4/10 Monitor Monday

[Billie]

A chance to look closely at what you eat and get meal ideas on what others eat as well. Just write down your menu--all of it:o --for today and tomorrow we will give you feedback on it.

I definitely will have to edit mine tonight--lots of blanks:

Breakfast: LC cereal with raspberries, iced latte,

Lunch: grapes, cheese, turkey, not sure what else I can scrounge around for!

Dinner:

Will work on the water today and get to the gym.

How about everyone else?

[Ottawa]

Good morning. I have the day off and taking it easy but will fill in as the day goes by.

Breakfast: Dark Chocolate Whey Protein Shake with Strawberries/Yogurt/Davinci & Xanthum Gum. I comes out thick like a Harvey's Shake

Snack: 2 pieces homemade flax protein bread with PB.

Lunch: A bowl of beef chilli with Black Soy beans, onions, garlic, etc. 1 chicken breast

Snack: -

Dinner: Can of sardines, 1 slice protein bread, 4 squares LC chocolate with butter/Xylitol/Malitol syrup over crushed peanuts and coconut. It did not set but was like a soft sweet toffee.

Total: 2174
Fat: 129
Carbs: 79 - 47 =32
Fiber: 47
Protein: 220

[Belfrybat]

My plan for today looks like this. I'll edit later.

Br: Protein shake 24 Pr, 4 ECC

Din: Pork chop, large salad w/ ranch dressing, strawberries & cream 26 Pr, 11 ECC

Sn: Beef jerky, HB egg 19 Pr, 4 ECC

Sup: Baked chicken breast, zucchini 30 Pr, 5 ECC

Sn: LC chocolate (no SAs) 1 Pr, 3 ECC

[Bellgirl]

Here's the plan:

B: Cauliflower/Bacon Quiche
L: Salmon Filet with a Green Salad, Grape Toms, Blue Cheese Dressing
D: Chicken Breast and Asparagus
S: Broccoli Cheese Salad, Yogurt with Berries

[ShayKNJ]

B-smoothie w/Carb countdown 2% milk, ricotta cheese, whey protein, ground flaxseed, frozen strawberries
S-2 PB balls
L-2 salmon cakes & broccoli
D-garlic chicken sausages w/zucchini in tomato sauce

Need to work on my water intake today.

[lizi145]

Good morning, everyone!

B-LC bagel
S-LC protein bar, blackberries
L-chicken & asparagus
S-LC tortilla & cheese
D-salmon & broccoli

[gitfiddle]

Here's the plan for today:

B: 1 oz almonds, 3 oz swiss cheese

L: Chicken/bacon salad w/sun seeds & 0-carb dressing

S: Nuts, probably

D: Ham & broccoli & cauliflower

S: Yogurt & berries

[avnndd]

Plan? What's a plan???

B: 1/2 hamburger w/cheese on Sara Lee whole wheat bread (about 12 ECC total in the bread)

S: about 3 oz. good aged cheddar

L: 2 hot dogs (>1 ECC each)...I know this is a pitiful lunch...I may add a salad from the school cafeteria

D: ??

S: almonds on the way home

[hawk]

B .coffee
L. 1 scambled egg ,herb tea
D. small thin piece of ham and melted monterey jack very small
2x2 inch piece of chicken. very painful and stuck in my throat even though I chewed it forever
1/4 cup coleslaw, raspberry tea ,2 grapes. This made my throat feel raw.
snacks... any water that will go down
Yogurt later after the ibuprofen maybe takes some of the pain away form trying to eat dinner.

I finially got an appointment. I got over the strep my first time by myself in about a week and a half.. I did not know I would still be contageous for a month and could give it back to myself and to other people.. Weird. The doc told me I had to take antibiotics. I also have to eat organic unsweetened whole milk yogurt three times a day. So far I got one pill to go down. My throat does not want things in there.

