What I ate today:

If you want to you can post what you ate here today.  Somehow that helps me.  I have been posting to a friend in another forum, but she has limited access for a while, so I'm going to post it here.

Breakfast: skipped

Lunch: Wendy's chicken mandarin salad with chinese noodles, almonds and zero calorie honey mustard dressing

Snack: Blue Bunny low cal ice cream bar

Supper: 3 ounces brisket, 1/2 cup mashed potatoes, 1/2 cup english peas (seasoned with ICBINB spray)

Snack: apple and 8 almonds.

Total calories for the day (according to CC as far as I can figure them) 976.

Weight today 234.0.

Of all days to start this!

I'll reply tomorrow :D

I will reply tonight after my eating for the day is complete.

Kdh - LOL

Sammarieob,

Me, too. 

This would be what I ate yesterday.

Lunch:

The rest of my Turkey sandwich (the one I brought home from lunch with pastor yesterday)

1 Cup asperagus

Dinner:

4 oz country style pork ribs (baked on broiler pan with coating of bbq sauce and lots of spices)

10 cucumber slices

1/8 large cantaloupe

1/2 cup egg noodles w/ .5 oz chicken (cooked in broth from original roasted chicken)

Total calories: Just under 1000 as counted by CC

I very rarely eat breakfast - I simply can't face food for at least 2 hours after I get up and I don't want to have to be awake at 4:30am just to accomplish that.

The other thing you will note is that I didn't eat snacks - I still have the calories left for them, but since I wasn't hungry I didn't eat them. Since I read somewhere that our bodies often mistake a thirsty signal for a hungry signal, I have started drinking at least 16oz of fluid when I think I'm hungry 95% of the time this takes care of the hungry feeling for me. If it didn't then I will look at having a snack. (I loaded up on fresh fruits and veggies for just this occasion)

This was a good idea txtmom - I will be back this evening with today's post.

Yesterday I ate:

Breakfast: oatmeal (1/2 c dry old-fashioned oats so a little over a cup once cooked) with dried cranberries, brown sugar and a little nonfat milk, and one big cup of coffee with nonfat milk

Snack: more coffee, this time with half-and-half, and a chocolate chip cookie

Lunch: two vegetable maki rolls (sushi with avocado, cucumber and carrot) with a little salad and a Thai iced tea with bubbles (those little tapioca balls, if you know what I mean)

Dinner: minestrone soup with a piece of rosemary sourdough bread

Calorie total was 1850 which is on the upper end of my limit; I shouldn't have gotten the bubble tea at sushi but I love bubble tea and haven't had one in a few months so it was hard to resist! Yesterday was a middling day on the health front; not enough fruit because I had so much sugar. I still got a CC A though! Lots of veg I guess.

Okay so I wasn't organized today and I have just been grabbing what I can...here is what I ate thus far:

Breakfast:

Cinnamon Life Cereal w/ 2% milk and a peach flavored Activia Yogurt

Snack:

100 Calorie pack - doritos

Lunch:

Pizza Lunchable - comes with fruit juice and a snack (470 calories total)

Snack:

Stuck in meetings at work for the rest of the day, so I assume there won't be one.

Dinner: ???? I have class tonight, right after work. I probably only have about 400 cals left for the day so I am thinking a Veggie Delight from Subway and a bottled water.

BK- turkey breast-100 cal

       string cheese-80 cal

        celery sticks- 5 cal

        yogurt-50 cal

        1/4 small apple-25 cal               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;              260

        hot tea

Lch-  3 turkey sausages- 100 cal

       &nb sp; homemade broccoli soup- 150 cal

       &nb sp; yogurt with 4 walnut halves-90 cal               &nb sp;               &nb sp;          340

       &nb sp; iced tea

       &nb sp; later diet coke

Dinner-  salmon kabobs with onion and red pepper, teryaki marinade 200 cal

       &nb sp;      green beans- 30 cal

       &nb sp;       1 pat butter-35 cal

       &nb sp;       mixed greens/ cherry tomatos 50 cal

       &nb sp;      fat free vinegarette-35 cal

       &nb sp;       iced tea               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;       345

snack- peanuts- 125 cal

       &nb sp;    iced tea               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;              260

       &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp; 340

       &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp;               &nb sp; 345

    total  &nbs p;       & nbsp;      &nbs p;       & nbsp;      &nbs p;       & nbsp;      &nbs p;       & nbsp;      &nbs p;       & nbsp;      &nbs p;       & nbsp;      &nbs p;       & nbsp;     1065

help, why do i have all that nb sp stuff on my post  ...ugh

Ibeck,

I have no clue but they sometimes show up.  maybe one of our more nerdie friends can tell us.  I am sure they have something to do with html.   I am going to add a tab key after my post and see if I get one.

Good work everyone on your meals for the day.  I am not done with my day, so I'll post later.

You know what.  I don't think I'll comment on how people ate.  We ate as we ate and can make our own conclusions about our day...or not.   If you DO want the group's opinion on how you might could have improved your day ask for it.

