Food Journal for Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight: 358.8

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 123/78

Blood Glucose (goal ≤100)(a.m.): 151

Blood Glucose (goal ≤100)(p.m.): 111*

Net Grams of Carb (goal 20): 54

Calories (goal 1500): 1431

% from fat (goal ≥60%): 66%

% from protein: 18%

% from carbs: 16%

Food Log:

9ish

1 oz Just Cranberry juice

12ish

Burger King

Whopper Jr. (threw away bottom half of bun)

1 oz cranberry juice

5ish

mixture of ground beef and pork sausage topped with Swiss cheese, 4 oz.

5 oz cabbage cooked with 2 tsp butter & 1 cup chicken broth

1 oz cranberry juice

small banana

9ish

4 oz beef/sausage mix

salad made with spinach, radish, onion, Ken's buttermilk ranch

thermos of bengal spice w/1 tsp MCT oil, 1 oz. cream, 2 Splenda, 1 Tbsp benefiber

Comments:

Food Journal for Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Net Grams of Carb (goal 20): 47

Calories (goal 1500): 1615

% from fat (goal ≥60%): 58%

% from protein: 29%

% from carbs: 13%

Food Log:

5ish

1/2 oz mixed nuts

1/2 oz cheddar

noonish

Naples Cafe

3 pieces breaded, fried halibut

salad w/ranch dressing

asparagus

iced tea w/2 splendas

5ish

4 oz steak

1/3 cup mushrooms

salad made w/spinach, celery, radish, onion, green pepper & blue cheese dressing

thermos of herbal tea with: benefiber, cream, MCT oil, splenda

had 6 oz of Just Cranberry juice over the course of the day, sweetened with Splenda

9ish

4 oz steak

Comments: Still fighting the UTI. That's why the juice. And that raised my carbs.

Food Journal for Monday, November 16, 2009

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight: 360.0

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 118/77

Blood Glucose (goal ≤100)(a.m.): 154

Blood Glucose (goal ≤100)(p.m.):

Net Grams of Carb (goal 20):

Calories (goal 1500):

% from fat (goal ≥60%):

% from protein:

% from carbs:

Food Log:

9:50

4 oz roast pork

2 oz Just Cranberry juice

2 bags Bengal spice w/1 Tbsp Benefiber, 2 Truvia, 1 tsp MCT oil, 1 Tbsp butter

Comments: Symptoms of urinary infection are back. However, I feel this way when I've had aspartame and/or colas, and I've had some of those lately, so I'm not sure which it is. I will cease and desist with the aspartame/cola and take cranberry juice every day for a few days and see if this will clear up.

Food Journal for Sunday November 15, 2009

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight: 360.6

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 108/71

Blood Glucose (goal ≤100)(a.m.): 188

Blood Glucose (goal ≤100)(p.m.): 143

Net Grams of Carb (goal 20): 28

Calories (goal 1500): 2026

% from fat (goal ≥60%): 65%

% from protein:27%

% from carbs:7

Food Log:

3ish

1 oz mixed nuts

10:40

4 oz pork roast

2 bags bengal spice w/1 Truvia, 1 Splenda, & 1 Tbsp butter

3:30

4 oz steak

salad made w/: spinach, radish, peapods, celery, green pepper, onion & Ken's buttermilk ranch

8:05

3 oz southwest beef

1 oz sour cream

4 oz brussels sprouts

1 tsp butter

10:30

Don Pancho's low carb tortilla w/2 oz cheddar

Atkins mocha shake

Comments:

Food Journal for Saturday, November 14, 2009

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight: 360.4

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 119/78

Blood Glucose (goal ≤100)(a.m.): 145

Blood Glucose (goal ≤100)(p.m.): 135

Net Grams of Carb (goal 20): 22

Calories (goal 1500): 1883

% from fat (goal ≥60%): 60%

% from protein: 33%

% from carbs: 6%

Food Log:

3ish

1/2 oz cheddar

1/2 oz mixed nuts

11:20

Dana Carpender's Beef Artichoke Skillet

2 bags roastaroma w/

2 oz cream & 1 oz davinci syrup & 1 Tbsp Benefiber

5ish

4 oz steak

3 oz brussels sprouts w/butter

9:00

5.5 oz steak

3 oz cabbage cooked w/2 tsp butter & 1 c chicken broth

2 oz fried cheddar

midnight

1 Atkins mocha shake

Comments:

