Health Diary!

[silverthorne]

(Early edition, because I'm pretty sure that I'm done for the day other than a few more glasses of water).



I included a calorie count this time as well, both out of interest and because, well, I've run into a lot of pro-ana sites and private LJ's lately where the people think they need to do extreme cuts in their diets and calorie intake to lose weight. We're talking 300 cals max a day for some of these folks, if they even eat that much. Which, frankly, scares the shit out of me.

As you can see by the end count here; that ain't so. Anyone who's been keeping track of my progress with me knows I eat more or less this amount of food (and therefore calories) every day, and am still losing, on average, one to three pounds a week. You don't need to starve yourself to get healthy and get to a healthy weight. :)

21oz thermos of coffee and creamer (I got the amount wrong last night--still, considering I was drinking up to 4 16oz mugs each day, I've cut the amount down to a 1/4 of my intake. Not bad, if I do say so myself. :) ) (200 cal)

1 cup shredded wheat with 1/2 cup skim milk (240 cals)
12oz bottle of V8 (70 cals)

1 banana (95 cals)

2 16oz mugs of water (0 cals)

1 cup beef stew (486 cals)
1 apple (65 cals)
1 orange (188 cals)

4 16oz mugs of water (I drink more water when I drink less coffee. :) ) (0 cals)

1 hour swim

1 cup chunky salsa with 20 corn chips. (460 cals)

1 16oz glass of water (0 cals)

YoPlait cherry yogurt (170 cals)

2 squares cacao chocolate (110 cals)

1 8oz glass of V8 (50 cals)

3 16 oz glass of water. (0 cals)

--Oops, forgot the sugar cookie from this morning. (180 cals)

Total Cals: 1,954 2,130