My Worst Diet Day of the Year

I think Murphy has it out for me this time: the first day I start blogging my diet diary I have more trouble finding gluten free food than I have in years. I have spent the last three days at The Cycle Show in Birmingham (http://www.cycleshow.co.uk/) and I find one of the worst places to find gluten free food is at conference centres and trade shows. The catering at most trade shows runs high to typical fast food: burgers, fish and chips, and sandwiches. And if you stay over several days, it just isn’t convenient to bring a packed lunch. But to make matters worse we then went from the Cycle Show to the National Track Cycling Championships (http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/track) in Manchester yesterday afternoon. When we stopped for lunch at a roadside services all they had were pies, lasagne, fish and chips, and a selection of sandwiches. I had some beef jerky and crisps as a snack, thinking we would stop for a proper meal when we got to Manchester. Unfortunately we hit traffic and didn’t reach the National Cycling Centre until just before the event started at 5pm. And if there is anywhere worse for gluten free food options than a conference centre, it has to be a sports arena!

I think this would be classed as the low point, so onwards and upwards!

The Score:

Calories	Protein	Carbohydrates	Fat	Fibre
2462.51	77.11	334.72	87.78	20.13
	12.53%	54.37%	32.08%

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
08:00	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate
	Poached eggs	2
	Baked beans	175g
	Mushrooms	80g
	in butter	5g
	Tomatoes	100g
	Gluten free bread	1 slice
	with maragirine	5g
	and honey	1/2 tbsp
	Fruit salad	about 180g
	Apple juice	100mL
	Black Tea	300mL
	with milk	30mL
	and sugar	8g
12:20	Brazil nuts	8g
	Cashews	17g
13:30	Wild West Original Beef Jerky	22g
	Fairfields Farm Cheese and Chive Crisps	40g
	New Covent Garden Red Berry Fruit Blend smoothie	250mL
16:30	Beef pattie	about 4 oz
	Chips	1 serving
	Coke	500ml
19:00	Crunchie bar	1 bar
	Coke	500ml