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Walking the Walk: Day 7

Day 7: You know what? I've decided to quit counting calories when it comes to non-starchy vegetables. The calorie content is negligible at best. Take the following foods, for instance:

  • 1 cup of broccoli -- 40 calories
  • 1 cup of cauliflower -- 48 calories
  • 3 stalks of celery -- nine calories ... I mean, come on. Is that worth writing down?
  • 1 cup Swiss chard -- 32 calories
  • cucumber -- 30 calories, for the whole thing!
  • 1 cup eggplant -- 38 calories

You get the idea. These foods are jam-packed with nutrition and carry little weight when it comes to calories, so to make my life simpler, I've decided not to write them down. Will it make a difference in my weight loss? In the long run, I doubt it. This is about teaching myself life long healthy habits, not about obsessively tracking every last calorie.

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