Although it is only March, I feel that this year I have made great improvements within my health. I started off four stone over weight and have lost just over a stone so far! Although I have around three stone to go, I feel so much more energised and motivated for future progress. I'd love to incorporate some food and exercise diaries into this blog as the better I feel in my body, the better I feel in my clothes and the more confident I will be when it comes to exploring new styles.
Since I run around 4-5 times a week varying in length and intensity, my caloric intake changes considerably day to day.
Breakfast- Chocolate Banana Porridge
0.5 cups of Tesco-value porridge oats (75g- 282cal)
0.5 cups of oat milk (100ml-35cal)
0.5 cups of water
2 table spoons of honey (120cal)
1 heaped able spoon of cocoa powder (60cal)
1 small chopped banana (90cal)
A sprinkling of pumpkin seeds (15g-80cal)
A sprinkling of desiccated coconut (12.5g-84cal)
Total calories:750
I prefer having a large breakfast, a medium sized lunch and a small dinner.
I find porridge is something I always look forward to eating and helps me keep fuller for longer.Lunch- Tuna Salad with Toast
1 tablespoon of margarine (30cal)
1 tin of tuna in spring water (120cal)
2 salad tomatoes (54cal)
1 cup of raw spinach (7cal)
4 leaves of lettuce (23cal)
0.25 of a cucumber (4cal)
Total calories: 358
I love bulking up my lunches with salad items since it makes me feel that I have eaten a lot of food, despite most of it being very low in calories. I decided to add in a slice of bread just because I enjoy bread and don't want to completely restrict myself!
Dinner- Rice and Cheddar Stuffed Peppers
1 leaf of lettuce (4cal)
Total calories: 244
These are a really cheap, low calorie dinner from Morrison's. They taste incredible too!
Snacks
Plum (30cal)
2 Easy Peeler (78cal)
The Laughing Cow cheese dippers (100cal)
2 fruit yoghurts (146cal)
Total calories: 434
Eventually I aim to stop snacking throughout the day and stick to three main meals a day, however at the moment I am focusing on changing the contents of my diet, not the specific timing of my food consumption.
I aim to eat mostly fruit as snacks and so far I'm really enjoying it!
Total calories consumed throughout the day: 1786
Calories burned through exercise (40 minute run at a 9minute-per-mile pace): 605
So I am ending the day on 1181 calories
I have really enjoyed tracking my diet today! Hopefully I will do some more health-related posts soon!
Eva-Rose
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Apps I use:
Pedometer- Any pedometer app will do! I always aim for at least 10,000 steps per day.
MyFitnessPal- This is the main app I use. I put in my food (can just zap a barcode in!) and then the app tells me my caloric intake for the day, alongside weight loss statistics.
MapMyRun- this works out distance, pace and the duration of my running before converting my workouts into calories burned and adding it into my MyFitnessPal daily diet diary.
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