Tuesday

Breakfast - 3 blocks

Egg, bacon and cheese sandwich, fruit and coffee. Same as Sunday.

Lunch - 4 blocks

Grilled chicken salad, parmesan garlic bread and a medium kiwi

Dinner - 4 blocks

Grilled chicken sandwich with mayo at Roy Rogers

Snack - 1 block

4.5 Pita Chip crackers
1 oz of low fat cheese

Monday

Breakfast - 3 Blocks

2 eggs - 2 blocks protein
2 slices bacon - 1 block protein
Carb Balance Tortilla - 1 block carbs
Strawberries - 1 block carbs
Creamer - 1 block carbs

Lunch (4 blocks)

Leftover steak on salad
Roll
Grapes

Dinner - we went to Red Lobster and ate pretty badly

Sunday, the 18th

Breakfast (3.5 blocks)

• 1 egg - 1 block protein
  
• 1 egg white - 1 block protein
  
• oz of sausage (or about) - 1 block protein
  
• 1 slice Kraft American cheese - 1/2 block protein
  
• 1 Light English Muffin (high in fiber) - 2 blocks carbs
  
• just a few strawberries - < 1/2 block carb
  
• Coffee with estimated 1T of creamer - 1 block carb
  

I got a little hungry earlier than expected. The next day I measured out the creamer and realized that I had used too much.

***We worked out right before lunch. I was completely out of calories by the end of the workout.

Lunch - 4 Blocks

• Small piece of leftover steak (smaller than my palm) - 3 blocks protein
  
• 1 oz of cheese - 1 block protein
  
• Red peppers - insignificant
  
• Carb Balance Tortilla (high in fiber) - 1 block carb
  
• Salad with small amount of dressing - 1 block carb
  
• 4.5 Pita Chips - 1 block carb
  
• 1 cups of strawberries - 1 block carb
  

This meal was perfect. I felt good all afternoon and started to get hungry just before it was time for dinner. I didn't eat an afternoon snack today.

Dinner - 4 blocks

• Steak, marinated in teriyaki sauce - 4 blocks protein
• Veggies in stir-fry - 1 block carbs
• Rice - 2 blocks carbs
• 12 grapes - 1/2 block carbs
• 1/2 cup of wine - little more than 1/2 block carbs

This wasn't quite right. I felt a little hungry by 9:00 (we ate dinner around 7), but I couldn't figure out whether I was high on carbs or protein.

Snack - 1 block

• 2 T Peanut Butter
• 1 spoonful of Lite Cool Whip

Tracking my meals

In order to keep track of what I'm eating and how it's working out, I'm going to take pictures of my meals and record how hungry I was. Dave and I have been using the Zone to try to make our meals - some meals are easier that others to balance out. I've been eating about 12-14 blocks a day. One block is equal to 7 g of protein, 9 g of carbs, and 3 grams of fat. It's about 100 calories a block. We're not as strict about the fat limit because it is often hard to have a meal with that small amount of fat.