What are you eating and what's eating you? Monday

Morning AR family,

Yesterday was a good day.  So beautiful out, but I spent the day cleaning and doing laundry so I could do my own thing today.  I love my quiet Monday's by myself.  Food was good. No snacking much since Gary bought me a Nintendo DS for our anniversary.  Gotta love that little Mario!!!

Anyway, here's the day from yesterday.

latte
mini bagel / FF cream cheese and turkey ham

latte
Smart one Calzone

latte (yep, three today...oh well)

Bumble Bee FF Tuna snack pack -----great thing BTW...97 cents at Wal-mart and about 150 cals!!!

1/2 baked potato w/ vegetarian chili and 2% cheese

Cals  1427    fat;  39   carbs:   192     prot;  79

All vitamins in, all liquids in.

Ok.....time to go mow the back yard before the remnants of Ike get here the end of the week.  See ya! 

Sunday
B/ carnation instant breakfast/2% milk

Lunch/ 3 inch toasted ham and cheese kids meal from subway, apples and milk

supper/ salad plate of finger foods from fellowship after church

had my 1st fill on friday, can't tell any difference yet.

Well, I never thought I would say this, but it is harder than heck to get in 1250 calories in a day.   I'm trying to up my calories to a target of 1250 (up from 1000)  while maintaining a target of 40, 30, and 30 for protein, carbs and fat,  since I've been stuck for about 3 weeks.  Doc says eat more so I'm trying. Did pretty well yesterday, but only cause I added a second dinner of cottage cheese and peaches.  Got my planning in better order today, so maybe I'm getting it worked out.
Here is yesterday's stuff.

		Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Breakfast
	Bacon Hickory Smoked, 2 slices	80	0	7	4	remove
	Egg Beaters - Egg Beaters, 0.5 container (1.8 cup(s))	105	4	0	21	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	185	4	7	25
Lunch
	Generic - Boiled Shrimp, 5 oz	150	1	3	29	remove
	Watermelon - Raw, 2 cup, balls	92	23	0	2	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	242	24	3	31
Dinner
	homemade pizza wrap, 1 wrap	300	25	6	25	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	300	25	6	25
Snacks
	Cottage cheese - Lowfat, 1% milkfat, 2 cup (not packed)	325	12	5	56	remove
	Peaches - Raw, 1 cup slices	66	16	0	2	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	391	28	5	58
Total:		1,118	81	21	139
Your Daily Goal:		1,250	94	42	125

Hey Steve,

Welcome to my world!  I have to nearly kill myself to get to 1400-1500 cals to maintain my weight. I'm one busy day at work from losing a pound.  Who ever thought that I'd hate eating??? Well.....I really don't hate eating, I just get tired of always playing the balancing act.

You might try adding 1/2 oz (11) almonds, a Tbs of peanut butter or maybe a banana.  Good fat or good carb choice.

O.K.  Sunday was a really good day.  I took a nice long walk all around the park in the afternoon.  The weather was really nice. 

Breakfast:  1/2 c mushroom, chive, and cheese omlette

Lunch:  1/2 ArbyQ sandwich without the top bun

Supper:  1/2 c eggplant casserole

Snacks:  Protein shake with skim milk and 1/2 banana,  sf Jello pudding pack

100 oz water,  2 mugs coffee

I am not losing.  I have increased my walking and exercising but I just keep hanging at the same weight.  I'm almost 3 months out and it's driving me nuts.  What am I doing wrong?  What can I do to get out of this slump?

Are you asking for advice?  In my opinion, I think you're heavy on the fat grams.  There is cheese in the omlet and casserole and then the beef in the sandwich at lunch.  I don't know what your doctor's guidelines are, but at this stage you should be striving for no more than 5 grams of fat per meal, or, no more than 20% of your calories from fat per day.  Are you using a journal of some sort like Fitday.com or Sparkpeople.com?  They are pretty user friendly and are a great way to determine just how many calories/fat grams/carbs/protein you're getting in in a day.

You might want to give Eggbeaters a try for breakfast.  They are egg whites and now even have some yolk in them.  I use the Southwest flavor every day for our breakfast. Is your cheese low fat?  String cheese wrapped with a slice or two of deli ham or turkey is a great lunch, very portible. I bought some Bumble Bee  Fat Free Tuna Salad kits  the other day.  It has 6 crackers and a little tub of pre-mixed tuna salad together in a kit. I think it was .97 at Wal-mart. For me it was a great snack, but at your stage it would be a good choice for a meal....high in protein, no fat and a reasonable amount of carbs.

I'm happy to help if you'd like. PM me if you'd rather.  We'll get you on track!

Take care

Hi Susan,  Of course I'm asking for advice!  Most of the cheese I eat and use is low fat but not all.  I've had the tuna salad kits and they are good.  When I get back from orientation this evening I will get back with you if you have time I would greatly appreciate any help you can offer.

Thanks

Here was my Sunday...

FOOD/FLUIDS	CALORIES	FAT	CARBS	PROTEIN	FLUID OZ
1/2 apple sliced w/ 4 tbsp PB2	161.40	3.94	21.40	11.60	0.00
Curves Bar	100.00	1.50	19.00	1.00	0.00
2 cups skim milk w/ 2 tbsp SF chocolate syrup	185.00	0.00	28.00	17.00	16.00
8 ounces water	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00
RNY pizza sandwich (1 slice Sara Lee wheat, 2 slices 2% pepperjack, 17 slices turkey pepperoni, 1/4 cup FF cheese & 1 tsp LF parmesan)	270.00	10.00	16.00	29.00	0.00
4 ounces water	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00
16.9 ounces water	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	16.90
1/2 ounce cocoa roasted almonds	75.00	6.50	3.00	3.00	0.00
1 cup Kroger Deluxe Frozen Yogurt & 1 tbsp blueberry protein powder	212.35	3.00	34.12	12.12	0.00
1 cup Kroger Deluxe Frozen Yogurt & 1 tbsp blueberry protein powder	212.35	3.00	34.12	12.12	0.00
8 ounces water	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00
RNY grilled cheese (1 slice Sara Lee wheat, 1 slice 2% pepperjack, 1 slice 2% american & 1 tsp lite butter) & 1/4 ounce cocoa roasted almonds	194.17	10.62	14.83	12.50	0.00
1 homemade SF peanut butter cookie	82.29	6.29	3.86	3.33	0.00
8.9 ounces water	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.90
total	1492.56	44.85	174.33	101.67	61.80

Yesterday was wonderful.  I went to church yesterday morning, then came home, ate lunch, then went to the barn to ride our 2 year old that I had never been on before.  I DID IT!!!  ( And again today, Monday)

So it was a wonderful day, and to top it off, I walked part of the way to the barn, so I got double exercise.  Food wise I did better, writing it all down really help.

Breakfast-Coffee
No snack, was in church
Lunch-3/4 cup leftover spaghetti sauce w/20 Penne Pasta things
Snack- 1 cup grapes
Dinner 1 cup of homemade meat and beans
Snack-1 cup popcorn

Eating was better, Monday was even better,  Im getting there, just slowly. 

Hugs,
Rhonda D. w/her newfound confidence