Accountability - What did you eat, Wednesday 7/11?

Hi Everyone Sun is out here for the day today, rain back in tomorrow and throughout the next week, we really need it, so I'm not complaining... Wednesday was a great food day for me ...Feel good about all my totals... B - 10 oz choc/coconut Protein on the Go S - 1 piece dark godiva chocolate       4 oz lf cottage cheese       snak size sf jello L - 1 slice of quiche       sf brownie S - 1 sf almond & caramel candy       2 saltines       2 prunes D - 4 oz melinesa w/ a squirt of lemon        4 small slices fresh tomato out of the garden ( still warm from the sun and sooo YUMMY)       1/2 cup green beans S - 1 protein ball       1 sugar cookie PLUS -  82 oz water/crystal light and 10 oz hot tea with lemon & honey TOTALS   =     Cals - 1204     Fat - 60     Carbs - 85     Protein - 100  Alesia          

  Hi Alesia, My calories might not be right but i did use fitday.seems like alot of calories and carbs.. we got some bread from the food pantry so it was so soft so i couldnt stop myself but didnt overdue myself. Anita

L-Turkey or chicken breast, prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat ( 3 slice, NFS )  92 1 0 19 -- this was at the hospital cafertia. Beef, roast, roasted, lean only eaten ( 1 thin slice (approx 4-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 1/8") )  41 2 0 6 cottage cheese ( 0.5 cup )  120 5 6 12 Cucumber, raw ( 2 slice )  2 0 0 0 Pudding, canned, low calorie, containing artificial sweetener, chocolate ( 0.5 cup )  81 2 13 4

D- kirkwood breaded chicken patty ( 1 serving )  180 11 12 10 asparagus ( 1 serving )  16 0 4 2 White potato, baked, peel eaten, NS as to fat added in cooking ( 0.5 medium (2-1/4" to 3" dia, raw) )  78 1 16 1 Roll, French or Vienna ( 1 small (10 per 12 oz package) )  94 1 17 3

S-Peach, raw ( 1 medium (2-1/2" dia) (approx 4 per lb) )  42 0 11 1

S- bear naked apple cinn. granola ( 1 serving )  140 7 17 3 bear naked fruit & nut ( 1 serving )  140 7 16 3

S- Bread, French or Vienna ( 1 medium slice (4-3/4" x 4" x 1/2") )  69 1 13 2 Total  calories 1095, fat 39, carbs  125, protein  67

32 oz. def. ice tea 16 oz. def coffee 104 oz. plain water

Activities: did my hand weights at home

Hi Anita, did you ever try using Spark People.com for tracking your calories.  I just saw that site listed on someones profile on the TX. Messageboard.  It is quite an informative site in may ways and very helpful.

Hi Gandadavis, No i never tried sparks to track my calories. i am a member of sparks so i do read the articles for the points. i might have to give it a try. just have to figure out how to do it first. i do like fitday. thanks. anita

You just log in then when the page comes up log in your fluid intake then scroll down and one of the headings says nutrition.  Click on that and a new screen will come up and you just type in what foods you ate and they will come up on a list then you highlight the ones closest to your chosen item, click on the portion sizes, and which meal you want to count it for.  It automatically figures your carbs, proteins, fats, and sugars.  There is some other place that you can put in your exercise and it will tell you how many calories you burned.  I haven't figured out that part yet. It's pretty neat and free.

hey that sounds pretty simple. i might try it out tommorow. i have done the exercise one where you put in the minutes and the machine. i like to look at my journal of my exercise. thanks so much. i will try it.. anita

Hi Anita Darling, I looked over your day, carbs were probably higher because of the amount of bread you ate plus the "bear naked" added quite a bit too...Don't sweat it though, so days you will just eat more carbs then others if you allow carbs in your diet...I think it important not to compare carbs with others because you just don't know how much they allow in their personalized programs, you know my carb numbers run pretty high by most WLS post-op standards, but it works for me, if I cut them down to low my weight starts dropping and I'm trying to maintain...My point is do what is right for you, if it working no need to fix it, if its not then make adjustments... Continuing on, really your food day looks really nice, lots of good choices and plenty of good liquids...Keep up the good work ...Glad you were able to get on to Fitday and do some tracking, did you pick up the program or is your computer back on line with dsl?  Alesia

Hi Alesia, Awww i like that word Darlin... dont make me blush.. lol...  we all love you......... yeah the bread... but i'm not going to eat it every day. maybe i will throw that bread to the birds. they seem to love it.. and the bear naked granola i wanted both flavors so had one serving of each. maybe should of only had one. it was a snack. it does taste pretty good. i dont like my carb numbers too high at least 100. when i see it more then 100 i think i will gain. my weight yesterday was 155 today was 156 pounds. i hate that. it might be time to put that scale up for a week again.  yes i do like fitday. we gave up on the dls to save money so we are on dialup to save money. it sure takes forever to load.i think i will get that fitday cd with birthday money. if i do get birthday money but if not then still i want the cd of fitday. by the way my wls surgeon gave me a booklet on diverticulosis and diverticulitis. so i guess i have that . i have to see my surgeon for the test results on the 23th of july. see you later. going to the hospital gym soon.... anita

You did have a good day... good protein and all.. i did ok myself I think so here it goes

B- protein drink

S- protein bar

L- chicken and steak taco with out the shell

S- protein balls

D- steak with cheese and green chillis.. yummy.

S- ice cream

totals calories...1,321, carbs....76, fat..... 50, protein... 142

got about 80 of fluids in as well.. not a bad day i think...

You are doing fantastic...What a great day !!! Kept the total cals in a nice range and outstanding protein totals, wooowhooo...

How about your workouts, are you frequenting the gym regularly again?  I know you like your gym time...I'm back to my water aerobics starting on Tuesday, will break in slowly to see how everything is feeling, but will definately feel good to get back into my workout routine, missed it more than I thought I would... Until later...  Alesia