Keeping the calories up

I admit that my calorie and nutrient counts for yesterday are pretty much guesses. One of the downsides of doing this food diary is the lack of nutritional information available when I eat out. Most chain restaurants do list the nutritional information on their websites but for some reason La Tasca is not one of them (neither do Carluccio’s - both of these are good places for the gluten free diner as gluten free dishes are clearly marked on their menus and they do have a decent selection). In fact, I can’t think why La Tasca would be reluctant to publish such information, as by my estimation my lunch yesterday was less than 550 calories, with plenty of vegetables and lean protein. But maybe my estimation is way off and should they publish the information I would discover its really 800 calories and 40g of fat. Once again, never underestimate restaurant calories!

Of course the real problem yesterday was in the evening. I ended up forgetting to pack an afternoon snack and was in a mostly residential area with no shops (and knew I wouldn’t be home until at least 7:00pm), which is how I ended up grabbing some M&M’s at the only newsagents I could find. Then my husband and I were both too tired to cook so I had left-over prawn stir fry and lentils – very healthy. Him? He ordered pizza. And it smelled wonderful and just made me crave the same, even though I’d already eaten. Cue the after dinner chocolates and cookies!

So once again, thank goodness I went for a run yesterday morning!

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2548.22	133.82g	302.80g	83.0g	7.8g	28.05g
	21%	48%	29%	2%
Calories burned through exercise:		571

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
07:45	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 each
	Cold water	200mL
	Sainsbury's Be Good to Yourself smoked bacon medallions	68g
	Nairn's Gluten Free Porridge oats	40g
	with Sultanas	20g
	Sainsbury's orange, mango and passionfruit juice	200mL
08:30	Black Tea	500mL
09:30	Easy Run - 40 minutes
10:30	Lemon Lime Nuun electrolyte tablet in water	750mL
11:00	Total Greek yoghurt	125g
	Sainsbury's frozen mixed blueberries and strawberries	100g
	Sponser vanilla Recovery Shake	20g (1 scoop)
	mixed with skim milk	150mL
13:00	La Tasca Langostinos a la plancha	1 serving
	La Tasca Paellla Valenciana	1/2 serving
	La Tasca Ensalata Mixta	1 serving
	La Tasca Pisto Manchego	1/2 serving
	La Tasca Tortilla Espanola	1/2 serving
	Pot of Black Tea	500mL
16:45	Peanut M&M's	85g
19:15	Quality Street chocolates	3 pieces
19:30	King Prawn Stir Fry with Oyster Sauce	310g
	Merchant Gourmet tinned puy lentils	105g
	Alpro Soya Original	200mL
20:00	Quality Street chocolates	3 pieces
20:15	Cadbury Heroes chocolates	30g
20:30	Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry	50g
	Prewetts Shortbread Christmas Trees	2 cookies

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