Once I started cycling and lifting weights, I had to increase my caloric intake by about 500 calories because I kept gaining weight on my prior 1400 calorie/day "diet". It feels like a real chore for me to hit 1900-2000 calories a day, especially with healthy food. But, I started dropping weight once I did.
Today I've had/plan to have:
B: cinnamon raisin bagel with 2 TBSP light cream cheese, coffee + creamer
S: strawberry nutrigrain bar
L: Salad with grilled chicken and a diet pepsi
S: an apple with a TBSP of peanut butter
D: Leftover Kielbasa with scalloped potatoes
hmm.. according to livestrong, I'm only at 1300 calories, and tonight's a ride night. crap. Guess I'll throw in some ice cream for dessert and a pre-ride snack.
Breakfast - one egg with whole grain toast, oj and coffee
Snack - Granola bar
Lunch - Broccoli and beef; rice
Dinner - Red leaf lettuce salad, with cucumbers, tomatoes, red peppers, blue cheese sprinkles, cut up ham, and olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing
Errrr . . . I just ate a bay of M&Ms.
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Breakfast-
1 cup banana nut cherrios with 1 tbsp melted peanut butter/coffee with splenda and hazelnut cream, 1 glass of water
Snack- none
Lunch- Mcalisters Peach Chipotle Wrap and fruit cup/water/diet coke
Snack- none
Dinner- 1/2cuprice/chx breast/1cupvegies/3 TBSP light 3chz ranch/crackers
Snack- sugar free pudding with strawberry cornflakes.
probably 1500 cals? idk.
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strength to beat those neverending flats!
Here's a general healthy eating guide:
It's anyone's guess as to how all the highly processed 'foods' we Americans tend to eat would fit into these categories.
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Where's the beer and wine food group???
Ugh another bad start today. My co-teacher brought me specifically a donut from Lamar's (heaven) without my permission. So I ate it. That was after 45 minutes swimming though sooo... still bad
Lunch:
A cup of Sweet and sour tofu stir fry (not that thick sweet and sour go
Steamed carrots
Low sodium egg drop soup
Afternoon snack: Banana
Ten mile leisurely bike ride
Dinner:
8 oz Silk light chocolate soymilk
8 oz orange juice
A bowl of brown rice scrambled with two eggs and plenty of kimchi <3
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I had one of my left over mushroom and black bean whole wheat burritos for lunch, with an apple. snack was string cheese.
When I got home, I ate one slice of whole wheat bread with a little soy nut butter. Then I went for a 2-3 mile hike in the conservation land, including an uphill portion that is about a 25% grade at 2 points.
Dinner was one chicken breast, rubbed with curry powder, with an apricot jam/lemon juice sauce, sauteed in olive oil. I ate about a cup of whole wheat couscous, and a salad with romaine, grape tomatoes, and a tsp of vinagrette dressing. I did have a glass of red wine and my dessert was as always, 2 squares of dark chocolate.
Today:
"pre-breakfast" (oh-dark-30 before a breakfast meeting) - 2 slices light whole wheat toast with homemade apple butter
breakfast - steel cut oats with 1/2 banana and 1 T brown sugar
snack - yogurt, coffee with chocolate soy milk
lunch - Flatout light Italian wrap with 3 oz turkey, lettuce, mushrooms
snack - grapefruit
dinner (as soon as I get home from work will be...)- 4 oz fish simmered with tomatoes, mushrooms & onions. Wild rice. Steamed broccoli & cauliflower. Big green salad with homemade balsamic vinaigrette. Depending upon my mood, I may skip the rice in favor of red wine. I only have 6.5 WW points left to spend on dinner, so I can't have both.