Day 2

(Most) Everything I ate...

1 organic brown egg - 70 calories / 4.5 g fat / 1 g carbs / 6 g protein

1.5 pieces of Trader Joe's Low Calorie Light Wheat Bread - 60 calories / 16.5 g carbs / 7.5 g fiber / 4.5 g protein

1/2 of a small banana - 45 calories / 0.2 g fat / 11.5 g carbs / 1.3 g fiber / 0.6 g protein

1/4 cup raw broccoli - 7.5 calories / 0.1 g fat / 1.5 g carbs / 0.6 g fiber / 0.6 g protein

1 cup fat free cottage cheese - 160 calories / 12 g carbs / 26 g protein

5 Multi-grain Saltine Crackers - 60 calories / 1.5 g fat / 10 g carbs / 1 g protein

2 Oscar Mayer Light Beef Franks - 180 calories / 14 g fat / 4 g carbs / 10 g protein

1/2 cup raw baby carrots - 35 calories / 8 g carbs / 3 g fiber

1.5 cups steamed broccoli florets - 36 calories / 0.8 g fat / 4.7 g carbs / 4.5 g fiber / 6 g protein

2 tsp yellow mustard - 6 calories / 0.6 g carbs / 0.4 g fiber / 0.4 g protein

1 tsp spicy mustard - 5 calories

1/2 of a small banana - 45 calories / 0.2 g fat / 11.5 g carbs / 1.3 g fiber / 0.6 g protein

1/2 cup Breyer's "1/2 the fat" vanilla ice cream - 110 calories / 3.5 g fat / 16 carbs / 3 g protein

2 cups raw baby carrots - 140 calories / 24 g carbs / 12 g fiber

Total: 959.5 calories / 10 g fat / 121.3 g carbs / 30.6 g fiber / 58.7 g protein

(*Higher due to unlisted nutritional value for my snacks)

Breakfast

One word: BLAND!

The only person I know that eats "dry" bread is my momma.  I do not recommend it unless you have no choice.  (Now I'm starting to wish I got the butter spray.)  I made an over medium egg, with cooking spray of course, because let's face it, dry bread needs some ooey-gooey, oh so cholesterol laden egg yolk.  If I didn't have that option I would have used a ripe banana and smashed it up and covered it on the toast.  

ADDED Snack*

I cheated.  Sue me.  I had 1/4 cup raw broccoli and 10 of my homemade deliciously, awesome croutons.  I couldn't help it.  Also I had a few sips (but only sips) of the BF's strawberry milkshake.  Hello, that's my favorite!  And, I had carrots and mustard before bed, but I included those in the calorie count.  

Lunch

If you don't like cottage cheese you are going to hate this plan!  I mean hate it.  With Passion.  At least I'm truly full, but perhaps that was due to the snack of 1/4 cup raw broccoli and 4 homemade croutons I had before it.  

Dinner...

was awesome.  I ate wieners and mustard.  Plus broccoli is great steamed with a dash of Mrs.  Dash.  However, after looking at the amount of calories I took in I'm pretty sure I could have dressed the broccoli up in cheese sauce.  Oh well, live and learn.  

Tomorrow looks more calorie restricted then today (see I needed the snacks). This should be fun (insert sarcasm).  

Day 1 - Calories consumed and recap

• 3 pieces of Trader Joe's Low Calorie Light Wheat Bread: 120 calories / 33 g carbs / 15 g fiber / 9 g protein
• 2 tablespoons Trader Joe's Valencia Peanut Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds: 200 calories / 16 g fat / 5 g carbs / 3 g fiber / 9 g protein
• 1/2 Grapefruit: 53 calories / 0.2 g fat / 13.4 g carbs / 1.8 g fiber / 1 g protein
• 1/2 cup Chunk White Albacore (1 small can): 120 calories / 2 g fat / 24 g protein
• 1 cup canned beets (salt free): 80 calories / 16 g carbs / 2 g fiber / 2 g protein
• 1 cup green beans: 44 calories / 0.4 g fat / 9.9 g carbs / 4 g fiber / 2.4 g protein
• 3 ounces chicken breast: 140 calories / 3.1 g fat / 26.4 g protein
• 1 apple: 77 calories / 0.3 g fat / 20.6 g carbs / 3.6 g fiber / 0.4 g protein
• 1 cup ice cream (I mixed a "1/2 the fat" vanilla and full fat cookies and cream): 376.2 calories / 17.2 g fat / 47.8 g carbs / 8.5 g protein
• 2 cup (approx as I did not measure out my food) Orville Redenbacher's Tender White popcorn: 80 calories / 6 g fat / 8 g carbs / <2 g fiber / <2 g protein

Total: 1290.2 calories* / 45.2 g fat / 153.7 g carbs / 31.4 g fiber / 84.7 g protein


So as you can see this is not a starvation diet.  To loose weight one must have a caloric deficit. 1200 calories a day is the minimum recommended calories on a weight loss plan.  Those who are larger or are more physically active may very well need a base of calories that is higher than 1200.  In terms of fiber, I consumed the recommend amount of 30 g per day simply by food consumption.  I'm not sure I've done that in a long time.  The only thing I question is the amount of daily fat consumed.  The American Heart Association recommends no more than 30% of your calories consumed by fat calories.  I've read on multiple websites that it is anywhere from 30 g fat total to 60 g total.  If anyone knows the answer to this question let me know.  If there is a next time I would try to make sure all my fats are the fat-free or low-fat versions.  


Without the popcorn and extra scoop of ice cream I would have consumed 1200 calories.  Despite cheating, I'm very happy with how day 1 went.  


*My calories, and perhaps fats, carbs, fiber, and protein, were most likely higher because I consumed sugar free lemonade in large quantities, which has trace calories per serving.  Also all the above is approximates.