Enough About Diet

My blogs about my diet are not working as well as I had hoped.  My goal was to create a sense of community, with readers joining in on a healthy eating bandwagon.  But reader response was lackluster.  And then I had missteps in my own diet, so I felt like a bit of a fraud.   But I also thought maybe that made it more authentic. Whatever the case, the product, process, and response were all uninspiring.

So I am going to continue my diet but not the daily posts, and I may do a recap when it is over.  We'll see. (I have lost a pound, so something worked.) Anybody who wants to join me can email me and I will help encourage you.  I am all about encouraging people.

The message I want to send in all this:

• Diet is important in fighting TNBC; losing weight appears to be the essential factor.

• It's a real pain to eat healthy all the time.  Others are better at it than I am.

• Remembering how much better I feel and look when I eat well keeps me motivated.
• Remembering is difficult when I am being lured by fats and sweets.

• Success in anything comes in smalls bits and starts.   When you lose weight slowly and steadily, you are more likely to keep it off.

• Moderation in all things should be your goal.

Now off to chew on a carrot.

[Here's yesterday's diet—I already had this prepared, so figured I might as well post it.]
March 21, 2013

Green Drink: Pure Synergy: 45 calories, no fats 

Breakfast:

•1/2 cup Cascadian Farm Organic cereal: 67 calories, no trans or saturated fats

•1/4 cup Almond Breeze almond milk:  10 calories, no trans or saturated fats 

Lunch:

Veggie Sandwich:

            • Sara Lee 45 calorie whole wheat bread: 90 calories, no trans or saturated fats

            • 1/3 red bell pepper:  23 calories, no trans or saturated fats

            •low fat cream cheese: 70 calories, 4 grams of saturated fat, no trans

            • 1 leaf of romaine lettuce: 1 calories, no fats

Sandwich total: 183 calories, 4 grams saturated fats

            •small apple: 116 calories, trace saturated, no trans fats

            • Organic hot chocolate with almond milk: 110 calories 

Snack:

• 1 cup broccoli: 25 calories, no trans or saturated fats

• 2 tbsp. Roasted Garlic Hummus: 60 calories, no trans or saturated fats

• 16 whole almonds: 82 calories. 2 percent daily value saturated fats, no trans fats 

Juice:

• 2 carrots (52 calories), 1 stalk of kale (34 calories), 1/8 red cabbage (14 calories), 1/2 apple (58 calories): 158 calories

Dinner: 

•  Baked acorn squash with apples: 315 calories

NOTE:  I make sure to keep hydrated during the day, but don't actually measure whether I get the recommended 64 ounces or not.  I feel livelier when I am hydrated.  Often, when I start losing energy, I have a tall drink of water and I feel better. 

TOTAL: 

1172 calories

5 grams saturated fats—25 percent daily value

2+ servings of fruits, 2+ serving of vegetables, plus juice and green drink

Stats:  I've lost a pound so far.  We'll see if I keep it off, but it feels like progress.