Tuesday in Summary

Pretty busy day around here with the election, errands to run and some house cleaning to do. I almost skipped part of breakfast as I wanted to get out to the polls early before it started to get busy seeing I'd have the kids with me, but I poured a quick bowl of cereal because I knew that if I didn't eat something then it would catch up with me later and I'd be grabbing sweet things later in the day.

So here is my food journal:

Breakfast:
Grapefruit (1 pt)
40 g Honey Almond Crunch (2 pts)
1/2 cup 1% milk (1 pt)

Lunch:
Szechuan Veggie and Chicken (4 pts)
1/2 cup raw carrots (0 pts)

Mid-afternoon:
Caramel Frappucinno Light (3 pts)

Supper:
2 cups salad (0 pts)
1 1/2 tbsps Calorie wise dressing (2 pts)
Olafsson's whole wheat toaster bagel (3 pts)
Drained can of tuna, light mayo (1 1/2 tbsps), light cheese whiz (1 tbsp) (5 pts)

Evening:
1 cup mango (2 pts)
Skinny Cow Caramel bar (2pts)

This totals 25 pts. I also earned 1 activity point for walking to the polling station and home. I chose not to eat it because I feel satisfied and it was low intensity exercise. My sugar intake is a little higher than I would like having the frapp and the ice cream bar, so I am going to aim to lower it and I have to confess I have a huge Starbucks addiction that is also being worked on. I managed to drink 6 glasses of water, ate 6.5 servings of fruit and veggies, got in my dairy servings, exercised a bit, and forgot to take a vitamin. Need to get into that habit again.

I want to add that I do weigh and measure my food, I find I need to in order to be accurate, especially in the beginning months as it is really easy to fudge the amounts and end up eating more than I'm recording. I also find that my kitchen scale is easier than measuring cups because it is more accurate, and I can quickly add other things to it by weight rather than dirtying multiple measuring cups/spoons.