What did You Eat Today?
Thanks to Luv we have this thread! I might include pictures some times but I didn't take one of lunch. My boyfriend says that it didn't look very appetizing. I kind of agree. But it did taste good.
- Deconstructed Zucchini Lasagna
- Zucchini
- pasta sauce
- pepper jack cheese
- cottage cheese
- ricotta cheese
- garlic
- spices
- 2 eggs
- romaine lettuce
- zucchini slices
I've been eating twice a day lately so this was a full plate of food. I didn't weigh the lettuce or zucchini but that isn't enough calories to really affect the over all day since I usually eat less than mfp's goal.
- calories - 640
- carbs - 25g
- fat - 45g
- protein - 54g
- fiber - 4g
- sugar - 12g
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yum, that sounds good!
‘I’ve had breakfast so far:blueberry oatmeal
Sprouted oats, Blueberries, milk, butter, and sugar for the top.
294 cal. 35.8 g carbs. 10.3g fat. 10.3g protein.2 -
Hi! Both of your meals sound great.
My breakfast today: coffee with unsweetened almond milk, 1/2 cup of low-fat cottage cheese, and one clementine.
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Luv snapped pics
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I had whole grain toast with a bit of jalapeno cream cheese, an apple with a tiny bit of peanut butter, unsweetend black tea and water. I know I could save on the calories by skipping the cream cheese and peanut butter but I like them. I meet my calorie goal by the end of the day so I don't get too worried about it. I am not snacking on sugary snacks that way that I used to and that's the important thing for me. Baby steps.
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I tend to do bowls, soups, salads, bento, so it was interesting to 'deconstruct' my 5+c salad. Usually i just add all then stir.
Deconstructed - 3 cup mixed salad from bag, 2/3c green beans with a bit of mixed vegs from dinner prior night.
2T Ranch, squirt mustard,
4 oz diced ham
1/3c (1oz) shred cheese,
For health reasons 2T craisins, Tbsp minced garlic,
Pepperoncini slices (fermented food)
This was 545 cals, 43 carbs, 28g fat, 29g protein, 7g fiber, 1963mg sodium. (* i blow my 2300mg daily sodium targets often from any processed foods... and today, also the ham.)
For ingredients, I shoot for the diabetes myplate design with 1/2 plate in veggies, quarter in carbs, quarter in protein (often mixed up in bowl), 500-600/meal lunch dinner.
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- Chicken
- rice-a-roni chicken flavored rice vermicelli
- cauliflower
- great value taco blend cheese
- romaine lettuce
- cucumbers
- pepper
- Walden Farms Thousand Island Dressing
- Dash Garlic & Herb Seasoning Blend, Salt Free
Obviously the chicken, rice-a-roni, cauliflower and cheese were cooked in one pan. I probably should have taken the picture after I mixed the lettuce together but oh well.
- calories 485
- carbs - 29g
- fat - 17g
- protein - 48g
- fiber - 4g
- sugar - 4g
both meals are around 1100 calories 54g carbs 102g protein 8g fiber and 16g sugar
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Wow, this all looks great. I had 144 grams of Strawberry Okios triple zero, 47 grams of simply granola and a 87 gram apple for breakfast. Work lunch with my team, so about 450 grams chicken and rice soup with 159ish grams hummus with celery and cucumber. And a Clean protein bar for a snack. Not much of an appetite now, so will see what dinner brings.
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2c mixed bean & ham soup, added leftover green beans, brussel sprouts, cornbread muffin.
- 595 cals, 75g carbs
- 12g fat, 34g protein
- 1050 mg sodiun
- 22g fiber
Totals for day
- 1629 cals, 151g carbs
- 59g fat, 103g protein
- 3369 sodium
- 33g fiber
I won't share totals often, but this is a typical 3 meal day. I struggle with the sodium target.
