food journal!

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Registered: 05-17-2003
food journal!
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Sun, 05-16-2004 - 8:52pm
Hey all,

I am following Susan's great suggestion and posting my food journal here for the next week! It's been very difficult for me to follow this diet recently b/c i am graduating from college next weekend and there have been way to many parties and beer around! So this should help keep me honest. :) Please, anyone else who is in the same situation as me, post along with me! I am going from P2 (with lots of recent cheating) back to P1 for the next week. And I would very much welcome any suggestions.

Thanks for all your support! This board has been a lifesaver for me. :)

Christine :)

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Sun, 05-16-2004 - 9:09pm

Christine,


Good Luck - I'm here cheering for you!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 10:18am

Looking forward to seeing your will power and self-control!

Susan :)

 

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Registered: 05-17-2003
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 8:33pm
Here's my food journal for Monday, May 17. If it seems like I'm eating a lot, I think it's because I work out pretty heavily most days! Today I ran 8 miles. I also went over my nuts requirement -- oops. I will be better tomorrow. But I normally am a little more lenient with myself on the first day back on P1!

Breakfast: scrambled eggs, made with 2 eggs, 1/4 cup skim milk & 1/2 tbsp olive oil

Snack: 1 tbsp natural peanut butter

Lunch: 1 cup frozen veggies (all P1 legal; it's this great mix for stir-fry minus the sauce that I just microwave when I'm in a rush); 1.5 oz bag of cashews (I didn't have time to prepare a real lunch -- oops! That is where I tripped up on my nut limit)

Snack: 1 glass skim milk; 2 roll-ups made with LF mozzarella cheese & sliced ham

Dinner: homemade chef salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, cheddar cheese, sliced turkey & FF, low sugar ranch dressing)

Dessert: diet root beer (excellent for satisfying my sweet craving!)

Not a perfect day, but a HUGE improvement for me. I just need to make more time to prepare lunches in the future.

Thanks for listening! And tips, or anyone who would like to post along with me, would be very welcome. :)

Christine

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Mon, 05-17-2004 - 9:04pm
I forgot -- I also had two slices of LF swiss cheese with my lunch. See, I told you I eat a lot! But with my exercising and as long as it's SBD-legal food, it's ok, right?

Thanks!

Christine

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 9:08pm

I'll join you Christine.


Breakfast: Scrambled Southwestern Eggbeaters with 1 slice of Alpine Lace swiss & v8


Snack:

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 05-17-2004 - 10:05pm

Christine I think you did great!

Susan :)

 

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Wed, 05-19-2004 - 7:44pm
Here are my meals today! I stuck with the legal foods, so I'm happy with that, although I did get an extra serving of nuts & an extra fudgicle in there. :-P

Workout: ran 8 miles

Breakfast: plain FF yogurt mixed w/splenda; lowfat sausages (made with turkey)

Snack: iced soy latte (lowfat) from Starbucks

Lunch: garden salad w/ FF ranch dressing; slice of LF cheddar cheese; 1 tbsp peanut butter; NSA fudgicle

Snack: ricotta w/splenda; 22 almonds

Later: still hungry, so snacked on baby tomatoes

Dinner: veggie burger w/ swiss cheese and mustard; 1 cup frozen veggies

Snack: fudgicle

Thanks for your support! Any tips/advice would be very welcome :)

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 05-19-2004 - 9:05pm

You ran 8 miles again, I don't think you ate enough today and your body is likely to be holding onto calories in order to fuel your next workout.


Susan :)

 

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Registered: 05-17-2003
Thu, 05-20-2004 - 12:36am
Thanks for the great advice, Susan! I think that you're right about not eating enough to fuel my workout. Because I do feel really hungry right now. :) And I am doing well about hydrating my body, but I do need to add that veggie serving into breakfast.

Thanks!