What I Eat in a Typical Day

I love my food and exercise journal. It’s a great tool to stay organized and keep track of what I eat every day. My little composition notebook sits on the kitchen counter and after each meal I record in it what I’ve eaten. I know what my calorie, protein, carbs, and fats need to be for the day-and this way I can adjust accordingly if I go astray for one of my meals.

Here’s what a day in my food and exercise journal looks like. You’ll notice my proteins are kept high and my carbohydrates are not extremely low because I need the protein for building my muscles and carbohydrates to get me through my workouts. My fat intake is all through healthy fats.

I also log in my book which body part I’ve trained and how much cardio I did for the day. At my age I like to train one body part per day; it feels better on my joints and muscles.

Here’s what I ate on a day I worked out my shoulders (3-4 sets with 12 reps, including shoulder presses, front lateral raises, side lateral raises, rear delt machine and shrugs) plus 30 minutes of cardio.

You may be thinking you don’t have the time write all of this down yourself, but it really only takes a minute after each meal-and you feel so much better at the end of the day to see what you accomplished.