My long-term goal is to have a healthy and balanced relationship with food. Step one for me is to eat around 1500 calories a day (3 meals and a snack/dessert) and keep a food journal. I weigh food when possible (or when I remember to 😉) and I estimate calories with the help of MyNetDiary and the WP Recipe Maker.
Sunday 5/22: 1,623 cals
- Breakfast: 288 cals
- stonefire pita bread (64g): 184 cals
- easy scrambled eggs (1 serving): 64 cals
- fresh cherries (50g): 32 cals
- gummy vitamin (1): 8 cals
- Lunch: 522 cals
- medium-grain white rice (150g cooked weight / 60g uncooked weight): 214 cals
- easy broccoli stir fry (1 serving): 62 cals
- easy bok choy stir fry (1 servings): 36 cals
- homemade spicy cabbage stir fry (1 serving): 50 cals
- homecooked spicy fishcake stir fry (1 serving): 50 cals
- homecooked braised beef (33g): 95 cals
- japanese yellow pickled radish (40g): 15 cals
- Dinner: 533 cals
- homecooked rice porridge (1.5 cups): 75 cals
- homecooked fried chicken breast (80g): 285 cals
- easy broccoli stir fry (1 serving): 62 cals
- easy bok choy stir fry (1 servings): 36 cals
- homemade spicy cabbage stir fry (1 serving): 50 cals
- bulldog tonkatsu sauce (1 tbsp): 25 cals
- Snacks: 280 cals
- himalayan sweetness popcorn (14g): 55 cals
- himalayan gold popcorn (14g): 60 cals
- youtiao (20g): 75 cals
- prune (1 piece): 20 cals
- fresh watermelon (300g): 90 cals
Monday 5/23: 1,528 cals
- Breakfast: 297 cals
- homecooked pan-fried rice cakes (75g): 210 cals
- easy scrambled eggs (1 serving): 64 cals
- microgreens (20g): 5 cals
- spicy sichuan pickles (1 tsp) 10 cals
- gummy vitamin (1): 8 cals
- Lunch: 599 cals
- homecooked vegetarian singapore meifun: 400 cals
- homecooked broccoli stir fry (227g): 124 cals
- uncured honey ham (5 pieces): 75 cals
- Dinner: 457 cals
- homecooked rice porridge (1.5 cups): 75 cals
- homecooked braised beef (33g): 95 cals
- easy bok choy stir fry (2 servings): 72 cals
- homemade spicy cabbage stir fry (1 serving): 50 cals
- homecooked spicy fishcake stir fry (1.5 serving): 75 cals
- japanese yellow pickled radish (40g): 15 cals
- youtiao (20g): 75 cals
- Snacks: 175 cals
- himalayan sweetness popcorn (28g): 110 cals
- prune (1 piece): 20 cals
- fresh watermelon (150g): 45 cals
Tuesday 5/24: 1,537 cals
- Breakfast: 275 cals
- homecooked pan-fried rice cakes (60g): 152 cals
- easy scrambled eggs (1 serving): 64 cals
- microgreens (20g): 5 cals
- spicy sichuan pickles (1 tsp) 10 cals
- fresh cherries (50g): 30 cals
- gummy vitamin (1): 8 cals
- Lunch: 494 cals
- homecooked capellini in clam sauce: 265 cals
- homecooked spicy broccoli stir fry (227g): 124 cals
- uncured honey ham (5 pieces): 75 cals
- japanese yellow pickled radish (40g): 15 cals
- kimchi (40g): 15 cals
- flavored seltzer (8oz): 0 cals
- Dinner: 483 cals
- homecooked rice porridge (1.5 cups): 75 cals
- homecooked fried chicken breast (84g): 210 cals
- soy garlic sauce (2 tbsp): 50 cals
- youtiao (20g): 75 cals
- Snacks: 285 cals
- himalayan sweetness popcorn (14g): 55 cals
- himalayan gold popcorn (28g): 120 cals
- chocolate covered almond (1 piece): 20 cals
- fresh watermelon (300g): 90 cals
Wednesday 5/25: 1,362 cals
- Breakfast: 231 cals
- stonefire pita bread (35g): 101 cals
- easy ramen eggs (1): 92 cals
- fresh cherries (50g): 30 cals
- gummy vitamin (1): 8 cals
- Lunch: 498 cals
- homecooked spicy capellini: 276 cals
- easy bok choy stir fry (2 servings): 72 cals
- uncured honey ham (5 pieces): 75 cals
- japanese yellow pickled radish (40g): 15 cals
