Weekend food diary

[lnr]

Saturday breakfast: (265 cals)

M&S chicken and bacon count on us sandwich

Saturday afternoon in the Turf: (2061 cals)

One pint Old Rosie cider
large chicken breast
2 slices bacon
est. 57g blue cheese
est. 400g chips
peas/carrots/cabbage
est. 100g onion rings
est. 200g sweets: mostly licquorice torpedoes

Saturday evening in Radcliffe arms: (1280 cals)

1/2 pint White Horse bitter
Jacket spud
chilli
Salad
coleslaw
2 slices garlic bread
pat of butter

Total for Saturday:

3071 Cals
96g fat

Running total for week:

Cals used: 18896
Cals consumed: 16719

Sunday brunch: (531 cals)

3 slices wholemeal bread
est. 10g flora white (fry bread in)
1/3 tin of baked beans
3 slices extra lean bacon
Mug of white tea

Sunday afternoon in G&D's: (685 cals)

Chocolate brownie
1 scoop dime bar crunch icecream
chocolate sauce
squirty cream
est 20g chopped nuts

Sunday dinner: (354 cals)

Tesco HL vegetable broth
2 slices wholemeal toast
40g HL extra light soft cheese w/garlic and herbs

snack: (116 cals)

1 belgian choc

Total for Sunday:

1957 Cals
70g fat

New running total for next week:

Cals used: 2634
Cals consumed: 1957

Comments

[entropyjim.livejournal.com]

I understand how you can calculate the Cals consumed but how on Earth do you work out those used?

[lnr]

I use http://www.fitday.com - it works out your basal metabolic rate (ie how many cals you're going to burn just living) based on weight, height, age and gender, adds a number of calories based on lifestyle (in my case I've told it I do a desk job), and then I tell it how many minutes each day I've spent cycling and it adds extra calories for that - though I've told it I'm doing <10 mph because I think it over-estimates how much cycling actually uses by quite a bit.

It's not an utterly accurate method, but I reckon it'll give me a rough guide. And if I find I'm consistently eating fewer calories than it says I'm using but I'm still gaining then it's obviously wrong :-) and I'll adjust accordingly.

[perdita-fysh.livejournal.com]

I can't work in american units - these floz and cups! I want my g and ml!

[lnr]

Yeah, it drives me up the wall too. I tend to add my own custom foods for a lot of things as a result, since it *will* work in g and 0.1 liter (sic), just not everything is in sensible measurements. It's the way it insists on volume measurements for solids dammit.

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

Erk, I need to eat more or I'll be in Screwy Metabolism Land for ever.