Monday Monday 1971 Calories

Today I'm outlining my menu for tomorrow...You'll notice that the bulk of my calories are consumed at lunch.  I have two snacks after breakfast and eat a late lunch, so my dinner is light.  It's also "fast" since I'll be on the go.

The day is fairly balanced even if the meals are not completely in proper percentages, though I can't get too nutty about it at this stage.  In the quantities I use, this is eight servings of fruits and vegetables...so that's good. I'm still new at this.

My end of day totals bring me to these numbers in grams---and all come in below my target for my current weight unless noted:

• Total Fat:  59
• Sat Fat: 15
• Cholesterol: 125
• Fiber: 23 (I'd like to get closer to 30 and suspect my sprouted bean salads have more, but I went low since I wasn't sure and couldn't find exact data on-line)
• Protein: 67 (higher than my preferred 50)
• Sugars: 62 (Oops. Over by 12-but this is not refined sugar of course. Plain yogurt has 14 sugars a serving by itself.)  
• Carbohydrates: 127 (I'm allowed 200!)

Breakfast Smoothie:
1 cup low-fat organic yogurt
1 cup organic frozen strawberries
1 scoop whey protein powder
1 tsp. raw organic cocoa nibs (totally raw and no sugar 100% cacao)

Snack:
1/2 ounce walnuts   

Snack:
1/2 mango
1 ounce white cheddar cheese
1 slice low calorie whole wheat bread

Lunch:  You'll die at how much food this is when you see the pictures.
Three jumbo overstuffed homemade fresh spring rolls. 
These are my new specialty and so refreshing. I use 3 spring roll wrappers (not egg roll wrappers-they are much higher in calories), mango, avocado, sprouted bean salad mix, cilantro, sesame oil, crab or ground turkey and mung bean thread. I do not need a dipping sauce because the sesame oil I use to season the sprouts and bean threads is so flavorful.  I'll post a picture tomorrow after I make them. I eat them fresh and do not fry them of course. You've probably had bean thread noodles...they are white and often mistakenly called cellophane noodles, but cellophane noodles are clear.  I love their stretchy texture.

Dinner:
Subway low-fat ham sub (six inches) with cheese-no mayo, no oil and a ton of extra veggies...a ton.  
Spouted Bean salad leftover from spring roll filling

Snack:
1/2 ounce peanuts and a small apple  

OK, so that's it...but it's so much. I never realized how on the past when I've said I've eaten a "healthy lunch", how off I was...so many hidden calories.

I'm still embarrassed about posting what I consider to be a really low exercise goal. I think it's the old  braggart compulsive exerciser in me rearing her head.

I find that even being out of shape and easily winded, I still have to stop myself from pushing it. I just have a hard time seeing anything less than a five mile walk as even remotely beneficial.  This is the way of thinking that has not served me well. Though, I do look forward to the days when I can up my mileage.

I love hiking and walking and once some of the weight is off, I can't wait to get back into a good and more satisfying routine. So far exercise and limiting it has been my biggest struggle. 

Comments

[Angela]

That's amazing and it all sounds delish! I was worried that the Subway Sub wouldn't have cheese- you can't have a sub w/o cheese!

[Angela]

I meant to tell you-check out rachel ray's website and search Sloppy Veg Head. It's a vegetarian sloppy jo that is sooo yummy, we eat it almost every week!

[Laura]

Angela, I had to add cheese...a sub without cheese is just not going to happen. I could do without the meat and just have cheese!

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