What I Ate: July 31 - August 1, 2010

I was visiting the fam this weekend. Considering how horrible my diet usually becomes when I'm up there, I didn't do so badly this time. However, I engaged in a lot of compulsive eating at night, which I excused by eating mostly things I knew wouldn't screw up my weight (lots of nuts and cheese). I ate some of my step-niece's birthday cake, but that's the one thing I'm not concerned about. It was okay. I'm mostly concerned about my out-of-control compulsive eating. Nuts are a fierce trigger!

Saturday, July 31:

• Cinnamon protein pancakes with too much SF maple syrup
• 1 Pure Protein Cookies-N-Cream protein shake (120 kcals, 23g protein, 2g net carbs, 1g fat) in an Sbux iced sugar-free vanilla decaf quad espresso
• 1 oz. roasted and salted soy nuts
• MASSIVE amount of dill pickle cashews, on the road. I craved these so compulsively that I pulled over on the side of the road in the rain to fish them out of my back seat. You know you have a problem when . . .
• Nibbles at my step-niece's first birthday shindig: Several bites of Publix marble cake with icing, a small bite of a hot dog on a bun with chili and mustard, and 3 nacho cheese Doritos
• 1 serving roasted lite firm tofu (45 kcals, 7g protein, 2g carbs, 1.5g fat).
• More dill pickle cashews (I was starving!) followed shortly thereafter by 2 Ellie Krieger Crisp Crab Cakes (112 kcals, 13.8g protein, 11g net carbs, 0.4g fat) and a tiny bit of roma tomato with Tony Chachere's
• About 1/4 of a cameo apple, maybe 2 T peanut butter, a few raisins, and 1 white grape
• 1 slice whole wheat bread, 1 slice lean deli turkey, and various cheeses, including Cabot Black Wax cheddar, Robusto, and Kraft 2% cheddar
• More cheeses listed above and lots of Target garlic almonds

Note that the last 3 items were all consumed after midnight, which technically means I ate them on Sunday, but they felt more part of Saturday.

Sunday, August 1:

• Even more cheese and Target garlic almonds (some of the eating spilled over through 5 AM, and that bout felt more part of Sunday), and 1 oz. roasted/salted soy nuts
• Strawberry cheesecake protein frosty
• Chocolate cheesecake protein frosty
• Another chocolate cheesecake protein frosty
• Cookies & cream protein frosty
• More garlic almonds and 2% sharp cheddar
• A handful of Fiber One twig cereal

At least I worked out a tiny smidge. On Sunday, I went for a brisk 3-mile walk at the hospital track, sandwiched between church and visiting my grandmother. Sundays with the family are never relaxed because we spend practically all day in church.