Food Journal for Friday, November 13, 2009

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight: 362.8

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 125/74

Blood Glucose (goal less than 100) (~8 a.m.):

Blood Glucose (goal less than 100)(2:20 p.m.): 125*

Net Grams of Carb (goal 20): 29

Calories (goal 1500): 1572

% from fat (goal ≥60%): 59%

% from protein: 32%

% from carbs: 9%

*New low

Food Log:

3ish

1/2 oz cheddar

1/2 oz mixed nuts

8:30

4 oz roast pork

2 bags bengal spice

2 pkt Splenda

1 Tbsp Benefiber

1 oz cream

2:20

5 oz steak

3.5 oz brussels sprouts

2 tsp butter

2 oz Just Cranberry juice

1 pkt Splenda

6:30

Dana Carpender's Beef and Artichoke Skillet

2 oz Just Cranberry juice

1 pkt splenda

Bedtime

1/2 oz. mixed nuts

1 oz cheddar

Comments:

The reason for the juice is that I seem to have a urinary infection. That is also what made me go over on my carbs, because each 2 oz serving of juice contains 5 grams of carb.

Food Journal for Thursday, November 12, 2009

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight: 362.0

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 117/71

Blood Glucose (a.m.): 179

Blood Glucose (8:15 p.m.): 145

Net Grams of Carb:23

Calories (goal 1500): 1525

% from fat (goal 60%): 60%

% from protein: 32%

% from carbs: 8%

Food Log:

9:40

southwest beef

sour cream

2 bags bengal spice

2 pkt Splenda

1 Tbsp Benefiber

1 oz cream

2:30ish

JB's Restaurant

4 oz steak

3 breaded shrimp

mushrooms

broccoli & cauliflower

salad w/blue cheese dressing

9:25

4 oz steak

3 oz cabbage cooked with 2 tsp butter & 1 c. chicken broth

bedtime

1 oz cheddar

1/2 oz hazelnuts

Comments:

Food Journal for Thursday November 5 2009

This is NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. I am participating. My goal is to reach 50,000 words by 11:59 p.m. on November 30.

My current word count is: Did not write today

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight: 361.2

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 95/60

Blood Glucose (10:00 a.m.): 151

Blood Glucose (p.m.): 138 (after exercise)

Net Grams of Carb: 90

Calories: 1323

% from fat: 44

% from protein: 26

% from carbs: 27

Exercise: swam 1/4 mile in pool with flippers & mask

Food Log:

Noon

3 oz. Southwestern shredded beef

½ oz sour cream

1 bag roastaroma w/ ½ oz cream & ½ oz davinci syrup

2:45

Wendy’s

bacon deluxe without bun

6:30ish

12" subway sandwich (ham, cheese, etc.) with bun

Comments: Felt tired and cold after dinner. Went to bed about 8:00.

Food Journal for Wednesday November 4 2009

This is NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. I am participating. My goal is to reach 50,000 words by 11:59 p.m. on November 30.

My current word count is: 1433

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight:

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 114/70

Blood Glucose (a.m.): 177

Blood Glucose (p.m.):

Net Grams of Carb: 111

Calories: 2527

% from fat: 60

% from protein: 21

% from carbs: 19

Food Log:

7ish

Atkins mocha shake

1 Babybel cheese

1 oz my mixed nuts

10ish

2 oz taco meat

½ oz sour cream

1 oz salsa

3ish

Naples Café

salad w/ranch dressing

½ lb hamburger patty w/

Swiss cheese &

mushrooms

iced tea w/ 3 Splendas

6ish

bowl of homemade chicken soup w/

noodles

a WHOLE plate of chocolate chip cookies. I didn’t count, but I’d guess there were a dozen of them.

Diet Coke with Splenda

10ish

another bowl of chicken soup w/noodles

Comments: I really don’t want to post this. But I guess the entire blog becomes a lie if I don’t post the bad days as well as the good days. Sigh.

I hosted a Nanowrimo write-in here last night. Only one person showed up, and she brought cookies, and didn’t take them with her when she left. I went bonkers.

Food Journal for Monday, November 2, 2009

This is NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. I am participating. My goal is to reach 50,000 words by 11:59 p.m. on November 30.

