Food & Weight
Time to get serious about tracking my food. I need want to shake some pounds.
Breakfast - 94 cals
- Coffee - ahhh - 0 calories
- Greek Yogurt - 1/2 cup - 60 cals - 0g Fat, 11g Protein, 3.5g Carbs (3g Sugar)
- Nectarine - 1/2 fruit - 34 cals - .3g Fat, .6g Protein, 8g Carbs, 1g Dietary Fiber
Lunch - 403 Cals
Wilted Red Cabbage and Salmon Salad - Found a bunch of vegetables in the fridge, they looked like they had a sort of Asian influenced feel to them, so I got some frozen Salmon and sauted it up with spicy peppers and pepper flavored oil, then tossed in my chopped up vegetables with a little apple juice and vinegar to sort of wilt it all down. The mint and the jicama gave it a nice crisp sweetness to counter the vinegar. The Salmon wasn’t as spicy as I would have preferred it.
The salmon was kinda old (it had been in the freezer for almost a year) and it may have been thawed and refrozen… although it was in a vacuum packed freezer pouch. I’ll admit I’m a little nervous that it might make me sick… but it did taste good.
- Red Cabbage - 2 cups - 45 cals - .4g Fat, 2g Protein, 10g Carbs, 4g Dietary Fiber
- Red Onions -1/8 cup - N/A Cals
- Garlic - 1 clove - N/A Cals
- Yellow Bell Pepper - 1/8 cup - 10 cals -25% protein, 75% Carbs
- Mint Leaves - N/A cals
- Cilantro Leaves - N/A cals
- Jicama - 1/8 cup - 10 cals - 10% protein, 90% carbs
- Apple Juice - 1/8 cup - 20 cals - 100% carbs
- Rice Wine Vineger - 1/8 cup - 5 cals
- Olive Oil & Hot Pepper Sesame Seed Oil - 1Tbspn - 120 cals.
- Salmon - 130g - 190 cals - 45 cals Fat
Dinner: - 855 Cals
Turkey Burger w/Cheese, Baked Tator Tots & Sweet Potato Fries, Catalonia Style Spinach, Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes!
Catalonia Spinach - This dish is awesome, from Spain… You basically saute up some Garlic and Pinenuts with Olive Oil, then add the Raisins and Spinach… Quite tasty!
Probably could have done without the cheese on my burger, but my wife made it without realizing I was trying to cut down the calories.
- 1/3 pound Ground Turkey- 250 cals - 29g Protein, 14g Fat
- Whole Wheat Bun - 150 cals - 7g Protein, 1.5g Fat, 29g Carbs, 5g Dietary Fiber, 3g Sugars
- 1 Slice Cheddar Cheese - 110 cals - 9g Fat, 7 g Protein
- Tator Tots & Sweet Potato Fries - 200cals - 10g Fat, 2g Protein, 23g Carbs
- 1/2 Giant Heirloom Tomato - 24 cals - 2g Protein, 4g Carbs
- Spinach - N/A Cals
- Pine Nuts - 50 cals
- Raisins - 20 cals
- Olive Oil - 50 cals
Post Workout Snack - 300 cals
Less than 1500 calories for the day by dinner… means I can do an evening workout and treat myself to a healthy snack. I choose a frozen banana soy protein powder milk smoothie.
- 1 Small Banana - 90 cals - 1g Protein, 20g Carbs
- 1 Scoop Soy Protein Poweder - 110 cals - 1g Fat, 24g Protein
- 1 cup 1% Milk -100 cals - 2.5g Fat, 8g Protein, 13g Carbs
Summary for the day:
1650 Calories - yes, that’s low… but I know that my body doesn’t really need that many calories, and I really want to shred some fat in the next 80 days before my Ironman. If I’m going to be underconditioned, I’d rather be as light as possible.
I felt pretty good most of the day. I was definitley feeling hungry. I know I didn’t drink enough water… but I don’t feel like I was missing anything. I felt really good on the 6 mile run I just did, so I don’t feel like I was way out of zone on fuel for the day.
Almost evenly split on Carbs (34%), Fat (34%), and Protein (32%) Calories. The fat calories seem a bit high.
Health:
- Date: 08/18/2008
- Weight: 148
- Mood: Normal
- Sleep Hours: 7
- Sleep Pattern: Normal
- Calories: 1650
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Food & Weight
August 18th, 2008 6:08 pm
greenking17 says:
Thanks for the comments on the 1st TRI. I blogged my whole race weekend on my “blogger” site, so it should show up on here shortly.
If you really want to shed some pounds, skip the dinner thing all together…you might be a little weak for training though…lol!
GK17