Friday, January 7, 2011

Day 1

7:00 AM
  • 1 Vitamin B100 complex by Kirkland (from Costco)
  • 1/2 banana      55 Cal   Sugars 7g      Carbs 13g   GI 54    GL 7
  • 1/2 kiwi            23 Cal   Sugars 3.5g   Carbs 5g     GI 53    GL 2.7
  • 1/2 grapefruit   52 Cal   Sugars 8g      Carbs 13g   GI 25    GL 3.3
  • 1/2 orange       43 Cal    Sugars 8g      Carbs 11g   GI 44    GL 4.8
  • 2 glasses of water (400 ml per glass)
Total Calories: 173
Total Sugars: 26.5g
Total GL: 17.8


GI - Glycemic Index
GL - Glycemic Load=(GI x the amount of carbohydrate)/100


Recommended GL per day no less than 80 and no more than 120. For acne there is no suggested GL per meal, but someone tried GL of 10-12 and it worked. 
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10:00 AM:
  • 1 Multivitamins and multi-minerals by Kirkland from Costco
  • 1 Iron (35 mg) from Costco
  • 2 capsules "Help for Skin Disorders" by Bell (Master Herbalist Series)
       Green smoothie: 
  • 1/2 banana    55 Cal   Sugars 7g      Carbs 13g   GI 54    GL 7
  • 1 apple        116 Cal   Sugars 23g    Carbs 31g   GI 38    GL 8.7
  • 1/2 cucumber   23 Cal  Sugars 2g    Carbs 5g     GI 15    GL 0.75
  • 1/2 orange       43 Cal   Sugars 8g      Carbs 11g   GI 44    GL 4.8
  • 1/4 lemon
  • 1 slice honeydew melon 15 Cal   Sugars 4g  Carbs 5g   GI 65 (as for cantaloup)  GL 3.3
  • 5 leaves of lettuce 5 Cal  Sugars 0g  Carbs 0g    GI  0     GL 0
  • 1 glass of water 

Total Calories: 257
Total Sugars: 45g
Total GL: <25 (since lemon juice should lower GI)

+ 2 glasses of water
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1:00 PM:
  • Vitamin E (400 UI) by Kirkland from Costco 
  • 1 cup mushroom barley soup  73 Cal  Sugars 0g  Carbs 12g  GI 25 (as for barley) GL 3
  • 1/2 cup 4 beans salad    100 Cal  Sugars 5g  Carbs 10g  GI 35 (as for chickpeas)  GL 3.5
  • 1/2 pear            50 Cal    Sugars 9g   Carbs 14g   GI 38    GL 5.3
  • 1/2 red pepper  23 Cal    Sugars 3g   Carbs 4g     GI 15    GL 0.6
  • 3 prunes            69 Cal   Sugars 12g  Carbs 18g   GI 29    GL 5
  • 1 glass of warm water 
Total Calories: 315
Total Sugars: 29g
Total GL: 17.4
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4:00 PM:
  • Calcium Plus (600 mg) with Vitamin D (400 IU) and minerals by Kirkland from Costco 
  • 1/2 kiwi            23 Cal   Sugars 3.5g   Carbs 5g     GI 53    GL 2.7
Steamed vegetables (3 min in microwave in Case Steamer):
  • 1 cup broccoli       54 Cal  Sugars 2g  Carbs 12g  GI 15  GL 1.8
  • 1 cup cauliflower  28 Cal  Sugars 2g  Carbs 6g   GI 15   GL 0.9
  • 1/2 cup zucchini   14 Cal    Sugars 2g   Carbs 4g  GI 15   GL 0.6
  • 1/2 cup sweet peas  67 Cal   Sugars 4.5g  Carbs 12.5g   GI 48    GL 6
  • 1 table spoon olive oil 124 Cal   Sugars 0g  Carbs 0g   GI 0    GL 0
  • 1 table spoon lemon juice
  • pinch of salt 
  • 1 glass of water 
Total Calories: <310
Total Sugars: 14g
Total GL: <12 (since oil and lemon juice should lower GI)

Note: I've calculated all the calories as for boiled vegetables. Raw vegetables have less Cal and Carbs then boiled. I guess steamed should be somewhere in between raw and steamed. I've decided to take the largest number and went with boiled.
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6:00 PM:
  • 6 baby carrots       30 Cal  Sugars 6g  Carbs 6g  GI 47  GL 2.8
  • pear             100 Cal  Sugars 18g  Carbs 28g   GI 38  GL 10.6
  • 1 glass of water 
Total Calories: 130
Total Sugars: 24g
Total GL: 13.4 
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8:00 PM:
  • Zinc (50 mg) from Costco
  • 2 capsules "Help for Skin Disorders" by Bell (Master Herbalist Series)
  • 1 tbsp Norvegian Cod Liver Oil with some lemon juice 122 Cal  Sugars 0g  Carbs 0g  GI 0   GL 0
  • 1 cup 4 beans salad    200 Cal  Sugars 10g  Carbs 20g  GI 35 (as for chickpeas)  GL 7
Guacamole:
  • 1.5 avocado     483 Cal  Sugars 2g  Carbs 25.5g  GI 0    GL 0
  • 2 tomatoes       54 Cal  Sugars 8g  Carbs 12g  GI 15  GL 1.8
  • 1/4 onion         20 Cal  Sugars 1g  Carbs 3g  GI ?  GL 0
  • 1 glass of water
Total Calories: 879
Total Sugars: 21g
Total GL: 8.8 

Daily Calories: 2064
Daily GL: 94.4
Water: about 3.5L

Exercised outside: 40 min (20 min running and 20 min strength: squats and lunges)

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