I just tried out that crazy 'daily plate' site and entered all I've eaten today. That thing's a HOOT! And it show clearly that I can, (SHOULD), EAT MOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!

The rest of Sat:
Dinner: 1 word: buffet *dun dun duuuuuunnnnnnnn* It was not pretty. According to Traineo I did burn over 1500 Cal in my tri practice that morning so my hunger was well deserved

Sun:
Breakfast: whole wheat bagel with crunchy honey peanut butter (400 Cal)
Lunch: mother-in-law's b-day lunch at Cheesecake Factory. Again *dun dun duuuuuuunnnnnn* I had an egg roll from the appetizer, probably 20 french fries from my husband's plate as I waited for them to bring my food (they screwed up my order and it took an extra 20 minutes to get my food), so by that time I was starving and inhaled my plate of pasta (at least it was lunch sized portion...). Then *sigh* I split a piece of oreo cheese cake with hubby. It was so good. Oh, and they still got my order wrong even after the 20 minute delay. It was a delicious meal and wonderful, but waaaay too many calories. I've decided not to beat myself up over. Even though I still overeat on weekends, I am doing better than before I started trying to be healthy so I'm trying to focus on the positives.
Dinner: handful of peanuts and whole wheat supreme pizza hot pocket (300 Cal)

Today:
Breakfast: Kashi blueberry waffles with lite cool whip and apple juice (400 Cal)
Snack: 7 cheese cubes (100)
Lunch: Zalad from Zaxby's!! It was the blue zalad. Lettuce, carrots, tomato, grilled chicken rolled in spicy wing sauce, blue cheese crumbles, (no fried onions or Texas toast for me!) with lite vinaigrette dressing. Delicious!!! (400 Cal - it's amazing what you can do if you get a little creative at these places)

TOO much mexican food...

Now I'm bloated and going to die soon.

I was a PMSSY EATING MACHINE today and I love it, not the PMSSY-ness, but the chowin' DOWN. A total of 2500 healthy cals., minus the insane amount of fiber and my workout. All good, and I am so satiated.

Go for a lil walky Senior King... I'm thinking about going for one myself.

mmmm.... haven't had mexican in a while! had a packet of tuna about an hour ago and am seriously considering an orange... i'm not hungry, just bored?

dinner-organic chicken parmesan-1 piece from whole foods-delicious, with steamed broccoli
-dessert-pineapple

B - Egg Whites
S - Jalepeno Beef Jerky, Fiber Bar
L - Tuna, Healthy Choice Beef Barly Soup, EAS Myoplex Lite Chocolate Fudge
S - Pretzels
D - Rooster Burgers w/ wheat buns (Ground Beef marinated with Sriracha Hot Sauce, then grilled).

WO - Elliptical (35 Minuted High Intensity)
WO 2 - Stationary Bike (20 Min Low Intensity)

Net Calories: 1323

Pre-WO: Banana 1, peanut butter 2 tsp
Post-WO+B: Pineapple 100g, cottage cheese 1/2, almond 1oz
S:deli ham 1 slice, baby carrot 100g
L: Panera Bread pick 2 combo (1/2 asian sesame chicken salad, veggie soup, apple 1), decaf coffee in skim milk, 1 bite of chocolate chip bagel sample
S:hard boilded egg 1, apple 1
Pre-WO+D: tuna 2 oz, french bean 1 cup, multigrain rice 1/4 cup
Post WO: beef 1oz, soy milk 1 cup
~1700 cal

I gave myself B. I have increased quite a lot in protein already. But, I think the veggie has not distributed evenly. Ran out of pineapple and could not have it in the 2nd post wo meal.

Lunch was a slice of wholewheat mountain bread...((you know the stuff.....paperthin yeast free bread...) with 2 thin slices of ham, packed tight with afalfa, lettuce, raw baby spinach leaves and grated carrot...oh it was heavenly...followed by a banana and 1L of water.....talk about stuffed!!!!!!!!!

samantha-wow-1 liter of water in one sitting-holy moly!! talk about going to the bathroom!!

b-warm oatmeal with cottage cheese, banana, almonds
snack-banana
lunch-turkey meatloaf, potatoes with organic butter, broccoli steamed
applesauce
dinner?

