Pizza. Burgers. Week 2 Complete.

When over the last week did I become a calorie counter?! I've never been a calorie counter. After years and years in the kitchen, I never even thought about calorie counting except when I was writing an article for publication.  And then, I just hoped nobody would ask me about calories!  Well, in theory losing weight is very simple. You decrease caloric intake so your body burns fat as energy. Simple enough, right?

Of course, it is the temptations of everyday life that get in the way. Enter Wednesday of week two. My son was adamant that pizza night was going to stay pizza night this week. It is a tradition, after all.

I gave in very easily (I was really hungry) and we got a cheese pizza. A delicious, cheese covered flat loaf of bread.  I could easily have eaten half of the pizza. In fact, here is how it generally goes down:

The kiddo eats two pieces. I eat three or four. That leaves two pieces leftover for me to consume after he goes to bed. Boom. One large pizza devoured in one evening.

Averaging at 240 calories per piece means that I was consuming 1,440 calories in pizza on Wednesdays. Holy crap that is a lot! No wonder I'm counting some calories!

So, I got myself a grapefruit from the fridge and ate it while the kiddo started in on the pizza. In fact, I ate the entire grapefruit before ever touching a slice of pizza. Then, I ate two pieces of pizza (80 calories for the grapefruit and 480 calories for the pizza = 560 calories). Then, instead of picking up those leftover pieces, I ate an apple for a snack. I got to have some pizza (so I'm not feeling left out) but I reeled in the amount to something reasonable.  Which leads me to Thursday, and my extreme desire to eat a hamburger!

Burger King has introduced a Veggie Burger to the menu. I tried it. It was good. However, if the calorie counter from about.com is right, this sucker isn't too healthy. According to this web site it has 420 calories with 16 grams of fat. The Burger King website says 410 calories and agrees on the 16 grams of fat. While this isn't terrible, it isn't low calorie. I had one, but declined to make it a combo so no extra 400+ calories of fries and no added calories or sugar of a soda. Instead, I brought the burger home and had an orange as a side making the whole meal about 500 calories.

I'll post about the end of the week fitness tomorrow as this post is getting too long today.