Beverages:
3 1/4 cups whole milk
30 oz coffee with 6 1/2tbsp half and half, 2tbsp sugar (total)
12oz mother's milk herbal nursing tea
9 cups of water
Breakfast:
1.5 cups soaked oatmeal
2 tea sugar
2 tea butter
Lunch:
1 medium bell pepper - sauteed
2 eggs
2 sliced turkey
Snack:
1 med. banana
2tbsp sun butter
Dinner:
3 cups spring mix
7oz tuna salad from scratch
Dessert:
nothing!
Approximate nutritional breakdown:
2273 calories
144g protein
122g fat
143g carb
Approximate calorie burn:
1660 resting metabolic rate
400 avg. from breastfeeding
250 from moderate daily activity
500 from turbofire 30 workout
Approximate calorie deficit:
2810 burned - 2273 eaten = 537 (not toooo shabby)
5425 calories to burn this week - 537 = 4888
814 calories a day left to burn daily, to meet my weekly goal of 1.5lbs lost... means I need to burn more or eat less! According to
Kellymom.com I shouldn't consume any less that 1800 or it might put my milk supply at risk.
My Thoughts:
I was pretty close to my calorie intake goals today and I feel good about that, although I wish it would have been a smidge lower. I worked out with
Turbofire for the first time since July and I was pleasantly surprised that it didn't kill me as badly as I thought it would, but it certainly was hard and I can feel
lots of room for improvement. I'm not doing much of the jumping (I'm following the lower impact gal) this time around because of Achilles tendon issues last time, but that may change with time! I'm also experimenting with
working out barefoot after reading a lot about the benefits of going barefoot during fitness activities. It requires an extra bit of thought to keep my feet positioned correctly, but I've been relatively pain free for once (experienced quite a bit of foot pain when working out to
Turbofire before).
I experienced some low blood sugar symptoms (shaky, lightheaded, a little disoriented) about an hour after working out, only 30 minutes after my afternoon snack, so I plan on closely monitoring that issue. Check in ya'll tomorrow!
Warmest Regards,
Christina