Thursday cafe and cardio

A long weekend ahead of us... with celebrations - family gatherings...friends.. I know I have at lest 2 parties if not 3... 

My goal is to stay on track - but with some flexibility.. My flexibility will be the qty of foods but not the type of food.. plus I may have some wine - maybe.. 

When going to a party - I typically volunteer to bring a dish - I make sure it is something I can eat.  At the same time - I always have my own "snacks" in my (large) purse, and some food in the car in a cooler (just in case). There were parties in the past that I was told there would be food I can eat - i.e.grilled chicken  but after i arrived I found out that the menu had changed and they had barbequed pork (smothered in sauce - very very sweet sauce) and they had fried chicken, coleslaw, pasta salad... etc..

well, with my foods restrictions - gluten free, no sugar, dairy or soy... none of the items were suitable for me.. I was stuck pretending things are OK. and eating the one small protein bar I had with me.. of course I did not stay long... I learn the hard way to have more food for me.. The only problem with that - specially when you are skinny - that any food snacks you eat - there would be be at least one person that want to know what it is, where did you get it and they expect you to share it - or at least give it a bite... I learned to carry more, or excuse myself and eat in a total privacy - specially if I there is close to nothing I can have at the party and I only brought enough for me....

My BF is fantastic since he usually tells people that my own stuff is rather nasty - and discourages anyone to ask for a sample... 

Also - most of my friends know that I am on a special diet and try to make sure there is at least one protein item I can eat...No one also makes a big deal if I don't eat anything and just sip on my protein shake.  

Today I had a crew at my house painting the trim - it really needed that last year...but it did not happen.  That should last 3-5 years...at least. 

I had iron infusion yesterday and today my joins and my muscles are hurting... ouch.. 

I plan to take it easy - food wise today... 

coffee + Miralax + more coffee

green tea

cucumber/avocado salad + tuna 

second portion of the above.

protein shake 

protein shake

D: not sure- depends how my guts would behave... I was hurting yesterday (the iron gets filtered my the liver and it gets dumped into the small intestines and for me - any iron there=pain and cramps/..)

LNS: nuts or protein -keto bread I made 

 

This weekend will be spent with family and lots of food !  I can eat ANYTHING and seldom get sick, unless I overeat......then I just hurt until the food digests....you would think I would learn portion control, but if I don't concentrate....I WILL overeat......old habits die hard and then rear their ugly head from time to time !  I do have family members who are paleo eaters or gluten free and everybody understands and tries to provide something for them.  I am lucky that my family understands different diets.  

Sorry that iron infusions get you down....I am lucky that tablets are all I need.

todays eats

breakfast......coffee/miralax.....bacon/eggs

snack............peanuts....my son brought some fresh roasted ones.....but I didn't eat but about 10

lunch..............1/2 grill cheese sandwich

snack...............watermelon

dinner...............chicken, broccoli, and rice casserole

snack................mango

have a great evening !!

you have no idea how much I wish I could eat anything with no pain, itching hives and losing my voice...or face swelling (but only half - so i guess is not that bad???  ) 

and then there is good that if I eat I hurt for a few days..  But most of that food is the food that would make me gain weight - so...I guess that is what I wanted? right? (I was hoping to be "a dumper" - can I un-wish that now????? ) 

I think most of my allergies may be related  to my adrenal insufficiency or the other way around... no one would ever know.  I think my mother had severe food allergies butat that time - 30 years ago - nobody tested for that. 

 

B: 2 eggs, potato, onion, pepper 260

S: peach and Greek yogurt 130

L: chicken breast, gnocchi, lettuce with vinaigrette, sunflower seeds 450

S: popcorn, ham and cheese roll up 250

D: chicken breast, potato, zucchini, pasta sauce 300

S: tortilla chips and greek yogurt and salsa 22

S; protein bar 190

1800

I wanted to share my 4th with my daughter, but she has plans with friends so Roger and I will go explore some downtown historic areas and little shops near there. We will probably go to dinner and a movie too. For me, Texas is too hot to be out during the whole day on the fourth. I would rather be shopping in the air conditioning, and I do plan on doing lots of walking!! I am the charge and admissions RN for our psych. unit and we get off for holidays-yay!!! So I plan to do lots of walking the next three days and plan to stay mindful of what and how much I eat too.
Thursday I had
B-thin meat patty with cheese.
L-Boca burger (vegi burger)
D-Lean ground beef seasoned with vegetables.