Okay, I'm back to posting my food. I've been off track but now I'm getting back to it!

B: whole grain Hot Pocket, 2 turkey sausages, 1 apple (400)
(planned: )
S: almonds (100)
L: Sandwich on whole grain with ham and cheese (400)
S: cheese cubes (100)
S: banana with PB (200)
D: Mexican dish (500)

I'm not 100% sure what you are asking, but it is good to count calories if you struggle with portion sizes or are new to healthy eating and don't really know how many calories stuff has in it. I usually round my calories to the closest 50 just for ease of keeping up with it. I think Glovia just estimates the whole day. If you need helping getting started tracking calories check out caloriesperhour.com. This web site is very complete and accurate.

The purpose for me to post here is to review my food for the day and see if I am on track to my goal. I find it helpful to myself.

PreWO: oatmeal+applesauce 1/2cp
PostWO+B:cottage cheese 1/2cp, pineapple 100g, hot cocoa 1/2cp, apple 1
S1: deli ham 1 slice, peach 1
L: multigrain rice 1/2cp, tofu 5oz, enoki mushroom 100g
S2:dannon yogart 1, baby carrot 100g
D: HealthyChoice Grilled Chicken Marinara 1
~1300cal

Grade B+ today. I started hook to the hot cocoa. Not good!

I actually had 600 Cal of the Mexican dish and then a jolly rancher, but that only has like 12 Cal or something.
Yesterday's total: 1800 Cal

Today:
B: Kashi cereal and milk (400)
(planned)
S: Soy Joy bar (150)
L: sandwich - multigrain bread, ham/turkey, cheese, lite mayo, and mustard (400)
S: apple
S: banana and PB (200)
D: ?? Maybe meatloaf ??

Glovia,
How do you make the oatmeal and applesauce? What kind of oatmeal is it?

Cardio, I used to mix raw oatmeal (uncooked) with applesauce. This is the trick from my nutritionist. She said it is lower index and can keep me from hunger longer. It tastes like non-sweeten garnola. I kind of getting used to it. But, I still like cooked oatmeal more. Therefore, I simply micorwave the oatmeal with small amount of water (makes it like paste), then mix it with about 2 tbsp of applesauce. It tastes good to me.

I use the Costco Coach's Oats (steel cut) or WholeFood's Gluten Free Rolled Oats. The same 1/2cp of both are a little bit different. The WholeFood one has less cal and "more" in volumn after cooked. But, I think the Coach's one tastes better to me.

i eat too much peanutbutter and junk at night. and then i feel guilty so i don't eat until like 4pm the next day.

gaH! never ending cycle.

Jocelyn, if you screw up, then just start over the next day. Life is too short for regrets about food. Just get up the next morning and eat a healthy sized breakfast.



So dinner was meatloaf. I had a 100 Cal salad (romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, fat free cheddar cheese, and lite balsamic vinaigrette dressing), 100 Cal of roasted potatoes, and 300 Cal of meatloaf/ketchup.
Total for yesterday: 1700 Cal

Today:
B: egg whites + 1 whole egg and cheese, 1 piece of multigrain toast, and a small amount of almonds (400)
S: 1/2 container of yogurt (100)
L: Mexican dish leftovers and salsa (400)
S: deli meat and 3 cheese cubes (100)
S: banana and PB (200)
D: oh dear, we're having a Sun school get together tonight and we're having pizza, chips, and dip. I think I may try to eat a little something before hand and then just eat 1 piece of pizza. Do I have enough self control to just eat 1 piece of pizza? I guess I'll find out tonight.

LOL good luck Rachael

Exactly, we should enjoy foods, not to hate them. Take it easy, Jocelyn!

So, Rachael, did you get win the Sun school dinner?

PreWO: oatmeal+applesauce 1/2cp
PostWO+B: pineapple 120g, cottage cheese 1/2cp, hot cocoa 1
S1: deli ham 1slice
L: cabbage 200g, multigrain rice 1/2cp, Lentils 5oz
S2: dannon yogart 1
D: Healthy Choice Beef Melot 1
S3: baby carrot 200g, almonds 0.5oz
~1200 cals

Grade B today. Should have some carbs in S1.

