March 19, 2013: What I Ate (Day Two)

March 19, 2013

Green Drink

Pure Synergy: 45 calories, no fats

Breakfast:

•1/2 cup fresh blueberries (frozen, then thawed): 35 calories, 0.1 gram saturated fat, no trans fats

•1/2 cup Cascadian Farm Organic cereal: 67 calories, no trans or saturated fats

•1/4 cup Almond Breeze almond milk:  10 calories, no trans or saturated fats

Snack:

•1 banana: 105 calories, 1 percent daily value of saturated fats, no trans fats

• 8 whole almonds: 41 calories. 1 percent daily value saturated fats, no trans fats

Lunch:

•Tasty Taco original (aka: Fell Off the Wagon): 520 calories, 12 grams of saturated fat, no trans fats

• 1/2 cup red grapes: 60 calories, no trans or saturated fats 

Snack:

• 1 cup broccoli: 25 calories, no trans or saturated fats

• 2 tbsp. Roasted Garlic Hummus: 60 calories, no trans or saturated fats

Juice:

• 2 carrots (52 calories), 1 stalk of kale (34 calories), 1/8 red cabbage (14 calories), 1/2 apple (58 calories): 158 calories

Dinner: 

• California roll (sushi): 255 calories, no trans or saturated fats

• 5 oz merlot: 122 calories, no trans or saturated fats

• sourdough bread: 160 calories, no trans or saturated fats

• butter: 72 calories, 26 percent daily value of saturated fat, no trans fats.

Exercise:

55 minutes brisk walking (burned 236 calories)

TOTAL: 

1735 calories

27 percent daily value of saturated fats

3 servings of fruits, 2+ servings of vegetables, plus juice and green drink

1735 calories consumed minus 236 burned = 1509

Stats

At my height (5' 9.5"), I could consume 1693 calories a day and stay at the same weight (168 pounds), so today was a bit of a wash. Exercise did help.  The lunchtime taco did not.

Writing this all down, however, is an excellent exercise—it helps keep me on track and makes me acknowledge reality. Hope it helps some of you.

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