Whatcha Eating Today VSGers? Friday 7/14/17

USPS was supposed to deliver my t shirts yesterday. Even at 11:53 last night they claimed yesterday delivery. It happens every single time with them. Grrrr!

Moving day is tomorrow finally. I stopped last night and got several salads from a salad place we like. I got a separate container of croutons for my honey. I found I was picking at the croutons, so I got the roll of packing tape and wrapped them up lol. It worked.

B: yogurt and coffee

L: salad with roasted chicken

D: salad with canned tuna

S: cheese

I've done that kind of thing with food before. Poor stuff on them, wrap them up, trash them. Sometimes we just have to white knuckle it, eh?

I just had surgery Monday, so I'm on full liquids.

B: Protein shake. Used Unjuru Choc Splendor with nut milk. They make this new Protein Nut Milk that has 2 gr sugar and 10 gr protein. Love it!

L: Veggie broth with some liquid aminos...adds a salty flavor.

S: Water with fresh lemon and mint

S: Crystal Lite

S: Protein shake

D: Protein shake.

S: Water

Morning all. Going to be another hot, hot day here with smoke still drifting in from the forest fires so I will be singing the praises of my air conditioner and whispering sweet nothings to it as it makes life bearable.

B: coffee, HB egg, left over steak and salad from dinner (only 1.5 oz)

S: Homemade Protein shake

L: not sure, going out, so likely some sort of Italian salad (probably caprese) and of course, rich Italian coffee

S: another shake or some plain greek yogurt with strawberries

D: greek salad no dressing and 2 oz chicken

Liquids: 2 litres water plus lots of coffee and tea

Exercise: 30 mins on treadmill or outside if I can get my butt in gear before it heats up too much

Hope everyone has a great TGIF!

Just a suggestion - Make sure most of that coffee & tea is decaf or its only gonna dehydrate that 2L of water out of you!

Caffeine doesn't actually dehydrate you - but it's a well propagated myth that it does!

That one hasn't come up in my peer reviewed studies. Can you point me to the peer reviewed literature?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24416202

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25154702

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24408336 (this doesn't really answer the specific topic, but as a singer I think it's fascinating!)

Some good abstracts. I still would not recommend replacement of water intake. Also, my practical focus is more on the effects of increased caffeine intake. So I always consider limiting caffeine due to effects it has on anxiety, insomnia and potential contribution to increased blood pressure & tachycardia. Also, caffeine has a half life of 3 to 7 hours, which could be problematic... And too much can contribute, and I have seen this, to psychosis.