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Happy to see this new discussion was unsure if it was ok to ask
I want to say WOW!!! everyone meals look tasty my eating
AM did not eat a coffee I had from not my usually place did not agree so was not hungry till 1
eating was Chicken noodle soup,1/2 bowls frozen cherries
dinner love making bowls so tonight was a taco bowl beef,lettuce,cheese,tomato and peppers,
egg salad mini wrap ,herbal tea and reg tea and my coffee
plus water 🙂
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Love hearing what people are eating.
Breakfast today
Chocolate whey protein powder in coffee with peanut butter on (leftover) cornbread.
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This is lunch and I will make another one for dinner.
Zucchini Pizza
- 1 large zucchini
- 1/2 cup of spaghetti sauce
- 3/4 cup of cheese
- calories 550
- carbs 24g
- fat 37g
- protein 28g
- fiber 5g
- sugar 5g
- calories 1100
- carbs 48g
- fat 74g
- protein 56g
- fiber 10g
- sugar 11g
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That pizza looks great! What kind of pepperoni do you use?
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Breakfast: black coffee, fat-free Greek yogurt with blueberries and walnuts
First time trying the fat-free version. I didn't like it much. I'll try another brand after this container is gone.
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Lunch ham salad (557 cals)
Added a torn tangerine and cut 1/2 of the craisins from yesterday. The tangerine added nice moisture. The 2 serves petite brussels added weight that made it feel substantial. May just use 1 serv instead of 2 next time I have brussels on hand.
My fav type blend
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I need to make more hearty salads like that! Thanks for the inspiration.
Lunch: salad with lettuce, tomatoes, celery, green pepper, green beans, carrots, feta cheese, and 1 tsp of Greek dressing.
Snack: Skinny Pop white cheddar popcorn
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Breakfast: oatmeal made with unsweetened coconut milk, cinnamon and apple.
Lunch: 2 hard boiled eggs, cottage cheese, fresh pineapple and cheez-its
Dinner: Venison, mushrooms, half head of romaine, dried cranberries, homemade caesar dressing and sourdough bread. cannot figure out how to attach a photo. Ugh. Also had a beer with dinner.
Daily totals: 1747 calories, 174 g carbs, 68 g fat and 86 g protein.
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@Sunrise0123 I used Hormel Pepperoni Minis
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breakfast
oatmeal with cranberry /apple n cinnamon
chicken noodle soup with raw veggies
protein smootie,collagen n protein powder with strawberries n 1/2 banana plus spinach
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Thank you! I didn't know they came in mini-size.
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What brand of collagen and protein powder do you use?
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Megd44 are you on android and website (not the app) by any chance. When i click the picture mountain button bottom of the comment edit box, it now takes me to a list of some puctires. At top, i click the word button 'images', the list changes/increases, then scroll down and touch the pic desired, scroll back up and touch/click the word 'select' button...
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A lot of the formatting/posting changed, still trying to get it.
Dinner - Chicken apple sausage dog on brown bread, sharp cheddar thin 2 slices, 1 pepperjack, mustard and pepperoncini slices. Asparagus steamed. (537 cals)
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Breakfast - (433 cals) chocolate whey protein powder in coffee, 1/2 english muffin with 2T pb, tangerine.
About day 3 or 4 tracking, waiting for appetite to stop roaring. Hungry this morning. Wanted more. Stopped at enough.
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Lunch soup & salad... extra broth.
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Running hungry so had late afternoon snack 4pm (3rd meal/snackish size) 2 cups broth pulled from the soup, 2 oz melted in cheese, slice bread and butter for dipping. No pic.
Late dinner (4th meal) thin chicken breast folded in half and tucked in thin slice ham, pepperjack and baby swiss cheese, dredged in egg and Italian breadcrumbs. I added pepper, onion powder, touch garlic and dash coriander to egg before dredging.
Served with 2/3 cup mash taters, 1.5c petite green beans and 1/3c asparagus stir fry blend, sauced with tbsp broth from the ham soup. (575 cals.)
