What'cha eating......SORRY EDITION

Hey Gang, So sorry to have dropped the ball on the What'cha eating  thread. I guess no one has eaten since Monday??? We still have worker man here, my house is torn up, can't find the kitchen, still not feeling well, today is Valentines Day and we're not celebrating it,  tomorrow is Gary's birthday and I haven't gone shopping, tonight is the support group meeting and I still have to get that stuff together and work has been crazy. I really want us to continue this, but I can't promise that I will be able to do it every day. How about we just say that if I haven't started a thread by, say, 7:30 in the evening, anyone can just jump on in and do it. I think it's important that we all have some accountability on what we're eating. Hope to see many of you tonight at the meeting. Hugs to all

TUESDAY Breakfast:  1 scrambled egg
Lunch:  chicken salad with gluten free crackers
Snack:  sugar free, fat free chocolate pudding
Supper: 1/4 leftover chicken breast w/ mushroom sauce, green beans WEDNESDAY Breakfast:  chocolate protein shake
Lunch:  tuna salad with gluten free crackers
Snack:  gluten free pretzels with reduced fat peanut butter
Supper: veggie soup made with ground beef

MORNING SHAKE:  15oz vanilla shake with coffee and creamer added to it, with a packet of sugar free hot chocolate.  (another one of my protein shake experiments, this is pretty good). BREAKFAST:  Farina Wheat Cereal, with a few drizzles of fresh honey (from local natural food store) and a drizzle of no salt almond butter (this stuff is great, a little bit has lots of flavor, well worth the 10 bucks a jar I paid for it). LUNCH:  1/4 Wheat Bagel toasted with Cream Cheese (it's either low fat or fat free, I don't remember) The bagel didn't settle to well, so I ate half a protein bar as well.  But my pet rats did enjoy the other 3/4 of the bagel I couldn't eat. DINNER:  Taco Salad from restaurant ( I only ate part of the inside, and took the rest home for later.  My rats will enjoy the fried bowl when I am done eating the insides) SNACKS:  Some pumpkin seeds EVENING SHAKE:  (haven't had yet, but will soon) 10oz Vanilla protein shake, plain LIQUIDS: (not including shakes)  16.9 oz, 20 oz, 8 oz

I may only be hit and miss with responding but I think I need to have some accountability right now. I hit my goal and have started to experience some sliding into bad behaviors!
Wed - breakfast - SF blueberry muffin/coffee
lunch - 1 1/2 pc catfish, 10 fries, 1tbls coleslaw/water
snack - peanut butter crackers/coffee
dinner - 1/2 Wendy's cheeseburger, 15 fries, tea
driving home snack - 1 SF Russell Stovers chocolate toffee bar

Wednesday is class night so my dinner meals are usually pretty bad on class nights. Not doing so great on my planning for those nights.

Guys I feel like I want to eat all the time. I've been pretty diligent to make sure it's something I can have (pudding, popsicles, crackers, etc.) but I catch myself 3 or 4 times a night going into the kitchen just looking for something to eat. It's driving me crazy!

Hey there, we remember you! LOL Congratulations on making goal!  When are we going to see you??? Other than your avitar, of course. Can I give you some suggestions about your menu? First of all, in the words of our JoBeth:  "Sugar free junk food is still junk food"! Next, are you drinking with your meals? If you are, you are most likely washing the food out before it has a chance to be absorbed, therefore, you're getting hungry sooner. If you're going to go to Wendy's, a better alternative might be a plain baked potato with 1/2 a serving of chili on it. Lots of fiber, protein and minerals....very low fat. Apple slices with some peanut butter is a good evening snack, so are almonds....a little crunch and a fair amount of protein, beneficial fat too. For breakfast, how about a toasted whole grain english muffin with some 2% cheese melted on it? Healthier than that muffin, and still portable. Glad to see you around. Hope to see your skinny self one of these days. Hugs Do you have time to track your meals on a program like Fitday.com??  At this point you should be getting in about 1500-1700 cals a day, 45% carbs, 25% protein and up to 30% of those calories in fat.