What I Ate

[Nancy]

This is my typical breakfast;
cocoa coffee [sug. free] 5 carbs.
creamer 1 carb.
2 eggs 4 carbs.
cheese {I shop for cheese with 0 carbs for this.}
Schwan's has it and I can pepper jack at the store too.
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10 carbs. total

H. has lost 12 lbs. this past mo.
On the diet for heart patients mostly.
No dairy no eggs lean meat once a day fruits & veg. mostly.
For breakfast he has v-8 {low sodium} and a granola bar 90 cal.

Lunch yesterday we grilled chicken & veggie pouches.
H. can use the almond butter replacement that dgson has here too.

[lucylee]

Well. If Saturday was BAD, Sunday was just HORRIBLE. I just need to have my jaws wired shut. I really don't want to report all this, but believe or not -- I did hold back a couple of times, just b/c I was thinking, "Oh ()*&) -- if I eat that, I'll have to tell Indiana."
Anyway... I have been eating like it was MY birthday, not dh's...
Sunday
Breakfast @ Shoney's:
Bacon -- lots of bacon
Hashbrowns -- just a small serving (1)
Rice -- just a very small serving (1)
Fruit -- about half a bowl
French toast w/syrup -- about 2 slices of bread, total, I guess (3)

Midday
Granola bar (2)
Grapes
PB crackers (1.5)

Supper
2 pieces pizza -- pepperoni/sausage, thin crust (I wish I could put 2, but I bet this counts like 4)
2.5 pieces cinnamon sticks w/icing (4?)
1 slice bday cake (2?)
ice cream -- fairly small serving

At movie
Popcorn -- not an excessive amount (1)

Drinks -- nothing but diet drinks

I will do better today.

[Indiana]

lucylee here are your numbers -

Sunday:

22 fat = 990
30 starch = 2400
2 fruit = 120
2 high fat meats = 220
Total = 3730

Bacon – 6 fat
Hash browns – 2 starch, 2 fat
Rice – 2/3 cup = 2 starch
Fruit = 1
French toast - 2 starch, 3 fat
Granola – 2 starch
Grapes - 1 fruit
Pb crackers – 1 ½ starch
Pizza – 3 starch
Meat – 2 high fat
Cinnamon sticks - 2 starch, 1 fat
Cake – 4 starch, 2 fat
Ice cream – 2 starch, 4 fat
Popcorn – medium - 10 starches, 4 fat

[lucylee]

That is just horrible.
But... I am seeing that all protein is not created equal... good thing I do not eat bacon every day...
and I am surprised the french toast and cinnamon sticks didn't count even higher.
However, I must say I did not eat 2/3 cup of rice -- more like 1/4 cup, I would say... just a taste... and probably no more than 2/3 cup of hashbrowns -- and they were basically just diced up potatoes & onions -- no cheese, etc.
Not trying to justify any of this, Indiana. If you subtract the hashbrowns and rice totally, it is STILL embarrassing and I look like a total glutton.

[Indiana]

lucylee I used the Shoney nutrition menu for all the breakfast items except the rice.

So decrease the starch by one.

[lucylee]

* sigh * I probably ate MORE bacon than you estimated, too... you'd have thought I was a lumberjack, the way I have put away these breakfasts meats all weekend.

[Indiana]

Nancy I'm glad you have joined to show that there is another way to count food groups with carb choices.

[Indiana]

lucylee I counted it as 6 slices instead of the standard 3 slices.

[lucylee]

Nancy said she tried to keep carbs to 20 a day???
Oh my...
I was wondering if there was a magic # I could aim for... but oh my... I think I hit 20 before I get my feet on the floor good.
I was just thinking carbs are printed plainly on packages, whereas starches are not.
Hmmmmm...

[OKay]

What I ate today = 7.1 starches
1.6 starch - Fiber Bar @ 6am
0.0 starches - PattyPan Squash @noon
1.5 starches - Pinto Beans (3/4 cup)
0.0 starches - sliced tomatoes
2.0 starches - Mexican casserole (starches come from flour tortillas)
2.0 starches - Fritos (1 oz bag - 160 calories/80)
0.0 starches - grape juice (1 cup)


August Daily Starch Tally -
5.6 starches = 1 August
6.1 starches = 2 August
7.1 starches = 3 August (3 lb weight loss)