Mistiming my Treats

Timing is everything when managing snacking. My husband and I went to the movies last night but decided to hit the early show then have dinner afterwards. As the movie started at 5:30pm and I knew that meant we wouldn’t be getting dinner until at least 8:30, I felt perfectly justified in getting a bag of chocolates to have during the movie. Of course the theatre only sells large packages and as the movie progressed I found myself grazing my way through the whole thing, all 725 calories of it! I knew I had had way too much so I ate lightly at the restaurant, but if we had eaten first then gone to the movie there is no way I would have bought, let alone eaten, that much chocolate. I would have eaten more at the restaurant, but I would rather have an extra 200 or 300 calories of restaurant food and no chocolate than a small meal and over 700 calories of chocolate!

Worse than the calorie count was the lack of nutrients in my diet yesterday. With over 40% of my calories from cake and chocolate, it’s no surprise the balance was way off, with only 14% protein and 34% fat. And there was a distinct lack of fruit and vegetables, though all the dried fruit in the muesli I had for breakfast and in my fruit and seed mix probably adds up to a serving of fruit. Part of the problem is that I don’t seem to have gotten the timing and snacks right earlier in the day either. I was running out of the house trying to get to the shops before noon, so I only managed half my morning snack on the way, which meant I was really too tired to cook a proper lunch as planned. So lunch was a bit low on calories and protein, which led to my being hungry again less than 2 hours later.

So for me, getting back on track has a much to do with timing and planning as the actual things I eat.

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2308.20	81.13g	298.65g	87.32g	0	25.34g
	14%	52%	34%
Calories burned through exercise:		Rest Day

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
08:30	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 each
	Cold water	200mL
	Mattesson's Turkey rashers	3 rashers
	Gluten Free fruit muesli	70g
	Alpro Soy milk	120mL
	Sainsbury's pressed apple and cherry juice	200mL
09:30	Black Tea	500mL
11:00	Raspberry and Echinacea tea	250mL
11:30	Sainsbury's fruit and seed mix	17g
13:15	Sainsbury's Vegetable Dhansak soup	310g
	Genius brown bread toast	1 slice
	Irish Yoghurts Diet Fruits of the forest	125g
15:15	Sainsbury's fruit and seed mix	23g
	Sainsbury's Freefrom Mince Pies	1 pie
	Green Tea	250mL
16:00	Orange, mango and cinnamon tea	250mL
17:15	Aero Bubbles	135g pkg
20:30	Tony Roma's Original baby back ribs	4 ribs
	Tony Roma's steamed broccoli	1 serving
21:00	Camomile Tea	250mL

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