Calorie Countdown - What's on the menu for Wednesday?

I have to start tracking everything again.  I've diverted from it lately and my protein has tended to be lower than when I was tracking.  What about you?  How are you doing on protein?  What are you eating?  Any recipes.  Share please :) and Happy Wednesday!

Pre-Gym - South Beach Meal Replacement Bar  19 gms protein Snack - EAS RTD as creamer in my coffee 17 gms protein Breakfast - 1 cup FF cottage cheese & SF Peach preserves 28 gms protein Lunch - Taco Salad sans the fried tortilla bowl 20 gms protein Dinner - leftover Salmon steak and green peas 39 gms protein  If my math's right, that's a total of 123 gms of protein WOOHOOO Okay, so maybe I should drop the pre-gym protein.... hmmmmmm

I do that too.  Everytime I don't track online, I get a little low on protein.  You'd think we could calculate by now how much we are consuming by eye, but our eyes fool us! Breakfast - SB diet hight protein cereal bar Lunch - Grilled chicken salad Snack - Isopure protein drink 1/2 Dinner - Chicken fajitas on whole wheat tortillas (carb balance) Snack either jello gelatin or jello pudding.  Seems to be my favorite for late night, pre-bed snack Calories 1000 or so, protein 82 grams

I sometimes feel a bit OCD because I still keep track of everything, but I'm honestly afraid that if I stop tracking, I'll start packing the pounds back on.  And I just can't go there, so I keep on tracking.   My protein has been good, but I've been eating way too many carbs.  My average calorie intake for the past few weeks has been: 3/12 - 2902 calories 3/19 - 2636 calories 3/26 - 2545 calories 4/2 - 2636 calories 4/9 - 2800 calories 4/16 - 2892 calories At those calories levels, I'm maintaining right around 190 pounds.  When I had my average daily calories around 2200-2300, I was maintaining around 182-184 pounds.  That's not that hard to do, but I keep having a cookie here, a slice of pie there, another yogurt w/ granola here, some pretzels there.  And I think if I could get my average calories down to 2000-2200, I could probably get down to 170-175.  But it becomes a question of balancing what I weigh with what I'm comfortable eating; do I want to weigh 170 badly enough to almost always say "no" to that darn cookie?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  Anyway, that's what I'm currently pondering... Here's today's food plan - not sure what we're doing for dinner yet, so will edit later to add that information and daily totals - edits in bold:
Breakfast:  1 cup 1% milk in my coffee, 1 packet Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal

Snack #1:  1 cup low-fat cottage cheese, 4 tbsp. sugar-free preserves, ~1/2 c. sliced strawberries

Snack #2:  medium banana [workout #1:  lower body strength training, core work] Lunch:  4 oz. panfried catfish, ~3/4 c. green beans, ~1/4 mashed redskin potatoes (leftover from last night's dinner), small navel orange
Snack #3:  1 c. Stonyfield plain fat-free yogurt, ~1/2 c. sliced strawberries, 1/4 c. Bob's Red Mill Mueslix

Snack #4:  1 slice whole-grain bread, 3 oz. Hillshire Farms honey ham, 1 slice low-fat cheese, leaf lettuce  [workout #2:  1 hour of yoga] Snack #5:  medium apple

Dinner:  5 oz. grilled salmon, ~1 c. steamed broccoli, ~1 oz. leftover cornbread

Snack #5:  1 NSA Klondike crunch bar
Total calories:  2226
Carbs:  277.2
Fats:  75.9
Fiber:  39.7
Protein:  143

B - 16oz mootopia, 1 serving benefiber, 1/4 serving chocolate ovaltine S - fiber one yogurt L - side salad with light italian dressing from chickfila (with sunflower seeds and croutons) - I am bringing my own roasted chicken breast to put on top S - 1c grapes D - 2 scrambled eggs, 2 plum tomatoes, 1/2 yellow bell pepper S - fiber one bar S - 8oz vanilla soy milk, 1 serving benefiber Calories - 1196 Fat - 35g Carbs - 126g Fiber - 26g Protein - 94g I think this is very well balanced.  I also plan to do at least as much cardio as I did last night (2 miles on the treadmill, -450cal according to the treadmill anyway) plus some weight training.

Looks great, Jen.  Your getting roughly: 42% of your calories from carbs (126 x 4/1196) 26% of your calories from fat (35 x 9/1196) 31% of your calories from protein (94 x 4/1196) Great ratios!  Plu****ting that 26g of fiber is outstanding - helps keep things moving along so there's no Keep up the great work!!! Kellie (who's feeling a *****eerleaderish today, can't you tell???)

You guys are all so good with keeping  track with your calories and protein... I use to do that I am gonna try and do better.. Breakfast EAS myoplex lite protein drink 20grams protein Snack 1 serving pretzels Lunch Lean Cuisuin Turkey dinner 21 grams protein Snack 1 suger free red bull..1/2 cup peanuts 7grams protein (i think) Dinner Not sure yet, maybe refried beans with cheese, and a tortilla. Snack Maybe a suger free ice cream bar I have to go grocery shopping tonite.... Have a great day...

Happy Wednesday Jenn!  Mine started off at the car wash, then on to the OB GYN. I'm at work now but have to leave early to go have an ultra sound done. Ugh! Pre B - SF NF Brown Sugar Cinnamon Latte B - 2 Eggface bites, small slice of raisin nut bread S - SF NF Carmel iced Latte L - Eggface Italian Bean Casserole, banana S - 1/2 yogurt crunch protein bar, followed later with 32 oz of water for the ultrasound D - ? no clue just realized I forgot to take something out S - Dutch fruit biscuits

Will you track for me too? lol  My problem is I find it very hard to track because I dont eat reg foods, I notice alot of people have this tracking thing so down i'm just not good at it.  I kinda feel like I know when I'm having a bad day and I know whats bad when I'm puttig it n my mouth like for instance about an hour ago I ate chocolate covered caramel corn! (smart huh?)  heres my damage for the day.  B= coffee skim milk protein shake L=insides of a low fat subway roast beef 6 in  S= yogurt D= I made a chunky meat sauce with toms green peppers and onions, and served it with spaghetti squash.  S= a few pieces of chocolate covered caramel corn 

My eating was pretty easy today.  B: 2 EAS protein drinks @34g protein, 220 calories.  E: walking around the Denver Zoo for three hours @ 378 calories expended (per pedometer).   L: 2 EAS protein drinks @34g protein, 220 calories  D: chicken thighs @500 calories, 30g protein.  S: 2 SF caramel pudding cups @120 calories, 2g protein.  I also ate a handful of unsalted peanuts @300 calories, 14g protein.  Totals:  1360 calories - 378 expended = just under 1000 calories.  114g protein. Kix