Keeping On The Wagon - Tuesday

Not as firm a plan here this morning. I'm thinking I'll ha**** out while I create this post. B: Procomplex w/ skim milk (approx 30g) S: (I'm craving salt and crunch grrrr) 1oz peanuts (7g) L: turkey and green beans (15g) S: CIB w/ skim milk (15g) pre workout : light string cheese (9g) Total: 76g protein Fluids: The plan is for 32oz before lunch (8 in so far), 32 more before I leave work, 32 while I go about my evening schedule of lessons and gym and 8 more before bed. Excercise: I forgot my sneakers today - will still try to get out and walk some during lunch (maybe I'll go shopping and "walk the aisles)...then 1 hour of water aerobics tonight. Confessions: None! Didn't get all my fluids in yesterday - didn't even come close. Luckily it seems easier to get them in on workout days. Any one else w/ plans or confessions?

No plans for today - still have to figure out what I'm making for dinner for the family tonight. Once I get that decided I can figure out what I'm going to eat the rest of the day. LOL I know, I work it backwards.... But, I have to brag that yesterday FINALLY I got my water in with NO problem!!! Actually managed more than the minimum 64 oz! I actually got in 72! That's a record for me. So, my main goal today is to do that again! Wish me luck! Susan

Awesome job on the water! Keep it up. Thats the thing about my crazy schedule....dinner is usually not a set time or place (most often eaten in the car). Thats why I try to go with the "eating backwards" ideal. I get the bulk of my protein in before 1pm, then if I am home at dinner time, fine - it's just extra protein for me. ...if not, I just make due with a quality high protein/low fat snack (like light string cheese etc). If I don't plan it all out in the morning, it's a disaster as I don't think about the protein amounts and end up far short at the end of the day. I am starting to get weary of this schedule and I'm longing for the day when I can live like a normal person with a 9-5 job and evenings at home with The Boy - it looks like it's several years off at this point however.

MEALS FOR THE DAY BREAKFAST: 4oz LOW FAT COTTAGE CHEESE (11gm) FRUIT ****TAIL IN SPLENDA 16oz SUGAR FREE WILD STRAWBERRY FLAVOREDWATER LUNCH: 3 STUFFED CHICKEN NUGGETS (21gm) 16oz SUGAR FREE FRUIT PUNCH FLAVORED WATER DINNER: LEFT OVER CORNED BEEF W/ CABBAGE SNACK: A COUPLE OF TURKEY PEPPERONI W/ 2% CHEDDAR CHEESE ON LOW FAT WHEAT THINS. CONFESSIONS: DIDN'T GET ALL MY FLUIDS IN YESTERDAY AND TODAY AIN'T LOOKIN SO GOOD TOO. BIG CONFESSION: AT A LARGE OATMEAL RASIN COOKIE LAST NIGHT. DONNA, SFY

It's okay Donna...I just ate a Hershey's Special Dark minature about 2 hours ago. Isn't confession supposed to be good for the soul?

B: Coffee w/ fat free half n half & 1/2 cup cottage cheese S: 1/2 New Whey 42g w/ 16 ounces of water L: 3.5 oz avocado w/ roasted red sweet peppers S: 1/2 New Whey 42g w/ 16 ounces of water D: Crock Pot Beef & Broccoli Stir Fry (shooting for 2 ounces ) S: 1/2 scoop Pro Complex Shake w/ 4oz water & 4 oz Hoods 2% milk (Maybe. Depends on how much meat I can get in for dinner) Think I am the only one that tracks carbs along with protein. Anyways the yields below are based on that I did have the shake. Calories: 624 ( I still don't see how we are supposed to get this up ) Fat: 24g ( only 6g from sat fat ) Carbs: 16g Fiber: 5g Net Carbs: 11g Protein: 87g Fluids: Basically sucking on this but really don't care since apparently short of stuffing fluids down they are not going to go... 60oz But hey its only 300pm so you never know. Workout: pffffftt ya whatever... Confessions: I did good today but basically didn't eat Sunday and Monday. Its just that I am not hungry and for what little I can get in I am just not in the mood to get up and fix anything so I just basically don't eat anything. Cheese has been my friend and then of course I manage to get my night time shake down. I finally had to break down and add the New Whey back into my daily intake as I was getting NO WHERE near 90 grams of protein in, in a day... That and they can't be taken alone so it makes me eat something during the day to complete the protein in it. *shrug* Seem to have lost my focus I guess...

hee hee - "stuffing fluids" - that is exactly what I felt like I was doing yesterday. It worked though - even if I ran back and forth to the ladies room all day. I think we all get into a "slump" where we just don't feel like eating. Mine usually hit on weekends, it's too much bother to think about what to eat and get up and make it...or to plan ahead and bring it with me as I am usually out and about all day on weekends. That is where I think this planning ahead is helping me. I usually try to get at least a general idea in my head before I start eating for the day so I have a map to keep me on track. Yesterday I forgot what I had said I was going to have for a snack, I actually logged on here and pulled up my post for a nice reminder.