My diet for today began with:
1 slice 7-grain bread (71 calories)
orange marmalade (10 calories)
coffee with 1/4 c whole milk (37.5 calories)
1 c black grapes (113 calories)
Total breakfast: 231.5
Then, lunch.
Large salad:
2 c baby spinach (13 calories)
1/2 c tomato (16 calories)
1/2 c cuke (7 calories)
1/4 c roasted chicken breast (80 calories)
1/2 c granny smith apple (37 calories)
creamy poppyseed dressing (110 calories–yeowch!)
With a side of:
8 reduced fat Wheat-thins (65 calories)
2 T hummus (50 calories)
Total lunch: 378 calories
Afternoon snack was
3/4 c Dannon Fit&Lite strawberry yogurt (67.5 calories)
1 spiral string cheese (80 calories)
Total: 147.5 calories
For dinner was a soup I made up, so my measurements are not exact, but pretty close.
1 c black beans (198 calories)
1/4 c corn (34 calories)
1/4 c Rotel tomatoes (30 calories)
2 cloves garlic (?)
1/2 c roasted chicken (160 calories)
with a side of steamed carrots: (52 calories)
1/2 T butter (51 calories)
Dinner total: 525 calories
Then there was dessert:
1/2 c mint chocolate chip ice cream (160 calories)
Day’s Total Calories: 1442
Except for dinner, this was a pretty typical day. Normally, I would eat more at dinner, but I knew I was going to have ice cream with Nick tonight, so I didn’t have seconds. And I gotta say, while it was enlightening to check the calories, it was also a big pain.
See, that’s a good day and I LOVE that you could still have ice cream!
Keep up the good work!
Comment by Christy L. — March 15, 2007 @ 8:15 am