It looks like I ran into a bit of a snag logging my intake. On Thursday I couldn't figure out how to enter my chili chicken from Wah Too. Damn, it was good, even during the middle of the day instead of the usual stumble into the restaurant on a Saturday night. It was quite a large portion (I needed to take a break halfway through), so I estimated it between 750-1000 calories. The problem was it was way too much work to find out the breakdown of protein to carbs to fat, and anything I entered would be a total guess anyway. Since then I've been guesstimating everything, especially since most of the foods I've been eating the same of all the time. If there's anything different I'm eating I'll have a look and adjust accordingly. It's not quite so accurate, but now that I have an idea of what I'm eating, it's actually much better.

The main thing is I've almost completley cut out unnecessary stuff, like fries and sugar drinks. I think that's probably the most important thing so far. That and the fact that I'm actually conscious of what's going in to me. That's a permanent change that will definitely last. I had no clue about how much I'm supposed to eat, or what a calorie is worth, or how much fat is in food. Completely clueless. At least now I have a decent idea of what I should be doing. This is good.

I went for my first bike ride of the year yesterday. It was a quick ride to The Beach / The Beaches and back. I was hoping to meet Kim and Giles who were walking their dog, but it took a while go by the bike store to buy a lock and prep myself and the bike to leave. Unfortunately I lost my $35 lock by failing to properly secure it to the bike. I retraced my trip but couldn't find it.

I think tomorrow I might try giving a spinning class a shot. I don't know if I'm signing my own death certificate on this one. It's at 9:30 tomorrow. I might just have a look from the outside to see how it's going first. I don't think I'm in the best shape for it, but we'll see. Since you can set your own resistance it might be tolerable. But then again, I have a habit of pushing myself too far...