Ok I'm gonna get back on track here.

8am: Smoothie (3/4c blueberries, 1/2 plain FF yogurt, 3/4 c apple carrot juice, 2T ground flax seed, dash FF pudding powder) 285 cal
11am: cup homemade turkey soup with 7 rice crackers 150cal?
1:30pm: salad with tomatoes and salsa, 1/4 c cranberry sauce, 1 c turkey sausage, beans and veggies casserole 350 cal?
5pm: Babybel cheese, 7 rice crackers 100 cal?
7:15pm: sweet & sour soy chunks with veggies, 2/3 c corn chutney, serving LF pear pudding 380 cal?
8pm: homemade apple carrot muffin 120 cal

I am trying to do the whole eat every 3 hours thing and today went really well for me without snacking in between. Calorie-wise I am still aiming for below 1500. Today was around 1380 so that was good.

I had planned less than 1800 calories for yesterday, but when I got home from work, I ate EVERYTHING that wasn't nailed down in the hour-and-a-half before Jeff got home. It was ridiculous! But at least now, most of that not-nailed-down junk is gone :p Here's how yesterday ended up:

• whole-wheat English muffin w/natural peanut butter and banana slices
• whole-wheat bagel w/natural peanut butter and sugar-free strawberry preserves
• small can of fruit cocktail
• bowl of granola cereal (2 servings) w/skim milk
• leftover baked pasta w/cheese and meat sauce
• SunChips
• ready-made chicken stuffed w/broccoli and cheese
• instant mashed potatoes with a few bacon bits and ff sour cream

Instead of my planned 1780, I blew myself up to about 2650 calories :o

Today's plan--STAY BUSY in the time between when I get home and when Jeff gets home! I have new jobs to apply for, scrapbooking pages to finish, PS2 games to play, an exercise ball to buy at Target, sidewalks to walk on (if the weather cooperates)...anything!! As for food, here's the PLAN, with my goal being to STICK TO IT:

• 2 slices whole-wheat toast w/peanut butter and banana slices
• instant oatmeal
• peanut butter and jelly sandwich on whole-wheat
• small can of pineapple chunks
• skinless chicken breast w/honey dijon marinade
• whole-wheat blend pasta w/broccoli, spinach, and honey dijon sauce

Should be about 1700 calories (the only thing I don't have in my Fitday is the honey dijon sauce). If I end up with more than 1800 calories when I come back to post tomorrow, someone please slap me :dizzy:

1/16

Breakfast- fat free yougurt and water

Lunch- Spaghettios (i know they are for kids but I love them) and a salad, water

Snack- Pickels

Dinner- Chicken Stir fry with vegetables and a salad...water

Desert Strawberry shortcake total cals 200 (not bad for a yummy treat)

I eat anywhere from 1000 calories to 1300 calories....

Stephie - January 16th
 

First Day on South Beach, went well I feel a big sense of accomplishment.

B: Skipped, woke up at 11 am
S: Turkey Pepperoni Chips
L: Grilled Chicken, Broccoli, LF Chili, LF Cheese, Diet Coke
S: Pistachios
D: Grilled Chicken Ceasar Salad (no croutons)
S: Very Small Cheese Cube
De: 2 tbs LF Peanut Butter mixed with 2 tbs LF Cool Whip (very good!!!!)
S: FF Turkey Slice, LF Cheese Slice, Dijon Mustard (melted and rolled up)

WO: None ran out of time, trying to get packed for the move on the first. I did manage to make it to the park with the dog for about 10 minutes.

So, I will try and not snack my way through the day today.

Breakfast: 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese w/ 1/2 cup crushed pineapple

lunch:salad w/ low fat dressing

dinner:?

snacks: 2 apples cut up with peanut butter
carrots and celery

I was out of town all weekend and eating restaraunt food - I did reasonably well not overeating, but I"m not going to journal the horror that I did to my plan.

1/17
Turkey Sandwich on wheat w/mustard and mayo
apple
chicken and cheese quesadilla w/spinach and 2 strips bacon (badd but so yummy) with salsa and sour cream
sauteed mixed veggies.

tea w/artificial sweetener and lemon
diet soda with lemon
water (20 oz. so far)

I'll edit later with the rest of my food intake!
Keep on Truckin!
Erin :carrot:

Tuesday, January 17th
 

B: 1/2 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
1 tsp. lite butter
1 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup whole milk

L: Lean Cuisine Beef Portabello
1 cup whole milk

S: Apple

D: Chicken Parmesan
dessert (right bites chocolate chip cookies 100 calorie pack, 1/2 cup whole milk)


Total Calories: estimated 1800
Workout: 25 minutes weight training, 20 minutes walking

Jilly - I had a similar experience yesterday. I'm not going to go into detail, but let's just say ice cream, crackers, chips, pudding, and sweet pickles were involved. And pathetically enough, it was after I had gone out to eat twice in the same day and made good food decisions. Now that I think about it, it was probably because I was doing so well on such a tough day. yikes. Anyways, my cals are mcuh better today, but my, not so much.

