Let's Play ....What Did He Put Into His Gob?

Turkey/chicken breast, ham & swiss and salami sandwiches

It is now time to back over my previous day and talk about what I had for lunch and dinner and see what the Glycemic Load was.

So for lunch I ended up going to this great sub place called Sub Depot. As there is only one of this place I am going to need to break this down into its core ingredients and attempt to figure this out.

I had a Turkey on Oat bread with tomatoes and red onions and had a light mayo on it.

Turkey - (66 Calories, 3g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 3 GL)
Oat Bread - (140 Calories, 24g Carbs, 2g Fiber, 12 GL)
Tomato - (4 Calories, 1g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 0 GL)
Red Onion - (11 Calories, 3g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 1 GL)
Romain Lettuce - (8 Calories, 2g Carbs, 1g Fiber, 1 GL)
Iceberg Lettuce - (10 Calories, 2g Carbs, 1g Fiber, 1 GL)
Light Mayo - (45 Calories, 1g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 0 GL)
Unsweetened Tea - (6 Calories, 0g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 0 GL)

In Total
Calories: 284
Carbs: 36g
Fiber: 4g
GL: 18

A load less than what I had at Starbucks and overall since this was my lunch this kept me full for many hours... this was worth it.

So at this point in the day I had a total GL of 71 and I had 712 Calories left over I could use.

So let's head for dinner time when my wife wanted to make me a nice salmon salad, which in hindsight is awesome. Instead we went the hamburger, potatoes and corn route cause I am a whiny bitch. I am almost afraid to figure this out.

Hamburger - 2 patties (NO bread) - (392 Calores, 0g Carbs, 0g Fiber, 0 GL)
Mashed Potatoes - 1 Serving - (174 Calories, 37g Carbs, 3g Fiber, 16 GL) *Whimper*
Corn - 2 Servings - (192 Calories, 44g Carbs, 4g Fiber, 18 GL)
Water - 16 Ounces (Not even worth putting here since it is all 0s and look at me I am still wasting time)

So I surpassed my daily intake by: 52 calories
My Glycemic Load by: 5

I succeeded in a different way however. Had I not been tracking, I would have surpassed this by an even greater amount and I see I should have gone with the nice salmon salad the wife offered to make for me. However, I do not feel guilty as I was careful during the day and was able to splurge on what I really loved at dinner time. With some fine tuning I can stay on target.

Also I succeeded in that on a sandwich I added something other than lettuce and mayo. I generally am NOT a fan of tomatoes or onions and I went ahead and added them...and then absolutely fell in love with the taste they brought to the sandwich.