Dinner Added nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves to the mashed sweet potato. I usually put coconut milk in my sweet potato but since this was a carb meal I used a couple of TBSP of EAS Vanilla RTD. It worked out really well. I'll use the rest in my coffee.
I love your sweet potato recipe, Andrea!!
My DH doesn't like sweet potatoes, because well, they are too sweet as it is. I eat sweet potatoes a few times a year, but really only like them in a Ethiopian stew or as A&W fries with chipotle mayo. DON'T EVEN ASK! lol
Actually I've only had the A&W fries twice, but that would be my sweet potato choice.
Today I didn't even track meals on MFP as all I did was work & sleep except for a couple hours doing stuff around the house and being on here. I didn't eat between 1am and 4pm since I was just working & sleeping. Had a very random 'clean out the fridge of leftovers' dinner with lots of plastic containers & pots in the sink now, lol. I don't even remember what I had except it was all in my normal ranges.
I've got a few more double duty days before I get back to normal. BOY, am I going to appreciate this vacation coming up!!
Don't forget all the hormonal things we go through that our husbands don't, lol... that could be part of it. Also if you are having a little bit extra every day that will add up. Keeping it to one Funday or meal works a bit better (in my opinion anyhow). Alcohol may not have much in the way of carbs but that's the first thing our liver works on... leaving any carbs to be stored for another time (FAT!!! ). Just a heads up
Don't forget to measure - sometimes things get a bit more generous when we are eyeballing it after a while.
Good to see you back!
Liana
Liana:
Thanks for the reminders. I just freaked out a little in my head when the new scale arrived and it showed a weight of 168. 5 ( at 9 pm last night) although this morning after a good night sleep, my walk and a bm the scale showed 166. I have been feeling "puffy" but I also find it hard to believe that my body can fluctuate so much in a couple of weeks. I guess I need to do more head work along with the body work.
I am not sure if I should just get stricter with phase 4 - I admit I am not writing things down and perhaps my portions are out of wack, not sure. I will get back to writing down what I eat. That said, I am wondering if it is my best interest to reboot to phase one and drop some weight and phase back into 2-3-4 in the coming months. Perhaps the holidays were more "festive" than I thought.
Is it too soon?
I would ask my coach but she has left the clinic where I was going for IP and I didn't really have a connection to the replacement coach that helped me phase. Perhaps I need to find another clinic and a new coach?
Sorry for being so needy and whiny about this but I am feeling so good physically and mentally after doing this program and losing the weight and I do not want to gain it back.
I am so glad I have this forum to turn to.
Sully1961 - Besides the excellent advice from Liana, I would add to watch the scale for a few days and track your weight. One high day doesn't mean you gained a ton of fat, it's the trend you want to watch. I use weightgrapher to track my weight and it will show you the trending weight once you get a few entries into it.
I'd get into tracking for a little while on your food. I know I was terrible at portion sizes and being honest with myself about what I was eating so getting it all down keeps me accountable to me. You don't necessarily need to do it forever, but it sure helps to show you where you can make improvements.
Hang in there, you'll get it all sorted out! Better to catch it now than 30 pounds from now. If you think you need to go back to P1 or P2 to drop some up pounds it won't hurt you or you could tighten up your eating and see what happens. But no panicking allowed!
Wednesday - super hungry day for some reason. More carbs than I usually have but not too bad.
Ruth Ann : thanks for the feedback. I picked up a spiral notebook today to write down what I ate today ( and everyday - I am sure that was a big part of my past success) and plan out some meals for the next few days. I stopped at the grocery store too and picked up some baby kale and mixed baby romaine and a variety of salad fixin's for the next few days.
I will wait a few days and weigh myself again and if the number moves up any more I will do a phase one reboot for sure. Easier to get 10 than 50!
I really appreciate the wisdom and encouragement.
Headed to read some of the forums for a refresher and bask in the success of others for motivation.
HUGS to you all!
Hope you are breathing easier, Sully!
Ruth Ann, I love bean or pea soup. Have to fit that into my carb limits though so not as much as I used to eat it, and not as big a portion, lol.
Today felt like a Funday, since I have almost no time for anything but work and sleep. I don't eat breakfast because I need to get right back to sleep after the morning job and I don't want a full tummy trying to sleep & digest. So I end up with loads of calories to eat and not many meals to stick them into. Today I had a mega carb meal, but it still fit all my usual P4 macros goals so technically not a Funday.. More pasta than I have seen in a looooong time.
There you go Sully! Doing some planning and being prepared always makes me feel more in control of my eating. You've got this!
Liana, that was the end of the soup I made from the leftover Christmas ham - boo! I love pea soups too and vegetable soup and... oh, I just like soups!
