Back in the Saddle

Alright, I am back on my Diet in earnest. I planned to make this week "seafood" week. Seafood is actually very good for you - at least as far as Calories go. I have no idea about any of it's other nutritional Value. For example, a cup of Lobster meat is only 142 calories. Unfortunately, we don't like to eat plain old seafood. We like to dip it in Melted Butter first, or roll it in some breading and fry it in oil. Or mix it with Mayonnaise and spread it out on bread. And For some reason we prefer to eat it with french fries. Or Fried Onion Rings. Or ColeSlaw, which is really just a cup of Mayonaise with some cabbage thrown in to help it slide through our Intestines better. Even if, in a nod to healthy eating, we decide to have it "baked" instead of fried, we put it in a baking pan and then cover it with breading, butter, cheese, and who knows what else before we bake it in the oven. And to top it all off, because it is so delicious we probably eat twice as much as we should.

Why is it that we feel compelled to take all this wonderful, healthy seafood and make it as bad for us as possible? I'm not sure. I do the same thing - but I'm going to try not to do it this week. That being said, I will probably be having seafood salad for lunch.

Workout: 45 minutes on the treadmill, 80 situps. Still not doing any push-ups because I don't want to hurt my wrists and mess up softball. Still don't have anything to watch except Glenn Beck and Sportscenter. The only redeeming quality about working out on a treadmill is watching TV. If there is nothing good to watch I may start moving my workouts outdoors - at leas twhile the weather is nice.

Weigh-in: Still wasn't ready to face the bad news this morning from taking two weeks off, so I skipped the weigh-in. I HAVE been having trouble keeping my pants up this morning, (more so than usual, I mean) so I take that as a good sign.

Breakfast: I am addicted to the Cumberland Farms version of the Slurpee. (I was going to put a link to their website, but I didn't bother because they have the worst website of all time) They have tons of delicious flavors, and at .69 for a 32 oz cup, you can't beat the price. My favorite Flavor is the Green Apple. This morning I went in for one and they were all out so I had to get the Blue Raspberry. This was pretty good, but not as good as the Green Apple. Another Downside - the stains. It stained my lips blue, like a little kid. Of course, since I was drinking through a straw, it actually only stained a small stripe down the middle of my lips. So I am walking around my office with freaky blue-striped lips. Fortunately, nobody is noticing, because they are busy looking at my sandals and socks (which is apparently a huge fashion Faux Pas - as I am constantly reminded by everybody from my sisters, to my friend's wives, to little girl at church whose mom told me she reads this blog to help stay awake at work in the middle of the night)

Anyway, to make a long story short, I had a blue raspberry slurpee for breakfast. I didn't think it would be that bad - I mean it's just a little bit of cool-aid and some crushed ice, right? Wrong - I looked it up on the web this morning and discovered it is is probably about 420 Calories. Ouch. Well, I guess that's ok if you have it as your meal, but if you drink it alongside the Jimmy Dean Sausage Sandwich (which I didn't - at least not today, anyway), then you might have a problem. Probably shouldn't make a habit of drinking these every day, though.

Lunch: Sm. Seafood sub from D'Angelos. About 500 Calories, which seems like a lot for the amount of food you get. Pretty Tasty though. They were advertising a Garden Salad w/lobster + a cup of New England Clam Chowder which also looked pretty tasty and would probably be less than the seafood Sandwich. at $8.99 it was a little pricey for lunch, but I might give it a shot one day this week anyway.

Dinner: As usual, I don't make my decisions until the first day of the week, giving myself absolutely no time to plan ahead and actually have the proper ingredients - and this week was no exception. Fortunately, we did have a couple cans of canned salmon which my lovely wife was able to whip into salmon patties. We also had scalloped potatoes (very small serving for me), green beens, and corn on the cob (very light on the butter). About 500 Calories.

Dessert: The Temptress made herself a root beer float. I am enjoying it vicariously through her. 0 Calories.

Total Calories For the Day: 1520