What did ya eat and how did ya move today? - Saturday!

Hey there.. Seems like all of us are having some struggling right now.. lets be accountable and put down everything we have eaten. I shoulda added on a couple days this week.. I got to 1200-1400 calories the past 3 days. I do this every month it seems.. I just hate the lack of control on PMS week, but after talking to Molly some I really need to rethink the foods I am eating and watch for "sliders". I can eat steamed veggies with meat b/c it chews down to water.. it also pushes my meat through.. so no more of that unless its salad for me. I am getting ready to run two miles before I hit the shower and head to work also.. i need to badly. prebreakfast: woke up at 4 am and had a pure protein bar and pudding (craving chocolate something feirce!) sigh... again i pushed that bar through with the pudding.. not good. B: 2 pumpkin protein pies with 1 tbs of whip/'frosting' (need to quite adding the toppings.. molly helped me realize this makes them slide through faster).. lots to learn about food still I am afraid. L: EAS Shake on the way to work. D#1: Chicken Cordon blue from the deli.. 4 oz (not sure of the totals on this) D#2: Chicken chili 1 cup. This is guessing a bit with the chicken cordon blue.. Cals: 1037, fats 32, carbs 84, fiber measly 6, protein 105 Not the best but better than the past couple days and feels like nothing since I counted that bar/pudding this morning.. sigh!

sweetie, your menu really looks quite healthy to me. in fact, you "pms" menu looks better than my regular menu most days, so don't panic. anyway, i'm being good today so far after yesterday's binge-eating episode: B-EAS shake (110 cal, 17g of protein)--btw., did i mention i actually pour it into a glass and add 2-3 Splenda to it? that's how much of a "sweets" freaf i am L-2chicken drumsticks (390cal, a truckload of protein) Other: vitamins, sugar free hard candy, Fuse "slenderdize" drinks--200 cals total so far: 700 calories and i'm starving again (but i always am, so what's new?). need to budget the remaining 500 cals wisely--dense protein and maybe some fresh cauliflower, maybe exercise: 3mile morning walk, plus actually made it to the gym today. 35mins (329cals) on elliptical trainer and some abdominal exercises

Thanks Natalie.. this is TODAY, if u go back to tues, wed, thurs.. I ate all that stuff plus about 400 more cals each day.. it just wasn't good. Usually it was popcorn and another shake then a protein bar.. like ridiculous amounts not necessarily bad foods.. i refuse to cross that line no matter what but calories are calories and too many will only hurt me in the end and I do realize that.. seems I cannot control though when I am cycling.. steve if you are reading this.. be happy you are a MAN! lol.. ok im off to work.. poor steve.. ya know i love ya!

oh, don't feel bad, let's gang up on Steve for not having to deal with our cycle issues. Steve, it's all your fault

rest of the day: D2more drum sticks--400cal S: payday protein bar--240 cal, 15g protein total--1340cal

I have been HUNGRY the last couple days and have no****ched what I have eaten but I have eaten way to much. B-1/2 low carb bagel with egg, cheese and turkey sausage S-Protein bar 2 starburst (1 red and 1 orange) L-cheese stick and 1 protein cookie D-Crab Legs from a chinese buffet that did not agee with me at ALL. I honestly can not remember if I ate anything else or not..sad sad sad I cleaned ALL day. I am "trying" to get ready for Thanksgiving. I emptied a buffet and repainted it. It turned out pretty good so I am HAPPY. Went to Sams Club tonight and walked it so that was my move for the day.

Hmmm.. I'm thinking I need to start really marking down what I eat, been having a "pick and flick" the last two weeks (pre-period and then week of). Friday was UGLY.. potluck at work, and I did good on the potluck lunch portion.. but man I was bad on the sweets. BAD BAD. Like slice of cherry pie, and 2 pumpkin spice squares bad, and three bites of apple pie filling, minus the crust. Oh yeah.. bad. Did I mention sugar seldom makes me dump.. not good, eh? Today I went to the Vitamin Shoppe and picked back up my liquid calcium, and Fuzzy Navel protein powder. Figured I'm going to bite the bullet, and tomorrow morning, I'm going back on the pre-op surgery plan until Thanksgiving, and then through the weekend after Thanksgiving (not saying I'm pigging out on Turkey Day, but I am going to allow myself 1k calories). Today's eats, still very low, as I was doing the whole run around with the hubby before he went to work, and sleeping in late, as we didn't go to bed until almost 4:30am, once he was off work and I picked him up. Breakfast: chicken breast, 2 oz of fresh fruit, and 1oz of portabello mushrooms (says it's 360 cal, 6g fat, 11g fiber) but I didn't eat any of the bun, so I imagine it was a lot lower in calories.. which I made up with by having the "snack" Snack: (we were at Applebee's for breakfast - at about 2:30pm.. lol) The dessert shot of carmel apple pie Lunch: Fuzzy Navel protein shake - 90 calories, 23g of protein Dinner: Fish fillet - 17g of protein, 110 calories Snack: Milk, then 15 mins later (per Nut's instructions to wait after my milk) my yogurt If I had to guess, I'd say adding back in the dessert, it evened out not having the bun which I would say from being whole wheat and basing on other similar products, was probably about 90-120 calories.. that I'm still below 750 calories for the day, and need to go have my yogurt and milk to round out my protein. Soooo.. Calories in the 700-800 range, protein 73g .. can't say on the fat because of the dessert. =)

Melissa-- hugs! Don't beat yourself up over the extra calories you mentioned. The important thing is you are being accountable and you still aren't anywhere near the amount it would take to start gaining weight. You got your running in before work, that is great! PMS is tough but you are tougher and you'll find a way to manage it. Except for a teensy anger issue today (or maybe because of it? ) I had a great day. Made more progress on my 'woman cave' (degunking my sewing room to turn it into a place to get away). And got back on my stair stepper in there after having ignored it for waaaay too long. Got a good, butt kicking workout! Watched my carbs carefully today knowing that I was going out to eat with DH's family and planned for a nice piece of sugar free pumpkin cheesecake. Numbers are something I can be proud of finally: calories: 984, carbs: 79, fats: 35, protein: 86 Here's what it was: 1) cottage cheese pancakes w/a sampling of sf toppings (it was like a mini buffet!) 2) 2 lf mozz sticks --sf decaf chai latte --sf, nf soy latte 3) Olive Garden chicken ceasar salad minus their dressing and croutons but with my ff ranch dressing from home (ate maybe 1/3 of it) 4) my homemade pumpkin cheesecake 5) EAS french vanilla rtd protein w/a little coffee (don't waste your money on this flavour...yuck) 6) the rest of the salad with 2 T craisins, 2 T sunflower seeds added Finally got my fats into a healthier range and did it with healthy fats too!!! Better get to bed soon, see you all tomorrow.