food log for friday 5/1 (!)

WOAH when did May get here?! CRAZINESS!

Friday food:

Breakfast
Soy Milk, 1 c.--100
Protein Powder--110
Flax Seeds-27
Lunch
Breakfast sandwich:
English Muffin--132
Egg--141
American Cheese Slice--86
Cookie--141
Dinner
Croissant--231
Brie--200

Total Calories: 1,168

Percentages:
47% Fat (!!!)
32% Carbs
21% Protein


WELL unfortunately I did a poor job of planning and was at work (starving) so I was forced to eat a breakfast sandwich --it was either that or some really devilish pastries, I thought I'd be better with that, but perhaps I was wrong!

Also I had WAY too much fat (I blame the egg and cheese for this!) and most of it was BAD fat. So this is not good.

I've been writing down my food intake for a week now and I realised that my diet is not nearly as healthy as I thought it was--I knew it was too full of calories, but I always try to eat a 'clean' diet, and I at least thought I was getting proper nutrition, good fats, etc. HOW WRONG I WAS.

Goal for next week: try to get more protein in daily!

Happy Friday lovelies!

xoxo,
Lola

thursday food log

Brunch
Lobster Bisque--248
Chewing Gum--7
Late Lunch
Odwalla Banana Nut Bat--240
Dinner
Greek Salad--424

Total calories: 919

Percentages:
30% Carbohydrates
24% Protein
46% Fat


Obviously :(, I had way too much FAT yesterday. YIKES. Calories were okay--I'd still like to be a bit lower, but Rome wasn't built in a day, right?!

xoxo,
Lola

food for wednesday

Brunch
Subway Veggie Delite Sub 6"--230
Wheat Sub Roll--200
Dinner
Lobster Bisque (2 c.)--496

Total Calories: 926

Percentages
46% Carbohydrates
25% Protein
29% Fat

All in all, a pretty decent day--roomie decided to make lobster bisque after I told her I couldn't eat pasta, and I wanted to resist, but I couldn't. Luckily I had the forewarning so I ate less earlier in the day to balance it!

xoxo,
Lola

food for tuesday !

breakfast
bagel w/cucumber and onion--354
cream cheese--200
lunch
veggie burger with lettuce "bun"--140
dinner
subway veggie delite 6"--230
subway wheat roll--200
bagel--337

total calories for day: 1,461

percentages
68% carbohydrates
15% protein
17% fat

Not a great day! I thought I had somewhere to be for 3 hours last night, and I was starving/thinking I wouldn't be able to concentrate without dinner, so I scarfed a bagel on the way--then found out it was canceled. This was all good, except for the fact that it was 7 pm and I had work to do until 12...

so I was enticed to eat two dinners.

I didn't realize it would have such a negative effect on my day as a whole, yet another reason why writing my food intake down is a good idea!

Today has been going better--my roomie is making fettuccine alfredo for dinner and I already told her I could not partake. How sad, right?!

xoxo,
Lola

Food for Monday

Brunch
Leftover Pizza--609
Afternoon Snack
Dried Berries--130
Dinner
Large Salad with:
Lettuce--23
Broccoli--15
Sugar Snap Peas--5
Onion--53
Tomatillos--8
Cucumber--14
Radish--5
Carrots--13
Gorgonzola Cheese--95
Seasoned with Salt and Pepper

Total Calories for The Day: 970

Percentage Breakdown:
56% Carbs
28% Fat
16% Protein


I'm pretty pleased with how yesterday went calorie-wise (I'd like to be under 1,000 daily for a while) but the percentages are still not good at all...wayyyy too many carbs!

When I'm into fat-busting mode, I usually try for between 500-800 calories (yes I know this is not healthy long term) and a balance of 30 percent fat, 30 percent carbohydrates, and 40 percent protein.

I think I just need to work on planning ahead a bit more so that I can get all the protein I need in (and it can replace the yucky fat and carbs!)

Have a great day!

xoxo,
Lola

Sunday Food Log

Sunday Food

Brunch
Asparagus--24
Olive Oil--239
Gruyere Cheese--176
Afternoon
Double Shot of Espresso--2
Dinner
Pizza, 3 slices (yikes!)--913

Total Cals for Day: 1,353

Percentages
49% FAT (BAD)
35% Carbs
16% Protein


So, all in all, not the worst day ever--it would have been a lot better if I'd eaten what I planned to eat for dinner, instead of succumbing to roomie's pressure to order pizza! Oh well, it was tasty.

I'm also obviously not pleased that most of my calories were from fat, BUT if there is one good thing about that, it's that most of the fat was "healthy" fat, in this case monounsaturated fat. Alas, healthy fat is still fat, though.

The asparagus was delish though--our grill exploded about two days ago (long story!!) so I had to sauté them which I hadn't done previously. So, I cooked them in olive oil and lemon juice and seasoned them with salt and pepper, then sprinkled some gruyere on top. And served them on my Alice in Wonderland plate! It was SO yummy.

That's all for now--today I am DETERMINED to have a better balance of carbs/fat/protein so I hope things will go better...

xoxo,
Lola

saturday struggles!

Food For Saturday 4/26

Breakfast
Odwalla Banana Nut Bar--240
Lunch
Bagel--337
Cream Cheese--100
Afternoon Delight
White Chocolate Mocha--260
Scone--204
Dinner
Sangria (two glasses)--344
Croissant--340
Brie--220

Total Calories for Saturday---2,025

Percetage Breakdown
30 % Fat
9% Protein
53% Carbs
(8% Alcohol)

Exercise
None!!!

So, as you can tell, I was not a good girl today!! I started off with the best intentions, but between a last minute coffee date and seeing friends I hadn't seen in a while, I got a bit off track. Though, I think it's good that I wrote it in here even though it was an AWFUL day eating-wise, because knowing I do not want to post about such a bad day tomorrow will motivate me!

On a side note, another problem today was the fact that OVER HALF of my calories were from CARBOHYDRATES. Not good! No wonder I've gained so much weight!!!

I'm a vegetarian, so when I'm being lazy, it's REALLY easy to overeat carbohydrates. Goal for tomorrow: try to eat a lot of protein!

Have a fabulous Sunday!

xoxo,
Lola