Day 11, January 15,11

Happy Saturday,
      One day closer to finishing my first week. I'm a little anxious about getting on the scale tomorrow morning. Did I lose any weight, if so how much, if not why and what am I doing wrong. I need to resist the temptation to get on the scale early cause if I do it now, I'll do it each week. That can be a real De-motivator. To keep my spirits up lets review yesterday.

     Yesterday was a good day. No major problems with the diet or the family for that matter. The biggest problem I had yesterday was that I had a hard time reaching any of my goals but sodium. Every day I have a target for:

Calories: 1900 -2290
Protein: 60 - 192
Carbs: 246 - 356
Fat: 49 - 85
Sodium: 0 - 2300
Potassium: 4500 - 6000
Calcium: 120 - 200
Magnesium: 80 - 175

      Most day's I'm way under my target ranges except for sodium. I don't believe that to be a good thing either. Some of the toughest to reach are the Magnesium and Sodium. Sodium is difficult because even if I don't put any salt on my food, I am running over anyways. This tells me that allot of the foods we eat are rich in sodium. I mean I am eating according to the diet plan and still exceeding the target regularly. Proof enough that we should never be putting salt on our food. Boy, would my cardiologist be happy to hear me say something like that to him and all his other patience. As for Magnesium, I never get up close enough to the target. It is a tough one. The only suggestion the website has to reach this target is to try more organic foods as they have been found to have up to 100% more magnesium. Guess I'll have to find a got organic food store somewhere out here in the west island of Montreal. If anyone has a suggestion, I'm up for it.

     As for those how might have been waiting to see if I messed up 2 dinners in a row, well you will be disappointed today. Last nights dinner went well. I made a Caesar Pasta Salad for dinner and it was good. O.K., not perfect. The recipe called for 3 cups of bow tie pasta and since I didn't have any I used macaroni.
How was I supposed to know the 3 cups of one doesn't equal 3 cups of the other. Those of you who know by now have realized that there was way to much pasta for the salad. The ratio of pasta to greens was way off but it was still good. Hey, I've got a whole year to get this stuff right. Anyway I'll see you all tomorrow when I post my first weeks results, until then:

Have good one, Keep strong and don't let setback keep you from your goal!

Thanx,
Looper