Lunch

Deroplatys Truncata? You do and you’ll clean it up!

Am image I captured at lunch today with my HTC Touch Pro (phone).

It’s a dead leaf mantis of some kind. Click on it and view the original image for more detail. It creeped me out too much to get any closer than this.

Can Gyminee Help Me Lose Weight (and keep it off)?

I hope so. After years of doing the yo yo thing I am finally going to try the only thing that is said to really work long term; portion control. Last week I found Gyminee and this week I started using it to track my weight, eating, water intake, and exercise.  

So far I’ve found that initial setup is easy and the interface is simple to navigate.  After setting up my free account I entered my current height, weight, and other stats and established a weight loss goal. I log on every day to enter the foods I eat into my nutritional log. I simply type what I ate into the search field and Gyminee provides several results to choose from. For example; today I had a Wendy’s Chicken BLT salad for lunch. 

I really do enjoy eating whatever I want to eat with my attention primarily on the portions (total calories) and not so much the amount of carbs. One of my goals, in addition to staying at or below my daily total calories goal, is to eat an equal amount, by percentage of carbohydrates, protein, and fat. I’m not a weightlifter or an athlete of any kind, so unlike the diets I subjected myself to in years past (with good results), I’m not supplementing with protein powders or meal replacement shakes in an effort to keep my protein intake high. 

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