Yesterday:
Snack: protein bar (200)
Snack: handful peanuts (100)
Dinner: 2 turkey burgers grilled up on the George Foreman with provolone cheese, ketchup, and tomato and some peas. Very good dinner and no bad carbs!! (500)
Dessert: 1 piece dark chocolate with peanuts (50). As you can see I have a real sweet tooth. I find it hard to ignore.
Total: 1750

Today:
Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi cereal and skim milk (400)
Snack: cheese cubes (100)
Lunch: I will be getting the Zaxby's Zalad (400) again. I was thinking about packing my lunch this morning and the zalad was just calling out to me. I can't wait to go get it!

dinner-organic vegetable lasagna, cauliflower and onions
snack-cantaloupe

Samantha, can you really drink 1 lt of water in 1 time?

Racheal, 2 turkey burger = only 500 cal? That's great. What is Zaxby's Zalad?

Pre-WO (light WO): peanut butter 2tsp, banana 1/2
Post-WO+B: deli ham 1, banana 1/2
S:Kashi granola bar 1, deli ham 1
L: Panera Bread pick2 combo(Asian sesame chicken salad, black bean soup), decaf coffee w/skim milk&splender 1, tomato basil bread sample bite
S: deli ham 1, decaf coffee w/skim milk&splender 1 , apple 1
Pre-WO(heavy WO)+half D: hard boiled egg 1, large bellpepper 1, raw oatmeal+applesauce 1/2 cup
Post-WO+half D: demi ham 2, almond 1 oz, pineapple 120g
~1500 calories

I gave myself grade B+ today. I have high quality protein in each meal. Dinner has been divided into 2 so that I could have smaller portion in each meal. But, I still could not ignore the sample bread in Panera Bread yet. It was free and yummy stuffs. Hard to resist.

And, I have just found out that splender is a bad thing. My bc instructor said you rather have sugar instead. I will not have it anymore from now on.

Glovia, do yourself a favor and skip the sugar and go for beautiful honey instead, (especially when sweetening drinks that are consumed solo), as it's a much slower releasing sugar than table sugar.

Check out "Steviva" and "Xylitol" too, both more natural alternatives that have been used for ages in different parts of the world, unlike Splenda and Aspartame, etc...

They were just turkey burgers - no buns or mayo. The package says 160 Cal per burger and we cooked them on the George Foreman which takes out a LOT of fat so I estimated 250 Cal for both of them. Have you ever used a GF? The fat in the little collector thing is so gross after you finish cooking just a couple of burgers.



It's the salad from Zaxby's. Do you guys have that over there? It's a somewhat healthy fast food type restaurant here. They serve fried chicken fingers and french fries and lot of bad stuff, but if you get tricky on them, you can make some of their zalads very low cal. I'm a huge fan of the blue zalad. It has blue cheese crumbles and wing sauce on it. Yum!! Plus they have all their nutritional info online so you can plan ahead and special order to perfection!

Yesterday:
Snack: spoon PB (100)
Pre work out snack: protein bar (200)
Dinner: too much crock pot meal. It was chicken stew or something like that and somehow the water mostly evaporated out of it so I wound up eating way more than I meant too plus I was hungry last night. Dang. I'm kinda pissed at myself. Oh, and 2 biscuits. (850 )
Total: 2050. On a more positive note for yesterday. I really wanted some sweets yesterday and I didn't eat any.

Today:
Breakfast: whole wheat bagel with crunchy honey PB (400)

B: Kashi
S: pb sandwich, might need to go downstairs and get eggs though, i'm hungry and craving eggs....
L: brought chicken breast, roasted veggies and asparagus
S: pear, orange
might have packet of tuna too if I'm hungry this afternoon...
protein shake is packed for the gym...
dinner - more chicken, maybe in an omelet.

