**What did YOU eat today? - Monday**

Its that time of day. Come forward and confess. After a horrible weekend of binging (tons of family/financial stress) and 3 pounds gained. I am trying to get back on track. I WILL get to goal DURNIT!! No more self sabotage here! Bfast:2 eggs w/ salsa , banana, coffee Snack:1/2 oz. roast beef, 1 oz. cheese, protien bar (very hungry, BAD carb cravings) Lunch: Healthy Choice chicken w. pasta meal (210 cal, 15 g protien) Snack: Orange Dinner: Something mexican (fajitas maybe?) Water: 40 oz. in so far Vitamins: half in Exercise: 3 miles on the elliptical trainer at lunchtime woo hoo! I'm DYING for some candy, but I'm not gonna do it. I think I only ate sugar all weekend, slept alot and now I am paying for it with the extra heavy carb cravings. I have no one to blame but myself! Gotta shake this carb monkey!! How about you? Kathy

I was just wondering if you were going to post today! You read my mind! breakfast...2 eggs and cheese grits snack....banana baked cookies and had too may bites of cookie dough!!!!! Why can't I stop myself? lunch.. PB&J minus the crust, 2 apple quarters, handful of popcorn just finished a protein bar dinner....Mexican!!!! water...working on it...not too good today vitamins...2 so far exercise....well it is spring break around here.....not going to happen. Melissa

Here goes: Breakfast: Dannon Light Yogurt and 1 cup of coffee Snack: Handful of pretzels and handful of cheddar cheese popcorn Lunch: 1/2 of the frozen Chicken Pasta Meal I brought (didn't set well today) Dinner: I'm thinking I can nibble on some mexican!! Water: 20 oz so far Vitamins: Yep..I take prenatal Exercise: To the copier and back about 20 times so far today!

Breakfast: Protein bar Snack: Protein shake Lunch: 1/2 tomato sandwich, 4 potato chips Dinner: Probably too much Exercise: walked 2 miles Vitamins: yes Water: 20 oz so far, gotta do better on that

I know what you mean about the carb monkeys!!!! They are awful little buggers! Breakfast: CIB with protein powder Snack: banana Lunch: 1/2 cup lima beans and rice (yummm) Snack: handful of dry roasted peanuts Dinner: don't know. maybe fried chicken and lima beans. Maybe spaghetti. Water: No so much. Drinking unsweet tea right now. Vitamins: 2 so far. Exercise: Going to the gym at 5:30pm with drill sargeant Ronnie.

Like you I did a lot of binging while I was home recovering. Breakfast - Lg Latte from Java City with Sugar Free Irish Creme and cheese grits Snack - Protein drink that I use to drink while I was on the puree phase told my protein levels were low. Lunch - 1/2 of a very large protein bar that I did fine on about a week ago, but I think I dumped a little this time. Water not so great, vitamins: 1 multi vitamin and B12, 1 calcium (taking now - I am not a good calcium taker and the cheable candy ones are way to expensive for me) Dinner - who knows. any suggestions? I will walk when I get home, about 1.5 miles. Julie

I FIND THAT IT IS SO HARD TO GET IN MY CALCIUM CUZ YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT WITH ANYTHING ELSE (PRESCRIPTIONS OR OTHER VITAMINS/MINERALS, OR SUPPLEMENTS) BECAUSE IT INTERFERES WITH THE ABSORPTION OF OTHER PRODUCTS. SO, REMEMBERING TO TAKE IT ALONE ... DAH-UHHH! I DO GET THE TWIN LAB CALCIUM CHEWABLES FROM THE VITAMIN SHOPPE ... I CAN TOLERATE THOSE, MS JULIE ... THEY'RE WORTH THE COSt.

ok.. here goes.. breakfast : Pure protein banana creme shake 35 gm protein snack: handfull of chips evil lil ****s! lunch: a $5 pizza from little ceasars that ive been munching on ever since!!! removeeee it from my office!!! in all ive had about 4 pieces! ACK lol supper: if im hungry lol mexican!!! water: so-so vitamins: half way there exercise: right lol jen

Glad we didn't do this over the weekend, lol. Breakfast- one ounce scoop of plain oatmeal with a pinch of granulated brown sugar and cinnimon. one piece of sourdough toast (end piece), with 1 teaspoon of peanut butter. I made the oatmeal with 1/3 cup of skim milk. Snack- grapefruit and 30 min. later my protein drink 16 ounces with two scoops=40 grams protein. Lunch- 3 oz. pack of white albacore tuna mixed with fat free ranch dressing and two pickles, four whole grain crackers. Snack- pear Now I'm drinking 20 oz of water and plan to drink another before going to the meeting, plus I will take a bottle with me for another 20 ounes. Supper- no clue yet, but bet it will be Mexican, lol. Hugs! Mary

We are all struggling that is for sure.... On way to work - protein shake w/1tsp peanut butter (I have gotten used to making it with water finally!) Breakfast - hard boiled egg Snack - 1 package heart health nuts lunch - chef salad (turkey, ham, cheese, egg, etc.) - ate 1/2 Snack - Protein drink when I get home before I go to gym Dinner - other half of chef salad Water - Yep - 60 ozs so far Vits. - yep exercise - going to the gym tonight for sure.....didn't go last week - BAD! Susann