Hi my fellow West Loopers!
I know that we have been posting our food diaries on the blog, but if anyone is looking for a way to get detailed info about food intake, I would recommend Livestrong.com. I have actually been using it on and off for years. You can setup your weight, select if you want to gain, maintain or lose weight and it will give you a total calorie intake for the day. Then once you track your food and/or workouts, you get a good idea of the calorie range you are in for that day. It also breaks down the carbs/fat/protein ratio. I find this very helpful now that I am trying to follow the Paleo diet more strictly. Here is a link to my food diary to you can see what the breakdown looks like: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/clmivey/
I think your link is broken, Camey, but I agree that this site is probably the easiest to use if you want to track stuff.
ReplyDeleteFitDay isn't bad, but it's definitely not the best. I just have the actual application on my computer so I'll probably stick with it.
Log to come shortly
Thanks John! I updated the link so hopefully it works now. I like fitday too, but since I have been using Livstrong for so long all my info and history is already there.
ReplyDeleteDo you know what the carb/fat/protein ratio is that we should be getting in each day?
Log for Monday:
ReplyDeleteBreakfast - scrambled eggs 1 egg white, 1 yolk
1/2 Caff black coffee
Snack - Banana
Lunch - Paleo Chili mmmmmmm
Snack - Balance Bar (Any suggestions on Paleo friendly snack bars?)
Dinner - Roasted Chicken, tomato, lettuce
TOM W. - never got an email from you ? Need your email address to make you a contributor.
Hey Rae, you could try Heather Bars: http://www.heatherbar.com/
ReplyDeleteThey are made and sold by CF supa star Heather Bergeron. Lara Bars are pretty good too.
Food for Monday:
ReplyDeleteBreakfast: 4 bacon, 2 hard boiled eggs, carrot and celery sticks
Lunch: 6oz tuna, paleo mayo, celery, 1/2 avocado, 1 can stevia soda
Snack: hand full almonds
Dinner: chicken cobb salad with olive oil and lemon dressing
H20: around 120oz
Supplements: 1000 vit-C Emergen C, 6 Colostrum, 6 Fish Oil, 4 DIM, 1 CoQ10, 1 Zinc, 1 Magnesium, Trace Minerals
Rae. sent. also sent on sunday...maybe check your spam. otherwise, twubben1983@yahoo.com
ReplyDeletekeep the inappropriate work emails to a minimum people.ha.
as for the food blogs, i use fitday and i like it. i checked out livestrong and a definite plus to that site is that it has a lot of brand name items to choose from which makes life easier than customizing your own in fitday. now if only someone could start adding crossfit workouts and the calories it consumes....
Rae, I love Larabars. Most of them are paleo friendly. And they are gluten and dairy free. Also, looking at your food, you may need to add fat and protein into each snack and meal.
ReplyDeleteThomas, you could always wear a heart rate monitor and you would know your calories burned. :) I wear one and LOVE it. I find it motivating actually. I burn between 300-600 cals per CF workout.
wow, eye-opener. gracias camey!
ReplyDeleteMonday's Menu:
ReplyDeleteBreakfast: Apple, tea
Lunch: Chili, almonds and dried raspberries, banana
Dinner: chili w/sausage added, celery w/Paleo dressing that I made:) strawberries and grapes
I really need to make sure I have a more substantial breakfast so that I do not over eat throughout the rest of the day. Guess I need to drag my ass out of bed ten minutes earlier:)
@ RAE- I like KIND bars. They are also gluten free, dairy free, etc. You can get them at Whole Foods
ReplyDeleteMonday's Food Blog:
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with spinach and 2 pieces of turkey bacon, black coffee
snack: an apple with a few almonds
lunch: a few slices of turkey lunch meat and left over eggplant (yes, from this last week...gross)
dinner: stir fry turkey (yet again) with carrots, onions and snappeas (not so paleo) dessert- a nectarine and a few almonds
I'm gonna check out this livestrong website...sounds cool
and def. get the Polar watch/heart rate monitor--my watch displays a trophy on my screen when i reach my goals for the week : )
first, @tyler...double-checked caloric intake. started logging about 1.5 weeks ago...during that span, low cals was yesterday at 2267, high was friday at 3400 (no beer), and average is about about 2700. fat/protein/carb: 50/30/20... and between 100 and 200 g proteins per day (reasonable for my weight)
ReplyDeletenow on to my intake today:
breakfast: same as always...2 bananas, 3 tbsp almond butter, celery
morning snack: honey crisp apple, grapes
lunch: 2 turkey burger patties, plum tomato, avocado, cucumber slices
afternoon snack: fruit cup from starbucks
post wod: banana
dinner: two pork chops, salsa, avocado
I ate almost the exact same meals as yesteday. but added a glass of red wine and a little more protein powder. Logged it into Livestrong and racked 1900 calories. After talking to Tom, 1700-1900 seems really low.
ReplyDeletemeal 1: apple, about 16 oz of coffee w/ creamer
meal 2: 2 eggs, some egg whites, 1-2 cups sauteed spinach, 1/2 avocado, fresh pico de gallo, 4 or so oz of grass fed beef brisket (was on sale at whole foods).
Meal 3: 5-6 oz of gound bison and ground grass fed beef, about 2 cups of sauteed broccoli and mixed sliced peppers (frozen from trader joes), 1/2 avocado, fresh pico de gallo (Stanleys) a few dashes of chalula hot sauce, and a few grapes.
Meal 4: a handfull of grapes
Meal 5: A few ounces of grass fed beef brisket, and about 1/2 cup of steemed/sauteed Delicata Squash (dense/starchy taste/texture) and a couple cups of iced coffee
Meal 6: post wod, apple pear, and about 40 grams of whey protein (90% isolate). glass of red wine.