Befriending the Scale, and Other Ramblings: Excited

I know I seem totally bi-polar today. I don't care. I'm really excited about my blog. It's making me really excited about my weight loss journey.

Something I really need to get used to is actually taking a little bit of time and cooking my lunch and dinners. I loathe cooking, so this is a hard step for me, but I know it will be worth it.

I've noticed by tracking my food intake that I eat a lot of carbs.

So I decided at least for a little bit, I really need to strive to cut carbs out. I usually make chicken, veggies and rice for lunch. I'm cutting out the rice, and doing an extra serving of veggies. In doing so, I can make sure I get my greens in!

Lunch for the next 3 days:

Left to right: Mrs. Dash chicken, Mrs. Dash extra spicy, and Cajun flavoring

With carrots, green beans, and peas.

I keep hearing all these commercials advertising whole grain. Apparently, eating whole grain is good for you, and is heart-healthy, so in an effort to raise my grain intake, I bagged up 1-cup servings of Meijer-brand Cheerios. Another snack I came up with today is high in whole grain. It's not very original, but it's so delish.

I bought a box of Heartland original granola cereal and a bag of Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chips. I took a 2/3 cup of the cereal and mixed it with a handful (~24 chips, which is the serving size), and threw it in a baggie. Delicious. A little high on calories, but I figure I'll eat this as a morning snack, and get a larger dose of calories earlier in the day. Chocolate and granola combined is 390 cals. And this does not really go hand in hand with cutting out carbs, however, you can't win 'em all, I guess.