Eating big from 8/22 to 8/28

We were on vacation last week and it is a lot of fun, but it good to be home. Daisy

Sunday 8/22 1410 calories
Breakfast: 1 cup raisin bran and skim milk 260 calories
Lunch: Shrimp, broccoli, pea pods and 1/2 cup brown rice 300 calories
Snack: veggie soup; brussel sprouts; chocolate zucchini muffin 175 calories
Dinner: veggie soup; brussel sprouts; cheeseburger 455 calories
Snack: apple; peach; yogurt 220 calories

Monday 8/23 1515 calories
Breakfast: chocolate zucchini muffin and light yogurt 210 calories
Snack: pure protein bar 190 calories
Lunch: 3/4 c egg beaters; veggie soup; brussel sprouts; chocolate zucchini muffin 275 calories
Snack: sandwich thin; American cheese; spinach 240 calories
Dinner: cheeseburger; salad 410 calories
Snack: 2 apples; veggie soup 190 calories

Tuesday 8/24 1455 calories
Breakfast: sandwich thin; ham; cheese 220 calories
Snack: veggie soup; cottage cheese 105 calories
Lunch: veggie soup; tuna; sandwich thin 235
Snack: tomato; red pepper; beef 250 calories
Snack: cheesecake with peaches 180 calories
Dinner: veggie soup; tomato; red pepper; beef 275 calories
Snack: cheesecake with peaches 180 calories

Wednesday 8/25 1500 calories
I lost a pound today. My blood sugars are great. 16 more pounds and I will be at my happy weight!

Breakfast: cheesecake and peaches 180 calories
Snack: pure protein bar 190 calories
Lunch: veggie soup; pepper, tomato, beef 275 calories
Snack: 8 multi grain crackers; cheesecake 180 calories
Dinner: beef, pepper, tomato; veggie soup 275 calories
Snack: cheesecake and peaches; popcorn; yogurt 400 calories

Thursday 8/26 975 calories
Breakfast: cheesecake; cereal 220 calories
Snack: banana 100 calories
Lunch: 1/2 cup low fat cheese; 1/2 cup brown rice; 1 cup tomato, zucchini and brussel sprouts; 11 dark chocolate chips 330 calories - Seriously that was 2 cups of food and I didn't feel like I ate anything. I just stopped eating and waited for a half hour until the hunger hormones stopped attacking me. Just once I would like the pouch to tell me that I have eaten something.....
Snack: banana 100 calories
Dinner: tilapia, 1/2 c brown rice, 1/2 c tomato, zucchini and brussel sprouts 225 cal

Friday 8/27 1220 calories
Breakfast: cheesecake 120 calories
Snack: pure protein bar 190 calories
Lunch: 1/2 c. Tuna; 1/2 c brown rice; 1 cup zucchini, tomato and brussel sprouts 250 calories
Snack: pure protein bar 190 cal
Dinner: 1 cup tomatoes, brussel sprouts and zucchini; 10 crackers; cheesecake; yogurt 370 cal
Snack: small potato 100 calories (I cut it in 8 wedges, sprayed it with butter flavored Pam and sprinkled Mrs. Dash chapotle on it. Then I baked it until it was browned).

Saturday 8/28 1400 calories
5 am Breakfast: multigrain sandwich thin, ham, ff cheese 200 calories
8 am Breakfast: blueberry topped waffles 200 calories
Snack: banana; brussel sprouts, tomato; low fat cheese 220 calories
Lunch: tuna; multigrain sandwich thin; spinach, peach 280 calories
Snack: 2 fat free hot dogs, 2 light whole wheat buns 240 calories
Dinner: 2 c veggie soup; 1/2 c turkey; 1/2 c spaghetti sauce190 calories
Snack: 2 c veggie soup 50 calories

 im proud of U Daisy Ure doing great !!  

Thanks.  You are always looking great!  I lost a pound on vacation.  I helped clean my friend's house because she needed my help.  Cleaning and gardening are exercise that people don't count.  Next week we are headed out of town for a couple days and then I have 6 guests staying with us for 6 days.  All of our family and friends are "foodies".  That is my constant challenge.  I end up doing a lot of housework when we have guests.  Maybe that will help.  Sometimes I wish I lived in a monastery!  Daisy

Oh man i am surrounded by "foodies "lol. ( of course i AM one myself ) so I know EXACTLY what U mean.  

My BF is also a diabetic as is his Dad .... so I have to bake , cook n feed them healthy food constantly  to keep their blood sugar stable . Its a lot of care and too much time spent in the kitchen and focused on food for my own diet lol .

I just recently started making daily OA meetings once again and am realizing how i lose my focus when im around people..how i fall into caretaking without a thought for my own recovery ....and its fragility .  

Hmmm.   You know  I DO enjoy being everyones favorite cook....but good cooks generally look more like  Aunt Jemima than Gisele Bundchen lol......

Wow you're up early too.  Years ago I would make a box cake and a can of frosting.  I would serve it cut into 12 pieces...really not that big.  Each piece was 400 empty calories though.  Often we would have seconds.  That is 1/4 to 1/2 of my daily calories these days.  I can't imagine staying off insulin eating that way.  Millions of people keep eating and take insulin which makes them gain weight and then they take more insulin.  They turn into fat storing machines.  So I bake my "desserts" and share them with my friends and family.  They are between 100 and 150 cal. per piece.  They usually contain fruits and veggies.  They have no white flour in them.  I am honestly finding the more I cook the more I lose and the healthier my diabetic friends are getting too.  I guess it depends what you cook.  I think if I would not share my diabetic treats they would just eat the real thing.  My cheese cake is around 110 to 120 calories and is pure protein and calcium.  I served a piece to a friend that dumps from her RNY and she ate a little bite and couldn't believe it was sugar and fat free.  It was the first time in a long while she ate dessert without guilt.  Nice thing was that cheese is ok for lactose intolerant people often.  I need all the calcium I can get.  So I eat salad and soup and have my protein for dessert.  Sometimes I each cheesecake and fruit instead of a glass of milk.  I never need protein shakes and only eat protein bars when I am running around and my blood sugar is falling.  My tiramisu is very low fat and very low sugar.  1/12 of a 9x13 pan is 155 calories and loaded with protein.  I always say we eat with our eyes.  My eyes get the treat but my blood sugar is great.  For now this is working for me and after 3 years of struggling along I am grateful I found a system that works for me.  I think you are doing your BF and dad a tremendous favor and saving their lives.  Have you tried chewing minty gum when you cook so as not to eat until you eat a piece?  I also have a sink of dishwater so I don't lick bowl and beaters.  It is not very good technique to eat while you cook unless you use a tasting spoon.  I have noticed that most cooks that get to the finale of top chef and the cooks on biggest loser the healthy flavors chef and that cute little Italian chef are all thin.  Most of the winners in my cooking competitions are normal size.  The really big people seem to make food that is too heavy for today's competitions.  Even here in Wisconsin the cheese capital.  I think it depends what you cook.  Daisy