Slight problem with my eating plan

Crunchie

Crunchie

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I'm not sure if anyone else is in the habit of making a food plan for the day but I find it really helps me out. I find that if I plan in advance what I'm going to eat I'll be less likely to leave cooking too late and therefore make something quick and unhealthy. Anyway I never really bothered counting the calories before today but I've just noticed the following...

Breakfast: Fruit & cereal bar(61), pear(68)
Lunch: weight watchers can of tomato soup(74), one slice brown bread(35)
Tea: grilled chicken breast(140), sweet corn(83), carrot(50)
Supper: none
Snacks: apple(75), banana(143), pear(68), carrot(50)

To me that plan looks quite good and as I usually go to the gym at around 8pm it works quite well to have my main meal at about 5pm. However when I added the calories up it only came to about 845 but having just had my lunch I feel a bit bloated and really can't see myself being able to eat much more today. Should I be looking to add something in to this plan to bring the calorie count up or should I leave it as it is? We were always told that women were recommended to have about 2000calories a day and that's less than half.:(
 
hi crunchie....
first of all, that is great to plan your meals ahead as i have found that to be much easier as well. i added up your calories and it is only 850 calories! yikes! that is way too low. to safely lose weight, you NEED at least 1200 calories per day. If you exercise (which you need to to make sure you lose fat and not muscle), then you can technically add a few hundred MORE per day especially on the workout days. I think your food plan looks okay, however, why no supper???????????

secondly, you need more protein within your plan - even if you add in a protein shake, some tuna for supper? eggs?

thoughts????????

also, what type of exercise plan do you have in place?

great job on taking the step to get healthy!!
 
Tonight I'm going to find it hard to do much exercise as I don't have access to a car and it's pouring with rain outside so can't go out running or on my bike.

My usual exercise routine involves 2 x 1 hour gym sessions and 2 x 1 hour swimming sessions and either an hour bike ride or a walk. Usually manage to burn about 250-300cal in the gym on average but this week I've increased my excersise a bit. Yesterday I did a gym session (420cal) and a 30min walk tomorrow I was going to do an hour at the gym and an hour in the pool.

I did think 850cals was a bit low. It's just as well I checked because I'd have been happily full with that. Maybe I could have a tuna sandwich on brown bread for supper but then I thought carbs before bed were a general no-no? Is there anything I could maybe do with tuna for supper?:confused:
 
Oh well got home from work to find my plans for tea dead and buried! Dad had cooked me pasta and my home made sauce so had that instead. That shouldcertainly bring me over 1200 cals.
 
you can have carbs before bed but technically as long as you are awake for a few hours...but yes, ideally you want to eat them earlier in the day...what about tuna or some protein with veggies and salad for supper or on a wheat pita or something like that?
 
skyler said:
hi crunchie....
first of all, that is great to plan your meals ahead as i have found that to be much easier as well. i added up your calories and it is only 850 calories! yikes!!!
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Yes crunchie, I agree. You should eat supper. Veggies & lean protein.
 
Well as the weather was so bad I ent to the cinema with my parents. I had to leave halfway through the film because of an upset stomach so I think I'll need to give supper a miss tonight!:(
 
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