Tuesday, April 20, 2010

What is my diet based on?

Just so you know my diet is inspired by Jillian Michaels' Making the Cut "High Oxidizer" Diet and also the Oxygen magazine diet of Spring 2009. The idea is to eat small frequent meals, mostly protein and vegetables with a bit of whole grain carbs. Also, the idea is to limit calories according to a formula, according to height, weight, gender, activity level etc (The formula said about 1350 calories for me in Making the Cut). I plan to limit my calories from 1200-1600 per day. Restaurant days will be at the high end. Other days will be at the low end.

Day 2 Trip to T&T supermarket for food

Today I forgot to record my weight.

On the positive side I visited T&T supermarket and bought some healthy food.

Today’s Food

Breakfast 715 am

frozen blueberries 230 grams 117 calories
1 M&M meat chicken Portobello 142 grams 160 calories

Snack 11 am

1/2 piece rye/soy bread 45 calories

Lunch 1240
pork liver 225 grams 371 calories
olive oil 30 ml 240 calories
chopped onion 100 grams 40 calories
shiitake mushrooms 125 grams 48 calories
salt pinch


Dinner 530pm

1 tomato 230 grams 54 calories
1 banana 27 calories
Cashews, salted 30 grams 170 cal
Water
Total 1272 calories

Monday, April 19, 2010

Preparing for day two: Pacing myself

My goal for tomorrow is to allow myself more time to get to places, get ready, etc so I'm not late again.
Today I was late for bootcamp. Sometimes I try so hard, I make a mistake and flub. Other times I'm just careless. There's something to relaxing, and pacing myself so things come easier.

Day one of challenge

Starting Weight 152.2 lbs

(height 5'6'', bootcamp 3 days a week)
after breakfast
(will be weighing myself each day at same time so you can see my progress)

Most food was weighed, packaged, and/or calculated the night before.
Calorie counts are done from a calorie counting book, the packaging, and use of a kitchen scale.

Breakfast 730am

Vitamins
1 Vit D 1000 iu
1 folic acid o.4 mg (this was given to me, so I'm finishing it up so not to waste it)
1 calcium 333 mg/magnesium 167 mg/vit D 130 iu blended pill
1 London Drugs store brand multivitamin

Metamucil (orange, sugar free) 1 spoonful with about 2-3 cups water
needed because of the effect of the vitamins

2 soft boiled eggs 154 cal
1 glass bottled Starbucks mocha frappuccino 180 cal

11ish snack
20 grams cheddar 80 cal
1 piece of rye/soy bread 90 cal
85 grams carrots 35 cal

Lunch 1pm

100 grams baked chicken breast (preflavoured) 100 cal
70 grams snap peas 60 cal
20 grams cheddar 80 cal

Afternoon snack 415pm
frozen fruit juice bar 100 cal

Dinner 445 pm

1 piece bread rye/soy bread 90 cal
20 grams 80 cal cheddar
125 grams chicken breast (preflavoured) 125 cal

After workout snack 830 pm

1/2 slice rye/soy bread 45 cal
5 grams butter 35 cal

Total Calories (if my math is right) 1254 cal

Sunday, April 18, 2010

To succeed be prepared

Today is Sunday and tonight to get started on my challenge I'm going to do some grocery shopping, meal planning and meal prep for the next week.