Food Intake, Thursday

Breakfast (8:20 a.m)

Pure Protein Bar:
290 calories
28 g protein
30 g carbs
10 g fat

20 oz Coffee w/three creamers:
78 calories
1.2 g protein
1.8 g carbs
5.1 g fat

Snack (10:10 a.m.)

12 oz Coffee w/two creamers:
49 calories
1 g protein
1.2 g carbs
2.4 g fat

Lunch (12:30 p.m.)

12 oz Coke
155 calories
0 g protein
40 g carbs
0 g fat

1 cup spaghetti w/sauce
284 calories
9 g protein
53 g carbs
4 g fat

1 cup breaded and fried chicken
313 calories
27 g protein
11 g carbs
17 g fat

1 cup mixed veggies
17 calories
1 g protein
4 g carbs
0 g fat

1 dinner roll w/butter
84 calories
2 g protein
14 g carbs
2 g fat

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Whoa. OK, so my goal is to lose a bit of weight, and supposedly the best way to do this is by keeping the calories down (total intake) and having the protein and the carbs be about the same. Let's see how I'm doing so far today (as of lunch)

Calories: 1,270
Protein: 69 g
Carbs: 155 g
Fat: 40 g

So, if I'm planning on keeping my intake down to about 2,000 calories/day, I can pretty much have a big meat sandwich (minus the bread) for the rest of the day. Lunch is definitely the most difficult meal for me, as it's really the only time I get to leave the office, something that I need to do mostly for the sake of my sanity.
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Exercise (8 p.m.)

20 minutes on elliptical
20 minutes on stair-stepper
60 sit-ups
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Calories burned: approx. 450

Dinner (9:10 p.m.)

Swiss cheese, four slices
352 calories
32 g protein
1 g carbs
24 g fat

Sliced turkey, 1/3 lb.
290 calories
50 g protein
12 g carbs
5 g fat

Rice cakes, two
70 calories
2 g protein
14 g carbs
1 g fat

Booze (afterward)

9 oz booze
576 calories
0 g protein
0 g carbs
0 g fat

10 oz light grapefruit juice
198 calories
0 g protein
49 g carbs
0 g fat

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Huh. This is sort of embarassing. OK, now for the totals:

Calories: 2,756
Protein: 153 g
Carbs: 231 g
Fat: 70 g

So, then, the good news is that I'm keeping quite a bit of fat out of my diet. The bad news is that it probably doesn't much matter for health or weight-loss purposes. Oi. Try again tomorrow...
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