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Ignorance was bliss...now the things I'm forcing myself to be aware of are just downright frightening. My family wanted to order out tonight so I was searching the internet for some possible options in out area...was contemplating an Italian place. I was craving pizza so I thought I would see how many calories/points their 10" cheese pizza would be. According to info I found on FS, eating one "personal" pizza would take care of my entire point allowance for the day and get me pretty close to my caloric limit. I'm still in shock. And I thought that I was pretty savvy about a lot of nutritional things but I guess I conveniently overlooked pizza. Usually, when I've eaten pizza or other things I know aren't good for me, I've purposely not found out the nutritional information because I didn't want to know...now I know why I didn't want to know...and why I NEED to know more than ever! God (and everybody else) knows I have easily eat that pizza in addition to a day's worth of calories. No wonder I am where I am today.
This was important for me. I think it's really going to influence my decisions in the future. I liken it to when I found out (years and years ago) how many points/calories/fat were in an Ultimate Cheeseburger from Jack-in-the-Box. I have never been able to eat once since. I'm not saying I'll never have a piece of pizza again but I will certainly look at it much differently. And I won't be eating an entire "personal" pizza by myself again. I just don't think I'll be able to...knowing what I now know.
I'm still a little bit dumbfounded about the whole chain of events that lead me to this journal entry because really, I'm not dumb. I guess I just really haven't wanted to know. I wonder what will surprise me next. Whatever it is, I'm ready.
I'm going to lose the weight this time...I am. I've never felt like this before. I can do it.
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1612 kcal
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Fat: 65.29g | Prot: 66.85g | Carbs: 191.56g.
Breakfast: hillshire farm ham, oroweat sandwich thin, butter, egg. Lunch: zero point weight watchers vegetable. Dinner: Chocolate Torte, macaroni grill bread, Mozzarella Cheese, spaghetti sauce, penne. Snacks/Other: Miscellaneous Samples, peanut butter, apple. more...
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3153 kcal
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Exercise:
Stretching (yoga) - 10 minutes, Sitting - 5 hours, Walking (moderate) - 5/kph - 31 minutes, Resting - 10 hours and 19 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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I was going to order a chicken dish at a chain restaurant, but when I checked FS, it had over 1200 calories! You are right about the difficulty with intuitively knowing how many calories are in a food. Especially when there are "sauces" involved. It makes me very glad that we have the "internets" to make this task easier.
06 Mar 10 by member: rjenkins27
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This might sound funny but If I know the resturant I am going to ahead of time I actually go on the website first and see if they have the nutrition value of the food, allot of restuarant websites have this now. I then know what Im going to order when I get to the restuarant and how many calories it has etc, it helps me not fall of my diet
06 Mar 10 by member: Lydia Kleyn
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It's not funny--I do that, too. (Or maybe we're both funny.) I have to have it all planned out or else I am sure to slip up. Or of course, I can go with a stand-by of grilled chicken and veggies or something. I guess I'm not sure why this came as such a shock to me tonight...maybe because I really wanted it to be "doable"...and then it wasn't...and I actually decided against eating it then instead of saying, "Oh, what the heck...why not?" which is what I've said countless times before.
06 Mar 10 by member: ChallengeMember
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Yeah it is a shock when you look up the nutritional info. My husband wanted to take me to P.F. Changs. I almost cried, but I did find a few things on the menu that weren't too bad. The other thing is portion size if you look closely sometimes the information is for Half the portion the restuarant gives you. Now I have to make a concious decision if I really want to eat that or not. My husband keeps telling "put down your phone, I don't want to know the truth" Good for you in checking the nutritional info. I think this is going to be a long journy for all of us, but it will be worth it in the end, and be something we can stick to and live with.
08 Mar 10 by member: sharry41
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