Wow SoulB!!! That was a pretty good guesstimate! I logged in my foods this morn to thedailyplate.com. Here's the breakdown:

Total Calories: 1354
Macros: 48%P/22%F/29%C
183g Protein/108g Carb (14g Fiber)= Net 94grams Carb/37g Fat

Also, I didn't eat the Orange and only had 1/4 cup fresh pinnapple and had the Grilled chicken breast last night but skipped the salad and blue cheese! Everything else is accurate...I'll update it now!

SoulB - My high carb days consists of more nuts, beans, and yams so my total carb intake is around 130-140 grams.

Oh, thanks for reminding me. I want to get some cabbage to cook this week. I love it too. I've never tried it in coconut oil but I like almost everything else in it-why not?

I had a pretty carby breakfast today but it was very healthy-Greek yogurt with fresh berries. I'm planning something really extravagant for dinner: PRIME RIB It was on a ridiculous sale last week for Easter so I bought a small one and am going to cook it today. OMG! Maybe I'll cook the cabbage to go with it. Man will I have some fantastic left overs this week.

did not eat the cabage last night just went to bed. But today I am making an effort to make sure Ido better, that was 3 days of very low cals.

2 egg
fiber one (i do not vary to much)
salad w 1 oz ham ranch dressing
2 oz very sharp cheese

Dinner

hamburger on 2 slices of low carb bread with provolone cheese and a large of lettuce
brussels (I ate a big pile of them!!!)

Intake for the day

1402 cal/ 91 fat/ 50 total carb/ 20 fiber/ 102 protien

Sue-are you reaching your protein minimum?

I know my nutritional counts, that's for sure!

I have not figured my protien min at this time. I am not sure where to find it. I used to know, and it was based on your lean body mass, but I have no clue at this time where i am (almost don't want to know) for my bmi

Are you doing PP or another plan, Nasus?

The general dietary recommendation is 0.8 g/kg.

I made a really great breakfast.

I cooked all the following into a scramble:

Extra protein tofu (5 oz.)
Zucchini (1 small, sliced and chopped)
Spinach (1 cup)
Arugula (1 cup)
Onion (3 rings, minced)
Garlic (2 cloves)
Pecans (1 oz.)
Extra virgin coconut oil (1 T.)

And then topped it with:

Baby grape tomatoes (3, sliced in half)
Jalapeño stuffed green olives (2, sliced)
Green salsa (tomatillo based, 3 T.)
Avocado (1/2, sliced)

And ate a low carb tortilla (14 grams of fiber 5 grams of net carb) with it.

In PPLP they made it simple and just put a table in the book where you could look it up based on your height and weight. I looked yours up. It comes out to 34 grams/meal or 102 grams/day. That is what mine is too but if I do the whole LBM and activity level thing it comes out a little less. I think they estimated the most you could possibly need based on that weight and height and just used it for everyone. Aim for 100 and you will probably be close.

I shoot for 100 or as close to it as possible, especially on lifting days.

thanks i will have to increase a bit I usually used to hit 100 to 120 or greater I cut down to 2 eggs and only 1 can of tuna. that droped my regualr intake down quite a bit.

PP but I need to read the book again have not picked it up in a few years! It is great for motivation

I usually just aim for 1gram per body weight. I try to reach 165 grams, but usually end up around 120-130. Hey...aim for the sky and maybe you'll hit the moon! Damn SoulB you certainly eat alot (it's harder than most people think to eat alot of healthy whole foods)...one thing's for sure...I definately know where I'm going for vegatable creativity!!! I wouldn't think you would have so many choices...but I can smell that delish food all the way from VA! Okay..back to my lousy food accountability:

So Far today (will edit this eve)

1/2 oz cashews
1 cup iceburg salad
1 chicken breast
2 tsp blue cheese dressing
3 cups coffee w/soy milk & splenda
1/2 oz cashews
1/2 cup cottage cheese (4%milkfat)
Zero Carb Whey Isolate Protein Shake
1 banana
4 strawberries
1/2 cup fresh pinnapple chunks

Gosh...I know this is bad before I input this into thedailyplate.com. Not enough calories (most of them eaten later in the day).

I know...I know...hideous! I'm working hard today helping my daughter unpack and getting all the stuff we moved re-assembled!

Hope you all are having a wonderful day!

I'm with Bambi. SoulBliss-you are certainly very creative with your diet.

Here's what I have so far. Will edit later. I think I'm going to go over a little again.
All I can say about this dinner is OMG!!!

B: 7 oz. Fage 2% Greek yogurt, 1/4 cup blueberries, 3/4 cup strawberries, sugar free latte
S: chocoperfection bar
L: left over dreamfields pasta with vodka sauce (that's the end of that)
D: prime rib with horseradish sourcream, cabbage cooked in coconut oil, glass of shiraz

Exercise: walked dogs for 30 minutes.

I'm on the money for carbs. I think Fitday may have underestimated the number of calories in my primerib. I didn't weigh it, just my best guess.

Pro:100
ECC: 40
Fiber: 26
Fat: 101??
Calories: 1741

Ugh: I suck. Here is what I have had today thusfar (it is 3:00 p.m. here)
B: Coffee with soymilk and three tbsp. cream/splenda, one scrambled egg, two pieces bacon.
L: Cheesecake pudding with blueberries ( I know...not a shred of protein to be seen but it was just sitting there...calling my name.) One square of a Chocoperfection bar (why ruin my sweets end run?)
Dinner: In its planning stages but I believe it will be a salad with cucs and chicken salad along with a glass of merlot. Well, I can be sure about the Merlot part because I just poured a glass to go with my net surfing.

tee hee.

sc

p.s. Exercise: Does walking around the Antiques Mall while DD9 and DH are at the regular mall count?

I *do* eat a lot (I love good food!) but when I cook veggies they lose a lot of bulk (water). The spinach and arugula, for instance, cooked down to less than 1/2 cup combined and the olives and tomatoes made about 3 T. combined.

I am glad you and Petra and others are enjoying my creativity. I'm eating for health, fat loss and muscle building, (oh, and pleasure too!!!) so everything is pretty carefully planned. I LOVE to cook. It actually isn't bothering me at all to cook for DH and DD (starchy things) but it's difficult to not tase things to be sure they are just right. So, now, I just ask DD to. She's got a great palate anyway.

It's 3pm here and I'm just having the second meal of the day. I had some unsweetened vanilla almond milk around 1pm.

Here's what I just cooked:

12 oz. artichoke hearts in vegetable broth, 12 oz. seitan (wheat gluten/protein)1/4 an onion, 4 cloves of garlic and 1 tsp. each of extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil and I ate 1/3 of it and DH ate 2/3 of it (he also had a a POUND of fried potatoes, 1 cup of corn, 1/2 cup of green salsa and now is eating 1/2 a pint of Purely Decadent Swingin' Anna Banana soy ice cream. *sigh* That man can EAT!!! ).

I think I will have a big salad later with mixed baby greens, spinach, English cucumber, homemade dressing (herbs, spices, garlic, oil, lemon juice, umeboshi vinegar) and miso soup with green onions and tofu.

For a snack, I'll make a shake later with coconut milk, coconut flour, unsweetened almond milk, a few blueberries and strawberries and hemp protein powder. Oh, and raw cacao flour too.

That should put me where I need to be with fiber, protein, carbs and fats!

did much better with my intake this day just edited my earlier post. 1402 cal and 102 protien whoo hoo and did great with the water. hit that with about 1 gal or close to it.