My current word count is: 883

Long-Term Goal: 299 by June 1, 2010

Short-Term Goal: 349 by December 1, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight:

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 126/73 (forgot my blood pressure pill last night)

Blood Glucose (7:00 a.m.): 161

Blood Glucose (p.m.):

Net Grams of Carb:

Calories:

% from fat:

% from protein:

% from carbs:

Food Log:

7:00

Atkins mocha shake

1 oz my mixed nuts

1 Babybel cheese

Comments:

Food Journal for Saturday, October 31, 2009

Food Journal for Saturday, October 31, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight: 360.4*

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 108/65

Blood Glucose (8:35 a.m.): 151

Blood Glucose (p.m.):

Net Grams of Carb:

Calories:

% from fat:

% from protein:

% from carbs:

*New low

Food Log:

9:40

Atkins mocha shake

4 oz pork chop

2 bags gingerbread spice herbal tea w/

1 Tbsp Benefiber

1.5 oz davinci syrup

1 oz cream

Comments: I totally blew it after breakfast. I took a nap that ran to 4 or more hours. When I was awakened, I was starving, having missed lunch, but had to rush out to buy Halloween candy... You can probably figure out the rest of the story for yourself. I ate what I shouldn’t and didn’t record things. Did better the next day.

Food Journal for Friday, October 30, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2

Today’s Weight: 361.0*

Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 114/70

Blood Glucose (9 ish a.m.): 135*

Blood Glucose (9:40p.m.): 149

Net Grams of Carb: 11

Calories: 2144

% from fat: 65

% from protein: 32

% from carbs: 3

*New low

Food Log:

4:30 ish

1 oz my nut mix

1 Babybel cheese

10:45

4 oz steak

2 Bengal spice bags w/

1 oz cream

1 Tbsp Benefiber

1 Truvia

4:00

5 oz hamburger patty

1 oz spinach

1/5 cucumber

½ slice onion

2 radishes

1 oz Ken’s buttermilk ranch

7:30

12 oz ribeye steak

½ portobello mushroom fried in butter

1/3 onion fried in butter

Comments:

My weight is nearly 2 pounds less today than yesterday. Weird.

Food Log for Thursday, October 29, 2009

I was tired when I got home last night, so I didn't post this until this morning. Sorry.

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2
Today’s Weight: 362.8
Blood Pressure (goal 120/80):
Blood Glucose (8:40 a.m.): 155
Blood Glucose (p.m.):
Net Grams of Carb: 35
Calories: 1544
% from fat: 64
% from protein: 25
% from carbs: 11

Food Log:

3:30 am
1 oz mixed nuts
1 oz cheddar

8:45
4 oz pork chop
2 bags chai mate
1 Truvia
1 oz cream

3ish
Naples Café
shrimp w/cocktail sauce*
salad w/ranch
iced tea w/Splenda
asparagus
*I ordered their shrimp scampi, which I had there before. The first time I ate it there, it came in a dish of butter, as I would expect. This time, 6 small shrimp appeared on a bed of lettuce. They didn’t appear to be butter-soaked. And there was a side dish of cocktail sauce. I knew I shouldn’t eat the cocktail sauce, but I did. I’m sure it was sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, because I haven’t had diarrhea in several days, but 20 minutes after eating that, the big D was back.

6:30 ish
7-11 café
3 battered, deep-fried pcs halibut*
tartar sauce
salad w/ranch
~1/2 c cottage cheese
* I know, I know. I shouldn't eat breaded things. But there insn’t much that’s legal on 7-11's menu. On the positive side of the ledger, I passed on the croutons, scone, french fries, and glutinous soup.

Food Log for Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2
Today’s Weight: 362.8
Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 130/75
Blood Glucose (10:40 a.m.): 169
Blood Glucose (6:30 p.m.): 134
Net Grams of Carb: 16
Calories: 2,048
% from fat: 66
% from protein: 29
% from carbs: 4

Food Log:
4:30
3/4 oz filberts
3/4 oz cheddar

10:45
4 oz pork chop
2 bags roastaroma
1 oz cream
1.5 oz hazelnut davinci syrup

1:15
4 oz steak
1 oz spinach
1 oz Ken’s buttermilk ranch

6:30
8 oz lamb chop
4 oz brussels sprouts
1 Tbsp butter

9:30
1 oz cheddar
1 Atkins mocha shake

Comments:

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2
Today’s Weight: 363.4
Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 117/64
Blood Glucose (8:45 a.m.): 168
Blood Glucose (3:00p.m.): 133
Net Grams of Carb: 15
Calories: 1714
% from fat: 67
% from protein: 28
% from carbs: 6

Food Log:
7:00
1 oz cheddar
1 oz hazelnuts

10:30
4 oz pork chop

2 bags Bengal spice w/
1 oz cream
1 Truvia

3:35
7 oz steak
1 oz spinach
1 oz Ken's buttermilk ranch
1 oz guacamole

7:15
1 oz flounder baked w/
onion, butter, sprinkle of cheddar*
7 brussel sprouts w/butter
*The flounder turned out horrible. I ate about 3 bites and gave the rest to the dog. I don't know if I overcooked it or what.

