Overdoing the Comfort Food

Had a very quiet, dull, dreary sort of day yesterday. I still felt tired and worn out from the weekend and utterly unmotivated, not to mention it was overcast and windy outside. I had planned to do a session of yoga after I got back from running errands in the afternoon, but found myself on the couch eating Doritos with cream cheese and watching TV instead. It didn’t help when my husband came home equally tired and equally ready to couch surf all evening. Good thing we don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day! (I get plenty of presents on my birthday a few days before instead).

I don’t really mind having the higher calorie count really. I probably won’t lose weight but it’s still around what I would eat to maintain my weight. With all the stress this week, eating a bit more and giving my body a break is no bad thing. However, I do mind how far off my nutrient balance has been over the past couple of days. On a rest week I really don’t need to be eating more than 30% fat, but I do need enough protein to recover fully from the last 3 weeks of hard training and help balance my blood sugar levels (and mood). Less than 100g of protein a day just isn’t going to cut it. Not to mention that the lack of protein and high sugar content of my lunch probably contributed to my need to snack later in the afternoon.

So enough with the clotted cream and jam on tea cakes with lunch, and time for more vegetables and lean protein.

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2045.65	89.47g	251.51g	74.64g	0	27g
	18%	49%	33%
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
	Mattesson's Turkey rashers	3 rashers
	Gluten Free fruit muesli	70g
	Alpro Soy milk	120mL
	Sainsbury's Orange, Mango and Passionfruit juice	200mL
08:30	Black Tea	500mL
10:30	Brazil nuts	6g
	Cashews	17g
	Fresh cherries	110g
	Raspberry and Echinacea tea	250mL
12:00	Lemon and ginger tea with honey	250mL
13:00	New Covent Garden Pea and Ham soup	300g
	Warburtons gluten free fruity tea cakes	1 bun
	with clotted cream	20g
	and strawberry jam	20g
16:15	Sainsbury's Fabulously Fruity Orchard fruits yoghurt	125g
	Doritos Hint of Lime corn chips	50g
	with Philadelphia light cream cheese with chives	71g
18:00	Orange, mango and cinnamon tea	250mL
20:15	Homemade chilli	350g
21:15	Ellactiva Chocolate Calcium Chew	1 chew
	500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 pill

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