What Chuck Does

Caloric Intake - Weekends/Holidays - 1,000 Calorie Meals!

Well, I’m probably preaching to the choir (since the only people who know about this site are on some sort of “exercise challenge”) but weekend caloric regulation is impossibly hard. In the office it’s easy to eat what I need to eat, when I need to eat, and in the right portions. However on the weekends, eating is opportunistic and hard to control especially when you’re out with friends. When you’re out and about, you never know when you’ll get your next meal (timing), or what you’ll eat (quality). And although you can regulate the quantity, it’s hard when you’re at a sit-down restaurant and your $30 dinner tastes great but costs you 1,500 calories. It’s hard not to get a drink, it’s hard to pick the “healthier” choice from the menu, and it’s hard to not eat all of it!

After only 1 week of tracking my caloric intake, I’ve discovered it’s hard not to eat 1,000 calories per meal. I know it sounds crazy but when you add the drink (200 calories) to the salad (200 calories) and the meal (600 calories), you easily break 1,000 calories. If you look at my past 7 days, I’ve already had 2-3 1,000+ calorie meals!