Thursday:
Breakfast Calories Carbs Fat Protein Fiber Sodium
Bananas - Raw, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) 105 27 0 1 3 1
Kashi Go Lean Crisp! - Go Lean Cinnamon Crumble, 0.5 cup (51g/1.8oz) 120 21 3 7 6 83
Kirkland Signature - Plain Non Fat Greek Yogurt, 0.5 cup 70 5 0 12 0 48
Coffee - Brewed from grounds, 2 cup (8 fl oz) 5 0 0 1 0 9
300 53 3 21 9 141
Lunch - went to a movie last night and forgot to set up my lunch so was scrambling this morning grabbing assorted foods for lunch before I went to work
Bell Pepper - Green, Raw, Organic, 1 cup, raw 30 7 0 1 3 5
Carrots, Baby Raw Mine - Raw Baby Carrots, 1 cup 52 12 0 1 3 60
La Tortilla Factory - Low Carb Whole Wheat Tortillas, Large Size, 62 g 80 18 3 8 12 300
Laughing Cow - Cheese - Light Swiss, 2 wedge 70 2 3 4 0 360
Wonderful - Halos California Mandarins, 2 mandarin 80 18 0 2 2 2
Yoplait - Greek 100 Calories Blended Blueberry Yogurt, 5.3 oz 100 12 0 11 0 85
Kirkland - Hummus, 2 Tbs 60 6 4 2 1 130
472 75 10 29 21 942
Dinner funny - when I first looked up the broccoli on MFP the 1st entry said 1 cup of broccoli was 280 calories! What really surprised me was that there were 2 confirmations on that entry. Yikes!
Kirkland Ground Sirloin Patties - Hamburgers, 1 patty 330 0 23 30 0 80
Trader Joes - Organic Frozen Broccoli Florettes, 2 cup 50 8 0 4 6 40
Kraft C-70 S-220 - Cheese - Singles American Sliced , 1 slice 70 2 5 4 0 220
Oil - Extra Virgin Olive Oil., 2 teaspoons 80 0 9 0 0 0
530 10 37 38 6 340
Snacks
Pure Protein - Chewy Chocolate Chip (Whole Bar), 50 g 200 18 5 20 2 105
Quest Bar - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, 1 bar 190 21 8 21 17 280
390 39 13 41 19 385
Totals 1,692 177 63 129 55 1,808
Your Daily Goal 2,009 151 78 175 25 2,300
Remaining 317 -26 15 46 -30 492
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Fiber Sodium
*You've earned 309 extra calories from exercise today
1/15/15
Breakfast Calories Carbs Fiber Fat Protein Sodium
Greek Gods - Traditional Plain Greek Yogurt, 113.5 gr 110 8 0 7 5 75
Blackberries - Raw, 0.25 cup 15 3 2 0 1 0
Eggs - Hard Boiled, 1 Large Egg (50 g) 77 1 0 5 6 62
Bare Naked Fit - Vanilla Almond Crunch Granola, 1/4 Cup 120 22 2 3 4 10
Oil - Olive, 0.67 tablespoon 80 0 0 9 0 0
402 34 4 24 16 147
Lunch - Went out to lunch with a coworker. This salad hit the numbers but it wasn't very good. Didn't get in my 2 cups of veg.
Jason'd Deli - Chicken Club Salad, 483 g 500 18 7 30 41 1,100
500 18 7 30 41 1,100
Dinner - Found the recipe for the quinoa on the back of the bag and I had all the ingredients. It was pretty tasty but I have 1.5 up lbs this morning.
Quinoa with Toasted Almonds and Cranberries, 1 serving(s) 236 39 4 6 7 223
Copper River Seafoods - Alaskan Sockeye Salmon Portions, 4 oz. 173 0 0 8 25 67
Beans - Snap, green, raw, 1 cup 34 8 4 0 2 7
443 47 8 14 34 297
Snacks
Quest Protein Bar - Chocolate Brownie, 1 bar 170 24 19 6 20 310
Add Food Quick Tools 170 24 19 6 20 310
Liana Back in my Paleo days I ate A LOT of sweet potatoes. I would make them into fries and then dunk them into homemade mayo. Won't be doing that except maybe on a Fun Day.
RuthAnn You've inspired me to make soup. Now to decide what kind.
Andrea, maybe it's the salt from your chicken club salad that upped you a bit?? Deli stuff does tend to be a bit higher in sodium. It will be off in no time. Quinoa is so yummy - I like it cooked in broth for more flavour.
Weird that people think broccoli is that high in calories (maybe it's a butter sauced variety and they haven't put in the brand name - Green Giant comes to mind). that's why I check every entry and why I get so cranky when the (correct) ones are bumped off my 'Recent' foods list.
Liana
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Snacks - I had 1/2 a donut this morning with co-workers. I don't feel guilty about it. I took a page from RuthAnn's book and worked it in. It was good, but not something that I will do again for a while.
