I have to be accountable for my actions, yet I can't seem to find the motivation. I'm starting this food journal. If anyone wants to participate, simply write down what you ate today. Every time you eat, come back to your post and edit it so that your entire day stays in your post. Maybe it's a stupid idea, but heck, I'm desperate.

Lisa B.

February 16, 2005

Food Calories

coffee Creamer 30

Whole Wheat Tortilla 140

Slice of cheddar 130

Breakfast total 380

See you at lunch.

7am - 2"x2" square of homemade lasagna - chicken sausage/lowfat cheeses

9am - 2 Vday sugar Cookies

12:15pm - 4 Vday sugar cookies

12:15pm - 10oz turkey chili

12:15pm - 2 cups steamed broccoli

1:15 - 3 mini chocolate bars

Throughout day:

6 cups hot tea with artifical sweetner & half-n-half

1 quart Water

Total Calories: 1496

Total Carbs: 74

Total Protein: 152

Total Fats: 67

Total Water: 64 oz

Breakfast, 6 a.m.

I did the drive of shame home this morning and stopped and got a sausage biscuit at McDonalds. I only ate one side of the buscuit, and about 3/4 of it.

8 oz milk

lunch noon:

i pouch of tuna and 3 tbls. light miracle whip

UNLEASH THE SNACK MONSTER!

Snack# 1 2:00:

half a pear

Snack #2 3:15

2 cups microwave light popcorn

Snack #3 4:00

3 gingersnap Cookies

Calories: 856

Fat: 36

Carbs: 75

Protein: 59

I did the drive of shame home this morning and stopped and got a sausage biscuit at McDonalds.

Megan, I haven't done McDonald's since banding, but I'll never be able to pass another one w/o thinking of the "drive of shame". Too funny!

UNLEASH THE SNACK MONSTER!

OUCH!!! lol

All of you banded types, please note the difference ALREADY in calories consumed:

Megan: 856

Donali: 1496

And Megan is battling with the SNACK monster! lol

Oh where, oh where can my little band be???

And I'm STILL hungry... **sniff**

Of course, 700 of those calories came from Cookies and chocolate, so I shouldn't be complaining.

For 700 calories, I could have had:

16 cups of steamed broccoli - or -

2.18 cups of chili - or -

2.24 servings of lasagna - or -

3.88 cups of lowfat cottage cheese - or -

9.58 cups of BUTTERED popcorn popped in oil... - or -

5.69 LARGE pears - or -

14.28 CUPS of diced watermelon - or -

5.6 LARGE apples....

Sigh...

Donali, go for the 14.28 cups of diced watermelon. You'll be so busy running to the bathroom, you won't have time to eat anything else.

You'll be so busy running to the bathroom, you won't have time to eat anything else.

LOL. Now THAT'S what I call "sneaky" exercise...

**hugs**

breakfast:

3 thin slices deli turkey (mesquite)

calories 62

fat 1

carb 1

protien 13

3 oz muentster cheese

calories 313

fat 26

carb 1

protien 20

SNACK:

2 oz smoked almonds

calories 172

fat 16

carb 5

protien 6

lunch- 7 hot wings

calories 294

fat 21

carb 0

protien 25

another snack:

3 thin slices deli turkey (mesquite)

calories 62

fat 1

carb 1

protien 13

3 oz muentster cheese

calories 313

fat 26

carb 1

protien 20

totals

calories 1355

fat 102

carb 7

protien 104

iced tea- 60 oz, sweetened with splenda and lemon

water- 32 oz

gym- 1 hour eliptical, 30 min. weights

dinner will be light...i hope....but dang even after the snack i am STILL hungry!!! my belly is just a growling...me thinks i didnt get the restriction i wanted...

UPDATING MY INFO

February 16, 2005 Wednesday

Breakfast:

Usana Protein Drink -- 450 calories

(Blended two scoops of powder, one teaspoon of Peanut Butter, and 8 oz of milk)

Lunch:

Pot roast 3 oz

salad with Honey Mustard dressing on side - 1/2 cup

Potato cheese Soup - 1 cup

coffee - 2 cups with Equal and creamer

Snack:

TWO cinnamon suckers (140 calories)

Dinner:

Taco salad from Taco Bell (I know I know ugh the calories)

Snack:

ONE cinnamon sucker (70 calories)

Not sure on my caloric intake for the day. Will have to work on that part.

