Friday, Feb 17 Weight Loss Journal

Wow - so I had under 1,000 calories yesterday!!! And by the time I realized it it was too late to eat, I have to manage my calorie intake better and make sure I am maintaining a minimum of 1200 calories a day for my body to live on. I did however drink a gallon of water yesterday, and to treat myself for doing so I ended the night with a couple of glasses of Sweet Leaf diet sweet tea, which is AMAZING. Its organic tea with 0 calories, 0 fat, 0 sugar, and consists of organic black tea, filtered water, citric acid, and sucralose. So you might want to check it out, its refreshing after drinking tasteless water all day, and sometimes I mix it with water as well. I am going to do a lot of research this weekend to see what all it will entail to lower my daily carbohydrate intake while still keeping my calorie intake at or below 1500. Doctors suggest to never go over 120g a day for carbs and I can easily past that. Being that I am doing cardio AND weight training I am setting my goal to 60g of carbs per day. EEK!

In other news, I fell asleep as soon as I got home from work and tanning and didn't wake up until around 10PM so needless to say no gym for us last night, but we are going this evening. 3 visits isn't great but it is a good start. Next week I am definitely stepping my game up though. No pain no gain! Yesterday if you recall I was really bummed that I didn't really feel any soreness in my legs, well by the time I woke up from my nap coma, and stood up I could feel a little tightness, come this morning I can feel the soreness in my inner and outer thighs. So I feel a little better about our workout Wednesday night. Tonight is abs/back.

• Protein has 4 Calories per gram
• Carbohydrates has 4 Calories per gram
• Fat has 9 Calories per gram
• Alcohol has 7 Calories per gram

Inspirational Photo of the Day -

1 packet of Quaker Instant Oats Maple & Brown Sugar w/ a packet of Splenda
Starting my 1 Gallon of Water

Calories - 160

Total Fat - 2.5g

Saturated Fat - 0.5g

Cholesterol - 0mg

Sodium - 260mg

Potassium - 12.5mg

Carbohydrates - 32g

Dietary Fiber - 3g

Soluble Fiber - 1g

Sugar 9g

Protein 4g

Mid-morning snack -

Nature Valley Natural Oats & Honey energy Bar (1 bar only)

Calories - 95

Total Fat - 3g

Saturated Fat - 0.02g

Trans Fat - 0g

Cholesterol - 0mg

Sodium - 80mg

Carbohydrates - 14.5g

Fiber - 1g

Sugars - 6g

Protein 2g 

Lunch -

2 tostados - ground beef, re-fried beans, lettuce, cheese, and a tablespoon of hot sauce (only ate half of the second one)

Calories - 500
Fat Calories - 20g
Total Fat - 25g
Carbohydrates - 33g
Cholesterol - 50mg
Sodium - 1000mg
Fiber - 7g
Protein - 30 g

Oh I already know what "dinner" is so I am going to go ahead and put it early :)

Low-Carb 20oz. Smoothie with a pre-workout enhancer

Calories - 293
Fat - 11
Saturated Fat - 1
Calories from Fat - 81
Cholesterol - 3mg
Carbohydrates - 28g
Sugar - 18g
Sodium - 317mg
Fiber - 1 7
Protein - 22

a strawberry donut and 5 donut holes

Calories - 492

Fat - 22.8g

Saturated Fat - 7.3g

Cholesterol - 4mg

Sodium - 442mg

Carbohydrates - 64g

Sugar - 27.4g

Fiber - 1.8g

Protein - 8.2g

 

DAY'S TOTAL

Calories - 1510

Total Fat - 64.3g

Saturated Fat - 9g

Cholesterol - 7mg

Sodium - 1099mg

Potassium - 12.5mg

Carbohydrates - 171.5g

Dietary Fiber - 19.8g

Soluble Fiber - 1g

Sugar 60.4g

Protein 66.2g