What I Ate

[OKay]

What I ate Wednesday Aug 11th = 4.3 starches

1.6 Fiber Bar 6am
0.0 Coffee, Black (2 cup) 6am
0.0 Tea, mixture Green/black unsweetened (2 quarts) 7am-5pm
0.0 Apple 9am
0.0 Pecan halves (4) 9am
0.0 Tomato Noon
0.0 Okra (no coating or batter used) 2 cup Noon
0.0 Bacon Grease (1 oz=2T) Noon
0.0 yogurt Light Yoplait 3pm
0.0 Lettuce, Leaf (3 cups) Supper
0.0 Cottage Cheese (1/2 cup 2%) supper
2.7 Zatarains Blackened Chicken Alfredo (1 cup) Supper
0.0 Grape Juice (1/2 cup) 9pm
0.0 Gum (2 sticks) all day

I am so excited to be FINALLY starting to get a handle on the eating. I have been full all day and not wanting to rip the wallpaper off the wall and eat it. When I added the other categories to my spreadsheet it became glaring obvious that I wasn't getting enough milk (as in NONE). My main focus remains the starches, but if able I'm going to be starting to work on adding in the 3 milks a day.

I need to keep the starches low the next couple of days so I can have some "aut-oh" numbers and it won't ruin everything. We will be traveling this weekend (eating out at least 5 times) and having cake/ice cream for DGS3 (turning 4 years old!!!).

[Indiana]

OKay you got it. I'm so excited for you. It is clicking. You are adding room for the weekend and planning the day. Milk does make a difference on a full feeling because of the carbs and fat.

Good idea to keep your focus on the starches and the others will follow.

Good job OKay.

A round of applause.

[Harriet]

What I ate on an unusual day
out traveling far from comfort zone from 7:30 until 1:00

Breakfast - 1 peach

10:30 Brunch between drs - 8 nuggets ChickFilA
1 large size carrot raisin salad ChickFilA
CocaCola, medium

Lunch - 4 oz Oikos Greek yogurt
1 Brazil nut and 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
10 Wheat Thins
3 licorice

Supper - Big salad just veggies with 1/2 tablespoon mayo
3 slices thin crust green pepper pizza
1/2 cup almond milk
rice flour fortune cookie

for me the important things I look for are
1) were there 5 servings of veggies/fruit - yes, barely
2) was the white flour very limited - okay, but chancy

[lucylee]

The mini wheats I've been eating are not the "little bites" -- just regular mini wheats, frosted, maple brown sugar.

My pb crackers are Lance, 190 calories.

[Indiana]

Aha I figured out why the difference in the counts for mini-wheats. They were counting milk.

You mini-wheats are 2 carbs.

[lucylee]

Tuesday
Breakfast 10:00
PB Crackers (1.5)
Banana
Granola bar (1)
For some reason, I just haven't felt very full on the banana/crackers breakfast lately. Maybe b/c I'm sleeping later, maybe b/c I'm eating a little less late night? I don't know.
3:00 p.m.
10 Triscuits (2)
1 slice cheese
6:30 p.m.
pound ? crab legs
1/2 baked potato (no butter/etc) (1)
2 hush puppies (2?)
salad
10 squirts dressing (1 calorie each squirt)
Goo Goo Cluster (2)
9.5 starches? 3 fruit/vegetables

Today/Wednesday
Breakfast
PB Crackers (1.5)
Banana
Granola Bar (1)
Orange
Lunch?
6 Triscuits (1)
1 slice cheese
PB/dark chocolate granola bar -- not the almond crunch variety (2)
Supper
3 catfish, fried (3? 6?)
Baked potato (2)
Hush puppy (1)
2 peppermint patty mints
Later
grapes
11.5? 14.5? starches? 4 fruits/vegetables

[Indiana]

lucylee where are your getting the counts for:

1/2 baked potato
hush puppies
pb dark chocolte granola bar
3 catfish

[lucylee]

just guessing -- I have absolutely no idea what these should be. I didn't check anywhere.
I think in an earlier post you told me 1/2 baked potato was 1 starch, and I was just hoping the fried fish wouldn't be more than 1 per fish.

[OKay]

What I ate Thursday August 12 = 1.6 starches

1.6 Fiber Bar 6am
0.0 Coffee, Black (2 cup) 6am
0.0 Tea, mixture Green/black unsweetened (2 quarts) 7am-5pm
0.0 Apple 9am
0.0 Pecan halves (4) 9am
0.0 Tomato Noon
0.0 Okra (no coating or batter used) 2 cup Noon
0.0 Bacon Grease (1 oz=2T) Noon
0.0 yogurt Light Yoplait fruit 3pm
0.0 Baked Fish w/lemon herb sauce (Golden Corral 3 oz) supper
0.0 Bourbon Streat Chicken (Golden Corral 3 oz) supper
0.0 Collard Greens (Golden corral 1/2 cup) supper
0.0 Brussel Sprouts (approx 4 = 1/2 cup) supper
0.0 Grape Juice (1/2 cup) 9pm

I know the starches are waay low today. I do have a reason. My weekly average is 6.3 starches (daily). I'm trying to bring the average down so I can have some wiggle room for this weekend.

Today Exchanges (goal) actual-
Free Foods (3) 0.0
Meat (6) 5.0
Fat (4) 6.5
Veg (4) 5.7
Milk (3) 1.1
Fruit (3) 3.1
other Carbs (0) 0.0
Starches (6) 1.6

4.2 lbs lost since August 1

[Harriet]

A more normal day. I did calories only for a count.
Tomorrow I should have fish because I've been 2 days without it now.
If I exercise tomorrow, I'll need more calories than this.

The soda was way out of line. I think because I felt pressed into having one yesterday away from home, I thought I "needed" one today. And I was nervous over company, my ddad feeling unwell, etc. Carbs make you crave carbs. Carbonation becomes habit quick.

Breakfast – smoothie of
1.5 peaches – 50 calories
½ cup blueberries - 50
3/4 frozen banana - 50
(with crushed ice)

Brunch – small/med sweet potato, butter - 220
1 cup almond milk - 60 calories -

Lunch – Eggplant Parmesan 320 calories
Soda – 170

Snack – 4 oz Greek yogurt 110 calories
2 licorice – 80 ; 1 Brazil nut - 20

Supper - small portion beef dish - 100
Roll, butter – 120
Small plain salad

1350 calories, so truth is probably 1,400
about 7 veggies/fruits, very little white flour, so, thumbs up