Did you paste your food out of a spreadsheet?

Breakfast 201

• 1 banana 121
• 1 yogurt    80

Lunch 430

• chicken pad thai 430

Snack 80

• cottage cheese 80

Dinner 593

• 8oz lean sirloin 427
• 1c steamed broccoli 55
• 1 ear of corn 83
• 6 shrimp 28

Total: 1303

Dinner was at Chilli's. This put me about 1000 calories under what CC suggests for a day for me. I lost 5lbs last week, and I'm hoping to keep that kind of progress going for a little while. At least until I get under 300. I think I'm managing my hunger fine, because I'm not really eating anything at one big sitting, other than dinner.

Breakfast

Peaches and Creme Oatmeal made with water

Decaf Coffee with Half and Half w/Sweet N Low

Snack-Banana

Lunch

Healthy Choice Dinner

Snack-Cottage Cheese Doubles

Dinner

Baked Ziti

Texas Toast Garlic Bread

Total Calories is 1500.  I might have a 100 cal fudge bar later but it will depend on how I feel.

I do drink almost 60 oz of water/decaf iced tea (nothing in it)

That about covers it.  I get 2200 calories a week but I am cutting back this week because I can't get to the gym till next week after injuring my ankle.

Breakfast - nothing

"snack" k2o after gym

lunch - 1 c fiber one caramel delight cereal with 1/2 ff milk (best cereal ever!)

dinner - whole pita with slow cooked london broil with onions, green pepper, provolone cheese and a tiny bit of light mayo

snack will be 2 (count them 2) slices of chocolate pudding pie i made :D

total calories: 1159

I didnt eat much most of the day cause I was eagerly awaiting tonight for that makeshift cheesesteak. So good I ate 2 half pitas of it :) Everyone else got a nice hoagie roll : /

Breakfast - 16oz of grits, salt and pepper to taste (286 calories)

Lunch - 7oz of Lloyds Honey BBQ pork, wrapped in a slice of Joseph's Lavash bread and a medium banana (495 calories)

Dinner - 3oz of ground turkey taco meat, slice of lavash bread, 1/2 cup black beans, 28g FF cheddar, med banana (480 calories)

Snacks - snack size 94% fat free pop secret popcorn (130 calories), Fiber One Oats and Chocolate Bar (140 calories), Joseph Oat Bran pita w/ 1 Tbs Chipotle Hummus (90 calories)

Total for the day is a little over 1600 calories.

The lavash bread is basically a wrap and is 100 calories a slice (10g of protein and 6g of fiber, too).  For both dinner and lunch, I used it like a burrito wrapper.

I had the popcorn at the halfway point between lunch and dinner.  The pita and the oat bar will be about 3 hours after dinner.

Sammarieob,

What are cottage cheese doubles?

One reason for starting this was to get some ideas for variety in my own diet as well as having a place to write out what I eat.

Breakfast: skipped

Lunch: skinny beef fried rice

Snack: sugar free jello

Supper: flour tortilla smeared with 2 tbsp leftover chili, sprinkled with a little bit of left over ground beef and topped with low cal cheese.  Mmmm

Dessert: Skinny Cow low cal ice cream bar

Late night snack coming up: low cal fruit cocktail mixed with low cal vanilla pudding.

Total calories: 877  I could still sprinkle some pretzels on that for saltyness. Mmmm

Food for the day -

Morning - Coffee w/ 1T Fat Free Vanilla Creamer & 1 packet diet sweetner

Lunch - 1 whole wheat bagel - 2 fried eggs (using Pam cooking spray not oil) & a small navel orange

Dinner - 1 cup spaghetti sauce (posted in recipies as almost homemade) 2 cups pasta, 1 cup green beans, & 2 cups tossed salad w/ 4T Newman's Own Low Cal Sesame Ginger dressing

I've also drank a total of 32oz of plain water today (Still working on getting the whole 64 - just not that much into water)

Calorie total for the day 1262

TexMom-Cottage cheese doubles are made by Breakstone's and they are cottage cheese and fruit that you can mix together.  Prepackaged and simple, just the way I like it and they have 130 calories per container (fruit and cottage cheese).  They come with pineapple, strawberry, peach, blueberry or apples and cinnimon. 

Yummmy and simple and usually my mid day snack....especially if I am headed to the gym

Thanks Sammarieob,

Breakstone is sold around here, I'll have to keep my eyes open for that product for a quick yummy high protein snack.

Break   1/4 cup Egg beaters+ 1 egg white,1 low cal low fat english muffin

Lunch     2 slices 35 cal bread, 6 slices shaved hamwith spicy mustard, 1 oz low fat pot chips

Dinner   a Lean Cuisine, 1 cup green beans, 1/2 cup mushrooms steamed in ICBIB

Snack  1 oz Lays light chips, 1 Healthy Choice Fudge bar

Total Cals. 847

Thats on a non work out day