I still like watching the show.  I understand and appreciate the challenge each contestant faces.  Also, I learn a few things here and there that help me with my journey. 

I just recently watched the episode with the “Eat This, Not That” challenge.  I have seen the book before, but I never stopped to take a closer look.  It just didn’t get my attention.

However, the challenge was very interesting to me.  I have been so focused on my NutriSystem Advanced meals, and I have classified them as healthy.  However, I have not yet really begun to understand the choices I will need to make, after I reach my goal with NutriSystem Advanced.

I thought the choices in the challenge would be obvious.  I thought I would easily recognize the “Eat This!”, but it was not so clear-cut.  Obviously, the challenge was intentionally hard, but the author explained some basic rules about making the right choices.  For example, anything with “The Works” is not good.

I cruised over to Amazon.com and “looked inside” the book at the table of contents.  I am so curious now to learn more, and I think this book will be a great tool for making the transition to maintenance.  That’ll give me about six months to read it!

Breakfast:  Blueberry Muffin; Egg; Orange; Bread, oatmeal; Morning Coffee

Morning Snack:  Cottage Cheese, 1% Fat; Applesauce, unsweetened
Lunch:  Chicken Noodle Soup; Mushrooms, raw; FF Dressing

Afternoon Snack:  Zesty Herb Snack Mix

Dinner:  Stroganoff Sauce with Beef and Noodles; Broccoli, cooked; Mandarin Oranges; Oil, canola, olive, peanut, safflower; Sweet Potato

Dessert:  Chocolate CaramelBar

Drinks:  Crystal Light; water

Exercise:  30 minutes on the recumbent bike at 138 bpm.  50% of weekly exercise goal is complete.

Pedometer:  ?