Meals for the Day 03/13/08

JenniferLaycock Submitted on March 13th, 2008

03/13/08 - Breakfast

Still trying to get my immune system nice and boosted, so it was an Odwalla Vitamin C Power Smoothie for breakfast this morning.

Lunch: 300 calories, 0 grams fat, 72 grams carbs, 0 grams fiber, 4 grams protein

03/13/08 - Snack

Another Zone bar.

Snack: 210 calories, 6 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 1 grams fiber, 16 grams protein

03/13/08 - Lunch

A small salad. Baby spinach, some tomatoes, onions, pickles, chicken breast and cheese. Topped off with some balsamic vinegar. (Which makes a surprisingly good dressing, has no fat and it incredibly low cal.)

Lunch: 288 calories, 7 grams fat, 37 grams carbs, 9.5 grams fiber, 27.5 grams protein

03/13/08 - Snack

A Braeburn apple.

Snack: 80 calories, 0 grams fat, 22 grams carbs, 5 grams fiber, 0 grams protein

03/13/08 - Snack

Starving today. I guess that means I’m starting to get a little better. A bowl of Crispex with skim milk.

Snack: 185 calories, 0 grams fat, 34 grams carbs, 1 gram fiber, 8 grams protein

03/13/08 - Dinner

Dinner tonight was some roast pork, sauer kraut, mashed potatoes and steamed baby carrots. Gotta love sauer kraut. Half a cup has 27 calories and 4 grams of fiber.

Dinner: 486 calories, 15 grams fat, 58 grams carbs, 13 grams fiber, 32 grams protein

Daily Total: 1549 calories, 29 grams fat, 246 grams carbs, 31.5 grams fiber, 85.5 grams protein

Exercise: No exercise today. It’s Thursday (And the kids are still sick, as am I.)

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Meals for the Day - 03/12/08

JenniferLaycock Submitted on March 13th, 2008

03/12/08 - Breakfast

Another Zone bar.

Breakfast: 210 calories, 6 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 14 grams protein

03/12/08 - Lunch

I’m sick. Totally sick. Dead to the world sick. Oh yay.

Thankfully, Rachel is the nicest, sweetest person in the entire world and came up to watch the kids so I could sleep. (I need to be well by SES NY so I can get through the week.) She also brought me Naked Juice and Vitamins so I could overdose on Vitamin C. So it was that and toast and then off to bed.

Lunch: 450 calories, 2 grams fat, 101, 10 grams fiber, 14 grams protein

03/12/08 - Snack

A banana.

Snack: 90 calories, 0 grams fat, 23 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 1 grams protein

03/12/08 - Dinner

This meal came about in an interesting way. I was upstairs asleep and Rachel was looking for something she could make for us in case I still wasn’t feeling better. She threw some chicken tenders, carrots and green onions into the crock pot with some chicken broth and some herbs. It cooked all afternoon. By the time I got up, I felt a bit better, so I started rummaging around the kitchen.

We made some egg noodles, she pulled out the chicken and dice it up, and I turned added a rue to the broth to thicken it up. We threw it all back in and made chicken and noodles. Then I caramlized an onion and we put that on top. It was absolutely fantastic! Yum! More naked juice and vitamins too.

Dinner: 650 calories, 3 grams fat, 150 grams carbs, 6 grams fiber, 25 grams protein

Daily Total: 1400 calories, 12 grams fat, 297 grams carbs, 19 grams fiber, 56 grams fat

Exercise: No exercise today. Still sick.

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Meals for the Day - 03/11/08

JenniferLaycock Submitted on March 13th, 2008

03/1/08 - Breakfast

Another Zone bar.

Breakfast: 210 calories, 6 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 1 grams fiber, 16 grams protein

03/11/08 - Lunch

Back at Panera and back to my usual Tuesday lunch of French Onion Soup, Cafe Salad and a whole grain baguette. Thanks to the new “let’s increase calories” trend, I’ve gone back to letting them toss those croutons and cheese on top. Mmmm…

Lunch: 450 calories, 16 grams fat, 50 grams carbs, 7 grams fiber, 16 grams protein

03/11/08 - Snack

A small Babybel cheese (I love these things) a serving of organic wheat thin style crackers and some fresh strawberries.

