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My Kind of Hamburger Helper

March 10, 2010

I went to enter my nutritional information in my spreadsheet after preparing my Hamburger Helper Tomato Basil Penne for lunch, and I noticed that the box claims to contain 5 servings. Huh!? It’s never fed much more than just me before. If I split a box, I’m still starving. But that’s not the important part, the changes I make are the important part.

Like I mentioned a couple of days ago, it’s the little things that you can add to the food you’re already eating that can have the biggest impact on weight gain. Today’s nice little chef’s audible was ricotta cheese. At 110 Calories for 1/4 cup of cheese, it adds a nice little extra to an already 1,500 Calorie lunch, before my tea, Boost Plus, and “after snacks.” Come to think of it, I also add another 1/4 cup of macaroni noodles, too. I didn’t account for that in my calculations.

I’ve been so busy launching this site this morning, I’ve only eaten my breakfast and a 12oz glass of tea so far. It’s time to get on the ball and eat like a king again. Any day I’m over 3,000 Calories after lunch is a good food day.

Bonus tip from yesterday’s eating: I sat down with the rest of my bag of fruit trail mix to see how much of it I could finish. Wouldn’t you guess that it all went in my belly and added 700 Calories after a hearty BBQ chicken dinner? Well, it did, and quite easily.

The 1,600 Calorie Lunch – Steak Diane

March 9, 2010

Today was a bit of an unusual eating day, but I clearly made the most of it. According to my food log, I consumed 6,075 Calories, 294g of fat, and 321g of protein. I converted the fat into ounces, and it weighs in at 10oz of fat in one day, between saturated and unsaturated!

The two major contributors to this massive conquest of calories were my four Boost Plus drinks (1,400 Cal) and three 8oz Steak Dianes (1,629 Cal) that I had to eat today before they spoiled. For someone who can get stuck on the last few bites of a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, the steak went down rather quickly and easily. In fact, I downed it with my 3rd Boost Plus and went on to eat 1/3 cup of fruit trail mix.

To show you that my day is not filled with empty calories, here is my food diary for the day (in no super-particular order):

Food	Servings	Cal.	Fat	Protein	Tot. Cal.	Tot. Fat	Tot. Protein
Pastry	1	380	14	11	380	14	11
Tea	4.5	120	0	0	540	0	0
Milk	1.5	150	8	8	225	12	12
Trail Mix	5	140	11	13	700	55	65
Boost Plus	4	350	11	13	1400	44	52
Steak Diane	3	543	43.6	34.6	1629	130.8	103.8
Hot Chocolate	1	270	7	10	270	7	10
Potatoes	2	220	13	6	440	26	12
BBQ Chicken	1.5	281	3	35	421.5	4.5	52.5
Corn	1	70	1	3	70	1	3

All I can say is that I’m quite full, my jeans are quite tight in the thighs now (hey, guys aren’t suppose to put it on there!), and I’m hoping and praying the weight stays on for all this food we’re buying.

Back on Track After the Weekend

March 8, 2010

My LAST first day of college, 13 lbs ago.

Same jeans, January 12, 2010.

I noticed over the weekend that my weight was falling because I wasn’t porking out all day out of respect for my wife’s desire to not stuff her face 10x per day. It’s hard to not eat when “everyone else” is eating. However, I also noticed that my jeans were quite snug. Granted, they were some of my oldest jeans, but it’s not like I’ve grown any since I was 18. I still wear a 29-inch waist and can’t imagine needing to move up to a 30 or 31.

They weren’t just snug at the waist (which consisted of a slight roll coming over the waistband), but also my thighs. When I’m driving, I like to have some room down there to keep the blood flowing. I have a bad enough time keeping my legs from doing numb due to a bony butt, I don’t need my clothes impinging blood flow. Nevertheless, I thought this event was going to be limited to those jeans.

Then I put these on this morning. You have no idea how badly I want a before/after shot with these jeans. This is a pair of 29W 30L Levi’s 527’s. They are a low-rise boot cut and are the only jeans I’ve found in the last 3 years that didn’t have a crotch that hangs down to my knees. Despite a perfect fit in the waist, these were seriously baggy in the thighs 2-3 weeks ago. The kind of baggy that leaves one self-conscious when sitting next to people who can and do fill up their pant legs. Now I’m one of those people.

: My LAST first day of college, 13 lbs ago.

I started out my day with my omelet and we bought 3 6-packs of Boost Plus yesterday, so I can have 3/day for an extra 1,000 Calories/day again. I feel way heavier than yesterday already, and I haven’t even had lunch.

If this keeps up, I will need new jeans. Wouldn’t that be a blessing?!

Goals for Week 2

March 7, 2010

Where would we be without goals, right? I plan on:

consuming an average of 4,000 Calories per day
walk at least a mile 3 times this week
do my aerosols (albuterol, Pulmozyme, Colistine, and hypertonic solution) 2x/day
do my Vest once/day for 30 minutes

You may note that I have a severe lack of calories today and yesterday. Well, it’s all about being nice to my wife. She’s got the exact opposite goal as me: maintain or lose weight. I can’t just pork out all day in front of her without a) being mean or b) affecting her desire for food. Being married is all about balance. If losing a couple of pounds on the weekend is what it takes and then gain it back over the week, so be it, especially when you hear how hot you look all weekend with the added weight. Nothing like clothes fitting right to bring out the fashionista in everyone. I may need to retire a pair of jeans or two very soon.

I just wish we had a home PFT machine to monitor stats every day or week. Time to start another drug trial for more frequent PFTs, eh?

My Kind of Hamburger Helper

March 10, 2010

I went to enter my nutritional information in my spreadsheet after preparing my Hamburger Helper Tomato Basil Penne for lunch, and I noticed that the box claims to contain 5 servings. Huh!? It's never fed much more than just me before. If I split a … [Read more]

The 1,600 Calorie Lunch – Steak Diane

March 9, 2010

Back on Track After the Weekend

March 8, 2010

I noticed over the weekend that my weight was falling because I wasn't porking out all day out of respect for my wife's desire to not stuff her face 10x per day. It's hard to not eat when "everyone else" is eating. However, I also noticed that my … [Read more]

Goals for Week 2

March 7, 2010

Where would we be without goals, right? I plan on: consuming an average of 4,000 Calories per day walk at least a mile 3 times this week do my aerosols (albuterol, Pulmozyme, Colistine, and hypertonic solution) 2x/day do my Vest once/day … [Read more]

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