The perfect breakfast!
So I have not been dieting. Nope. I have, however, been tracking my calorie intake and making informed decisions about what kind of impact various foods would take on my intake. I've been using myfooddiary.com, which my mom suggested to me. It allows you to easily search for common foods, or create your own if it's not in their database, add things to your "fridge" to access again, and gives you helpful feedback on what you're eating.
I've learned that my problem isn't calories- it's sodium and saturated fats. I haven't changed anything about what I've been eating this past week, but I've been entering my gluttony honestly and reading the report. This site also lets you check as you go, for example "to maintain your weight you can eat X# more calories, to lose 2 lbs a week you can consume X# more calories." Which allows you to make a choice about what to have, and also make sure that you're over the minimum number of safe calories for your day- the number that corresponds to losing 2 lbs a week.
Anyway.. this is not an Ad. This is an entry about the perfect breakfast. I just had.. the perfect breakfast. Here's the feedback I received for my breakfast:
A high-fiber breakfast can help you lose weight and reduce your risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
You have eaten fiber-rich foods. This is a good indicator of a healthy diet.
Saturated fats only accounted for 3.6% of your calories. Good job staying below the 9% limit!
You deserve another smiley face for having no frowns. Great job!
This breakfast? It was warm, it was tasty, it was satisfying.
It was two peices of toast with a light swiss (laughing cow brand) spread (think cream cheese, but smoother and more flavorful) spread as thick as one serving would allow. Warm wheat toast and cold creamy swiss cheese and a bottle of water to get started on my 64 oz. for the day.
Yum. :)
Edit: it's worth mentioning that one of the factors to the overall healiness is that the bread we use now is an uber-healthy sara lee whole wheat honey bread. Very very tasty and healthy. I highly recommend it. Also, in the future I may add an apple to the mix. :)
I've learned that my problem isn't calories- it's sodium and saturated fats. I haven't changed anything about what I've been eating this past week, but I've been entering my gluttony honestly and reading the report. This site also lets you check as you go, for example "to maintain your weight you can eat X# more calories, to lose 2 lbs a week you can consume X# more calories." Which allows you to make a choice about what to have, and also make sure that you're over the minimum number of safe calories for your day- the number that corresponds to losing 2 lbs a week.
Anyway.. this is not an Ad. This is an entry about the perfect breakfast. I just had.. the perfect breakfast. Here's the feedback I received for my breakfast:
A high-fiber breakfast can help you lose weight and reduce your risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
You have eaten fiber-rich foods. This is a good indicator of a healthy diet.
Saturated fats only accounted for 3.6% of your calories. Good job staying below the 9% limit!
You deserve another smiley face for having no frowns. Great job!
This breakfast? It was warm, it was tasty, it was satisfying.
It was two peices of toast with a light swiss (laughing cow brand) spread (think cream cheese, but smoother and more flavorful) spread as thick as one serving would allow. Warm wheat toast and cold creamy swiss cheese and a bottle of water to get started on my 64 oz. for the day.
Yum. :)
Edit: it's worth mentioning that one of the factors to the overall healiness is that the bread we use now is an uber-healthy sara lee whole wheat honey bread. Very very tasty and healthy. I highly recommend it. Also, in the future I may add an apple to the mix. :)