Snack: 255 calories, 10 grams fat, 33 grams carbs, 4 grams fiber, 9 grams protein

03/11/08 - Dinner

I’ve got to say, I’m impressed with what they do with turkey these days. I was never a fan of the whole ground turkey, turkey sausage, turkey steak (ok, I made that one up) revolution. But…I’m finding the stuff is pretty tasty. I replaced ground beef with ground turkey about a year ago, but this was the first time I bought turkey sausage patties.

They were fantasic! So, breakfast for dinner. Turkey sausage, scrambled eggs, a slice of toast, some fresh pineapple, half an apple and a few strawberries that were prompted stolen and swallowed by Nora. (So I didn’t count them in my tally.)

Dinner: 586 calories, 29 grams fat, 53 grams carbs, 6 grams fiber, 36 grams protein

Daily Total: 1506 calories, 61 grams fat, 161 grams carbs, 18 grams fiber, 77 grams protein

Exercise: No exercise today. It’s Tuesday. (And I’m sick of shoveling snow.)

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Meals for the Day - 03/10/08

JenniferLaycock Submitted on March 10th, 2008

03/10/08 - Breakfast

A Zone bar and a small glass of skim milk.

Breakfast: 300 calories, 7 grams fat, 38 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 22 grams protein

03/10/08 - Lunch

Yay for Nathania! Thanks to her list of fast food meals under 500 calories last month, I was reminded I could actually eat some food from McDonald’s. That worked out well as I was driving through part of town with no Wendy’s. So, I ordered myself up a grilled chipotle snack wrap and a fruit and yogurt parfait to go with the apple I’d tossed in my bag. Unfortunately, they accidentally gave me fries instead of the parfait. When I pointed out the error, they gave me the parfait and insisted I keep the fries. (I swear I heard Scottie giggling from around the corner…)

I managed to throw them away, but only after eating about 10 fries. Otherwise, this meal would be down about 50 calories and some fat as well.

Lunch: 610 calories, 17 grams fat, 96 grams carbs, 8.5 grams fiber, 18.5 grams protein

03/10/08 - Snack

I like this new “more calories” thing. I can eat my Kashi cookies again.

Snack: 130 calories, 5 grams fat, 21 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 2 grams protein

03/10/08 - Dinner

Imagine my surprise when I put together a pretty yummy salad, added things up and saw it only totaled 283 calories! That certainly wasn’t going to do, so I made myself a peanut butter and jelly to go with it. I’m loving this whole grain honey oatmeal bread. It’s just the right level of chewy and it’s got just enough sweet in it.

Dinner: 713 calories, 24 grams fat, 88 grams carbs, 16.5 grams fiber, 50 grams protein

03/10/08 - Dessert

Added it all up and I was still too low for the day. So, out came the last Kashi cookie and a glass of milk. Yum!

Dessert: 220 calories, 5 grams fat, 33 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 10 grams protein

Daily Total: 1673 calories, 51 grams fat, 239 grams carbs, 31 grams fiber, 80.5 grams protein

Exercise: Normally, Monday is a gym day. Unfortunately, Emmitt has snagged himself yet another ear infection so I spent the morning driving to the city to take him to the doctor and then hanging around the grocery store waiting for his prescription. That meant I had to hightail it outside when Greg came home so I could shovel some more snow before dark. Thankfully our neighbors are old and don’t get out to shovel their sidewalks, so I continued to work my way up the street. I shoveled the sidewalks in front of the two houses to our left, totaling another 50 yards or so of sidewalk. Took me 40 minutes. Calories burned: 350

Net Total: 1673 calories - 350 calories = 1323 calories

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Meals for the Day - 03/09/08

JenniferLaycock Submitted on March 9th, 2008

03/09/08 - Breakfast

Another Zone bar, this time paired with a small glass of skim milk. You know, that whole “let’s increase the calories” idea I’ve got going on.

