Originally Posted by
GigiUSA
Congrats Kristiy you are doing fantastic!!! I am about 3 months out and eat very little. My tastes have changed dramatically and I need to get serious about recording what I eat, how much and when. I know it is not very much. Keep up the great job!! xo
Thanks so much! Yeah, I have learned to record everything i eat and drink in a food journal, that has calories and carbs. I even monitor my sugar intake, to be careful i don't over do it, daily. But most everything I do is extremely low in sugar or sugar free. Dr. put me on a 800 calorie and 40 carbs High protein daily diet. I rarely eat 800 calories daily. usually stay between 400 & 600 daily. the hard part is staying under 40 carbs, because everything, just everything has carbs. But if i can stay under 50 carbs, i don't beat myself up. I just keep moving forward.
I have one cheat day monthly, where I eat what i want and don't record it. with the holidays coming up im going to be saving my cheat days for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
My food journal chart looks like this, an example,
-October 13th, 2017-Friday-
Sugar Meter: 94
Woman’s Adult Gummy Multivitamin - 2 gummies
Calories: 15 Carbs: 3g Net Carbs: 0 Sugar: 3g Protein: 0
Premier - Protein Shake
Calories: 160 Carbs: 5g Net Carbs: 2g Sugar: 1g Protein: 30g
Breakfast-
Calories: Carbs: Net Carbs: Sugar: Protein:
1st Snack -
Calories: Carbs: Net Carbs: Sugar: Protein:
Lunch -
Calories: Carbs: Net Carbs: Sugar: Protein:
2nd Snack -
Calories: Carbs: Net Carbs: Sugar: Protein:
Drink: Fruit Barrel’s Berry blend - (1-8 oz. barrel)
Calories: 10 Carbs: 2g Net Carbs: 0 Sugar: 2g Protein: 0
Dinner -
Calories: Carbs: Net Carbs: Sugar: Protein:
-Today’s Totals-
Calories: Carbs: Net Carbs: Sugar: Protein: Liquids Intake:
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