Calorie Countdown - Its Monday, want to tour my lab?

Oy.  Oy.  I have been volunteered to give a tour of my lab at 8:30 Monday morning.  Its a bioinformatics lab, its 5 small rooms with computers in them.  Not much to tour, and I've got to talk to these people for 20 minutes (they are pre-med students mostly, participating in some summer program).  So I'm giving a little mini-lecture about what bioinformatics is after the 3 minute tour of our lab.  Woo.  What a reason to get up early. Here is my food plan.  I am still on a cheese kick.  I can't get enough of it!  B - 16oz mootopia, 1 packet NSA cib S - 1 peach (also on a peach kick, they are local and soooooooooo juicy and yummy) L - lean cuisine 3 cheese stuffed rigatoni S - fiber one bar S - 16oz soy milk plus fiber D - grilled turkey and cheese - 2oz boar's head turkey, 2oz cheese (cheddar and meunster) on 2 slices of whole grain plus fiber bread, 2 sliced compari tomatoes Like Sunday, I will eat half the sandwich for dinner and half before bed.  Calories - 1261 Carbs - 160g (egak!) Fiber - 43g Fat - 35g Protein - 93g Working on upping the fiber, I've been clogged. 

I'd love to tour your lab, I'm just not sure I'd be polite and fully appreciative at 8:30 AM on a Monday morning.  I ate like a pig all day Sunday, noshing throughout the day on Splenda chocolate ice cream bars. I shudder to think how many extra and needless calories I ate in addition to my "real" food.  I think I must be getting ready for a visit from Aunt Flo, I craved chocolate all day and felt quite mean.  Kind of like Fat Tony from The Simpsons (I don't get mad, I get stabby!).  If I'd had a sharp implement, I'd have caused mayhem in Denver on Sunday. My plan is to try and practice mindful eating, which means I need to mind what I'm shoving in my mouth and make it dense protein instead of tasty Splenda ice cream bars. Details to follow later. Kix

I hear you!  I am having a cheese attack.  I need to be in rehab.

Mornin'... I have 2 questions:   1) what are compari tomatoes?   2) what do you do in a bioinformatics lab? My plan today is:  B - yog / fruit / 1/4 c kashi s - milk l - ham/cheese/pickles on 1/2 WW LC wrap s - milk d - trader joe's chicken patty w/ some fresh snow peas Happy Monday! -dawn

Compari are just a variety - they are sort of like large cherry tomatoes and you can often find them on the vine.  They are my favorite to grow and my favorite to eat because they have that true rich sweet tomato flavor.  I am not growing anything this year so I buy them, but two of them is about the size of a large Roma.  Bioinformatics is a field of biology that is all computer based, so the short answer is we do a lot of computer work.  The long answer is, well, boring.  Just ask my tour participants!

I'm sure the tour will be fine - 20 minutes sounds like a long time, but it'll go fast.  We have some peaches ripening in a brown bag - I'm planning to enjoy one diced up with some vanilla yogurt and some granola in a day or two when they are (hopefully) nice and juicy.  Our local peaches don't come in until late July/early August, so I'll have to wait for the really, really good peaches, but it's definitely worth the wait.  Right now, my area is enjoying local strawberries and blueberries - yum!!! 

I had a super knoshy weekend - a little early for PMS, but it's just where I was at.  It seems to have gone away today, so I'm back to my usual plan - here's what's on my plate today:   

Breakfast:  1 c. 1% milk in my coffee, 1 packet Quaker Weight Control oatmeal

Snack #1:  3/4 c. low-fat cottage cheese, 3 tbsp. SF preserves, 2 large, diced strawberries, 2 oz. blueberries

Snack #2:  medium banana [workout #1:  upper body strength training, core work]

Lunch:  6 oz. grilled chicken, ~3/4 c. steamed veggies

Snack #3:  6 oz. Dannon light'n'fit vanilla yogurt, 1/4 c. Kashi granola, 2 large, diced strawberries, 2 oz. blueberries

Snack #4:  1 slice whole-grain bread, 3 slices smoked turkey, 1 slice low-fat cheese

[workout #2:  60 minutes cardio]

Snack #5:  post-workout apple

Dinner:  5 oz. broiled salmon, steamed broccoli Snack #6:  1 Starbucks mocha bar

Total calories: 1870
Carbs:  216.8
Fats:  46.2
Fiber:  32.4
Protein:  158.2

Its funny, we have strawberries here starting in Feb - its well past local strawberry season now, but they are yummy! There is a little town near here, Poteet, that has a strawberry festival in the spring, I haven't attended but apparently its a big deal since most of the 3000 people who live there grow strawberries. Right now, the farmers are trucking out tomatoes, corn, avocado, mango, melons, and peaches.  I love summer and fall for the produce - fall is the best time to be in New Mexico, harvest time ROCKS!  Growing up there, among farmers mostly, and a bunch of vegetarians, has made me keenly aware of the seasons.  I'm actually mourning food a little more now than I have through this whole experience, mainly because my eyes are bigger than my tummy at the farmers market and its hard not to over-buy.  I was ok through Thanksgiving and Christmas, Easter, etc, but now I want to eat lots of yum yums.

Happy Monday.  Posting late, but want to continue to be accountable. B- 1 oz. String cheese L- 2 or 3oz. teriyaki chicken breast, 1/4 c. applesauce (yes, I can keep down chicken BREAST - WOO HOO!) D- 3oz. rotisserie chicken (skin removed), 1/4 c. seafood salad. Trying to get my protein up now that I'm eating meat.  Still well below 60g but my Dr. is not concerned with patients protein levels - he feels that with time they will get up plenty high so he'd rather not have us do liquid proteins.  I know there is NO way that I can eat enough protein to get up to 60g with solid foods so I'll just have to trust him.

Hello all Sorry im posting so late. I tried eating scrambled eggs with a small peice of suasage. Well that was a nono i was sick all aftrenoon couldnt even drink my water til late afternoon the got some down and later 1/2 nectarine  ummm good My dh worked as a poker dealer at argosy and today he started his military job so the boss at the casino gave him buffett passes oh my. Well we went tonite and took our boys i ate a small peice broiled of fish with zuchinni and squash and a spoonful of fatija meat with peppers.. But the best part was when i had waited long enough to drink that glass of iced cold water oh it was good. I also walked thru the casino and last night thru the grocery store and big lots no wobbling   yehawwwwwwwwwwwwww i finally getting there and i love the taste of my food and actually enjoyed it.....and its healthy and good for me