Wed (9-5) TOTAL CALORIES: 1334

Coffee
Breakfast: 2 fried eggs, 2 pieces toast with Fleishmann's margarine
Coffee
Lunch: sandwich and Veggies
Supper: tilapia fillet, slaw, asparagus
After a nap: one cookie and a tiny bit of milk
After church: Glory cooked cabbage --the whole can 4 servings at 25 calories each

Calorie Count Log
Wed, Sep 05 2007
Egg, Whole - Cooked, Fried 93
Egg, Whole - Cooked, Fried 93
Toast 2 slices 200
Fleischman's olive oil margarine 70
coffee 40
coffee 40
Sandwich and veggies 260 260
Lipton Green Tea 160
Lemonade 10
tilapia, 1 fillet 49
slaw 70
asparagus 35
asparagus 35
cookie 50
milk 30
Total Calories Consumed 1,234
Glory cooked cabbage 100
Total calories consumed 1334

Announcement: I'm over half way there!!!

I was 188 this morning. That means I've lost 19 pounds. I have 18 to go to make it to my goal of 170. That's 19 pounds in 7 weeks. Ten the first two weeks, eight in the next five, which calculates to just over 1 1/2 a week. I had hoped to lose 20 by the time I went on vacation on the 16th. I might just make it.

Goodie for me. "So far so good."

Caffeine content in soft drinks

According to an article ( by Kate Brumback, AP writer, Sept 4, 2007) citrus sodas' caffeine content tops cola. I already knew that. What I didn't know was that store brand content of caffeine is not consistent with that of national brands.

Caffeine content of well-known national brands include: Coca-Cola (33.9 milligrams), Diet Pepsi (36.7 milligrams), Dr Pepper (42.6 milligrams), Diet Dr Pepper (44.1 milligrams), Diet Coke (46.3 milligrams), Mountain Dew (54.8 milligrams) and Diet Mountain Dew (55.2 milligrams).

By comparison, according to the American Beverage Association Web site, a 12-ounce cup of coffee has between 156 and 288 milligrams of caffeine, and the same amount of tea has 30-135 milligrams.

When I started to work, I started drinking Mtn Dew because it was not an easy task to find a cup of coffee. I didn't particularly like Mtn Dew when I started doing this but I knew that my taste would change over time because of the desire to get the caffeine. It did. I'd generally just drink one in the mid-afternoon. Looks like it would have taken me drinking three or more to get me back up to what I was getting with my "cup" of coffee. (Since most cups have switched to mugs these days, I'm not sure just how that plays out.)