Nutrition Thread - Week of 8/17 to 8/23 (Page 2)

I think it was just too big (font size and spacing).  I'll try exporting into Excel today and making it smaller before I paste it here.

wow... is that enough calories for you? Man - no way *I* could survive on 1,000 calories/day!!!

Me either!  1,000 isn't very much at all!!

Knowing I was going to post my food today did make me pick a much healthier option for lunch. 

Hi,

I'd like to join. I think my goal for the week is to be sure to get lunch. Sometimes I forget to eat, then of course make it up after dinner!

Monday was a strange day so my food choices are a little embarrassing, but anyway:

Breakfast: homemade minestrone soup
Lunch: bacon
Dinner: ravioli and four cheese sauce
Popcorn (mini bag with theater butter!)

Today was better:

Breakfast: homemade minestrone soup
Lunch: energy bar
Dinner: chef salad
Popcorn

Lots of room for improvement! This check-in will keep me motivated.

Good luck to everyone.
Mary

Did pretty well today, though a few more veggies couldn't hurt.....

Breakfast - coffee, oatmeal w/vanilla yogurt & blueberries
Post-run snack - Oat bran w/raisins cereal
Lunch - ham with sliced tomatoes & black olives
cottage cheese & nectarine
snack - protein bar
snack - sunflower seeds
snack - hard boiled egg
Dinner - brown rice, grilled pork chop (4 oz.) & steamed broccoli & carrots
Also drank some tea & cranberry juice during the day

Total calories (according to FitDay) 1855










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I would highly suggest that along with how many calories you consumed you need to add your weight and your activity for the day.

1000 calories to mean would put me in the hospital at 270 pounds.  For a lady that's 5' tall and 100 pounds, that could be more then enough.

Looking blindly at what one has eaten with out those stats...

Great job! I need to plan better...

haha, my husband isn't so crazy about it, because it means I'm sometimes up at 6:30AM cooking fish or a turkey burger, but I find planning everything the night before and then bringing it all is the simplest way to take control of my nutrition.  Plus, I got tired of spending 8 dollars on a lame salad at work every day.

Ok, here comes my disclaimer )

There are two reasons why my daily calories this week are within 1200 range:

1. I hardly have any time for training this week: after a 6-month-long hiatus I'm back to working on my MBA and I'm closing a project at work
2. I am getting ready for my vacation next week.

I do not eat like this when I train 

Plus, today I did not plan well, so the morning post was not complete. I'll go update "my daily plate" and re-post.

Great point!
I'm 5'1" (you were close), I weigh 135, and I'm trying to go down to 125, which is the ideal weight for my body frame (or so I think). And I have light to none training activity planned this week.

Edited by margarita 2009-08-18 9:03 PM

oops nevermind


Edited by DMW 2009-08-18 9:07 PM

Here's my food for today.  I should probably have a snack before bed.  Thinking a piece of toast.
<form action="/thedailyplate/users/myplate_servings_updater" method="post">

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Egg White breakfast	2.00	32	0g	0mg	110mg	0g	0g	0g	8g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 Large Egg White (33g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Fresh Strawberry (medium) breakfast	3.00	30	0g	0mg	0mg	7g	5g	2g	1g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 Medium Strawberry Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Coffee breakfast	2.00	4	0g	0mg	10mg	0g	0g	0g	1g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 fl. oz. Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Sugar breakfast	1.00	35	0g	0mg	0mg	1g	1g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 TBSP Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Hood Half and Half breakfast	1.00	40	4g	15mg	20mg	1g	1g	0g	1g	x
	^ Total consumed: servings cups tablespoons teaspoons Serving size: 2 tbsp (30.0 g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Lipton Sparkling Green Tea morning snack	2.50	150	0g	0mg	138mg	40g	40g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 fl. oz Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Alpine Bagel Co. Presidential Pardon lunch	1.00	382	5g	28mg	1,217mg	64g	5g	4g	26g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 Sandwhich Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Twizzlers Cherry Pull-n-peel Candy (21 Oz Family Bag) afternoon snack	2.00	200	0g	0mg	170mg	50g	30g	0g	2g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 piece (33 g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Purdue Whole Turkey Breast dinner	2.00	300	14g	120mg	80mg	0g	0g	0g	44g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 3 oz Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Birds Eye Steamfresh Frozen Brocolli Cuts dinner	1.00	30	0g	0mg	20mg	4g	2g	2g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 cup Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Sierra Mist Diet Sierra Mist dinner	1.00	0	0g	0mg	35mg	0g	0g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 can (12 oz) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Kroger Wheat Bread dinner	1.00	66	1g	0mg	130mg	12g	1g	1g	3g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 25g Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Super Ropes Rollin Red Candy evening snack	1.00	200	0g	0mg	25mg	46g	29g	0g	2g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 rope Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically  --  12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Powerade Mountain Blast post-workout	1.00	60	0g	0mg	55mg	17g	15g	0g	0g	x

<form action="/thedailyplate/users/myplate_fitness_updater" method="post">

Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned						Distance	Heart Rate
Running: 5.2 mph (11.5 min/mile)	35.0	-536.0						3.07 miles		x
Minutes of this exercise: Distance: miles km Heart Rate:
Add your physical activity/exercise for August 18th, 2009!
		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Click totals for charts!	Totals:	993	24g	163mg	2,010mg	242g	129g	8g	87g

More about me: I'm 5'6".  Currently, 170 pounds.  Would like to get down to 145.