Breakfast: 300 calories, 7 grams fat, 38 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 22 grams protein

03/09/08 - Snack

Mmmm…banana. I’d been skipping bananas in favor of pineapple for a few weeks because bananas are so much higher in calories. That said, the potassium is super great for you. Plus, I just flat out like bananas. So when the Elnora decided she didn’t want to eat the banana I’d just peeled for her, I figured it was a good morning snack for me.

Snack: 105 calories, 0 grams fat, 27 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 1 gram protein

03/09/08 - Lunch

A super yummy salad for lunch. Skipped the apple this time and popped a bit of leftover pineapple in here. Also had some leftover chicken breast from the other night, so I chopped up half a cup of that and threw it on top.

Snack: 337 calories, 7 grams fat, 51 grams carbs, 12 grams fiber, 27 grams protein

03/09/08 - Snack

After my massive snow shoveling workout (see below) I was famished. My salad at lunch had been on the light side and dinner was still a ways away, so I had a PB&J on whole grain oatmeal bread and another small glass of milk.

Dinner: 520 calories, 17 grams fat, 70 grams carbs, 6 grams fiber, 27 grams protein

03/09/08 - Dinner

It’s funny that on the day I decided to increase my calorie intake, my lunch and dinner ended up being really low calorie. On the plus side, that meant I got to eat lost of snacks and drink some of my beloved milk. Dinner tonight was scalloped potatoes, green beans and some turkey smoked sausage. It was the first time I’d bought the turkey smoked sausage and I was pretty amazed at how yummy it was.

Dinner: 385 calories, 15.5 grams fat, 35 grams carbs, 4 grams fiber, 20 grams protein

03/09/08 - Dessert

Yum! Dessert! Three mini blueberry muffins from the batch I made for Greg and the kids. No butter, but they were sweet enough they didn’t need them. (And no oil in the recipe, yay!)

Dessert: 150 calories, 4.5 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 1 gram fiber, 2 grams protein

Daily Total: 1797 calories, 51 grams fat, 246 grams carbs, 29 grams fiber, 99 grams protein

Exercise: Once again, I knew I wasn’t going to make it to the gym. On the other hand, I remembered how many calories I could burn while shoveling snow after my little “dig out” incident yesterday. While Greg had plowed the driveway, he hadn’t done the sidewalks, nor had he dug his truck out yet. So, I dug out his truck, shoveled more than 50 yards of sidewalk and cleared a path to the mailbox for the mail truck. Since we had 18″ of wet snow, it took me a good 80 minutes of solid work. Something tells me my shoulders will hate me tomorrow. Calories burned: 768

Net Total: 1797 calories - 768 calories = 1029 calories

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Meals for the Day - 03/08/08

JenniferLaycock Submitted on March 8th, 2008

03/08/08 - Breakfast

Spent the night at a friend’s after our Buffython, so had to put together breakfast from what they had laying around. Was in the mood for something filling, and sweet. She had some “protein nugget” granola style cereal, so I put a serving of that in a bowl, topped it with pineapple and then poured some Kefir over it instead of skim milk. (Milk and pineapple do not mix.) This may be the highest calorie non-vacation breakfast I’ve had since things started.

Breakfast: 369 calories, 4 grams fat, 72 grams carbs, 5 grams fiber, 17 grams protein

03/08/08 - Lunch

It wasn’t long before we realized we were totally snowed in. Apparently, I should not have spent the previous day mocking the “WHITE DEATH” on Twitter. Since we were stuck, they worked on catching up on some cleaning. Wanting to feel useful (but not wanting to feel useful enough to clean) I decided I’d make us all lunch. I found some pork chops in the fridge and gave them the balsamic treatment before pan frying them. To go with it, I made some brown basmati rice, green beans, fresh salads and some fried pinapple since they’d liked the idea from my meal the other night. Nice and hearty for a snowed in day.

Lunch: 542 calories, 16 grams fat, 40 grams carbs, 11.5 grams fiber, 40.5 grams protein

03/08/08 - Snack

Wasn’t really very hungry, but noticed it was after 7pm, so I thought I’d better eat something. Snagged a Zone bar from the cupboard.

