As a (Wo)man [Eats] Within, So is S(he).
This is what I ate so far today:
About a cup of oatmeal with about a tbsp of peanut butter, a whole banana, and raisins; 2 hard boil egg whites
jasmine green tea with fat free milk and honey
A small bowl of salad with feta cheese, pecans, and grapes; about a cup of chicken noodle soup.
pg tips tea with fat free milk and honey
6oz salmon with mango salsa on top, about a cup and a half of steamed cauliflower, about 10 steamed asparagus, a hard boiled egg white, about 1/4 cup of chickpeas & 1/4 cup of corn mixed together, 1/4 of dill pickle spear, 5 strawberries
2 dark chocolate covered strawberries
pg tips tea with honey and fat free milk
half a banana sandwich with 2 tbsp of peanut butter and a slight drizzle of honey
AND I’M STILL HUNGRY! This seems like a lot of food, but it really wasn’t. Please let me know what I should have cut out. Or if it’s an ok amount of food in one day. I’m having the feeling it’s wayyy too much. I feel really FAT today.
seedoggie said,
February 7, 2009 @ 9:25 am
truevioletta,
Seems to me that your diet is fine… super really. You’re getting a good amount of protein, reasonable or even pretty low in carbs, and the fats are healthy. There’s a basal calorie requirement calculator on the “essential reading” or maybe it’s the “so you want to lose fat” sticky… you could check calroies against that but a lot of people eat so little their bodies go into starvation mode. I think that your eating that day was fine, and if you feel hungry, more veggies or salad greens (they are basically free calorie-wise) would be fine, or even higher calorie snack.
Don’t cut out the small treat of dark chocolate if you want/need it, a lot of people eat it and a little can be healthy too!
Good luck in the 52DC!
truevioletta said,
February 10, 2009 @ 10:57 pm
Thank you Seedoggie!
It’s nice to have a little reassurance now and again. And also, I wasn’t sure if my blog was even working… I was just writing for myself really, lol. I’m new to all of this, so this is all just a fantastical experiment for me… to see what happens, even though I don’t really know what I’m doing or if I’m doing it right. All in all, it was cool to get my first comment. Thanks again, and see you on the forums for the Feb. 11th 52DC! It starts in 5 minutes!