Accountability-Wednesday

I'm exhausted! I didn't even have time to put my eats onto fitday until I got home tonight..and tomorrow is the office chili cook off..I have chili to make tonight..

My eats for Wednesday:

5:30 am 12 oz coffee with NAS Swiss Miss

6:00 am 1/4 protein waffle, 4 large strawberries, 1/2 serving sf pancake syrup, some butter buds

6:30 am double espresso latte - I even showed dear hubby how to make one!

7:00 am 24 oz herb tea, Celestial Seasons Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride

8:30 am 1oz mozzarella cheese, 1 pc turkey breast deli meat

9:30 am 24 oz drink mix with ice, Crystal Light Energy Peach Mango Caffeinated

10:30 am my lunch: 1 cooked chicken leg and thigh

11:30 am 24 oz drink mix with ice, Wyler's Strawberry Lemonade I watched the next episode of Who Do You Think You Are on line

12:30 pm 6 asparagus stalks with bleu cheese dressing..figure about an ounce

2:30 pm 1 hard boiled egg, 1 sf peanut butter cupcake (the last one!)

Wow...the rest of the afternoon is a blurr! I didn't even have any more water!

4:30 pm 24 oz drink mix with some ice, Lipton Mandarin & Mango

5:15 pm 1/2 oz honey roasted peanuts

6:00 pm 3 oz tilapia, 2/3 cup mashed potatoes and 2/3 cup canned green beans

totals for the day:
Calories: 1316
Fat: 73.8
Carbs: 80.6
Protein: 95.0

I need more water but I got all my vitamins today. I've been missing my afternoon vits for a couple of days..not good but today, I was good. I'm happy with those numbers or just too tired to care about it much..The bed will be calling my name!

How did you do?

You did great Dawn

coffee with protein
greek yogurt with cottage cheese and sugar free jam
chicken wrap from tim hortons
another protein coffee

shake n bake chicken with
fries
turkey bite with cube cheese

slim down peanut butter bar
vitamins and 64 oz water
10oz green tea

cal 1679
pro 161
car 117
fat 64

Couldn't get out with the baby today because of the wind so after hubby got home I took the dog for a walk instead. I'm really happy with today's numbers, wish everyday was like this.

Wow..you did awesome. All those numbers look great..shake n bake is great stuff.

Hey, my hubby has started putting carrots in the fryer for french fries..and it's yummy.

Good for you with walking the dog. Getting out in the sunshine is a great thing for body and soul. Sadly, my dogs walk themselves with this wind. I do walk with them but it seems that I can't find any spare moments..too many excuses..

Keep up the good work. See ya.

Ive been exhausted all week. IDK if its just the mental/emotional weight of whats going on in my fam or what... Im sure thats adding to it... but Ive been crashing each afternoon for like 3hrs! I get great sleep at night, but im still tired in the morning. Today i realized i hadnt been taking my B12, so i popped one right away.
Went to the allergist today & while we didnt do any tests, she did agree & confirm that the itching is most likely due to the brand of protein (bariatric advantage) ive been taking (specially since i havent had this type of reaction before). My challenge here is to try other brands & see if i get the same reaction.
I did a lot of running around today, so i didnt get in a lot of "eats", specially since im not drinking protein shakes. I totally didnt want to grab something from a fast food place, so I had some peanuts while visiting w/ my dad.

My "eats" -
Breakfast:
6oz FF yogurt
12oz coffee

Lunch:
1/2c dry roasted peanuts
20oz vita water

Snack:
9.6oz protein coffee drink

Dinner:
quesadilla (1/4c shredded cheese & 1/2 flour tortilla)
2c homemade chicken soup
20oz CL

Totals:
Cals - 1176
Fat - 67
Protein - 86

I know Ive seen it listed here before - but what is the "recommended" cal/fat/protein ratio? I'd like to adjust my custom values on calorie count so i can start tracking against the right numbers instead of working from the standard low carb/ low fat / or diabetic diets.
So - do you think its 50/20/30? or does it more so follow the low carb 40/30/30?

I agree completely that the mental stress is the cause of exhaustion..I know that days when I'm totally stressed and I still get all my foods and fluids and vitamins..I can lose a couple of pounds just from stress!

I have had constant rashes since I got near to goal and the protein doesn't seem to have anything to do with it. The allergist sent me to a skin specialist who was annoyed that the allergist even suggested that I come. He did a skin biopsy and it turned up nothing (according to him)..Mine is most likely psychological or something like celiac disease but I don't really wanna know if it's celiac..

My recommendations on ratios is mostly on the numbers. Perfect is 30% or better on protein..whatever that number in grams is, less than that on carbs, provided they're GOOD carbs..and less than that on fat. I don't look too much at calories.

Your numbers look really good. You're eating well and that's commendible with what you're going through..Keep up the good work.

What are your guidelines for your totals?  How many calories, fat and carbs do you try to stay under and how many grams of protein do you try to get in each day?

I don't really have a limit on calories. I eat every couple of hours and make sure I have protein or high fiber each time. What I really want to see in my totals is 30% protein or over 100 grams. Then I want to see less than that in carbs..if they're good carbs I can go over that (fiber carbs like fruits and veggies or beans) I try to stay away from white carbs (bread, pasta, rice and sugar)..Fat totals should be about half what the carb total is..or at least less.

And because I eat so many proteins a day, I have to keep my water intake elevated..I shoot for 1 gallon of water a day I don't count coffee but I do count decaf and caffeinated water drinks so long as they aren't the majority of the water I'm drinking..

Wednesday was a pretty good day.  I'm PMSing like crazy, which usually means I want to eat everything in sight.  The scale moved UP as well, which isnt making me happy, but I feel good, so that's definitely a plus.

My food intake:

Breakfast 1 -06:30am
1 hard boiled egg, large

Breakfast 2 - 08:30am
Fage Yogurt
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch

Snack 1 - 11am
1 small banana

Lunch - 2pm
1 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup crushed pineapple

Snack 2 - 4:30pm
1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch

Dinner - 6:00pm
6oz New York strip steak
1/2 Herb & Butter Rice-A-Roni
(Hubby cooked, can you tell?)

Snack 3 - 8:00pm
1 apple
2 tbsp peanut butter

Exercise:
Situps/crunches - 93
Pushups - 34
Cardio - stationary bike 35 minutes

Totals for the day:
Calories: 1336
Fat: 43g
Net Carbs: 138g
Protein: 116g
Water: 7 glasses

I was still tired today and went to bed around 9pm after helping my son with his homework.  I expect that this will be the norm for the next couple of weeks until I get used to the workouts on top of a long day again.

What a great varied list! Lots of fiberous carbs and really rice a roni isn't bad..there's a bit of value there..and the protein is great..

 Keep up the good work. see ya..be sure and get enough water for your exercises..the muscles need water to keep the lactic acid from causing aching..at least I think I heard that..See ya tomorrow..