Food journal 2-10-2015

[Erica St. Michell]

Today was a crazy day for me. I was teaching a class at a High School until noon, then I had a meeting at one in another town.
Breakfast: 7:30a coffee, MCT oil, and fish oil.
Lunch: 12:30 (I ate in the car) I had Panda Express.
MCT oil. Fish oil, magnesium, 8oz mixed veggies; 5g fat, 16g carbs, 4g protein. Shanghai Angus beef; 57g fat, 48g carbs, 66g protein.
Dinner 6:30p
4oz tri-tip; 5g fat, 24g protein, 0carbs.
1c kale/cabbage salad; 6.5g fat, 3G carbs, 2 G protein.
I ate 73.5g fat, 67g carbs and 96g protein for the day. What could have I done different for lunch? Did I make the right food choice?

[Jim B]

Lunch for today is over. No guilt, no matter what. You were at Panda. Really I think you picked the best option you probably could have, from a whole bunch of worse things. Still not optimal, as you know, but you did what you could. You pretty much have to accept that anything from a fast food place is bad. I can't think of a single exception. The main problem here is the oils they used, but I do see you had the fish oil, so that is a great move to offset that. I really think you did the best a person could do at that place.

If I get stuck doing that I just write it off as a cheat meal and forget it. It is over. The good thing is you are now armed with eating strategies to offset the damage from one meal. You have really, really good momentum going here. Just keep going and it will work out!