Is this too much food?!?!


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Is this too much food?!?

Is this a lot of food for one day?
The only exercise i got was an hour and a half walk and an hour yoga class. I was on my feet from 2-6 at work, lifting and cleaning stuff. Will I gain weight? How many calories do you think I ate?
By the way, I am 17 and 5'4" and a gal (obviously).
Thank you!

bowl of melon
bowl of watermelon
2 ears of corn
a couple pieces of challah bread
a bowl of cereal with skim milk (was a combo of mini wheats, kashi, golean, and a tiny bit of raisin bran)
2 apples - 200
a small piece of steak
a protein bar - 190 cals
5 wheat crackers - 115
3 oz hummus - 240
a wrap with veggies - 110
1/2 an oblea (this thin sweet mexican wafer)
a starbucks lowfat icecream bar - 120 cals
a fuze diet drink - 10 cals


Answers:

The trick is to only eat when you are really in need of
food--not just because some M&M's commercial you
might see on TV Land gives you a sudden urge for a
candy bar or two--and then take a walk to your local
supermarket to buy a few boxes of Fig Newtons, so
you won't feel quite as guilty.

Any sort packaged food item will tell you right on its
box that their nutrition charts are based on a 2,000
calorie per day diet. That's because to ingest above
that amount every 24 hrs. is more that FDA's
RDA (recommended daily Allowance).

Your listed diet looks decent. But, what you need
remember is, when it comes to things like wheat
crackers or wafers, if you eat more of them than is
estimated in an entire "serving" size, you're eating
too much--and it's probably something you can do
well enough without. Also, there are calories from
any given food and calories from the food's "fat
content."

All things considered, if you keep eating as you've
listed here, then I'd say you're doing pretty good. If
you're making a habit of a 90 minute walk, and/or
a yoga class... great!

But, that being said, besides putting milk on your
breakfast cereal, foods containing milk are not the
best thing for anyone's diet. If I were you, I'd cut out
ice cream entirely. (Non-fat, in many cases, is a bit
of a misnomer; especially when it comes to a dish
like ice cream. Yogurt--which just about any yoga
student would swear by--can be bought in virtual
No Fat form; but, ice cream is another story.) And if
you have cheese of any variety in your diet, then it
definitely wouldn't hurt to put the lid on that; cottage
cheese, though, like yogurt, is a very good source
of protein. (Unlike any variety of cheese--Edam to
Swiss, and all other varieties in between-- are really
much better sources of cholesterol than anything
else; and high choleterol can mean high-risk for an
early heart-attack.)

Also, Fuze contains more caffiene than one cup of
coffee; and more sugar. It may be a tastey source
of energy. But, unfortunately, they're not good for an
every day food; and if you're drikning something of
that sort in excess, you're only tempting Fate!

Everything else on your pallet looks good. Except
for the Fuze and Starbucks ice cream bars--or any
other brand of ice cream--don't change a thing!

Best of health & good luck.




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