Whew, great to see the thread thriving now that the holidays are behind us! I am getting back on track--here's today's plan:
granola cereal w/2% milk (the store only had @% or whole! ) and small banana
whole-wheat bagel w/deli turkey, raw spinach, and ff cream cheese
apple
skinless chicken breast marinated in honey dijon sauce
whole-wheat blend noodles w/ mixed veggies (carrots, corn, green beans, peas, and lima beans--frozen...it also lists salt as the last ingredient, but it can't be much since there's only 85mg of sodium per serving) and some of the honey dijon sauce
I'll add more if I eat more, but this is the plan, and it's about 1320 calories as listed.
Edited to add: 2 no-sugar-added fudgesicles (40 calories each)--so up to about 1400 cals for the day.
Last edited by jillybean720; 01-03-2006 at 06:32 PM.
I'll finish off yesterday's menu:
I went ahead and had another cup of pudding for an afternoon snack since I felt famished at 4:30.
Jan. 2 Dinner
Cheesy enchilida hamburger helper (1 cup and I measured it out or I could eat the whole skillet)
1 c. instant potatoes
1 1/2 c. mixed veggies
Total calories for the day: 1511
Exercise: 30 minutes with Maya (yourself fitness) concentrating on upper body
Jan. 3 Breakfast
Egg/3 egg white omelet with 1 oz. cheddar and ham
3/4 c. of OJ
Morn. Snack
Key lime pudding
Lunch
Lean cuisine glazed chicken
large spring salad with fat free italian
Afternoon snack
2 c. ff sf lemon pudding
Calories thus far: 1080
Exercise: 30 minutes flexibility. Let me tell you the boat and penguin about did me in
For dinner I'm going to create something with canned turkey, mixed veggies, veggie juice and some spices to make some type of stew.
Almost had a meltdown today. I swear, I'm like the Queen of Emotional Eating and triggers. Things were stressful at work today and I got it in my head that I wanted McDonald's. So I made a deal with myself, to eat something with nearly the same calories, but infinitely healthier and more filling. And it seemed to work! I had the right fat/protein/carb balance for me today (30/20/50), and 40 grams of fiber. AND some fun food. Yay!
Breakfast: Not-so-good smoothie (OJ, frozen strawberries, vanilla yogurt, bit of sugar)
Snack: Morningstar Farms breakfast patty
Lunch: Spring mix salad with 2T LF Italian dressing, and an Amy's organic Samosa Wrap
Snack: Hershey chocolate bar
Dinner: Boca Burger Prime grilled burger, on a bakery whole wheat bun, with a slice of real cheddar cheese, some LF mayo, ketchup, lots of veggie trimmings. And also 2 cups of homemade potatoes o'brien (onions, green peppers, potato, light on the potato) sauteed in 1/2T olive oil
Exercise: 30 minutes exercise bike
Incidentally, the deli looks at you really strange when you order just one slice of cheese. But that's all I wanted!
Fishy, I am allowed to have as much as I want now. I am supposed to drink 1-2 cups after each time I void, and another 1-2 cups before bed. The drug is made to help your kidneys process more water. I'm delighted. In fact, the dr looked at me & told me I would DIE on this medication if I didn't keep up the water regimen. He didn't have to convince me, as I have been thirsty for the last 4 years on liquid restriction.
Beth, I think that was a GREAT idea--offering to take HIM out to dinner, as a thank you for helping you.
Today, for me was NUTS, but I am writing it down & moving on. This is only in the order I am remembering it, NOT in the order I ate it, for the most part.
about 6 liters water
1 cup skim soy
2-3 coconut petit fours
1 6 inch subway turkey provolone sammich
1 cup sweet potatoes w/honey & lime
1 snack size bag baked lays cheddar chips
1 peanut butter cookie
1 KFC "Snacker" chicken sandwich, added pickles to it, but it just was not like the Chicken Littles they used to have back in '84
30 ounces "light" lemonade--5 cals per 8oz serving
2 MSF breakfast patties
1 piece raspberry kringle
1/2-3/4 cup cranberry juice
Last edited by SuchAPrettyFace; 01-04-2006 at 12:56 PM.
I feel like I did crappy. but still managed to get the foods in for my plan. I plan to eat meet at least two of my goals a day. 3 veggies or fruits or dairy, as discussed with my dietician. I did manage to exerise.
Thisis where I started to go wrong: 1hotdog with 1 oz cheese, honey mustard and kechup.
1/2 cu. 1% cottage cheese
1 little pizza from the deli about 4 inches across with all the veggies, a little meat and cheese.
1 danish
Snack: 9 hershey kisses, 1 can sugar free/caffene free coke
4 sesame snaps
Dinner: 1 4oz porkchop with 1/4 apple sauce, 1 cup basmati rice with a little soya sauce, 9 baby carrots.
Snacking: 1 banana, 1 fat free chocolate pudding, 4 oatmeal cookies, 9 hershey kisses.
I did get all my water over 64 oz, did 1 mile WATP.
I really have to start looking at mytriggers for overeating. I'm feeling way guilty right now! But will move and make tomorrow a better eating day.
Seasoned and baked skinless chicken breast (3)
Hot salsa (0)
Boiled fresh carrots (1)
Potato mashed with chicken broth and minced garlic (2)
"I Can't Believe its not Butter" spray (0)
celery sticks (0)
1 tbsp. light cream cheese (2)
Carnation light hot chocolate, made with 1% milk (3)
Points total: 22
Beverages: bottled water and Perrier water throughout the day
Exercise: 45min. dog walking
Ended up at about 1800 calories yesterday (I made strawberry banana smoothies after dinner--YUM!). I was short a serving of veggies, but 2 servings in a day is already more than I was normally getting, so I'll count that as a good thing I ended up with 14% fat for the day which is well within my 20% or less goal.
