(pictured above: Indian daseri mangoes)
Indian mangoes are, in my opinion, the best available. They’re sweet, rich, and (fortunately) very healthy!
1 mango is approximately 130 calories, which seems excessive. However, this tropical fruit is abundant with antioxidants that have the power to lower cholesterol, maintain alkaline levels, and even resist leukocytes. Read more here! I think, the extra calories are definitely worth it.
(guess what I’m having for dessert?) :)
but rather than boring you with days and days of information, my account on caloriecount.com can be found here.
Breakfast:
14 oz. glass natural orange juice, with pulp — 56 calories
Lunch:
1 vegan frozen burger, Morningstar— 114 calories
Dinner:
2 Paneer Paranthas— 200 calories
Snack:
1 cup steel-cut oatmeal— 126 calories
2 bananas— 210 calories
1 tbsp flax-seeds— 37 calories
1 cup frozen peas, cooked— 125 calories
Other:
Water, 8 oz.— 8 servings
Exercise:
Walking, 3.5 mph, uphill— 30 mins (208 calories)
Caloric Intake:
food: 868 calories
exercise: -208 calories
Total Calories: 660 calories
Breakfast:
1 mug black coffee— 1 calorie
1 bowl Kellogg’s Cornflakes plain— 59 calories
1 medium carrot, raw— 30 calories
Lunch:
2 dosa; lightly oiled lentil crepe— 259 calories
Dinner:
Tandoori Naan— 128 calories
1/4 cup boiled Okra sabji— 70 calories
1/4 cup Shahi Paneer — 70 calories
Other:
Water, 8 oz.— 8 servings
Exercise:
None
Caloric Intake:
food: 616 calories
Total Calories: 616 calories
I noticed that I haven’t been eating as healthy as needed— my food choice is nutritionally beneficial to an extent, but my caloric intake and exercise are seriously lacking. Does anyone have any advice for finding the right balance?
Chai: black tea, water, ginger, pepper, 1/4 cup non-fat milk — 14 calories
Lunch:
1 serving Upma: semolina, cooking oil, mustard seeds, cumin, ginger, green chilies, onions, peas, carrots, cabbage, lemon juice— 248 calories
Dinner:
2 bowls red pepper soup— 191 calories
Wild Rice Salad— 87 calories
Brown Rice Salad-- 187 calories
Other:
1 K-Cup Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa — 60 calories
Mango— 67 calories
Exercise:
none
Caloric Intake:
food: 949 calories
Total Calories: 949 calories
470 grams Carrot-Apple & Orange Juice Smoothie— 230 calories
Lunch:
4 plain rice idlis— 138 calories
Dinner:
3 slices small thin-crust veggie pizza— 360 calories
Other:
Water, 8 oz.— 8 servings
Sprite— 96 calories
1 Thin Mint— 35 calories
1 Otter Pop— 15 calories
Exercise:
Hatha Yoga (stretching; moderate)— 20 mins. (56 calories)
Caloric Intake:
food: 874 calories
exercise: -56 calories
Total Calories: 818 calories
Breakfast:
Chai: black tea, water, ginger, pepper, 1/4 cup non-fat milk — 14 calories
Lunch:
2 servings Puliodhara: brown rice, tamarind, peanuts, mustard seeds, lentils, curry leaves, red-chillies, turmeric, hing, salt— 382 calories
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk— 49 calories
Dinner:
85 grams Taro Root Sabzi— 80 calories
1/2 cup Rice, Brown, medium-grain, cooked— 218 calories
50 grams Kashmiri Rajma — 83 calories
60 grams tomato Rasam— 15 calories
1 cup low-fat buttermilk— 98 calories
Snack:
1/2 medium carrot, raw— 16 calories
2 tbsps. grocery store peanut butter, chunky— 210 calories
Other:
Water, 8 oz.— 6 servings
Diet Coke— 1 calorie
Exercise:
Hatha Yoga (stretching; moderate)— 55 mins. (154 calories)
Stair climber— 20 mins. (179 calories)
Caloric Intake:
food: 1,167 calories
exercise: -333 calories
Total Calories: 834 calories
