I planned on having a healthy lunch, but after a very long meeting decided to "just grab something quick". I spent a lot of time wondering what that could possibly be when you factor in health. It's so difficult to guess what's in prepared food. I've read that most people grossly underestimate the caloric content of the food they're ordering or even the food they've prepared themselves. I've become very wary of restaurant food after this week! My growling stomach won and I bought a medium container of a salad/chicken combo from a deli. It tasted fantastic, but I don't really know what I ate and that bothers me greatly! Sparkpeoples recipe calculator can only factor what you enter, and I could only guess...So lunch may be right on, or way off! But being aware is half the battle.
I also let myself get too hungry today. The late night oatmeal put me over my calorie count. Who would think oatmeal is 150. cal's per 1/2 cup!! ouch! It was terribly good tho, and good for my heart!
Here's the count - a bit ugly today as far as health is concerned...
Breakfast:
yep! the usual
Lunch:
1 C. approx. chicken/veggie deli salad. flavored with a oil/vinegar type dressing
I estimated 2 T. of dressing (it wasn't drenched)
Dinner:
4 oz. whole wheat pasta
1. c. pasta sauce - veggie
1 skinny slice garlic bread
Snack:
1 med. banana
1 C. oatmeal
Here's the breakdown
1,616. cal consumed
1,677. BMR
76. cal burned in exercise (yep-it was a tight day for exercise! I'm counting the long trek to my car up a hill into my meeting...honestly, it was a long way!)
-137 differential...whew! almost didn't make it today. That's what you get for turning on the hunger monster! I shouldn't wait so long to eat. Planning ahead is way more healthy.
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