Sunday, January 8, 2012

Day One

Now marks a more technical portion of this blog. I will be charting my food and activity every day. I am having a hard time uploading pictures of the foods I ate today, but in the future plan to post pictures of the food as well.

I use www.livestrong.com, it helps me track what I'm eating via my iPhone so that it's virtually impossible for me to lose track of what I've eaten. Today, I did not do so well, I was way under on my calories and had some bad foods tossed in - this is reality, it happens. It's important to ingest the proper amount of calories, especially when you're working out (as I am 5 days a week, the 2 days off are spread out on Tuesday and Saturday). This needs improvement and with time it will get there.

Breakfast/post-workout:
Protein Shake (1 scoop of whey protein powder + H2O)
1/2 lg. banana

Lunch:
Morningstar Spicy Black Bean "burger" + mustard
1/2 lg. roasted carrot
1/2 roasted russet potato

Afternoon Snack:
Morningstar Corndog + mustard

Dinner:
1 slice mesquite smoked turkey
3 baby carrots
1/2 c. spinach
bowl of fruit: fresh pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries - sprinkled with 1 packet of Truvia

Special treat:
1/2 bag of Homestyle popcorn
1 c. diet coke


This is what my chart looks like after calculating gym time:
Training:
Elliptical: 10 mins.
Weight lifting (free weights, machine): 45 minutes
Estimated calories burned: 724

Daily Intake Totals


Cals: 862
Fat: 21 g
Cholesterol: 70 mg
Sodium: 1667 mg
Carbs: 155 g
Fiber: 23 g
Protein: 60 g
Sugars: 57 g
Your Recommended Daily Allowance based on a 2,000 calorie diet scaled to your calorie goal. 
Cals: 1569
Fat: 51 g
Cholesterol: 235 mg
Sodium: 1883 mg
Carbs: 235 g
Fiber: 20 g
Protein: 39 g
Sugars: 36.11
I have a lot of work ahead of me!

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