How much food is 1300 calories?

How much food do you think you can eat that is within 1300 calories?

Guess what, a lot! Based on my own personal goal, which I wrote about previously, of losing 15 pounds by the end of the year, another 2lbs bites the dust, and I’m feeling really good.

Now, when I put on a pair of pants, the waist is perfect. At this rate, I will meet my objective. What an excellent Christmas present, for myself!!!

An example of just one of my day’s eating plan is:

Food Name	Qty	Calorie
Breakfast
English muffins, whole-wheat	1 muffin	134
Strawberries, raw	1 cup, halves	49
Melons, casaba, raw	0.5 cup, cubes	24
Yogurt, plain, low fat, 12 grams protein per 8 ounce	1 container (4 oz)	142
Total		348
Lunch
Bread, pita, white, enriched	0.5 pita, large (6-1/2" dia)	83
Milk, nonfat, fluid, protein fortified, with added vitamin A (fat free and skim)	1 cup	101
Turkey ham, sliced, extra lean, prepackaged or deli-sliced	2 Ounce	33
Ham, sliced, extra lean	2 Ounce	62
Carrots, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	1 cup slices	55
Tomatoes, yellow, raw	0.5 tomato	16
Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average	2 slice, medium (1/4" thick)	7
Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw	1 cup shredded	10
Cucumber, with peel, raw	0.5 cup slices	8
Carrots, raw	0.5 cup strips or slices	25
Endive, raw	1 cup, chopped	9
Radishes, raw	0.25 cup slices	5
Onions, raw	1 tbsp chopped	4
Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw	1 cup shredded	8
Peppers, sweet, green, raw	0.25 cup, sliced	5
Salad dressing, caesar, low calorie	2 tbsp	33
Total		496
Dinner
Spaghetti, spinach, cooked	0.5 cup	91
Oil, peanut, salad or cooking	0.5 tablespoon	60
Broccoli, flower clusters, raw	1 cup flowerets	5
Corn, sweet, yellow, canned, whole kernel, drained solids	0.5 cup	66
Mushrooms, white, raw	0.25 cup pieces	4
Spinach, raw	1 cup	7
Fish, cod, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat	3 oz	89
Total		347
Snack
Crackers, wheat, regular	2 cracker, thin square	19
Plums, raw	2 fruit (2-1/8" dia)	61
Cheese, low fat, cheddar or colby	1 slice (1 oz)	48
Total		128
Total Calories		1301

So today, I’ll have a large salad with turkey and ham. Or, I can take the basic ingredients along with the pita bread, make a sandwich and salad.

For dinner, I’m going to have fish with a great pasta dish, which includes spinach spaghetti, mushrooms, spinach, corn, and broccoli. And I still have caloric room for a few small snacks. (Or, I can trade my 128 calories of snacks for a small dessert………… : )

Oh, and I will still be exactly within the range of a 1,300 calories per day!

Weight1Minute ™ was specifically designed to fit into anybody’s daily routine, and weight-management objectives. Experiment and see if it works for you.

After all, it’s about a healthy lifestyle!

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Comment by Sarah on November 26, 2007 at 2:57pm: Ooh, here's a good visual rep of different snacks from the British NHS.
http://www.nhs.uk/pages/gallery.html

Comment by Lisa Newton on November 26, 2007 at 7:47pm: Thanks! As a matter of fact, I've seen this before and I am going to blog about it at a later date.