Calorie countdown - TGIF!

Hi all- Well I am happy to say I feel A LOT better today.  I'd say I feel normal - as normal as I ever feel anyway.  Kix, we'll say it was the papaya I have a lovely Friday night planned - wor****il midnight.  Since I got here at noon, that's quite a day.  I'll probably leave for a while throughout the day to walk (I've already done that once for 20 min around the halls with my ipod, I look like an idiot, but its too cold to walk outside), and maybe I'll go find a cozy chair in another building to read for a while.  Since I am here with all the food I shall eat today, I am posting this early (plus I need a break from the incredibly boring paper I am critiquing).  I hope everyone has a great 3-day weekend, mine will include a lot of sleep, work, and a couple of days worth of dishes, blech.  Since we had basically no turn-out last weekend I probably will only post calorie countdown during the week. B - 8oz mootopia, chocolate vitamuffin S - 8oz mootopia L - Lunchables Jr (turkey, mozzarella, and mini-ritz) S - Green giant garden vegetable medley (single portions), cozy shack NSA tapioca D - Lean cuisine chicken parmesan S - 1/2c vegetarian baked beans I've timed meals to give me multiple breaks this evening.  Calories 960 Fat 15g Carbs 126g Sugar 52g Fiber 19g Protein 74g Generally I aim for slightly higher fat (20-25g) and slightly lower sugar and carbs (less than 25 sugar, around 75-90 carbs), but maybe this combo will keep me awake and energized, and since I probably won't eat more than a bite or two of pasta from the lean cuisine, its sort of inflated on the carbs anyway.  Besides "aiming" for a value and actually achieving it are two entirely different things.  Adios!

Hi Dunny - So glad to hear your feeling better! I have a 4 day weekend, my boss came in said we're closing at 3 today and we'll be closed Monday and Tuesday! I don't care why, I'm just thrilled!!! We're all salary so it doesn't hurt anyone's pay. Hope everyone has a great weekend! Pre B  - SF NF Brown sugar cinnamon latte

B - 1/2 cup oatmeal w/dried blueberries thrown in and a tiny bit of NF milk

S - 2 slices ham, 3 snack sized cheddar cheese, 3 triscuits

L - Chicken cacciatore

S - probably nothing, had lunch late

D - ground turkey tacos, minus tortilla for me

S -?

V - done
W -done but will drink more E - nope

Oooh lucky Jan - 4 day weekend!!  Very nice!

Hi, Jen.  I love the cozy shack NSA rice pudding - haven't had any in a while, but your posted reminded me about it - think I'll grab some at the grocery store tonight.  Here's what I've had so far today:

B - 1 c. 1% milk, 1 packet Quaker weight control oatmeal

S #1 - 1 cup cottage cheese, 4 tbsp. sugar-free preserves

S #2 - 2 light string cheese, 1/2 serving multigrain wheat thins
[workout  - upper body strength training routine, core work]

L - Lean Cuisine grilled chicken caesar, 3/4 c. steamed broccoli

S #3 - venti non-fat latte w/ sugar-free vanilla syrup

S #4 - 1 slice whole-wheat bread, 3 slices turkey, 1 slice low-fat cheese, lots of alfalfa sprouts stuffed under cheese!

Total calories:  1475
Carbs: 186
Fat:  32
Fiber:  18
Protein:  120 Not sure what dinner will be, as I'm going to a department-wide happy hour after work.  I'm sure I'll have a couple drinks and plan to eat enough so that I don't get totally loopy from the alcohol.  I'm hoping there are some healthier food items available, but most of the things on the menu at this place are generally deep fried and/or dripping in cheese.  Oh well, I'll do the best I can.  Will try to supplement my entry tomorrow with the remaining "damage" for the day.   Good luck making it until midnight!!! Kellie

Mmmm I like the rice pudding and the tapioca - especially with some cinnamon on top.  I also like the easy and tasty 4g of fiber, if only there was more protein it'd be perfect.  Good luck with the non-fried appetizers.  Its really hard to find appetizers in a lot of places that aren't deep fried.  When I think appetizer, I think something light, like fruit and nuts or a veggie spread, or a cheese platter, but I guess you can get those at home.  You can only get deep fried green beans at TGI fridays, or deep friend macaroni and cheese (I don't remember where I saw that one).  Since when do either of those foods benefit from a deep fried crust?  Maybe they'll have a meaty quesadilla or stuffed mushrooms.  I just found out I like mushrooms.  Never ever liked them before surgery.  I guess I should retry other no-no's now, like shellfish. 

