In Which Food Adjustments Are Required

[serinde]

So, if no exercise, then must be strict food control. Thus I have started logging food with FitDay again.

Part of what tends to make me fall off the wagon is the nuisance of keeping track of everything. I can, and have, done it before; but it seems to be much harder to force myself back to it, as if by having succeeded once I have proved it and don't need to prove it again. Except that I'm not doing this as a symbol of how iron-willed I am, I'm doing it to be less of a wobbling pudgebucket. Stupid backbrain. ANYWAYS; since I am a creature of habit, and tend to eat the same damn thing every day, I created a "new custom food" which is the part of my daily consumption that doesn't change.

Thus:
* breakfast *
1 (large) egg
1 slice of TJ's sprouted wheat bread
a schmear of low-fat not-butter
2 splashes of half-and-half in coffee

* elevenses *
1 reduced-fat cheesestick
15 almonds

* lunch *
3 cups mixed greens
1/5 package of extra-firm tofu
2/3 of a bell pepper
1 T. salad dressing

All of this adds up to 628 calories: 37g fat, 39g carbs, 38g protein. This is too much fat, and not enough protein. Ideally I'd replace the tofu with a leaner protein, but that becomes a logistical issue (I don't always roast a meat over the weekend, generating leftovers for salad). The easiest solution is canned tuna; but eating a half can every day leads to the whole mercury question.

What to do, what to do.

Comments

[missionista.livejournal.com]

What about tuna 2 days a week, and tofu the other 3?

[nancaurelia.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest salmon, but not necessarily canned. Do you have access to a microwave?

Also in my WW universe 3 egg whites are a better choice than 1 whole egg. That might be one way to achieve more protein and less fat. Hardboiled is convenient.

And finally, if you were actually a wobbling pudgebucket, which you're not, then what would that make me? Your wobbling pudgebucket turquoise-wearing bookend?

Broader protein sources

[(Anonymous)]

I hate to say it, but I think you are stuck in carnivore thought mode. There are gazillions of sources of veggie protein outside of fish and tofu: Beans, legumes, nuts, seeds. And do you really need all that protein? (or are you on another of those high-protein fad diets?)

[lillilah]

Have you considered replacing:
not-butter with jelly
half and half with nonfat milk
elevenses with carrot or other vegetable (or maybe yogurt)

It is my impression that the tofu is the least fatty of all those things. I agree that beans would work as a tofu replacement and also agree that perhaps it isn't necessary to have protein in your salad unless you aren't eating that much protein for dinner.

[erinfinnegan.livejournal.com]

Sorry - going through old journal entries days after the fact:

What about fiber? Where does fiber fit in this equation? Fiber + protein = satisfaction! I know the mixed greens and sprouted wheat bread are fine sources... ah! I guess the almonds are, too. But you haven't noted numbers for them...