I ate a cup of chicken corn chowder with homemade noodles, about 1/2 cup white and black grapes, a couple crackers with cheese ball spread, a bite of my daughter's hot dog, and ONE s'more.
Here is my guess on Friday's calorie intake:
Breakfast
- Oatmeal fixed THIS way (450)
- 2 cups coffee (150)
Lunch
- BBQ chicken leg Quarter, no skin (250)
No Snack
Dinner
- Chicken Corn Chowder with Homemade noodles, 1 cup (220) Normal chicken and homemade noodles is about 365 calories a cup, however this particular soup had mostly corn and carrots meaning I only got about 3 noodles total and mostly veggies & chicken.
- 1/3 hot dog on bun (90)
- Grapes, about 20 (70)
- 5 Crackers (75)
- 2 T cheese ball (200)
- S'more with 2 marshmellows (graham cracker-65; 1/4 chocolate bar-60; 2 marshmellows-50)
- pudding (200)
TOTAL = 1880 (YES! right in my goal calorie range)
To maintain my weight, I need to eat 2183 calories a day (I add 500 calories for my nursing needs). However, to lose weight I must eat 300 calories less each day. This has worked for me before and knowing that I have to write everything down, I am more careful about what goes into my mouth.
If I exercise, then I can eat MORE, because I hour of kickboxing (I like to do Tae-Bo) can burn 400+ calories! If I don't increase the amount I eat, I lose the weight even faster and exercise makes you less hungry. I plan to add exercise in the next week or two, when things settle down around here.
Saturday's stuggles are now at hand...What I mean to say is that I woke up with a horrible migraine today at about 5:30 a.m. and I am still fighting the migraine, although with lots of pain killers it is just a shadow of a headache now, but still throbbing pain. That's to say I am coping. My diet hasn't been the best so far today, but I may just skip today, who knows? I will know more later...bye for now!
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