Accountability-Monday

This will be an interesting week. I'm in an unusually good mood for having no authority figures at work. They're all on  a conference this week. Nothing can get done because there is no authorization to get things done..So the pressure is off, I guess.  
5:45 am 1/2 serving protein waffles, sugar free syrup
6:30 am 12 oz coffee w/NSA Swiss Miss
7:00 am 24 oz Drink Mix, GV Strawberry
8:30 am 12 oz coffee w/NSA Swiss Miss
10:00 am 1 sandwich thin with left over chili cheese omelet, probably 2.5 eggs
11:00 am 24 oz Drink Mix, Fullfill, Lemonade
12:30 pm 1 small peach
1:30 pm 3 oz chicken salad with lettuce, tomato and cesar dressing
2:15 pm 24 oz Drink Mix, Power Edge Wild Berry
3:30 pm 1 hard boiled egg
4:00 pm 24 oz Drink Mix, Hawaiian Punch Purple
4:30 pm 24 oz Drink Mix, Morning Spark Grapefruit
6:30 pm 5 oz grilled steak, 3 oz eggplant grilled, 1/3 cup canned green beans

Totals for the day:
Calories: 1563
Fat:81.1
Carbs: 80.3
Protein: 142.7

Wow...Fat is higher than the carbs. I think I did pretty good. And you know what is my new favorite veggie? eggplant. Who'd have thunk it? Wow.

I did pretty good for a boring day! So for dessert I had popcorn..

We had excitement around here tonight. The sheriffs lost some bad guy in our neighborhood and the heliocopter is still circling..all the doors and windows are locked now and the dogs outside to run guard duty..Nothing like this happens around here so after calling all the neighbors to check in, we're all in for the night..

How did you do today? Keep working at it..YOU'RE worth it!

Maybe we will see you on an episode of COPS!
0830-fried egg w cheese on a bagel thin
1030-banana
1300-string cheese, rf wheat thins and cantelope
1500-fiber one bar
1700-spaghetti pie and steamed brocoli
2030-bagel thin w light butter and sf jelly
2100-rf string cheese
all my water and such. An hour of water aerobics.
Mary

LOL. YOu would think that living in the middle of no-where it'd be boring..Not sure why it's not like that but...I still prefer this life over living in town..I'm a pioneer girl. I work better in the middle of nowhere. No one around to complain about my loud music!

Your list looks really good. You have some really long days there! Good job on the water aerobics. That must be refrshing with the heat the way it is just now..It was 110 here today..yikes.

Keep up the good work. Seeya.

hi dawn,
this is i had for monday. i am 164 pounds. i am going to try and say no to baked goods and limit my carbs. it is very hard to do... i did walk and picked blackberries so i did get some exercise in.  anita

3 cups coffee
96 oz. water

Food Name	Amount	Unit	Cals	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Prot (g)	Delete
		Total	1,211	73.9	66.0	74.0
Egg, whole, boiled	2	large	154	10.6	1.1	12.5
arnold sanwich thins 100% ww	0.5	serving	50	0.5	10.5	2.5
kraft twists string cheese	2	serving	120	7.0	0.0	12.0
Ground beef or patty, cooked	3	oz, cooked	222	14.4	0.0	21.4
arnold sanwich thins 100% ww	0.5	serving	50	0.5	10.5	2.5
Lettuce, salad with assorted vegetables including tomatoes a...	1.5	cup	19	0.2	4.2	1.0
tuscan garden italian dressing (aldi's)	0.5	serving	40	4.0	1.5	0.0
Stuffed pepper, with meat	6	oz	308	24.2	7.1	16.0
Squash, spaghetti, cooked	0.5	cup, cooked	37	2.0	5.0	0.5
savoritz saltines (aldi) 5	2	serving	120	3.0	22.0	2.0
aldi berryhill pb	0.5	serving	90	7.5	4.0	3.5
		Total	1,211	73.9	66.0	74.0

Calories

Grams Calories %-Cals   Calories   1,211     Fat 73.9 662 54 % Saturated 24.4 218 18 % Polyunsaturated 6.2 55 5 % Monounsaturated 21.4 191 16 % Carbohydrate 66.0 258 21 % Dietary Fiber 4.5       Protein 74.0 307 25 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %   Fat   ( 54 %) Carbs   ( 21 %)

You did really good..I love arnold's sandwich thins...like the oroweat ones, they're low calorie and low carb. On days where I can spare the carbs I use those. When I can't, I wrap my sandwiches in lettuce. I've been thinking about doing that with tuna salad. Eggs are good but they're high in calories compared to the protein..What you're looking for is more than 10 percent protein per calories. so for 150 calories you need more than 15 grams of protein. It's not that you aren't doing really good, you are..you're cutting out the white carbs (the baked stuff) and that's really the hardest part..That stuff has a pull on you so BAD! I mean when I have even that sandwich thin, it's like it's sitting in there calling to MORE carbs and messing with my brain!

