Day 01: Nobody's Perfect

Practicingwhat you preach can be hard and hey, nobody's perfect. Day 1 may seem like a bit of a challenge. If you’renot ready to start counting and planning a day in the life of your stomach,then start out small. I haven’t had time to buy new foods, so I looked in ourfridge, freezer and cupboards to determine what I was going to eat today. It isnot a perfect menu, but it did get me started on things to look for. I over didbreakfast by about 300 calories and 700 mg of sodium. No worries, just keep in mind that throughout therest of the day my meals would have to be smaller. You will notice I am not focusing on fat and sugar atthe moment. I will next week. This is just to get me started,

Here’swhat I did for Day 1:

QUEEN MARY'S DAY – The Royale Menu Planner -- Limit 1500 calories
Time	Event	Calories/Sodium/Fiber/Protein/Potassium
4:30 a.m.	Waking:	I am not hungry for 2 hours -- listen to your body!
6:30 a.m.	KING BREAKFAST	6 Nancy’s Petite Quiches 715 cal., 1080 g sod., 3 g fib., 26 g pro., 150 mg pota.
8:30 a.m.	QUEEN SNACK	Almonds 169 cal., 0 g sod., 4 g fib., 7 g pro., 211 mg pota.
10:30 a.m.	PRINCE LUNCH	Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese 340  cal.,  1364 g sod., 4 g fib., 15 g pro., 488 mg pota.
1:30 a.m.	PRINCESS SNACK	Talente Sorbet 120 cal., 0 g sod., 3 g fib., 0 g pro., 0 mg pota.
4:30 a.m.	PAUPER DINNER	2 cups Steamed Broccoli 60 cal., 60 g sod., 6 g fib., 4 g pro., 556 mg pota.
6:30 a.m.	PEASENT SNACK	Yogurt Drink 70 cal., 40 g sod., 0 g fib., 3 g pro., 135 mg pota.
	Total intake	1474 cal., 2544 g sod., 20 g fib., 55 g pro., 1540 mg pota.
8:30 a.m.	8 hours of Royal Beauty Sleep	A minimum of 8 hours for healthy weight loss.

Mybreakfast, though really good, put my numbers over the top too early and I hadto seriously think before I ate anything after I realized how many calories andsodium I had consumed. All in all total calories were in line, but my sodiumturned out to be really high, and I needed to take 5088 mg of potassium just tobalance 2544 g of sodium. So I was a little short. As you can see, the firstmeal of the day should be the biggest … but try not to make it above 400calories as it will limit what you eat for lunch and dinner. I had to choosebroccoli for dinner, because breakfast and lunch were so big. However this isday 1, which though was a fail, got me to think about planning day 2 better.