Today was an average day. My step count was around 7000 – not bad considering I spent a bunch of time in the car and at a concert. I did manager to complete a 40m swim. The tricky part of eating right is clearly what happens at a restaurant, trying to make choices without a nutrition roadmap. I ate at another Chinese buffet tonight. There was little choice, as I was pinched for time and it was right next to the other store I needed to be at. I didn’t know if was a buffet until I went in – it was lower end, cheap food. I was happy to see they had brown rice and then went looking for the best stuff I could find. Skipped the egg rolls and crab rangoon and  found some beef with broccoli. With a serving (small) of that and some moo goo gai pan, I added some green beans and sat down to eat. For desert I had a few gelatin squares (way more calories than I thought) with some watermelon, pineapple and peaches. The latter two clearly canned. It was still a reasonable meal even consider the large amounts of hidden sodium and other stuff (MSG). The key remains portions and I’m sure I could have dialed it back a bit from what I did. Having said that, I LOVE Chinese food and normally would have had much more. So there are a few victories worth quick little happy dances.

Oh yea, time to come clean. I did have a diet Sobe Graprfruit drink on the drive over. This would be the first fizz drink I’ve had in over a week. Otherwise, I’ve been drinking the right amount of water along with some skim milk.

As I think about recording that drink, I find myself getting better at estimating the amount of food that I eat. As I mention above, portions being kind I have to keep getting better at estimating amounts.

Keep Moving!