I guess we're fully underway now; I'm revamping my old food tracking spreadsheet. It's really more the first step of a total redesign - by tonight's end I'll have 8 days of meals, ingredients, macro breakdown, and daily summaries showing the percentage of my total calories each macro comprised.
Eventually, I plan on programming in lists, having some level of database integration, and ultimately converting the functionality into a stand-alone online software program.
Maybe.
Having written that out and not just letting it live out its life as an idea in my head, that might end up being more work than I'm willing to put into it at current. Yes - I know that there are programs that do all of this already, and that work perfectly well according to tons of people; I just personally find them to be lacking and not user-friendly.
We'll see. There'll be time for such things down the road, if I'm truly motivated to pull any of that off. Right now I've got more than enough on my plate from just keeping extra stuff off of my literal plate!
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I'm a big believer in being meticulous if you have big goals, and I'm counting grams and ounces when it comes to my food intake right now. I won't always track things this closely, but the way I see it, I want to have as strong of a launch as possible. It's just over 2 weeks since the start of the year, and the better I set my self up for success now, the more automatic the healthy routine will be this time next month.
It also allows me to know precisely what's working and what needs further tweaking. So far, I think I'll stick with what I've been doing nutrition-wise as far as caloric targets and macro ratios. I do want to try and introduce a few different foods in to keep things interesting, but I've continue to lean heavily on core items like eggs, ground beef, cheese, apples, and a few others.
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Rolling right along with everything else. Trying to gradually ramp up the cardio a bit more - slightly higher intensity, slightly longer in duration. Hopefully the old body holds up, but if anything gets too tender I'll just dial it back and keep going. I bumped up the weight and # of movements during my shoulders + biceps weight training session last night, and feel pretty good today. I'll try the same trick tonight as I work back and chest.
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Here's what I've eaten for the past couple days:
Sunday:
Breakfast: 418 calories | 31g fat | 28g protein | 7.5g carbs
Link Sausage (x6): 320 calories | 26g fat | 22g protein
Egg (x1): 70 calories | 5g fat | 6g protein
1/2 Granny Smith Apple: 28 calories | 7.5g carbs
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Lunch: 275 calories | 9.5g fat | 38g protein | 12g carbs
Grilled chicken breast: 168 calories | 3.8g fat | 33g protein
Tomato (2 slices): 7 calories | 1.5g carbs
Lettuce (1/2 cup): 4 calories | 1g carbs
Guacamole (2 tbs): 46 calories | 4g fat | .5g protein | 2.5g carbs
Whole-grain Lavash (1/2): 50 calories | 1.5g fat | 4.5g protein | 7g carbs
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Dinner: 670 calories | 44g fat | 41g protein | 35g carbs
Green Goddess Salad (Panera Bread): calories | g fat | g protein | g carbs
- Salad: 510 calories | 30g fat | 37g protein | 27g carbs
- Dressing: 160 calories | 14g fat | 4g protein | 8g carbs
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Daily totals: 1,363 calories | 84.5g fat | 107g protein | 54.5g carbs
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Monday:
Breakfast: 509 calories | 36g fat | 34g protein | 12g carbs
Link Sausage (x6): 320 calories | 26g fat | 22g protein
Egg (x2): 140 calories | 10g fat | 12g protein
1/2 Gala Apple: 49 calories | 12g carbs
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Lunch: 521 calories | 34g fat | 36g protein | 23g carbs
Cajun Turkey (2oz): 60 calories | 1.5g fat | 12g protein | 1g carbs
Protein Chips (22): 120 calories | 3g fat | 10g protein | 13g carbs
Peanuts (1/4 cup): 170 calories | 15g fat | 8g protein | 4g carbs
Cheese Slice (x1): 80 calories | 6g fat | 5g protein | 0g carbs
Guacamole (1/4 cup): 91 calories | 8.5g fat | 1g protein | 5g carbs
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Dinner: 664 calories | 50g fat | 35g protein | 18g carbs
Nachos: 664 calories | 50g fat | 35g protein | 18g carbs
- Ground Beef (6oz): 417 calories | 33g fat | 28.5g protein
- Guacamole (1 tbs): 23 calories | 2g fat | 1.5g carbs
- Cheese (1/2 oz): 55 calories | 4.5g fat | 3g protein | .5g carbs
- Salsa (1/4 cup): 9g calories | .5g protein | 2g carbs
- Chickpea Chips (1oz): 160 calories | 10g fat | 3g protein | 14g carbs
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Daily Totals: 1,694 calories | 120g fat | 105g protein | 53g carbs
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