Calorie Countdown - Its Thursday, do you know where your proteins are?

Hiya peeps (new peeps come on in!) I am posting this tonight so I don't go MIA again tomorrow.  I have a busy day planned, including a session with a personal trainer.  Tonight I have a tummy ache so I hope it feels better tomorrow or I will have to go easy.  This is my tenative plan: B - irish oatmeal cooked with apples and figs, served with milk and sf syrup S - mootopia w/ coffee and benefiber L - ? maybe a salad S - mootopia with carnation instant breakfast and benefiber Workout D - whole wheat pasta with meat sauce and cheese (just a few pieces of pasta, mostly eating meat and cheese) I need to buy some protein bars, any suggestions? (I like powercrunch but they don't usually like me, I like most of the atkins bars but also mixed results)

Pre-Breakfast - Oh Yeah Protein Wafer - these are great! Breakfast - 4.4 oz BeneFit peach yogurt with wheat germ on top Lunch - Oyster stew  Snack - Beef Jerky Dinner - BBQ brisket and green beans Here's the nutrition on the Oh Yeah bar:

Nutrition Facts Nutritional Facts Vary Slightly by Flavor
Serving Size: 38g (2 sticks)
Servings Per Container: 1
Amount Per Serving		%DV
Calories 180
Calories from Fat 111
Total Fat 12g		18%
Saturated Fat 5g		26%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0%
Sodium 130mg		5%
Total Carbohydrate 3g		1%
Dietary Fiber <1g		3%
Sugars 2g
Protein 15g		30%
Vitamin A		0%
Vitamin C		0%
Calcium		8%
Iron		10%

Karen, which Oh Yeah (I typed Oy! Yeah, which might be the kosher version) are you eating?  The ones I bought at the gym have a higher calorie content and slightly less protein. Curious Kix

LOL @ kosher version

This is the Oh Yeah protein WAFER  in the middle it's sorta like a vanilla wafer.... you know the old fashion kind that look sort of like a waffle.... These stats are for the Chocolate Mint one

Good morning, Jen!  I was glad to see that you were just super busy yesterday - when some of our regular folks aren't around, I worry that something is wrong (it's a Libra thing...).   How did your session with the personal trainer go?  I'm meeting with my exercise specialist today to tweak my routine and hopefully learn some new things I can add to my strength training program.  I'm excited!   Food stuff has been going pretty well this week, not that I'd know it from the scale.  Funny that I expect my body to drop weight instantly when I do the right thing for 2-3 days in a row.  You'd think I'd know better by now, but no, I still want the numbers to drop on the scale every day.  Duh.  Anyway, I keep working on retraining my brain that it takes my body several weeks of doing the right thing to really see some progress on the scale.  Ah, to have come so far and realize I still have so far to go.  But that's okay - life's a journey, right, not a destination... Regarding protein bars, I like Pure Protein bars (chocolate peanut butter, blueberry crumb, strawberry crumb are my favorites) and Twisted protein bars.  My local Target carries both of these brands, although they don't always have the different flavors of the Pure Protein bars.  Here's what's on my plate today: (edited 5:00 p.m.'ish to reflect changes to plan) Breakfast:  1 cup 1% milk in my coffee, 1 packet Quaker Weight Control oatmeal Snack #1:  1 cup low-fat cottage cheese, 4 tbsp. low-fat cottage cheese, 3 sliced strawberries Snack #2:  small banana Lunch:  Fattoush salad (mixed greens with toasted pita chips tossed with lemon, garlic, sumac, olive oil, herbs and grilled chicken) - from a local Middle Eastern restaurant - very fresh flavors and textures = YUM - also had 1 medium pita pocket and ~1/3 c. hummus Snack #3:  venti non-fat latte with sugar-free vanilla syrup, 2 pieces of Dove dark chocolate promises Snack #4:  1 slice whole-grain bread, 3 slices turkey deli meat, 1 slice low-fat cheese, small apple [workout session with exercise specialist - probably a combination of strength training and some cardio] Dinner:  no bacon wrapped scallops - instead going to have ~4 oz. ****tail shrimp w/ ****tail sauce and lemons, romaine lettuce w/ low-fat salad dressing, ~2 tbsp. rice noodles on salad for something crunchy Snack #5:  2 sugar-free fudgesicles Total calories:  2356 Carbs:  310.5 Fat:  58.3 Fiber:  31.7 Protein:  171.5 Today's weight:  190.1

Bunny, I now it's not a lot of protein, but it's easy for me to grab and eat on the way to the gym.  South Beach diet high protein cereal bars.  They have 140 calories, Saturated fat 5gm, carbs 15g, dietary fiber 3g, sugars 6g, protein 10g. They don't make me dump, are moist enough not to choke me or irritate my pouch, and they taste great...no medicinal aftertaste. So on that note... Breakfast - 1 SB diet bar     140 cal   10g protein     15 carbs Exercise - Yes done already! Snack 1/2 small bananna  45 cal      1 g protein      12 carbs Lunch - split pea soup       140 cal    9 g protein      26 carbs Snack venti skinny decaf latte   170 cal  16g protein  25 carbs Dinner ? Snack unjury chocolate w/skim milk     130 cal  28 g protein   15 carbs Vitamins 1/2 Water 25% Exercise done Calcium  not even started

Hey, thought I'd give you the nutrition info on the Pure Protein bars and the Twisted bars since I had popped back in here: Pure Protein chocolate peanut butter  Calories:  190 Carbs:  17 (2 g. sugar, 7 g. sugar alcohols) Fat:  6 Fiber: 1  Protein:  20 also has 20% of daily supply of calcium, although it's calcium carbonate Twisted protein bar Calories:  190 Carbs:  20 (13 g. sugar, no sugar alcohols) Fat:  6 Fiber: 1  Protein:  15 has 6% of daily supply of calcium (can't tell from ingredient list if it's carbonate or citrate)

I grabbed the peanut twisted bar at Target tonihgt - its a little high in sugar for me but I bought for husband pre-workout/post-workout and I thought I'd try half of one tonight.  YUM. 

I was given a few samples of protein bars from my DR last week, I really liked all three of them. Since I'm not a huge chocolate fan the ones I like dont have any in it. Premier Protein Yogurt Peanut Crunch - I bought a case from Amazon at 20% off right now.  Ultrameal Bar by Metagenics - I tried Lemon Zinger, Apple Cinnamon and Chocolate banana, the chocolate was very "protein tasting", the others were wonderful! I think the Lemon is my very favorite! Here's my plan for the day -  Pre B - SF NF Brown Sugar Cinnamon Latte B - cottage cheese and Splenda peaches S - 1/2 Premier Protein yogurt power crunch bar - ate this and blood sugar dropped to 56 an hour later, so grabbed some cheese. S - Greek yogurt L - Homemade turkey meatball and veggie soup, banana S - other half of bar S - jerky D - going out - tri tip off 1/2 sandwich with soup  S - ?