{"id":12190,"date":"2011-01-22T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T20:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=12190"},"modified":"2011-01-22T12:30:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T20:30:24","slug":"what-should-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=12190","title":{"rendered":"What Should Count?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes when I swim I fantasize that I am competing in the Olympics like Michael Phelps. It sounds cheesy but it really does inspire me to push myself harder and further. Often times it&#8217;s easy to become complacent and set in our ways. I know I&#8217;m that way. My workout routines are so ingrained in WHO I AM now that if I change my swim day from like a Friday to a Thursday my whole life feels &#8220;off.&#8221; So it&#8217;s nice to change things up once in awhile.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night I swam after work and fantasized I was Michael Phelps. This helped me in two ways:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1. I pushed myself out of my normal &#8220;comfortable&#8221; routine of swimming laps and went further, faster, and harder. I also paid more attention to my form as I swam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2. It knocked me out of the boredom and monotony of counting laps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had a fantastic swim and left feeling upbeat and happy (AND pain free)! I stopped at the store to get some last minute items for dinner and saw this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_5051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12191\" title=\"IMG_5051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_5051-e1295726607804-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_5051-e1295726607804-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_5051-e1295726607804-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_5051-e1295726607804.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOh. My. God. I used to eat these like my life depended on it. I LOVED these. Just seeing the package made my mouth water. I used to buy a bunch of these and devour them all in one sitting. I tentatively turned over the package and looked at the calories, gasping a little.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12192\" title=\"IMG_5052\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50521-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50521-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50521-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50521.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>420 calories!! <\/strong>If I ate two a day that&#8217;s almost 900 calories just for that. Man I used to love those things. The lemon ones or the cherry ones were my favorite. I&#8217;d eat them right out of the package or I&#8217;d microwave it so the gooey insides were warm. How my life has changed. I&#8217;m reminded almost every day. These cherry pie desserts are something that I could NEVER eat again. Knowing how many calories are in them, how much sugar, how horrible they are for me, I could never just eat one as a once in awhile treat.<\/p>\n<p>When I got home, Michael and I made Spinach and Cheese Ravioli for dinner. There were 2 servings in the package at 250 calories each serving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50541.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12193\" title=\"IMG_5054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50541-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50541-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50541-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50541.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was so hungry by the time I got home I devoured almost an entire package of blueberries. In the spirit of not nibbling and cheating on myself, I counted the calories of the blueberries. Even though I asked the Twitter Universe if the blueberries counted&#8230;The consensus was that if I was on WW the blueberries would be zero points. I am so conflicted. Should I count the calories of the blueberries? Or not count them because they are healthy fruit?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12195\" title=\"IMG_5053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50531-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50531-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50531-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50531.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also picked up some spicy bratwursts to go on the ravioli. Michael boiled the sausages (270 calories each) and then cooked them in the skillet and chopped them up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50551.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12194\" title=\"IMG_5055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50551-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50551-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50551-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_50551.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDrizzled some olive oil on the pasta and then I shredded some fresh Parmesan cheese on top. I added fresh ground pepper and called that dinner. It was good! I liked adding the sausage for the extra protein. We relaxed and caught up on TV shows from the week (The Middle, Parenthood and the shudderingly awful episode of Modern Family).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>QUESTION: What&#8217;s something you could never eat again now that you are getting healthy and know the consequences? And do you think fruit and veggies should count?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes when I swim I fantasize that I am competing in the Olympics like Michael Phelps. It sounds cheesy but it really does inspire me to push myself harder and further. Often times it&#8217;s easy to become complacent and set in our ways. I know I&#8217;m that way. 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