My plan for last night was to eat a 250 Cal meal/snack before people got there, but I wound up waiting too late, and then 1 couple showed up a bit early, so I was left with pizza, chips and salsa, and ooey gooey bars. Haha! Fortunately, while I was at work, I did my research to see how many Cal were in the pizza so I went with 1 piece pepperoni (250), 1 piece of mushroom (200), and about 6 chips with some salsa (~50). These were medium pizzas btw. Then I decided to have a small piece of ooey gooey bar because it is so amazing (some of you may know this as chess cake). So I'm guessing about 200 Cal for that. That makes yesterdays total 1900 Cal, and I'm pretty happy with that. I didn't dramatically overdo dinner at a social activity. Yea for me!!

Today:
B: whole wheat bagel with crunchy honey PB (400)
S: other 1/2 container of yogurt (100)
L: small meatloaf sandwich with mayo, ketchup, and mustard and some cantelope (400)
S: 2 slices deli meat and 3 cubes cheese (100)
S: banana with PB (200)
D: ?? options are chicken puffs, almond rice chicken, and turkey burgers - so we'll see!

Bfast- Oatmeal with strawberries and milk
Lunch - Chickpeas with indian bread with tea

PreWO: oatmeal 1/2cp, peanut butter 1tsp
PostWO+B: pineapple 100g, cottage cheese 1/2cp, some almond
S1: 2% milk 1cp, Quaker rice snacks 1bg
L: Butternut squash soup 1cp, scallop 5oz, hot cocoa 1/2cp
S2: none
D: SmarkOnes- Swedish Meatballs 1 meai
~1200cals

Grade B today. Should have S2! Too busy at work and have to skip snack.

Work got so busy yesterday that I completely skipped my banana and PB. I was pretty disappointed because I love my banana and PB, but I made up for it later, kinda.

Dinner was the almond rice chicken. It was very good. It was brown rice cooked in broth with some sauted onions and some oregano. Then we sauted the chicken in a pan with olive oil spray. Then sprinkle almond slices on top of the rice. It was really good! And we had asparagus with it. So that was about 600 Cal. Then we went on a long walk (about 45 min). Then we had some sliced kiwi and cantelope for dessert, which was about 100 Cal.
Total for yesterday: 1700

Today:
B: whole grain supreme pizza hot pocket (haha!) and 2 turkey sausage patties (350)
S: banana and PB (200)
L: We're eating at Newk's. I'm am planning on getting the 1/2 and 1/2 deal with the favorite salad (with half dressing) and the tomato soup (but I don't know if this soup is available today). (450 - Newk's actually has some nutritional info now!!!)
S: Some kind of snack this afternoon ranging from 100 to 200 Cal.
D: Planning on eating at Taziki's with some friends. If we go there, I will get the small Fri special which has pasta, chicken, lettuce, Greek dressing, feta cheese, tomatoes, maybe some other stuff that I can't think of right now. (Guessing 600 Cal, but no nutritional info available.)

B: oatmeal in hot cocoa 1/4cp, some hazenuts, amazing egg 4oz
S1: multigrain cracker 1pk, some hazenuts
L: Salmon goat cheese salad 1, french gaguette 2"
S2: hot cocoa 1/2cp
D: Cabbage in Indian Lentils sauce 200g
S3: cottage cheese 1/4cp, apple 1
~1400 cals

Grade C today. Too much cocoa, nuts and simple carbs today.

I find a great product named Amazing Egg in Albertson. It is boxed in a yogart size container. Each serving is 60 cals (2g carb, 0 fat, 12g protein). It tastes just like egg.

Lunch yesterday, the Favorite salad turned out not to be that great so I wound up with only 400 Cal - maybe less.
Snack was some nuts and dried fruit (150)
And dinner was as planned, except the friends we invited were busy. Oh well.
Total: 1700 Cal

Today:
Didn't wake up until lunch time. It felt great to sleep in.
L: humongous turkey burger with cheese, mayo, mustard, ketchup, tomato, salt, and pepper - delicious!! (750 Cal)
S: banana + PB (200)
I have no idea what we'll be doing for dinner.

Glovia, I'll have to look for the Amazing Egg. Do you still have to cook it or is ready to go straight out of the container?

