I finally both remembered to eat lunch and had food in the house to eat. Felt much better in the afternoon as a result! I'm really touched by the response I got to posting my blog on Facebook, you guys made me cry with all the support. I didn't think that many people would read it and be cheering me on! It gave me a big boost to my motivation, thank you all.
I felt a little less like I'd been run over by a truck yesterday, but still very tired. No headache, though, which was a definite improvement over Monday and Tuesday. I spent part of yesterday poking around looking at different carb and diet tracker apps and even tried one called Lose It! out, but it didn't quite do what I needed it to do. It's too bad, because I liked some things about it a lot better than the one I'm currently using. I definitely stayed within my carbs though, no matter which tracker I used!
Breakfast: 2 eggs, scrambled, 1/2 lb. sausage - 2.7g
Lunch: 1/4 lb deli ham w/mustard to dip, cheese stick - 4.8g
Snack: Cheese stick - .8g
Dinner: Chicken with Indian Spices, 1/2 cup canned green beans - 9.5g
Dessert: None
Total: 17.7g
In yesterday's post, I talked about how nervous I was about switching to the "single serving" of my dinner items. I did that last night, and it was pretty successful! Well...I kind of did it. It occurred to me that all the carbs are in the sauces, vegetables, and so on in the recipes, not in the main ingredient. So what I did was use two portions of meat (in this case boneless, skinless chicken breast) and a single portion of sauce. I think this is going to be a good compromise, at least for a while until I get used to the program. It doesn't add any carbs at all, and when I'm using lean meat like chicken breast, very little in the way of fat and calories. On to today!
YAY!!! Now you can teach me how to eat better! I good at working out, not good ate eating better! Ben is trying to get me to eat lots of chicken and rice... sigh. I am here... and thanks for FINALLY posting. ;)
ReplyDeleteGood Job! Eating lunch has become a huge important thing in my day lately - breakfast and lunch are my biggest meals, while dinner is usually smaller.
ReplyDeleteCheck out greek yogurt sometime (do you like yogurt? i can't remember). The plain stuff is 17g of protein vs 8g carbs. (Fage brand). With a little creativity you could probably use it in a lot of places.