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So I'm pulling myself together -- remembering tricks to keep myself from going wacky from the limitations on my diet. For example, I don't drink any juices because most are either not FODMAP safe or too high in simple carbs, and I can't drink very much coffee because I seem to have an allergic reaction to most coffee. So other than skim milk, I'm left with ice water or occasionally I do a mint or ginger herbal tea. It gets boring. All of the sudden this afternoon I remembered that I could make my own lime-mint soda. You take the juice of half a lime, 1/2 tsp of turbinado sugar, and a bunch of cut up mint leaves. Put them in a mortar and crush up the mint in the lime juice and sugar with the pestle. Now put this sugar-mint-lime mixture in tall glass and fill the glass 3/4 full of selzer water. Fill up with ice and stir. Now you have a delicious beverage for 8 calories and 2 carbs. You can do the same thing with lemon and mint, also with strawberries and basil. It's really good -- in fact, so good you kind of wonder why anyone would drink bottled soda when you can make something that tastes so much better. Anyway, I did a pretty good job today. Now I just have to stick with it.
P.S. I just noticed for the first time that although my food diary shows net carbs, the monthly list format shows gross carbs, so I'm actually doing a lot better than I thought, since I've really been putting out some serious effort to up my fiber consumption, so my net carbs are significantly different from what appears on this list. Still, I'm shooting for below 130 net carbs now.
Diet Calendar Entries for 05 April 2016:
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1327 kcal
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Fat: 56.23g | Prot: 80.43g | Carb: 146.63g.
Breakfast: The Essential Baking Company super seeded multigrain gluten free bread, Honeycup Uniquely Sharp Mustard, Turkey Breast Meat, Kroger Honeydew Melon, Cantaloupe (Muskmelon). Lunch: Blue Diamond Almond Nut-Thins - Hint of Sea Salt Nut & Rice Cracker Snacks, San-J Organic Tamari Reduced Sodium Soy Sauce, Trader Joe's Brown Rice California Rolls, Atlantic Salmon (Farmed). Dinner: Green Olives, Trader Joe's Raw Pumpkin Seeds, Thousand Island Salad Dressing (Reduced Fat), Organic Valley Organic Baby Swiss Cheese, Whole Foods Market Organic Oven Roasted Turkey Breast 365, Nature's Promise Organic Grape Tomatoes, Lettuce Salad with Assorted Vegetables. Snacks/Other: Equal Exchange 70% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips, Blueberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, Sugar in the Raw Turbinado Sugar, Trader Joe's Laceys Cookies - Dark Chocolate Almond, Trout Salad, Luna Luna Protein Bar - Cookie Dough. more...
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2647 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Playing with dog - 15 minutes, Standing - 20 minutes, Ice Skating Lesson - 55 minutes, Clearing/washing dishes - 10 minutes, Desk Work - 1 hour and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours and 30 minutes, Resting - 7 hours and 27 minutes, Shopping - 20 minutes, Sitting - 3 hours, Cooking in Kitchen - 33 minutes, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 20 minutes, Driving - 1 hour and 40 minutes. more...
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