Food & Weight - Aug 19, 2008
Adding to my plan for shedding some pounds… Drink a glass of water before I can have a cup of coffee. See, I drink a lot of coffee… mostly iced… I start out the day with a cup of hot coffee, and then move to iced coffee after about 10am… I drink coffee right up until I go to sleep.
Now, I know that people say this isn’t good for you… but I think I probably fall outside the lines on this one. There are plenty of other things about me that fall outside the lines… so, I’m adding this to the list. However, drinking lots of water is clearly a good thing… and so I’ve developed this new strategy of rewarding my water drinking with coffee… I figure that this can only be a good thing.
As for food intake, yesterday worked out well… so, I’m going to shoot for 1,500 cals/day for a while and see where that takes me.
Breakfast - 134 cals
- Coffee - ahhh - 0 calories
- Greek Yogurt - 3/4 cup - 100 cals - 0g Fat, 20g Protein, 6g Carbs
- Peach - 1/2 cup - 34 cals - 0g Fat, 1g Protein, 7g Carbs
- Water!
Lunch - 330 Cals
- Water
- Iced Coffee
- 2 Slices 9 Grain Bread - 202 cals - 6g Protein, 2g Fat, 40g Carbs
- 4 Slices Turkey Breast - 125 cals - 23g Protein, 1g Fat, 6g Carbs
- Mustard - 2 cals
Snack - 31 cals
- Water
- Iced Coffee
- Celery Sticks - I love bitter celery… Crisp, Cold, that bite…. yum
Dinner - 437 Cals
- Water
- Vitamins
- Trader Joes Gnocchi - 1.5 cups - 250 cals - 9g Protein, 4g Fat, 45g Carbs
- Chicken Breast - 80 grams - 125 cals - 25g Protein, 3g Fat
- Zucchini Steamed - 1 cup - 19 cals - 2g Protein, 3g Carbs
- Broccoli Steamed - 1 cup - 27 cals - 2g Protein, 4g Carbs
- Parmesan Cheese (Hard) Grated - 4 grams - 16 cals - 1g Protein, 1g Fat
- Turkey Slices- 2 slices - 70 cals - 13g Protein, 1g Fat, 3g Carbs
So 1000 calories for the bulk of the day day… that’s pretty low… But I plan to do a little workout (possibly spinning while watching TV, if my wife doesn’t mind the noise)… and I’ll have a snack afterwards.
Post Workout Snack - 491 Cals!!!!
See — Now, that just ain’t right. I didn’t really need to eat this much… But I guess I can’t really beat myself up, I didn’t really eat that many calories throughout the day. But the truth is 500 calories after 9pm… is just not good healthy eating habits… no matter how healthy it was, and really… it wasn’t that healthy.
- Frozen Banana Smoothie -
- 1 banana, 1 cup milk, 1 tbsp Peanut Butter
- 305 cals, 38g Carbs, 10g Fat, 13g Protein
- Small slice of thin pizza - 185 Calories - 13g Protein, 5g Fat, 21g Carbs
Summary:
1492 Calories - 35% Protein, 17% Fat, 48% Carbs - I like that my Fat intake was around 17%, but I’d rather see about an even split on carbs and protein. I did a good job of drinking lots of water today.
Health:
- Date: 08/19/2008
- Weight: 146
- Mood: Normal
- Sleep Hours: 5.5
- Sleep Pattern: Normal
- Calories: 1492
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Food & Weight - Aug 19, 2008
August 19th, 2008 10:54 pm
kimayars says:
Mmmmm… Coffeeeeeeee…