Weight Loss Challenge - Week 5, Day 3 - Working Too Hard Makes Me Forgetful

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The past couple of days, I’ve been working a lot and not logging my food into the tracker right away. (This is Wednesday’s log, but I’m writing it on Friday.) What I was doing instead was writing down the food I ate on a piece of paper (you know, the old-fashioned way!) — figuring I’ll add it in when I have a bit more time. Trouble is, I didn’t write down what I had for supper on Wednesday…and I can’t for the life of me remember what I had! I swear it’s the work that’s making me forgetful; not age… Ha!

So, what you see down below is missing supper. I probably kept it around 1600 cals and I didn’t have any alcohol.

Today was a weight training day, so I had a protein shake about an hour before working out early in the morning. I blend 1 a scoop of wheat protein(or 1/2 a scoop sometimes) and 1 cup low fat milk. (I use wheat protein because I seem to be lactose intolerant. Whey protein isolate is supposed to be best though.) If you’re buying a ready-made-shake, I’d advise you to check the sugar content. Sometimes those shakes are full of sugar. I like to mix my own!

I never used to eat before weight training, which is supposed to be a huge no-no. But, oddly enough, I did well at that time. But with this 12 week challenge, I wanted to see if there was any difference by having some protein before a strength training workout.

Here’s what I ate on Day 3 of Week 5, minus my supper:

Note: This is just for example purposes. I am not a nutritionist! And since it’s only 1100 calories, it would not be enough food…

Food Item	Amount	Cals	Carbs	Prot.	Fat	Mono Poly Sat
Protein Powder - Wheat Isolate	1 serving	100	3.00	20.00	1.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
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
Scrambled Eggs (egg, egg white, spinach)	1 serving	158	2.43	17.62	7.57	2.91 1.36 2.26
Mushrooms, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	1 cup pieces	44	8.25	3.39	0.73	0.02 0.28 0.09
SoYummi GoLite - Soy Mousse (Black Cherry)	1 serving	100	15.00	3.00	3.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Cheddar cheese, low fat (20% m.f.)	30 gram	90	1.00	9.00	6.00	0.00 0.00 3.50
Soy Nuts (1/4 cup)	1 serving	190	13.00	15.00	9.00	0.00 0.00 0.00
Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted	1 cup, chopped or diced	231	0.00	43.43	5.00	1.74 1.08 1.41
Tea, 1 sugar and low fat milk	3 serving	111	21.72	6.18	0.15	0.09 0.00 0.21
		1107	76.55	125.88	32.65	4.88 2.74 7.76