We're on a roll now! How was your Monday?

Oh, wow, I ate a lot yesterday.  I chalk it up to an atypical day -- I have this nagging feeling I'm fighting a pre-cold, and I think it's coming up to that time of the month... AND I woke up at midnight with a horrible, terrible case of reflux and had some milk and crackers to fight it off.  It's okay, I'm exercising today come hell or high water (by the looks of the weather, it may come to that) and I won't let my intake be this crazy today.

		Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sugar
Breakfast
	Mccann's - Instant Sugar Free Irish Oatmeal - Cinnamon Roll, 1 packet (28 g)	100	18	2	4	0
	Kroger - 2% Reduced Fat Milk, 8 fl oz (made a tea latte)	120	12	5	8	11
	Add Food     Remember Meal	220	30	7	12	11
Lunch
	Campbell's Chunky - Sirloin Burger With Country Vegetables Soup, 1 cup	180	20	7	10	4
	Strawberries - Raw, 3 large (1-3/8" dia)	17	4	0	0	3
	Fresh Fruit - Kiwi, 0.25 whole medium without skin	12	3	0	0	2
	Mangos - Raw, 0.16 cup, sliced	17	4	0	0	4
	Add Food     Remember Meal	226	31	7	10	13
Dinner
	Homemade - Beef Taco Salad, 1/5 plate	128	3	9	8	0
	Nut-Thins - Almont Rice Crackers - Ranch, 30 g - 16 crackers	130	22	4	3	1
	Chicken - Chicken Salad With Red Grapes and Celery, 0.225 Cup	75	3	5	6	2
	Add Food     Remember Meal	333	28	18	17	3
Afternoon Snack
	Chex - Snack mix, 0.5 oz (approx 2/3 cup)	60	9	2	2	0
	Syntrax Nectar Fuzzy Navel - Fuzzy Navel Protein Drink, 1 scoop (27G)	90	0	0	23	0
	Genisoy Organic Protein Bar - Apple Cinnamon, 1 bar (45 g)	160	26	3	8	16
	Nabisco Flavor Originals - Sociables Baked Savory Crackers, 1 crackers	14	2	1	0	0
	Add Food     Remember Meal	324	37	6	33	16
Evening Snack
	Kroger Milk - 1% Low Fat, 8 oz	100	12	3	8	11
	Kroger Value - Saltines, 5 crackers	60	10	2	1	0
	Skinny Cow - No Sugar Added Sandwich, 1 sandwich	140	28	2	4	4
	Add Food     Remember Meal	300	50	7	13	15
Total:		1,403	176	45	85	58

Hey Wendy
Your list is long, but you kept your amounts pretty small.  We all are going to have days where we don't do as well as on other days.  We just have to get back on target and move on.   For a "bad day" you could have done much worse (or at least I could have done much worse).  A little extra walking/jogging today and you'll be back on track.   Good job of posting it all though.  Recognizing little things like this keeps big things from getting started. 

Hope the reflux is gone now.  It must have been from the rice crackers 'cause I don't eat rice crackers and I don't have reflux.  How about that logic?

Steve

O.K.  I list the coffee with protein for breakfast every day.  I drink it when I get up at 5 am.  If I eat anything else, it's later around 7:30 when I get to work.  We have a really good cafeteria there and the meals are free to the nurses.  I keep to the 30 minute rule almost always.  Sometimes I might forget and take a sip of my water after I'm back on the unit before I realize what I did.  I ate the chips on Monday, lol.  Here is my intake for that day.

	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein
Breakfast
	Generic - Black Coffee, 12 fl oz	7	1	0	0	remove
	Body Fortress - 100% Premium Whey Protein Powder Vanilla, 2 scoop	220	4	4	52	remove
	Eggs - Whole, raw, 1 medium	65	0	4	6	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	292	5	8	58
Lunch
	Baked Chicken - Springer - Breast, 1 breast (small)	110	0	2	24	remove
	Sun Chips - Multigrain, 16 Chips (1 oz.)	140	18	6	2	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	250	18	8	26
Dinner
	Tai Pei - General Tso's Chicken, 0.5 cup	35	5	1	3	remove
	Generic - Steamed Asparagus, 5 spears	25	4	0	2	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	60	9	1	5
Snacks
	Cheese - Cheddar, 2 oz	228	1	19	14	remove
	Add Food     Remember Meal	228	1	19	14
Total:		830	33	36	103
Your Daily Goal:		800	30	18	130

  Just checkin'.  I've never tried to mix my protein into anything hot as I have heard it's a little tricky. Any hints?

The no water with food rule is one of the hardest for people to break, and one of the easiest to go back to. I remember our previous dietitian said that it was the one common thread of people who had gained weight back. Glad you're on top of it!

Take care

I know what you mean about the 30 min. rule.  I never was a big water drinker before and now that I make a conscious effort, it's still hard.  With the protein powder, I use a hand-held drink mixer.  You pick them up at a liquor store for around $5 or $6.  They run on a battery and look like a miniature wisk on the end.  I just pour my coffee and add the two scoops of protein powder and mix it up.  It makes it frothy too.