Day 5. Belly Fat Cure. Almost Lost It.

Oscar Grouch cupcake from Wegmans. Fit my mood!

Holy Crap. Though it is very easy to keep track of your carbs/sugar if you're eating something simple and can read the label, it's not so easy if you're a baker and create your own food. While I think it's great to keep a journal of what you eat, I've almost become fanatical.
I set out to find out just how many carbs/calories/sugar grams were in my BBCChip mini muffins and discovered 2 great sites that can help you do just that.
Spark People's Recipe Calculator AND the Fat Secret Calculator. You can use Fat Secret to look up common nutritional values (say a 1/2 cup of canola oil) and then input that into the Spark People recipe calculator along with the other ingredients and servings and magically - there is a break down of your how many calories/carbs/sugar grams are in one serving of your fabulous muffins/cookies/cakes.
Today I was wondering - GEEZ- is all this WORTH it! And when we went to Wegmans and all I had was the salad from the salad bar (which is FABULOUS) all the while freaking dying from the yeasty sweet smell of bread baking drove me bonkers, I was like, IS THIS WORTH IT.
But yes, it's worth it. It's all a learning process. I'm curious and it's kinda cool to figure out things on my own - what might be in my body's best interest. I'm becoming way more aware and finding alternatives (fresh lime juice freaking ROCKS on chicken/tortilla meals).
On the way home from Wegmans and now, a few hours later, I have a ton of energy. Had I had the fried chicken from the hot bar or a steaming hot roll slathered in butter, no doubt I'd feel sluggish. So, there are trade offs. And geez, we're only talking a few days after the holidays. It's not like I've been living on Survivor Island for 32 days!
Breakfast - 2 mini BBCChip muffins (I'm not proud of this, but WTH)
Lunch/Dinner - Salad of Spinach/bacon/fresh Parmesan cheese/cuccumbers and this awesome broccoli bacon salad.
Dessert - a nice night cap of Vodka and Diet Cranberry Gingerale:>)