Let's talk food!

I didn't train today, not even yoga like I had planned.

My dear friend Shelley has introduced me to the concept of keeping your food in check by making sure no matter what you eat, make sure that no more then 20% of calories come from fat. Shelley has a whole site dedicated to her success in running and weight loss where she gets much more technical and I highly suggest checking it out. http://www.weightlossmommy.com/

She has recipes on there that are darned incredible. Monday I made yummy, chewy chocolate thimbul cookies with raspberry jam! Totally cures that need for something sweet or chocolatey!

Tonight for dinner I made a recipe she'd gotten from another site http://www.low-fat-diet-recipes.com/low-fat-oven-baked-kfc-chicken-recipe.html This one is full of great low fat eating tips too! This chicken is really yummy! I little bit salty for my taste, but I've been cooking pretty low sodium since last summer with Anthony's high cholesteral and blood pressure. All in all, this was a great (and easy) dinner. I paired it with some Idahoan instant loaded mashed potatos. You make them w/ just water and they are totally low fat and so good! They taste like they have sour cream and bacon in there. Can't beat that.

So, does this lowfat stuff work? I mean, the theory is that you can eat as much as you want/need to in order to feel satisfied as long as you keep it below 20% fat.

Well, as of last Sunday I was down 7lbs since Jan. 2. As of this morning I'd lost another 1.4 (in just 3 days) doing this. On top of that, Tuesday was one of those hungry days. You know, the kind where you'll eat anything in sight. I did, or it felt that way, but I made smart choices.

My goal for losing weight is to make changes that I can live with, that don't feel like I'm sacraficing everything I love. I think this could be like that for me. I want to lose weight at a steady but slower pace then I have on previous diets, we all know how successful those have been for me. I want to be down at least 50lbs totaly by the walk in November.