woohoo! Glad to hear you are doing better hon! My day was kind of weird, I've been having sugar lows all day and I just couldn't get it under control. I had a huge drop this afternoon that crept up on my pretty quickly so I was scrambling around trying to find any type of sugar to get it up quick, and nothing would work. this doesn't happen often but every now and then it takes me by surprise.  Unfortunately one of the symptoms of hypoglycemia is you become absolutely starved, and I've been hungry for hours. I think I am finally stabilized but I'm exhausted - it takes a lot out of me. The final tally wasn't too bad, despite everything. pre-workout snack: peanut butter pudding post-workout snack: fat free yogurt snack: atkins protein bar lunch: WW homestyle chicken and green beans about 3pm was when my sugar dropped and I was trying to find anything I could with sugar!: 4 tootsie rolls, 5 chocolate kisses, 1/2 of a chocolate covered donut (this was what FINALLY got my sugar back up to normal) - then I ate my planned snack of an apple with peanut butter to stabilize. ugh, it makes me sick just reading all of that). snack: 2 cups of honey nut cheerios this is what I have planned for tonight: dinner: cheese quesadilla (w/fat free tortilla and 1/2 c low fat cheese) snack: 3 bags of granola bites and then, BED!!! I'm so tired I think I will just collapse on my pillow. calories: 2416 fat: 105 carbs: 288 fiber: 34 protein: 103 water: about 98 ounces By the way Dunny, thanks for doing this. It really does help - during the day if I'm tempted to lose control I just remind myself that I will be posting everything on here and get motivated real quick to not lose control

Ugh PJ, sorry about the blood sugar issues.  Maybe your body got overly excited because you got paid so it knew there was finally some food in the house.  It went insulin-happy in anticipation.  That's pretty scary - how often do you test your sugar?  Do you test it before driving or can you usually tell when an "attack" is coming on?  BE CAREFUL! I'm glad you like this post.  I do too, it keeps me logging my food.  I was kind of slacking on that.  It also gives me something to read when I am counting the hours until I can go to sleep...

That is so funny that you mention about the food in the house - I was kidding around with a friend and we were saying the same thing - too funny. I can usually tell when it's coming on but every now and then a day like Friday comes along and it happens too fast for me to catch. I haven't been testing my sugar often lately, mostly because I eat so regularly that I don't usually have a problem. If it starts to happen a lot I start to monitor it more carefully. Luckily, it hasn't bothered me since Friday, yeah!!

Hey Pj,  I have hypoglycemia too. I know what you mean when you just cant get your sugar to level out, My pcp told me that when it gets like that I should eat a protein , Or a protein with a carb like meat and crackers , I have had hypoglycemia for years and when it get s really bad its hard to not just lay down and go to sleep. when its impossible to sleep I would just eat and eat. Its crazy how it effects you, I found out that little carbs is the best route because whenever I would eat carbs I would just feel bad after about 45 mins and need more carbs to level everything out again, Do you get like that?  I was really hoping that the surgery would help my hypo like it does for the diabetics but so far its the same as it was, I'm thinking maybe with a greater weight loss it will get better. Did you have it before the surgery and if so is it better than it was? Thanks Estelle

Wow, you had it before surgery? I've heard of so many who have developed since surgery but not before. How long have you had it? Mine developed about 6 months after surgery, I didn't have diabetes before surgery either. I first noticed it in Pilates class when i got extremely dizzy. I had no idea what it was, but a month later I went to a health fair and when they checked my blood sugar it was 52. Of course they freaked out and made me sit down and eat. That's when it clicked for me why I wasn't feeling good. I finally feel like I can control it pretty well but every now and then I get those days where it will drop out of no where and quickly. I was also told protein and carb together but i have noticed it takes about 20 minutes for it to take affect, so on those days when it happens fast I go for a quick dose of sugar, then follow it up with a good snack pretty quickly (sugar/carbs only last for about 45 minutes for me too, but it's a quick fix). I bought glucose pills but haven't used them yet - I left them at home on Friday (smart move, huh?). But I totally understand the whole wanting to eat thing - I am always starving after I have an incident! At first I just thought it was head hunger but then when I started to do more research I found out it was actually a symptom. Make me feel a little better and on the days that I struggle I don't even try to track what I am eating. I just eat when i need to. Nice to know someone here also has the same issue, it can be a challenge!