Hermiones Mom's Journal, 05 November 2015

The past 10 days I have been hungry. It's very odd. Several people have told me that they are always hungry in the fall when the weather starts to change and they are convinced it's some kind of primitive signal from Mother Nature to store up calories for the winter. This is why I am struggling to keep my calorie count down -- because I am HUNGRY. It's the first time I've felt this way since I went back on my eating plan last spring. So now I have to figure out how to get back in balance. I think I am going to get a turkey breast and cook it up this weekend and then keep some sliced turkey in the fridge, because it's very filling for a relatively low calorie count, and I think if I used it for some snacks, I could get my calories and carbs down and stop being hungry. This gets back to the questions I was pondering a week or so ago -- It seems nearly impossible to do the 5 fruits and veggies, then there's the whole grain servings you're supposed to have, and then there's the limits you have to place on carbs, and the need to manage good and bad fats. It's so complicated. I can't imagine how anyone manages to do all this right.

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1507 kcal

Fat: 44.89g | Prot: 105.80g | Carb: 167.81g.   Breakfast: Clementines, White Fish Salad, Finlandia Heavenly Light Swiss Cheese, Lundberg Family Farms Thin Stackers Red Rice & Quinoa. Lunch: Kroger Honeydew Melon, Cucumber Salad with Oil and Vinegar, Nature's Promise Organic Grape Tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, Famoso Roasted Red Pepper, Wellshire Farms Uncured Turkey Ham Steak, Finlandia Heavenly Light Swiss Cheese, The Essential Baking Company super seeded multigrain gluten free bread. Dinner: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cucina Antica Garlic Marinara Sauce, Cub Foods Frozen Green Peas, Trader Joe's Grilled Eggplant & Zucchini Melange, Isernio's Italian Chicken Sausage, King Soba 100% buckwheat noodles. Snacks/Other: Finlandia Light Swiss Cheese Slice, Wellshire Farms Uncured Turkey Ham Steak, Luna Luna Protein Bar - Cookie Dough. more...

2437 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Playing with dog - 20 minutes, Desk Work - 2 hours, Cooking in Kitchen - 26 minutes, Laundry/Packing Suitcase/Folding Clothes - 7 minutes, Standing - 30 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours, Resting - 10 hours and 25 minutes, Sitting - 2 hours, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 1 hour, Clearing/washing dishes - 12 minutes. more...