Accountability - What did you eat, Thursday 05/03?

Hello, one more day to the weekend and I'm feeling good about how my program is going, was easier yesterday to say no to sweet and carbs...It would be really great though if anyone has some good meal suggestions for lunch time that do not involved bread, crackers, etc, didn't realize how dependent I had gotten on having something for lunch that involved simple carbs...So post suggestions for me if you have them...I'm going to try making parmasen crisps to sub for crackers and buy some celery to eat my egg, chicken and tuna salads on top of... B - 10 oz choc/coffee/caramel protein frappachino S - 4 oz lf cottage cheese       snak size sf jello L - 1 cup salad w/ dried cranberries, nuts, cukes and irish cheddar with lf herb dressing       1/2 cup tuna salad w/ egg S - 1/2 oz mixed cashews and macadamia nuts D - 1 protein ball       1 cup caesar salad no croutons, almonds added S - 20 oz decaf sf/ff cinnamon dulce latte w/ an extra shot of sf caramel PLUS -  92oz water/crystal light and 10 oz hot tea with muscellar milk protein added as creamer 1343 Cals 65 Fat 92 Carbs 105 Protein See ya'll later Alesia

Well my vacation is fast approaching (i leave on Wednesday).  I didn't have the best eating day yesterday but still inched in under 1500 calories.  I still have a few more days before I leave so I am gonna try to be really good so I can try to drop at least one more pound.  Anyways, here was my day. B: 20oz sugar free vanilla nonfat latte and a Lamar's original glazed donut L: 1/2 of a ranch bacon chicken wrap - chicken, lite ranch dressing, green onions, jack cheese, bacon S: the other half of the wrap S: 20 oz sugar free vanilla nonfat latte D: one morningstar farms corn dog with mustard, one babybel light cheese round, and a medium tomato sliced with salt and pepper S: scoop of ice cream (i'm all out now...I don't think I will buy anymore for awhile.  hard to eat it if it's not in my house.) Calories: 1498 Fat: 54 Carbs: 173 --EEK!!  This is really high!!  Gonna have to be better today. Protein: 84 Kerri 341/172/160 **5'9" Start/Current/Goal

here is what i had yesterday.................... B- 60z. lite peach yogurt 2 1/2 T flax seed meal 1 slice lite wheat bread toasted 1 T. sf smuckers preserves L- 1 c. homemade split pea and ham soup 2 oz tuna fish 1 slice lite wheat bread 1 T. light mayo S- boost glucose control D- morning star grillers  1/3 c. sugar snap peas 2/3 c. winter squash S- 1 c. frozen/fresh fruit, strawberrys, peaches 1 slice sf cheese cake

wegmans lite peach yogurt ( 1 serving )	100	0	18	5
flax seed meal ( 1 serving )	100	7	6	3
lite wheat bread 1 slice ( 1 serving )	35	0	9	2
smuckers sf red rasp. preserves ( 1 tablespoon )	20	0	5	0
Split pea and ham soup ( 1 cup )	195	4	28	12
tuna fish ( 2 oz )	60	0	0	14
lite wheat bread 1 slice ( 1 serving )	35	0	9	2
kraft light mayo ( 1 serving )	50	5	1	0
boost cho. glucose control ( 1 serving )	190	7	16	16
morning star grillers original ( 1 serving )	130	6	5	15
schwans sugar snap peas ( 0.5 serving )	20	0	4	1
seabrooks farms winter squash ( 1 serving )	40	0	9	1
Total	975	29	110	71

Hi Anita, Looks like a pretty good food day, are you happy with it?  Noticed you did good on limiting the simple carbs  Alesia

you see split pea soup again and tuna fish.. i still have some in the frig.... what are simple carbs? so try and limit them??? havent had supper yet but was thinking about peeling some potatoes and making mashed potatoes. how much a serving. are they simple carbs? thanks for your help.. anita

Pea soup if its made with ham is good, cause peas are a protein & complex carb but not a complete protein - so you need to add some other protein with it to round out the protein in the peas - tuna is a great protein choice all around... As for simple vs. complex carbs, easiest to remember - any white food is simple carbs (potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, sugar, etc)  - complex carbs are found in fruits, vegies, and whole grain unrefined wheats (brown rice, whole grain breads - not whole wheat, whole wheat is still a simple carb- and pasta made with multigrain flours) it is better to eat complex carbs because its takes your digestive tract more time and energy to break down complex carbs and absorb them into your body allowing your body to expend the energy created by the breakdown in daily exercise rather than sending the energy straight into storage as fat on your body... Hope this helps...Alesia

well one more serving of my homemade split pea with ham today.. then i think it will be gone.. hubby dont like soup so much so i have been eating. at least he did have one bowl of the soup when i made it.  have to figure some thing else with the soup today.  that is neat how you told me about simple and complex carbs.. thanks very much.  i understand now..

Gonna miss you while you are on vacation, have an awesome time, if you don't make the extra pound, don't sweat it, you're still down, right Alesia

hello.. I am so proud of u for working so hard to eat healthier. you also r doing great!  I think I ate alot  of calories but, Im trying to not beat myself up about it. its easy for those suckers to add up.. B- cracker barrel- 4 cups coffe w/ splenda and 4 creams per cup. 1 egg, 1/2 piece of turkey sausage, 2 bites of toast w/butter S-venti sf fv nf latte, 2 chick-Fi-A chicken nugets L-3/4 of a no skin chicken breast floured and fried,3 tbs of instant mashed potatos w/ 1tbs gravy, 2 tbs green beans S- 2 protein balls D-3 cubic inch cheddar cheese and 6 saltine crackers S- 1/2 cup of  planters pistachio lovers mix S- snack size popcorn I know I had to many snacks..I feel really guilty..

Sheila, Don't beat yourself up about the amount you ate, wait and see how the scale takes your diet changes into account - sometimes eating more cals is a good thing...As for the snacks, you are making protein forward choices, this is GOOD...  Thanks for the words of encouragement, they always make me feel good... Alesia