Well - so far I haven't let the stress of my personal life ransack my eating plans. Although I didn't have the best of meals for dinner tonight. I was laid off from my job today and that has pushed me into a whole new world of what to do next (although I knew that it was more-than-likely to happen sometime soon). It's kind of funny, I'm not really sure where the next stone in my walking path will be, but I have faith that it will just work out. It has in the past.
In the mean time, I've resisted the temptation to trash my eating plan out of spite and engorge in some feel-good food. In all actuality, I believe that this step of sticking to my plan is the one thing that has helped me deal with the stress - it's an area that I feel I've got a little bit of control over (funny how that came about!). And that if I can stay on task, the rest of my turmoil will be a much smoother ride than if I had experienced this even a week prior. Timing is everything (Divine providence? You decide)
This is what I had to eat today:
Breakfast:
Kashi Cinnamon Harvest w/ skim milk (300 cal) - this is really good BTW
Starbucks house coffee with skim milk and Splenda (0 cal)
Snack:
None - I was being laid off at this point :-(
Lunch:
Lean Cuisine Swedish Meatballs (300 cal)
Side salad with Italian Dressing (75 cal)
1 12 oz Diet Pepsi (0 cal)
1 cheese stick (60 cal)
Snack:
Cheese stick (60 cal)
Water
Dinner:
1 large Tyson breaded chicken strip (200 cal)
10 tater tots - w/ fry sauce for dipping (approx 225)
Green beans (40 cal)
1 glass Crystal Light Lemonade
Snack:
Nothing - just water
Daily total: 1260 calories.
I'm a little hungry but I'm going to stave it off with some water tonight. No exercise either (hey, I've got time now! I guess that's a benefit)
I'm sorry to hear about that, Ryan. You will get through this.
ReplyDeleteYou're doing great with the food control. Wow! That's the hardest part of the fitness equation for me. Keep up the great work! Another couple of websites I've used are calorieking.com to find out how many calories certain foods have or calorie-count.com to input your own recipe and serving amount to find out the nutritional value per serving. It's a great resource when you prepare your own meals and need some feedback. It even gives the food a A-F grade according to its nutrient density. For example, my homemade cookies (3 inch size) have about 200 cal. while 1.5 cups of my favorite taco soup has 214 cal. Take care!
Thanks Tania - I/we'll be alright. Just a tough time to be in the building industry.
ReplyDeleteI'll check outg the calorie-count.com site. I'm seeing that calories are an important part (thermodynamics) but quality is becoming a stronger issue.
Your taco soup sounds great!