Donut Connection - Donut - Glazed Cake Donut, 37 g (2.6oz or 1 donut) 140 20 1 6 2 130
Quest - Cheddar and Sour Cream Chips, 1 bag 120 5 0 2 21 150
Add Food Quick Tools 260 25 1 8 23 280
I bet the 1/2 donut didn't turn you on quite as much as it used to eh, Andrea?
BREAKFAST Calories Carbs Fiber Fat Protein Sugar
Garden of Life - Chocolate Raw Organic Protein Powder, 1 level scoop (23 g) 90 7 6 0 17 1
90 7 6 0 17 1
LUNCH Egg'n'Cheese Scramble. Lots of veg in it, plus an avocado half on the side. Yogourt with pecans for dessert. Saporito - Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 1 tsp (10 ml) 40 0 0 5 0 0
Generic - Bell Peppers-mixed (Yellow, Orange, Red), 0.5 cup 9 2 1 0 0 1
Onions - Raw, 0.25 medium (2-1/2" dia) 12 3 0 0 0 1
Eggs - Whole, raw, 2.25 large 165 1 0 11 14 1
Avocado, Raw - Avocado, No Skin or Seed, 0.5 fruit 161 9 7 15 2 1
Gort's - Extra Aged Raw Milk Gouda, 30 g or 1 oz 120 2 0 10 7 0
Cucumber - With peel, raw, 0.5 cup slices 8 2 0 0 0 1
Danone Silhouette - Stirred Greek Yogurt 0% Strawberry Kiss, 100 g 50 6 1 0 8 2
Nuts - Raw - Pecans (Whole), 3 each 58 1 0 6 1 0
623 26 9 47 32 7
DINNER Mixed the chutney with the yogourt to top off my big chicken breast cooked on the BBQ. Garlic roasted cauliflower and raw carrot sticks with the quinoa/rice mix (same general amount of macros as the brown rice) on the side. I needed something with a little more body & flavour to take my big Hi-Potency Multivitamin tonight, so actual juice was poured. Sometimes I can barely stomach the tablets. 'Retch time!' Carrots - Raw, 1 medium 25 6 2 0 1 3
Cauliflower - Raw, 1 cup 25 5 3 0 2 2
Chicken Breast - Skinless, Boneless, Meat Only, Raw (Usda), 200 Grams 240 0 0 5 45 0
Saporito - Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 2 tsp (10 ml) 80 0 0 9 0 0
Uncle Ben's Bistro Express - Wholegrain Brown Rice, 125 ml(90g) 130 24 1 2 2 0
Liberte - 2% Plain Greek Yogurt, 35 g 24 1 0 1 3 1
Amaya - Mango and Mint Chutney (Canadian), 1 tbsp (15 mL) 20 2 0 0 0 0
Tropicana Tropics - Orange, Strawberry, Banana Juice, 0.5 cup 65 15 0 0 1 14
609 53 6 17 54 20
SNACKS On Patrol at work tonight. Danone - Oikos Greek Yogourt (Raspberry-pomegranate on Bottom), 100 g 100 14 0 2 8 11
Schneiders - Pepperettes Original Sausage, 1 pieces (50g) 65 1 0 5 5 0
165 15 0 7 13 11
Totals 1,487 101 21 71 116 39
Your Daily Goal 2,075 260 38 69 105 78
Remaining 588 159 17 -2 -11 39
Calories Carbs Fiber Fat Protein Sugar
*You've earned 725 extra calories from exercise today
Lunch This is the perfect lunch to take on the go. I spent an hour trail walking yesterday and had this as my lunch while sitting at a picnic bench on the trail after I was done.
Naturalissima - Abruzzese Salami, 1 oz. 110 1 0 10 6 440
Generic - Carrots - Baby Cut, 4.67 pieces 12 3 1 0 0 22
Brianna's Home Style - Classic Buttermilk Ranch, 2 tbsp 160 2 0 17 1 280
Costco - Gala Apple, 38.5 g (1 Apple) 20 6 1 0 0 0
Baby Bell Mini - Light, 3 piece 150 0 0 9 18 480
Veggies - Zucchini, 1.25 Cup (Sliced) 25 5 2 0 3 14
477 17 4 36 28 1,236
Dinner - This is another of Chef Verati's recipes. I had already bought the ingredients so I made it. His numbers: Calories: 527 Fat: 24 G Carb: 11 MFP Calories: 325 Fat: 14 Net Carb: 12. So I added the rice to make a true carb meal. Came out very bland and blah tasting. I added Chinese 5 spice flavor and lots of Siracha. But still could only eat 1/2 a serving. Bah. I'm mad. I spent $45 on this cook book and it's no good.
Oriental Chicken Stir Fry - CV, 0.5 serving(s) 162 8 2 7 20 183
Rice - Brown, medium-grain, cooked, 0.25 cup 55 11 1 0 1 0
217 19 3 7 21 183
Snacks
Quest Protein Bar - Chocolate Brownie, 1 bar 170 24 19 6 20 310
). Just a heads up 
I spent $45 on this cook book and it's no good. 