Plan for Success... Monday 10/15

Okay Valerie, your planning buddy Britt may not be here, but I am and I need you! What's your plan for the day? We had a big dinner last night, and it seems when I eat heavier foods at night, I can't eat my "normal" amount the next morning, or am not hungry at all. I know that Breakfast is important, so I get it it; body needs the protein and the brain needs the carbs! Had a great victory last week. Ran for 18 minutes straight and did a mile in 13:20. Not lightening speed, but still I haven't been able to run since high school! Today I will be "off" from the gym, but plan to get some walking in at lunch time. Breakfast: 2/3 whole Wheat english muffin .75 oz. 2% Cheese 2/3 Large Egg .75 oz. Canadian Bacon 1/4 C. fully leaded half-an-half (Ouch!) Snack Ate Breakfast late - No snack Lunch 6 oz. Grilled chicken Breast 1 c. roasted veggies PM Snack 4 oz. 2% Cottage Cheese Medium Apple Dinner 1 C. Spinach 6 oz. Water packed Tuna 2 T. Newman's Own Light Balsamic Total Calories: 1090 Fat: 32 Grams / 288 Calories / 28% of Diet Carbs: 63 Grams / 197 Calories / 19% of Diet Fiber: 13 Grams / O Calories / 0% of Diet Protein: 134 Grams / 535 Calories / 52% of Diet

WTG Donna! Keep me on track because I sure would have skipped today. I didn't take the time last night to do my regular plan or get food together. But, I have come up with something workable. I was like you and ate a big dinner last night. It made me sluggish and sleepy. That is my "excuse" for not posting a plan. I also had little appetite this morning. Breakfast: Muffin, English, multigrain 136 1 27 5 peanut butter-Jiff 190 16 7 8 Snack: Apple, raw 81 0 21 0 Snack: Activa-yogurt-light serving 70 0 13 5 Lunch and Dinner: Subway Club (1/2 for lunch, 1/2 for dinner) 320 6 47 24 Dinner: Mixed salad greens, raw 18 0 3 2 Tomatoes, raw 11 0 2 0 Salad dressing, KRAFT LIGHT DONE RIGHT! 105 9 5 1 Totals 932 cal 33fat 125carbs (ouch) 45 protein I will probably add a protein drink before bed adding 30 grams of protein and an additional 200 calories. Exercise: Walking at lunch 30 min 10 min T/S Curves 30 min Thanks again Donna. We can keep each other on track. Anyone else care to join us? What is your plan for success? Hugs, Valorie

I'm glad I was able to help! What is it someone once said? "When we fail to plan, we plan to fail!" Let's not fail ourselves. I didn't want to post either. Starting my day off with full fat 1/2 and 1/2 (we were out of our Fat Free) I knew would create a challegne with balancing my protein fat and carbs. Happy Monday!

Now I want to know if both of you use fit day? I have one I track with on my palm but I like the % of diet thing. I am so boreing. Breakfast: 1 scoop cookies and Cream Isopure 105 cal/ 25 protein 1 cup Cappichino Soy Slender 70 Cal/ 7 protein Snack: Kroger Yogurt 80 Cal/ 12 protein 1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch 95 Cal/ 4 protein Lunch: Chicken Ceasar Salad without the ceasar dressing and w/ my spray dressing; 215 Cal/ 14 Protein Snack: Power Crunch bar 190 Cal/ 15 Protein Supper: Yogurt and Ceral again: 175 cal/ 16 protein 930 Calories / 93 g. Protein

I do use FitDay, but it's easy for me because I work on a computer all day long. The percent diet recap comes from the text shown next to the graph that gives you an overview of the day. I just copy and paste the text -- keep what I want, delete what I don't want. Hope that helps. Donna

Trudy, Yes, I use fitday to journal. I think Donna gets the % from the reports section. Boring is actually a good thing as long as you don't mind the monotony. If I could stand to eat the same thing all the time, I would probably live on cereal and yogurt just because they are so convenient to grab and go. I see you use the Soy Slender.....Don't you just love it? I love mixing my protein with it instead of milk. The soy is great for us and it has less carbs than milk too. Val

I love to use the soy slender with my protein. It makes it so much smoother and it actually taste good! I use the cappuchino flavor most of the time but I like them all. I live in a little bitty town in Texas (about 2500) people. I have to drive to the metroplex - about two hours to get to a Kroger for the yogurt. I go and buy all the vanilla they have!!! I have found that they have the soy slender in a town about 45 min. away but not the cappuchino flavor. I work about 30 miles from my house and my kids go to school in the town where I work. On Monday's supper is pretty hectic - a lot of the time I drop by and get the kids some bean burrito's or chicken and I'd just rather not eat the fast food even if I could find something that I would find acceptable. Supper is so hectic because we go home after school is out but have to be back over here by 6:15 for band practice and gymnastics practice. But it also provides the perfect time for my workout! Evening and Supper is my most challenging time of the day!

I ended up eating some of that dressing for the salad and boy did that add up on the fat! I like fitday I may start using it regularly. I haven't decided yet. cals %total Total: 1078 Fat: 42 377 37% Sat: 12 105 10% Poly: 5 46 4% Mono: 12 110 11% Carbs: 64 195 19% Fiber: 15 0 0% Protein: 114 458 44%