Tomorrow is another day.

Total Calories: 660 (but have to add in more stuff)

Total Carbs: 40 g

Total Protein: 25 g

Total Fats: 28.5 g

Total Water: 68 oz

Okay, no editing for me either, I guess I will have to save it all and post in the eveing..

Breakfast, 2 mugs of tea w/ splenda & 2 tsp 1/2 & 1/2 20 cal

lunch, 2 corn dogs with brown mustard 360 cal

(the protien helps counter act the corn...)

1 TBL brown mustard 10 cal

(They seem to only have about 6 different mustards in SE ID! What's up with that?) (I was originally optimistic on my mustard consumption...)

Snack Boyland rootbeer (cane sugar, not corn sweetend) 165 cal

dinner

McDonalds Qtr pounder 430 cal 18g fat 24g protien

small french fry 230 cal 11g fat, 30 g carb, 2g protien

large orange juice 180 cal, 42g carb 3g protien (naturally fat free!)

Total Calories: 1405

Total Carbs: 142 G

Total Protein: 43 G

Total Fats: 49 G

Total Water: 70 oz (not counting the 32 oz of tea)

Breakfast

corned beef hash and 2 eggs

lunch

2 chicken fingers

Snack

Went to the gym instead and did 40 minutes of cardio

dinner

1 cheeseburger with half the bun

80 oz of Water for the day

Final tally for me...

Breakfast, 6 a.m.

I did the drive of shame home this morning and stopped and got a sausage biscuit at McDonalds. I only ate one side of the buscuit, and about 3/4 of it.

8 oz milk

lunch noon:

1 pouch of tuna and 3 tbls. light miracle whip

UNLEASH THE SNACK MONSTER!

Snack# 1 2:00:

half a pear

Snack #2 3:15

2 cups microwave light popcorn

Snack #3 4:00

3 gingersnap Cookies

dinner 5:30

chicken thigh with teriyaki sauce

half a cup of squash with butter and brown sugar

Snack 8:00

Bowl of Raisin Bran with Milk

Calories: 1566

Fat: 73

Carbs: 150

Protein: 85

I kept to my personal goal of under 1600 calories a day, but when I get my next fill I'm hoping that curbs my appetite so I don't need all the Snacks.

Donali- You're the best :-) I miss you.

Megan

February 17, 2005 Thursday

Breakfast:

Usana Protein Drink -- 450 calories

(Blended two scoops of powder, one teaspoon of Peanut Butter, and 8 oz of milk)

Lunch:

1/2 cup tuna -- 300 calories

Snack:

One cinnamon sucker -- 70 calories

7 Cheetos -- 140 calories

Dinner:

One half breast of chicken -- ?? calories

Cup of Rice -- ?? calories

Snack: NONE

Total Calories: 960

Total Carbs: 40 g

Total Protein: 25 g

Total Fats: 28.5 g

Total Water: 12 oz

Today the 17th

Breakfast

1 cup whole milk

2 scoops 100% ON whey 46grams protien

With 1 medium banana

Mid Morning

1/2 Bean & cheese Burrito

February 17, 2005

Breakfast

Shredded wheat with a small amount of 1% milk

lunch

Small chili from Wendy's

Supper:

Turkey with gravy (small amount not too hungry)

Green Beans - Couple of bites

Couple of bites of homemade chicken/noodles

Snack:

Popcorn

thur 17th

breakfast: Low Fat Natural Yogurt with Live Stuff (!?!) - I added blueberries and pumpkin and sunflower seeds

Lunch: Chicken Caeser (sp?) Salad (In Cafe) and a coffee

Snack: Scoop of Ben & Jerry's at the cinema with kids (Midterm Break here)

Dinner: nothin - have to rush to psychology class so will dwell on the evils of having the Ben and Jerrys later....