First Report on the Blog: The Spirit is Willing

Scripture relates that "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

I went to bed last night intending to get up in the morning and work out. As I prepared for bed, I was quite nauseous and spent the night feeling nauseous -- waking up several times with an upset stomach.

Well, this morning, I woke up and still had the problem stomach. In fact, I ended up staying home from work (you know going into the office to accomplish a few things, write letters, prepare for next week's service, etc.) So, while I wanted to go work out, my flesh pretty well pushed me into not doing so.

I didn't do too poorly on my diet; although, that may be a result of my lack of a desire for breakfast.

All told though I made it under the 1600 limit.

Lunch:
Sandwich
2 slices whole wheat bread 130
tuna salad 1/3 can (1 can + 2T olive oil mayo, garlic powder, ground black pepper) 73
Swiss cheese 2 pieces 160

Doritos (Taco flavored) 2 servings 300

White bread 1 slice 65
Strawberry jam 1T 50

Dinner
Oven-roasted chicken leg quarter 290
Roasted Russet Potato 1/2 large 131
Roasted Sweet Potato 1/4 large 25

Vanilla Ice Cream 1/2 C 150


Snack
Swiss cheese 1 slice 80
TOTAL: 1454

I have definite ideas about eating right and what good food is. I'll probably explore that much more as the blog continues, but it's late and I want to go to bed, so I'll just comment a little about what I ate today.

Normally, I would not eat white bread, but the kids were eating it at lunch, and I desperately wanted something sweet -- so I had a half-Strawberry jam sandwich.

Dinner was very good. The wife made wonderful roasted chicken with vegetables. Since this was our first day of Summer, the children were glad to have some dessert with the ice cream, and I carefully calculated that I had enough calories to have a serving as well. It was yummy.