Friday, July 13, 2012

Food Diary - Day 3

As the weekend approaches so does my trip off the bandwagon!

It's Friday and not unlike almost every other Friday, we go to town after work.

Going to town after work = eating out!

Sometimes it is as simple as bringing home fast food.  Tonight we decided to go and eat at Boston Pizza.

My whole day in general was a bit off.  I took items to work that I knew were higher calorie than I would usually take, but did it with the mindset that I could have those couple yummy items OR have lots more so-so things.  I went with the yummy, of course.  This was before I knew we would go out for dinner.

So, in the spirit of keeping it real, here goes!

Breakfast:  (495 cal)


1 Lemon Cranberry Muffin
1 Chocolate Chip Granola Bar

Lunch:  (627 cal)

2 hot dogs (left over from dinner last night)
1tbsp. ketchup
2 cups raspberries

Dinner:  (896 cal)

1/2 starter size Ceaser salad
1/2 Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
1 order fries

Snacks:


NONE

Exercise for today - 35 minutes walking/running - 170 calories burned

NUMBER TOTALS FOR THE DAY:

Calories In - 2017
Calories Burned - 168

Over by 132 calories

Ok, so it's not too bad really right?  I am actually pretty impressed with myself.  First off, did you notice portion size of dinner?  I only really ate half of everything (other than the fries)  I am not a salad person, and this one was sort of, blech, not enough dressing and croutons for me, which probably worked in my favor.  As for the sandwich, I was pretty sure it was like a zillion calories and stopped at half.  The old, don't think about it me, would have stuffed herself with it.  Instead, I left pleasantly filled.

On an even better note, I FORCED myself to run tonight.  I felt guilty for not doing my complete run last night and also knew I was going to be over with my calories tonight, so I didn't want my numbers to be any larger than they had to be.

Had I not got on the treadmill, I would have been over by 300 calories!  So, essentially, I ran off my salad and bit more today.

How about you?    How do you manage when you go to eat out?

Until next time,

Amy

5 comments:

  1. The buffalo chicken sandwich sounds really yummy!! Good for you for dividing most of the meal in half!! I love reading your blogs, keep doing them!! I feel inspired by reading it. Oh the muffin sounds good too actually. Are they homemade?

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  2. oh by the way that comment was made by me- Lilreta Ladd

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  3. Wow, Amy - accountability has it's drawbaks and rewards, eh? I can't even do a log for a whole day nevermind a week! I'm anixious to see next Tuesday's blog post.. :) keep at it!

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  4. I found a Web site called Lose It! which enables me to track my food using my iPhone. I love it, it's really easy and even fun to use!To borrow from the Grateful Dead: keep on trackin'! (Sorry :> )

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  5. Not a great day but I'm proud of you for running even when you didn't want to - that's the kind of dedication that will help you lose the weight!

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