Food Log for 01/19/09

(Jan 19, 2009)

Food Name	Amount	Unit	Cals	Carb	Fat	Prot
		Total	2,947	47.2	205.2	167.0
Egg, whole, fried	3	extra large	296	1.4	22.9	21.2
Cream, heavy, fluid	0.5	fl oz	51	0.4	5.5	0.3
Italian sausage	2.86	oz, raw (yield after cooking)	207	2.6	16.4	11.5
Coleslaw (Recipe)	1	serving	223	6.7	21.6	1.4
Tuna, light, canned, water pack	1	can (6.5 oz), drained	150	0.0	1.4	42.6
Mayonnaise, regular	1	tablespoon	99	0.5	10.8	0.2
Vinegar	0.25	cup	13	0.6	0.0	0.0
Corned beef, cooked	12	oz	854	1.6	64.6	61.8
Cabbage, green, cooked	3	cup	202	25.0	11.3	5.7
Coffee, decaffeinated	4	mug (8 fl oz)	5	1.0	0.0	1.0
Bacon, cooked	2	thick slice (yield after cooking)	130	0.3	10.0	8.9
Beachgirl's Cheesecake - 1/12 piece	1	cup	438	7.0	40.7	12.6
Seltzer - Naturally Flavored	33.8	fl oz	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Whiskey	4	fl oz (no ice)	280	0.1	0.0	0.0
		Total	2,947	47.2	205.2	167.0

Morning Weigh-In: 180.7

Well, my weight has been slowly creeping up on me. I've recently increased the carbs and calories I have been consuming daily over the past 4 days or so, and I suppose that may be what is to blame. I am somewhat discouraged however, as most of my carbs that I increased are coming from more vegetables particulary cabbage which happens to have a decent amount of fiber in it. Lately, I've been feeling extremely hungry, and every 2-3 hours I'm look for something to eat again. I'm going to try to cut down my calories and see how that goes while maintaining the 40g of carbs per day and see if I can start going down again in the weight department. I seem to have the best luck it seems like when I eat "Breakfast" (technically it's not breakfast anymore by this time) after 12 pm. I'm normally not hungry in the morning, but this week I was craving food very early on, something not too normal for me. I suppose I need to figure out if it is better for me to eat my first meal early on, no matter what, or if I should just wait it out until a certain time until I'm hungry. I need to find a food staple that is both low or no carb and low calorie that I can shovel away withaging my diet if I become unbearably hungry. I'm thinking possibly a nice salad with just a few diff. kinds of lettuce and some dressing. Lettuce seems to be fairly low carb for a few cups, and it is definitely low calorie.