Day 127: Surprise Quorn BBQ

12 May 2008 at 11:15 pm (exercise, food diary, photo)

Posted by Paola

9:50am  Egg, veg bacon and tomatoes + pint of fizzy squash

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
spray rapeseed oil 8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
tarragon mustard 33 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.2
tomatoes 46 2.2 9.8 0.6 3.0
vegetarian bacon 50 6.6 0.9 2.3 0.9
very large free-range organic egg 118 9.9 0.0 8.7 0.0
Total 254 19 12 13 4

11:30am & 3pm  Chicken salad sandwiches

I had a meeting in Putney for the afternoon. I made two sandwiches to take with me.

I’d asked the person I was visiting for advice on when to get off the bus so that I could walk that last 20 minutes. He said that from the station was 45mins and also gave clear details of where to get off the bus for 20 mins including a detour through a cemetery. Very useful!

I got to Putney an hour before my meeting. It was a lovely warm day with a light breeze and it seemed a waste to get a bus and so I walked the whole way. With the cemetery detour, it was about 45 mins.

On the way, I got a text message to say that the neighbour’s had invited us over that evening for dinner. I ate half of the second sandwich at 3pm, knowing that dinner wouldn’t be till about 8pm and *shock* *horror* threw away the other half.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
watercress 4 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.2
extra-light soft cheese 28 3.6 1.0 1.0 0.0
corn relish 46 0.5 10.7 0.1 0.5
vegetarian chicken slices 133 10.5 1.8 9.5 1.8
Hovis wheatgerm bread 199 9.3 35.9 2.0 4.9
Total 410 25 50 13 7

Afternoon drinks: low-calorie Ribena, iced tea, tea

8pm – 9pm  BBQ

I took my own drink over (a pint of fizzy squash with ice) so that calories came from food rather than boooze.

They had bought veg burgers as well as sausages. I figured I could have two sausages which were 88 calories each. But I hadn’t realised that a veg burger was already being cooked. Yup, limiting one’s intake at BBQs isn’t easy!

I had four helpings, the last two for flavour alone:

  1. a Quorn burger, 2 mushrooms, cous cous, red pepper, undressed salad, coleslaw
  2. a Quorn sausage, stuffed mushroom, corn on the cob
  3. more salad and coleslaw
  4. more salad and cous cous

They had biscuits for dessert, which I passed on – including the custard creams.

1 serving calories protein carbs fat fibre
red pepper 6 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.1
salad 21 2.2 1.2 0.8 1.5
mushrooms* 21 3.1 3.3 0.3 1.1
coleslaw* 45 0.5 3.9 3.3 0.0
cheddar cheese* 52 5.9 0.0 3.2 0.0
Quorn burger 73 9.5 3.4 2.4 1.5
cous cous* 84 2.9 17.4 0.1 1.0
corn on the cob 85 2.4 15.9 1.8 3.7
Quorn banger 88 4.5 5.0 5.5 1.5
Total estimated* 475 31 52 17 10

Whoa, not as bad as I thought it’d be!

Pedometer: 8,420 steps (3 miles)

Day 127 calories protein carbs fat fibre
Breakfast 254 19 12 13 4
Lunch 410 25 50 13 7
Dinner 475 31 52 17 10
Other drinks 100
Total 1,239 75 114 43 22
26% 40% 34%
Allowance 1,200 75 – 105g
25 – 35%		 120 – 165g
40 – 55%		 33 – 40g
25 – 30%

5 Comments

  1. justoofat said,

    13 May 2008 at 3:11 am

    Hey! I see you’ve decided to strap on the pedometer after all. Aaaaah… that makes me smile.

    j

  2. Paola said,

    13 May 2008 at 10:17 am

    And it’s because of you.

    At first, I just wore it when I was going out to record my feeble 3,000 steps here and there. But, now, – except for a 5-mile purposeful walk last week – I am trying to build in walking into my day-to-day activities like getting off a bus earlier.

    Yesterday’s 45min walk to my meeting wasn’t boring like the walking-just-for-exercise a few days earlier and so perhaps I need to do more of that.

  3. Anna said,

    13 May 2008 at 8:15 pm

    Well done for keeping the count so low even with the BBQ.

    Like you, I’ve found walking for a purpose (e.g. to/from the station to somewhere else) is often more enjoyable than walking just to walk.

  4. Becky said,

    14 May 2008 at 3:12 pm

    Well, done with the huge temptation of a barbecue! The food looks lovely. Yum. Why does food taste better when eaten/cooked outside?

  5. Paola said,

    14 May 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Because you don’t have to cook it? :-)

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