Food & Exercise -- 5/9/2004

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Chris Braun - 10 Jun 2004 04:00 GMT

Food:

7:30 (home): 30g Hi-Lo cereal, 30g All Bran, 22g whey protein, 1 cup
skim milk

9:30 (meeting food): small can V8 Juice (5.5 oz, 35, 0, 7, 1)

10:30 (brought from home): 2 hard-boiled eggs

1:15 (office cafeteria, using free lunch ticket from meeting): 2
scoops tuna salad (5 oz. tuna, 2 tbsp mayonnaise)

5:00 (office cafeteria, using free lunch ticket from meeting -- picked
up at lunch time, ate later): 1 1/2 cups mixed fruit, 3/4 cup cottage
cheese

8:00 (driving home): energy bar

9:30 (home): 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices
melted f/f cheese

Totals: 1542 calories, 55g fat (32%), 125g carbs (32%), 159g protein
(41%)

Exercise:

12:00 -- 2 mile brisk walk (in 95 degree heat!)

Chris
252/149/ (145-150) -- back to pre-wedding weight today :-)

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Ignoramus26239 - 10 Jun 2004 04:11 GMT

> Totals: 1542 calories, 55g fat (32%), 125g carbs (32%), 159g protein
> (41%)

the total is 105% !!!

i

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Chris Braun - 10 Jun 2004 04:18 GMT

>> Totals: 1542 calories, 55g fat (32%), 125g carbs (32%), 159g protein
>> (41%)
>
>the total is 105% !!!
>
>i

I usually have totals that don't quite add up. This is because of the
way my spreadsheet works. It adds up grams of fat, carbs, and protein
for the day, then computes (fat grams * 9) / (total calories), (carb
grams * 4) / (total calories), and (protein grams * 4) / (total
calories). Because of the round-off in the nutrient values provided
with foods, this rarely comes out perfectly. It's still close enough
to be interesting, though.

Chris

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Ignoramus26239 - 10 Jun 2004 04:24 GMT

>>> Totals: 1542 calories, 55g fat (32%), 125g carbs (32%), 159g protein
>>> (41%)
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> with foods, this rarely comes out perfectly. It's still close enough
> to be interesting, though.

It is definitely interesting, but I do not think that rounding errors
could lead to a 5% error in the total, if you calculate your total
calories as fat grams * 9 + protein grams * 4 + carb grams * 4.

I read about half of your food and exercise posts and admire your
consistency.

i

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Chris Braun - 10 Jun 2004 04:36 GMT

>>>> Totals: 1542 calories, 55g fat (32%), 125g carbs (32%), 159g protein
>>>> (41%)
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>
>i

That (I mean about the math, not the compliment :-) ) occurred to me
as well, but I wasn't inclined to change the spreadsheet. It doesn't
really make that much difference. I don't really care how well the
numbers add up. It's worse if I drink wine, as it has calories that
aren't accounted for by any of the three macronutrients.

Re consistency: I don't think I'm all that consistent, since I give
in to temptation all the time when at parties and such, but I'm very
good at getting back on track. I think this is partly because I don't
consider it a failure when I do splurge and don't beat myself up over
it. I just view it as all part of my overall lifestyle. For example,
I ate lots all last weekend at my niece's wedding and the weekend
before when up at Brown, but I'm now back to 149, my weight before
those two events. Quite possibly if I hadn't done all that eating I'd
be at 147 or 148 today, but that doesn't really matter in the grand
scheme of things. I'd like to get down to 145 sometime, and I assume
that I will. But once I'm there my goal is just to remain in the
145-150 range. So if I run over it, like I did after last weekend,
I'll take steps to get back into it again, as I have.

Chris
262/149/ (145-150)

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Ignoramus26239 - 10 Jun 2004 04:41 GMT

>>>>> Totals: 1542 calories, 55g fat (32%), 125g carbs (32%), 159g protein
>>>>> (41%)
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> numbers add up. It's worse if I drink wine, as it has calories that
> aren't accounted for by any of the three macronutrients.

At least you have a good excuse for numbers not adding up if you drink
a lot of wine that day. :)

> Re consistency: I don't think I'm all that consistent, since I give
> in to temptation all the time when at parties and such, but I'm very
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> 145-150 range. So if I run over it, like I did after last weekend,
> I'll take steps to get back into it again, as I have.

That's a pretty sane approach, if you gained weight, the only rational
thing to do now is to lose it...

i

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