Whatcha eating today? Thursday, 10/20/2016

At Grim's suggestion, I talked to my doc about my persistent post-op orthostatic hypertension and, today, I saw a cardiologist.  I got to have an ultrasound on my heart, which was exciting, and I get one on my leg veins next week.  He also advised me to get more salt in my diet.  That's interesting considering I've never been one to shun salt in the first place!  

1: protein shake
2: wawa caesar wrap (this is becoming my go to lunch on days when I'm running around to tons of appointments... I eat about 2/3 of it and toss the rest.  Yum.)
3: chicken curry

liquid and vites: on track
exercise: none today due to scheduling

How about you?

We don't have WaWa around here but i just looked up that wrap - 41 grams of protein!! Impressive.

B:  oatmeal with sliced almonds

L:  1/2 tuna sandwich with Fritos :/

D:  ravioli for the family from a local place that makes them fresh - i can only eat 2/3 and try to just eat mostly cheese but they're so good

S:  i've been obsessed with pistachios lately

E:  just walked!

L/V  good

No Wawa?!  How do you exist?!

I'm hanging in there with the diet, but last night I had some serious anxiety and wound up getting up and eating nuts.  Its easy to blow a whole day's efforts with a mid-night snack.  I need better ways to self-comfort, but sometimes its just too much to bear. 

Breakfast - salmon

Lunch - Mexican casserole with spaghetti squash - another yummy recipe from my new cookbook

Dinner - pork and caggage stir fry

snack - Dijon lime chicken

water and vitamins - on track

exercise - not so much

Snack-1/2 premier protein shake

B- 1 hard boiled egg

L- 4 oz chicken Madeira ( last nights left overs)

D- salmon

s- 1/2 premier protein shake

water.  Good

vit. Good

exercise.   Walking

1. high protein chicken soup
2. Siggi yogurt (5oz) 
3. LCHP ham sandwich

65g of protein above; snacks are: 1 small orange, 1 string cheese.

B - protein bar

l - 1/2 grilled chick salad from chick fil a 

d - other half 

snack, unsalted sunflower seeds 

B: 16oz Pumpkin Spice Americano with non-fat milk (which I really shouldn't have had but I can't resist Pumpkin Spice right now!!)

S: Light N Fit Greek Yogurt

L: Leftover stir fried chicken and veggies

S: Turkey Jerky

D: Probably more stir fried chicken and veggies

Water: work in progress

Vitamins: done

Exercise: 30 mins cardio following by weights at the gym

B: String cheese, cup of coffee with unflavored protein powder.

S: Kiwi `1 oz

L: 1 oz pork with 1 oz cheese

S: 10 whole grain crackers with 2 T Kefir cheese.

D: Salmon 3 oz (later tonight)

Vitamins and water on track.

So today has not been a typical dietary day for me and not ideal, though not totally horrible either:

Breakfast: 5 am.: Cup of coffee with skim milk. 

Half a protien drink.  

Snack:  10 am.:  About 5 almonds.    Water.   

Lunch: 12:20 pm.  About one fourth of a chef salad.    Perhaps even less than one fourth and very very minimal dipping of veggies into dressing.  One bite of garlic bread.  Really, just one bite.     

Snack 3:45    a piece of danish bleu cheese.  This has been a craving stalking me for days, no weeks.   My son, tasted it and said, "really mom..you are gonna treat your self with this!!! it tastes like sweaty socks missed with erasers...hmmm...never thought of it like that.    

Dinner: have not had yet.  Plan is to either have steamed shrimp with lemon....or chicken with veggies in half a tortilla.   

O.k. guys, just being honest....I know I would not really make any dietician proud today...but not ashamed either.