You Are What You Eat, Part II

I was diligent about entering my food into myfitnesspal for four to five weeks.  To be honest, I've gotten away from it a bit.  But four to five weeks of data is enough to have a pretty good idea about what I'm eating and how many calories I am taking in.

I have my program set to maintain weight, as opposed to lose weight.  At my height and current weight, according to the program, I can take in around 2,300 calories per day.  I found that on most days I would eat between 1700 and 2000 calories.  I did this pretty consistently for a month.  I believe the calorie amount because I didn't change the way I eat too much and I have been the same weight since about junior high.  Counting the calories did make me change the way I eat a little bit.  For example, once I found out that two double stuff Oreos were 140 calories, I backed off on the amount of cookies I ate a bit in order to stay under my daily calorie limit.

Of course, the other side of the equation is exercise.  I'll be honest, I absolutely loathe exercising.  It will be a 90/90 day (90 degrees, 90% humidity) and I'll see people running around our neighborhood and they look absolutely miserable.  I have no idea what would possess you to just get out and run.  I don't particularly like other exercise activities either.  While I was counting the calories Sarah and I started going to the gym a few times per week but we have since fallen off that phase.  I don't even know how much it was helping if at all.  I felt good about going (even though I didn't enjoy it) but I'm afraid I was getting more psychological benefit than physiological benefit.

In this weekend news, I had my first shift at the free clinic down the street from where I live.  It was very busy!  Last night Sarah and I ate at the Kona Grill.  My steak was very good, and Sarah had some fancy sushi, seen below.