I hope it's okay if I jump in and start posting here! I got really caught up in weight loss, and I realized a few days ago that I haven't been eating enough. I'm trying to overhaul my eating habits so that I'm getting enough calories AND enough nutrients and such, and I think this thread will help me stay accountable. I'm trying to eat between 1200 and 1300 calories a day. Honestly, if I go over, that's fine, but I MUST reach at least 1200 a day.
breakfast: banana - 105 calories
snack: clementines, black coffee - 50
lunch: salad, toasted bread and butter, Spanish rice, stir fry vegetables, milk - 495
snack: kiwi, yogurt - 206
dinner: spinach salad with cheese and pecans - 388
after dinner: two pieces of gum - 8
I have to jump on this thread cos I'm dying to get some accountability! I started a diet today (Rice Diet Solution) but I did the very stupid thing of not eating breakfast, which meant that I was starving from about 4 o clock even though I'd already eaten my three allowed meals! So my day ended up looking like:
Breakfast: Cup of Tea
Lunch: Wild rice with soy sauce
Dinner: Potato (mashed in skim milk) with kale
Snacks: 1 apple, 1 plum, 1 diet coke, 6 glasses water
...
Thats when it all went downhill because I was so hungry!
Non plan foods: poached egg w/2 slices multigrain toast and smear of butter
Ramekin dish of low fat rice pudding (homemade with skim milk and just a sprinkle of sugar)
And then I just said feck it and had 2 squares of chocolate!
(and also half hour dog walk for exercise)
I added it all up on Fitday and it came to around 1500, which is reasonable, but tomorrow I'm going to try and do it right and eat breakfast so I don't end up eating off plan! I think I realised that I need around 1500 right now since I havent dieted in a while, I need to get my belly used to less food!
Sorry about the mini-rant, everyone's posts are so healthy and on plan, its really inspiring!
Tomorrow (a copy of today):
B - Protein Shake
~ 170 Calories
S - Yogurt and Coffee
~ 210 Calories
L - Tuna Sandwich w/ 1 Cup OJ Watered Down
~ 330
S - Banana
~ 100 Calories
D - Fish "Fried", Rice, Green Beans
~ 410 Calories
Total 1220 Calories (I may move around my snacks and have a banana in the morning with my coffee and almonds in the afternoon...gives me some room to do so )
I could have sworn that I posted yesterday, but it seems my post is gone. I wonder if it was deleted for some reason.
Well, today:
Tofu/veggie scramble + Spinach and Daiya- 190
Cantaloupe- 55
Vegan/Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcake- 350
(I really have no idea how much the cupcake was; I made them home made for my mother with a variety of non-wheat flours that I'm having trouble with the calorie counts for, so this is just a guess for a small frosted cupcake.)
Chickpea cutlet- 220
Roasted potato mix- 175
Barbecue sauce- 35
Shirataki noodles- 40
Tofu- 90
Miscellaneous(to account for broth, sauce, or an amount of mushrooms or veggies I might include)- 50
Banana- 110
Total: 1,315