Level 1: Teching Up [3/22/22 | 251.8 lbs]

Meal sketching. Water goals.

General Notes

Today's sketched-out food:

• Breakfast: One fried egg on a slice of lightly buttered whole wheat toast. (160 cal)

• Lunch: Shrimp salad ("Thai and Stop Me" - it's delicious, even if a part of me dies when I have to physically order it) (470 cal)
• Snack: Bottled frappuccino. (200 cal)
• Dinner: Rice bowl with chicken, vegetables, garlic sauce. (650 cal)
• Total: 1,480 cal

Came up with a pretty decent compromise on dish-washing It's a huge burden for me to wash EVERY dish/utensil as I use it, since I'm constantly smelling like dish soap. However... if I just rinse the dishes off after I use them and then only use dish soap at the end of the day? Super easy! 

Makes it so I no longer have to do that hard scrub at the end of the day. It's really quick at that point and doesn't accumulate smell and grossness as the food crusts on.

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Daily Article Notes

Relevant notes from my daily set of Noom articles.

• Noom is big on drinking water. Some of this seems like utter nonsense ("flushes toxins"??? really??), but I do buy that it helps fill you up in a way that calorie-free diet drinks full of artificial sweeteners don't. 
• Having a Camelbak bottle helps. The whole built-in straw thing makes it really easy to mindlessly drink, which is good for water.

• Setting water goals early of about 2-3 Camelbaks per day. To achieve this, I'll basically try to capitalize on the mindlessness of drinking water. Keep a bottle handy and full until my goal is met. I'll probably acquire the taste to eventually even enjoy it.
• Oh, and add an ice cube or two when I fill it up! Room temperature water isn't nearly as appealing as cold water.