Monitor Monday - May 15th

[Ottawa]

Breakfast: 10 Almonds, Orange Whey SHake with half an Orange.

Snack: none

Lunch: Protein Bar, Caff Lib with Davinci, cream and Cinnamon

Snack: 2 ounces of cheese, 2 Squares of Chocolate

Dinner: 10 oz. leftover Salmon and a cup of quick fried shredded cabbage with a bit of Italian seasoning and lemon. 10 Yuba chips (http://www.imgmonkey.com/image/8067-Yuba-Chips1.JPG)with some Walden Farms Jam afterwards.
These very crisp chips are made from the baked skin of soy milk and are extremely low in carbs. A whole folded sheet is $2 in Chinatown and fills 2 large cookie sheets at 13.5 ECC and 18 Protein. It makes almost 60 tortilla chips at .25 ECC/chip. I have baked them with cheese and spices on top but they are still well under 1 ECC/chip.

Supps: Yes
Water: Always a little short

Total: 1428
Fat: 74
Carbs: 40 - 17 = 23 ECC
Fiber: 17
Protein: 164

[gitfiddle]

Breakfast: Chicken and cheese in a lc wrap. Black coffee (I didn't think I could stand it, but it's working)

Lunch: Tuna salad, egg salad, & cottage cheese on a bed of lettuce. No dressing, but I sprinkled some cinnamon on the cottage cheese and called it "dessert"

Snack: Sunflower seeds, if needed

Dinner: Beef tips in (xanthan gum) gravy with peppers and broccoli (sounds yuk!). The rest of the family can have rice or noodles.

Late snack: Yogurt & berries, maybe in a smoothie

[Billie]

Thanks Randy for starting this..all day long I have had this nagging feeling I was supposed to do something! DOH!

[Ottawa]

Thanks Randy for starting this..all day long I have had this nagging feeling I was supposed to do something! DOH!

Billie,
Where is your daily???
Please tell me you had more than a latte for breakfast!!!:D

[Billie]

I did have a latte for breakfast as well as some protein cereal. Lunch was on the fly, some cheese is all! Dinner will be meatloaf, avocados, and not sure what else. Not a banner day at all!

[AliB]

1) Atkins RTD Shake, 1/2oz beef jerky
2) 4oz albacore tuna, 1T Annie's organic buttermilk dressing, 1T dill pickle relish, 3/4oz co-jack cheese, 1/4oz smoked almonds
3) 3-1/2oz turkey breast, 1/2c jicama, 1/2c green beans, 1/3c red bell pepper, 3/4c mushrooms, 1/2c yellow squash, spritz olive oil, 1T Annie's organic buttermilk dressing, 1t stone ground mustard
4) 1/2 LC tortilla, 1/2T whipped butter, 1-1/2oz turkey breast
5) 3/4 LC tortilla, 1T Omega Smart Balance, 1oz Italian cheese blend

4 Hour Nap

6) 1c cottage cheese w/ s.f. lemon jello sprinkled in

Throughout day, 6 tea bags, 2 pkts Splenda

Protein 120
ECC's 41
Fiber 29
Fat 80
Calories a little over 1600

Lunch (#3) was too carb heavy, but sure was good!
Nighttime food was weird choices, but worked at the moment.

In excess of 80oz water, but not sure of total.

All supps, plus CLO are down.

20 minute brisk walk at lunch.
35 minutes at Curves after work.

Prefer the ECC's closer to 30 and calories closer to 1500, but I don't think today was a damaging day.

[Bonnie]

Today's menus

pre-workout protein bar
breakfast - 3 hardboiled eggs and a slice of cheddar cheese
lunch - tuna on a bed of romaine, protein bar
(I need change for the bus so I stopped at the store and was going to buy a ready-made salad and almost choked. a salad of spinach, bacon and hardboiled egg was 20 g!. Needless to say, I didn't get it.)
dinner - crab cake, tossed salad and green beans. Then I have to admit to a glass of Smithwicks.

Also 2 small chocolate peanutbutter Easter eggs that I had in the freezer for emergencies. I just found out that my brother has to undergo surgery for pancreatic cancer. I needed that candy. I figured 2 small pieces of candy were better than the entire dessert tray at the restaurant which was my first choice for dinner after the news.

Bonnie

[Niobe]

Bonnie, I hope your brother's surgery goes well!


I'm inordinately proud of myself for managing to eat properly for one day (lol). Of course, there are still flaws, but not a bad start.


1) 2 eggs, scrambled with dill, cheddar, mozzarella, bacon bits, and a slice of lunchmeat turkey.
2) Fajitas made of 4 oz of grilled chicken, 5 oz of sirloin steak, 2T sour cream, 1/4 shredded cheese, and two small tortillas (lion's share of my carbs for the day there). Plus 1 cup of garlic broccoli. I eat weird combos of food. :) Plus two bites of the brownie my friends kept offering me until I let myself be convinced. Just glad I didn't convince myself a whole one would be okay!
3) 6 oz whole milk for a snack.

Unfortunately, having only two proper meals is sort of a pattern for me, although usually I have more snacks throughout the day.

ECC: 49 (yippee!)
Protein: 128
Calories: 1288 (very low for me, and not intentional)
Supps: Yes.
Exercise: Swam 1200m in 25.5 minutes, plus 4 hours waitressing.
Water: Guessing about 2L.