So, I got up late today as Superbowl is on until 4am here in the UK so I had a later night last night and decided that I will be hungry for Day 3’s food so I changed my schedule to make sure that I could have something to eat during the game. Needs must and all that! I love NFL usually so not just a I only watch the Superbowl girl!
Anyway, onto the food blog…
Breakfast – Beans on Toast
1 Small Piece of Seeded Bread with 150g Baked Beans and a cup of Tea
Breakfast Nutrition: 225 calories; 4g Fat; 1.2g Saturated Fat; 32g Carbohydrates; 10.3g Sugars: 4.4g Fibre; 11.8g Protein and 1.5g Sodium
Morning Snack – Tuna and Coleslaw
1 can of tuna in spring water with 50g reduced fat coleslaw
Morning Snack Nutrition: 178 calories; 7.1g Fat; 1.3g Saturated Fat; 3.4g Carbohydrates; 3.2g Sugars: 0.1g Fibre; 2.4g Protein and 1.1g Sodium
This is quite nice actually as I love salad cream with tuna usually but having the veg in the coleslaw was quite refreshing.
Lunch – Chicken Satay Sticks with Peanut Butter Dip and a Plate of Salad
5 Small Chicken Satay Sticks heated with 15g of Peanut Butter and a Small Plate of Mixed Salad Leaves
Lunch Nutrition: 284 calories; 19.5g Fat; 4.8g Saturated Fat; 10.7g Carbohydrates; 5.4g Sugars: 2.5g Fibre; 20.6g Protein and 1.56g Sodium
I wish in hindsight that I had one less Satay stick to cut down the amount of fat I had in this meal. I had the taste of salad so the trick with this was to put a fork full of salad in then a chunk off a satay dipped in peanut butter. Made it tolerable!
Afternoon Snack – Prosciutto, Salami and Cheese Slices
2 Leerdammer Cheese Slices, 1 Slice of Prosciutto and 3 slices of Salami
Afternoon Snack Nutrition: 215 calories; 16.2g Fat; 9.2g Saturated Fat; 0.4g Carbohydrates; 0.2g Sugars: 0g Fibre; 17.4g Protein and 1.9g Sodium
In hindsight, I should have just had 1 cheese slice due to the fat content but I didn’t calculate as I went along – will do that tomorrow for definite!
Evening Meal – Chicken Kiev, Mixed Vegetables, Slice of Seeded Bread and Cheese Triangle
1 Cheese and Ham Chicken Kiev, 1 bag of Steamfresh Vegetables, 1 Small Slice of Seeded Bread and 1 Laughing Cow Reduced Fat Cheese Triangle.
Evening Meal Nutrition: 414 calories; 17g Fat; 4.2g Saturated Fat; 36.6g Carbohydrates; 6.6g Sugars: 5.4g Fibre; 26.3g Protein and 1.42g Sodium
I didn’t think much of the Chicken Kiev and wish I didn’t have such a cheap one that was in the freezer so if I expend my calories on one again, I think better quality is definitely needed!
Evening Snack – Hot Chocolate
One Hot Chocolate made with a 20g Flake and 240ml of Whole Milk
Evening Meal Nutrition: 258 calories; 14.1g Fat; 7.9g Saturated Fat; 23.3g Carbohydrates; 23.2g Sugars: 0.5g Fibre; 9.2g Protein and 0.5g Sodium
I wanted to give myself I knew I would look forward to and as this a gradual weight loss on a healthier lifestyle. I choose the hot chocolate! It was amazing and I knew I was within my calories. Shame about the fat and sugar though!
So, here are the grand totals for Day 2:
So, I improved on some and didn’t on others. It is hard work trying to suss it all as it is hard to get a perfect balance really. I would hope that over a week though I can hopefully meet some outcomes. If anything, as I said on yesterday’s food blog, it is all a learning curve and if it is making some differences in my health, that is more than an improvement for me to start with! Lifestyle, not diet remember!
Day 1 Total Nutrition – Calories – 1574; Fat – 77.9g (Saturated Fats – 28.6g); Carbohydrates – 106.4g (Of Sugars – 48.9g); Fibre -12.9g; Protein – 87.7g and Sodium – 7.98g
So, where did I go wrong? These figures are based on doing a 1750 calorie allowance a day…
Suggested 1750 calories daily – Had 1574 – Under But that won’t do me any harm as I still felt satisfied. (And tomorrow is Superbowl – so yeah! Fingers crossed!)
Suggested 38.8 – 68 grams fat daily – Had 77.9g (over 9.9g or 12.7%) Better than yesterday by 3.3% over. Still a lot better than I can imagine happened prior to this!
Suggested 19 grams saturated fat daily – Had 28.6g (over 9.6g or 50%) his is a hard one to master as they is so much of this stuff but still better than yesterday!
Sugars are recommended as 50 grams a day but this is added sugar and fruit and veg has so much natural of it in. But I did manage to stay in this today with 48.9 grams! Even with the treat of the Hot Chocolate!
Suggested 175 to 218.7 grams of carbohydrates daily – Had 106.4 – so under today but this is still an okay number – under 100 carbs can make you go into ketosis so this is okay.
Suggested on Body Weight is around 97.5 grams of protein a day – Had 87.7g (under 11%) – I felt like I had quite a bit today! Suppose proper chicken would have helped opposed to processed stuff in the Kiev and Satay Sticks!
Suggested 25 grams a day fibre with maximum 70 grams. Had 12.9 grams today so quite under.
Suggested 5 grams a day to 7 grams. Had 7.98 grams so over! Whoops – the protein, I blame the protein. No, I will have to look at this.
So, some high and lows for today. Aims for day 3, up the fibre and down the fats again!
How did everyone else get on today? Feel free to comment below.
Hansi xx
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