Technically I’m only supposed to eat 4 oz per meal because of my lap band.  When you only eat 4 oz of anything, it is hard to eat enough calories to gain weight, but I don’t want to eat so little that I force my body into starvation mode, therefore causing my metabolism to slow down, which causes my weight loss to slow down.

So, I’ve been trying to eat the recommended 113 grams of protein a day, while maintaining a daily caloric intake of about 1,200.  This has caused me to make choices, and of course those choices are good.

I had an off day Sunday and bought pizza for the family, of course we had the hot wings and crazy bread too.  Well I went shopping last night, and I was thinking about buying a frozen pizza for myself which of course would take 3 meals to finish off at my pace.

I was going to buy one of the personal pizzas from California Pizza Kitchen, and I looked at the nutritional facts on the back, and it was a whopping 290 calories per serving and there were 3 servings.

Now that doesn’t sound like much  if I only eat 1/3rd of the pie.  But really taking a hard look at these things is making me truly understand how I got myself into this predicament in the first place.

In the end I decided not to get the pizza, in fact I’m heading out later on this afternoon going to Sam’s and getting the baked chicken, and a big bag of romaine lettuce.  The cost is about $2.50 more than the pizza, but in the end I get about a week’s worth of meals, along with a clear conscience going the chicken caesar salad route.

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