Jeanne’s Food Blog

Breakfast

• 2 Eggo Whole Grain Waffles with Carey’s Sugar Free Syrup - 2.5g fat, 3g sugar, 410mg salt
• Coffee

Snack

• Banana

Lunch

• 10 Low Sodium Saltine Crackers - 3g fat, 0g sugar, 60mg salt
• 2 Tablespoons Jif Peanut Butter - 16g fat, 3g sugar, 150mg salt

Dinner

• 2 Slices Ellio’s Pizza - 6g fat, 6g sugar, 530mg salt

Snack

• 16 Reduced Fat Wheat Thins - 4g fat, 4g sugar, 260mg salt
• Raspberries

Daily Totals:

• Fat - 31.5 grams
• Sugar - 16 grams
• Salt - 1410 milligrams

Only slept a few hours last night.  Hoping, I will get a decent night’s rest tonight.  Then I should be able to pay attention to my food a little better.

Breakfast

• 2 Eggo Whole Grain Waffles with Carey’s Sugar Free Syrup - 2.5g fat, 3g sugar, 410mg salt
• Hot Chocolate made with skim milk, baking cocoa, and Splenda.  A “free” food

Lunch

• 1 1/2 serving of Alexia Oven Reds - 5.25g fat,  0g sugar, 405mg salt

Snack

• Banana

Snack

• 1/2 cup Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream (Edy’s Double Churn No Sugar Added)  - 4.5g fat, 3g sugar, 65mg salt
• Ice Cream Cone (Sugar) - 0g fat, 3g sugar, 20mg salt

Daily Totals:

• Fat - 12.25 grams
• Sugar - 9 grams
• Salt - 900 milligrams

A car alarm kept going off all night last night.  I’m so tired today.  I’m been sleeping most of the day, or at least trying to sleep.  Hoping I can get some decent sleep tonight so I can be more myself tomorrow.

Breakfast

• 2 Tablespoons Jif Peanut Butter - 16g fat, 3g sugar, 150mg salt
• 1 English Muffin - 1g fat, 2g sugar, 240g salt
• Hot Chocolate made with skim milk, baking cocoa, and Splenda.  A “free” food

Lunch

• 1 1/2 serving of Alexia Oven Reds - 5.25g fat, 0g sugar, 405mg salt

Snack

• 7 Reduced Fat Triscuits - 3g Fat, 0g Sugar, 160mg Salt

Dinner

• 2 Slices Ellio’s Pizza - 6g fat, 6g sugar, 530mg salt

Daily Totals:

Fat - 30.25 grams
Sugar - 11 grams
Salt - 1485 milligrams

Well, it’s that time of month.  Went for the starch & really didn’t feel like eating today.

Breakfast

2 Eggo Whole Grain Waffles with Carey’s Sugar Free Syrup - 2.5g fat, 3g sugar, 410mg salt
Hot Chocolate made with skim milk, baking cocoa, and Splenda.  A “free” food

Lunch

1 (Wendy’s) Plain Baked Potato with buttery best spread (1) - 5g fat, 3g natural sugar, 115mg salt
1 (Wendy’s) Side Salad - 0g fat, 4g natural sugar, 25mg salt

Snack

7 Reduced Fat Triscuits - 3g Fat, 0g Sugar, 160mg Salt
1 Banana

Dinner

2 Slices Ellio’s Pizza - 6g fat, 6g sugar, 530mg salt
Ice Cream Cone (Sugar) - 0g fat, 3g sugar, 20mg salt
1/2 cup Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream - 4.5g fat, 3g sugar, 65mg salt
(Edy’s Double Churn No Sugar Added)

Daily Totals:

Fat - 21 grams
Sugar - 15 grams
Salt - 1305 milligrams

Breakfast

• 2 Eggo Whole Grain Waffles with Carey’s Sugar Free Syrup - 2.5g fat, 3g sugar, 410mg salt
• Hot Chocolate made with skim milk, baking cocoa, and Splenda.  A “free” food

Lunch

• 1 1/2 serving of Alexia Oven Reds - 5.25g fat,  0g sugar, 405mg salt
• Bagged Salad - 2 cups, no dressing - 0g fat, 2g natural sugar, 0g Salt - “free”

Snack

• 1 Banana
• 7 Reduced Fat Triscuits - 3g Fat, 0g Sugar, 160mg Salt

Another Snack (making up for the missed morning snack! LOL)

• 1/2 cup Sugar free chocolate pudding - 0g fat, 0g refined sugar, 460mg salt
• 2 tablespoons of fat free whipped topping - 0g fat, 4 refined sugar, 20mg salt

Dinner

• 3/4 cup (dry) pasta - 1g fat, 2g sugars, 0mg salt
• 1/2 cup Prego Traditional Pasta Sauce - 3g fat, 10g sugar, 580mg salt

Snack

• Package of Austin Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter - 10g fat, 4g sugar, 400mg salt
• Baby Carrots

Daily Totals:

• Fat - 24.75 grams
• Sugar - 21 grams
• Salt - 2435 milligrams

The Eggo waffles worked well for breakfast.  They taste a little sweet on their own which is interesting since they only have 1.5g of sugar each.