11:00
3/4 oz. walnuts
3/4 oz. cheddar



Comments:

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2
Today’s Weight: 363.4
Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 123/75
Blood Glucose (a.m.): 168
Blood Glucose (p.m.): 144
Net Grams of Carb: 17
Calories: 1736
% from fat: 65
% from protein: 29
% from carbs: 6

Food Log:
3:30
1 oz filberts
1 oz cheddar

9:00
4 oz roast chicken

2 bags roastaroma
1 oz hazelnut davinci syrup
1 oz cream

3:30
4 oz pork chop
1 oz Ken's buttermilk ranch
salad made with spinach, cucumber, onion, sugarsnap peas, celery

7:00
4 oz pork chop
4.5 oz cabbage cooked with
7 oz chicken broth
1 Tbsp butter

11:59
1 oz walnuts
1 oz cheddar


Comments:

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2
Today’s Weight: 362.6
Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 107/63
Blood Glucose (a.m.): 143*
Blood Glucose (p.m.): 164
Net Grams of Carb: 12
Calories: 1834
% from fat: 65
% from protein: 31
% from carbs: 4

*New low


Food Log:

5ish am

1 oz cheddar

1 oz hazelnuts



11:00

2 bags bengal spice

1 oz cream

1 Truvia



4 oz. roast chicken



2:00

4 oz prime rib leftovers

1 c lettuce

1 slice tomato

.6 oz Ken's buttermilk ranch

7:30
6.5 oz pork chop
small salad made with spinach, radish, tomato & cucumber
1 oz Ken's buttermilk ranch

10:15
1 oz walnuts
1 oz Babybel cheese




Comments:

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2
Today’s Weight: 362.2
Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 118/69
Blood Glucose (a.m.): 157
Blood Glucose (p.m.): 10:13 pm 159
Net Grams of Carb: 26
Calories: 2467
% from fat: 65
% from protein: 28
% from carbs: 6


Food Log:


2ish am
1 oz filberts
1 oz cheddar


9:55
4 oz taco meat
2 oz salsa
1 oz sour cream



2 bags roastaroma
1 oz cream
1 oz hazelnut davinci syrup


2:15
5.75 oz steak
1 oz raw spinach
.75 oz Ken's buttermilk ranch
1 oz guacamole

6:30 Dinner at Naples Cafe
small salad
~10 oz prime rib
~3/4 c broccoli
iced tea with Truvia

7:30 1 spoonful of mother's coconut cream pie

10:16
1 oz walnuts
1 oz cheddar




Comments:

For years my blood sugar has been significantly higher in the morning than it was at bedtime. Now, with the addition of the nighttime snack, it is about the same this morning as it was last night. How simple! How nice.

Beginning Weight (9-25-09): 366.2
Today’s Weight: 363.6
Blood Pressure (goal 120/80): 123/92
Blood Glucose (a.m.): 151*
Blood Glucose (p.m.): 152
Net Grams of Carb: 16
Calories: 2016
% from fat: 63
% from protein: 32
% from carbs: 4
*New low


Comments

In yesterday's session with Paul, we decided that I should make some sticky notes and place them in various places, including my car, computer monitor, bathroom mirror & refrigerator. I went shopping immediately after our session, and I decided that the best way to make sure I put some sticky notes in my car immediately was to do it before I got home. So I bought some cute sticky notes--they are shaped like stars and are bright orange and yellow--and some colored Sharpies, and made up notes for my dashboard before I ever left Walmart's parking lot. Here's what they said: "The food I make at home tastes better than fast food." "360 by Thursday." "I choose to be healthy." "Green light." When I got home before I even put the groceries away, I made more notes for the kitchen along the same lines. I've also made notes for the bathroom, computer and near my bed.



