The beginning to the Eat this! Not That! Journey

So. Yesterday at Sams Club I picked up the EAT THIS NOT THAT book and after some reading discovered that perhaps the reason my mid section is a little bit rounder than I would like it to be would the calories that I was secretly packing in every day. Even things that I thought to be healthy weren't. So, I started reading labels. (Truthfully I threw out allot of the condiments in my fridge because of how calorie, fat, trans fat, and sodium rich they are.) It really surprised me. Here, are the things that I learned today.

1. Hidden Valley Ranch's main ingredient is: Soybean Oil. That's right. The oil that some people are using for their deep fat fryers is the same thing that we were pouring on our salads. Not only that!!! The calories and sodium in it is unbelievable! 140 calories for two Tablespoons! (My husband used at least 4 at dinner!) If I had my way we would be tossing it and converting to the light zesty Italian that had only 40 calories! (yes, I am proud of myself for making that switch and saving myself the 100 calories!)

2.Mayo is anything but simple and healthy. Over lunch I cut the mayo out and saved tons of calories.

3. spaghetti sauce for dinner tonight was also made from a prego free kitchen. After reading about what goes into prego really changed my mind.

So, drum roll! All together I saved 500 calories from my diet today. And, might I add I do not feel like I skipped anything vital. I am going to continue on and give it a try.