Normally one would start the first post in a blog with an introduction of sorts. Not here. We will get to all of that in good time. Instead, I’ll start with talking about what I am getting rid of – candy. The picture you see is my current favorite candy bar, the Reese’s FastBreak. I love that milk chocolate, peanut butter, and soft noughts- yum, yum!
Did you get a good look at this? Because this is the last time I will be eating any of these for a good long time.
Don’t get me wrong, I love this candybar. But, it really can’t be doing me any good. This candybar has been my afternoon snack. The snack that occurs around 3 – 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Late enough after lunch that a few little hunger pangs start to kick in, but early enough that I know I won’t be spoiling my dinner. I found out about this candybar a few short weeks ago. My two sons brought home a few of these and that’s all she wrote.
Take a look at the picture on the left. That’s why I am cutting this little jewel of a candybar. Two hundred seventy calories and one hundred of those calories are fat calories. 44% of the calories come from fat, ouch.
I’m guessing that a grown man like myself is supposed to get about 2000 calories per day. 270 calories represent – hold on, let me get the calculator out – about 14% of the daily recommended calories. That’s a lot.
So what to do next? I have a canister of oatmeal at my desk at work along with some raisins. Starting tomorrow afternoon, probably around 2PM or later, I’ll fix myself a tasty – maybe add a little sugar and raisins – cup of oatmeal. I know from experience oatmeal is a “filler”. That should hold off my interest in the candy bar I so dearly enjoy.
Keep your eye on this blog as I’ll use it to post my progress on my weight loss. Notice that I have my weight posted on this site. Anyone want to take a guess on how much weight I would like to lose? Here’s a hint: what is the url of this site?
[tags]weight loss, calories, candy, oatmeal[/tags]
