I actually think this was not a bad day considering everything that was going on, despite the rather high calorie and fat count. In the afternoon I had a business networking event/party, which involved loads of canapés and a couple of free drinks, as well as lunch. I had pre-ordered to make sure I had gluten free food (I chose the fish as my main with the cheese plate for afters), and I managed to avoid the alcohol. However, the canapés presented a few challenges. First, there were very few gluten free options (lots of mini quiches and spring roll type things) and the staff were unable to guarantee the safety of those that should be gluten free (like the vegetable dips). So that made me nervous. But the second part was the thought of having to record everything I ate at the party. Doing this food diary has made me much more conscious of what I eat all the time, and how hard some things are to score nutritionally. On the one hand, it probably kept me from overindulging in party nibbles yesterday, which is a good thing. But on the other hand, it is no longer a good representation of how I normally eat, as without the diary I probably would have tried a couple of carrot sticks in dip or cubes of goat’s cheese.
Of course in hindsight, I really should have had something as we didn’t sit down to lunch until almost 3pm! Then I had the problem of too few carbohydrates with lunch, which meant I was hungry again an hour later – hence the snack bar. After we got home, we had leftover chilli and guacamole for dinner, which was great. Unfortunately I was unable to resist the call of the Doritos while watching a movie with my husband. But hey, it was a Saturday night! Thank goodness I worked out in the morning, as even with all the cheese and Doritos, after you subtract my exercise calories from the total I am still below 1800 calories for the day. Proof that proper planning can prevent a total calorie meltdown!
The Score:
Calories: | Protein: | Carbs: | Fat: | Alcohol: | Fibre: |
2120.01 | 112.91g | 227.95g | 72.06g | 15.5g | 25.8g |
21% | 43% | 31% | 5% | ||
Calories burned through exercise: | 405 |
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 | 1 each |
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 |
09:45 | Workout - resistance training | |
Citrus Nuun electrolyte tablet in water | 500mL | |
11:00 | Seedless Red Grapes | 100g |
Sponser chocolate Recovery Shake | 20g (1 scoop) | |
mixed with skim milk | 150mL | |
15:00 | Plaice fillet | 1 fillet |
Roasted new potatoes | 5 halves | |
in butter | 10g | |
Rocket Salad with tomatoes | about 1/2 cup | |
15:45 | Stilton | about 30g |
Brie | about 25g | |
Cheddar | about 20g | |
Seedless Red Grapes | 50g | |
Apple | 1/4 section | |
16:15 | Green tea | 500mL |
17:30 | Sponser Protein Snack bar | 1 bar |
19:30 | Home made chili | 250g |
Home made guacamole | 100g | |
Red Wine | 150mL | |
22:30 | Doritos Cool Original corn chips | 40g |
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