This week I started logging my food intake again. The aim is to lose fat, ideally without feeling too hungry. I did consider starting a 5:2 fast, inspired by Corinne’s post, but in the end decided to just go low calorie every day.
I started on Monday and all was going well. On Monday I consumed around 1363 Calories, which is a reasonable deficit. I also went to the gym in the evening.
Tuesday was going well too, but I had a little binge in the evening – just some peanuts and a glass or two of wine. I was pretty shocked when I calculated the calories in the nuts and wine.
OK, so Wednesday – I decided not to make that same mistake again. Guess what happened? Sometime after lunch I spotted an email from a mate, no message, just the subject: “Anyone available for a cheeky beer tonight I could be ready by 8.15pm”.
We had not been out for well over a month so it seemed like a good idea to catch up. Well, I had an enjoyable evening, but in the morning I calculated my calories for the day ….. 3415 Calories! How did I do it? Well, it was not all beer (although I did drink 720 Calories of Adnam’s bitter). I also had 2 glasses of red wine when I got in, adding another 250 Calories. But the worse, or at least equally bad, was a mince pie binge brought on by the fact that the alcohol had destroyed my ability to make sensible decisions! I ate …… 1250 Calories of mince pies while listening to a Neil Young album and sipping wine. Five deep-filled, luxury mince pies. The saddest thing is that before my binge I had only consumed 1195 Calories. I would have been a good day, had I not gone out!
Today I am currently sitting on 936 Calories, and it is already 10.30pm. I think I am back on track for the week!
Lesson learned this week: if I go out for some beers, go straight to bed when I get in! And make sure beer is only once a week ….
Food log so far this week is below. All calorie data is from the Internet, some are estimates (e.g. the amount of ham I ate, and the number of peanuts, although I did make an effort to count the peanuts!).
| Date | Food | Calories |
| Monday 21/10/2013 | Carrot and Coriander soup – Heinz | 164 |
| Some cooked ham (approx calories) | 229 | |
| 3 eggs | 270 | |
| and more ham | 230 | |
| about 40 peanuts | 300 | |
| whey protein – 1 scoop | 85 | |
| glass of red wine | 85 | |
| Total Calories | 1363 | |
| Tuesday 22/10/2013 | Half a satsuma | 13 |
| Whey shake – 1 scoop | 85 | |
| Heinze vegetable soup | 188 | |
| 3 sausages | 480 | |
| 1/3 tin of beans | 109 | |
| oven fries | 324 | |
| Whey shake – 1 scoop | 85 | |
| peanuts | 360 | |
| ham (calorie guess) | 300 | |
| 2 glasses of red wine | 170 | |
| Total Calories | 2114 | |
| Wednesday 23/10/2013 | Heinz lentil soup | 190 |
| a mince pie | 250 | |
| Whey shake – 1 scoop | 85 | |
| 1.5 potato | 450 | |
| Tuna 60 kcal | 60 | |
| Cheese 60 kcal | 60 | |
| Apple juice 100 kxal | 100 | |
| 4 pints of beer | 720 | |
| 5 mince pies | 1250 | |
| 2 glasses of wine | 250 | |
| Total Calories | 3415 | |
| Thursday 24/10/20136 | Heinz carrot and coriander | 164 |
| Whey shake – 1 scoop | 85 | |
| about 10 slices of ham | 60 | |
| chicken thighs | 300 | |
| kung-po sauce | 85 | |
| half a pepper | 10 | |
| 6 mushrooms | 132 | |
| half cup of rice | 100 | |
| Total Calories | 936 |