Back to the diet

Just to show how unstable I can be, I decided to pick now, the holidays, to fight the most recent battle in the continuing war to lose weight. I know it does not make sense but I feel I need to work at it. I do not believe in fad diet. I think to reach my desired weight and stay there requires more of a life style change. So rather than follow the Twinkie Diet, I am working to eat the same things I have been eating just smaller portions. I have some other diet restrictions that limit the kinds of foods I can eat. I certainly do not want to drop the pounds at the expense of causing my colitis to flare back up. As usual Elizabeth did some research and one thing most nutritionists agree is not to eat late in the day. Also some suggest not including carbohydrates in the final meal of the day. So that is what we are trying. So here is an example day for me. Before I went for a bike ride I had a toasted English muffin with peanut butter and jelly, a banana and a glass of chocolate milk. I know the chocolate milk seems strange for a diet and it is. However it is good for bike riding. When I got home I had the rest of my breakfast, a bowl of yogurt with some granola in it. For lunch, which is my big meal fro the day I had spaghetti and bread. This carbo load was also with an eye on bike riding. Carbos are fuel for the muscles. For supper I had tuna fish, hardboiled egg and tangerine.

The only thing I forgot to do was weigh myself to see my actual weight at the start. I know where I want to be and I am not close to that yet. Elizabeth is a hard task master. Once she puts on her diet cop hat look out. I will post periodically as I work through this process. Maybe accountability will help.