1/17:

granola bar (150)

banana (110)

stuffed slice frozen pizza thing (310)

cheetos (240) uh, they were organic?

fruit snacks (160)
24 oz. water

molasses cookie (110)

homemade veggie chili (140)
0.5 oz. cheddar (60)
24 oz. water
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Calories: 1280
water: 48 oz.
exercise: 40 min. uphill walk and weights

Despite the chocolates that someone gave me as a thank-you "gift" at work yesterday, I stayed below my 1800 calorie limit yesterday (gave up the pineapple as a snack to help compensate) :carrot: Also, when I was visiting my sister over the weekend, she gave me a little counter-top scale for food (I'd never had one before), so I actually measured my chicken for dinner last night. I had been putting like 300+ calories of chicken in my Fitday, but according the the scale and the label, I usually have less than 150 calories worth of chicken! That means I even over-estimated my calories yesterday and was WELL below 1800 calories :D

So, here's the plan for today, and assuming I get no more "thank you" chocolates, I WILL stick to it:

• granola cereal w/skim milk and sliced banana
• instant oatmeal
• sandwich (2 slices whole-wheat bread, sliced turkey, Miracle Whip, honey mustard, and a bunch of spinach)
• pineapple chunks
• skinless chicken breast w/teriyaki marinade
• brown rice and veggies (corn, broccoli, and red peppers) w/teriyaki sauce

All together, that brings me to about 1800 calories (1755 per Fitday, but that's not including the teriyaki sauce) :)

today-

b-
jam sandwich-- 2 slices sprouted wheat bread, 1tb each brummel&brown & blueberry jam
16 oz coffee w 2%

l-
sweet potato/yellow lentil dal w rice (about 1 c each)
12 oz v8
1 small orange

water goal- 2 nalgenes

totals (so far)
cals- 765
fat- 16g (21%)
carbs- 127g (62%)
fiber- 23g
prot- 28g (17%)

OK in an effort not to lie I am just going to write it all down here - lets just say I had a bad day yesterday...

B: Scrambled Egg, 1% Milk, LF cheese
S: V8
L: Steak and a Ceasar Salad (no croutons, no steak sauce)

(here is where the badness starts)

S: Strawberry Ice Cream from Cold Stone (the best tasting, but worst for you), 1/2 slice apple pie.
D: Wantons, Egg Drop Soup and Fried Rice, washed down with a Sierra Mist.

Then before going to bed got hungry, figured I had blown my day and at 2 slices of garlic cheese bread and 2 donut holes.

There now it is all down on paper and done with. I need to have a pretty good day today to make up for it.

1/17/05

7:30: pumpkin, yogurt, pudding mix and carrot-apple muffin
10:15: pear and 2 pumpkin fluffernuggets
1:30: 2 c homemade turkey vegetable soup, SF energy drink
4pm: protein pudding
7 pm: pear pudding, protein bar, SF energy drink
9 pm: 2 ginger spice cookies with soy milk

Total ~ 1200 cals

1/18/06

7:30: carrot-apple muffin, 2 kiwi fruit
10:45 large Rome apple
1pm: Slim Fast bar, mini Babybel cheese
3:45pm: crunchy granola bar (130cal), 2 pumpkin fluffernuggets, 2 gingersnaps
7pm: chicken fajita burrito with whole wheat flatout bread, salad with tomatoes and balsamic vinegar
8pm: serving pear raspberry cobbler (lower fat version) plus 1 ginger spice cookie

Total ~ 1400cals (MUCH too low in protein but will work on that tomorrow-on the plus side, my sodium level was good and fiber too)

1/18

B- fat free yougurt
s- fat free yougurt
l-tuna sandwhich and cottage cheese
d-6' turkey sub from subway and carrots
s- 1 serving of sherbert....

I was under 1100 calories and I exercised for 1 hour yesterday

I added a smoothie last night, so I ended up going to about 2037 calories (per Fitday). Not horrible, but I'd like to stay below 2000 (below 1800 when I can).

As for today...

• whole-wheat English muffin with strawberry jelly
• pineapple
• whole-wheat bagel with ff cream cheese
• Subway 12" chicken teriyaki on honey oat, 2 Subway cookies

Total of about 1750 calories :)

yesterday cont.

snack-
1oz cashews
1 serving lf triscuits

dinner-
2 steak & chicken fajitas w black beans and rice
tortilla chips and salsa
about 1/2 a beer

water- 2 nalgenes

i also joined a kickboxing gym yesterday-- it's been like a year since i've been to any kind of kickboxing class, and boy can i tell!!!

totals for the day-
cals- 1973
fat- 65g (31%)
carbs- 252g (47%)
fiber- 31g
prot- 83g (18%)

1hr kickboxing

today-

b-
16oz coffee w 2%
small orange

l-
sweet potato/yellow lentil dal w rice, 1 c each


so far-
cals- 491
fat- 9g (20%)
carbs- 84g (63%)
fiber- 16g
prot- 18g (17%)

water goal- 2 nalgenes