OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

[Discolemonade]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Dang Don, you eat good! I am still having a problem getting myself to eat.

[Discolemonade]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Ok, today I've had
coffee
hwc
apriva
5 slices thin bacon
1 serving lc yogurt

cals1061
fat % 88
carb % 5
protein % 6

for lunch I brought leftover chicken breast and fresh green beans fried in butter and garlic.

numbers will be:
cals 1470
fat % 72 (g 118 )
carb % 7 (g 28-3 fiber=25)
protein % 21 (g 77)

I have no idea what dinner will be

Added todays snack SF pudding What? I'm outta veggies until Thursday other than frozen meal stuff!
Total: Cals 1580
Fat:119g 68%
Carbs:41g 10%
Fiber:3g
Protein:77g 20%
Alcohol:7g 3%

[gonnabskinny]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Dang Don, you eat good! I am still having a problem getting myself to eat.

It is that male metabolism! I know it's not fair for you girls. Believe me, I still wonder sometimes, how am I going to eat all that I need to eat. My BMR is 2069, so I try to eat at least around my BMR. If I was bed bound I would still burn 2483 calories, so since I exercise at least 6 days per week, I figure that I am burning at least 3000 calories per day. Early on I was only eating about 1500-1800 calories and found that I wasn't losing very well because my body went into starvation mode. Once I adjusted it and started eating close to my BMR, I started losing. I probably should even be eating more still, but I just can't. Seems funny to say after years of overeating! Is this a great WOE or what???

Liz, Congratulations! That is fantastic! Feels great doesn't it?

[gonnabskinny]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

OK, here is what I had for lunch and what I am going to have the rest of the day.

Lunch
Roast beef sandwich: 4 oz roast beef, 1 slice (1 oz) baby swiss cheese, 1 leaf of romaine lettuce, 1 campari tomato (35 grams), 1.5 tbsp mayo, 2 slices of Natures Own Wheat N Fiber lo carb bread.
1/2 of a large nectarine

Dinner
7 oz pork tenderloin
Dijon mustard cream sauce: 3 tbsp cream, 1 tbsp dijon mustard
1.5 cups of broccoli
7 oz glass of Pinot Grigio

Snack
1 slice of Wasa multi-grain flatbread
1/2 oz of cream cheese

Total calories 1975
Net carbs 64
Fat grams 105
Protein grams 140
Fat% 48
Protein% 28
Carb% 24

[Sweet Strudel]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Breakfast:
Omelette consisting of:
1/4 green pepper
4 mushrooms
1 cup spinach
1 tbsp green onion
2 eggs
2 sausage patty's
salt and pepper
1 tsp. hot sauce

[TitianWasp]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Sorry - this was a a little far back in this thread, but in regards to the sugar snap peas: Consider them half pod and half pea. (If you eat a cup of them, assume half of it is perfectly legal "Pod" substance, and half of it is naughty starchy veggie "Pea" substance) and calculate accordingly. Snow peas, the type you stirfry, are the younger pods, in which the peas have not developed yet. They are mostly pods. Sugar snaps are just about legal to be sold as regular green peas. They are wonderful, though, aren't they?

[Adena]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

So far today (Wednesday):

Red bell pepper w/ 1 TBS mayo
Flax cracker with butter
1/2 C sauteed eggplant
1/2 C spinach
1 C stirfried pork
Latte made with 2 oz. half and half
1/3 C mixed nuts
And I ran 3.5 miles this morning

I know... too much dairy and I need more veggies. Problem was, my lunch was from the cafeteria and not very tasty or satisfying, so I went looking for more. That's how I landed on the coffee and nuts....

[TitianWasp]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Nuts and coffee are my enemy, though ironically they don't make me crave anything besides more nuts and more coffee.

I have banished my beloved bag of macadamias to the uppermost shelf in my cupboard. I allowed myself a total of three last night.

Everyone else is being so much purer than I. I think I need more rung by rung discipline (with a capital D).

[Sweet Strudel]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Lunch consisted of:
10 sugar snap peas (i could have eaten the entire bag)
4 inch chunk of cucumber
1 tbsp. blue cheese dressing
3 stalks of celery
1 tbsp. whipped cream cheese
4 thin slices bacon cooked extra crispy

[mitzimarie]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Hi, Everybody

Yay! I'm glad to hear that a lot of you don't worry about the Salad list versus the Other list veggies. I can stop stressing over that on the days that I happen to eat more "other" veggies. Woo hoo!

Liz and Michelle! How great that the scale is moving in the right direction now... whew!

I think that this thread is going to help a lot of us... because of the accountability and learning new things. Thanks to all of you for participating - I love it!

[julirama723]

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I think the salad vs. other veggies are only an issue for Induction and Rung 1 of OWL. Personally, I prefer to eat the "other" veggies. And since my CCLL (still unknown!) is pretty high (I would assume), I need to get the most bang for my buck. So for me, it's better to eat "other" veggies to fill up my carb quotas...otherwise I'd be eating 20 cups of "salad" veggies a day.

My lunch changed a bit--I didn't get to finish my salad, so I only had 2 cups of greens, 1/2 tbsp. dressing, and 1/3 of a red bell pepper...

I have been ravenous today! I might need to eat another snack before Kickboxing...

[BLAZING IN FL]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

lunch was 2 cups spinach, one cup brocolli, 2 slices of red pepper, 1 ounce of cheese, and chicken. Also I have drank 96 oz of water so far today and my snack was 2 oz of dom's cheesecake.

[Discolemonade]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Well, my lunch changed, so I am having what I planned for lunch for dinner. For lunch I had a bunless patty melt and a side of green beans at the purple cow. YUM.

todays numbers
Total Cals 2033
Fat:148g 66%
Carbs:59g 10%
Fiber:8g
Protein:109g 22%
Alcohol:7g 2%

[*Emma*]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

todays menu was :

Breakfast - Crustless Quiche
Lunch - Mushroom & bacon omelette
Dinner - chicken in cheese and ham with 2 cups asparagus 1/2 cup mushrooms
snack - one sausage link and crustless quiche

[BLAZING IN FL]

Re: OWLERS "Stepping Back" thread

Dinner was broccoli, cauliflower chicken soup...that's it, maybe yogurt later, don't know yet.