What I Ate

[Indiana]

lucylee you aren't failing me.

I like your idea about getting more fruits and vegetables in with the emphasis on fruit for right now. While you are getting ready to try again just being aware of what you are consuming during the day will help a lot. If you can't count your starches just by mentally reviewing the number of starch foods you have in a day will help.

If you have 8 starch foods in a day then you know you are done. your pb crackers, granola bar, crackers at lunch are 3 starches. Don't worry about the actual count just that you had 3 starch foods. Then the kashi, hamburger buns (2), fries, cone, and ice cream (2). That would give you 10 starch foods - not starches but starch food for the day.

No I haven't wasted my time. You will reach the point you want to eat healthy.

[OKay]

I'm still capturing everything I eat & counting starches - will catch up on posting asap.

[Indiana]

Thursday

Blueberry milk smoothie 1 dairy, 1.5 fruit

Salad with ham, cheese & apple 2 protein, 1 fat, 2 fruit, 2 veg
Crackers 2 starch

grapes 2 fruit

Broccoli soup 1 starch, .5 dairy, 2 veg
Crackers 2 starch
Ham 1 protein
Cheese 1 protein
Mustard free

English muffin & peanut butter 2 starch, 2 protein (high fat)
Milk 1 dairy

Summary (goal) actual
calories (2000) 1755
starch (8) 7
protein (7) 6
fat (4) 1
dairy (3) 2.5
fruit (5) 5.5
veg (5) 4

I’m happy with Thursday’s eating.

[Nancy]

I have signed up to a web site that is being developed to help with healthy living the same guy that did the 750words site is creating it this is a guinea pig thing. You set your own goals and get reward badges for reaching goal sounds like fun! Found out about it in the news part of that site.


Breakfast; apple, 2 eggs & cheese
I mowed and did yard work for my exercise today.

Feels like fall here today and is quite a bit cooler so for
Lunch; I made chili today in the crock pot & saved a bunch of calories, fat, sodium, etc.
when hubby figured it up less carbs too! Wa-hoo! Next time I'm going to try it with
the turkey burgers we got this week and or bison.

Dinner: just salad maybe w/ shrimp drat forgot the shrimp! LOL!
had some fried zucchini a nice side dish for us.

Sat.
Breakfast; Just Cocoa so far bs was 104.
granola bar & fruit

lunch;
chili fruit & peanuts

dinner will be salad maybe I can remember the shrimp tonight! LOL~
Nope dined out tonight they made my meal with the wrong meat so they made me another took the incorrect one home and we can share it later. Chicken chimi changa & salad.
Saved the rice and got it to go for dgd to have Mon.

[Indiana]

Nancy I keep chili in the freezer because it is a healthy go to food for lunch or dinner.

[Nancy]

Oh I love that idea Indiana thanks for sharing I'll keep it in mind.
Soup season is coming quickly!

[Lynlee]

Saturday
1/4`lemon`juice`-in`water
1/2banana
250g`Soy`yoghurt,cashews,chai`seeds`,sunflower`seeds,1/2`banana
(there`was`just`meant`to`be`a`handfull`of`one`of`the`above)
fresh`grapefruit`juice`,`1tsp`brewers`yeast,Ca&`Mega`B's,also`Zn`tablets.
25g`Orgran`multigrain`O's`with`quinoa;`1`tbsp`sesame`oil,cashews`,sheep`cheese,
glass`goat`milk.
pineapple`
apple
es`splash`of`apple`and`mango
lamb`chump`chop
corn`cob
veges/soup=carrot`,cauliflower,`green`beens,`broccoli,`celery,`parsley,`kale,`large`mushroom

(things`in`green`weren't`in`book`list.
It`will`take`a`heap`of`effort...Diet`seems`vegetarian`+`fish.
There`should`have`been`3-4`snacks`as`well`as`3`main`meals.
and`3`before`meal`"special"`drinks
Does`anyone`know`of`a`substitute`for`artichokes`in`with`
(juiced)`garden`greens(theres`a`big`choice),celery`and`avocado?

[OKay]

Stopping by to show I haven't stopped using the knowledge I have learned this month. This is DGS15 Special Time weekend and he has a friend staying here also. So I am triple timing it to stay up with (and a bit ahead) of 3 boys which is cutting into the time I was spending tracking every bite. I've been keeping DGS's busy which is keeping ME busy. The great thing is.......I am aware and KNOW how many starches I am eating (3.2 starches so far today with a baked potatoe planned for supper so will be around 6 starches for the day).

Ever spare moment I have is being spent on preparing for September goal. MENU PLANNING!!! I am going to plan the entire month of September meals including tracking nutrition for the meals and grocery list! (I'm creating an excel spreadsheet with formulas doing all the calculations). Building on the lessons I've learned in August (starches) I am going to see if I can P-LA-N and have a clue what we are going to eat more than 30 minutes before we eat it. This will be a HUGE accomplishment if I can pull it off. I am so excited about doing it!

got to quit jabbering and get back to supervising. The 2 teenage boys wanted to earn so money so I have them painting one of our out buildings.

8.4 lbs lost in August.

[Lynlee]

Sunday
es`in`warm`water.1/8glass`apple`and`mango
cereal:-buckwheat,millet`flakes,quinoa,chai`and`pumpkin`seeds,cashews,sesame`oil,
brewers`yeast,`Goat`milk.
manderin
pear
flat`cakes`and`salad
(leftover`soup`fluid/broccoli;flours=buckwheat,aramath,besan(chickpea),goat`milk)
(lettuce,leb'cucumber,2`grape`tomatoes,large`mushroom;dressing=sesame`oil&`white`vinegar)
{feeling`more`satisfied`than`yesterday}
pineapple
chicken;green`beans,(small`portions)>beetroot,carrot,broccoli,cauliflower,sweet`potato.
cocoa`goatmilk.
today...took`antihistemine`for`headache/continuing`reactions
Zn,CaCO3,mega`Bs`@`evening`meal
pancake`from`lunch` with`100%blueberry`jam`for`supper
tmeds`held`over`til`morning.

[Nancy]

Dd called and said they are taking dgson off the gluten free diet as it was not helping
and they are not seeing results and going to try some thing different with him.

I've had fruit a cookie 2eggs & cheese so far.
BS was good this am #94

Lunch in a bit.