Averages for the week ahead
OK so on the Lunch Box Diet, you don't count calories, which is kind of
foreign to me. Normally with every weight loss attempt I'm on Fitday
tracking everything I eat. I mean I use it so much that I've made it
really quick and simple by adding in custom meals so I can just tick the
specific meals I eat and it does all the calculations for me -- it's
not been time consuming this way (after the initial set up, that is).
For the past 2 weeks on the Lunch Box Diet, I've not counted a single
calorie, and while I'm not doing the lunch box on the weekends, I still
eat healthily as much as possible. So I wanted to know how it stacks up
nutritionally.
I planned the breakfast and dinner meals for the coming week and what's
going into my lunch boxes -- I'm still doing the veggie burgers or
veggie roast with home made hummus for three days, and for the other two
I'll be trying each of those protein sources with my fat-free Italian
dressing and a handful of semi-dried tomatoes. Now when I calculated
the calorie count I used sun-dried tomatoes but when I compared the
nutritional stats on the jars, the semi-dried tomatoes had much less
oil, fat and calories, so I actually bought those instead. So while the
fat content looks a bit high in my weekly averages, it will actually be
a bit lower.
So how did the totals look? My average daily totals came to 1,412
calories, 39.8g fat, 204.2g carbs, and 61.3g protein. That's 57% carbs,
17% protein and 25% fat. Not too far off from what i was doing on my
own anyway, other than lower in calories. I'll be anxious to see how
this week pans out once TOM is over.