- homecooked spicy sichuan soup with seaweed, dried shrimp, and microgreens (1 serving): 60 cals
- Dinner: 356 cals
- homecooked rice porridge (1.5 cups): 75 cals
- homemade spicy cabbage stir fry (1 serving): 50 cals
- homecooked spicy fishcake stir fry (2 servings): 100 cals
- homecooked braised beef (33g): 95 cals
- Snacks: 277 cals
- oh my ghee popcorn (14g): 60 cals
- prune (1 piece): 20 cals
- fresh watermelon (300g): 90 cals
- melona honeydew melon ice cream (52g): 90 cals
- ice-cream cone: 17 cals
Thursday 5/26: 1,651 cals
- Breakfast: 289 cals
- homecooked pan-fried rice cakes (70g): 174 cals
- easy ramen eggs (1): 92 cals
- fresh cherries (25g): 15 cals
- gummy vitamin (1): 8 cals
- Lunch: 517 cals
- homecooked capellini in clam sauce: 265 cals
- uncured honey ham (5 pieces): 75 cals
- homecooked spicy fishcake stir fry (1.5 servings): 75 cals
- japanese yellow pickled radish (40g): 15 cals
- kimchi (40g): 15 cals
- Dinner: 715 cals
- homecooked rice porridge (3 cups): 150 cals
- homecooked fried chicken breast (126g): 316 cals
- homemade soy garlic sauce (2 tbsp): 50 cals
- uncured honey ham (2 pieces): 30 cals
- homecooked spicy fishcake stir fry (1.5 servings): 75 cals
- easy cabbage and garlic stir fry (1 serving): 64 cals
- homegrown microgreens (40g): 10 cals
- spicy sichuan pickles (2 tsp) 20 cals
- Snacks: 130 cals
- chocolate covered almond (1 piece): 20 cals
- hi-chew (1 piece): 20 cals
- fresh watermelon (300g): 90 cals
Friday 5/27: 1,531 cals
- Breakfast: 274 cals
- homecooked pan-fried rice cakes (70g): 174 cals
- gummy vitamin (1): 8 cals
- Lunch: 484 cals
- white ibumie (1/2 serving): 262 cals
- fresh broccoli (227g): 77 cals
- frozen tofu sheet (1 piece): 50 cals
- homecooked braised beef (33g): 95 cals
- flavored seltzer (8oz): 0 cals
- white ibumie (1/2 serving): 262 cals
- Dinner: 541 cals
- homecooked rice porridge (1.5 cups): 75 cals
- easy cabbage and garlic stir fry (1 serving): 64 cals
- homecooked fried chicken breast (126g): 316 cals
- homemade soy garlic sauce (2 tbsp): 50 cals
- Snacks: 232 cals
- himalayan gold popcorn (14g): 60 cals
- prune (1 piece): 20 cals
- fresh watermelon (150g): 45 cals
- melona honeydew melon ice cream (52g): 90 cals
- ice-cream cone: 17 cals
Saturday 5/21: 1,528 cals
- Breakfast: 289 cals
- homecooked pan-fried rice cakes (70g): 174 cals
- easy ramen eggs (1): 92 cals
- homegrown microgreens (20g): 5 cals
- spicy sichuan pickles (1 tsp) 10 cals
- gummy vitamin (1): 8 cals
- Lunch: 594 cals
- popeye’s fried chicken wing: 210 cals
- popeye’s biscuit (1/2 piece): 120 cals
- popeye’s cajun fries (50g): 151 cals
- cucumbers (227g): 23 cals
- coca-cola: 90 cals
- Dinner: 420 cals
- homecooked rice porridge (1.5 cups): 75 cals
- homecooked rice noodle & cabbage stir fry (1 cup):150 cals
- homecooked celery, bean sprouts, and carrot stir fry (227g): 90 cals
- homecooked spicy fishcake stir fry (1.5 servings): 75 cals
- japanese yellow pickled radish (40g): 15 cals
- kimchi (40g): 15 cals
- Snacks: 225 cals
- fresh watermelon (300g): 90 cals
I see that you track sauces as well. I guess it is true – they are a lot of calories!
And to think, I used to slather ketchup on so many things. And big cups of soda (that I finish to not waste money). All those hidden calories. 😔
I try to be accurate and specific as possible when tracking so I can better understand my eating habits. It’s a lot to keep track of but with practice, I hope it will take a minimal amount of time going forward.