Accountability - What did you eat, Monday 7/9?

Good Morning, good morning ... Monday felt like a good day, I was busy as a beaver at work; however, when I punched in my foods in the evening and got my totals, it was not all that great for protein, knew I needed to add something else, but I felt sooo stuffed I just couldn't put anything else in...Don't know why I was feeling so full...Definately need to improve my numbers for today... B - 10 oz choc/coconut Protein on the Go S - medium banana w/ 2 tbsp peanutbutter and added fiber       2 almond m & m's L - veggie, egg beater quiche      1/2 cup bing cherries S - small zucchini muffin w/ a smear of peanutbutter on top D - 1/2 a large soft taco stuffed with ground beef, cheese and quacamole       1/4 of a cucumber S - mocha egg custard PLUS - 66 oz water/crystal lite and 20 oz hot tea TOTALS  =     Cals - 1032   Fat - 51     Carbs-92     Protein - 69 Until later...  Alesia L -

Mondays are always kind of crazy but I think I did ok... quiche is a little misleading to me.. seems like it would have more protein in it but its good all the same.. better than some other dishes i think..

B- protein shake

S- protein bar and plum

L- flank steak 3 oz

S- two protein balls

D- red snapper and brocolli yummy

S- ice cream and pretzels ...

totals calories 1105, carbs 56, fat 43, protein 125

didnt drink enogh so I am gonna push that up today.. have a good one and see ya tommorrow

Hello Carla, You had another really good day...I'm proud of you, you're doing great keeping on track...Are you back to doing alot of workout at the gym? If so please remember you need to keep the cals up, have to remind myself of this also since I will be going back to workout starting next Monday I have clearence from the PS...

You are right on, it is really important to keep the fluids up too, especially water, so things will keep moving ...So, work on the water and keep the cals at 1300 minimum if you've gotten back to being a gym rat, OK See ya soon...  Alesia

 

Good morning Alesia!  Thanks for welcoming me to your thread! I eat 6 small mini-meals/snacks a day.  Here goes for yesterday: #1--Special K Protein Plus cereal with skim milk, 4 oz. light orange juice, Danon Light & Fit yogurt with 1/8 cup low fat granola #2--small banana with 1 TBSP peanut butter  #3--1/2 ham and cheese sandwich on whole wheat, 1/2 serving Sun Chips, 6 strawberries #4--2 protein balls #5--2 small crunchy corn shell tacos with ground turkey, cheese, veggies, low fat sour cream (made at home); 8 cherries #6--2 protein balls, sugar free pudding cup, south beach cookie pack Calories:  1787       Carbs:  193       Protein:  99 Exercise: I went to the gym in the morning for 1 hour of Kick-boxing.  Then I went back again in the evening and I did 1 hour of strength training with weights and then I ran for 1.50 miles and walked to cool down. Deanna

Wow girl.. you have been pushing those cals up.. good for you. I am still trying to get it there.. but with all the exercise you do I understand.. hehehehe.. havent seen you post that much before...

I know, I'm almost embarrassed to admit I ate that many calories yesterday!  But I was famished after my second workout so I added 2 protein balls in and that adds calories quick.  But I figured my body earned them after working out so hard yesterday!  My plan for today is only around 1400 calories but we'll see where I end up! Deanna

Hi Deanna, Always happy to have a newcomer to the board, soon you will be an old timer, I'm sure... I try to work the 6 meals/snacks plan also, usually works out pretty good, not always, somedays less, some more...You had a really outstanding day and I don't think your cals were out of line for the amount of exercise you are getting in daily, the body needs quite a bit to keep going when you do alot of exercise... I told Carla too, there is a great site to determine how many cals a day you need based on getting to or maintaining and how much exercise you are doing - it really helped me to set my daily range when I was trying to get maintenance down...I'm not a heavy exerciser - 60 minutes of water aerobics 3 days a week with  light weights mixed in the aerobics routine, plus is walk my 3 dogs around the neighborhood when I have time and its not too hot and also occasionally will go out and do a walk-n-run routine that goes about 1.5 miles around my neighborhood...This works for me as long as I stay in my cals range my maintenance is really good... See ya soon,   Alesia

Alesia, thank you so much for your kinds words!  I love water aerobics ... I used to do them all the time until some of the women got a little rude in my class.  But it's a great work out! Do you happen to remember what that web site was that gives you an idea of how many calories to eat with exercise?  That would be really helpful! Thanks again for your help! Deanna

Deanna, The site I used is: preventdisease.com - they have calculators for BMR and AMR which calculate estimated cals to maintain without regular exercise and  estimated cals to maintain based on amount of exercise...The site also has great info on how these numbers are determined...For me to maintain I know I averge 1300 to 1550 cals a day with numbers at the higher side on my gym days...I always allow myself a 5 lb + or - window of comfort before I start really thinking about what I choose to eat, so as long as I stay in this range and my weight does not fluctuate over or under my window I'm satisfied with how I'm doing...My gym also has a machine which tests body fat, I use it every couple of months to see how I'm doing 'cuz I do tend to have a pretty high fat ratio on what I eat - so far it has not affected me, body fat is between 19-20% even with the higher intake Good Luck...  Alesia

Hey, Alesia!  You'll do better on your protein today, I feel sure of it !  I had a good day until my last snack - that darn nsa ice cream was screaming at me : B - 1 c Cheerios w/2 T ground flax, 1 c ff milk, 1/2 c fresh blueberries S - 8 oz nsa lf peach yogurt, AchievONE L - banana w/1 T pb, O'Coco's, sf Jell-O cup, 2 sf Werthers S - fresh peach, 7 lf cheese cubes, AchievONE D - 3 oz salad w/1 1/2 oz rotis chicken, sf Jell-O cup w/ff RW, sf fudgie, 2/3 c peas S - 1 c nsa lf triple chocolate ice cream AND 1 nsa lf vanilla ice cream w/ff RW and sf strawberry syrup Plus I drank 66 oz water, 16 oz half decaf coffee, 16 oz decaf diet green tea, 12 oz cf Diet Coke, 16 oz ff sf hot cocoa w/ff RW, 12 oz diet cranberry juice and instead of treading, I cleaned house for 4 hours. Total calories - 1885 (durn ice cream ) fat - 61; carbs - 252; protein 104