Diet, Day 57

OK, for the record- snapper is a much more satisfying fish than flounder, and it's easier to get a clean fillet from it. I had snapper last night & it was awesome. No bones, 1 scale, but I can deal with that.

Since I'm going to be on the road and in the boonies for a week, starting next Monday, I am debating whether or not I should try to keep any sort of detailed food journal while I am gone. I no longer have a laptop computer, but I do have my PDA. (My PDA is being retired as a GPS device, so it may be worth putting it to use for something else.) I'm officially starting my "food vacation" this Friday, and I will resume active diet activities on Monday, May 4th.

Since I will often not have the option to eat right while on the road, I will eat well when I can and enjoy some forbidden foods in moderation when I can't. Hopefully, I won't come back having gained weight. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but it'd be a great feeling to at least maintain what I've lost. Pretty sure the "resort" we're going to has a fitness center, so for the first time, I may bring extra clothes & towels just for working out.

I'm getting excited just to get away from the office for a week, but it will also be kinda nice to enjoy a barbecue with friends and just eat whatever looks good. My friend Alan always finds something interesting for the barbecue he throws the day before "MINIs on the Dragon" officially begins. In the meantime, my menu doesn't vary all that much...

Today, 4/21/09:

Supplements: All taken

Water: 1 gallon +

Cardio: 45 minutes

Meal 1- 6 oz snapper (6 vlp) and 2 cups raw yellow bell pepper (2 veg)
Meal 2- 1.5 cups fat free cottage cheese (6 vlp) and 12 raspberries (2 fruit)
Meal 3- 4 oz ground extra lean sirloin (4 lp) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Freebies: 1 dill pickle spear, 1 container sugar free Jell-O pudding.

Totals: 12 servings very lean protein, 4 servings lean protein, 4 servings veg, 2 servings fruit. UNO!!!