A typical day in my life after carbs

Last updated on March 28th, 2017

Following up on my post “What is a low carb diet?” I’m presenting here a typical day of low carbing.   The day was a Saturday.

Breakfast (6:30 a.m.)

Most days, I’m an early riser.  The sun comes up, and I’m right there with it.

• no-filler salmon patty (leftover)
• two eggs scrambled with butter
• two mugs of coffee, each with two teaspoons of half-and-half
• one multi-vitamin for men

Morning Snack (10:00 a.m.)

Having this mid-morning snack was a-typical.  Often I make it to lunch without a snack.  I ate this one because Anita and I were planning an expedition to Costco, and figured to be gone at least three hours.  Costco on a Saturday provides plenty of free snacks to shoppers, but you can’t count on anything low-carb.  So I ate a bite before we left as a precaution.

• one hard-boiled egg

Lunch (1:30 p.m.)

We were home at 1:15, and I threw together this salad in less than 10 minutes.  Anita fixed something else for herself which seemed to involve cooking and that did not involve any fish. She hates fish.

• four ounces of chunk-light tuna (canned) on four big lettuce leaves with one ounce of shredded sharp-cheddar cheese, one ounce of chopped red onions and two tablespoons of mayonnaise.
• one mug of coffee, with two teaspoons of half-and-half.

Afternoon Snack (3:30 p.m.)

Most afternoons, I do eat a small snack.  This day it came from the Costco purchases we’d just lugged home.  The stick had 110 calories and zero net carbs.

• one Oberto Classics Beef Pepperoni Stick.

Dinner (7:30 p.m.)

I was on my own for dinner. In the old days, I’d have gone out to eat or brought home a Subway foot-long.  Instead, I went to the grocery store and found a half-pound of ground chuck in the reduced meats bin.  My dinner wasn’t an artistic masterpiece, perhaps, but it was satisfying.

• eight ounces of pan-broiled ground chuck, with mustard.
• one and a quarter cups of steamed fresh broccoli.
• four small strawberries and 12 blueberries
• ice-water

Night Snack (10:00 p.m.)

I usually do eat a snack at night, which is probably a mistake and more a habit than a need. But it is a small snack compared to the peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches with a large glass of skimmed milk that I used to have, usually a few minutes before bed.

• 20 almonds. roasted and salted.

I stayed up until my family came home, about 11:30 p.m., which was late for me.  (By “stayed up” I mean I dozed lightly in the recliner in front of the TV.)

For the day, I calculate I ate 2,040 calories, 34g total carbs, and 11g fiber; my net carbs were 23g.  About 64% of my calories came from fat, 30% from protein and 6% from carbohydrate.  That’s a bit light on carbs.  Many days I get 8-9% of my calories from carbohydrates — perhaps an additional serving of low-carb veggies somewhere in the day. Still, I’d say this day was as typical as a single day can be.

Also see Another typical day in my life after carbs: 8-15-11.