Snack: 210 calories, 6 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 1 gram fiber, 16 grams protein

03/08/08 - Dinner

When I realized I was only sitting at about 700 net calories for the day and I considered that I was actually trying to increase my calorie intake, I decided I’d better eat a little more food. I’d been craving toast, so I fired up the toaster and cracked a couple of egs into the skillet. I still had fresh pinapple and strawberries in the fridge, so I pulled those out as well. Overall, pretty yummy.

Dinner: 443 calories, 22.5 grams fat, 55 grams carbs, 6.5 grams fiber, 27 grams protein

Daily Total: 1564 calories, 48.5 grams fat, 182 grams carbs, 24 grams fiber, 100.5 grams protein

Exercise: Interestingly I thought today would be a wash. When we got snowed in, I realized there was no way I was going to make it to the gym. In fact, I wasn’t sure I’d even make it out of their apartment. Around 3pm the snow plows started making passes, so at 4pm we went out and started the process of digging out my car. Then we had to shovel the parking lot to make a path to the road. All said, I spent a good 45 minutes shoveling. (We were out there much longer since we also helped push a few folks out of snow drifts and I wasn’t always shoveling, so I’m going with a light estimate of 45 minutes.) Calories burned: 430

Net Total: 1564 calories - 430 calories = 1134 calories

A little high on the fat for the day, but when I consider how much protein I got and the fact that I actually ate some butter (11 grams fat) it’s understandable.

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Meals for the Day - 03/07/08

JenniferLaycock Submitted on March 8th, 2008

03/07/08 - Breakfast

Another Zone bar.

Breakfast: 210 calories, 6 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 14 grams protein

03/07/08 - Snack

After I worked out, I needed to run by the grocery for some weekend supplies. As usual, the kids snacked on bananas while I checked out. Was feeling pretty hungry myself, so I ate a “Jazz” apple. First time I’d had that variety. Not as good as my beloved Honey Crisp, but pretty good.

Snack: 80 calories, 0 grams fat, 21 grams carbs, 4 grams fiber, 0 grams

03/07/08 - Lunch

By the time I got home and got the kids to bed, I actually wasn’t all that hungry. I was also planning a night out with my best friend and her sister, so I figured I better to light on the calories to leave space for dinner and late night snacks.

Snack: 290 calories, 8.5 grams fat, 41.5 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 17.5 grams protein

03/07/08 - Appetizer

We ended up hitting P.F. Chang’s for dinner as it was close to their house and we’d had six inches of snow that night with more on the way. Of course it also won out because they list full nutritional info for their entire menu on their web site. (I’m loving companies that do that!) I started off with an order of two of their veggie spring rolls. Oh how I adore spring rolls!

Dinner: 165 calories, 7 grams fat, 21 grams carbs, 1.5 grams fiber, 3.5 grams protein

03/07/08 - Dinner

While I’d normally order Crispy Honey Chicken at P.F. Chang’s, the web site informed me there was 1100 calories in an order of it. That didn’t count the rice. Even if I only ate half (unlikely) I’d be looking at 750 calories by the time I added in some brown rice. That said, I was thrilled to find out my favorite appetizer (Lettuce Wraps) only had 510 calories in it! So, I went ahead and ordered this as my entree and refused to share.

Dinner: 510 calories, 12 grams fat, 68 grams carbs, 5.5 grams fiber, 28 grams protein

03/07/08 - Dessert

Oh how I love a day when I’ve got enough calories left for dessert. We were two episodes into a 7 episode Buffython, and sweet treats were calling. Since my friend and her sister are watching what they eat as well we had angel food cake with strawberries, pineapple and still frozen low fat cool whip. (Which tastes amazingly like ice cream.)

