Tuesday, February 26, 2008

1500 Calories a Day: Day Two, The "Mulligan"

[Didn't post yesterday's evening--it went to hell quickly. So for today, I'm utilizing some "golf-speak": MULLIGAN, which is literally a "do-over." I didn't think I'd have problems right from day one, however, I'm not looking at it as a set back--what was I set back from? I just started keeping this food diary. Eventually I'll get used to the fact I have to calculate everything.]

Rise time:
7:05 a.m. (without alarm clock)

Weight:
272

Morning exercise:
None

8:00 a.m. Mood:
Fatigued, yet focused


Breakfast, 510 (estimated):

9:30 Bacon, egg and cheese on whole wheat toast w/a splort of ketchup
(finished consuming roughly 10:15 a.m.)

Apple Juice, 80
Coffee w/H&H, 40

Medications:

Quinapril 20 mg
Spironolactone 25 mg
Tricor 145 mg

Supplements:

Metamucil drink, 20

Spirulina, 3000 mg
Ginko Biloba, 60 mg (which also has 100 mg dicalcium phosphate)
Evening Primrose Oil, 500 mg
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, 1100 mg Fish oil/500 mg Total EPA & DHA
B12/Folic Acid/B6 sublingual tab: B6=2mg; B12=1000mcg; Folic Acid- 800 mcg (Tablet also contains 2 mg Stevia Extract)
Multi-Betic Vitamin, 2 tablets (containing, among other things, 100 mg of Alpha Lipoic Acid)

12:24 p.m. Mood:
lert with a sense of improving wellbeing..


Packed Lunch & Snack, 395 :

Campbell's Chicken Sausage Gumbo, 280
Jello, 10
Banana, 100 (average)
Anjou pear, 80 (average)
DelMonte Fruit Cup, 25

Coffee w/H&H, 40 (oy!)

6 p.m. Before leaving work...

Supplements:

Metamucil drink, 20

Spirulina, 3000 mg
Ginko Biloba, 60 mg (which also has 100 mg dicalcium phosphate)
Evening Primrose Oil, 500 mg
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, 1100 mg Fish oil/500 mg Total EPA & DHA

DINNER:

Planning on eating some steak which has been marinating in wasabaki, stir fried with some veggies, red bell pepper and sesame seeds. Will measure and calculate calories before cooking.

DESSERT:
Sugar free pudding.


Strategy for tomorrow:
Plan to graze; pack portable proteins; pack a big salad w/salad "spritzer" and some chunked chicken.