I'm not really sure how to describe this or who might want to read it, but I started on a journey yesterday to lose 100 lbs. in 365 days and to blog my progress. My starting point amounts to this: I weighed 333.9 lbs. yesterday, April 27, 2011. I'm prepared for disaster since I can't even figure out when the 365th day is. I have to tell you, that counter thing is unnerving. It feels like one of those sands-through-the-hour-glass things. Not good.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
319 lbs.
Can get a shout out here? A little something? A woo-hoo? That's a negative 15 lbs, and I'm working hard. A little gentle affirmation? How 'bout that!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Horseradish Realization
So, since there are 16 tablespoons in a cup, it turns out that horseradish wins the potassium battle over onions 744 mgs to 234. That's probably why horseradish is the herb of the year.
Who can eat a cup of horseradish, though?
Who can eat a cup of horseradish, though?
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Potassium Update
First, it turns out that a tablespoon of horseradish has 44 mgs of potassium. Second, July is National Horseradish Month, and horseradish was named the 2011 Herb of the Year by the International Herb Association. Last (This just keeps getting better) horseradish has its own website: http://www.horseradish.org/ brought to you by The Horseradish Information Council.
The onion has a pretty significant potassium punch, too. A cup of onion has 234 mgs of it. As anyone would expect, the onion has its own PR people: The National Onion Association at http://www.onions-usa.org/. Of course they get all patriotic with the onions-usa bit, but horseradish took the big prize this year. Must have been a big upset for the onion people.
The onion has a pretty significant potassium punch, too. A cup of onion has 234 mgs of it. As anyone would expect, the onion has its own PR people: The National Onion Association at http://www.onions-usa.org/. Of course they get all patriotic with the onions-usa bit, but horseradish took the big prize this year. Must have been a big upset for the onion people.
Friday, August 5, 2011
321.2 lbs.
Big News: 321.2 lbs. That's a net loss of almost 13 lbs., and I'm right on target since I established new goals about a month ago--1.5 to 2.5 lbs. a week. The best part of this week is not the weight loss; it's that I made ice cream on Monday and have eaten only one small scoop a day since the initial binge. This fits my original goal of raising the quality of food I eat while reducing the quantity. There's nothing better than home-made ice cream--right out of the canister after the motor stops churning.
About a month ago, I started using MyFitnessPal to record the nutritional values of the food I eat, track things like sodium and potassium, and keep a diary of my exercise. The name is silly, but it sounds better if you try to pronounce it like John Wayne might have (my ... FITness ... pal) with an inflection that rhymes pal and pilgrim. I don't have too much trouble staying at my goal of 2050 calories per day, especially when I carefully track what I eat after 3:00 PM, but I love salty food.
Standing at the deli counter a couple of weeks ago, I thought, turkey has to be better for me than salami, so I bought Cajun-spiced turkey. One slice of Sara Lee Cajun Spice Turkey has enough salt to raise the blood pressure of North America, and so does a MacDonald's Sausage Biscuit. I love both of them, but I also love low-sodium roast beef with horseradish--a more-than-satisfactory lunchmeat replacement that also gives me an excuse to eat a big slice of onion, and I bet onions have potassium.
About the time I learned the salt content of Cajun-spiced turkey, I read something about the effect potassium has on helping the system manage sodium, so I started watching my potassium using MyFitnessPal's database. It's hard to eat enough potassium. Bananas have it, but it's hard for the system to get shed of a banana. Cantaloupe has it and doesn't have a banana's unfortunate side effect, so cantaloupe it is and a few other leafy and fruity things. What if horseradish was a good source of potassium! I better go check.
About a month ago, I started using MyFitnessPal to record the nutritional values of the food I eat, track things like sodium and potassium, and keep a diary of my exercise. The name is silly, but it sounds better if you try to pronounce it like John Wayne might have (my ... FITness ... pal) with an inflection that rhymes pal and pilgrim. I don't have too much trouble staying at my goal of 2050 calories per day, especially when I carefully track what I eat after 3:00 PM, but I love salty food.
Standing at the deli counter a couple of weeks ago, I thought, turkey has to be better for me than salami, so I bought Cajun-spiced turkey. One slice of Sara Lee Cajun Spice Turkey has enough salt to raise the blood pressure of North America, and so does a MacDonald's Sausage Biscuit. I love both of them, but I also love low-sodium roast beef with horseradish--a more-than-satisfactory lunchmeat replacement that also gives me an excuse to eat a big slice of onion, and I bet onions have potassium.
About the time I learned the salt content of Cajun-spiced turkey, I read something about the effect potassium has on helping the system manage sodium, so I started watching my potassium using MyFitnessPal's database. It's hard to eat enough potassium. Bananas have it, but it's hard for the system to get shed of a banana. Cantaloupe has it and doesn't have a banana's unfortunate side effect, so cantaloupe it is and a few other leafy and fruity things. What if horseradish was a good source of potassium! I better go check.
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