Meals for the Day - 03/03/08
Chocolate Peanut Butter Zone bar. Really need to get to the store for some more Kashi…
Breakfast: 200 calories, 7 grams fat, 21 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 14 grams protein
Ahh, the little things. We were grocery shopping and the kids always get bananas during check out to keep them occupied. (Healthy, yummy treat.) I was really craving one as well, but in reality, bananas are really high in sugar and carbs, so I went with an apple instead.
Snack: 80 calories, 0 grams fat, 21 grams carbs, 4 grams fiber, 0 grams protein
Mmmm….oh how I missed my spinach salads. Seriously, as much as Italy rocked, the lack of veggies there killed me. Every salad I tried to order was packed with bitter greens (ew) so I eventually gave up. Thus, lunch was a peanut butter and jelly quesadilla and a spinach salad with apples, strawberries and cranberries. Mmmm.
Lunch: 568 calories, 19.5 grams fat, 85 grams carbs, 25.5 grams fiber, 17 grams protein
Did I mention how much I missed my spinach salads while I was gone? 
Ironically, two days after returning from the world’s greatest pasta, I found myself making homemade spaghetti sauce and whole wheat penne. I paired a small bowl of that with another spinach salad, this one heavy on the strawberries. 
Dinner: 410 calories, 7.5 grams fat, 80 grams carbs, 14 grams fiber, 17 grams protein
Daily Total: 1258 calories, 34 grams fat, 207 grams carbs, 46.6 grams fiber, 48 grams protein
Exercise: Man was it good to be back at the gym. Honestly, I think that week of walking so much (10+ miles a day) really kicked me up a notch cardio wise. I ended up doing about 6 minutes on a bike (no treadmills or elliptical free) before finding a free treadmill and doing a bit at 9% incline. Then I popped over to weights before wrapping things up with 25 minutes on the elliptical. It was a good work out…I took it a bit easy because I twisted my knee while hiking in the Cinque Terre and want to give it time to heal up.
45 minutes of cardio, 20 minutes of weights. Total calories burned: 450
Net calories for the day: 1258 - 450 = 808 calories
