OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

[*Wendy*]

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... 1 cup jicama...

Mitzi - do you eat yours raw?

[Discolemonade]

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I have yet to try that jicama, think I will. I hear of people eating it raw, they've said it's like a potato is raw, I loved raw potatos, so maybe this'll be good. Is this true? Can you make mashed potatos out of it? or potato salad? Or is it too sweet?

[*Wendy*]

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It's too sweet for that, in my opinion. I baked it once w/ olive oil, garlic & seasonings after cutting it into "fries". NOT GOOD! Edible, but not great because of the conflict between natural sweetness vs. the garlic/season I added.

Then I read about some other ways to make that leaned towards the sweet side, but of course I didn't write it down & now can't remember.

[mitzimarie]

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Hello

I always eat my jicama raw. In fact, I eat most (though not all) of my veggies raw.

Jen - Jicama is nicknamed "Mexican Potato", and it looks a lot like a potato in appearance after it is peeled. However, it is slightly sweet... tastes like a cross between an apple and a pear to me. The first time I ate it, I wasn't thrilled with it. It is a root vegetable, and it tasted kinda "root-y" to me. I went on to have it a few more times, and I got used to it. As you can see, I eat it a lot, because I still try to make at least 2 of my daily cups of veggies come from the Salad Vegetable list. Jicama is a salad veggie with a lot of fiber, and a good number of carbs... so it is a staple for me.

I have heard that some people grate it, and "fry" it in oil with some cinnamon. I've never tried to cook jicama, but I've heard that it's not that easy to cook because it stays hard. Grating it and frying it with cinnamon sounds like a good idea to me, because the apple/pear taste would be good with the cinnamon and grating it would take care of the hardness. I think that you could probably find some other recipes by using "jicama" in the search.

[mitzimarie]

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Breakfast - Atkins Chocolate Royale Shake

Lunch - 1 whole medium avocado, 1 whole small cucumber, and 1 serving of sugar snap peas

Early Dinner - Hamburger patty topped with a cup of mushrooms (no cheese tonight), and a small salad with about a cup of chopped lettuce, 1/4 cup chopped tomato, and 1/2 ounce grated cheddar cheese with 1 tablespoon of Hidden Valley Bacon Ranch dressing. I don't usually eat salad unless I eat out, but this was left from the tacos I had fixed for Barry and Daniel earlier.

Evening Snack/Dessert - MUP with almonds

Fitday Totals:
1653 Calories
36 net carbs, 25 of those are net veggie carbs (74g total carbs - 38g fiber = 36 net carbs)
67% Fat
9% Carbs
24% Protein

[gonnabskinny]

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Well I am having a rough week this week. Seems I do not have a good enough handle on things this week. I have been more hungry as well. Wonder if jumping up those extra 5 carbs is what is doing it. Percentages looked good, but too high on calories and too low on carbs.

Here is yesterdays totals.

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean cereal
1/2 cup of soymilk
2 eggs
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup strawberries

Lunch
1 1/2 hamburgers: 8 oz lean ground beef, 1 1/2 tbsp mayo, 1 roma tomato, 2 medium slices of onion, and 1 1/2 low carb hamburger buns

Dinner
7 oz Salmon
2 oz cream
1/2 cup of mushrooms
1/2 large red pepper
1 large slice of onion
7 oz glass of white wine

Snack
1 oz macadamia nuts

2166 total calories, 117 grams of fat 49%, 156 grams of protein 29%, and 77 net carbs 22%

[mitzimarie]

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Breakfast - Atkins Chocolate Royale Shake

Lunch - MUP with almonds

Snack - 1 serving of sugar snap peas and 1 cup of jicama

Dinner - Hamburger patty toppped with swiss cheese/mushrooms; 1 cup of steamed broccoli; 1 cup of steamed cauliflower

Fitday Totals:
1369 calories
34 net carbs, 24 of those net veggie carbs (68g total carbs - 34g fiber = 34 net carbs)
59% Fat
11% Carbs
30% Protein

[gonnabskinny]

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Along with the higher carb intake, it seems that my calories have gone up some as well.

Here are yesterdays totals.

Breakfast
Atkins shake
2 shredded wheat biscuits
1/2 cup of soy milk
1/2 cup of greek yogurt
1/2 cup of strawberries
2 eggs

Lunch
1 cup of green bean salad with oil and vinegar dressing
9 oz of pork loin

Dinner
Chicken salad sandwich: 5 oz of chicken breast, 2 tbsp mayo, 1 celery stalk, 1 medium slice of onion, and 2 slices of fiber plus whole grain wheat bread

Snack
1/2 large apple
1/2 oz of cream cheese

Total calories 2065, 105 grams of fat 46%, 176 grams of protein 34%, and 81 net grams of carbs 20%

[mitzimarie]

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Along with the higher carb intake, it seems that my calories have gone up some as well.

Here are yesterdays totals.

Breakfast
Atkins shake
2 shredded wheat biscuits
1/2 cup of soy milk
1/2 cup of greek yogurt
1/2 cup of strawberries
2 eggs

Lunch
1 cup of green bean salad with oil and vinegar dressing
9 oz of pork loin

Dinner
Chicken salad sandwich: 5 oz of chicken breast, 2 tbsp mayo, 1 celery stalk, 1 medium slice of onion, and 2 slices of fiber plus whole grain wheat bread

Snack
1/2 large apple
1/2 oz of cream cheese

Total calories 2065, 105 grams of fat 46%, 176 grams of protein 34%, and 81 net grams of carbs 20%

Hi, Don

Do you think that the extra calories from the extra carbs is affecting you negatively, or not making a difference? If it does make a difference, maybe you could get more of the extra carbs from veggies, rather than from the upper rungs, and that would keep your calories down a little?

