March 11 - Wind Wednesday

[gitfiddle]

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
Mark Twain

Who can procrastinate when the first step is “eat some protein”? :D Let’s get started!

We’re one-third of the way through March. I’m seeing and hearing good things this month! How are you doing with your new habit? How about the demise of your old habit?

Breakfast is the ubiquitous protein shake. Lunch is the eternal cauli-bake. Dinner had better be something exciting………:rolleyes:

Very windy this morning. I hope it dried up all the roads before the temps dropped.

[sharthejoysheila]

Hello Carol. I know what you mean about those winds. Here in Arkansas we have rain all day and themps in low 40's today, tomorrow morning calling for winter weather.. It was just in the 80's for several days. Mercy... I am going to get started on walking and weight bearing excersizes today.. It is only 5:30 am right now, so i think i will at least wait until i hear the roosters crowing outside.. My meals are not planned yet for today, but i know one thing i will eat .. PROTEIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mitra]

Good morning Carol, Sheila :).

There's no shortage of protein here today, because I have a pile of roast beef in the fridge that needs to be eaten up before we go away tomorrow. (We're off to stay with my parents for a few days.)

[BeccainSC]

Morning Carol and Janet. Welcome to the boards Sheila.

I've been up a couple of hours, shoulder was keeping me from sleeping. :(

Going to be a cloudy 84 here today, according to the forecast at least. :rolleyes: Then down to the 50s/40s the next few days.

Breakfast is the standard shake, probably a wrap for lunch, tuna and almonds as always. Meatloaf and carrots is the plan for dinner, if we stick to it ;)

No scale damage from yesterday. I've been bouncing back and forth between 2 numbers all month, today it's at the lower of the 2. I was surprised actually, thought it would be the higher if not actually above that. That's good to know. Now if it would only move downward for a bit. :peeved:

Be back later!

'becca

[Ammy]

Morning all.
Carol your quote is right on. I love to look at the ultimate goal, then break it down into smaller manageable tasks.
I keep requesting a timeline from my GF regarding her unemployment, and it's KILLING me that I don't have one...
But I have one for me and my eating!
Today, the goal is to stay on plan. It's an exercise-rest day. Tonight I go out to eat (which is planned).

6am lc scone
7am Diet V8 juice
8:30am lc goulash
12pm turkey noodle casserole, 6 romaine leaves
3pm 1oz cheese, 2bran crackers
5:30pm sausage/cheese omlet, 1 slice wheat toast

Pro: 134.7
Ecc: 39.5
Fat: 117.7
Cal: 1934

Little higher than I like...might leave a few bites of the omelet, we'll see how hungry I am.

[sharthejoysheila]

Hello becca,thanks for the welcome. Hello Mitra have fun on your trip.. For breakfast i had a scrambled egg,sausage,cheese wrap.. Ifound these flat thin very long flax,whole wheat low carb wraps at walmart. they are very long and very wide.. A serving is half a wrap.. it has 4 carbs in it. I was a great replacement for a flour tortilla.. althoug we have low carb tortillas here too. but they are about 7 gr. carbs for one of those.. I also had coffee with HWC and a bottle of water.. Does this sound ok for my second day, and for a breakfast meal?

[maxlharris]

Sounds find STJS. If you are very early in the program, I think it's generally a good idea to stick with whole foods, rather than replacements, for a couple weeks, just to get in the flow. That is me, not the Eades or anyone else here (necessarily, but maybe some others agree). I'm gonna guess these are the FlatOut brand. Here's a little secret... with a little ingenuity, they make pretty good pizza shells. The trick is to blind bake them. But, again, I'd wait on that for a couple weeks.

It would be useful to know how many eggs, how much sausage, how much cheese, and what your protein need is. Hard to say if this is okay otherwise. But it sounds low carb enough, but possibly protein light.

As for me:
I'm at work, working on work. Much needs doing, but as Ringo Starr once observed, "it don't come easy." At least some days it doesn't.
Shake
Eggs + CC + protein
Dinner will be, I dunno. I'm gonna make a steak at home. Wife can eat whatever. I'm gonna have some cheese after dinner, to get through the cheeses my wife got me for my birthday. Maybe a Jello.

