Catching Up

I took a sleeping pill last night.  I had gone too many nights in a row with very little sleep.  No way was I going to let another night of sleep evade me.  My eyes were burning all day yesterday.  I got about 10 hours of sleep, but I still feel really tired.  I may have to nap for a bit later.  Went grocery shopping last night for the following meals.  I wanted to try a tilapia recipe because I am not much of a fish eater and I know my husband likes it.  Sadly, they did not have any tilapia and I didn't want to pick something else out without knowing/having the ingredients.  Spent about $135 after $17+ savings.  Husband grabbed a lot of his Monster drinks, Powerade, and the cans of beans he can't go without.

I am going to try making this creamy garlic pasta recipe after I finish with this post.  Hubby is on duty this evening so he won't be home tonight.  I figure I will cut the recipe in half and it should be more than enough to feed just me.  The potatoes are probably starting to go bad from last week.  I should probably make some mashed potatoes tonight or tomorrow.

I should make the oven crisp chicken recipe on Monday to go with the mashed potatoes I make tonight (they might not get made until Monday).  Will probably have a can of beans with that as well.  That's something I know my husband will eat!

Tuesday I want to try a not-so-spicy variant of this raspberry-chipotle barbecue chicken pizza.  I know this will go quickly.  When we get a pizza from Papa Johns, I usually eat about two pieces and my husband gets the rest.  Wednesday I will try the sauteed chicken with olives, capers and roasted lemons.  Not sure how much of this hubby will actually eat, so I might have leftovers to last a day or two.  I should finish off the spinach with salads before the spinach goes bad.  Then make this cheddary chicken pie  Friday or Sunday.  Eric has duty on Saturday, so I could probably make another round of the creamy garlic pasta if I run out of spinach for salads then.

Update:  I made the creamy garlic pasta mentioned above.  It is yummy!  I suck at mincing garlic, but I'm sure that is something I will just get better at the more I practice.  I'm so glad this turned out.  I cut the recipe in half and I'm eating about half of that now and the rest will be for later tonight or for lunch tomorrow.

Daily Consumption

Servings of grains:  2
Servings of meats:  0
Servings of dairy:  4, a bit high
Servings of fruit:  2
Servings of vegetables:  2

(Red = Bad, Need to Improve!  Pink/purple = OK, Room for Improvement  Green = Good!)

Cups of Water (5 cups) :  5
Total Calorie Intake (1000-1500):  1021
Total Fat Intake (<30% of TCI):  46g   4.5% of total caloric intake
Total Carbohydrates (125-175mg):  135mg
Total Carbs from Sugars (<40g):  81g 
Total Carbs from Dietary Fiber (20-35g):  10.5g
Total Cholesterol (<300mg):  113.5
Total Protein (44-60g):  18g   Ultra low!
Total Sodium (<1,100mg):  Before I even calculate this, I know it will be astronomically high from recording the nutritional value of all the ingredients used in making that yummy creamy garlic pasta.  Sadly, the parmesan cheese I used has A LOT of sodium in it!  Must experiment with a reduced-sodium version of this because that pasta is YUMMY!  Drum roll please...1706.5mg sodium!

Breakfast:  1 cup banana, apple, spinach smoothie (with a small amount of black currant) - 209 calories, 53.5mg carbohydrates, 32.5g sugar, 9g dietary fiber, 2.5g protein, 49mg sodium
Lunch:  1 cup creamy garlic pasta - 258.5 calories, 15g fat, 20.5g carbohydrates, .5g dietary fiber, 2g sugar, 43mg cholesterol, 4g protein, 823mg sodium
Snack:   2 pieces of orange chocolate - 95 Calories, 6.5g Fat, 2.5mg Cholesterol, 7.5mg Sodium, 11.5g Carbohydrates, <1g dietary fiber, 8.5g Sugar, 1.5g protein
Dinner:  1 cup creamy garlic pasta - 258.5 calories, 15g fat, 20.5g carbohydrates, .5g dietary fiber, 2g sugar, 43mg cholesterol, 4g protein, 823mg sodium
Snack:  Raspberry fudge chunk greek frozen yogurt - 200 calories, 7g fat, 29g carbohydrates, 36g sugars, 25mg cholesterol, 6g protein

June 9th
I couldn't sleep at all last night.  I tried for two hours then just got up and was doing homework for about 6 hours straight!  I had some oatmeal just before going to sleep at 9am.  I woke up two hours later when my husband finally rolled out of bed, went to the bathroom and felt like I was starving.   I slept on and off for another 3 hours before getting up.  We went and saw Prometheus. It was ok.  Went grocery shopping afterwards for ingredients for the meals above.

