Daily Eats, 06/26/19

I agree, on MFP I end up going in to edit from what I intended to what I ate, so here is yesterday:

Breakfast:. Siggi skyr, blueberries, with 1/3 c. Purely Elizabeth granola

Snack:. Quest bar

Lunch:. 3 steamed clams and grilled shrimp spinach salad

Dinner:. 2 glasses wine, leftover grilled chicken and coleslaw,. 1/2 McDonalds sundae

I had 13,457 steps yesterday and was craving ice cream and employed Ann's strategy to reduce the damage.

So I'm a crazy planner and food lover and lister...so I have many things I do. I begin with a monthly calendar and fill in important dates (as far in advance as I can) and as I get closer, I fill in more. Then before the week ahead I fill in my weekly calendar which I then transpose into my weekly menu plan. I still end up overbuying but it's very helpful to know what our days look like before I menu plan. For example, DH has men's night tonight so I knew not to plan a dinner for tonight. My weekly menu plan is my very favorite thing. Sometimes it remains ideal, sometimes I correct it. It usually doesn't have calories, but is mindful about it. May include calorie count now that I really have weight to lose. I really like to go back and fill a few life details into my menu plan as it happens because now I can go back and quickly browse my menu plan from years past and when I see notations about a date night and what movie rich and I saw or what I cooked, I'm immediately transported back. For some people, a certain smell is the key to memory. For me, it's food!

Anyway, my last step, and only good about it when I'm really watching my weight, is to plug into MFP as I go. Here is yesterday:

B: 1 Van's blueberry powergrain waffle, 2 T. sf syrup, 1/2 c. mixed strawberries and blueberries, 3 T. redi-whip (it's a dessert! yummy!), coffee w/ 1/2 c. whole milk throughout day

L: low-carb tortilla, 2 T. cilantro-jalapeno hummus, 70g. grilled chimichurri chicken, lettuce, and 2/3 c. bing cherries and peach fresca (omg love this. Tastes like an alcoholic beverage. Okay, maybe just to me. Been outta the game too long)

S: coffee, fiber one supreme brownie

D: 5 oz. salmon with bourbon barrel smoked black pepper and grilled on a salt block, fresh corn salad with scallions and basil, 1/2 slice cantaloupe with 1/2 slice prosciutto (hubby loves this), And also a few bites of a salad brought by the food church brought. I positively cannot eat spinach any more. Just the 3 bites of the salad I had sent me into such severe abdominal cramping it was reminiscent of labor, if not worse.

D: When I recovered from the spinach, I had a mini drumstick. At 110 calories, it's a very worthwhile dessert.

I also had a couple bites of Becca's mini rice cakes, and a small handful of jelly beans.

Prior to those bites, totals are: 1109 calories, 69 protein

I also got 7095 steps--and I did no formal "exercise." More about that in daily thread

Breakfast: 1 cup of fairlife milk in the form of sf chai latte, 1egg fried in 1 tsp butter, 4(!) Slices of bacon

Lunch: sandwich (low cal bread, ham, deli thin sliced Swiss cheese, mayo, tomato, lettuce)

Dinner: meatloaf, asparagus, mixed green salad

Snacks: chobani yogurt with chia seeds, 1/2 cup fairlife milk

Unplanned eats: protein bar, bite of dh's chocolate bar

Calories: 1407

Breakfast: a few bites of pasta salad with my meds coffee with half n half

Lunch: half hamburger patty with green chili sauce and a few French fries ( lunch with a friend at local diner)

Dinner: pasta salad

Snacks: pork rinds and Braums vanilla ice cream

Unplanned Eats: ( I like this) part of an Adkins bar and a few peanuts

I was really pissed yesterday over something that happened at work. I wanted to stuff my face but instead spewed venom within my circle and was over it pretty quickly.

Today I will try to eliminate unplanned eats.

Breakfast? Serving Cals Carbs Fat Prot Track Del

Raspberries	0.25	16	3.67	0.20	0.37
Granola	0.5	65	6.50	4	2
Salted Butter	0.33	33.7	0.00	3.80	0.04
Jumbo Eggs	2	180	0	12	16
Strawberries	0.5	23	5.53	0.21	0.48

Lunch? Serving Cals Carbs Fat Prot Track Del

Belgian Waffles, Homestyle	0.25	62.5	9.25	2.50	1
Whipped Cream	0.5	77	3.75	6.67	0.96
Banana	0.5	52.5	13.5	0.20	0.65
Peanut Butter, Old Fashioned Crunchy	0.5	100	3	8	4

Dinner? Serving Cals Carbs Fat Prot Track Del

Cilantro Salad Dressing	0.5	22.5	1	1.75	0.50
Mixed Green Salad	1	17	3.35	0.07	1.30
Smoked Chicken Sausage, Asiago Fennel	2	300	0	20	30
Snacks? Serving Cals Carbs Fat Prot Track Del Cashew Nuts 1 170 9 14 5 Cinnamon Graham Crackers 1 120 18 4 2 Vanilla Ice Cream 1 137 15.6 7.26 2.31 Gelato, Caramel Cookie Crunch 0.67 141 18.8 6.70 2.68 Turtles Milk Chocolate 0.33 29.7 3.30 1.65 0.33 So there it is. Fascinating that the calories are only 1547. But you can see, as I do, it is my snacking that piled on the carbs and sugar yesterday. Today's goal is to get in one more vegetable serving and to add a fruit or two to the snacks to help eliminate some of the processed crap I am eating.

Reconstructing yesterday's food:

Skim milk, an organic breakfast sandwich (not very good) 3 pieces string cheese, black bean burger and a half ear of corn. red wine. Possibly some peanut nibbling. Thats about it. I guess corn and beans count as veggies but a lack of green stuff. I need to find a way to eat cole slaw for breakfast!

Posting yesterdays food

Breakfast - Grain Toast with Avocado and poached eggs

Snack - Pot set greek yoghurt

Lunch- Half leftover lamb & gravy pie (homemade) with small amount of veg

Dinner - Salad sprinkled with quinoa, fetta, avo, tomato,cucumber & grilled chicken strips. Only ate half

But Costco on way home & found Whisps- think this will be a one time purchase- yummmm (weight up 1.7 lbs this am!)

I'm trying to get on cycle so I'll post today's food tomorrow morning.