Accountability - What did you eat, Friday 05/11?

Happy Saturday to All, The day has dawned bright and sunny this morning and it is looking like a beautiful day...I will prepare to a day of rest tomorrow by getting my housework done today (only doing lite clean up nothing heavyduty, so should only take a couple of hours)...I got a beautiful letter written by my oldest at school in the mail yesterday in it he invites me out for coffee on Mother's Day, so that will definately be on my plan for tomorrow  ...Ate out twice Friday, my totals were no so bad, but I really kinda grazed thru both lunch and dinner instead of picking out a couple of things and just eating them... B - 20 oz  1/2 caf sf/ff cinnamon dulce latte S - 1/2 cup serving  sf chocolate/kahlua egg custard        6 garlic/onion smoked almonds L - 1 1/2 oz baked chicken       1 1/2 oz pot roast and gravy       1/4 cup baked beans       1/4 cup lima beans       1/2 cup imitation crab salad       1/4 cup cabbage with a tbsp of cheese sauce       1/4 cup glazed apples D - 1/2 a lrg chicken strip        1 coconut shrimp        1 steak-n-lettuce saltwrap ( 1 oz sirlion, 1 tbsp jalapeno ranch, cherry tomatoes, onion                                                            peels, and parm cheese wrapped up in a lrg lettuce leaf)         1 french fry ( it kept calling my name until I gave in, but just one   ) S - 1 piece sf peanutbutter chocolate PLUS - 115 oz water/crystal light (think lunch was really salty cause I was really thirsty all afternoon) TOTALS = 1163 cals   44 fat   101 carbs   84 protein Have a great day to all Alesia      

Hi Alesia, Well i have too much calories and carbs. my husband dont understand why i dont want too many. i said look there is 250 calories in 5 nuggets.... i was going to have tuna fish but then i said ok i will have the chicken nuggets.he made french fries. he said arnt you having french fries.. i said no way... too many calories today.. i have to try your sf. cho./kahlua egg custard. i think i saved the recipe... well here is what i had yeasterday....   B- 1/2 c. special k 1/2 c. skim milk 1 slice wheat bread toasted 1 T sf smuckers rasp. preserves 1 T pb L- 1/2 c kidney beans 1/2 c. instant brown rice 1 protein ball S- boost cho. glucose control D- 5 chicken nuggets :-( 2/3 c. mixture if broccoili, carrots, califlower S-nsa hot ****o 1/2 scoop cho. protein powder 1/4 c skim milk thanks it was yummy............. S- 1/2 c. sf lime jello calories 1188 :-(  fat 43, carbs 138 :-( protein 78 i will never loose doing this  no exercise 64 oz water 16 oz def coffee 8 oz hot ****oa protein drink Anita

Anita, You know its kind of weird but you can actually jump start losing by eating a little more calories, when you eat too little for too long your body starts to think it is starving and holds on tight to everything you eat making your metabolism slow down and weightloss move into crawl mode...You might try uping the cals to around 1500 but make the content of them good choices - stick to complex carbs and whole grains (like the brown rice and mult-grain breads) and more cals from protein, add in a 15 minute speed walk around your neighborhood first thing in the morning before you eat anything - think this might get you going again... I know spouses can sometimes sabatoge your program, DH and I often share a meal out on Friday nights after we go to the gym and I feel guilty always making him go for the "healthy" stuff on the menu, so sometimes cave in and we end up sharing not so friendly WLS choices, like chicken fingers or hot wings...The key for me is to speak up, like you did, and say no just not having the french fries tonight, its out of my choice range for today, if I do this he goes with the flow and doesn't try to talk me into eating what I really don't want... Really you did not eat badly today, keep your chin up, this road stretches out a lifetime and there's lots more days to come... Alesia

Hi Alesia, you want me to eat more calories... i figure i would gain.... i try and understand complex carbs sometimes i just dont know what they are. i do walk but not before i eat breakfast. you sure are a good help. i am almost 4 years out i should know what to do. i think we forget and the new ones i think get more info... Anita

its me again alesia, i cant find the post with the recipe for your sf chocolate/kahlua egg custard. i looked and looked. can you send it again.. thanks... i'm a pain huh... lol..anita

Yes Anita,

I am suggesting you try eating a few more cals maybe 1300-1500 a day, this does actually work for jumpstarting loss in many people...Add some kind of different exercise at not your usual time - it confuses the body and helps jumpstart loss again...As for the carbs, the simplest rule is to avoid "white" as much as possible, complex carbs are harder for the body to breakdown and therefore are used immediately rather than stored as fat...Most foods have carbs, except meat, vegies, fruite and whole grains ( ie brown rice, 9 grain bread, oatmeal, whole wheat pastas), you can and need to have carbs to function but try to choose wisely for what you eat...

Here's the egg custard receipt, I got it from Susan Maria's site :
WLS 1/2 cup portion: Calories 110, fat 4.5 gr, carbs 7.5 gr, protein 9gr.

Makes six 1/2 cup servings

4 eggs
1 cup skim milk
1 can evaporated low-fat milk
1/2 cup Splenda Granular
2 teaspoons vanilla
Pinch of salt
Freshly grated nutmeg


Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place 6 custard cups or ramekins in a large roasting pan and set aside. Whisk together the eggs, milk, evaporated milk, Splenda, vanilla, and salt. Pour through a fine mesh sieve into a large measuring cup. Divide evenly among the custard cups and grate a generous amount of nutmeg over each one. Pour enough ho****er in the roasting pan to come about halfway up the sides of the custard cups. Bake 25 to 35 minutes, until the custard are just set in the center. Carefully remove the custards from the water bath, and transfer to a wire rack to cool. Serve chilled.

Variations : use chocolate milk as sub for regular to get mocha...add any flavor sf syrups in place of a portion of the milk ( 3/4 cup milk, 1/4 of syrup)

Hi Alesia, So far today i have 1140 calories. so i need more to make 1300-1500. i do try and walk /run on my treadmill for 2 miles when i'm not a the hospital wellness center gym. i go to the gym on tues and thursdays since i joined in april . some times i do crunches at home. what kind of other exercises should i be doing at home?i thought fruit had carbs..or are they good carbs? i did save that custard recipe to my desk top so i have it now.. thanks... anita

Anita, Exercise is not my strong suit, I do water aerobics w/some strength training 3 days a week @ the gym, the only thing I do at home is a walk/jog program - when the weather is nice I do a mile, start out walking then jog for a bit, then walk a bit, jog, walk...et****il I've been around all the little cul-de-sacs in my neighborhood... Fruits do have carbs, yes they are the good carbs and fine to eat, just don't add in tons of servings a day because they are high in natural sugars... Alesia

S- 2 16 oz latte B- protien bar L-3/4 wendys chille, 6 saltine crackers, 2 wendys chicken nugets S- 3 protien balls D- low carb 6 " pizza with turkey peperoni ang lean ham S- movie popcorn 1/2 of a small/ with yummie butter..lol 80 oz water

 

 Great day Sheila !!!