Daily Consumption

Servings of dairy:  2-3
Servings of fruit:  0
Servings of meats:  Less than 1
Servings of vegetables:  1
Servings of grains:  3

(Red = Bad, Need to Improve!  Pink/purple = OK, Room for Improvement  Green = Good!)

Cups of Water (5 cups) : 5

Total Calorie Intake (1000-1500):  1489  (Ate pretty crappily)

Total Fat Intake (<30% of TCI):   41g   2.7% of total calorie intake

Total Carbohydrates (125-175mg):  205.5g

Total Carbs from Sugars (<40g):  133g    Sugar overload!!

Total Carbs from Dietary Fiber (20-35g):  11.5g  low!

Total Cholesterol (<300mg):  32.5mg

Total Protein (44-60g):  58g

Total Sodium (<1,100mg):  1046mg  Surprisingly under for eating so horribly!

Breakfast:  Carnation with a cup of 2% milk - 250 calories, 5.5g fat, 39mg carbohydrates, 30g sugar, 4mg cholesterol, 13g protein, 210mg sodium

Lunch:  Oat bran with honey and brown sugar - 240 calories, 2g fat, 52mg carbohydrates, 24g sugar, 7g dietary fiber, 7g protein
Snack:  Dark Chocolate Ensure - 350 calories, 11g fat, 49mg carbohydrates, 1g dietary fiber, 18g sugar, 10mg cholesterol, 13g protein, 230mg sodium

Dinner:  Half bagel pizzas (pizza sauce, cheese on flat bagel) - 110 calories, 4g fat, 13.5mg carbohydrates, 4g sugars, 3g dietary fiber, 10mg cholesterol, 7g protein, 315mg sodium

Snack:  Less than half Monster Rehab - 5 calories, 15mg sodium, 2mg carbohydrates, 1g sugar
A few pieces of popcorn, chocolates, sips of Cherry Coke - 284 calories, 13g fat, 11mg carbohydrates, .5g dietary fiber, 26g sugar, 4.5mg cholesterol, 5g protein, 66mg sodium
Carnation with a cup of 2% milk - 250 calories, 5.5g fat, 39mg carbohydrates, 30g sugar, 4mg cholesterol, 13g protein, 210mg sodium

June 8th

Daily Consumption

Servings of meats/eggs/nuts:  2
Servings of dairy:  5, a bit much
Servings of fruit:  0
Servings of vegetables:  1-2
Servings of grains:  2

(Red = Bad, Need to Improve!  Pink/purple = OK, Room for Improvement  Green = Good!)

Cups of Water (5 cups) : 4

Total Calorie Intake (1000-1500):  1261.5

Total Fat Intake (<30% of TCI):   59g   4.67% of total calorie intake

Total Carbohydrates (125-175mg):  132g

Total Carbs from Sugars (<40g):  93.5g   

Total Carbs from Dietary Fiber (20-35g):  8g  low!

Total Cholesterol (<300mg):  502.5mg   high today!

Total Protein (44-60g):  64.5g   Not sure going over is bad?

Total Sodium (<1,100mg):  2232mg  HOLY CRAP, that's way over!!

Breakfast:  2 scrambled eggs, 1/4c. cheese, 2tbsp. ketchup - 270 calories, 18g fat, 8.5g carbohydrates, 4g sugar, 400mg cholesterol, 19g  protein, 690mg sodium

Lunch:  Bagel pizzas (pizza sauce, cheese on flat bagel) - 220 calories, 8g fat, 27mg carbohydrates, 8g sugars, 6g dietary fiber, 20mg cholesterol, 14g protein, 630mg sodium
Snack:  Raspberry fudge chunk greek frozen yogurt - 200 calories, 7g fat, 29g carbohydrates, 36g sugars, 25mg cholesterol, 6g protein

Dinner:  1 cup kale salad with croutons, cheese and raspberry vinaigrette - 226.5 calories, 13.5g fat, 19mg carbohydrates, 6g sugar, .5g dietary fiber, 30mg cholesterol, 9g protein, 574.5mg sodium

Snack:  Offbrand Carnation with a cup of 2% milk - 250 calories, 6g fat, 37mg carbohydrates, 31g sugar, 1g fiber, 25mg cholesterol, 15g protein, 330mg sodium
2 pieces of orange chocolate - 95 Calories, 6.5g Fat, 2.5mg Cholesterol, 7.5mg Sodium, 11.5g Carbohydrates, <1g dietary fiber, 8.5g Sugar, 1.5g protein