that it's a bit ambitious but I have a framework. I have a road map of where I want to go and how I am going to get there. It's not the best but hey...it's a start...

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