May 17, 2008: Day 2 Multi-Meal Plan
Posted by Jennifer
I have to admit that today was quite a bit harder. Mostly, I think that’s because my husband and I were out and about most of the day and I couldn’t eat *when I was hungry* which meant I was really, really hungry when the meals did finally come along. That said, I still did my best to make each “meal” as low in calories as possible.
Anyway, day 2 down.
| Meal | Food | Drink | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | 1 slice bread | 100 |
| 1 tsp peanut butter | 30 | |
| 1 tsp jelly | 15 | |
| Sub-total | 145 | |
| 10:30am | 1/2 apple | 30 |
| 1 ring sliced pineapple | 40 | |
| Sub-total | 70 | |
| 1:00pm | 1/2 turkey wrap | 340 |
| 1/2 churro | 110 | |
| Sub-total | 450 | |
| 6:00pm | 4 oz grilled chicken | 130 |
| steamed veggies: mix of broccoli/carrots | 100 | |
| 1 c mixed fruit: strawberries, pineapple, red grapes & banana | 180 | |
| Sub-total | 410 | |
| 8:00pm | 1/2 c sliced strawberries w/ 2 tbls whipped cream | 150 |
| 1 piece lowfat cheese | 50 | |
| Sub-total | 200 | |
| Water | 2 liters | |
| Total | 1,275 | |
Paola said,
18 May 2008 at 9:46 am
You’ve done amazingly well.
I very well know what it’s like to be faced with food choices after being hungry for too long. It’s so hard not to eat too much.
I wonder whether – on the days you know you’re gonna be out – you can take something in your bag that’s a known low calorie quantity that you can snack on to keep you going in the long gaps?
I also notice you’re eating a good amount of fruit and veg. Are you enjoying it?
I just looked up “churro” and read that it’s a “deep-fried dough pastry-based snack”. Eek. Did you get it for yumminess, because it came with the wrap or to fill you up?
justoofat said,
18 May 2008 at 2:27 pm
Paola: Yesterday I didn’t realize I’d be out quite as long as I was, so I didn’t pack snacks. As for the churro, my husband and I ordered the wrap and split it, and he ordered the churro for himself. I fully intended to NOT eat any of it, but I kept nibbling little pieces here and there. In the end, I counted it as half, even if it wasn’t quite that much.
Fruits and Veg: I love veggies, I’ve always eaten lots of them. The big change for me now is that I don’t load them down with salt, butter, sauces, etc. As for fruit… that’s been a HUGE change. I spent a few months literally forcing myself to eat one piece of fruit each day. At first it was just apples — that was all I could stomach. But more recently, I’ve incorporated a lot more fruit into my diet. I can’t say that I *love* it, but I don’t hate it as much as I used to.
Paola said,
18 May 2008 at 5:48 pm
That sounds like good progress.
re: fruit – did you see my list of various snackable foods to make 100 calories? Fruits weren’t in the order I expected; for example, strawberries are low in calories.