Dessert: 231 calories, 2 grams fat, 49 grams carbs, 4 grams fiber, 4.5 grams protein

Daily Total: 1486 calories, 35.5 grams fat, 225.5 grams carbs, 21 grams fiber, 67.5 grams protein

Exercise: Good work out at the gym today. 20 minutes on the treadmill at anywhere from 8-12% incline, a round of weighs (switched to new muscle groups this week) and then 25 minutes on the elliptical. Total calories burned: 450

Net Total: 1486 calories - 450 calories = 1036calories

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Meals for the Day - 03/06/08

JenniferLaycock Submitted on March 6th, 2008

03/06/08 - Breakfast

Another Zone bar.

Breakfast: 210 calories, 6 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 14 grams protein

03/06/08 - Lunch

Man, Thursday lunches are reptetive…but tasty. Same french onion soup and cafe salad with baguette as last time. Once again; no cheese, no croutons.

310 calories, 9 grams fat, 49 grams carbs, 7 grams fiber, 9 grams protein

03/06/08 - Dinner

More experimental chicken. This time I was looking for oven fried chicken but didn’t want to use breadcrumbs. I had some honey mustard pretzles in the cupboard, so I crushed those in my Magic Bullet and decided to use them as coating. Since I’m watching calories I decided I didn’t want to use eggs to seal off the meal. Yellow mustard seemed to match the pretzles, so I used that instead.

The results weren’t bad, but they were missing something. Super juicy chicken, but just not the right flavor. Better luck next time I guess. I paired it with low-cal alfredo sauce and penne plus some steamed baby carrots.

Dinner: 596 calories, 13.5 grams fat, 49 grams carbs, 9 grams fiber, 65 grams protein

03/06/08 - Dessert

All these years I tried to watch it on the pineapple because I assumed it was such a high calorie fruit. I’m still amazed at just how low calorie it is compared to some other fruits (like bananas.) Thus, I’ve been feasting on the sweet yumminess that is fresh pineapple this entire contest period. Tonight, a bowl for dessert.

Dessert: 82 calories, 0 grams fat, 22 grams carbs, 2 grams fiber, 1 gram protein

Daily Total: 1198 calories, 28.5 grams fat, 145 grams carbs, 21 grams fiber, 89 grams protein

Exercise: No exercise today. Once again, by the time dinner was wrapped up and kids were in bed, no time for yoga.

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Meals for the Day - 03/05/08

JenniferLaycock Submitted on March 5th, 2008

03/05/08 - Breakfast

Another Zone bar and an apple. Of course Emmitt ended up stealing half of the apple. (He’s a little apple fiend lately.) Twas ok as I ended up eating half an apple later in the day as a snack. That saved me taking a picture and recalculating the calories for this meal as I broke even.

Breakfast: 240 calories, 6 grams fat, 35.5 grams carbs, 5 grams fiber, 14 grams protein

03/05/08 - Lunch

Mmm, more salad. Same as yesterday (baby spinach, mixed greens, cranberries, apples, strawberries and cheese) but I threw some grilled chicken breast on top to add some protein and make it a bit more filling.

Lunch: 458 calories, 10.5 grams fat, 61.5 grams carbs, 13.5 grams fiber, 27.5 grams protein

03/05/08 - Dinner

Whew, sometimes experiements work! This was a good meal. Maybe a littler higher in calories than I’d usually put together, but it was well within my range today, so why not? I coated a chicken breast in some balsamic vinegar (I love that stuff) and a little bit of olive oil, then pan fried it. When that was done cooking, I tossed a cup of fresh diced pineapple into the pan to cook and gather up some of the leftover glaze. I made brown rice and carmelized some sweet onions for the chicken. Finished it off with a package of steamfresh microwave veggies. Corn, asparagus and baby carrots. Yum!

Dinner: 642 calories, 9.5 grams fat, 73 grams carbs, 5 grams fiber, 62 grams protein

Daily Total: 1340 calories, 26 grams fat, 170 grams carbs, 23.5 grams fiber, 103.5 grams protein

Exercise: Another day at the gym. Today, I learned the treadmills will go to 12.5% incline. They may go higher, but I haven’t had the guts to try it yet. Either way, 12.5% really works the muscles. 20 minutes on the treadmill, 25 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes of weights. Total calories burned: 450

Net calories: 1340 calories - 450 calories = 890 calories for the day.

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