You're doing fantastic on cutting out those white carbs. The longer you get them out of your diet list, the less they will have a pull on you. Look at that number too! 66 carbs compared to 74 protein! that's definitely the ticket..Keep the carbs under that protein and if you do have more carbs than protein, take a look at them. If they're from fruits and veggies, that's okay! It's the white carbs that are calling...not the apples or peaches or carrots...It's funny about that but it's how it works for me.

Awesome job. Keep up the good work. See ya

yes i bought one package of the arnolds thins. finally found them. i did like them. i'm trying to figure out a snack tonight i was thinking pb and saltines and maybe some more brick cheese. its really had. i want to eat some of my special k plus cereal but i have no milk i can drink. my bf has whole milk in the fridge and i dont buy any milk for me. i do have powdered milk in the cubbard...

Brick cheese and then pb on a spoon..no cracker. LOL. I'm so anti bread anymore...

I buy plain soy milk at the 99 cents store and just keep it until I feel like drinking milk. It's got an amazing shelf life and doesn't need to be refrigerated until it's opened. and it's in small enough containers where I won't waste it if I open it and don't use all of it..my dh has whole milk in the fridge too and he goes through a whole gallon by himself in a day or two..I don't really like powdered milk but if you develope a taste for it..it's all good.

I bought beef jerky too..I found it cheap online and bought a whole case of it. LOL. If you need a snack that will stick with you for a while, some of that cheese with a piece of lunch meat wrapped around it and a piece of fruit of some kind...yeah, fruit has carbs in it but they're good carbs.

It rained all day so we stayed in and watched movies all day. It was relaxing...

Breakfast: 
2 boiled eggs & 1 mini bagel w/ ff cream cheese

Snack: 
Peach

Lunch:
3 Snow crab clusters dipped in light butter
4 boiled shrimp

Snack: 
100 calorie granola bar
8 oz ff milk

Dinner:
1/2 a T bone steak w/ grilled onions
1/2 a baked potato w/ light sour cream
Garden salad w/ cheese and ff Italian

Snack: 
Reduced sugar brownie

You work so hard on a work day, you deserve to have  a relaxing day from time to time. I'm sure the heat and humidity have been oppressing lately..it has been here! Too hot to do much outside at all. I look forward to the weekends so we can get moving before the sun comes completely up..

Yum yum yum on the lunch...jealous totally!

Keep up the good work. See ya

Woooowwww Dinner & a show (but i cant stand eggplant) lol Hope everything turned out alright!
Personally - i love it when the bosses are away. Althought at times, it seems like there's sometimes more to do, it also seems like im (sometimes) more productive lol

I felt like i was off schedule all day, but i somehow managed to nail my cal count.
I really need to decide - either stick w/ atkins for another 6 wks or move on to another plan because i really feel like this hanging out in limbo will do me nothing but a whole bunch of no good! & I really dont want to UNDO the progress that Ive already made.
I also just thought to do a 5dpt (to kinda clean out the system) in between 6 wk sessions.
So im kinda lost right now. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
In the mean time, here are my eats:

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Carbs	Fiber	Protein
Yoplait Original 99% Fat Free Mountain Blueberry Yogurt (this had way too much sugar & made me feel sick)	1.00	170	2g	33g	0g	5g
Frigo String Cheese	1.00	80	6g	0g	0g	6g
Black Coffee	2.00	10	0g	2g	0g	0g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	27g	3g	1g
Primo Taglio Turkey Breast	0.50	25	0g	0g	0g	6g
Primo Taglio Black Forest Ham	2.00	120	3g	4g	0g	20g
Lucerne 2% Milk Sliced Swiss Natural Cheese	4.00	280	18g	0g	0g	24g
Kellogg's Strawberry Special K Cereal (this also had too much sugar. I was starving b4 i ate it, but sry after i ate it)	1.00	120	0g	26g	1g	3g
Lactaid Lactose Free 2% LF Milk	1.00	130	5g	13g	0g	8g
Jennie-O Lean Turkey Burger	1.00	160	8g	0g	0g	22g
Earth Grains 100% Natural Thin Buns Multi-grain	1.00	100	2g	21g	4g	5g
Totals:		1,300	43g	126g	8g	100g

We took the 30x32 jeans back to Old Navy & exchanged them for 32x32s! 
(omg!!! my boy is getting so BIG). Now he just needs a belt & some hemming & he'll be all set :)