Meals for the Day - 03/06/08
Another Zone bar.
Breakfast: 210 calories, 6 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 14 grams protein
Man, Thursday lunches are reptetive…but tasty. Same french onion soup and cafe salad with baguette as last time. Once again; no cheese, no croutons.
310 calories, 9 grams fat, 49 grams carbs, 7 grams fiber, 9 grams protein
More experimental chicken. This time I was looking for oven fried chicken but didn’t want to use breadcrumbs. I had some honey mustard pretzles in the cupboard, so I crushed those in my Magic Bullet and decided to use them as coating. Since I’m watching calories I decided I didn’t want to use eggs to seal off the meal. Yellow mustard seemed to match the pretzles, so I used that instead.
The results weren’t bad, but they were missing something. Super juicy chicken, but just not the right flavor. Better luck next time I guess. I paired it with low-cal alfredo sauce and penne plus some steamed baby carrots.
Dinner: 596 calories, 13.5 grams fat, 49 grams carbs, 9 grams fiber, 65 grams protein
All these years I tried to watch it on the pineapple because I assumed it was such a high calorie fruit. I’m still amazed at just how low calorie it is compared to some other fruits (like bananas.) Thus, I’ve been feasting on the sweet yumminess that is fresh pineapple this entire contest period. Tonight, a bowl for dessert.
Dessert: 82 calories, 0 grams fat, 22 grams carbs, 2 grams fiber, 1 gram protein
Daily Total: 1198 calories, 28.5 grams fat, 145 grams carbs, 21 grams fiber, 89 grams protein
Exercise: No exercise today. Once again, by the time dinner was wrapped up and kids were in bed, no time for yoga. 
March 8th, 2008 at 10:43 am
how are you working out the calories for all these meals? As mentioned on Donna’s version of this blog, have belatedly started my own plan for weight loss/ get fit for the year, and been slightly disconcerted to discover how small a standard portion of cereal really is
March 8th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
I’m a fiend with my calculator and log sheets. I have a legal ledger that is nothing but addition lines.
I weight, I measure and I look up info. It’s easy on anything packaged, but fresh fruits and veggies and meat can be pretty tough.
There’s a great site called nutritiondata.com that has an amazing index of food and the calories and other nutritional info associated with them. If I go out to eat, I try to hit places that make their nutritional information public so I can make good choices.
With cereal, you just have to watch which one you pick. Some cereals, like rice krispies are not even remotely filling. Other cereals, like Kashi GoLean Crunch are astonishingly filling, even if you only go with the actual serving size.
The thing that has worked best for me is focusing on protein and fiber. If you aim to get 25 grams of fiber a day and at least 75 grams of protein a day, you’ll find you’re eating pretty filing food.
March 9th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
thanks, that’s very helpful and I’ll bear it in mind. As a veggie, I think keeping an eye on the protein is going to be the way to go.