***Monday Bites, Vites & Exercites***

did much better eating wise today.  was more mindful of the carby treats

double protein coffee
1/2 pkg turkey bacon
2 scrambled eggs with sausage cheese sauce
cinnamon roll
macadamia nuts
double protein coffee
1 sl rye bread w/ a hunk of meatloaf, ketchup, 1 slice american cheese
broccoli
few oven fries

vites:  all in
fluids:  70+ oz

Good for you. I know this a rough time of year for you.

 Hi Gina,
The cool weather is super for heavy gardening. I'm shoveling out  a place to install a driveway  entrance  stacked 3'  fieldstone rock wall.  2 pallets of grey-blue stone arrived today. 

My food choices are slim, because I would rather be gardening than in the house cooking !!!

Maintence:
Breakfast, lunch and post dinner:
3 double 16oz - 1 scoop vanilla Dymatize shakes w/ 1 scoop Nector Naturals orange and vanilla butter nut essance, 1/2 c  heavy whipping cream and ice. Tastes like an orange Jullius. YUM !!!   150g protein total, 0 carbs.

Dinner-  1c Real sloppy Joe made w/ hamberger( no bun), 1c sour cream mashed potatoes- each on 1/2 the small plate, w/ melted cheese on top of all. The potato helped buffer the coarseness of the ground meat. Usually I dont like the feling of hamberger in my stomach- adding the mashed potato was an improvement.

Snack- Honey roasted peanuts,  Calcet lemon calcium,  a hand full of D3 gummies, probiotic gummies and vitamins. w/ D3 pill.

Bottles of water always within reach in my garden cart , sipping while I work.

Carbs- 56g + 3 starlight mints
Protein- 180
Fluid- 80oz
Exercise- heavy gardening for 4 hrs- trimming pine trees and bushes, shoveling dirt and clearing lawn for rock wall.
NSAIDS- 8 Advil , 2 every 4 hrs, for stuffy nose from a cold. I hate cold meds, this works for me, w/ Benedril at bedtime. I sleep the entire night without waking. This is my first cold in 2 years.

 Sandra,

What is your favorite flavor of the Dymatize and which style do you like best? I'm looking to try a new protein powder and noticed this one but they've got several styles ranging in prices.

 I use Dymatize Elite because it doesnt have Splenda/sucralose. I have a reaction to splenda, cant have any. I have tried all the flavors. I like the choco mint- tastes like choco mint ice cream. Butter Cream Toffee is a good one, even Banana is good, tastes like banana taffy candy. All of them are good really. I like them better than Syntrax Nector. Easy to mix with the Fit & Fresh hand mixing wand. I mix a few for the day, store in the fridge the night before, load up a small cooler in my car. i have them all day long if I am out, or on a driving trip. My cups are double metal, 16oz. They stay cold about 8 hrs. with a frozen watter bottle or 2 tucked between the  metal cups. I take them shopping, and to my doctor apts. Sipping in the car, and out is distracting, I dont think about how much I am drinking, they go down faster that way. For a quick mix I add 1/2 cup ice to the cup just before I leave. It stays cold enough while I drink it.

If you use Splenda, try the other types of Dymatize. I didnt try them. The Elite says its good for lactose intollerant people. I never have any stomach issues with it, and no grit ever right down to the last sip. The Vitamin Shop has the usual flavors- vanilla, choco, fruit punch( cant remember the real name) Diet Direct on line has all the flavors, with free shipping over a certain amount, about $49.00.Their" back order "took a day or 2 longer.

Awesome!  I've been thinking about ordering the Nectar Orange Naturals. The vanilla butter nut essence is an extract you find in the spices section? What is that?

Hi Gina,
McCormick Imitation Vanilla Butter & Nut Flavor: Found in the spice section, with the vanilla.

Hard to find. I stock up when I do find it because it really enhances the vanilla protein shake mixes flavor, similar to a rich vanilla ice cream. Lately I have been adding pepermint pin**** cream to my vanilla protein powder drinks. I never tire of pepermint. Its soothing to stomachs I heard. That's my excuse to have it often.  Ice cream has always been my down fall. At least it has calcium, and calories to stop my weight loss. Christine my nutritionist said I need it. She's my best friend now for saying this.  ;-)

B: my double scoop protein shake (52 grams)
S: tall chai tea latte with heavy cream
L: 2 slices of brok's pizza (OMG I made it finally! It's good but what a cheese bomb that is in my tumtum!)
D: can of progresso clam chowder
S: a snack bag of freeze dried apples, bananas and strawberries. flavored foam!

I'm contemplating a second dinner soon .. I'm kinda hungry.

I have GOT to make Brok's pizza!  Good job.

 It's worth it to make it once at least. It's a cheese bomb for my stomach and I'm now constipated! I'm not sure how people eat it all the time!