Food Diary Day 2
I was maticulously taking notes over the weekend about what I was eating and it was not good, to say the least. Moving. Ugh. No food in the house, then eating out, and running for snacks. Plus physical activity like that makes me hungry! Lots of leftover pizza and junk. Unforch, I lost the random piece of paper I was keeping track on. If I can find it I'll add on here for Saturday and Sunday. For now, here's Monday -
1 cup coffee (at home)
1 plain bagel with strawberry jam
8 oz water
Romaine salad w croutons & parmesan, half lite ranch dressing, half fat free balsamic
dinner roll
12 oz diet pepsi
8 oz water
1 banana
8 oz water
3 triscuit crackers
1 small laughing cow wedge of light swiss
Dinner is a little hazy!
3 (?) 4(?) small cocktail glasses of sangria
2 pieces of bread dipped in olive oil
1 slice of buffalo mozzarella, 1 slice of prucciuto, 1 cherry tomato
1/2 entree tortolloni w procuttio and peas in pink sauce
8 oz water
1 slice Entenmann's Louisianna Crunch cake
8 oz water
Comments
Speaking from experience... your food diary will be a lot more effective if you also include calorie counts. calorieking.com is a great source for that, but most commercial restaurants have calorie counts online too. Even McDonald's is starting to print calorie counts on wrappers.
When it comes down to it... if your goal is to lose weight, calories matter most. If your goal is to get healthier, then you want to pay attention to the quality of those calories too. But really, losing weight is a numbers game.
I've lost 10 pounds since the beginning of the summer just by counting calories. Still eating junk food occasionally. Still exercising the same amount. Just paying more attention to the numbers. And realizing that most sandwiches, salads, etc. you can buy for lunch are double a normal serving... cutting portions in half has really made a huge difference for me.
P.S. Excel might be a better option for a diary, then you can calculate average intake (and weight loss) over time. Fluctuations happen, it's the long-term averages that matter.