Weight Loss Challenge Week 1, Day 3 — 1500 Calories Just Not Enough

Posted in: July to October 2009, Suzanne's Weight Loss Journey, Week 1 | Be the first to comment!

If you read yesterday’s blog , you’ll remember I was talking about not going to bed hungry and how you don’t want to wake up in the middle of the night ravenous. Well, guess what happened to me! I wasn’t hungry when I went to bed, but I did notice my calorie count was low (around 1300). I decided to eat a little something extra (but could have made a healthier food choice) and at least bring my count up to 1500.

Woke up at 3:00 AM! I wasn’t feeling particularly hungry, but I was tossing and turning trying to get to sleep for a bit. And then the hunger came. I’m rarely that hungry so early in morning (and I’m an early riser at around 4:00/5:00 AM).

I’m going to have to figure out a healthy snack for my 3rd snack. It seems I need one!

Here’s what I ate on day 3. I did end up having a beer at supper time, but I counted it in with my calories.

Note: I am not a nutritionist; I’m just showing this as an example of what I ate.

Food Item	Amount	Cals	Carbs	Prot.	Fat	Mono Poly Sat
Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A (fat free or skim)	1 cup	83	12.15	8.26	0.20	0.12 0.02 0.29
Protein Powder - Wheat Isolate	1 serving	100	3.00	20.00	1.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Scrambled Eggs (egg, egg white, spinach)	1 serving	158	2.43	17.62	7.57	2.91 1.36 2.26
Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw	1 small	19	3.95	1.43	0.21	0.01 0.09 0.05
Plantain Snack (28g or 33 chips)	1.2 serving	180	22.80	6.00	9.60	0.00 0.00 0.00
Salmon - Kirkland Frozen	0.5 serving	170	0.00	18.50	10.00	0.00 0.00 3.50
Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, cooked	0.33 cup	66	14.28	1.32	0.16	0.05 0.04 0.04
Subway 6″ Turkey & Ham (plus Swiss)	1 serving	290	48.00	19.00	4.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Alcoholic beverage, beer, regular	1 fl oz	12	0.90	0.09	0.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Turkey Mashup Surprise	1 serving	259	14.33	24.40	11.05	4.07 2.73 2.85
Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Bar (Almond)	1 serving	160	22.00	3.00	7.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
		1497	143.84	119.62	50.79	7.16 4.24 8.99

Wednesday’s Workout — Weight Training “B” from the New Rules of Lifting

Deadlift
Dumbbell Shoulder Press
Pullover (should be lat pulldown but I don’t have the machine for that)
Lunge
Swiss Ball Crunch (holding a 5lb plate)

I’m still going a bit easy with the weights because I recently pulled a pec. It seems to have recovered, but I like to be cautious!

Week-end is coming up, so I should think ahead of what I’ll be eating and what I’ll do for week-end activity. I won’t be doing any formal workouts, but I’d like to get a bike ride or a hike in, do some gardening, that sort of thing.

Let me know how you’re doing!

If you want to stay up-to-date on what I’m doing, you can follow me a few ways:

Bookmark: Go to this blog’s main page and then bookmark that page.
RSS Feed: Get the RSS Feed
By e-mail: Subscribe to Suzanne’s Weight Loss Journey by Email
Facebook: Become a fan of FitWatch on Facebook

Eat better, move more, and believe in yourself!