Rachael, you still have to cook the Amazing Egg. You just pour it over a pan to fry it or poach it. (Now, I got an idea. It probably good to make lowfat french toast. )


Today
PreWO: oatmeal+peanut butter 1/2cp
PostWO+B: PowerBar 1, wholegrain bread 1
S1: some almonds
L: Bronco Beans w/smoke beef 1cp, multigrain rice 1/2cp
S2: Hazenuts some, garnola bar 1
D: Panera Strawberry poppy seed salad with chicken, french onion soup, chips 1, wholegrain baguette
S3: Instant noodle 1
~2300cals

Grade D today. Totally overboard on simple carbs. Don't know why, I was so hungry for carbs today. I think it must be the 12miles run making me hungry.

B- Oatmeal with sliced banana and coffeeS
Snack 1- Few saltine crackers with laughing cow cheese triangle
Lunch - Tea and 2 slices whole wheat bread with cooked veggies
Snack 2 - Fresh watermelon nd Blueberry juice
Dinner - Brown rice with veggies
Dessert - 1 piece dark chocolate with 6 almonds

Today:
B: oatmeal+sesame sauce 1/2cp, Indian tea w/ ff half&half 1cp
S1: a lot of samples in Costco
L: Wholefood buffet (mixed salad, beans, chickn masala, beef stews, potato) 1 full plate
S2: hazelnuts 1/2cp
D: Baked Tofu 200g, K2O protein drink 1 pk
Uncountable cals.

Grade C today. I think I have too much fat added by the lunch and S2. I heard hazelnuts are not as good as almonds. I should control eating it.

Actually (brain fart), I wound up getting a Hero, chips, and pasta salad. I have to take back the thumbs up. Oh, well. After the bad salad experience at lunch, I did not feel like eating a salad for dinner. I should have avoided the chips though. So I'm going to say 800 Cal for that dinner, but again no nutritional info so idk. New total for Fri: 1900 Cal.

Sat dinner was at Cracker Barrel. I got the chicken BLT, vegetable soup, and cole slaw. The vegie soup was really good, but the chicken BLT came with no tomato because of the whole E. Coli thing! I was pretty mad that the waitress didn't tell me when I ordered that one of the main ingredients would be missing. Then the sandwich was pretty nasty anyways so I only ate about half, and then a few bites of Kevin's pancakes to get the nastiness out. So dinner was about 500 Cal I'm gonna guess. Then I had 3 sugar free cookies for dessert (150 Cal). Total for Sat: 1600 Cal. No thumbs up though because I only ate 3 times.

Sun:
Breakfast: whole wheat bagel with honey crunch PB (400)
S: none - as we were in transit to the lake with friends
L: (provided by friends) French bread with ham deli meat, cheese, mayo, and mustard, chips, and grapes
S: chips and grapes and a soda
D: We decided to eat at Cracker Barrel on the way home and after a day out on the lake and dinner being so late, I was ravenously hungry. Big hunger always leads to bad eating choices for me. I had 2 biscuits (with butter/apple butter/honey), 1 breast of rotisserie chicken, potato salad, corn bread with pinto beans, and 1 ear of corn on the cob. It was so good and I felt so satisfied.
Total: I estimated 2800 just to have something to enter in my logs.

Today: (back on track)
(slept late due to massive horrible migraine)
B: meatloaf and brown rice with a cup of apple juice (500) - haha I know weird breakfast
S: none because very short time between B and L.
L: frozen meal of beef salisbury steak, potatoes, and asparagus (400)
S: cheese cubes (100)
S: multigrain bread with PB (ran out of bananas) (200)
D: probably the chicken puffs, but we'll see.

Glovia, sometimes when you are really exerting yourself (for example, running 12 miles), your body will crave the simple carbs to help refuel itself more quickly. Simple carbs are not always a bad thing. I usually let myself have simple carbs without guilt for a day after my triathlons.

Racheal, my weakness is simple carbs. You probably don't know that I could knock down 3 large baked potato or eat 4 bagels in 1 shot. With the help of nutrientist, I have trained myself to enjoy simple carbs moderately already. I don't want it control me anymore. Therefore, I must play attention to how I react to it both physically and emotionaly.

