TAKING THE SUBWAY

In an earlier blog entry titled, 'Confessions' I might have appeared to denigrate 'Subway.' This was unintentional as I meant only to denigrate the choices I made at that restaurant.   There are more than 43,000 Subway locations around the world - this can be a good option on the road if smart choices are made.  For lunch today,  I 'got back on track.' I have been frequenting Subway restaurants for many years and prior to today the number of salads I purchased was exactly zero.   I made my selection for lunch today long before I entered the restaurant by visiting the nutritional information page on the Subway website.   Today I ordered an oven-roasted chicken salad with the 2oz. packet of fat free Italian dressing.    This may not be fine dining, the salad is served in a plastic container, but it sure tasted fine.   True hunger makes food taste better.

OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN SALAD                   140 CALORIES
1.5OZ. KEN'S  FAT FREE ITALIAN DRESSING    15 CALORIES
                                                   TOTAL LUNCH   155 CALORIES

Subway oven-roasted chicken salad w/dressing 155 CALORIES

CONFESSIONS

It is said that confession is good for the soul.  I will use this post to confess the sins of eating like a moron.   On the road, my lunches and dinners were really not too varied.  Favorite spots were McDonalds, Burger King, Subway, Panda Express or White Castle.   The purpose of this blog is ultimately to share secrets of successful weight loss.   But before I get to that subject I am going to share the 'secrets' of successful weight gain.   Here were some of my favorite meals with the calories as provided on various websites that I checked today.

Panda Express Two-Entree Dinner HONEY WALNUT SHRIMP, ORANGE CHICKEN, CHOW MEIN and an EGG ROLL   1480 calories

Subway Footlong Sweet Onion Teriyaki and Harvest Sun Chips 950 calories
              or
              Footlong Seafood Sensation and Harvest Sun Chips 1050 calories
              or
              Footlong Meatball Marinara and Harvest Sun Chips 1170 calories
             (Jared famously lost weight at Subway, surely he made better choices!)

McDonalds Four (4) Hamburgers (almost never ordered fries) 960 Calories
                     or
                    Three (3) McChicken Sandwiches 1110 Calories
                    (I had thought that chicken was a somewhat 'healthy choice'  WRONG!)

Burger King Four (4) Hamburgers (almost never ordered fries) 960 Calories

White Castle Ten (10) Hamburgers (140 calories per burger)    1400 Calories

Ok, that's it... I have officially bared my 'diet' of the past many years.   In between these breakfasts, lunches and dinners would be an array of chocolate cakes, candy bars and ice-cream.   Now that I have finished divulging my secrets of weight gain, the secrets of my upcoming weight loss are fairly obvious.   STOP EATING THIS CRAP!   My brother, has asked me many times if I enjoyed eating at these places.   My answer was always the same: Yes.   It is time for me to find some new alternatives.

In order to end this post on an upbeat note:  I made friends with a nearby treadmill and walked 1.9 miles in 30 minutes.   The machine indicates that I burned approximately 190 calories.   That is not the amount of calories in one chocolate bar!   It will serve to make me think long and hard before I stick another chocolate bar in my mouth.