Accountability - What did you eat, Monday 4/30?

Good Morning, has May brought you flowers?  That's what comes after April Showers, right?  I'm picking up a bouquet this morning, to have on my desk to celebrate May... Well, today I'm starting my pre-surgery food program, my pledge is to eliminate "real" sugar treats completely and limit carbs to complex only for the next 6 weeks until my surgery date...Know I will have to be careful about what I'm eating while doing this because one of the reasons I added in simple carbs and limited real sugar was because I could not keep in maintenance without doing so ( I just kept losing without the extras, of course this may not be the case now, I will have to see how it goes, not really looking to lose any significant amounts between now and June 13th)... B - 20 1/2 caf sf/ff cinnamon dulce latte S - 1 slice nsa banana bread with 2 tbsp peanutbutter and added fiber L - 1 cup mac-n-cheese (extra cheesy)      1/2 a fire grilled zucchini      5 chocolate dipped mini pretzels S - 3 sf wafer cookies with 1 tbsp of peanutbutter and added fiber spred on top D - 1 cup italien chicken with pastina ( cassarole with 2 oz chicken (in 1 serving), gemelli, diced                tomatoes onions, garlic and mozzerella cheese then topped with bread crumbs & baked) S - 1 slice sf peanutbutter cheesecake drizzled with sf fudge sauce PLUS - 83.5 oz water/crystal light No water aerobics tonight, it my Harley Club meeting night, will eat dinner in advance since I never know what they will serve and don't want to be tempted the 1st day to break my pledge... Have an awesome day to all Alesia

Had a great day yesterday...and I'm back down to 173 which makes me very happy.  It's actually motivating me to do well this week.  Here's what I had yesterday B: 20 oz sugar free vanilla nonfat latte S: 20 oz sugar free caramel nonfat latte (i was having a bad morning..had a flat tire, which was the 5th one since the beginning of the year and had to get the stupid thing fixed and just happened to drive by one of my favorite little locally owned coffee shops..) L: pizza chicken -- chicken breast covered in marinara, pepperoni, and mozzarella cheese S: salad with lettuce, tomato, blue cheese, dried cranberries, croutons, and a dash of italian dressing D: homemade philly cheesesteak - whole wheat hoagie, steak slices, onion, green pepper, mushroom, and provolone 1208 calories and 95 grams protein Kerri

I love home creations, that chicken pizza sounds just to YUMMY

B- 2 sf fv nf latte 2 pieces of bacon S-handful of almonds L-snacksize cottage cheese and snack size peaches ( which make  me very full) S- small handfull of alomonds D- 1/2 of a chalupa from taco bell and guacamole with 4 chips S- 2 sugar free twizzlers, 2 southbeach chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. 60 oz water

oops i forgot 1 sf orange vanilla cramcycle form dairy queen.. so good!

You did great today Sheila Alesia

Congrats, Alesia - and good luck!!!!  Are you excited about the plastics? B - 1 1/4 c Rice Chex w/2 T ground flaxseed, banana, 1 c ff milk S - nsa peach yogurt, AchievONE L - wild berry Power Crunch bar, sf rice pudding cup, sf Jell-O cup, 5 sf Werthers S - 1/4 c cashews, 1 c grapes, AchievONE D - 1/2 c corn, 1/2 bag of Cesar salad w/2 T parm cheese, sf Jell-O cup w/ff Reddi-Wip, sf fudgie S - 1 c sliced strawberries w/ff Reddi-Wip, 1 oz Swiss cheese Plus I had 64 oz water, 16 oz half decaf coffee, 16 oz green tea, 12 oz cf Diet Coke, 16 oz sf hot cocoa w/ff Reddi-Wip Instead of treading, I cleaned the house from 8:30 til 3!

Hey Connie, I'll do your tread if you'll clean my house ...thanks for the words of encouragement, yes VERY excited...

Just want to thankyou for all your support and feedback.

I notice you don't put number of calories in your totals. I was interested in the amount of calories that this group usually take in on a daily basis to see whether I take in too many or not enough.

Got in 35 minutes on my tredmill,burned 153 cal.

Spent 2 hours outdoors painting railings, had some great weather here in SE CT today. Some flowers finally showed their blooms in my yard.

48 oz water/decaf tea

Milk, 1%, 1 cup 102 12 2 8
mocha cappachino protien powder, 1 serving 138 4 2 27
Ground beef, 3 oz 264 0 23 14
American Cheese, 1 slice (3/4 oz) 79 0 7 5
Summer Squash, 1 cup, sliced 18 4 0 1
Green Beans (snap), 0.5 cup 17 4 0
Beans, red kidney, 2 tbsp 27 5 0 2
Land O Lakes, Light Butter, Salted, 1 Tbsp, 0.5 serving 25 1 3 0
Romaine Lettuce (salad), 2 cup, shredded 16 3 0 2
Red Ripe Tomatoes, 1 cup cherry tomatoes 31 7 0 1
Turkey breast meat, 2 slices 44 2 1 7
Swiss Cheese, 1 slice (1 oz) 107 1 8 8
kraft salad spritzer, 10 serving 10 0 0 0
s. beach high protien bar, 1 serving 140 15 5 10
fiber muffin, 1 serving 150 26 1 3

CALORIES CARBS FAT PROTEIN
1,168 83 52 89

Hi Sher, Cannot speak for the others, but I at this stage I usually only track in fitday 1 or 2 times a month, randomly to monitor intake, it can range from 1100-1500...However, can see possible benefit of daily calorie record keeping ( did it everyday through my 1st year post-op) so I will start up tracking daily again and include my daily totals in my morning postings... See ya tomorrow...  Alesia