Monday, May 7, 2012

Keeping a Closer Eye on the Carbs

I decided to do a little tracking today, just to make sure I'm getting myself back on track. No pasta, no bread, and I went with chicken (with sauteed leek, garlic, and red pepper)and green beans instead. It was delicious.

Food Calories Fat Carbs Protein
1 tspn instant coffee 3 0.0 g 0.2 g 0.3 g
2 tspn stevia 2 0.0 g 0.5 g 0.0 g
30 ml full cream milk 20 1.1 g 1.4 g 1.0 g
1 chorizo sausage 230 18.6 g 2.7 g 13.8 g
3 eggs 253 18.9 g 0.5 g 20.9 g
375 Zero Cola 1 0.0 g 0.4 g 0.2 g
400 ml cafe latte 225 13.0 g 16.6 g 11.7 g
3 sachets stevia 1 0.0 g 2.9 g 0.0 g
1 chicken breast ( g) 350 5.3 g 0.0 g 73.6 g
g frozen green beans 28 0.2 g 2.2 g 1.5 g
20 g butter spread 127 14.3 g 0.1 g 0.1 g
Atkins Day Break Cappuccino Nut Bar 175 8.5 g 3.5 g 11.1 g


So with a cup of coffee for breakfast, sausage and eggs with a Fake Zero for lunch, a latte at the library, an instant at home, chicken and green beans with another Fake Zero for dinner, then another instant coffee and my Atkins bar after dinner, my totals are:

Calories: 1240
Fat: 83.2 g (61 g recommended)
Carbs: 36.6 g (130 g recommended)
Protein: 138.1 (128 g recommended)

Not too bad, but if I'd skipped the latte, I would've hit 20 g of carbs for the day. Still, I'm pretty happy with it, and it shows that as long as I stay away from the rice, pasta, etc. then I'm doing pretty well. If I can eat like this, and add in a few more veggies, I think that ought to do.

I expect to see a smaller number on the scales tomorrow morning.

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