Why oh why is my pouchy such a grouchy.. I tell you.. I see what you all eat and just sit and wonder why my little buddy is so mean to me.  It hates sugar, fat, bread.  SA.  om goodness.  So I go to my MIL to drop off one of the kids for the weekend and she bought roterseri chicken.. way to much grease... half way home I am hugging a walmart bag in the car.. You ever have that happen.. not a good thing. oh well..  So the cals are low I will probably do something in a bit when I think it can handle it.. but grease takes me a while to get over.. no more bbq ribs for me.. it is sad. So here was my day... Breakfast:

protein drink, 1 serving 110 0 1 25 go Lean High Protein and High Fiber Cereal, 1 cup 140 30 1 13 Milk, 2%, 0.5 cup 61 6 2 4

Lunch:

Cheddar Cheese, 0.5 oz 57 0 5 4 Iceberg Lettuce (salad), 1 leaf, large 2 0 0 0 Salad dressing, Trader Joes Balsamic Vinaigrette, 2 tbsp 30 7 0 0 Chicken Breast, no skin, 3 ounces 94 0 1 20

Dinner:

None

Snack:

sf chocolate covered almonds, 2 oz 323 21 24 9 protein bar, 1 serving 170 17 5 20

CALORIES

CARBS

FAT

PROTEIN

987

82

39

94

Not even ice cream.. but I still may have some.. that should bring the cals up. You all have a great friday and I will see you tomorrow Carla

Hi Carla,  I have the opposite problem.  Nothing bothers my tummy and many times I wish for dumping.  It really makes me have to be totally in control.  Thank God my pouch keeps the amount I eat to a limit.  Here is my Fitday journal for food and fitness: I just got back from my work out. I crammed it all in to an hour. I walked 4 laps then every other lap I ran then cooled off with 4 laps. I got in a total of 38 laps. That was 15 laps running, about 1.3 miles!!!! I did that in 40 minutes then I did 20 minutes of lower body weight training. 3 sets of 12. average heart rate was 157 with a max heart rate of 184. I keep the heart monitor on even when I do the weight training, but I am sure if I turned it off after the cardio, my average would be higher. total steps 11823.

Foods

	Cals	Fat	Carb	Prot
Coffee, espresso ( 4 fl oz )	11	0	2	0
Milk, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat, 0.5% or less butterfat ( 1 cup )	86	0	12	8
prenatal ( 1 serving )	0	0	0	0
upcal d ( 1 oz )	0	0	0	0
Vitamin c ( 1 serving )	0	0	0	0
B-12 ( 1 serving )	0	0	0	0
Water ( 90 fl oz )	0	0	0	0
Maximum Complex ( 1 tablespoon )	130	1	2	28
iron ( 1 serving )	0	0	0	0
jerky ( 0.25 cup )	130	2	4	24
Taco shell, corn ( 1 large (6-1/2" dia) )	98	5	13	2
Cod, baked or broiled ( 3 oz, boneless, cooked )	104	3	0	18
Cabbage, green, raw ( 0.5 cup, NFS )	11	0	2	1
Cheese, natural, Cheddar or American type ( 0.15 cup, NFS )	68	6	0	4
Guacamole with tomatoes and chili peppers ( 0.15 cup )	40	4	2	1
Salsa, NFS ( 0.15 cup )	10	0	2	0
Tartar sauce ( 1 tablespoon )	74	7	2	0
Cheese, natural, Cheddar or American type ( 1.5 slice (1 oz) )	171	14	1	11
Cookie, chocolate chip, made from home recipe or purchased at a bakery ( 2 medium (approx 2" dia) )	98	6	12	1
Spaghetti with tomato sauce and meatballs or spaghetti with meat sauce or spaghetti with meat sauce and meatballs ( 1 cup )	323	10	38	20
Frankfurter or hot dog, beef ( 0.5 frankfurter )	93	8	1	4
Total	1448	66	93	121

Excellent work out and eating day for you.  you are really getting that ship back in shape girl.. keep on sailing Carla

Hi Carla, I dump off too much fats or sugars and get all ouchy from that stuff too though I can tolerate a slice of bread only if it's toasted, I think I eat an egg and 1 slice of whole wheat toast almost every single day, sometimes twice!! I wouldn't have thought a rotisserie chicken would have much fat, that is a good thing to know, I haven't tried one yet. Today I ate a little wierd again but I swear I still have that stomach bug thing going on, constantly running to the bathroom (sorry TMI). Morning I had 2 ham/cracker/cheese things out of a Lunchables and gave the rest away. Lunch I had 1 scrambled egg and 1 slice whole wheat toast. In the late afternoon I had a handful of my sons Smart Food popcorn, I'd guess 1/4 of a cup, dumb thing to eat but it tasted darned good. Dinner really didn't happen, I had one tablespoon of hamburger and tomato sauce I was going to put on pasta for my son and I got all sick to my stomach again and couldn't eat anything else tonight. Wanted to do a protein shake before bed but tummy is still too queasy. Hope this bug goes away soon.