I think i need to start hard boiling eggs again to add to the lean protein i get during the day... the tuna isn't cheap, and the pb has a lot of fat so that's a once/day type thing... and maybe bring hot sauce into work, that's nice on HB egg whites

I'm enjoying a bowl of navy beans, a lil red pasta sauce and some grated parmesan cheese, accented with arugula leaves. I'll likely tag it with a little Braeburn apple.

Yesterday :

B - Leftover 8oz Top Sirlon (Timberlodge Steakhouse)
S - Yogurt, Pretzels
L - Ruby Tuesdays Salad Bar and White Chicken Chili
S - Pretzels, Air popped Popcorn
D - Rotini Pasta with 3 cheese sauce

1,907 Net calories.

ooh, tell me more about this!

I guess I mislabeled it a bit. It is White Bean Chicken Chili. Here is the website:

http://www.rubytuesdays.com/menu/soupsSalads.asp

Chicken chili - Yum!!

Snack: cheese cubes (100)

b-oatmeal, banana, cott cheese, almonds
s-banana
l-grilled salmon, pasta salad, cauilfower
s-either pineapple or cantaloupe
d?

I'm suckin' back a post-workout protein shake.

For dinner, me thinks some nice steamed white fish in light tomato-garlic sauce, a huuuuuge spinach salad and some nice fibery bulgar wheat a la Asia, (dressed in a sesame oil accented, cilantro-ish kinda sauce, more garlic but of courrrrse).

I just picked up some ready to drink protein shakes (EAS Myoplex Lite). I am going to get some protein powder later this week with a shaker. I am looking forward to seeing if adding them makes a difference pre / post workout.

FWIW, I never do pre-workout foods. In fact, my workouts usually take place before eating anything in the day. I find, (and this is just my take, we're all such different beans), that having food in the system during grueling workouts can lead to the most unpleasant feelings in my tummy/guts.

Lunch: Panera Bread - "chose 2" chicken salad sandwich on whole wheat and french onion soup (500) They tricked me though. I was shooting for 400 so I looked up on the web site before I went and french onion soup WITHOUT cheese and croutons is 80 Cal while french onion soup with cheese and croutons is 220 Cal. So they got me. Oh well.

Btw, I'm thinking of incorporating a protein shake into my day. Are there any kinds out there that won't make me gag? I just really don't like to eat/drink things that don't taste good. Or would I be better off just eating more chicken/fish/lean meats? Also, if I do add it, when is the best time to drink it? Here's what my usual work day looks like:

B-6:20ish
S-9
L-11:30 or 12
S-2:30ish
Pre work out snack-4:30 to 5:30
D-7 to 8

I appreciate my Traineo pal's advice!!

I ate 1.5 rosettes this afternoon and now the sugary goodness is making me ill. Boy, they sure are tasty though. Almost worth the tummyache.

To just add protein to your diet, it's probably better to just eat more whole sources of protein (don't forget egg whites!). But, to fuel a workout, I really suggest the protein shake b/c it takes less energy and time to digest. It's really your chance to get some quick protein to your muscles.

RTD and Muscle Milk are pre-made, and when cold are actually pretty tasty; MM has more calories and more fat though, so not as good if you're primarily looking to lose weight.

The whey powder I use (walmart) recently changed their formula to add a measly 6g of protein and made the taste suck big time, but for the price and convenience, I'll still be using it. I also add a serving of lemon/lime gatorade powder to the choc. shake, and that used to make the good flavor better and now makes the bad flavor worse. Can't win

"Designer Whey" was what I used to use back in the day, and wasn't bad tasting, especially w/ skim milk.

As for timing, take the powder to the gym w/ you in a tumbler (bodybuilding.com has their tumbler thing for 1.99 and that's a good deal) and drink it right after your workout. That's when you will be able to make the most use of the extra protein.

wtf is that? a small rose?