Well it seems as though my running goals may come to a hault this week.
My nose is so stuffed I’m talking funny which I think is a bit of a cold coming on, not to mention the sudden change of weather here. The area I live in, known as the great Midwest, is famous for outrageous weather patterns. It is not at all uncommon for it to be 70 and sunny one week and snowing the next. Take this week for example: beautiful, sunny weather in the 50s on Monday and Tuesday (yesterday) and today it is frigid and so windy my house sounds like it’s whistling.
Since the weather is not agreeing with me and my nose isn’t any better, I’ve decided to postpone today’s run.
I haven’t been working very much since Christmas, which is getting to be a little unnerving as my funds run low, but I have been able to work on blog stuff which is way better than work or money anyhow. I’ve worked on is my Foodie Finds page, Recipage page and also WIAW page and it turns out that this will be my THIRTEENTH WIAW. (I also decided to do a review on a calorie counter I’ve been using.)
Lucky Number 13
I got the idea from Jenn at Peas and Crayons and link up to her posts each week. This uber-creative gal also inspired me to be more fun with my photos on my blog, thus the photo collage.
What I do
I (try to) take photographs of each item of food I eat and each item I drink for an entire day (doesn’t have to be Wednesday, Wednesday is just the day we share). (Taking photos of all of the food I consume is no easy task…I applaud those who do this on a regular basis.) Then I try to evaluate how well I ate or what areas could use some improvements.
Why would you care what I ate?
I’m not vain enough to think that everyone will care, however this can give you some ideas for food for yourself as well as a way to space meals out. There is a thought process out there that those who are “skinny” eat very little food or restrict calories or fat or sweets. I would like for people to see that this does not have to be the case! I believe a large part of the reason I am the small size that I am is that I allow myself indulgences AND I make sure to listen to my body when I am hungry. Skipping meals is not for me. (For more on my eating philosophy, see About Me – Semi-Healthy Life.)
Basically, I am at a healthy weight and this is how I eat!
{Breakfast: 9am} Toasted Oatmeal bread from Pepperidge Farm (am I the only one who goes into a trance when the Pepperidge Farm commercials are on?), peanutbutter, topped with some Bear Naked Fit granola
{Lunch-ish: 11am}: See breakfast above. I decided to repeat breakfast because it was the peak of deliciousness and I had limited time before I had to fly out the door to my wings-n-beer job.
{Snack: 2pm} Nutrigrain bar
{Dinner: 5:30pm} After running around waitressing for six hours, I was FAMISHED, no beyond that, I was ready to eat my arm. It’s very challenging to bring decent food to sneak-eat at the wing-n-beer job. And it is essential that I eat during the six to eight hour shifts…so I bring a snack and I am still uber-hungry when I’m done.
Therefore I bought wings at work to bring home and transform into a semi-healthy salad with spinach leaves and cottage cheese.
{Dessert} Truffles. Yum.
{Bedtime Snack: 10pm} Multigrain Cheerios plus more of the mouth-watering Bear Naked granola
Have I told you how much I love my new camera? I love my new camera!!!
This week I decided I would do a calorie count for my food for a day.
I used an awesome calorie counter site to input my food calorie data www.fitday.com (I have referenced this site in my Proteinaholics post).
Fitday.com is a free site (with a choice to go “premium”) full of different ways to keep track of your calories/fitness. I use it every once in awhile when I want to see my calorie/nutrient intake. You begin by inputting your stats such as age, weight, height, measurements and your activity level.
(Please check out the site and input your own stats..I am a 5’2″ 110lb girl so I would not expect everyone’s calorie count to be the same as mine.)
If you are trying to lose weight, you can also input your goal weight. Based on that you are given a recommended caloric intake each day as well as recommended nutrients.
Here is my food for the day:
When you scroll down there are different tabs on evaluating your food for the day. Here is my days calories broken down into carbs, fats and protein. Going back to my Proteinaholics post, the recommended percentages are as follows:
Carbs: 45-65%
Fat: 20-35%
Protein: 10-35%
As you can see, my fat intake was much higher than recommended and the carb count was lower than it should have been. The majority of my fat came from my peanutbutter, so I will have to remember that although nutbutter is high in protein and deliciousness, it is also high in fat.
(I would like to point out that nut fats are healthy fats, but like all good things, should be consumed in moderation.)
Here are the nutrients I consumed for the day. Not too bad..I guess? The numbers in green are the nutrients that met the RDA and the ones in red, did not.
Another view of my RDAs.
What I like about Fitday.com:
- Personalized calorie/nutrient counts
- All the graphs! (I am a graph/chart nerd.)
- Specific numbers to work with
What could be improved:
- More extensive food bank (I had to use another site to find certain foods)
Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday! I am off to check out other WIAW pages!
What do you use to keep track of your food or nutrient levels?
Do you run when you have a cold? Or in the cold?
