Yesterday I stayed under calories though I did indulge in some mini Cadbury eggs (evil little. ...) today my calories are a bit odd because I work nights and I can't eat after midnight due to surgery in the am.

Over calories .. Went out to Bob Evans with family. Didn't do good choices . old me creeped her head out and took over . ..

Under by 100 cals today

OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH MMMMMMYYYYYYY....... at work I know that's a shock, seems like I live here lately but good grief they (my co workers) are killing me tonight. The last 2 nights I have been a little more hungry than usual which is odd for me because I am usually a bit nauseated on this shift especially if I eat past midnight. Well I guess its some sort of ER Dr appreciation blah blah blah... any excuse to have an abundance of amazing looking yummies sitting around day (seriously day shift couldn't have eaten all of this and hoarded it in their lockers for tomorrow) and it is sitting by the coffee pot so I almost drooled on it as I poured my coffee. I was pretty good last night but they put out a whole new basket tonight with all new stuff...UGH!!!!!!! I tried not to look BUT SERIOUSLY RIGHT BY MY MUCH NEEDED COFFEE!!!!!!!! How could I not peek a little?????? They had chocolate covered cherries and pretzels and......well then I couldn't see thru my tears .... So I drug myself away to wipe my tears and passed the nurses ....yep stuffing their faces with pizza and pasta. Glad they didn't bother to ask me if I wanted to order anything I might have caved in Now I am safely tucked away in my department sipping my coffee sharing my horror story with my new found and truly understanding friends.... until the pager goes off and I have to go back to ER

katdanash wrote: »

I skipped breakfast opted only for coffee, bad idea , only had yogurt with granola for lunch , chicken sandwich for dinner and will have some strawberries later . but I have barely used half my calories . I have just found out in the 14th of March that I am fully diabetic now. Find a balance for breakfast is hard . trying to limit the carbs I eat . my gobto was a price of taost with strawberry preserves . don't get up in time to do eggs and can't do them everyday .. Low carb, sucks for me .

Hey Kat! There are soooooooo many choices for low carb, I get the coffee for breakfast I am really bad at that and I was not a big egg fan and still not all that thrilled with them unless they are cleverly disguised (BTW you can scramble eggs ahead of time and keep in fridge for a couple of days and warm up in microwave, I do this for work now sometimes) I am also not good at the whole breakfast thing and still struggle with that meal sometimes......but don't give up! It gets easier I promise! There is a bit of a learning curve because it goes kinda against what we have always been taught with normal dieting. When I was working day shift and had to pack a breakfast I found Dannon light and fit greek yogurt (strawberry cheesecake, VERY YUMMY and I do not care for yogurt either) has only 9 grams of carbs and also had some string cheese either 0 or 1 carb depending on type of cheese. That would hold me for a couple of hours if I needed a snack before lunch pork rinds are 0 carbs and Jack links meat sticks have 2 carbs, there are some other brands that have less.

When I first started low carb I felt like I was eating so much (I didn't even feel like I was on a diet) but it slows way down, you stop snacking in between meals because your not hungry. Your portion size starts dropping down to probably what is a normal portion just because you don't need as much to get full. I have hungry days, they seem to come in spurts of a couple of days at a time then they seem to go away and i am good again. There are so many choices out there just not things that your probably use to going and grabbing. Try and google some and research a little I bet you will be surprised. Oh and believe it or not you do kinda lose your taste for bread, pasta and potatoes after a while.

Let me know if you would like any suggestions for snacks or food, I will try to help you out I know its hard in the beginning

I only had just under 1300 calories yesterday, which seems far too low to me, but I just wasn't very hungry. I had three meals, and some small snacks in between, and didn't feel I was lacking.
I hope to stay on plan today.

Tata0716, animalrob37, audrey13027, Pepperh3ad, BarneyRubbl, BigChangeNe, Congratulations on a great day of food choices.

Katdanash – Many people find it helpful to plan what they will order before they go to a restaurant and it appears that Bob Evans has their menu online complete with the calories for each dish. https://www.bobevans.com/our-restaurants/menu

lungs59 - chocolate covered cherries are one of my favorites. Many workplaces have programs set up to support the diet and fitness efforts of employees. Weight watchers and Tops groups have been set up for many company workgroups. Is there any chance you could join or start a fitness support group at the hospital? If so, you could then use the influence of the entire group to implement some workplace policies that would keep the treats to a minimum.

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I’m still 100% on plan with Nutrisystem. On the menu today is:

B: Nutrisystem Double Chocolate Muffin
L: Nutrisystem Grilled Chicken Sandwich
D : Nutrisystem Sweet & Sour Chicken
S: Nutrisystem Mint Crisp Bar

Along with some yogurt, fruit, veggies, & veggie patty.