Yesterday, I listened to the second part of Jimmy Moore's interview with Diane Kress. She said that if you go more than 5 hours without eating, your liver starts pumping out glucose. Therefore, she said, you should eat immediately before going to bed and within an hour of getting up in the morning. Also, if you are awake in the night, you should eat something then. For as long as I've been testing my blood sugars, my blood sugar has been higher in the morning before breakfast that before any other meal of the day. So last night I ate an ounce of walnuts before bed, and I put an ounce of filberts by my bed. I ate them about 3:00 this morning when I woke up. This morning my blood sugar is 12 points lower than it was yesterday morning. Cool. I've ordered her book. Got to run now. I've got to have breakfast before 9. 8-)






Food Log

2:40 am 1 oz hazelnuts



9:15

4.75 oz steak



gingerbread spice tea (new christmas blend from Celestial Seasons)

1 oz cream

1 splenda

1:00 ish
3.5 oz steak
1 oz spinach cooked with 1 oz cream & 2 oz parmesan cheese

6:35
7 oz roast chicken from Smith's
4 oz canned asparagus
1 oz blue cheese dressing

9:45
1 oz walnuts
1 oz cheddar

Beginning Weight: 366.2
Today’s Weight: 363.0
Blood Pressure (goal: 120/80): 122/71
Blood Glucose (a.m.):163*
Blood Glucose (p.m.): 146
Net Grams of Carb: 26
Calories: 1933
% from fat: 59
% from protein: 31
% from carbs: 10


*New low



Food Log

10:40 Measured BP & BG

10:50
5 oz roast beef & broth
1 oz guacamole


thermos of roastaroma (a 0-calorie herbal blend from Celestial Seasons) to sip throughout morning, containing:
2 oz cream
1 oz daVinci syrup

2:30

JB's

grilled salmon w/ tartar sauce

steamed broccoli w/butter

lettuce salad w/ranch dressing

iced tea

6:45

7 oz cooked shrimp

2 Tbsp butter

spices



9:40

1 oz walnuts

As of today, I'm keeping track of calories, etc. in Fitday. I also decided not to try and go back to enter previous days' menus in this blog.

Beginning Weight: 366.2
Today’s Weight: 362.4
Blood Pressure: 119/73
Blood Glucose (a.m.): 179
Blood Glucose (p.m.): 141
Net Grams of Carb: 25
Calories:2240
% from fat: 68
% from protein: 25
% from carbs: 6

Food Log
9:35
5 oz steak
1 oz guacamole

Roastaroma with
1 oz cream &
1/2 oz DaVinci syrup

1:40 Chicken Alfredo from Dana Carpender's recipe

2:00 2nd helping of Alfredo

8:00
hamburger patty with 1 Tbsp picalilli
salad made with spinach, sugar snap peas, cucumber, radishes, onion
2 Tbsp ranch dressing

Bengal spice with
1 oz cream &
1 Splenda

Food Log for September 26, 2009

Beginning Weight: 366.2
Today's Weight: 366.2
Total Net Carbs for Day: 34
Blood glucose: 3 am = 284; 3 pm = 255

Menu

5 am
Have been awake since 3. Am feeling some significant discomfort in stomach. Seems like hunger, but I’m not sure it is. I’m drinking water to combat it.

6:00
diarrhea

10:00
diarrhea

11:40
petite sirloin
mushrooms 1
½ cucumber 2.5
　
11:45
thermos of bengal spice w/
½ cup cream & 3
4 Splendas 4
　
1:00
diarrhea

2:10
diarrhea

2:50
SW beef w/1 T. Salsa, 1
1 T. Sour cream 1
3 radishes 1
1/4 cucumber 2.5
1 c. spinach tr
1 tomato 3
2 T ranch dressing 4
　
4:00
diarrhea, then took 2-hr nap

8:00
Dana’s chicken alfredo 5
½ c. cantaloupe 6
hungry, but healthily. Gut feels better than it did before my nap, too.

10:00
hamburger patty
quite hungry

Food Log for September 25, 2009

3ish
Wendy’s burger w/o bun
mayo, lettuce, tomato
0 gm carb
　
6 pm
½ tomato;
1 fresh plum, small;
chicken leg and thigh; bengal spice w/cream and splenda; live sxinny water
10.5 gm carb
Didn’t seem like enough food. I probably should have made a salad.

8:40
chicken ~4 oz
0 gm carb
have been sipping at Bengal spice & liv sxinney all evening. Very hungry. Somewhat headachy.

10:30
went to bed
hungryyyyyyyyy
　
　
　
I'm not recording a carb count since I didn’t start this until the pm.