UGH! I fell off the wagon yesterday at work. Some nice marketing folks form a company I do business with came to my office with a tray (a LARGE tray, too!) of bagels and muffins from Panera Bread Co. (a carbohaulic's nightmare!)
Anyway, I decided to forgo my morning snack of a Zone Perfect bar (210 calories, 15g of protein) and have half a muffin instead - the pumpkin one with the crumb topping seduced me! (must have been a "tart" in a former life!) So, I have my half a muffin and dcide I need a second cup of coffee. And what goes with coffee...? Why a half a banana nut muffin of course!
Dashing to my desk, I quickly logged on to Panera's web site only to find that I consumed a whopping 540 calories and 24g of fat. Yikes, I was 330 calories ahead of schedule after subtracting the 210 from the Zone bar. So at lunch, I had a dry spinach salad with shrimp, red and yellow peppers, brocolli, and snow peas. I skipped my usual 2 pieces of light bread (90 calories - Country Kitchen Light Cinnamon Raisan Bread is so good!) I skipped my usual piece of fruit for dessert (maybe 80 calories) then skipped my mid-afternoon snack of light yoghurt (110 calories).
When I got home, my wife was using the Step with my tape, so I substituted the stair up from our sunken family room into the kitchen. Man, what a difference in intensity a few inches (higher) of stepping provides. I was totally drenched when we finished the tape (35 Minutes).
I don't weigh in until Monday morning. Tomorrow we're off to Fenway to see the Red Sox (4 games back...uh-oh I feel some stress eating coming on!) Wish me luck!
Anyway, I decided to forgo my morning snack of a Zone Perfect bar (210 calories, 15g of protein) and have half a muffin instead - the pumpkin one with the crumb topping seduced me! (must have been a "tart" in a former life!) So, I have my half a muffin and dcide I need a second cup of coffee. And what goes with coffee...? Why a half a banana nut muffin of course!
Dashing to my desk, I quickly logged on to Panera's web site only to find that I consumed a whopping 540 calories and 24g of fat. Yikes, I was 330 calories ahead of schedule after subtracting the 210 from the Zone bar. So at lunch, I had a dry spinach salad with shrimp, red and yellow peppers, brocolli, and snow peas. I skipped my usual 2 pieces of light bread (90 calories - Country Kitchen Light Cinnamon Raisan Bread is so good!) I skipped my usual piece of fruit for dessert (maybe 80 calories) then skipped my mid-afternoon snack of light yoghurt (110 calories).
When I got home, my wife was using the Step with my tape, so I substituted the stair up from our sunken family room into the kitchen. Man, what a difference in intensity a few inches (higher) of stepping provides. I was totally drenched when we finished the tape (35 Minutes).
I don't weigh in until Monday morning. Tomorrow we're off to Fenway to see the Red Sox (4 games back...uh-oh I feel some stress eating coming on!) Wish me luck!
We indulged Friday night, last night and have more planned for today. I feel too full and I'm wicked paranoid that my fat cells are growing overnight, but I know that this week I'll be right back on track and in my fat burning zone! 
Finally found the old Muscle and Fitness I'd been looking for FOR WEEKS (turns out it was right next to me all this time under a Vegetarian Times magazine, d'oh!) so I am going to calculate the exact amount of carbs proteins and fat that I should consume to facilitate muscle growth and body fat loss! WOO-HOO!
