IS that really what I eat?

So, a few things from last week. Now you know I am a regular person and don't always eat how/when/what I'm "supposed" to. We'll get more into the timing of meals (when) and the how later. For now lets keep looking at the what.

Now that we have a sample of what we eat for our regular life, it's time to dissect it a little bit. This week, take a day and look it up. Let's see how many calories we are eating each day (and each meal) and what makes up those calories. We'll only be looking at fat, protein and carbs for now so don't worry about vitamins, minerals, fiber etc...

First of all... a little nutrition lesson I wish I had when I started trying to loose weight...
Calories = fat+protein+carbs only they want you to do math to figure it out.
each gram of fat = 9 calories
each gram of protein = 4 calories
each gram of carbs = 4 calories

That's why the LOW FAT diets soared (and are still soaring).
For now, go to www.nutritiondata.com you can look up just about anything you eat. (if you have the wrappers or labels for any of the foods on your food log, just write that down, that will be most accurate). Just do I day or one meal at a time. You can even put in a recipe and tell it how many servings and it will figure it out for you. It does take some time but.... "IF YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE, YOU'LL ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN."

Here's a nutrition label:

First... Notice the serving size. Many small items will actually have 2 serving sizes per package... Tricky! This means, if you eat the whole package, you must times your numbers by 2.

Next: Check the calories. Write that down as your calories, unless you ate more than one serving, then times it accordingly.

Next: Write down the TOTAL FAT number, the TOTAL CARBOHYDRATES number and the TOTAL PROTEIN number.

That's all. Write that down for everything you ate for that meal, or that day. I'll start with my last Monday....