I had a reader send a question about why I count calories. He felt that it seemed obsessive about calories instead of looking at the value of nutrition.
I understand where his question comes from, but you need to understand that some people read the blog to get a kick-start to their clean eating habits. I use the calorie counting as a tool to allow the readers to understand that I’m not just eating grapefruit and green tea to have my figure at age 45!
I eat real food and lots of it!
I don’t think everyone needs to count their calories forever, but it can help you for a week or even a month, to see just where empty calories (drinks, candies, fast foods) can creep into your diet and sabotage your goals.
Work out alone will not help you see the results you seek. A clean eating diet of 5 small meals per day, cutting down on processed foods, pop and alcohol plays a huge part in your results (or lack thereof).
I love hearing from you, so keep those responses and future ideas coming!
9/11/10 - Saturday Workout:
Spinning bike- 60 minutes
9/11/10- Saturday Food Diary:
Breakfast-
1 cup egg whites, 1 cup spinach (110 cal)
whole wheat toast, 1 tbls. no sugar added jam (90 cal)
A.M. Snack-
1 grapefruit (40 cal)
Lunch- restaurant
4 oz salmon (240 cal)
Salad- 2 cups organic spinach, 2 oz feta, 2 tbls dried cranberries, 2 tbls pecans (270 cal)
P.M. Snack-
apple (57 cal)
Dinner- restaurant
1 1/2 glasses wine ( 150 cal)
3 oz. swordfish (132 cal)
spinach salad (85 cal)
3 asparagus (20 cal)
1/3 cup mushrooms ( 80 cal)
1 oz. dark chocolate (60 cal)
TOTAL CALORIES- 1364
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