I was able to have a package of cheese crackers with peanut butter since I had enough grams of fat and sugar left. 

I double checked the package of instant  chocolate pudding.  It had 460mg of salt per serving.  Really, that’s a lot of salt.  Given that, I don’t want to eat more than one serving a day.

Well, this is my third day on this diet. I’ve noticed some interesting, yet positive, changes.

1. No heartburn!  I haven’t chewed on antacid tablets since I started doing this.  Yea!  I’m so tired of heartburn, it’s awful!  I’m usually chewing on antacid tablets like they are candy.
2. The swelling in my right foot is markedly improved.  It’s still a bit swollen, but no where near where it has been lately.
3. Ok, this is a bit personal, my urine is almost completely clear.  I drink a lot of water as a general rule, but I would still have urine that was almost a dark yellow at times.  Not a good thing.  Now, it’s the color it should be.

I’m not as hungry as I’ve been the past two days.  I may be going through a weird type of withdrawal.  Sounds odd, but I’m so used to eating tons of junk food, cookies, etc.  My stomach is used to having a lot of food. 

And it’s good!

I like rich, creamy hot chocolate, not the thin hot chocolates that seem like hot brown water.  If I want that, I drink coffee

Here’s my recipe - makes 16 ounces.

• 16 ounces skim milk
• 4 Tablespoons Baking Cocoa
• 4 Tablespoons Splenda

I heat the milk in my microwave for 3 minutes.  Then I whisk in the cocoa and Splenda really well.  There will be some cocoa lumps so I always strain the hot chocolate into my mug.  I know it sounds weird, but I don’t want a lump of unsweetened cocoa in my mouth. Yuck!

Whenever I’m cold or need a chocolate fix, this usually takes care of it for me.

The only issue with this recipe is the cocoa “sludge” at the bottom of the mug.  I don’t drink that & just rinse it out of my mug.  I may be using too much cocoa & Splenda.  Use equal parts of each & adjust it to your liking.  If you manage to get rid of the sludge, leave a comment for me

You could substitute original soy milk for the skim milk and that would get rid of the natural sugars in the skim milk and you get the benefit of soy protein which is super good for you!

Breakfast

• 3/4 cup of Special K Chocolately Delight cereal with skim milk - contains 9g sugar, 2g fat, and 180mg salt.
• Coffee with Splenda & skim milk - a “free” food
• 1 banana (1st fruit of the day, helps my potassium level)

Snack

• 7 Reduced Fat Tricuits - 3g Fat, 0g Sugar, 160mg Salt
• Then I ate a roll - I was still hungry!  So add 3.5g fat (2 of these due to a smidge of butter), 2g sugar, 130mg salt

Lunch

• Alexia Oven Reds - 3.5g fat,  0g sugar, 270mg salt
• Alexia Onion Rings - 12g fat, 3g sugar, 230mg sugar

 Snack

• Bagged Salad - 2 cups, no dressing (I don’t like dressings normally) - 0g fat, 2g sugar, 0g Salt
• 1 Roll with 1/2 teaspoon butter - 3.5g fat (4 of these due to butter), 2g sugar, 130mg salt

Dinner

• 3/4 cup (dry) pasta - 1 fat, 2 sugars, 0 salt
• 1/2 cup Prego Traditional Pasta Sauce - 3 fat, 10 sugar, 580 salt

Snack

• Sugar free chocolate pudding made with skim milk - makes a “free” food
• Strawberries

Daily Totals:

• Fat - 31.5 grams
• Sugar - 30 grams
• Salt - 1520 milligrams

Breakfast

• 1 1/2 cups (2 servings, 1 serving really isn’t enough) of Special K Chocolately Delight cereal with skim milk - contains 18g sugar, 4g fat, and 360mg salt.
• Coffee with Splenda & skim milk

Ouch!  18g of sugar?!  Are you kidding me?  So, I have 12g of sugar to play with the rest of the day!  Once this cereal is eaten up I’m looking for a new cereal to eat.  I’d prefer to have a couple of English muffins smothered in butter, yes REAL butter - but that would kill the fat content for the next year or so!  LOL.

