Day 5... First Time Not Being Able to Accurately Count Calories

Wondering what my title is all about? I'll get to that in a minute. First things first...

For breakfast? Yep, that same ole egg biscuit. It is cold in Biloxi, so that was my excuse for not taking Heinz for a walk yesterday morning... or in the afternoon.

I tried to eat the last bit of leftover mashed potatoes for lunch. It fulfilled my hunger for a while. Sometime afterward I met Laura at the gym. Between the elliptical and the treadmill, I burned 205 calories. Not too bad, but I should have exercised a little harder... especially since my body insisted that it was too cold to walk Heinz.

Later after the gym, I started feeling hungry. I decided to make a turkey sandwich, which totaled 255 calories. Two slices of white bread, half the serving of turkey, chipotle mayonnaise, and white American cheese. I put it in the sandwich maker, and it was delicious! I think next time I'll skip the mayo... with the melted cheese, I don't think I need the extra calories from the mayonnaise.

So... back to the title. Friday night Jason and I attended the First Annual Martin Tennis Enterprises Party at Porter Avenue Bistro. I looked at the menu before going, and I decided I was going to the get the Smoked Chicken Pecan Salad Plate... "A traditional Chicken Salad blended with crispy celery, sweet pickle, creamy mayonnaise, and spice roasted pecans." After decided that for my meal, I logged in to my favorite recipe site Allrecipes to try to find a similar recipe. The best I could find was "Best Chicken Salad Ever I" with a few differences. This recipe only had 128 calories, so maybe this is close? I hope so! Anyway, we had a wonderful time with some really great friends in Mississippi. It was fun to get out for a while and hang out with people that I normally only see hot and sweaty from tennis matches. And how was the Smoked Chicken Pecan Salad Plate? AMAZING! ... but still not as good as Miranda's chicken salad (a wonderful friend from tennis) who makes divine chicken salad!

Breakfast

• Scrambled Egg Biscuit (260 calories)
• Biscuit (180 calories)
• Scrambled egg (80 calories)

Lunch

• Half a serving of Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes (123 calories)
• Turkey Sandwich (255 calories)
• White bread two slices (130 calories)
• 1/2 serving of turkey slices... 3 slices (40 calories)
• Chipotle Mayonnaise (40 calories)
• 2% White American Cheese (45 calories)

Dinner

• Porter Avenue's Smoked Chicken Pecan Salad Plate (maybe 128 calories?)

Exercise

• 20 minute walk with Heinz (100 calories) 
• elliptical and bike at the gym (200 calories)

Day 5 Summary

Calorie Calculator Total Calories: 719 calories

Total Burned: 300 calories

Amount I Could Have Eaten: 1019 calories

Food Eaten: 766 calories

Calories Saved: 253 calories

My thoughts on eating out Friday night: Even if the chicken salad had more calories than what I assumed, I still saved 253 calories. So my chicken salad could have been 381 calories and I still would have been safe.