Like I said, lack of planning led me astray...

Item Name	Calories
Cottage Cheese, 1% Milkfat,  No Salt Added	120
Whole Wheat Bread	90
Cantaloupe	47
Minestrone	200
Turkey And Cheese Sandwich	500
Raw Green Apple	75
Excellence Swiss Dark Chocolate With Intense Pear	95
Almonds	70
<form action="/thedailyplate/users/myplate_servings_updater" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">Perdue Lean Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage	150
Total	1347

Edited by margarita 2009-08-18 9:34 PM

You eat a lot of junk food don't you?  To my count at 585 calories of candy and pop.  I would suggest trying to replace some that with good fruits and vegetables.  That's letting you slide on the cream and powerade.

Out of 1529 calories taken of 1/3 of calories are coming from them.  Just imagine how much better you would feel if you could replace those with better options.  I'm not saying to deprive yourself of those treats, just limit them.


Edited by JC5066 2009-08-19 6:23 AM

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Plan for 8/19

Meal	Item Name	Calories
breakfast	Wheat Bread	45
breakfast	egg	70
breakfast	Cottage Cheese, 1% Milkfat,  No Salt Added	80
breakfast	Coffee with Skim Milk	15
lunch	Oven Roasted Chicken On Wheat (subway)	310
lunch	Pineapple Cup	70
afternoon snack	Raspberry Fruit & Grain Cereal Bars	130
dinner	Green Apple	36
dinner	Tomato	16
dinner	Celery	40
dinner	Chunk Light  Canned Tuna	114
dinner	walnuts	164
	Total	1090

Okay - More about me: 46 year old female, just under 5' 9", current weight 150, ultimate goal is in the 140 - 145 range.

I'm surrounded by tall people!!!

JC5066 - this thread wasn't really started with the intention of having people calling others out on what they are (or aren't) eating.  Also, I notice you aren't posting what you ate this week.  Are you just here to critique everyone or do you plan to participate?

Margarita - I'm five feet tall, so I'd be eating about 1200 per day too if I wasn't doing much activity.  Good luck with the MBA!

Edited by DMW 2009-08-19 9:07 AM

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I do!  It's one of the things I am bad at.  Honestly, that's much better for me than I have been and some of the candy was during a movie last night.  I brought my own rather than getting popcorn or a big bag there.

I should be better about bringing my own food and veggies to work.  I have to go grocery shopping and remember to pack the night before.

Anyone have good suggestions for easy snacks?  I can't eat almonds (allergic), but pretty much everything else is fair game.

For the record, I'm ok on being called out on what I eat.  I feel like that's an important part of me learning to make better choices.

I can understand if other people don't feel the same way, but know that I am up for whatever criticism you want to give me.

Artemis - that's cool then.  I'm glad you don't mind.

I was just worrying that people will be intimidated posting what they eat if they think random people are going to come in and tell them they're wrong.  I'm suppose I'm oversensitive about it though, because I have gotten random inspires over the years from people telling me I don't eat enough, when they don't have any idea that I'm very short. 

And for the record - I posted that my goals are to cut out added sugar (except for training purposes), and all artificial sweeteners, so I totally expect people to call me out if I log a diet coke! 


Edited by DMW 2009-08-19 9:29 AM

Hi Artemis,

I'm a carboaddict with some major sugar craving, so snacking is an issue here as well..

Are you allergic to all nuts? Or just almonds? Pecans are really good for you as a snack, as well as walnuts, but walnuts are higher in fat.
Do you like cheese? I love cheese. I must have been a mouse in my previous life. Low fat string cheese is an exellent snack.
Do you like dark chocolate? Even a little bit of good-quality dark chocolate takes care of cravings and you are better off than eating twizzlers.
My rule of thumb is that you have to stay within 130 calories for your snacks. 100 would be even better.
Other things to consider: bananas, non-sugary cereal (once again, pre-measure a 100-calorie serving as a snack), oranges (sweet, but still good for you), Kavli crispbread (http://www.kavli.com/wps/wcm/connect/com/Products/Kavli+Crispbread/)

I'll post more as they come to mind..

Edited by margarita 2009-08-19 9:30 AM