Today’s Diet Plan
Following on from my post about tracking my diet, I thought I’d post a list of what I’ve been eating, so here’s my food diary from Monday.. A typical day in the life of Alan.
Breakfast
- 1 portion of M&S Delicious Nutty Crunch cereal
- 3 tablespoons of yoghurt – homemade with skimmed milk
- 1 mug latte – homemade with unsweetened Soya Milk
Mid Morning
- 1 mug latte – homemade with unsweetened Soya Milk
Lunch
- 2 slices of Sunflower and Pumpkin Seed Wholemeal bread
- 1 smoked mackerel fillet
- 1 handful of home grown salad leaves
- 6 home grown cherry tomatoes
- half home grown green pepper
- half home grown cucumber
- 250 ml Beet-it Organic Beetroot Juice
Mid Afternoon Snack
- 1 persimmon fruit
- 1 banana
- 1 pear
Dinner
- Spinach & Feta Pie – Home grown Spinach, Feta Cheese, Eggs, Filo Pastry, Cheddar Cheese
- Raw, grated carrots
- Boiled Home Grown New Potatoes
- Homemade Smoothie – Pear, Home grown blackcurrants, Home grown raspberries, Orange Juice
- 6 Cherries
Supper
- Toasted Sunflower and Pumpkin Seed Bread (2 slices)
- 1 tbsp Lemon Cheese
- Mug Instant Hot Chocolate
Not a bad day really and I’m loving the fact that so much of it is fresh, quality, home grown produce. The fact that I’m tracking my diet means that I probably ate quite a lot less than I would if I weren’t keeping a record. According to my current diet tracking app of choice, MyFitnessPal, that ended up being:
- Calories: 2357 kcal with 56% from carbs, 31% from fat and 12% from protein.
- Carbs: 359 grams
- Fat: 87 grams
- Protein: 82 grams
- Sugar: 128 grams
- Salt: 2001 mg
As I said though, this was a fairly good day and I didn’t do any training so food intake was much lower than usual. The day before my calorie intake was almost double this at 4278 kcal, but I did swim for an hour in the pool, cycle for 90 minutes and swim for 25 minutes in the sea.
It may seem silly and I won’t track my diet indefinitely, but doing it every now and then for a week or so helps to keep me on track and makes me think about what I’m actually eating. For me, having a record of such things helps me keep it under control and also shows me where I should and could make changes.
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