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Dinner last night spaghetti (bow ties) with ground turkey, diced ham and shrimp in traditional sauce. Served with green beans. (545 cals)
Breakfast this morning 2 egg scramble with saute onion & sweet bell peppers, diced ham, shrimp, shred cheese and some salsa and leftover green beans (for bulk). Served with 3 mini Street Taco sized corn tortillas for wraps and large coffee. (590 cals)
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happy with how this new recipe turned out. Whole family enjoyed it (even my 4&5 yr olds). Quick & easy, 1 pan. Nutritious.
Bag of qourn meatless chicken pieces .Bunch of asparagus
Head of broccoli
Fresh pesto
Bag of frozen peas
Salt & pepper.
squeezed half a lemon over the top.2 -
years later came down with the flu so nothing exciting to post
Today had a nice dinner Chicken,asparagus and tsp gravy
My question a friend who was on Keto said I am logging in my carbs wrong these are the lowest carbs where I live I can find ,but I will say 17 g she told
me I have to minus the fibre so it should be 16 and if there was sugar to do the same is this true ?Thanks for the help😊
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Hope you feel better LuvFurbabies
For keto, it is a split controversy.
- Some people log all carbs ( the 17g)
- Some people log "NET" carbs (total grams of carbs minus - the grams of fiber = NET carbs.)
- In this example, 17 grams total minus - the 1g fiber = 16g Net to log.
This would be done for the fiber only and NOT for the sugar.
The theory is that fiber is not digestible and does not spike insulin response and bood glucose, etc, so does not need to be counted.
1 of the primary reasons people do the 'net carb approach' (remove the fiber from total carb grams) listed on the label...
- It allows people to eat more overall carbs across the day.
On the flip side sugar does trigger an insulin response and does spike blood glucose, so should be counted.
- Sugar/added sugar is already included in the 17g total carb number
- So, the 'sugar, added sugar' would not be subtracted from nor added to the 17g. It is already in the 17g.
After reading this and that, i personally do not remove the fiber that is already included as part of the total 17g...
- But if i took a fiber supplement like metamucil, i would not log the metamucil fiber.
My brother is doing carnivore, and switching in and out with keto when he wants some carbs ( salad, sourdough bread, whatnot.)
There is conflicting info i've read that makes me want to stick 1 way or other and not flip in and out.
What i have not seen are definitive answers to some issues/guidelines such as...
- Carnivore is virtually no carb, very high fat and moderate protein...
- after a time, say 3 months, the person becomes 'fat adapted' for their body processes.
- So, if it takes 3 months to adapt completely, i would wonder if it is safe to switch in and out. Read an article once that said not safe but i can not find it again and did not look hard. (I think maybe, it might just harder on body to switch.)
For strict Keto, some limit total carbs to 20g carbs across the day
- Which is quite low
- And where it could seem helpful to do Net carbs...
- If.… if doing Net carbs does not kick the person out of ketosis (fat burning, ketone burning in the body induced by a keto or carnivore approach.)
I have also seen keto limits as 50g of carbs a day, and i wonder if having them in a single meal breaks ketosis.
- Personally i use the 50g for keto across the day in 3 or 4 meals (shooting for about 12-15g a meal)
I am emotionally happier doing 'low carb' - shooting for 100 to 150g of carbs across the day.
- I currently try to eat 3 to 4 times a day,
- and shoot for 25 - 35g per eating event,
- but struggle to stay that low consistently.
- So i do end up with some higher days like 200g carbs for the day...
The primary switch though is doing
- Keto or carnivore body system burns ketones
- Low or higher carb body systems is the standard eating approach for most people and burns blood glucose.
*People can get the 'keto flu like symptoms' when switching between the 2 energy systems.
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That 1 pan dinner looks awesom Meachem!
Dinner tonight - Used refrigerator can of crescent rolls for a pizza in 8x12 pan - it was ok but not wild about it although hubby enjoyed.
Can had 8 rolls at 100 cals each, so 1/4 pan = 2 rolls = 200 cals. With salad was quite filling.
Pizza with 3 meat medley (diced ham, ground turkey & shrimp), olives, pepperoncini. Served with green bean dinner salad, ranch mustard dressing. (665 cals, 46 carbs)
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