Diet Goals for December

Once again I was doing fine yesterday until I decided to have a treat after dinner and then couldn’t stop at one! I was at just over 1650 calories for the day but was feeling a bit low after dinner and after 2 brownies I topped out at 2072 calories. Fortunately I had a rather large workout earlier in the day where I burned over 500 calories, which offsets the brownies to some extent.

I think this is going to be the theme this month. I’m going to try to stick to my normal diet as much as possible but we both know the closer it gets to Christmas the harder that’s going to be, and I know better than to try to eat lightly the last 10 days of December. I would rather enjoy myself, and worrying about losing weight is not condusive to relaxation and enjoyment of all that seasonal food. So I will put in all the hard work in the gym and on the road for the first three weeks of the month, then I’ll stop worrying about it. I’m pretty sure a lost a couple of pounds in November (weight and measurements tomorrow!) so my goal for December will simply be not to gain any weight. I’ll stick to my usual 1800 calories per day, divided between 25% protein, 45% carbohydrates, 30% fat, and 25g of fibre, as much as possible, trying to eat a bit less on my rest days. Of course my next rest week is the week before Christmas so I don’t think I’ll manage to keep the calories as low as I did during the last one! But as we are not going away this year, with any luck I will be spending plenty of time in the gym with my husband between Christmas and New Year’s.

So this month’s goal: To enjoy Christmas without gaining any weight and to offset the treat calories with plenty of exercise.

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2072.95	126.73g	229.36g	72.10g	0	30.90g
	25%	44%	31%
Calories burned through exercise:		505

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
	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
10:00	Black Tea	500mL
11:00	Brazil nuts	6g
	Cashews	17g
	Red Apple	about 100g
11:30	Raspberry and Echinacea tea	250mL
13:15	Genius brown bread toast	2 slices
	Princes Tuna chunks (in brine, drained)	66g
	with Hellmann's light mayonnaise	13g
	and Branston gherkin relish	10g
	Spinach	30g
	Raw tomato	110g
	Kraft Light Honey Mustard dressing	10g
	Irish Yoghurts Diet Pear and Mango	125g
14:30	Resistance workout + 30 minute bike
	Lemon-Lime Nuun electrolyte tablet in water	750mL
16:00	Sponser Protein Snack bar	1 bar
19:00	Orange, mango and cinnamon tea	250mL
20:30	Homemade beef stew	460g
	Mrs Crimble's Gluten Free Double chocolate brownies	2 brownies

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