Menus and Miles Monday Feb. 7th

Congrats Packers Fan!!!!  That was a great game last night but did you do GREAT with your food choices??   I had a couple handfuls of Honey BQ chips and about 6 mini pretzels with dip, but I feel like I did pretty darn good.  I took 1 tiny bite of a brownie and decided it was way to sweet for my liking and not worth getting sick over. 

Hello to all of my Lightweights!!!  If you are visiting WELCOME....PLEASE JOIN US and POST!!!!!

Writing everything down has helped me so much!!! I would really like to see some more posters.  Seeing what is working for others helps the rest of us put some variety into our meals.   It's very important until you reach Goal to figure out your Calories, Fats, Carbs, and Proteins so that you know what your body needs to lose and then to maintain!!!!

RNY Maintenance 

B:  Protein:   1.5 Scoops of GNC Chocolate & Syntrax Mint Cookie   39g
S:   1/2 Rock n Roll Bar
Protein:  Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea with Crystal Lite Lemonade   23g
L:   Small Wendy's Chili
S:   Fruit
Protein::  Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea with Crystal Lite Lemonade   23g
D:   Not Sure
Protein:  Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea with Crystal Lite Lemonade   23g

Not a football fan but one of my close friends plays for Green Bay so I was excited to watch.
Having some chest pain on the left side during and right after eating...not sure if it has something to do with me having the flu over the weekend.

pre b- skinny cappuccino w/SF syrup
b-protein drink
s-string cheese
l-shrimp w/cajun remoulade sauce
s-string cheese
d-Trader Joe's grilled chicken patty w/cheese

cal-810
fat-38
carb-8
prot-117

Great totals!

Hi Ladies!  I haven't posted here in a while, and have become lax with my posting on fitday and making poor choices... SO I AM BACK before the scale moves up! ;)

RNY Maintenance:

B: fage 0%, blueberries, fiber one cereal
L: about half a chix parmigiana (breast, sauce & cheese)
S: other half of chix breast
D: lean pork chop, string beans
S: (leftover from superbowl) baked egg roll (recipe from http://www.hungry-girl.com/newsletters/raw/1198)

Cals: 1083
Protein: 110

Welcome back Mara.  We've missed you.

Linda

Thanks Linda, missed all of you too! ;)

So Happy to See You!!!!    It is so easy to start slipping back into old habits.  I'm glad you realized that you needed to get back on track before you gained.

Great Variety!

I've been tracking every meal since 1 month pre-surgery on mynetdiary.com, but I thought it would be instructive to see what others are eating.  So to get and give feedback, thought I'd start posting here too.  One thing I haven't been doing is pre-planning what I'm eating.  I basically make it up as I go along.  However, that might not be the best way for me long term, as I don't want to experience calorie or carb creep.  Doing a post first thing each day might help me better control my intake.

I'm about 8 weeks out from RNY.  Here it goes:

B: 
Protein coffee, (decaf coffee w. 1 scoop muscle milk 100% Whey vanilla)
1/2 cup greek yogurt mixed with 2 Tbsp Polander All Fruit-Strawberry, splenda and SF van syrup 
307 cal, 2 fat, 36 carbs, 37 protein

L: 
1/4 cup tuna salad (made with light mayo, pickle relish, and frenchs mustard)
1 piece string cheese 
176 cal, 11 fat, 6 carb, 16 protein

S (around 2:30): 
Nectar Caribean Cooler Protein mixed with 8 oz diet V8 Splash
100 cal, 0 fat, 3 carb, 23 protein

D:
2 Turkey Meatballs w. 1/4 cup low sugar marinara sauce
1/4 cup canned green giant green beans
138 cal, 9 fat, 7 carb, 10 protein

Total:
721 cal, 21 fat, 52 carbs, 86 protein

I was amazed at how many carbs were in the Polander All Fruit:  21 grams.  I've already eaten it, but tomorrow, I might just skip the fruit or cut it in half as my add-in to my yogurt.

As for MILES, I did 2.5 miles on the elliptical, then did upper body weights, situps and lunges today.

Glad you joined us!! 

Most of your carbs are coming from good sources but you could probably find something good to put in your yogurt that has less carbs.  I have to doctor up my Greek Yogurt or I can't get it down.  I use NSA (no sugar added) cherry pie filling and SF cheesecake pudding mix and they probably have a lot of carbs too but to me it's worth it.  It's a much healthier dessert than some other choices I could make.

You have good variety. 

I just looked at the NSA cherry pie filling:  1/3 cup has 35 calories, 0 Fat, 8 carbs, and 3 Sugars.  Not near as bad as I thought it might be.