When I weighed myself on Sunday, January 26, I weighed 212.2 lbs. I'm making progress. Not the fastest progress but considering I'm not doing much exercise...all in all, still progress!
I have been eating my quinoa, usually with a tablespoon or two of flax seed in it, regardless of what else I put in it; fried egg & peas & carrots-no oil; tuna, oatmeal, or anything else). I stay full most of the day. I have also been eating the Special K's Nourish, Maple Brown Sugar Crunch. It is very filling!
For snacks- pumpkin, sunflower, pistachio or almond seeds are good sources of fiber, protein, or potassium.
I'm keeping track of what I'm eating on http://caloriecount.about.com/. It is free and easy. Under the tab for 'Analysis,' it tells you what you are lacking in your diet. I love this. I have found that the hardest thing to get enough of, for me, is potassium. Even if you use a supplement, you are only supposed to take one tablet a day which only has 99 mg of potassium. In your diet you are supposed to have approximately 4700 mg of potassium in a day! I know that bananas are supposed to have a lot of potassium but they also have a lot of sugar. I have found that some other things that have a lot of potassium are beans, tomatoes, and potatoes.
I have also found that the hardest thing to keep myself from going over on is sodium. Yes, sodium! Sodium or the salt in your diet, is in everything just about! If you eat anything out of a can, box, or frozen, you can bet it has a big amount of sodium in it. I love Roman Noodles but they are packed with sodium. I get heartburn easy which means that one bowl of roman noodles are delicious but very uncomfortable after I eat them-OK and they aren't the healthiest either. Watch your sodium intake. At least for me, this is very important.
Until next time....
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