January 28, 2012

1/28/2012 food diary

Breakfast:
Sheetz bacon egg and cheese breakfast burrito (6.5 syns)

Mid-morning snack: (HE)
kellogs fiber + antioxidants bar

Lunch:  mostly free
Salad from Sheetz- lattuce, carrots, black olives, hard boiled egg, ham, turkey, monterey-jack cheese, fat free italian dressing (1 syn, 1HE)


Mid-afternoon snack: free
pineapple


Dinner: free
homemade chicken noodle soup


Evening snack: 
fat free food lion brand yogurt (1.5 syns)


Once again I had to force myself to eat half of my lunch.  I'm stuck at work and sicker today than I was yesterday.  I packed pineapple and syn free applesauce but I haven't wanted to eat anything.  I only had breakfast so I could take my Dayquil without getting nauseous.  I know I need to get the fruits in, especially the pineapple because of the vitamin C.  Which reminds me, I should list the vitamins I take on a daily basis.  I take iron due to anemia, vitamin C to help absorb the iron, B complex because I have all the symptoms of a B deficiency, and vitamin D3 because right now its winter time and I tend towards SAD or depression in the winter due to lack of sun exposure.  


I'm also feeling very swollen.  I know I'm retaining water which for me means I need to drink more because I am becoming dehydrated but I just can't stomach water right now.  I'm trying to get fluids in but its just HARD right now.  I guess when I get home this evening I will go for some broth and see if that helps, although the salt may make it worse.  :(  I just want to feel better.


I found out from my SW veteran friend that I have been counting my applesauce all wrong.  I am supposed to be counting it as 1.5 syns due to the fruit being cooked.  Thank you, Helen, for steering me straight on that :)  I have updated the recipe to be called Yummy Almost Syn Free Applesauce and updated my syn values for the days I ate it this week.  Since I was counting my syns wrong, I think I went over what I was supposed to have so I will have to be extra careful for the rest of this week.  


Tomorrow is grocery day so I better get to planning the weeks meals so I can optimize my shopping trip like I optimize my food now.  Should be fun :)

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