Feeding my Fear

I had a very relaxing and enjoyable day yesterday. Woke up late and had a leisurely breakfast before going for a swim with my husband. Got back, had lunch, then took a nap. Puttered around for a bit before having an early dinner as we were going to the theatre later. 

My brother and sister in law had bought us tickets to see the play “The woman in Black” for Christmas, which is known as “the most terrifying live theatre experience in the world”. It was a brilliant play, with great acting and a good use of the set, but it certainly lived up to its billing! As usual I ordered a drink when we got to the theatre and my husband got us a bag of Minstrels to share during the show, which I thought would be ample treats for the evening. However, the atmosphere of tension and fear during the play had me so nervous I was mainlining the chocolates without a second thought, so they were gone well before intermission. Where I got an ice cream and can of Pringles so I could continue to sooth my nerves!

Clearly I have stress eating issues, though I have to say my treat choices were particularly poor last night as well. I know half of a big bag of Minstrels is 400 calories, but who knew one tiny 130mL pot of ice cream could have 280 calories and almost 15g of fat (though given that, it’s no wonder it tasted so good!)? Having said that, it was very exceptional circumstances and all the sugar and fat was partially offset by the rest of my diet yesterday and the swim in the morning. And I’m sure the sugar rush contributed to my enjoyment of the evening!

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2562.85	106.99g	300.97g	95.64g	12.4g	28.75g
	17%	47%	34%	3%
Calories burned through exercise:		250

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
10:15	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
	Heinz Beanz, reduced sugar and salt	185g
	Mushrooms	100g
	in butter	5g
	Raw tomato	120g
	Sainsbury's pressed apple and cherry juice	100mL
10:45	Black Tea	500mL
12:00	30 min swim
13:15	Sponser Protein Snack bar	1 bar
	Orange Nuun electrolyte tablet in water	750mL
14:00	Chicken and butternut squash risotto	240g
	Beets	106g
	and Parsnips	88g
	roasted and brushed with olive oil	7mL
17:00	Green Tea	250mL
18:15	Baked salmon	100g
	Merchant Gourmet Red and White Quinoa	100g
	Kraft Light Honey Mustard dressing	10g
	Stir fried Kale	33g
	in butter	3.5g
20:00	Cranberry and vodka	300mL
	Galaxy Minstrels	about 85g
21:00	Beechdean honey and ginger ice cream	130mL
	Pringles cheese and onion potato snacks	40g

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