Accountability - What did you eat, Tuesday 7/3?

 Happy Birthday America !!! And happy 4th of July to all my fellow posties!!!...Holidays present a special challenge, especially for me, parties, people, unlimited snackies, all come together to provide a united front of temptation...How will I comport myself this holiday, that is the question of the day...My plan - I know whats coming at the BBQ, it starts late in the day, 6pm - so, I started with a filling breakfast, will work my way thru the day by keeping it lite and plan to use up the bulk of my cals in the evening at the Q...Will, of course, be bringing some of the the food we will eat tonight, planning good choices of things I know contain protein and are healthy for me to eat, will strive to keep my hands out of the cracker/chip/chex bowl...Thats my plan and I'm stickin' to it Now for yesterdays food: B - think thin brownie crunch protein bar S - 20oz decaf sf/ff fv and caramel latte L - 1 cup mixed salad with dried fruit and nuts, tomatoes & cucumbers       2 1/2 oz shake-n-bake chicken breast S - sf brownie (homemade, GREAT  )       sf peanut butter cup D - 1/2 sm slice pepperoni pizza S - 2 jalapeno poppers       2 bites of a ribeye sandwich       4 french fries       2 chicken wingettes       1/2 a bacardi peach cooler        ( went to a local pub that was having a "celebrate the 4th on the 3rd with a 5th" party -             avoided the 5th but did have the a bit of the cooler ) PLUS -  102 oz water/crystal light TOTALS  =     Cals  1573     Fat 61     Carbs  158     Protein  91 Bye   Alesia

If I can remember (will write down today !)  trying timer plan 6:00  coffee 7:00 water 8:00 protein drink 9:00 lf cheese 10:00 water 11:00 protein drink 12:00 fish 12:30 vienna sausages 1:00 water 2:00 protein drink 3:00  3 oz lunch meat & lf cheese 4:00  water 5:00  10 almonds (was at pool) 6:00  10 almonds (still at pool) 7:00  water 8:00  protein drink 9:00  2 bites of friend's birthday cake     - water this AM I had lost  3 1/2 pounds........(60 to go .....) DeAnna

WoooWhoo DeAnna,  that is awesome, down 3.5 lbs...You are strong, you can do it, I know you can, you are THE CAPTAIN of your ship, you steer the course...You're going great!! Keep up the good work... Alesia

I don't have a clue what we are having here today. We are staying in, so there is no telling. Heh. Bean and ham soup - homemade - and a cornbread mini muffin with butter Half of a bologna, cheese, and egg sandwich, milk Other half of sandwich Stir fried beef, snow peas, and water chestnuts with Mongolian Beef sauce. The snow peas are from my garden :-) 2 Fun size Three Musketeers. I need to get those out of the house. I swear they call my name! I didn't add up my protein, which is what I focus on. I need to start doing that again because I'm having some surgery in a few weeks and need to have plenty in reserve to heal. Jeanie DS 02/12/05 348/171/??

Hi Jeanie, Your day looked good, it is definately a good idea to use a tracker though if you want to monitor your protein...When I went for my 2 year follow-up my bloodwork showed mine as a little on the low side, had to ask because I do track and know I average 80-100 grams most days which I thought was plenty - appears I malabsorb protein a bit more than some others do, so trying to add an extra protein drink a day to keep up my numbers... What kind of surgery do you have coming up, nothing bad I hope? Good Luck...  Alesia

I know.. I usually track on fitday or keep a running total. I've gone back to having 1 or 2 protein shakes or drinks a day, just for insurance. My surgeon wants us all to get in a minimum of 125 grams of protein a day. That sounds like a lot, but when you consider how much we can malabsorb, better to be safe than sorry.  When I increased my protein a month and a half ago and stuck with it, I dropped 15 more lubs. I thought I was nearly finished losing, but I crawled across the BMI chart into NORMAL. WooHoo. Never underestimate the power of protein (or hormones!) I'm having my right shoulder worked on. I have a torn rotator cuff muscle, shriveled up tendons, and all kinds of things going on. Then I hurt my other shoulder 3 weeks ago, so I'm fairly useless right now. At the very least, the surgery should help with the pain. I'm not as concerned about range of motion. I'm not planning on pitching in the majors or anything. I think I'll drink a bottle of Isopure this evening. That will give me 40 more grams, and put me over the top. Thanks for the reply, Jeanie

Well another really low day for me on the eating. I ate an apple for snack and it killed me most of the day. Than food just didnt sound so great.

B- protein shake

S- Protein bar

S- small apple

L- 3 ounces of fajatas

S- nothing... stomach was killing me..

D- home town buffet... couldnt really eat..

S- ice cream.. bout the only thing that went down well

Totals calories 909... carbs 70... fat 24... protein 84

I've noticed that I go through periods like this than my tummy gets better and I am able to eat again.. just takes one day of an upset stomach to start the trend. I know its because I am eating to fast.. i slowed down last night and didnt get sick at dinner but also barely ate anything.

On another note.. I hit the 125 mark today on the scale.. whoo hoo.. I think.. Ive been loosing weight pretty fast lately ever since I upped my calories.. I have lost 7 pounds in the last month.. Now I hit 125 I'm not sure what to do.. as you see I didnt get all the cals in I was suppose to.. I need to get them all in each day some how but I am already eating 6 times a day. what do you think

Hey Carla Chickie  First off, awesome on making it to your goal of 125, I know you are feeling really good about that and I'm proud of the job you have done working to get here...As for the tummy and eating to fast, you have already identified the problem now you just have to work on fixing it so you don't have those episodes of , its not good for the pouchie...Now on the question of keeping the cals up, might try adding a protein drink later in the day maybe even before bedtime, they go down easier and are packed with protein... You're doing "da bomb" so keep up the good work... Alesia

Happy Fourth to all!!!  Alesia, you're doin' so good!!!  You'll make it today - you're the captain!! B - 3/4 c Glucerna w/raisins w/2 T ground flax, 1 c ff milk, banana S - 8 oz nsa lf blueberry yogurt, AchievONE L - 1 cinnamon raisin South Beach high protein bar, 2 sf Werthers S - 1/2 Chick-fil-A spicy chicken wrap D - rest of spicy chicken wrap, sf Jell-O cup w/ff RW, sf fudgie S - 1 oz lf Pringles, 1 c cherries Plus I drank 49 oz water, 21 oz diet lemonade, 16 oz half decaf coffee, 12 oz cf Diet Coke, 16 oz sf ff hot cocoa w/ff RW and I treaded for 60 minutes.

I swear - if I forget to post my totals one more time, I'm going to smack myself!! Total calories - 1653 fat - 37 g carbs - 224 g prot - 115 g