[Taterhead]

B. Ham/cheese omelet w/bac
S. 1/2 apple w/pb
L. 2 chic legs w/ .5 cup cottage
S. 1 oz. alounds
D. Fish w/12 asparagus spears

[Bonnie]

pre-workout: protein bar
breakfast: 2 eggs and bacon
snack: protein bar
lunch: spinach salad with chicken, ham, hard boiled egg, black olives, tomato, brocolli
snack: pecans
dinner: cup of Texas chili, small steak, tossed salad, glass of red wine

Bonnie

[ladydoc442]

Hello all! I'm new to this forum, and am finding it very helpful. Nice to know there are folks out there with the same problem. Here's my eating plan for today:

Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg, 1 sausage patty
Lunch: 1/2 c. homemade chicken salad w/mayo & celery, caprese salad w/olive oil (tomatoes, mozzarella & basil)
Snack: 4 squares Lindt 70% cocoa extra-fine dark chocolate (11 ECC)
Dinner: Grilled chicken breast, salad w/lettuce, tomato & avocado, and steamed broccoli
Late Snack: String cheese, 1/2 apple

I've been OK with getting my water intake since I drink so much of it normally.

[avnndd]

ladydoc, I LOVE that chocolate...I have to really watch myself, though. You wouldn't think a person would be able to overdue it with something that rich, but I HAVE done it!

[Relief]

B: LC banana nut muffin, hot tea
chocolate protein shake.

L fast food at Wendy's today but I did okay--bunless cheesburger with tomato, pickles and mayo, small salad I got the chili and put some of the juice and meat from that plus the chipotle ranch dressing and a little sour cream--pretty tasty! club soda with splenda.
1 ounce SF dark chocolate

D cold turkey and roast beef and salami various roll ups with pickles and tomatoes, a little mustard, some cream cheese;some cheddar; about 8 "Mary's gone crackers" brand of high fiber no gluten crackers: 1 ECC each
small scoop LC chocolate Ice cream 2 LC "not-sugar" cookies

[Claudette]

Hi, y'all, here's my day.
B: atkins canned shake, strawberries
L: tossed green salad w/ carbwell's dressing, grilled steak, grilled zuccini/winter squash w/ few onions, LC dark chocolate pudding
S: two Dr. Kracker(mini- crackers) w/ slice munster cheese
D: Hebrew National hot dogs w/ mustard, sprinkle of cheese, lettuce/tomato salad, Italian dressing, LC tapicoa pudding

[hawk]

Randy What's a Harveys shake?

[Ottawa]

Randy What's a Harveys shake?

I had thought that Harvey's might have been an international chain but they may be just Canadian. There are a flame broiled hamburger franchise that have a thick chocolate shake that they are well known for.
By adding some Xanthum gum to my shake it is thick like that. I used to add more water as well and end up with a 12-14 oz. shake in the morning, but prefer a thicker texture so add only 4 oz. of water and a few ice cubes to whatever goes into it.

[gitfiddle]

Randy, how much do you add for one shake? I've got xanthan gum, but I've never actually used it. Does it add any funky flavor?

[Ottawa]

I keep the Xanthum gum in a small flour shaker and I do two "sprinkles". It definitely adds body to teh shake but if you leave it for an hour it gets even thicker so I usually have it within 10 minutes of making it.
I use the Xanthum gum for making puddings as well although it does not deliver the starchy pudding texture which I miss.

[gitfiddle]

Thanks. I'm going to start experimenting with it.

[gator8me]

Ok posting a day late grrrrr...
coffee ~ 1 mug
bfast ~ protein bar
snk ~ 1/2c yogurt w/1/2c strawberries
lnch ~ 1can tuna, 1T cheesy dressing
sup ~ 6oz prime rib grilled, 3c broccoli stir fry veggies, 1T butter
water ~ 9cups
supplements ~ yes


edit to include breakdown...

FAT ~ 47g/43%
CARBS ~ 25g/10%
PROTEIN ~ 115/47%