I recently was inspired my Trina @
Ah Me So Hongry to begin tracking what I eat. As I've said in previous posts
The Fat Smash Diet does not require any type of calorie counting but I know that writing helps keep me on track. Plus if I am doing something wrong...I can figure out what I am doing or not doing. I've began utilizing the online tool called
My Plate @ LiveStrong.com. I realize that on the days I feel I am "eating well" I am usually consuming less than 1,000 calories! I know this is on the LOW side and could be a culprit in me not dropping the pounds as quickly as I would like. However, these are days where had I not been tracking I'd otherwise feel like OMG I AM ON IT! Let's examine today for example.
Today I ate:
- Breakfast: 4 clementines (these were so sweet!) & 1 Dannon Lit & Fit Yogurt
- Lunch: Caesar Salad with Ken's Light Dressing (no meat, back to Phase I remember)
- Dinner: Black beans and brown rice (approx 1.5 cups), Cantaloupe
- Snacks: Jell-O Sugar Free Pudding, Apple Bites package, Quaker Lowfat Oatmeal Raisin Granola Bar, Extra Fruit Sensations gum
- Water...
So - I've only consumed about 950 calories today total. And that was with me concentrating on eating more! Ordinarily I would think
"Wow, I did awesome today!!!" I mean I had plenty of water, ate 5 servings of fruits/veggies, plus I worked out today!
But I simply don't think I am eating enough!!! I will be adding protein smoothies to my daily diet as a post-workout rebuilder. So that will give me an extra 160 calories. I feel like I have to really concentrate to make sure that I don't undereat. Like I could easily just have fruit alone as snacks but if you remove the pudding and granola bar then I'm right back at being under my daily target; I want to always eat at least 1000-1200 calories. From my education and research, consuming less calories than that is just not healthy!!!
I guess I just have to find my balance and have more growing to do to learn HOW to eat healthy.
***NEW THOUGHT: perhaps it is harder since I've gone back to phase I...I'm sure once I have meat again, those numbers will jump up!!!*** Even the days I am eating meat, I will need to practice to find my balance, but realizing that I am not eating an entire food group right now makes me feel better about my "numbers." :-)
Jess & Trina - I love your responses on my
March Goals post! Can't wait to see how we all do!
I under eat on days I don't track. I always Wow I did great today but then if I were to go back and figure it out I would see it wasn't nearly enough and as it turns out that will a week that I don't get good results on the scale.
ReplyDeleteit looks like you are eating a nice healthy assortment - right now my problem tends to be on the other side - eating too much
ReplyDeleteHaha, can't say I ever this problem. Usually for me it's like, "Crap, it's dinner time and I've already had 1000 calories!" :) But yeah, I think once you're eating meat again that should help for sure. Or even just maybe try to add a bit more to your breakfast--fruit and yogurt really isn't much.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments on my blog!