Thanks to the walk to the bus and store, I'll end up the day with 71 calories to spare and having only 1425 calories. But that included a 1 egg omelet with cheese and veggies, 1 slice of bacon, 2 glasses of milk, a lasagna, 3 cups of salad, a Vector protein bar, half-cup of blueberries, large serving of chicken (I left 1.5 ounces uneaten because I was full) a large serving of steamed broccoli and a sweet potato. As well, I had 6 of the Cherry Lovers candies and lots and lots of water plus 1 mug of regular tea and 2 mugs of decaf tea (oh, and 10 grams of dark chocolate.)
Was only a bit hungry at one point in the afternoon because I missed my protein bar at 3:30 (when I usually would have had it with a cup of tea as a pick-me-up) and didn't eat it until 4:45. Dinner was at 6:30.
I covered all the food groups except grains (as I'd expect since I'm doing higher protein, lower carb eating.) There would have been grains in my lasagna noodles and Vector bar. But not the whole grains I usually get with my cereal. The protein bar also has peanuts so that covers the nuts food group. Had more than enough fibre according to MFP (24g.)
I'm slowly accepting that low fat, high carb, eating is not for me. There was no feeling of deprivation today despite what seems like very low calories to me. Normally to keep calories low like that, I'd resort to tons of veggies and a big bowl of popcorn (with spray oil on it.) And even so, I'd feel 'hungry'
At 1400 calories, I'm well under my 'maintaining' calories of 1700 (using calorie intake calculators, assuming office-worker activity level) and well under the 1800 to 2200 I was having before I started in on MFP last spring. At that time, I couldn't see how I could live a 'normal' life without eating that many calories all the time. Now I'm beginning to see that I should be able to keep the calorie count at 1700 per day to maintain when the time comes.