ObesityWarrior wrote: »

It takes some getting used to but I actually quite like it now and really notice the difference when I do eat more carbs. Yesterday I had more carbs than usual for me and it made me really hungry, my joints started hurting, my abdomen was sore. Those things are much better for me when I keep carbs very low and I am much less hungry on low carb.

It sounds like you have done really well with sorting out what works best for your body, and then being able to discern the physiological differences that occur when you eat outside of your planned foods. It's one of my big hopes to be able to start doing that myself someday soon!

Yesterday's eating got slightly off track but I think was still ok. A couple of hours into studying, I realized my lovely healthy snack was still sitting there, untouched - very surprising as I was certainly hungry! I then realized that my throat was extremely sore and I was developing all the symptoms of a bad head cold I knew I had been under the weather, but didn't realize it was because a virus was creeping on, grr. I ended up only being able to take milky tea, and then later forcing myself to eat the only soft foods on hand. I had to estimate the calories, but I don't think I was over by much, if at all. WHEW!

Today I'm alternating napping with sipping hot tea and broth. I guess the good thing about being sick is that I'm not particularly hungry and have no cravings, great little silver lining!

still logging my food everyday. haven't missed a day since 1/29/16. It's become a habit now. I don't eat until I log first.

Under my calorie goal today, and made some good choices. My partner had a big plate of potato wedges, garlic mushrooms, some meat pie etc, I had a small fish pie and some vegetables. It was yummy, and I'm proud of myself for not caving in and having the same.

Katdanash – Many people find it helpful to plan what they will order before they go to a restaurant and it appears that Bob Evans has their menu online complete with the calories for each dish. https://www.bobevans.com/our-restaurants/menu

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Thanks for the link. I will use it ..
I had it planned out and then my hunger took over .. i will never go out to eat again while I am so hungry. I will make sure i eat a sensible snack in the afternoon. Something that will hold me over til dinner time.

lungs59 wrote: »

katdanash wrote: »

I skipped breakfast opted only for coffee, bad idea , only had yogurt with granola for lunch , chicken sandwich for dinner and will have some strawberries later . but I have barely used half my calories . I have just found out in the 14th of March that I am fully diabetic now. Find a balance for breakfast is hard . trying to limit the carbs I eat . my gobto was a price of taost with strawberry preserves . don't get up in time to do eggs and can't do them everyday .. Low carb, sucks for me .

Hey Kat! There are soooooooo many choices for low carb, I get the coffee for breakfast I am really bad at that and I was not a big egg fan and still not all that thrilled with them unless they are cleverly disguised (BTW you can scramble eggs ahead of time and keep in fridge for a couple of days and warm up in microwave, I do this for work now sometimes) I am also not good at the whole breakfast thing and still struggle with that meal sometimes......but don't give up! It gets easier I promise! There is a bit of a learning curve because it goes kinda against what we have always been taught with normal dieting. When I was working day shift and had to pack a breakfast I found Dannon light and fit greek yogurt (strawberry cheesecake, VERY YUMMY and I do not care for yogurt either) has only 9 grams of carbs and also had some string cheese either 0 or 1 carb depending on type of cheese. That would hold me for a couple of hours if I needed a snack before lunch pork rinds are 0 carbs and Jack links meat sticks have 2 carbs, there are some other brands that have less.

When I first started low carb I felt like I was eating so much (I didn't even feel like I was on a diet) but it slows way down, you stop snacking in between meals because your not hungry. Your portion size starts dropping down to probably what is a normal portion just because you don't need as much to get full. I have hungry days, they seem to come in spurts of a couple of days at a time then they seem to go away and i am good again. There are so many choices out there just not things that your probably use to going and grabbing. Try and google some and research a little I bet you will be surprised. Oh and believe it or not you do kinda lose your taste for bread, pasta and potatoes after a while.

Let me know if you would like any suggestions for snacks or food, I will try to help you out I know its hard in the beginning

Thank you. I really appreciate any help. i really want to figure this out.
Breakfast tomorrow is : scrambled egg with spinach and 1 tablespoon of cheddar cheese,
Lunch is a salad with , romaine , spinach, chicken, cherry tomatoes, red onion, feta cheese and lowfat italian dressing . serving of cottage cheese topped with 1/2 half of a pineapple cup ( canned in own juice ) . baked cod fish , steamed veggies not sure what or if anything else yet. Snacks are planned as well . small apple and a tablespoon of peanut butter .
How that meal plan sound to you ?

Today was a good day! Looks like I'll come in under calorie target for today! Woo-hoo!