End of Day 1...

No, I don't plan to do an analysis of EVERY day, but since this was my first day on the new Free Form diet recommended by Mary Shomon, let's see how I did.

CALORIES
AM:
Breakfast: Coffee plus 1 T of sugarfree French vanilla creamer, 30 calories
1 medium banana, 80 calories (2 g fiber)
1 scrambled egg, 60 calories
1 T shredded cheddar cheese, 20 calories   
Total Breakfast calories: 190 calories

PM:
Lunch: Sandwich with 2 slices pumpernickel bread, 160 calories (2 g fiber); 5 thin shaved slices of processed ham, 150 calories, lettuce leaf, 5 calories?, 1 teaspoon of honey mustard, 10 calories; 1 slice of provolone sandwich cheese, 70 calories. Total sandwich, 395 calories
4 celery stalks, 40 calories (8 g fiber) with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, 200 calories (2 g fiber)
Total Lunch calories: 635 calories (ouch, more than I thought; I felt very full after that lunch -- lesson learned: use only one slice of bread and only 1 tablespoon of peanut butter)

Dinner: 1 cup of homemade lentil stew (using recipe in previous post), 250 calories, (16 g fiber)
5 large shrimp (appetizer, no cocktail sauce, lean protein serving), 100 calories
About 1 cup of cut, raw vegetables (incl baby carrots, celery, yellow zucchini, and grape tomatoes), 75 calories (5 g fiber?)
4 fl. ounces of dry red wine, 80 calories
Total Dinner calories: 505 calories

So, TOTAL calories for the day = 1330 calories, 35 grams of fiber
Not terrible, but not great, either. It felt like a more or less average day. I wasn't hungry at all, and in fact after lunch I felt very full. Where could I have done better? Cut down the sandwich to a half sandwich using only one slice of bread, and substituting a higher fiber, whole grain bread, and cutting the peanut butter that I smeared on celery slices in half.

I drank what seemed like an ocean of water, but was really only 6 large tumblers full (maybe 60 fl oz?)

I drank a little red wine tonight; it was New Year's Eve. I measured it and I sipped it while also drinking a tumbler of lemon-flavored water.

The fiber count: 35 grams was over the target of 25 grams for the diet, so OK there. Thanks to the lentil soup/stew. I think I'll have to include some kind of beans or lentils, at least a half cup, every day to meet the fiber target.

Protein? Yes, there was at least a small serving of protein with each meal.
Yes, there was some fat in the diet today, but not excessive. I cut out the airpopped popcorn after lunch; I was so full I didn't want it.

So, that's what a day on the Mary Shomon diet looks like. It was fairly easy to do.

AS for exercise:
I biked 2 miles roundtrip with the kids to the beach today, and we walked around at the beach.
I also self-enforced the "5 minutes of exercise before sitting at the computer" 3 times today. Should have been more like 6 times. Will do better tomorrow.