Saturday November 7 2009

Went to the movies and didn’t get popcorn for the first time in my entire life.

Breakfast
1/2 cup steel cut oats w/butter (yummy, but sigh on prep time)
3 scrambled eggs
2 oz cheddar

5P 3C 3F

Lunch
1/2 whole wheat bagel
3 oz pepper turkey
1 oz cheddar
lil mayo
1/2 cup applesauce

4P 4C 2F

Snack
1/2 cup lowfat yoghurt
1 oz cheddar
6 peanuts

2P 2C 2F

Dinner
(guessing here—restaurant)
3oz baked cod
Miso soup
~1/2 cup broccoli
~1/2 cup rice with ginger and edamame

4P 2C 0F

Snack
1 slice whole wheat bread with peanut butter

2P 2C 2F

Friday November 6 2009

Hey, guess who was miscounting the carbs in oatmeal and eating twice as many carbs for breakfast as he should have? This guy!

Breakfast
1/2 cup oatmeal (quaker 5 mins)
6 morningstar farms soy sausage links
1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese

6P 5C 5F

Lunch
4 oz chicken breast cubes
1 cup black beans
1 oz shredded lowfat cheddar

5P 4C 2F

Forgot to eat the 18 peanuts. . .

Snack
2 oz chicken breast cubes
1 oz shredded lowfat cheddar
1 apple
6 peanuts

3P 2C 2F

Dinner
BBQ chicken sandwich with cheddar on white :( bun
(at restaurant so guessing here)

5P 4C 4F

Snack
1/2 whole wheat bagel
1 oz peppered turkey
1 oz horseradish cheddar
lil mayo

2P 2C 2F

Thursday November 5

Much better day. Reducing carbs gets rid of the woozy, and I feel sharp in the morning. Schedule a little weird since I need to be ready for class tonight, so the timing of the snacks gets shifted.

Breakfast
3 scrambled eggs made in butter*
1 cup lowfat yoghurt
1 oz cheddar

6P 2C 3F

Snack
Zone Perfect Bar

2P 2C 2F

Same sick reaction. I’m done with the bars.

Lunch
5 oz tuna
2 oz shredded lowfat cheddar
1 cup canned pineapples
12 peanuts

5P 4C 4F

Snack
1/2 whole wheat bagel
2 tsp peanut butter
1 stick string cheese

2P 2C 2F

Won’t be doing that again so close to class. Burping peanut butter during The Chief not much fun at all.

Dinner
1/2 whole wheat bagel
4 oz peppered turkey
2 oz horseradish cheddar
3/4 cup applesauce

6P 4C 4F

* not butter but Smart Balance with flax seed and other good things

Wednesday November 4 2009

Bad day. Woozy and lightheaded all day, almost go home sick woozy. I think I discovered something important; see below.

Breakfast
1 cup Oatmeal (Quaker 5 mins) with a lil butter
3 scrambled eggs made in butter
2 oz cheddar
3/4 cup applesauce

5P 5C 5F

Lunch
Promax protein bar
Pomegranate fruit strip
1/2 cup cottage cheese
18 peanuts

5P 5C 5F

This is where I started to feel really awful, leading to the epiphany below.

Snack
Zone Perfect Bar (Peanut Butter)

2P 2C 2F

See more below.

Dinner
1/2 whole wheat bagel
3 oz cheddar
3 oz chicken
8 whole wheat chips

5P 4C 8F

Needed the extra cheddar, see below.

Snack
1/2 whole wheat bagel
1 tsp peanut butter

2P 2C 2F

Epiphany
My whole life, I have been very sensitive to sugar. Hard candies give me headaches, regular Coke makes me sick, and too much rice makes me loopy. The only thing I could do to lower my ‘blood sugar’ was to eat cheddar cheese, which always made me feel instantly better.

I was trying out the various kinds of bars on the theory that they would make my life easier, but they just made me sick. And thus the epiphany: the Zone won’t protect me from my sugar sensitivity. Searching Carb Sensitivity on the web turned up some discussion on Zoning for people like me. Turns out that eating 1 fewer C in a meal can make a big difference. So I tried it, and have been feeling much better since. 5C is just too much for me.

Tuesday November 3 2009

Breakfast
1 cup oatmeal with a little ‘butter’ (Quaker 5 mins)
1/2 cup canned pineapple
2 Morningstar Farms soy sausage patties
2 oz cheddar

5P 5C 5F

Lunch
5 oz Canned tuna (need to remember chunk not. . . blendered)
1 cup cannned pineapple
1/2 cup shredded lowfat cheddar
1/4 cup dried blueberries (yum!)
6 peanuts

5P 5C 5F

Snack
Zone Perfect Dark Chocolate Bar (ok)

2P 2C 2F

Dinner
1 can Campbell’s Chunky Chicken soup
2 oz cheddar
2/3 cup raspberries (nice start, terrible finish)
1/4 cup black beans
1/4 cup lowfat cottage cheese

5P 5C 6F

Snack
1/2 ww bagel
1 tsp peanut butter

2P 2C 2F

Monday November 2 2009

Great day. Finally made it to the grocery store last night and stocked up on many many handy items. Now counting actual grams of P, C, and F and converting back to blocks.

