Food diary challenge

You are what you eat

I run around 20 km a week yet I feel like my body is fighting a losing battle. True I am 45 so that must be a factor however I feel there is the next level I must go to. Monitor what I eat.

Certain foods give you energy , produce acid in the stomach, produce alkaline in the stomach. Some foods are digested through the small intestine and there should be given every chance of reaching there through an empty stomach. The foods are fruits, the no. foods in life.

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Research has long highlighted that people who keep a record of what they eat and drink and how active they are known by health professionals as ‘self monitoring’ – have more weight loss success.

 

Within a healthy balanced diet, a man needs around 10,500kJ (2,500kcal) a day to maintain his weight. For a woman, that figure is around 8,400kJ (2,000kcal) a day.

Shocking Truths

This food diary blog will be a scary slap in the face revelation. I already no I rarely eat vegetables. Step one is to prove my diet is one dimensional. Step 2 is to broaden it.

Week 8/11- 15/11 (Diary AS-IS)

Saturday 8/11

Meal or snack	Food or Bev consumed	Amount	Preparation method	Fat used	Carbs	Protein	Calories
afternoon
snack	Baked wotsits	1 packet		5.4g	9.3g	0.9g	376kJ
snack	Baked wotsits	1 packet		5.4g	9.3g	0.9g	376kJ
snack	Baked wotsits	1 packet		5.4g	9.3g	0.9g	376kJ
snack	Berry and almond mx	1 packet		17.8g	56.4g	8.0g	1791kJ

 

Meal or snack	Food or Bev consumed	Amount	Preparation method	Fat used	Carbs	Protein	Calories
Evening
Evening meal	Duck and potato	Two duck legs,	Duck roasted in honey in oven	8.2g	1g	52.6g	1944kJ
Evening meal		jacket potato	In oven	0.5g	38.7g	5.5g	833kJ
Evening meal		sweet corn	microvaved
Evening meal	Innocent smoothie	100ml Small glass	n/a	0.1g	14.5	0.5g	267kJ

Total Calories today  :  4351 kJ

Total Fat today          :  42.8g
Total Carbs today      :  69.3g
Total Protein today    :  138.5g

Monday  10/11

Meal or snack	Food or Bev consumed	Amount	Preparation method	Fat used	Carbs	Protein	Calories
afternoon
brunch	NutriBullet shake handful of Kal Banana handful redgrapes blueberries 1/2 glass water	x2 glass		0g	0g	TBC	TBC
dinner	brown rice and chicken	1/2 cup rice +4 chicken wings
dinner	Grape juice	litre
snack	Fruit and almond nuts	handfull

Total Calories today  :

Total Fat today          :
Total Carbs today     :
Total Protein today   :

 Wednesday  12/11

Meal or snack	Food or Bev consumed	Amount	Preparation method	Fat used	Carbs	Protein	Calories
afternoon
	Egg and potatoes	fried egg		?	?	?	?
dinner	brown rice and sirloin steak	1/2 cup rice +sirloin steak	roasted steak	240g	0	35g	1400kJ
dinner	Grape juice (red)	x2  litre
snack	Packet of  Monkey nuts	140g	no info	no info	no info	no info	no info

Total Calories today  :  1400kJ
Total Fat today          :  240g
Total Carbs today     : 
Total Protein today   :   35g

Your Comments

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 believe what you eat shapes your life?

 

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