Day 131: I like Lucy
11:15am Quorn picnic eggs + tea
This is a new Quorn vegetarian version of Scotch eggs @ 63 calories each. Nice.
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| horseradish sauce | 20 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Quorn picnic eggs | 252 | 15.2 | 21.2 | 11.6 | 4.8 |
| Total | 272 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
Drink: hot chocolate
2:30pm Carrot, celery & apple soup
Made with Becky and Lucy.
| 375g serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomato puree | 3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| aubergine | 6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| celery | 7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| red onion | 7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| vegetable stock | 12 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| apple | 32 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| carrots | 41 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| fat-free yoghurt | 7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 113 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 7 |
Evening drink: hot chocolate
6:25pm Cottage cheese salad
| 1 serving | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lemon juice | 6 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| watercress, rocket & spinach | 12 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| soya bacon bits | 34 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| wholemeal Crackerbread | 40 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| extra virgin olive oil | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Tesco Value cottage cheese | 150 | 23.2 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 284 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
At 8:30pm I calculated my calories so far and had around 470 calories left within my max of 1,200.
9:20pm Quorn picnic egg salad + orange
I then had some port and a custard cream, thinking I had calories to spare. In fact, I should have skipped these. Ho hum.
| Day 131 | calories | protein | carbs | fat | fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 272 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
| Lunch | 113 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 7 |
| Snack | 284 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
| Dinner | 572 | 34 | 66 | 16 | 8 |
| Other drinks | 100 | ||||
| Total | 1,341 | 81 | 133 | 37 | 22 |
| 27% | 45% | 28% | |||
| Allowance | 1,200 | 75 – 105g 25 – 35% |
120 – 165g 40 – 55% |
33 – 40g 25 – 30% |
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Day 46…
Another sedentary day at my desk, so only clocked up 7600 on the pedometer (6000 of that is the walk to and from the station at either end of my commute).
| Breakfast | Yoghurt | 75 |
|---|---|---|
| Lunch | Baked potato (no skin) | 145 |
| 100g cottage cheese | 105 | |
| Small side salad | 80 | |
| Snack | 100 g cottage cheese | 105 |
| Sticks of carrot | 52 | |
| Dinner | Roast chicken breast (no skin) | 142 |
| Wholemeal roll | 200 | |
| Total Calories | 904 | |
From the sublime to the ridiculous
My food intake today has been incredibly healthy (Thank you, Paola for the delicious soup) and incredibly unhealthy.
| Meal | Food | Drink | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 1/2 piece of diet toast with butter | 39 |
| filter coffee (1/2 cup) | 1 | |
| Lunch | carrot & apple soup + garnish of aubergine, apple and celery | 89 |
| yoghurt | 10 | |
| hot chocolate | 40 | |
| Dinner | 1/2 Dominos pizza | 450 |
| 1/2 Dominos garlic bread | 250 | |
| 1/2 chicken strippers | 150 | |
| 2 diet cokes | 0 | |
| Total | 1,029 | |
May 15, 2008
| Meal | Food | Drink | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| breakfast | banana | 100 |
| Sub-total | 100 | |
| lunch | sushi (california roll 4 pieces) | 150 |
| small spinach salad w/dressing | 175 | |
| Sub-total | 325 | |
| dinner | 2 wheat tortillas | 200 |
| .25 c monterrey jack cheese | 125 | |
| salsa | 50 | |
| small salad with 2 tbls quacamole | 90 | |
| tortilla chips | 250 | |
| Sub-total | 715 | |
| other | starbucks drink (I am weak) | 350 |
| Sub-total | 350 | |
| Water | 2 liters | |
| Total | 1,490 | |

