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Originally Posted by RubyCamaro
Okay, had to find someplace to look up food nutrient values. I do want to do this but I can tell you, this is way more trouble than I will keep up with for very long. I just know myself that well. But so far today as best I can figure it my totals are:
946.8 calories
28.36 g fat
81.9 g carbs
76.3 g protien
Clearly I need to eat something else, not sure what that will be yet. I did my shopping expedition. I found everything, did not buy the peanut butter. Looked at them all, I could not figure what made one better than another and decided I did not see myself eating it anyway. One recipe I was planning to use does call for it but I have only ever bought regular Skippy peanut butter. The ingredients of all the "natural" ones still said oil, sugar & salt added so I did not see the difference. So I just skipped it. Our little health food store is ot open on Sundays & is usually closed by the time I get home from work so I could not buy the gluten free Ezekiel bread (assuming they have the gluten free one). I might be able to get it on Friday. I cooked my baked chicken with peppers & onions & figured out the nutritional valuse for it per serving the best I could. I have sort of a plan for the week but still feel like I am winging it.
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You seem to be doing ok. The numbers you posted are low in cals but the proportions look pretty good so if you add another meal depending on how many you have had or increase the portion sizes you would be ok.
I think you will find that most protein portions will be 4-6 oz, starchy carbs from 1/2-1 cup and veggies 1-2 cups. So even if you don't count if your portions are close to this you will be ok, it's the things you add that causes problems, sauces, gravy, dressings things like that.
When I get peanut butter ther is only one ingredient, Peanuts. I use Teddies's all natural unsalted. It will be seperated when you by it as with most natural butters but mix them up once and keep it in the fridge so it stays mixed and firm. The thing that makes peanut butters like Skippy not seperate and stay creamy are hydrogenated oils. AVOID THEM COMPLETELY.
As the week goes buy post your meals, we can make suggestions to get them right then you don't have to measure them again, you will know what they are and just duplicate them when you make them, the values don't change.