Calorie countdown - what did you eat today? (Tuesday)

Well, my list is short, as I've felt quite bad since lunch.  I have really horrendous cramps from my chest to my belly button - the same as I had the other night (it ended up being gas).  I'm a little concerned, and of course, no insurance.  I've never wanted to have terrible gas before... but here's hoping! Breakfast - 1/2c raisin bran, 12oz high protein milk Snack - a few pretzel sticks w/ cheese Lunch - protein bar, 2-3 bites of husband's chili Dinner - skipping that one Cal 488 Protein 36

Let's hope for gas (never thought I would say that phrase!) I got done with jury duty early today so I came home and was a bum. I like being a bum... a lot. (ok, I am fully aware that I would go stir crazy if I did this often, but it sure is nice every now and then) Another thing I am becoming aware of is how much I like to eat at night - I do fairly well during the first portion of the day but when late afternoon/evening hits, I want to eat everything in sight. I'm gonna have to figure out that one. pre-workout snack: peanut butter pudding breakfast: 2 eggs lunch: cheese quesadilla (heart healthy tortilla and 1/2 c. lowfat mexican cheese) snack: atkins protein bar and 1/2 banana dinner: apple and too much peanut butter snack: 3 granola bites calories:  1990 protein: 94 fat: 115 carbs: 171 fiber: 31 water: 100 ounces way too much fat, but i love my peanut butter!

I've kind of been a bum for a while, no classes, working from home and all, and I have to say I liked it a lot better than going back to my regular busy life this week... but I was getting pretty stir-crazy working from home most of last semester.  It was super crazy at work today - I missed my nice quiet apartment where no one could interrupt me with questions or requests.  Not that I mind them - it just seems like when I am really deep in to something and concentrating well, all hell breaks loose and I can't finish what I'm working on.  I think working nights on W and F will be a good thing :)  Oh, and Breckenridge looks like a go!  Yay!  I'll know more in a few weeks once everything is finalized. 

Yeah for Breckenridge! Can't wait to see you guys again - if you plan on being in Denver for a while, Kix and I could show you a couple of fun places to see. It should be great weather by then (knock on wood)

Woohoo!  Or, we could all go to Breckenridge and embarrass Dunny horribly in front of all her colleagues!    I promise, I'll be on my best behavior.  And, please, God, bring on the great weather!  Kix

Have you tried eating more calories earlier in the day, PJ?  I've discovered that if I'm "short" on calories over the course of the day, I want to eat more at night.  Of course, that's not always the explanation as sometimes I just want to knosh all night, but that's most often related to hormones and/or stress!!! Kellie

Maybe I should try that, would be interesting if that was the problem. I've assumed it was emotional because I'm not necessarily hungry, just want something to chew on. I have also noticed I am back to the bad habit of waking up a few hours after I fall asleep and eating. I was a sleep eater before surgery, as in I would eat and not know I had eaten until the next day. One time I actually got up and put some cookie dough in the oven for a snack (I don't remember doing it). Next thing I know my fire alarm was going off and there was black smoke everywhere and burnt cookies in the oven. Lord, was I embarrassed - thank god I lived alone! At least I am remembering what I eat the next day now, but I don't like that I am doing it. I started reading "Mindless Eating" this week and it is very interesting. You might enjoy it, it takes a very clinical, yet enjoyable, look at all the reasons we eat - advertising, emotions, relationship, etc. The guy who wrote it has done a ton of research on our eating habits and it's fascinating.

One of my roommates is a sleep eater - she'll wake up with partially chewed food in her mouth, and have no recollection of having awakened and/or eating anything!  She used to get up a 2 or 3 a.m. and cook - hamburgers, bacon, or eggs or whatever she wanted - but thankfully she's stopped that since the sound and/or smell would often wake up my other roommate (me, I sleep like the dead, so nothing wakes me).  And she's doing much better about not sleep eating, but it's a challenge.   I may check out "Mindless Eating."  I've seen an article or two about the book, and thought it sounded interesting.  Wonder if my library has it??? Kellie

I also totally want to eat in the evenings - one person on the RNY board who eats mostly in the evenings suggested I shift all my meals two hours later (I used to eat dinner at 5 or 6 and maybe a snack at 8 but I'd be up til 2).  Its been helpful, but it would be more complicated for you with your blood sugar issues. 

Hm, I've started eating at night again, too.  I'm not exactly doing this in my sleep, I'm fully awake and heading for the bread bag when we have bread in the house.  Last night, I woke up at 2 AM and 4 AM and ate one roll each time.  I wasn't hungry, so why in the heck did I eat, twice? I used to be a sleep eater.  I never cooked stuff, but I'd wake up in the morning and find food in my bed.  Usually bread or crackers or an unwrapped piece of cheese. I reserved, "Mindless Eating" at our library, in fact, it's there for me to pick up.  Even though I don't want to exercise today, perhaps I will venture out to get the book.  Of course, it couldn't have been there yesterday when I picked up my other two books.  Kix