Also, added Dr Sears’ recommended supplements (fish oil, extra E, and magnesium) to my regular Centrum and B/C booster.

Breakfast
1 cup 5 min Quaker oatmeal
3 Morningstar Farm soy sausage patties
1 block cheddar
1/2 cup dried pineapples (still too sugary)

5P 5C 6F

Lunch
4 oz diced chicken breast
1 cup black beans
1 oz low-fat shredded cheddar
1 cup baby spinach leaves
18 peanuts

5P 5C 5F

Snack
Zone Perfect Mint Chocolate Bar (meh)

2P 2C 2F

Snack
Zone Perfect Chocolate Graham Bar (meh, but better than mint)

2P 2C 2F

Dinner
1/2 ww bagel
2 oz cheddar
2 hardboiled eggs
1/2 cup canned pineapple

5P 5C 5F

Sunday November 1 2009
I think I shorted myself last night and today—an egg white omelet isn’t as heavy as a regular omelet. I think lack of energy helped me hit a wall today. I upped to 5 blocks per meal instead of 4, which given my size is probably better, especially as I increase my workouts. I also noticed how much fat was in the cheese, so adjusted accordingly. Previous days waaay too high in fat.

Breakfast

1/2 egg white omelette with spinach and cheddar and too much sour cream
1 slice ww toast
1/2 apple

4P 4C 4F

Snack

2 hard-boiled eggs with lite mayo
3/4 cup applesauce

2P 2C 2F

Lunch
2 Morningstar Farms Soy Chik patties
1 oz cheddar
1 oz ham

5P 5C 5F

Dinner
1/2 ww bagel
2 oz cheddar
3 oz ham
1 cup applesauce

1/2 whole wheat bagel

Snack
Zone Perfect Bar—Choc and peanut butter

2P 2C 2F

Saturday October 31 2009

First day really understanding what I was doing; Week in the Zone came on Friday and I read it. Some major emotional disappointment about dinner, but still feeling great.

Breakfast
1 1/3 cup Quaker 5-min oatmeal
1 1/3 tsp butterishness in oatmeal (the olive/flax/veg oil blend thing we have, not butter really)
3 oz ham
1 oz cheddar

4P 4C 4F
Way too much oatmeal; felt woozy afterwards. Should have cut with applesauce.

Lunch
1/2 whole wheat bagel
3 oz ham
1 oz cheddar
1 tsp lite mayo
3/4 cup applesauce

4P 4C 4F

Snack
1/2 whole wheat bagel
1 tsp PB
2 oz cheddar

2P 2C 2F

Dinner
1/2 of an egg white omelette with spinach
1 tsp of sour cream
1.5 cups mixed honeydew, canteloupe, pineapple
1 slice whole wheat toast

4P 4C 4F
Emotionally upset after dinner. Hated virtually all of it. Never had an egg white omelette before, much less one with only spinach. Dislike melon, and fruit mixture had watermelon in it, so I got a mild allergic reaction too. BUT: felt great, not hungry. Have to break my emotional dependency on overeating.

Snack
1 slice whole wheat bread
1 tbsp PB
2 oz cheddar

2P 2C 2F

Friday October 30 2009
Better. Difficult day due to lack of carbs for lunch at work, and terribly hungry at the Halloween party. Had to eat the pizza or keel over. Still, figuring this stuff out nicely, I think.

Breakfast
Leftovers:
1/3 Omelette
(1 egg, 1 oz ham, 1 oz cheddar, sour cream)
1 slice whole wheat bread with butter
3/4 cup applesauce

3P 4C 2F

Lunch
4 oz chicken breast
1 oz shredded lowfat cheddar
2 cups baby spinach leaves
12 peanuts

5P .5C 2F

Snack
12 peanuts
1/2 cup dry pineapple (turned out to be too sugared)
2 oz ham
2 oz cheddar

4P 2C 2F

Dinner
1 slice cheese pizza
1 slice white pizza with spinach

No idea on the blocks for that. But no candy for me at all. Not very tempted either.

Thursday, October 29, 2009
First day trying Zone, just using what was in the CFLA success journal, which I didn’t have with me during the day, so bleah overall results. Fairly successful escape from Izzy’s for dinner, though. I’ve never ever not eaten everything on the plate.

Breakfast
2 hardboiled eggs

2P 0C 0F

Lunch
4 oz chicken breast
1 oz shredded lowfat cheddar
1 cup baby spinach leaves

5P .25C 0F

Dinner
2/3 Omelette
(2 eggs, 2 oz ham, 2 oz cheddar, sour cream)
2/3 baked potato
1 slice whole wheat toast with butter

6P 5C 2F

OK, catching up with 2.5 days mostly in the Zone.

LOVING IT so far, and I’m not supposed to really be feeling the full effects yet, right?