Fiber Fun Facts

• North Americans ate 10 times more fiber 100 years ago than they do today
• Fiber has zero calories
• Fiber is only found in carbohydrates. Yet not all carbohydrates contain fiber
• High-fiber foods provide long term energy to your body because they are digested and processed more slowly than refined carbohydrates
• Only 1 in 5 Americans have an idea how much fiber they consume on a daily basis, and only 1 in 4 know how many grams of fiber are recommended each day

October Goals

* Update my blog daily
* Eat 3 servings of fruits and/or vegetables daily
* Write everything I eat in my food journal
* Get to my 10% weight loss goal
* Exercise at least 5 times per week for min 30 min
* Eat all my daily points

New Scale Stats

Here is what the new scale said this morning:

Fat %: 47.9
Water %: 41.0
Muscle Mass %: 28.9
BMI: 34.3

Calories needed daily to maintain: 1647

Normal healthy range
Fat 22-32% (whoa)
Water 50% (clearly not getting enough water)
Weight 110-140 ish (huh)
BMI 18.6 - 24.9 (oh my)

I think this will be really helpful.

This stinks

I bought a new scale from Amazon.com. The Biggest Loser scale that also has a body fat analyzer. It provides fat %, water %, muscle mass and BMI. The best feature I think is the calories needed to maintain the weight. I think it should make it easier to know what to stay under calorie wise. The stinky part is, my old scale seems to be off about 5 lbs! Ugh! I will re-weigh in the morning and adjust my weight loss tracker at the top.

The last few weeks, I've been a little discouraged in that I had a hard time eating all my points until I was exercising like a fiend. Then I was nothing but hungry! I have been maintaining, which is good, although now I find out the scale was wrong!

Onward bound, y'all

Daily Nosh

What I had today:

Skim Milk 8oz - 1.6
High Fiber O's 55g - 2.08
bread - .34
bread - .34
bread - .34
bread - .34
Morning Star Chicken patty - 2.8
Morning Star Chicken patty - 2.8
Skim Milk 8oz - 1.6
Skinny Cow - 2.32

Total calculated points 14.56 there was some butter on the toast and a little reduced fat mayo on the chicken patties. So the remaining points will cover that without dipping into the weekly points.

I've been MIA for a few days. I'm afraid to get on the scale to be honest. My pants still fit so that's good but I went to Ann Arbor for a few days and probably didn't eat the best. I'm expecting my Biggest Loser scale any day now. It is supposed to tell me how many calories I need to maintain. That should make it easier to cut back and lose.

It's getting colder in Michigan. It was cold and rainy all day so I couldn't go on a bike ride. I'll probably walk on the treadmill although I really have no energy. I drove past the gym that is at the end of my road and the name changed AGAIN! I might go check it out this week. I'd really like to start swimming although, yes, I should have been going all summer. Hopefully I'll get a job soon. That will help justify the monthly fee.

Daily Nosh

What I had today:

Skim Milk 8oz - 1.6
Egg Beater - .6
Egg Beater - .6
Skinny Cow - 2.32
Pita Chips 28g - 1.84
Pita Chips 28g - 1.84
Mexican bean & cheese dip - 1.18
apple 170g - .952
Skinny Cow - 2.32
Skim Milk 8oz - 1.6
Skim Milk 8oz - 1.6
Rotisserie Chicken 3 oz - 2.7

Total points 19.152. I'm going to knitting tonight and might have some coffee. Either that or I stay home and walk on the treadmill and watch Biggest Loser. Haven't decided. Yesterday I stayed in points but was starving when I went to bed. Why? Because I had 2 (not 1 but 2) servings of Peanut Butter Cup Ben & Jerry's. That is 8 points a SERVING! Did it taste good? You betcha! Was it worth it? No way! Not when I go to bed hungry.

Fiber One Yogurt - OMG!

So I went to a Grand Opening of a grocery store near me yesterday. Without a list. And I was hungry. Usually not a good combination. I bought a few things that sounded really good but not necessarily good for you. However, for the most part I did really well. I even remembered some things from my on-going grocery list. One of the things I bought was Fiber One Yogurt in vanilla. Zero points people! It is only 4oz but it whops 5 grams of fiber at ya. Click here for $1 off coupon.