Saturday, August 18, 2012

Diet "Tweaking"

OK, I'm gonna tweak the diet a bit.  I wanted to get a side-by-side comparison of the military diet and what you get each meal, and it's easier for me when I see it written down, so here goes.

Breakfast: 1/2 grapefruit, 1 slice toast, 2 TBP Peanut butter
                  1 egg, 1 slice toast, 1/2 banana
                  5 saltine crackers, 1 slice cheddar cheese, 1 small apple

Lunch:      1/2 cup tuna, 1 slice toast
                 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 boiled egg, 5 saltine crackers
                 1 boiled egg, 1 slice toast

Dinner:    3 oz meat, 1 cup green beans, 1/2 banana, 1 small apple, 1 cup ice cream
                2 hotdogs, 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 cup carrots, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup ice cream
                1 cup tuna, 1/2 banana, 1 cup ice cream

So, I do see a pattern.  For one thing, there is something from the 3 major groups each meal, spreading them out.  You generally get a small amount of protein, carbohydrates and fruit for breakfast.  Then for lunch you get slightly more protein and no fruit.  For dinner, it's a bit more protein even than lunch (the most of the day), with veggies and fruit and a little bit of sugar.

Even though I cheated yesterday, eating at Denny's, I still lost weight.  Yesterday morning I was at 168.0.  This morning it was 167.4.  So, in just 6 days I've lost 7 pounds.  I can deal with that.  So I need to stick to this pattern for my 4 "free days." 

To generalize, it's Breakfast: small protein, moderate carbohydrates, moderate fruit.  For Lunch, it's moderate protein and moderate carbs.  For Dinner, it's high protein, moderate vegetables, low fruit and I've been having the sugar snack in the evening.

I'm going to continue to eat according to the calories that my app says to get.  For today (and I said it's going down as I lose) it's 1.260 calories.  Let's see how this goes.  I also am going to be a bit more active today, as I have to take my son to the doctor.

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