1500
Fifteen hundred. One thousand five hundred. One point five K.
This is the number of Calories I have decided to limit myself to consuming in a single day. Yep, I’m going on a diet.
Anyone who knows me personally can attest to the need for same. Especially my doctors. Extra-especially the Admiral. As I am fond of telling my friends, somewhere in here is a slinky blonde trying to eat her way out. This is your big chance, Barbie – start gnawing!
So what does a 1500 Calorie per day diet look like? Well, it’s not as bad as you might think. And bear in mind, I am a foodie, so I shall not sacrfice too much in the way of actual flavor. Here was my intake today:
Breakfast was a single Activia drinkable yogurt at 120 Calories. I had black coffee (I’ve been drinking it black for years) so that was a freebie.
Lunch consisted of a homemade chicken salad sandwich which was made of half a chicken breast, boiled and shredded (90 Cals), one slice of pumpernickel rye swirl (80 Cals), a couple of tablespoons of light mayo (70 Cals), a medium banana (105 Cals), and a light yogurt (80 Cals), for a total of 425 Calories.
Dinner was baked rigatoni with sausage meatballs, a green salad, and a couple of pieces of bruschetta. Here’s the breakdown:
150 – pasta
180 – meatballs (total 2 ounces)
10 – parmesan cheese (just a light sprinkle)
90 – shredded mozarella and provolone
50 – sauce
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480 Calories
50 – salad greens
10 – four sliced cherry tomatoes
60 – dressing
90 – croutons
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210 Calories for the salad
150 – 2 slices bread
50 – topping
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200 bruschetta
890 – total dinner Calories
425 – lunch
120 – breakfast yogurt
60 – Dessert (a Reese’s snack size thingy)
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1495 Calories!! Hooray!
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The Conservative Lesbian
Good job of hitting your goal calories!! A suggestion if I may- I would recommend increasing the protien, eat less bread, and try to spread your daily calories out over 5 meals (or make the 3 main meals smaller, w/ 2 snacks added in between). Eat a bigger breakfast- you only had 120 cal. for breakfast, but 890 at dinner ! – that’s too much at one meal, especially at the end of the day. Let me know if you have any ques. when you’re at the music store!
CL replies:
Thanks, Jennifer! I appreciate the support!
My advice is that you start with a 2000 cal a day diet. Your system will go into a total shock if you are doing 1500 right now. Plus what kind of vitamins are you taking or adding to this. Jennifer is definitely right about spreading it over 5 meals and starting heavy on breakfast. You don’t want to lose too much weight too fast. I suggest doing 2000 cals for 2 months and see how much your dropping, obviously keep the cardio going and pick up a pair of 10 lb dumbells to tone and continue to burn cals.
CL replies:
Hey, thanks for the tips! You’d be surprised, however, at how much you CAN eat on 1500. Saturday I had some fabulous BBQ at Allman’s in Fredericksburg: pulled pig sandwich, onion rings, and slaw. For dinner the same day we had homemade minestrone soup: 140 Calories in a two cup (pint!) serving. I was still under 1500. I am so not starving!