A surprising revelation
Dec. 28th, 2010 09:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Today, just on a whim, I decided to calculate how many calories I eat for breakfast. My standard breakfast is two slices of whole wheat toast (flax!) with peanut butter, and a glass of orange juice. I never knew how much peanut butter I was putting on my toast, so I decided to pull out my kitchen scale and do a before-and-after measurement, which revealed that I was putting about 20g of peanut butter, about one and a third tablespoons.
Looked at all the packages, figured it all out... 500 calories.
What?!? Crazy! It's two pieces of toast and a freakin' glass of orange juice! That works out to 500 calories?!?
Maybe it's time to start hunting for a new standard breakfast...
Edited to add: I've been hunting around the net and found a few interesting sites that show what 200 calories of a variety of foods look like, or what a 300-calorie meal looks like. Interesting stuff, posted here mostly for my own reference and for the edification of my readers.
- What does 200 calories look like?
- What do 300-calorie meals look like?
- 300 calorie food picture gallery
- What do 300-calorie meals really look like? (comparison between home-made and restaurant)
- 300-calorie breakfast meal
- Easy, healthy breakfasts under 300 calories
Looked at all the packages, figured it all out... 500 calories.
What?!? Crazy! It's two pieces of toast and a freakin' glass of orange juice! That works out to 500 calories?!?
Maybe it's time to start hunting for a new standard breakfast...
Edited to add: I've been hunting around the net and found a few interesting sites that show what 200 calories of a variety of foods look like, or what a 300-calorie meal looks like. Interesting stuff, posted here mostly for my own reference and for the edification of my readers.
- What does 200 calories look like?
- What do 300-calorie meals look like?
- 300 calorie food picture gallery
- What do 300-calorie meals really look like? (comparison between home-made and restaurant)
- 300-calorie breakfast meal
- Easy, healthy breakfasts under 300 calories
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Date: 2010-12-28 04:07 pm (UTC)Shocked and awed
Date: 2010-12-28 04:24 pm (UTC)What about if you use low fat PB on your toast? That might trim your calories.
I've decided not to worry to much about weight loss right now. I won't go all Jabba the Hut, but I will have that cookie. (Just one. Two if their small. Three if it's Christmas morning) And after the New Year, it's back to being healthy.
Last year I lost 35 lbs. This year my target goal is another fifteen pounds.
Wish me luck.
Re: Shocked and awed
Date: 2010-12-28 04:27 pm (UTC)I'm trying to be better, starting today. I don't do new year's resolutions, but I *am* trying to make lifestyle changes that will help me get back down to where I want to be.
Re: Shocked and awed
Date: 2010-12-28 05:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-28 11:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-29 01:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-29 01:53 am (UTC)also, when i started looking at calories i was shocked to see how high most grains are. so really, it's best to fill up on veggies and have reasonable to small portions of the rest.