Today
PreWO: oatmeal+peanut butter 1/2cp
PostWO+B: pineapple 100g, cottage cheese 1/2, amazing egg 1/2cp
S1: quaker chewy bar 1
L: mushroom and pork 1.5 cp
S2: none
D: Helmet chili meal 1 meal
S3: chocoate 3x1"
~1500 carls

Grade C today because of the S3. Too much fat and sugar! And, not enough fruits today.

I looked for the amazing egg last night and didn't see any. Maybe I just missed it. I'll look for it again next time. I was in a hurry last night.

Dinner was the chicken puffs. They were actually really good. It was canned chicken mixed with low fat cream cheese and some seasonings placed on a square of crescents rolls, then folded up so the stuff is inside. So I had 1 chicken puff and 1/4 cup of baked beans. (500)
Bed time snack: almonds (100)
Total: 1800 Cal (I'm shooting for 1800 to 2000 this week, when I start doing the morning work outs, I'm going to shoot for 2000)

Today:
B: Fiber cereal, kinda like cinnamon toast crunch except with a whole lot of fiber (400)
S: lite yogurt with little cookies and cream stuff that you dump in it. (100)
L: work provided... probably a gross box lunch
S: turkey pepperoni and string cheese (100)
S: banana and PB (200)
D: choices are florentine chicken, turkey pepperoni loaf, roasted chicken fettuccine alfredo, and easy beans and rice. My meal plan makes life a little easier.

Lunch was a small salad with romaine (I think), strawberries, candied pecans, grilled chicken, and feta cheese with balsamic vinaigrette dressing. It was pretty good. Probably about 400 Cal.

Your office lunch is not bad, Rachael! It was not gross at all.

Today, I screwed even more. Pre/Post WO were good as usual. Lunch was a company thing in a buffet. We all pig out.....uncountable calories.

Well, I will eat right tomorrow.

You are right, Glovia, lunch was good. Not the typical gross box lunch. I was glad for that.

Dinner last night was chicken florentine which consisted of a layer of flattened croissant rolls, topped with chicken, spinach, cream cheese, mushrooms, and cheddar cheese, topped with another flattened layer of croissant rolls. Oh, and before that I had a small salad with romaine, tomato, mushrooms, almond accents, and poppyseed dressing. Dinner was probably about 500 Cal and oh so good.
Dessert: 1 piece of dark chocolate (50)
Total: 1750 (a little bit under, but still)

Today:
B: oatmeal crunch with 2 TB PB (400)
S: yogurt with little cookies and cream stuff that you dump in it (200)
S: cottage cheese (100) (reversing the order of lunch and snack #2 because lunch is going to be a little late today)
L: leftover chicken puff and apple (400)
S: banana and PB (200)
D: choices are turkey pepperoni loaf and roasted chicken fettuccine alfredo
bed time snack: almonds (100)

PreWO: oatmeal+sesame paste 1/2cp
PostWO+B: peach, cottage cheese, 1/2 koshi cereal
S1: almond ~15
L: mushroom+pork 1 cup
S2: Dannon yogart 1
D: multigrain rice 1cp, carrot 100g, chickpeas 1/2cp
S3: soy milk 1
~1600 cals

Grade B today. Enough protein, but not enough of fruit/veggie for today.

pre work out snack: almonds (100)
D: turkey pepperoni loaf and salad (500)
S: almonds (100)
Total: 2000 - I really felt like I was eating a LOT of food yesterday, but I'm following the exact plan that my coach laid out for me. So I'm gonna keep it up for a while (2 or 3 weeks) and see where it takes me.

Today:
B: Kashi cereal with 2% milk (400)
S: cottage cheese and apple (150)
L: leftover chicken florentine (450)
S: carrots and celery with no fat cream cheese (100)
S: banana and PB (200)
postWO: almonds (100)
D: options - roasted chicken alfredo and easy beans and rice
bed time S: almonds (100)

Glovia, you measure your food in grams a lot. Do you have a food scale in your kitchen? Also, what is sesame paste?

Racheal, yes, I have a small scale at home to help me. I read an article somewhere. It said getting a food scale is the 1st step for portion control. It does help a lot.

Sesame paste is like peanut butter, but made of black sesame. I got it in an Asian supermarket. According to some nutritent survey, sesame seems better in nutrient values. It has less calories than peanuts because of lower fat content. And, it is one of the few plant that has omega fat. It tastes great also.