Adding up the Calories

I had a lovely day in the centre of London yesterday. Did a bit of shopping in Covent Garden then went for lunch with a friend at a sushi restaurant, before spending the afternoon at the London Zoo. It turned into a very high calorie day with no workout, but I did spend at least 4 hours walking around rather than sat in front of my computer, so I’m not too concerned.

However, it’s worth noting where all those calories were coming from because it’s not always obvious. For example, the glass of port was only 80 calories, so not really a problem. While it is true that the chocolate bar and pavlova dessert added a good 500 calories to yesterday’s total, many of you may be surprised to learn that the 10 pieces of sushi I had for lunch were over 600 calories. Sushi has a reputation for being quite healthy as it is low in fat, and any fat it does contain is the good kind found in fish. The problem is that low fat does NOT mean low in calories, and white rice soaked in sweet vinegar is a carbohydrate bomb. Great if you are carb loading for a race the next day, not so much if you have no plans to workout. As well, I did feel the need for an isotonic sport drink as soon as I got home, as I’d only had one 750mL bottle of water all afternoon and was feeling very tired and a bit light headed, so that added 200 calories I would normally avoid.

So nothing that would really be a problem by itself, it’s the combination of everything that I need to be more aware of.

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2594.91	89.77g	373.69g	84.83g	8.0g	29.15g
	13%	57%	29%	2%
Calories burned through exercise:		Rest Day

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
07:45	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 each
	Cold water	200mL
	Whole Scrambled egg with 2 egg whites	3 eggs
	Mesa Sunrise cereal	60g
	Alpro Soy milk	120mL
	Sainsbury's pressed apple and cherry juice	200mL
08:30	Black tea	350mL
10:45	Seedless Red Grapes	100g
	Cashews	20g
13:30	Nigiri sushi	8 pieces
	Tuna Avocado roll	2 pieces
	Fresh pineapple	1 slice
	Green Tea	350mL
14:30	Reese's Peanut Butter Cups	3 cups
17:15	Sainsbury's fruit and seed mix	40g
19:00	Sponser Isotonic sportdrink, fruit mix	about 58g
	in water	750mL
19:30	Lee's Hippy Farm Beans (Leon's recipe book)	300g
	Homemade guacamole	45g
20:30	Cook Lemon and lime pavlova	85g
21:00	Graham's Port	50mL

Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.