A much better day all around. Not only was it bright and sunny again, but I did get a good night’s sleep so was feeling more awake and motivated. I had a good morning working away at my desk, was able to eat quite sensibly, and had no problems doing my weight routine. Where it falls down a bit is with the dinner. Chicken curry with rice, salad and a couple of poppadoms doesn’t look like a lot of food on the plate, but it came in at over 800 calories and almost 30g of fat!
I always have this image of Asian food, from India to China to Thailand, as being healthier than traditional Western food. Which may or may not be true, but that doesn’t mean its low calorie! Until I came to England I had never considered having a curry as a regular meal, either as a take away or something made at home. Growing up I thought we did OK for international food at home – we had traditional Western meat and potatoes meals, but also Italian pasta, Mexican tacos and fajitas, “Chinese” stir fries and Ukrainian perogies and cabbage rolls. But the prairies in Canada were mainly settled by Europeans, so finding truly Asian meals like Indian curries and Japanese sushi was rather difficult. It’s changing now but I still remember the first time I had Japanese food was when I went to University in Vancouver in 1996.
This being the case I still view many Asian foods as occasional treats and as such am rubbish at estimating calories and fat grams in these meals. I’m sure there are lower calories versions, but for the moment I’d best keep my curries as occasional treats!
The Score:
Calories: | Protein: | Carbs: | Fat: | Alcohol: | Fibre: |
2193.34 | 129.01g | 269.61g | 65.67g | 0 | 24.85g |
24% | 49% | 27% | | ||
Calories burned through exercise: | 273 | |
What I ate:
Time | Item | Amount |
07:15 | 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 |
10:00 | Raspberry and Echinacea tea | 250mL |
10:30 | Brazil nuts | 6g |
Cashews | 17g | |
Satsumas | 105g | |
Irish Yoghurts Diet Strawberry | 125g | |
12:45 | Homemade cottage pie | 1 serving |
Alpro soya original | 200mL | |
Raw Tomato | 113g | |
Sainsbury's Be Good to Yourself chocolate mousse | 62.5g | |
13:15 | Green Tea | 250mL |
14:15 | Resistance workout | |
Strawberry lemonade Nuun electrolyte tablet in water | 750mL | |
15:15 | Sponser Chocolate Recovery Shake | 30g |
in Skim milk | 225mL | |
20:00 | Loyd Grossman Rogan Josh sauce with chicken added | 265g |
Tilda Lime & Coriander rice | 125g | |
Waitrose baby leaf salad | 25g | |
Sharwood’s plain poppadoms | 2 poppadoms | |
with Sharwood’s Mango chutney | 50g | |
22:00 | 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.
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