Food & Fitness - Sunday

FOOD:

BREAKFAST - 4 tbsp PB2 & apple slices

16 ounces skim milk & 2 tbsp SF chocolate syrup
16.9 ounces water & All Bran pink lemonade fiber drink mix

LUNCH - 1/2 grilled chicken wrap w/out sauce (Wendy's)

16.9 ounces water
16.9 ounces water

SNACK - 1 homemade chicken cordon bleu rap & 1 homemade chicken cordon bleu pot pie bake (don't ask for the recipe - it was revolting and I'm lucky I didn't ) & 2 sugar free peanut brittle (to try to purge the taste and memory of the cordon bleu disasters)

16.9 ounces water
16.9 ounces water

SUPPER - grilled cheese (1 slice Sara Lee Delightful wheat, 1 slice 2% American, 1 slice 2% pepperjack & 1 tsp Blue Bonnet lite)

1 cup melted chocolate protein yogurt

Calories = 1202.56
Fat = 37.08 (% calories from fat = 27.75%)
Net Carbs = 109.60
Protein = 82.42
Fluid Oz = 100.5

FITNESS:
45 minutes of Wii Fit (that wii kicked my butt today - I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack!)

VITAMINS:
iron - done
High Dose B-12 Sublingual - done
Super B-Complex - done
Rx Multi - done
2 Citracal Plus x 4 - done
weekly vitamin D - done

Wendy:  How do you get all the nutrition info?  Is there a limt of calories, fat, carbs you try to stay within?  I am pre-op and have around 12 lbs. or so left of my required 42 lbs. I have to lose to get my surgery scheduled.  Next appt is 8/13, so my goal is to have it off by then so I can schedule the surgery.
Today, I had:
Breakfast:  Atkins Carb Control drink and med. banana
Snack:  Atkins protein bar
Lunch:  4 oz. ham, 10 brussell sprouts, a few spoonfuls of mock mashed potatoes (cauliflower), 1 sliced tomatoe
Snack:  12 almonds
Dinner:  Atkins Carb Control drink
Night snack:  another Atkins drink
I drank my water.  Always have a very large glass of water next to me at all times (w/lemon).  Had about 6 of these.
I can, of course, get all the nutr. info on the side of the Atkins Carb drink (which is 160 cal., total fat 9g, total net carbs 2g, sugars 1g, protein 15g), but wondering about the rest of the actual food. 
Slacked off on doing very much today, because I was working at my computer just about all day, except for about 45 when my wife and I went for a swim.  Thanks for the help, Michael.

Hi Michael,

A lot of us use a program called Fitday.com.  It's free and pretty user friendly.  Lots of the food you eat are listed, but sometimes you have to put the food in under the "custom food" section.  After you've used it a while you'll have most of your commonly used food in there, so it's just a matter of finding it on the drop down lists.  It counts calories, fat grams, carbs, fiber and protein. There is a section where you can see your caloric intake for the day, week, two week or month, track your weight loss and vitamins.

I couldn't live without it. Everything that goes into my mouth is charted there and I think it's a very large part of my success.

Good luck in your journey, sounds like you're well on your way!

Hi Michael!

I know most people use fitday.com or dailyplate.com or some such.  I actually have an excel spreadsheet that I have programmed formulas into that totals everything for me. 

To get the calories, fat, net carbs, protein & fluid ounces off what I eat, I just read the labels.  When I go out to eat, I go to that place's website and get the nutrition facts off their website.  If I made a recipe (anything homemade), I just total up all the nutrition facts for everything I put into the recipe, then divide out how much I eat (by weight or size) to get the numbers for the part I ate. 

I am up to about 1200 calories a day for the last couple of weeks.  (I had previously been at 1000 calories per day since my 6 month post-op check-up.)  A couple of weeks ago, I called Addie (Dr. Baker's nurse) and got permission to increase my calories to 1200 - 1250 per day because I am getting to the point where I don't need to lost anymore.  So if I keep losing, I anticipate increasing my calories again (probably 50 calories at a time****il I stop losing.  Of course, I'll do that gradually so I don't go too high and start gaining. 

Hope that answered your question and helped!  Good luck! 

Wen!

Breakfast:  One slice of french toast made with one egg, 2 tbs. vanilla flavored protein powder, cinnamon and a dash of skim milk with 2 tbs. of sugar free syrup.  It was actually pretty good.  Lunch:  two slices of roast beef with a slice of fat free cheddar cheese wrap.  Snack:  two pieces of cantalope.  Supper:  1/2 c black-eyed peas, 1/4c stewed roast.  64 oz water for the day.  I finally got out and walked just one mile.  It was too hot and I was too tired from standing on my feet all day finishing the canning.  I plan to do better this week with my exercise.  I'm having a real problem getting it done.  I take the Centrum chewables once a day and the Calcium Citrate two, twice a day.  I'm also going to make an effort to get in more protein, I've noticed that a lot of days I don't get enough in.

Hey Girl, how did you like the Wendy's wrap???  I get them often when I'm out and about. Nice change from pintos or chili!  I get it with extra lettuce, and by asking for it without sauce it seems the lettuce is less wilted from sitting on top of a hot piece of chicken.

Latte

2 slices raisin toast w/ pb

latte

Smart ones chicken quesidilla

SBD hig protein cereal bar

Big salad with chicken, pecans, tomatoes, and crumbled bleu cheese.  Fat free raspberry walnut dressing and a slice of french bread

2 mini bran muffins w/zucchini and carrots

cals  1212
fat         46 grams
carbs     131 (not enough here)
protein      73 (would have liked this higher too)

multi's, b-12, b comples, weekly Vit D-3, and calcium all done.

I like the Wendy's wrap a lot.  I get it without the sauce and I can eat 1/2 or 3/4 just depending.  Thanks so much for suggesting it!  It is cheap and it has tasted really fresh every time I have gotten it.  (It is DEFINATELY a nice change from Taco Bell, etc.) 

Be careful though, Taco Bell might go out of business  LOL

I noticed the earlier in the day I get the wrap the fresher it is. Of course it sits under those heat lamps. Nothing I HATE more than hot lettuce. That's the main reason I order it w/o sauce...they have to make it right then.

Have a great day!

Hey,

I do my own calorie calculation too.

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 biscuit bottom.  I still can't eat the bread but I can eat the crusty bottom.

Snack: Protein shake with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter.

Lunch: 1 cup of soup

snack protein shake with 1/4 cup fresh blueberries.

Dinner: more soup

snack: protein balls.

Thanks Wendy and Susan for the info.  Will definately try these.  Michael