Protein!

New Year starting right - with my focus back on protein!

Breakfast, coffee and lunch today.  I'm super full and really pleased with my intake today.  More of this to follow.  63g protein already and I've not even had dinner yet!  Can I get a HELL YEAH!

Tonight's dinner is going to be roasted beets with goat cheese, and turkey "pucks" (turkey meatloaf cooked in muffin tin).  More delicious protein!!!!!

Tuesday
2-Jan
food	amount	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein
cottage cheese	1c	203	4.4	8.2	31
pineapple	1 pot	60	0	15	0.5
coffee	1	1	0	0	0
eggnog	1/4c	140	2.5	25	4.5
Bretons Crackers	8	180	8	22	4
Laughing Cow - swiss	1	35	1.5	1	2
Laughing Cow - garden veg	1	35	1.5	1	2
Laughing Cow - garlic herb	1	35	1.5	1	2
Tuna	2.6oz	70	0.5	0	17
Totals		759	19.9	73.2	63

Food Tracking

So I've been a bad food tracker since last week when my back went sour and I'd been living in pain since then.

I've just been letting it slide, which is never good. I think I kept my weight down because the foods that I wanted and tried to eat would not stay down (hotdog, taco to name two of them), and that put me off my eating for a bit.

Today was a freakn' free for all and I was about to go to bed without writing it all down and calculating it all out.  "Oh... about 1,100 for sure", I've been telling myself all night, even though I overate snacks after work instead of just having dinner.

So I forced myself down and put it on the spreadsheet, and lo and behold, what do I remember.....

Right... cherry kolache at that meeting....oh... and some smarties in the afternoon.... and the cereal after work.....there is an extra 445 calories that I didn't need today.  Also, I didn't need that last cheese, that was silly and I ate it even though I didn't want to.  Yummy, yes.  Needed, no.

Also... Water.  Drink some silly woman.

Getting shit together in 3....2....1...

Here is todays totals.

Monday
food	Amount	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein
Noosa Raspberry yogurt	4oz	130	6	14	9
Coffee & creamers (2)	1	40	3	3.5	0.5
cherry kolache	1	210	5	37	3
Noosa Raspberry yogurt	4oz	130	6	14	9
Turkey muffintin meatloaf (aka: Pucks)	2	280	14	9	28
mustard	1T	3	0.2	0.3	0.2
smarties	1	25	0	6.2	0
Laughing Cow - swiss	1	35	1.5	1	2
Laughing Cow - chipotle	1	35	2	2	2
Quaker oat squares	1c	210	2.5	44	6
Acorn Squash	1/2c	57	0	15	1
Turkey puck	1	140	7	4.5	14
laughing cow - cinnimon	1	45	4	2	2
Totals		1340	51.2	152.5	76.7

Meat! Its on the menu

I'm officially into Phase 3 - soft foods - as of this past weekend. Which isn't too much different from the pureed foods, other than I get to add in some cooked ground meat (YES!) and I'm still not on raw veggies yet. Chewing went well today, and I ate at a good pace.

My protein intake has shot up a good 10 - 15g a day with that! Enjoying it for what its worth!

Water today started good and dropped way the hell off. I'm sitting here thinking... yeah, that didn't go well. I think maybe 12oz in the workday. Frak. Tomorrow on the scale is going to suck, but that's my fault. I can't just look at the water sitting there, I have to drink it!

Today was a little light on food, I forgot to add protein powder into my pumpkin shake, so thats 9g of protein I'm missing today.  However, I think I'm doing pretty good!  And for a visual change of pace, here is a little clip of my food spreadsheet and what I ate today:

	Nov-12
food	amount	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein
Noosa Raspberry yogurt	4oz	130	6	14	9
Coffee & creams (2)	1 cup	40	3	3.5	0.5
Cream o Wheat - Maple	1 pack	130	0	28	2
skim milk	1/2c	45	0.3	6	4.5
deviled egg (halves)	2	86	9.25	1.3	6.3
Turkey mini meatloaf	1 (4oz)	140	7	4.5	14
Cottage Cheese	1/2c	90	2.5	0	12
Pumpkin shake (milk only)	1	147	0.8	25.5	9.7
Acorn Squash	1/2c	57	0	15	1
Turkey mini meatloaf	1 (4oz)	140	7	4.5	14
Yellow Mustard	2T	2	0	0	0
Totals		1007	35.85	102.3	73