Redistributing My Calories

I think my comment yesterday about not getting enough calories during the day was closer to the truth than I originally thought. Yesterday I was in London for several business meetings followed by a catch up with some friends. Lunch was bit late and lighter than I anticipated – apparently I only got about 300 calories. Then I didn’t get my afternoon snack until 5pm, when I was starving. I did start with cherries and yoghurt, but I had stopped to pick up a couple of things in the grocery store on my way home and was unable to resist the chocolates on sale. And as I’ve demonstrated on numerous occasions, chocolates are a binge food for me; I can never eat just one or two. Thank goodness it was a small box!

I don’t mind the white chocolate mousse and one drink after dinner last night, that was an entirely appropriate Friday night treat, but an entire box of chocolates was 550 calories and 36g of fat I didn’t need. Normally I strive for three meals of about 450 calories each and two 200 calories snacks, one of which will usually be a recovery shake or bar after my workout. This means that I will have had 1100 calories after lunch and 1300 after my afternoon snack. However, I might need to re-think this even distribution, and have a few more calories earlier in the day and a lighter dinner. If I have at least 500 calories at lunch and few more calories in my snacks I’d still be around 1800 calories a day and maybe I would be better able to resist evening snacking. It’s worth a shot!

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2652.38	110.17g	304.30g	103.83g	7.80g	35.46g
	17%	46%	35%	2%
Calories burned through exercise:		Rest Day

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
07:30	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
	Sainsbury's Freefrom oats	50g
	with Sultanas	20g
	and walnuts	10g
	Sainsbury's pressed apple and cherry juice	200mL
09:30	Black Tea	500mL
10:30	Brazil nuts	6g
	Cashews	17g
	Plum	110g
12:15	Black tea	250mL
13:45	Pod Duck Szechuan soba with rice noodles	about 3/4
	Peppermint tea	250mL
17:00	Fresh cherries	110g
	Irish Yoghurts Diet Fruits of the Forest	125g
	Thornton’s premium chocolate collection	3 pieces
17:30	Raspberry and Echinacea tea	250mL
18:15	Thornton’s premium chocolate collection	3 pieces
18:45	Thornton’s premium chocolate collection	2 pieces
20:15	Turkey breast with Seeds of Change sweet and sour sauce	214g
	Tilda Lime and Coriander rice	125g
21:15	Waitrose white chocolate & morello cherry mousse	1 pot
	Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry	50g

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