Some of my friends use http://www.myfitnesspal.com to track what they eat and how  much they exercise.  I decided to try it today.  If you track Weight Watchers points it does work and help you lose weight.  But I want to be aware of all the calories I eat.  With WW, too many foods are classified as having zero points when actually they have calories and they obviously add up.  Especially when you eat quite a lot of fruit and vegetables like I do.  So I am trying calorie counting and My Fitness Pal is an easy and free way to track them.

Breakfast and cups of tea consumed during the morning.

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Pod – Superfood Scrambled Eggs – No Toast, 1 container	259	1	19	21
Pret – Flat White Coffee, 1 cup	75	7	3	5
Tetley – Tea With Semi Skimmed Milk, 2 mug	30	4	1	3
	364	12	23	29

Today I had the pod superfood without the toast.

I would guess this is 2 eggs, with some Feta cheese, seeds, spinach and tomato.  It is quite the most delicious breakfast I have bought recently.

This is what I had for lunch.

Oh dear, my camera seems to be jammed, here he is again 🙂

I had an Itsu Potsu and I am full of admiration for their design.

This was not what I expected.  It was called an Itsu Potsu 7 Veg and I assumed it was a miso soup or veggie broth full of vegetables.  It was actually a mix of brown and wild rice with 7 vegetables.  It was tasty but quite dry.  You can choose a broth to have with it and I will do that next time – memo to self to read labels properly.

Thinking I was eating a broth with vegetables, I also bought a crab matki so I ended up having a lot more rice than I wanted.  Both meals were delicious though.

Lunch
Itsu Potsu – 7 Veg With Rice, 1 bowl	498	74	20	12
Itsu – Crab California, 1 container	238	20	14	9
Totals	736	94	34	21

For supper I made a quick and easy smoothie.  I don’t need to list out the ingredients as I can let My Fitness Pal do that 🙂

Dinner
Tofu – Firm (nigari), 1 cup	176	4	11	21
Fruit – Banana – Peeled, 150 g	89	24	0	1
Essential Waitrose – Frozen Berries, 100 g	27	6	0	1
Spinach – Raw, 1 cup	7	1	0	1
Ecomil – Bio Hazelnut Milk, 200 mL	101	13	5	2
	400	48	16	26

This tasted lovely and because I used a frozen banana and frozen berries it was like eating an ice-cream!

I have enjoyed my day tracking what I ate and drank.  Besides the food and drink I consumed here, I also ate a tangerine and drank water :-).  Another healthy day.

Even better, I under-ate by 300 calories today.  I set it up so I would lose 1 pound a week but I ate less than my daily allowance so hopefully I will lose a bit more this week.  My daily total is higher than you may expect because I earned 220 by walking.