Snack

 It’s 11:30am & I’m hungry…  My lunch is usually about 12:30, 1:00ish

I love organic baby carrots.  Their flavor is sooo much better than regular baby carrots.  Plus, I can eat them right out of the bag - kinda like potato chips - and they are crunchy.  I like crunchy food. So, I looked at the nutrition label - they ARE veggies so they ARE healthy right?

Organic Baby Carrots - 3 oz serving size contains:

• Fat - 0g
• Sugar - 5g
• Sodium - 65mg

5 grams of sugar?!  What?!  So, I’m up to how many sugars?  23?  Aw c’mon….  I was hungry, really.  I was.  I’ll eat these up & find another snacky type veggie to eat…  I weighed out my 3 oz of carrots and ate them…

Lunch

Alexia Oven Reds - One  serving is about 8 pieces.  These are oven roasted red potatoes. Yummy.

• Fat - 3.5g
• Sugar - 0g - Did you see that?  ZERO sugars!  Oh snap!
• Salt - 270mg

Alexia Onion Rings - One serving is about 6 rings.  Don’t worry, I bake these with the potatoes above.

• Fat - 12g — Rats.  Maybe, I’ll eat just 3 tomorrow…
• Sugar - 3g — Seriously, does everything have sugar?
• Salt - 230mg

Instead of salt - which is what I normally dump all over these things - I’m putting Mrs. Dash Table Blend on them.  It’s not bad.  I prefer salt, but Mrs. Dash is a decent substitute.

Snack

• Bagged Salad - 2 Cups, no dressing (I don’t like dressings normally) - 0g fat, 2g sugar, 0g Salt
• 2 Rolls with 1 teaspoon butter - 7g fat (4 of these due to butter), 4g sugar, 260mg salt

Dinner

• 3/4 cup (dry) pasta - 1 fat, 2 sugars, 0 salt
• 1/2 cup Prego Traditional Pasta Sauce - 3 fat, 10 sugar, 580 salt (need to find another pasta sauce)

Daily Totals:

• Fat - 30.5 grams
• Sugar - 42 grams
• Salt - 1765 milligrams

So looking this over, I believe the sugars I should be counting would be “refined” sugars.  Meaning the sugar that occurs naturally in veggies & in fruits really shouldn’t count.  Of course, if I ate 10 pieces of fruit a day, that would be too much sugar or say drank a glass of juice those sugars are concentrated & I end up with a food coma later on in the day (about 1 1/2 hours later).  So adding up just the refined sugar I get this…

Daily Totals: (not counting natural sugars)

• Fat - 30.5 grams
• Sugar - 35 grams
• Salt - 1765 milligrams

I get to discount 7 grams of natural sugar.  Really, that is more realtistic and allows me to eat lots of veggies (need to buy more) and some fruit (need to buy more fruit).

So all in all not too bad for a first day.  Yes, I’m over on the fats & the sugars.  If I had eaten 1 serving of cereal & had a piece of fruit for the other serving my numbers would be…

Daily Totals: (if I had had only one serving of cereal)

• Fat - 28.5 grams
• Sugar - 26 grams
• Salt - 1585 milligrams

And that would meet my goal AND I’ve eaten 4 servings of veggies today!  Yes, yes - I know the nutrition here isn’t the greatest.  I’ll work on that as I go along.

What about meat?  I don’t eat it.  No cow, pig, chicken, turkey, fish, etc.  If it walks, swims, or flies I don’t eat it.  Nothing against meat, I just can’t stand eating it.  I make meat for my family and even think it smells good.  I just can’t stand the texture of it in my mouth.

Since I’m not using my salt shaker anymore, I need something to replace it. I mean c’mon, potatoes without salt?  Heresy! I was at my local supermarket yesterday and picked up Mrs. Dash Table Blend.  It’s a combination of various spices and it’s salt free.  It cost about $2.49 - way more expensive than salt!  LOL  Really, I’m just complaining because I can.

So, last night I put some on my potatoes.  This stuff isn’t half bad.  Yeah, it’s not salt - but I can live with this. 

My friend, Jill, suggested I get another bottle of Mrs. Dash to keep in my purse for when I go out to eat.  Good idea Jill!

You can find Mrs. Dash in the aisle with the spices and baking stuff like cakes mixes, flour, sugar, etc.  Mrs. Dash has other spice combinations, like spicy, that I will probably try out as well.