Rock and Roll...
We went out to a new place a couple weeks ago, and our waiter was this groovy guy, who, one every other visit to the table (and he was there a lot) would accept our "Everything's cool" with "Rock and Roll" accompanies by some groovy hand gestures. Cracked me and the wife up. Eventually, he served us (really good food) and gave us the Rock and Roll, and I gave him "That kind of music just soothes the soul" which puzzled the living crap out of him. Which amused the hell out of me and the wife.

We tipped well.

Rock and roll...

[sharthejoysheila]

Here are my totals for the breakfast.. I had 3 oz of sausage, 3 whole eggs, i thing about 2 oz of cheddar cheese. mabey not that much but more then one oz. and the bread or wrap stuff i was talking about is called Joseph's Flax,Oatbran and whole wherat flour Lavash bread.. it has five grams of protien, 7 g. carbs with 3 fiber.. I have used the flat out stuff to. but this is different. any way that is my amounts.. I usely only eat like three strips of bacon, two eggs and egg whites made like an omlet.

[gitfiddle]

Sheila, you're an early riser! Glad you're finding your way around. :)

Good morning, Mitra! (I hope you get your camera!)

Becca, sorry about your shoulder. I'm glad your scale is stuck at the low end.

Amy, I knew you'd like that quote. It's very ME, too. You might have to LG&LG with GF for sanity. Would that help?

Max, was he a rather young waiter? :confused: You're not old enough to be having generation gaps, so maybe he just doesn't listen to Bob. :rolleyes:

Sheila, I agree with Max on your food question.

I had to use Plan B today because I left my lunch home. I had two sausage patties that I had stashed in the office fridge and am having a greek yogurt for the second course. That's plenty of protein. I have almonds to snack on later.

[Puddin]

Broke down today's huge branch schlepping into 9 neat piles. Each pile had a really long branch on the bottom and I piled up the rest on top. Then I sledded them down to the burning grounds. Took me an hour and with the 9 up and down the stairs, huffing and lifting I'd say that my little ticker was pumping iron really well. Was red as a fire engine when I finished. Just to agree with Twain when he says that jobs need to be wound down to small tasks and then begun. I make em smaller and then finishe them though. I never leave a task half finished. Hate that.

Meals today were fine

Bfast bacon and an apple
Lunch salad with broccoli cabbage, tuna and omelette
Dinner meatloaf and broccoli
Snack rest of the lunch I didn't finish

[gitfiddle]

Puddin, you are the poster child for today's quote. :nod: It's noon here, but you're probably winding down, so have a good rest-of-the-day.

[Ammy]

Carol...absolutely. I say OFTEN LG&LG...but I can't let go completely since SHE has...I have to keep bringing us back to the middle...:frown:

I just gave blood. The guy that was taking it told me you burn 650 calories by giving blood...:confused:. You suppose that's over time as you re-generate it?

AND ... since you're giving a pint of blood, and a pint weighs a pound...I am now a pound thinner!!! (not for long, but enjoy it while I can right???)
:D:nod::nod::D

[sharthejoysheila]

Ok how do i go about getting that ticker on my post.. tehe, looks to fun. OH and how do i put the stuff under my name.. the signiture link?

[Mitra]

Good morning, Mitra! (I hope you get your camera!)
It would be nice :).

Ok how do i go about getting that ticker on my post.. tehe, looks to fun. OH and how do i put the stuff under my name.. the signiture link?

I'll leave the ticker explanation to someone who uses them. To add a signature, use the "User CP" link (top left of the screen). There's a list of different things down the left hand side, and one of them is "edit signature."

[maxlharris]

I had to use Plan B today because I left my lunch home.
Boy did I read the first part of that wrong.
http://tinyurl.com/c6w8z6

I had 3 oz of sausage, 3 whole eggs, i thing about 2 oz of cheddar cheese.
it has five grams of protien, 7 g. carbs with 3 fiber..
Before the wrap, you're looking at:
38g protein, 3g carb.
With the wrap, 45g protein, 7g carbs.

Big breakfast or lunch for me, but if it satisfies you, it's working.
I have trouble eating 3 eggs at a sitting with other stuff anymore.

I say OFTEN LG&LG...but I can't let go completely since SHE has...I have to keep bringing us back to the middle...:frown:

I just gave blood. The guy that was taking it told me you burn 650 calories by giving blood...:confused:. You suppose that's over time as you re-generate it?

On the GF: if you aren't letting go, it's not really LG & LG.

On the blood: I would suspect that's over time.

[Ammy]

On the GF: if you aren't letting go, it's not really LG & LG.