Maybe yesterday was a low veggie day for you? Looks like you only had 1 cup of green bean salad, 1 celery stalk, and 1 medium slice of onion for veggies on a day that ended with 81 net carbs. Of course, we know that some men can get away with eating a lot more upper rung carbs than women, though... for example, if I ate fruit twice in one day like you do, and only those few veggies, I would probabaly even gain weight.

Have you considered joining the Veggie Challenge? LOL... I've been pushing it all over the board... just slap me if I'm annoying with it.

[mitzimarie]

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Pre-Breakfast - Atkins Chocolate Royale Shake (had this at 6:00am)

Breakfast - Waffle House Fiesta Omelette (3 eggs, cheese, ham, onion, jalapenos, tomatoes)

Lunch - MUP with almonds

Snack - 1 whole large yellow bellpepper, raw, cut into strips

Dinner - Hamburger patty topped with provolone cheese/cup of mushrooms; 1 whole medium cucumber; 1 whole small tomato

Fitday Totals:
1796 Calories
49 net carbs, 32 of those net veggie carbs (76g total carbs - 27g fiber = 49 net carbs)
59% Fat
12% Carbs
30% Protein

[gonnabskinny]

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Yeah Mitzi, Friday was not a good day on the veggie front. I try to make sure that I get in my 3 cups of veggies per day. Did it yesterday, but it was all cauliflower.

Breakfast
3/8 cup of multi grain squares cereal
1/4 cup of soy milk
1 shake
1/2 cup of cottage cheese
1/2 cup of strawberries
2 eggs
1/4 cup of pistachio kernals

Lunch
ham and cheese sandwich: 1 slice swiss cheese, 4 oz of ham, 1 1/2 tbsp mayo, 2 slices of fiber plus whole grain wheat bread
3 cups of cauliflower

Dinner
Spicy Chipotle Chicken Salad 8 oz.

Snack
1/2 oz cream cheese
1 light rye Wasa
1/2 large apple

2013 calories, 121 grams of fat 54%, 128 grams of protein 25%, and 81 net carbs 21%

Today here is what I have had and what I'm going to have

Breakfast
1/2 cup greek yogurt
1/2 cup of strawberries
1 cup of Kashi Go Lean cereal
1/2 cup of soy milk
2 eggs

Lunch
1/4 chicken dark meat with skin on
1 oz slice of pork loin
2 slices of fiber plus bread
1/4 apple
1 cup of green bean salad

Dinner
Spicy Chipotle chicken salad 8 oz
3 cups of cauliflower

1858 calories, 109 grams of fat 53%, 126 grams of protein 27%, and 79 net carbs 20%

And these were my totals for the week:
14,198 calories (2028 per day) 779 grams of fat 49% (111 per day), 981 grams of protein 28% (140 per day), and 558 net carbs 23% (79.71 per day)

[mitzimarie]

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Breakfast - Atkins Chocolate Royale Shake

Lunch - MUP with almonds

Snack - 1 large, whole, raw, yellow bellpepper cut into strips

Dinner - Hamburger patty topped with swiss cheese/mushrooms; 2 cups of steamed broccoli

Fitday Totals:
1314 Calories
31 net carbs, 22 of those net veggie carbs (58g total carbs - 27g fiber = 31 net carbs)
60% Fat
10% Carbs
29% Protein

* I was a little low on calories and carbs today. I'll work on that tommorow.

[gonnabskinny]

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Going to try really hard to balance all my ratios through all the meals today. So far for breakfast and lunch, I have them perfect at 50/30/20 and am spot on my calories also.

I also lost two pounds last week!!! Yippee!!!

[julirama723]

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I'm still here, but I've been out of town since Wednesday! I have tried reintroducing fruit again, and so far, so good. I had berries a few times a few weeks ago, and while I was out of town, I had some grapes and some berries. I ate an apple at my convention because there was no other food (I'd already eaten the nuts I'd packed) but I didn't have any hunger or cravings, so I tried another apple today. Today I do feel a bit hungrier, more than I should be, so I know to stay away from apples now. The grapes and berries didn't make me feel out-of-sorts, so I figure those are pretty safe. I have decided that I'm not going to buy fruit, but if I go out of town, or go somewhere, and there is fruit, I may eat it if I want.

Don--I had problems with ratios/calories when I was eating lots of foods from a variety of the upper rungs. Ironically, for a while now, the only upper rung I tend to eat from is whole grains, and my calories have dropped again since I ditched fruit (with limited exceptions) and fresh cheeses--probably because I was overeating those foods (or due to those foods) and didn't even realize it.

I'm not weighing until next week. I had some alcohol this weekend, and instead of liquor, I chose to drink beer. I also had 3 days of rest (1 because I was sick, 1 because I had a scheduled rest day, and 1 because of travel) AND TOM showed up...so I am pretty much assuming that the scale will NOT be my friend until next week.

B: 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, 1 oz. pecans, 1/2 apple
L: 1 flat out wrap, 9 thin slices pepperoni, 1 oz. cheddar; 1/2 apple; 1/2 small bag of sugar snap peas with 2 tbsp dill dip
S: 1/2 small bag of sugar snap peas with 2 tbsp dill dip
D: 1/2 bag tofu shiritake noodles, 3 cups broccoli, 1/2 cup alfredo, 1 oz. mozzarella

[*Emma*]

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Brunch - omelette with mushrooms, onions & bacon
Dinner - turkey steak with brocolli, mushrooms & bacon bits in a cream and cheese sauce

i need to eat less more often, but i was so unplanned for the day today, got up late and all that jazz!