Wednesday:
granola cereal w/skim milk
banana
fruit cocktail (small can, packed in juice--2 servings)
whole-wheat bagel w/ff cream cheese, spinach, and lean deli turkey
reduced-sugar instant oatmeal
chicken marinated in honey dijon sauce
whole-wheat blend noodles w/chopped spinach and broccoli (with some honey dijon sauce for flavor)
That all comes to about 1500 calories, but I'll update if I add anything else.
Yesterday's (3-3) Dinner
I made up a recipe with canned turkey, v-8, mixed veggies, egg noodles and taco seasoning. It was pretty good. It could've used another taco seasoning pack. I ended up with 3 extra servings I froze.
10 saltine crackers
Calories for the day:1706
Added exercise: 15 minutes of yoga
Jan. 4 Breakfast
egg/egg white omelet with ham and cheese
3/4 c. OJ
Mid morning snack
Yogurt
Lunch
Lean cuisine (don't remember which one I bought)
Big salad with a tomato and fat free italian (I may go with catalina today. not sure)
Afternoon snack
More pudding
Proposed dinner
I'm going to attempt "fried" chicken with my grill. We'll see how it goes. I thawed out 2 chickens so I can cook extra to make lunches next week.
Noodle alfredo
Veggie
Pears
Proposed calories:1894
Exercise for today: 29 minutes upper body
Ok, I need to ammend Monday's menu. I used .5 flex points on a Sugar Free Nip candy.
Tuesday went good. I did have a bag of m&m's. The taste of chocolate from those was enough to satisfy me and I ate them slowly as opposed to dumping them all in my mouth.
Breakfast
coffee w/ 1/2 & 1/2 (1)
oatmeal (2)
snack
orange (1)
lunch
2.5 oz flank steak (4)
salad (0)
dressing (1)
dinner
4.5 oz chicken (3)
salsa (0)
green beans (0)
snack
2 SF Nips (1)
m&m's (6)
1 orange (1) strawberry smoothie (4)
total points: 30
Today I will not eat the m&m's. I will use those 6 points on a wiser snack.
We recieved a late Christmas present that involved a box of chocolates. As soon as I unwrapped it, dh said "give that to me, I'll take it to work." I love that man!
Breakfast: 1 cup scrambled eggs with cut up beef sausage (dh usually makes breakie), with 1/4 cup of salsa.
Water
I did 25 min 1 mile express WATP and 20 min Windsor Pilates basic workout.
I'm at a First Aid course for the next three days so I won't be on much.
No snack but I did have a hot chocolate.
Lunch: croissont w/ turkey/havarti/lettuce/tomato/cucumber and 1 tbs mayo/honey mustard
1/2 cup blueberries
Snack: 2 reese peanutbutter cups
another hot chocolate
Dinner: bruschetta on french bread, 1 cup fruit juice (pineapple/orange)
3 cookies
I also had a cup of tea and tons of water.
I feel overall I had a good eating day with the exception of the hot chocolate. I will watch that tomorrow and maybe stick to tea if it gets cold in the church again where we are doing first aid.
Last edited by SnowboundChick; 01-05-2006 at 01:11 AM.
Well that's great, SAPF. I realised after I'd posted that of course you'd be well up on what's good for your kidneys. I wasn't trying to kill you off, honest!
Any chance of your posting the recipe for that ricotta pud, CarolO? I'm not doing SBD, but it sounds interesting.
Hmm... I don't think my 5 pound gain was accurate. I weighed again at lunchtime, and was down 2 pounds. And this morning I weighed 192, so who knows....
Tues 3 Jan:
500 ml coffee, ½ cup skimmed milk, ¼ cup 2% milk.
½ cup Optimum Slim cereal, ¼ cup skimmed milk.
Starbuck's grande bold roast, ¼ cup skimmed milk.
1 slice Genuine Bavarian Organic Whole Rye Bread, 1 tblsp. SF no sodium peanut butter*, red cabbage.
½ cup cranberry juice, ½ cup pomegranate juice, 2 tblsp. hemp protein powder.
½ oz walnuts.
5 oz chicken breast (grilled), 1½ oz (dry weight) whole-wheat couscous, 1 cup green beans, onion, ½ cup peas.
*Wow! I actually like PB now I've tasted it without added salt & sugar. Beats me why anyone would want to eat it any other way.
*Wow! I actually like PB now I've tasted it without added salt & sugar. Beats me why anyone would want to eat it any other way.
Wow, if only I could ignore peanut butter! I'm not a big fan of regular (too sticky), but I LOVE Skippy reduced-fat peanut butter. I can honestly eat a whole jar of it in 2 days. On what, you ask? Bread? Crackers? Oh no...just a spoon, please This is why I no longer buy the stuff or keep it in the house. Instead, I also now buy the natural kind (peanuts only!), and I don't snack on it because I keep it in the fridge (keeps the oils from separating), so it's too hard to pick at as easily. I ONLY use it on PBJ sandwiches now, and even those are few and far between.
Hmmm, natural peanut butter. Never thought of it. I'll add that to my grocery list!!
Went over in cals, but I'm Ok with that. I'm counting, I'm aware and that's what matters!
1/3/06
152 – Juice
210 – Coconut zone Perfect Bar (You MUST try!!!)
161 – triscuts & cheese
600 – Wednsy’s Cheeseburger kids meal (I waited too long to eat & I was out)
220 – Popcorn
70 – 1 cup Ham & Bean soup
302 – (2) slices Beer bread (it’s all gone now!)
108 – butter 220 – 1 cup light ice cream
2043 – TOTAL
) and small banana
GO US! 
I ended up with 14% fat for the day which is well within my 20% or less goal.
And this morning I weighed 192, so who knows....