I think there are degrees, or items where I LG&LG, but I can't completely do it. Let's just say I keep two fingers on it, but the rest of my hands are free! ;)

[Claudette]

Carol,
Yep, breaking the big task into small ones,is the way to go, I think.


today was:
eggs, hood lc milk for breakfast, tea
boar's head chicken, slice low fat cheese
frozen dinner, beef, brocoli & rice, ate most of the brocoli, only a bite of rice.
beef chili, green salad, 1/2 c. stawberries w/ T whipped cream.


Ammy, your LC scone sounds fantastic. Would you be interested in posting your recipe?

Well, off to read, school must go on.

Hugs,
Claudette

[BeccainSC]

Evenin' all :)

Claudette I think Amy has posted her recipe, I'm pretty sure I've seen it, just can't put my finger (or mouse) on it at the moment.

Amy's comment about donating had me realizing it's been a while for me. I had gotten into a regular habit of doing it with the soccer program at church, then did one at school that got me off that schedule (too soon). That's been over a year ago (or more :o) I need to get back into that.

Today went as planned except for one small substitution - Kashi TLC bar instead of almonds this afternoon as I wanted something different.

DS is home from his interview. Seemed more excited about this one than any of the others he's been on. Not sure if it's the job prospect or spending the night at his alma mater and seeing lots of friends that has him so chipper :D

My totals for the day:

Protein: 135
Carbs: 48
Water: 144
Supps: yes
Exercise: nothing yet this week, have it scheduled for tomorrow though :)


'becca

[gitfiddle]

Hey, Claudette! How are you doing with your studies? :)

[Jackie]

Here we go, I still don't think I consumed enough calories today but I feel good. I went over on the carbs but it was the pear that did me in, but when I figured my fibre count then calculated my ECC it came out ok.

Breakfast: Coffee protein shake (1 cup coffee, 2 tbsp cream, 35 grams powder, 1/2 of a medium pear)

Lunch: Mixed salad (lettuce, carrot strips, purple cabbage, tomato, mushrooms, cheddar cheese) 1 can tuna, 2 tbsp caesar dressing

Snack: I mini Baby bell cheese portion, 4 bites of pear

Dinner: 8 med spears asparagus, 8 ounces of chicken (breast and thigh)

Calories: 1068
Fat: 45.7
ECC: 27.1
Protein: 129.6

I am happy I decided to take the food part of the WOL more serious as it is giving me a focus. I am really depressed due to the cold weather. I am just so tired of it, -43 with the wind today. Because I am a huge emotional eater I am glad my energy is going into factoring food choices rather than drowning myself in icecream on the couch. ( Something I would have done 5 months ago)

Scale was much nicer to look at this morning!!!

[Ammy]

Ammy, your LC scone sounds fantastic. Would you be interested in posting your recipe?


Here (http://www.eatprotein.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6784&highlight=scone) is the link to the thread where the recipe(s) are.
I have discovered that if I use Hazelnut flour they really dry up and become more scone-like. If I use Almond flour (as the recipe states) then they are like soft cookies.
So I use both. I take a 1cup measuring cup, add 1/4cup flaxseed the fill half the rest with Almond flour and half with hazelnut.
It's a good mix.

I'm done eating today, but let me tell you....I am HUNGRY!! I have been fighting hunger ALL evening! I wonder if giving blood DOES affect the buring of calories because this was crazy!

I had supper at Panara and I had a grilled chix caesar with an apple, and although I didn't plan on eating the apple, I was so hungry I did. put me slightly over in carbs, but it was worth it.

Pro: 136
Ecc: 47.5
Fat: 121.6
Cal: 1977

No exercise today...no time. I did walk downtown in the cold again. That has to burn calories, eh?? It was zero degrees, but feels like -22!! YIKES!

[maxlharris]

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Make sure your ticker is set for light. I think it's light be default (the dark one looks bad here). I think it's also set for big by default (see Ammy's above) but you can hit a button for small (see mine below). Pick how you want it.
Scroll down to the BBCode box.
Copy EVERYTHING in that box.
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Preview.
Should look like a ticker.
Save.
It will be on all of your posts, retroactive and going forward.

[maxlharris]

Yesterday:
Low on cals, just made protein, ~25g carbs. All pills. Water good.

So, 68/70 for the year. 97.1%.

Yea, me!

Rock and roll.