Sounds like an unusual day. Hope you get to feeling better soon.  Not feeling well doesnt help the little pouch guy at all. Carla

Awww...Mine can get a little grumpy but I feel really good lately (minus my iron and my kick on those derned protein bars! (Evil WLS candy) They are just soooo easy sometimes! :::Pouting::::  The other day when I asked you "Do tell?"  I was talking about your phone call...You had me curious about what someone called for!  I have an active imagination! LOL  I just was teasing anyway! You don't have to tell, unless you want to...I'm all ears! :::big grin:::: So complex carbs...whoa...This is just a test now...Gimme some time to get this worked out! It's HARD to add fiber without carbs...complex carbs or not...:::Sigh:::What a chore to do all this work journaling food...But wow am I learning some "shtuff"!  I can't get over how they add up! But I'm not afraid of complex carbs...at all.  Only when I eat Italian bread and ginger snap on the same day as high complex carb days...Like this day.  B: Coffee, 1/2 C soymilk 1/2 serving protein powder L: 3oz Chicken with goat cheese (left overs from last nights dinner)     2oz Green beens and      a slice of Italian bread <---20 carbs..eww...No more bread for a while S: 1/2 C FIber One Cereal dry <------35 carbs..oy      1/2 tsp Coconut oil w/multi-vitamins D:  ~1 C Chimichurri Rice (SPICY!!! Yummy yummy yum!) <-----32 carbs double serving..eh (peas, tomatoes, panca pepper paste, shallots, Lime juice, onions, garlic, ginger and      basmati rice, fresh cilantro)  This is a dish from Peru! Had to try it!    ~1/2C Green Beans and garlic quick sauteed in spritz of olive oil  ~ 3 1/2 oz Orange Roughy (broiled with 1/2 t butter and ground peppercorns)  w/T mango salsa (Ate early...was full for many HOURS) S: 1C Boiled soybeans  <----18 carbs S: 1 serving:(15) Tiny spelt flour ginger snaps <---23 carbs Fat: 50    Carbs: 138   Protein: 99.5    Fiber: 34    Calories: 1385  

My job is to run around a hep developmentally challenged individuals living in the community.  I get some interesting calls from these places.  I have to be careful because of confidentality reasons but suffice to say.. trying to generalize this as best as possible I have to underage female siblings engaging in inappopriate activities  with each other and they want to know how to fix it...  Many may not want to know that kind of thing.. but since you ask I will tell you that much.  The fix is quite simple but the people taking care of them just dont have any brains.. sometimes I wonder about these people who take care of these people. oh my. good day for you and you are in that cal number you are shotting for.  Protein almost cracked 100.  good over all day.. even with the ginger snaps and extra carbs... See you later. Carla

Wowee!  That is something! Must be a crazy new day... each day...A job like that has got to be stressful just from the mind boggling that must go on in your head!  Then to go home and try not to think about it all.  :::Whew::::No wonder your pouch is grumpy! That's a lot of stress lady! Thanks for sharing...I read somewhere that you were in "behavior development" or something...so I figured it was something similar...But wasn't expecting such a sad situation... Hugs

Than I come home and deal with my kids.. One 13 year old mildly challenged autistic son with severe behaviors and another sone with attachment disorder that we are sure is gonna be a socialpath.  adopting children can really be a mixed bag..

I'm so sure our pouches are related! Sugar, Grease and Bread...Grouchy pouch hates that stuff...That's why it's so hard to increase. I just have to eat more of what I CAN eat. I test the waters and then head off to bed for the day.  BUT. I tried something new today. I've been craving WAFFLES for a while so here it goes: Breakfast: 1 waffle made with half complete pancake mix and 1 scoop of Soy Protein. SF Syrup. I have one word to say: YUM! with an egg on top. This was by far the best "cheater" breakfast I've had in a long long time.  Snack: (well, second breakfast) 3 egg omelet with veggies and a slice of cheese.  Snack: 1/4 cup of SF Chocolate Cashews Lunch: Salad consisting of 1 cup lettuce, 1/3 of a medium raw zucchini, 1 3 oz can of tuna in water. 1/4 cup dried figs, 1 serving of Rasp Pom dressing.  Snack: 1 slice OM Salami wrapped around a cheese stick Dinner: Medium baked potato with 3/4 of a cup of Beef Chili and beans, 2 1/2 slices of american cheese and a small dolup of sour cream, light.  Dessert: Coffee, NSA Swiss Miss and 2 SF marshmallows.  Totals:  Calories: 2062 Fat: 99 (between the cheese and the cashews...yikes) Carbs: 159 (potato, 51, chili 25, that's half of it right there.) Protein: 137