Menus and Miles Sunday Aug. 16th

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WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!!   AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!!  THEY ARE ADDICTING!!  THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!!  THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.

Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD  CHOICES  during the Honeymoon Period.

I feel I need to repeat this:  I am a FIRM believer in Good Whey Protein Drinks!!!!!  I have IC (Irritable Bladder Syndrome) and I can only have them while I'm not having a flare up.   It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!

Happy Sunday!!!   My goal this week is to come back and post what I have eaten!  Life is gets busy as the day goes on and this is going to be a challenge for me but I'm going to give it my best!!

I don't know what works for you but Numerous Protein drinks/meals/snacks works for me.  Sometimes I look at the Menus and Miles and I think some of you are starving.  This is a lifestyle change not a diet!!  Very Low Carb....Lots of Protein!!! Just try it for a week and see what happens!!!!! 

Maintenance Mode and 6+ years out

Protein:      Matrix Mint Cookie 46g

Lunch:         Went to a Buffet.  My plate was covered with Protein

Snack:         Blew it at the Mall.....cinnamon pretzel

Snack:        Matrix Mint Cookie  23g      

Snack:        Nature Valley Almond Crunch Bar--YUM!! (ONLY buy the Gluten Free)       

Dinner:       1 Hamburger Patty and 2 TBs of Baked Beans

Snack:        3 TB. of unpopped Popcorn   (didn't start this until I was on Maintenance)

Home from my clinic and still trying to hydrate.  I drank and drank but still feel dry.  The heat was hard on everyone.

protein coffee 23g
eggs, bacon
lemon tea protein  13g
salmon, cantelope
Caribbean cooler protein  13g
fig bread
burger patty, tomato, corn on the cob
protein shake  23g

DH can't figure out if he hates the heat or the winter.  I think he is starting to think the heat.

Sounds Good Price!

protein:  snytex iced tea 24 g

lunch:  3 oz chicken  1/4 cup brown rice

dinner:  3 oz lobster, 1/4 cup mixed grilled vegs, 4 cheese crips

snack:  1/2 small banana  and pb

miles:  10.5 run

10,000 extra steps on the fitbit

total of 28,000 steps for the day

Just curious......How many grams of Protein is recommended for a runner? 

Hi Roz,

my surgeon recommends between 65 g and 100 g per day.  Sunday is a rough day for me because i think all the running jumbles up insides.  (lol) i do 10/11 miles on sunday.  so it ends up being my least amount of eating day.  i get plenty of fluids but eating not so much.  i have been recommended to a nutritionist to work on eating more good carbs since carbs are the first thing burned during a long run.  I was a runner before weight loss but i am love it even more now.  faster lighter equal more fun.

Hi guys,

MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
Pre-B - 3 coffees w/1/2 & 1/2
B - egg and bacon
S - Greek yogurt w/blueberries
L - chicken salad
S - peanuts
D - bunless beef hotdogs w/cheese
S - CarbSmart ice cream

VITES:
morning batch: done
4 calcium batches: done
iron: skipping 
evening batch: done
heme iron: done

MILES:
none

Sounds Good!

Today was a little bit of a cheat day for me because I am starting another round of my excercise and eating clean way of life.  I had a couple bites of Pho.  I haven't had noodles in like 2 months so I thought why not.  I only had 5 bites of noodles couldn't even finish half of my small bowl.

B:  Overnight oat.  1/2 cup steelcut oatmeal, 1/2 cup blueberries, unsweetened almond milk and maple syrup.

S:  Protein Shake

L:  Pho - 1/3 of my bowl.  1/2 salad roll

S:  Plum

D:  2 oz of Pork Ribs didn't add the bbq sauce like everyone in the household,  side salad with balsamic and evoo.

Excercise:  Didn't excercis however helped husband load up the truck with garbarge, help build the deck, did 8000 steps from doing everything.  Swam in the pool for 1 hour playing volleyball with the family.

I'd like to see you get a little bit more Protein in.  At least 100 grams a day.