What I Ate: March 3-4, 2010

I'm visiting New Haven. I've been pretty much eating protein bars and drinking protein drinks. Unfortunately, protein bars have a lot of fat! Wow. I didn't realize how much I'd been overdoing it until I sat down and calculated everything. I may do a bunch of liquids tomorrow!

One cool discovery was the Pure Protein RTDs at Target. They are the exact same as the ones I've been getting from Vitamin Shoppe, but they have 21 grams of protein instead of 35 - thus 110 calories instead of 170. Because I don't have any difficult meeting my protein requirements, I'm going to switch to the lower-calorie version.

Wednesday, March 3

• 1 scoop About Time birthday cake protein (103 kcals, 25g protein, 0g carbs, 0g fat) with 1/2 scoop Matrix strawberry cream protein (55 kcals, 11.5g protein, 2g carbs, 0.8g fat) in 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze (20 kcals, 0.5g protein, 0.5g carbs, 1.5g fat). Total - (178 kcals, 37g protein, 2.5g net carbs, 2.3g fat)
• 1 Power Crunch cookies & creme protein bar (205 kcals, 14g protein, 9g protein, 12g fat) and 1 Oh Yeah! chocolate peanut butter protein wafer (105 kcals, 7g protein, 3g net carbs, 6.5g fat)
• 1 Oh Yeah! peanut butter cup protein wafer (105 kcals, 7g protein, 3g net carbs, 6.5g fat)
• 1 Pure Protein frosty chocolate protein drink (110 kcals, 21g protein, 2g net carbs, 1g fat)
• 1 Power Crunch peanut butter creme protein bar (200 kcals, 13g protein, 9g net carbs, 12g fat) and 1 Oh Yeah! chocolate mint protein wafer (105 kcals, 7g protein, 3g net carbs, 6.5g fat)
• 1 Calcet calcium citrate lemon creamy bite (40 kcals, 6g carbs, 1.5g fat)
• 3 Bariatric Advantage cinnamon calcium citrate lozenges (12 kcals, 3g carbs)
• 2 Celebrate orange multivitamins (10 kcals, 2g net carbs)
• 1 Celebrate grape iron + c (5 kcals, 2g net carbs)

Total:
1,075 calories
106g protein
44.5g net carbs
48.3g fat (!)

Thursday, March 4

• 1 Pure Protein cookies & cream protein drink (110 kcals, 21g protein, 3g net carbs, 1g fat)
• 1 Power Crunch peanut butter fudge protein bar (200 kcals, 13g protein, 9g net carbs, 12g fat)
• 1 Pure Protein frosty chocolate protein drink (110 kcals, 21g protein, 2g net carbs, 1g fat)
• 1 Atkins s'more bar (220 kcals, 17g protein, 13.5g net carbs, 9g fat) and 1 Power Crunch triple chocolate protein bar (210 kcals, 13g protein, 9g net carbs, 13g fat). I cannot BELIEVE I ate all this at once! Well, I paid for it. Got very tired and nauseous and had to leave the panel I was attending.
• About 5 oz. of turkey breast at a dinner reception (225 kcals, 43g protein, 0g carbs, 4.5g fat), 1 strawberry (3 kcals, 0.5g net carbs), 2 bites of canteloupe (5 kcals, 1g net carb), eaten over the course of an hour or so. Total - (233 kcals, 43g protein, 1.5g net carbs, 4.5g fat)
• 1 Calcet calcium citrate lemon creamy bite (40 kcals, 6g carbs, 1.5g fat)
• 3 Bariatric Advantage cinnamon calcium citrate lozenges (12 kcals, 3g carbs)
• 2 Celebrate orange multivitamins (10 kcals, 2g net carbs)
• 1 Celebrate grape iron + c (5 kcals, 2g net carbs)

Total:
1,150 calories
128g protein
51g net carbs
40.5g fat

1,150 calories is a LOT for me, but interestingly the scale at my friend's house was down a pound this morning, so I'm not going to beat myself up too much. I would have been golden if not for the random extra protein bar.

I exercised both days. On Wednesday, I revisited my old stomping grounds, Payne-Whitney Gym, for a 65-minute treadmill ride and 27 minutes of weight training. On Thursday, I tried the new place, New Haven Fitness, where I just did 30 minutes on the treadmill. Later that day, I did an hour of yoga at a new studio there.