Carbs and Teins, Carbs and Teins.

First day! 

Woo Hoo!

Yay!

Are we there yet?

Ok…first things first.  Let me get the "old me"  off of my chest.  I hopped on the scale this morning before starting.  It sighed, then said, "220"  So that's where I'm starting.  Mark it in your books. 

I'd hoped to do more exercise today, but I only got about a half hour of "Wii Fit" in.  Still, it's a start.  I got up a little late, and then I had to make cupboard room for all my new NutriSystem vittles.  I was amazed at how much that box held.  I think they sent me a magician's prop, cuz there's no way all the food in my cupboard came from that bottomless carton on my floor.

I need to get to the store.  I'd hoped to today, but didn't have time.  When they say men eat more, they aren't kidding.  I don't know about the ladies, but I've got extra "fruits" and "Proteins" that I need to fit into every meal.   It's amazing how much I eat. Yeah, I'm a guy, and I'm thinking that now I do eat more!

For breakfast I had a tasty version of the granola bar, then followed that down with a protein, a carb, and washed that down with my fruit.  All these protein and carb things?  I've gotta have them on hand. 

Proteins are cool. I can have 2 sardines.  That's cuz you can't eat just one…That's right, the sardine canners were most disappointed to find they were second with that slogan. And that does beg a new problem.  If you have 2 sardines, how do you reseal the tin?  And how long do open sardines keep?  Can I finish them eating two at a time?

I did  have a similar dillemna during my morning "snack" break.  NutriSystem tells me I can have a fruit.  I have a bunch of bananas that I need to eat, so I grabbed one.  I'm reading the handy Nutrisystem food bible while chewing said banana.  I'm curious what I can and can't eat.  Half way through the banana, I'm halfway through the book.  It's telling me what fruit servings are. 

Did you know that a banana has two servings? It does. I found out with the second half dangling from my mouth like a two year old with a secret cookie stash. 

"Uh-oh…"  I didn't eat it.  I held it in my hand.  What do you do with a second half banana?  I mean if a banana was supposed to be eaten in 2 settings wouldn't the peel come with a zip lock?

Sigh.

I put it in a baggie and went back to work.

The rest of my meals went off with out a problem, except I found out peas aren't a vegetable.  They're something else.  You can have peas for dinner, but you're still gonna have to eat your vegetables--unless it's snow pea.  Then--no I can't say it.

At least not yet, you'll just have to wait for tomorrow's food adventure.