The Road to Hell is Well-Paved in My World

Oh this whole self-improvement quest is not going as well as planned. So far this has been my diet:

Day 1:
· Breakfast—SouthBeach Cinnamon Raisin Meal Replacement Bar (not really enough bar to replace a meal) [Calories: 140; 15g Carb with 7g from sugar and 3g sugar alcohol; 5g Fat]

· Lunch—Kashi Go Lean Crunchy Chocolate Caramel (surprisingly not as close to chewing tree bark as I expected) [Calories: 150; 28g Carb with 14g of that sugar (ut-oh!); 3g of Fat]

· Dinner—Jeez, I’m starving at this point!! Spinach, feta and grilled chicken salad without dressing (I was too weak to lift and pour my 2 gallon jug of vinegar to make any of my own dressing) [From Atkins Carbcounter—Approx Calories: 478, Carbs: 3.5g, Fat: 24.8g]

· Snack—I really want a Pepperidge Farm Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie, but I’ll suffer with a Dannon Light and Fit (no extra sugar added) peach yogurt [Calories: 60; 11g carbs with 7g from sugar; 0g Fat]

· Work-out—Carry in groceries from wholesale club piecemeal (they don’t have bags)

· Totals:
o Calories: 828
o Carbs: 57.5g / 28g sugar
o Fat: 32.8 g


Day 2:
· Brunch—1 Dannon Light and Fit blueberry yogurt [Calories: 60; 11g carb/7g sugar; 0g Fat] plus 1 Thomas Light Multi-Grain English muffin [Calories: 100, Carbs: 24g/1g sugar, Fat: 1.5g] with Smart Balance faux butter [Calories: 80, Carbs: 0g, Fat: 9g] + Smuckers old fashioned peanut butter [Calories: 210, Carbs: 6g/1g sugar, Fat: 16g]. BTW, old fashioned peanut butter means I have mix the jug o’oil prior to use. I’m not sure anything that has fat separating out at room temperature is a good thing to eat on a diet….

· Snack—Cheddar Cheese and Baked Whole Grain Wheat Crackers (see how I made Triscuts sound healthy?) [Calories: 114 + 240, Carbs: 0.4 + 40g, Fat: 9.4 + 9g]

· Dinner—I waited too long to have dinner and I just couldn’t face a night of dip-less carrot sticks and yucky brown rice with MSG, so I dove into the freezer and pulled out a French bread pizza [Calories: 390; 43g carb/3g sugar; 17g Fat]. That wasn’t enough cheating, so I also had a Pepperidge Farm Cookie and 1 Dark Chocolate/Caramel candy. They were already in the house and like the lambs to Clarice they were screaming my name. [Calories: 140 + 54, Carbs: 21 + 7.3g/13 +5.7 g sugar, Fat: 6 + 3.33g].

· Snack2—Cheddar Cheese and Baked Whole Grain Wheat Crackers (What? I was still hungry) [Calories: 114 + 240, Carbs: 0.4 + 40g, Fat: 9.4 + 9g]

· Work-out: Cleaned bedroom for several hours in anticipation of furniture building guy to arrive and build my desk, partially cleaned living room from all of the stuff I just shoved there from my bedroom, vacuumed before the furniture guy and then after.

· Totals:
o Calories: 1742
o Carbs: 193.1g / 30.7g sugar
o Fat: 89.63 g

Ugh. Not very good on Day 2. I think I was too hungry from Day 1. I will have to purchase some reading material on low carb diets. Garbage! I already don’t like dieting. Let’s see what I’m supposed to intake according to the government:

Recommended Daily Allowance:
o Calories: 2000
o Carbs: 300 g
o Fat: 65 g

Well, I did well on the calories, and even the carbs, but the fat intake would only be acceptable to Dr. Atkins and he’s turning over in his grave on the carb levels. Drat! And I’m still hungry….