must have chocolate!

Still having strong chocolate cravings today. Had a scoop of chocolate flavoured whey protein powder for breakfast with my coffee.By coffee break I was quite hungry - tummy rumbles and all - took out both snacks I had packed but in the end didn't eat the cheese portion. The coffee and pecans filled me up enough to last until lunchtime.
Chicken salad with capers, mayo and sweet paprika. Jicama, celery and radishes.
I bought two Ross nsa chocolate bars while I was out doing errands at lunchtime. I had half of the dark bar after I finished my lunch.
At dinner I had (once again) roast beef, cauliflower and a salad.
And a fudge pop.
Later on I had 29g of hazelnuts and the other half of the Ross bar. Yum.
Total calories today 1,685 and 43g of carbohydrates. Reasonable and if I can have bits of chocolates and nuts within reason I shouldn't have any reason to "cheat".

and tomorrow I'll be back to work

Coffee.Didn't feel very hungry right away - didn't want to cook - had a hard-boiled egg that was sitting in the fridge.
The hard-boiled egg just made me hungry for more, so I had some cantaloupe (140g) with the last chunk of brie (38g).
After all that, waited until mid-afternoon by which time I was really hungry for something substantial. Made a wrap with roast beef and chicken, cucumber, red onion, tomato, lettuce and mayo. Yum.
A late dinner of last night's roast beef, more cauliflower (with a bit of butter) and the ubiquitous side salad.
Also ubiquitous (at least lately) the 40 cal fudge pop.
Still craving chocolate (hormones perhaps?) had a few pecan halves while I was waiting for the water to boil so I could make...
a mug of cocoa with splenda of course.
Totals for today 1,660 calories and 57g of carbohydrates.

For the moment I'm not going to worry about the calories, just keep taking my pictures and using fitday to keep track. One thing at a time...

Perhaps a bit better...

... but that could also be because I've done so little in the last three days. Felt nearly normal when I woke up this morning - a little energy and a little more interest in things. Started with coffee.
Bacon and eggs.
Went to Scooter meet not sure if I would be able to go for a ride or not. Had a large coffee and sat and chatted with my gang for about an hour. Decided that I really didn't feel up to it so headed home.
Went grocery shopping with Doug. Bought among other things some pecans. Discovered mid-afternoon I was quite hungry so had a little bowlful hoping it would be enough until dinner.
It wasn't, quite enough so I had a little piece of some nice chèvre cheese we picked up (after watching Battle Goat Cheese on Iron Chef America last night).
Dinner was roast beef (110g) and cauliflower (with butter) and a side salad.
And one more fudge pop.
Felt the need for a snack during the evening and unfortunately went back to the pecans. Because of that my calories are a bit higher today that I would have liked.
Calories 1,761 but only 37g of carbohydrates for the day.

Everything I ate - yesterday

Sunday evening we went out to KnB's for dinner and I didn't manage to blog before bedtime - so here's yesterday...

Started normally with coffee.Two sausages and two fried eggs.
Went grocery shopping and when I got back the nuts looked so good and I was hungry so I had to have a few (30g) brazil nuts.
Realized mid-afternoon that I really needed something to keep me going until supper which would probably be later than we would normally eat. Had a Flat-Out multigrain wrap with 45g of cream cheese, 50g of lox and as much lettuce as I could pile on.
Brian always has the best beer. This one is from Brazil and was light and tasty and went down very easily.
We started with Brian's caesar salad with made from scratch dressing. Fitday credits it with lots of calories from the fat - which is correct but we didn't have croutons so slightly less carbs.
Dinner was roast beef - beautifully done, marinated with a little garlic and sliced thick! I also had two small roasted potatoes and a little of the very rich gravy. It was delicious.
After we played in the back yard for awhile we came back in for dessert and tea. Kathleen made a rhubarb compote but added blueberries and raspberries. She always cooks with stevia or splenda so there was no sugar added - she did pour a little light cream on top though. I also had some clear tea.
My rough guess with fitday is about 1,800 calories for the day and approximately 64g of carbohydrates. Not bad for roast beef dinner.