New week. New plan.

I'll be honest, I haven't been watching my food intake very closely these last couple of weeks.  It all started about 2 weeks ago when I got sick with a stupid head cold, I felt miserable and I got lazy about documenting my food intake which lead to a drive thru meal here, and some extra snacks there, and it has to STOP before I spiral further out of control!  I am sick of the games I play with  myself and the justifications I throw out there for my behavior, it is not acceptable.  Luckily I haven't gained any weight the last couple of weeks, but my loss isn't the greatest either.  I weigh in at my surgeon's office on Thursday and I certainly don't want to show a gain there.

So, my plan is this.  I need to try out protein shakes for my 2 week pre-op liquid protein diet so I want to use the protein shakes I am trialing as my breakfast, I will give reviews of the shakes I try here on my blog.  I will eat a no or low carb lunch that consists of lean meat with vegetables that are filling vegetables, no breads, no pastas, no potatoes etc.  For supper it will again be lean meat and filling vegetables and maybe the occasional half of a baked potato or something small like that.  For my night time snack I am going to have a plain greek yogurt that I will doctor up some how with torani syrup or sugar free jello powder, or cinnamon.  I will post how everything goes with my meals on my blog nightly.  I need the accountability.  If I need snacks I will have a sugar free popsicle or jello during the day.  I have completely eliminated diet sodas and I want to cup back from 2 cups of coffee on my days off to one or none and make sure I get my 64 oz of water daily.  I work 12 hour night shifts so I am not sure if I will be able to completely eliminate coffee on the weekends when I work, but I will try to cut back on caffeine there, too.

I am heading out to the gym in a little bit.  I got my membership at Snap fitness went a couple of times and then got sick a few days later and haven't been back.  My goal is to work out at the gym on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays in the morning and I want to sign up next week for the Monday night Zumba class they offer there at the gym.  Saturdays and Sundays aren't going to be work out days for me because I work 12 hour night shifts on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.  I am lucky if I stay coherent on those days!  Work-Sleep-Repeat x3.

I just finished drinking a protein shake as I am typing this.  The one I tried this morning is:

It was actually very good, it wasn't chalky and it didn't leave a terrible after taste, there was some of that protein shake after taste but it was tolerable.  It was very rich and chocolaty.  It reminded me somewhat of chocolate milk or a thicker version of yoohoo.  I had a single serving size packet and I mixed the whole packet with 8 oz of skim milk.  The skim milk is 90 calories and 8 grams of protein and the syntrax nectar has 100 calories and 24 grams of protein.  The front of the packet says it has 23 grams of protein but the nutrition label says is has 6 grams of protein per 1/4 packet so that (if my math is correct is 24...) I guess I will go with the 23 grams listed on the front of the package.

That leaves me with a grand total of 31 grams of protein and 190 calories for my breakfast shake.  Do I think I will be hungry before lunch, I'm betting so, but hopefully I will get used to it.

I will definitely be trying more syntrax products!!

Off to the gym!  I'll update my food intake later :)