Accountability.. what did you eat Thrusday

Okay Anita, I must know about your Homemade Butternut Squash, spicy Italian sausage and lentil soup.  Is that "Homemade Butternut Squash, spicy Italian sausage and lentil soup" or "Homemade Butternut Squash" AND "Spicy Italian sausage and lentil soup"?  Either way sounds yummy to me.  Then again, anything right now sounds yummy (on liquid diet 1 more week). Betsy

All in one!  Butternut squash boiled and mashed....Add chicken stock...Fry spicy sausage (no casings) in garlic...Drain as much fat as possible...add to squash and stock...Add cleaned lentils, chopped celery, baby carrots or julienne carrots( I used julienne) small onion....simmer on low for about twenty minutes til lentils are tender...Gets nice and thick and pretty mustard yellow with the other veggies it was visually pretty. Probably nice with some yogurt and parsley garnish! I was looking to make a Vitamin A, iron, protein and fiber meal. It is hearty slightly sweet and creamy from the squash...and it was so good with that spicy sausage taste...It's an Anita original!  My husband loved it. It tasted very creamy and fattening, but the only fat was in the sausage and that was drained before adding to soup...I added all the ingredients together and divided it by about 8 one cup servings.   fat 7   carbs 48   protein 26   fiber 21   calories 350   sugar 2 The carbs and fiber came from the lentils...Fat from the sausage and protein the combo...all else was the squash and veggies. Very hearty and "stick with you" kind of meal!  Plus I made notes in my journal (wish I wrote the amounts)  what vitamins were in this soup They were: Folate, Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, Vits A and C

Anita - I'm saving that recipe to try when I can eat real food again. Thanks! Betsy

Hi Carla and gang...

B: Cottage cheese pancakes with light butter and SF maple syrup
S: AchievOne
L: 2 oz grilled shrimp
S: Cottage cheese/Fage mixture with Splenda Peaches
S: Kay's Naturals White Cheddar Kruncheeze
S: Chike Strawberry/Banana Protein smoothie (made with Fage)
D: 1/2 of a Tortilla pizza - on w.w. tortilla with pesto sauce, tomatoes, provolone and feta
S: 2 mini SF Cheesecake bites

Cals: 1280
Fat: 41
Carbs: 64
Prot: 134

Water: done
Vits: done
Exercise: cleaned the house, but nothing else today

Bekah

Bekah - Somebody gets her recipes from eggface - I do too!  Love them!!! Betsy

Very nice day.. loads of protein and good stuff.. weigh to sail that ship Carla

Sorry I haven't been good this week checking in.  Been pretty busy at work and dont want to fight with the computer at home.  I did not work out today and Wednesday was the last night of pool.  I had much to much of a good time and consumed way past my limit of alcohol so yesterday I was extremly tired, not really hung over but tired and had to work all day.  I had planned on taking the day off but I had to do a meeting.  To say the least,   I did not have great numbers Thursday but here they are. 

	Cals	Fat	Carb	Prot
Milk, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat, 0.5% or less butterfat ( 1 cup )	86	0	12	8
Tuna, canned, water pack ( 3 oz )	99	1	0	22
Coffee, espresso ( 4 fl oz )	11	0	2	0
Fast foods, cheeseburger, regular, double patty, with condiments and vegetables ( 1 sandwich )	417	21	35	21
Water ( 64 ounces)	0	0	0	0
Chicken, drumstick, with or without bone, breaded, baked or fried, prepared with skin, skin/coating eaten ( 1 medium drumstick (yield after cooking, bone removed) )	184	10	4	19
Noodles, cooked, fat added in cooking ( 0.5 cup, cooked )	123	3	20	4
Pork bacon, NS as to fresh, smoked or cured, cooked ( 2 thick slice (yield after cooking) )	138	12	0	7
Total	1057	47	73	81

Ut oh... hope you are feeling better.. nothing worst than spending the day doing something when you are tired.  very low day for you and protein... its pretty low.  Have a better day tomorrow.. I know you will carla

Thanks to Mirabelle I can do this now....

	Cals	Fat	Carb	Prot
Berries, raw, NFS ( 0.75 cup )	34	0	8	1
Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted ( 1 cup, chopped or diced )	231	5	0	43
EAS 100% Whey Protein ( 1 serving )	120	2	2	23
Yogurt, plain, lowfat milk ( 0.5 cup (8 fl oz) )	78	2	9	6
Chocolate, milk, plain ( 3 piece )	123	7	14	2
Trader Joe's Thai Lime Chili Cashews ( 0.25 cup )	180	14	5	5
Trader Joe's Thai Lime Chili Cashews ( 0.25 cup )	180	14	5	5
Giant Brand Cottage Cheese 1% Fat ( 3 serving )	240	3	18	36
Beef steak, broiled or baked, lean only eaten ( 3 oz, boneless, cooked, lean only )	168	7	0	25
Spinach, cooked, from fresh, fat added in cooking ( 0.25 cup, fresh )	19	1	2	1
Trader Joe's Thai Lime Chili Cashews ( 0.25 cup )	180	14	5	5
Total	1552	69	67	152

I realized from this that I need to cut back so the cashews have got to go.  I bought almonds today.  And the chocolate was a one day indulgence.

wow wow wow... just a few cashews there..lol.. I love them too but know I better not buy them if I want to be a good girl.. lol.. awesome protein and other numbers look great too.. fat is high .. cashews..lol.. but hopefully they are gon now and you can find some better options for that protein you need... lol.. have  a great one. Carla