Saturday's food diary

Saturday:

I still was over on my sodium, but not as much as Friday. Today (Sunday) should be lower. I was 8 ounces under for my water goal for the day.


If every day were like today ...

You would lose 1.6 lbs per week.

At a glance ...
	Notes
	A high-fiber breakfast can help you lose weight and reduce your risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
	You have eaten fiber-rich foods. This is a good indicator of a healthy diet.
	Saturated fats only accounted for 3.8% of your calories. Good job staying below the 9% limit!
	You consumed 1223 mg of calcium. This is 122% of the recommended daily value (1000 mg) for adults under 50 years old.
	You consumed 203.8 mg of vitamin C. This is 185% of the recommended daily value (110 mg) for adult women who drink.
	You consumed 17804 IU of vitamin A. This is 593% of the recommended daily value for women.
	You consumed 36.7mg of iron. This is 204% of the recommended daily value for pre-menopausal women.
	You did not meet your water consumption goal.
	No exercise.
	You consumed 2447mg of sodium. Ideally, this number should be below 2300mg.

DAILY TOTALS
Food Description
Totals Percentage of Calories†	1,207	24.4 17%	5.3 3.8%	0 ††	66	2446	195.0 61%	29.4 9%	61.6 19%	10-35% of calories. The ideal range is 10-15%.','#CCFFCC', 250,'#000000')" onmouseout="hideddrivetip()" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;"> 67.3 21%	17804 ††	203.8 ††	1222 ††	36.7 ††
† Typical Percentages: Fat 20-35%, Carbohydrates 45-65%, Protein 10-35%, and Saturated Fats less than 9% †† Incomplete data

Pumpkin fluff

We tried this recipe the other night. Both of us liked it. It is kind of a lighter version of pumpkin pie, because of the cool whip. You could use fat-free cool whip if you want. Make sure you get the canned pumpkin that is just pumpkin, not pie filling.

Pumpkin Fluff

12 oz can of pumpkin
8 oz cool whip lite
small package vanilla sugar free pudding mix
1 tbl pumpkin pie spice

Use mixer to whip all ingredients together.

Serve with:
Graham crackers or ginger cookies (dip them in) and dip them in, or try try putting this in the mini-pre made graham cracker crusts. Each of them only has 110 calories, and with the pumpkin fluff it's so satisfying! You can also just eat it in a bowl as a mousse.

Layout help?

It's been a long time since I chose this layout and theme. I do not remember what the tutorial page I used was. Does anyone have a good link to help with changing the layout here?

I think I might still keep the same theme/colors, but want to change the margins. Thanks in advance!

Mashed cauliflower

Hubby and I tried this the other night. Obviously it isn't quite like regular mashed potatoes, but it was tasty. I made a modification, though. Instead of adding in some butter, I added in some fat-free half and half. I put in a splash, and kept adding a little bit at a time until it was the right consistency.

Mashed Cauliflower

Cook a bag of microwaveable pre-cut cauliflower as directed on the bag.

*Then put it into a food processor or blender with half a tablespoon of butter, a pinch of garlic powder,a pinch of onion powder, and salt and pepper to taste.

*If want it to be thicker you can dry the cauliflower with a paper towel before you blend it.

Cauliflower is very low in calories, so you can afford to use a small amount of butter.

My Food Diary

Hi to those of you who are still reading this. :-) It has been a long time since I posted. We had a fabulous trip to Europe in June as our delayed honeymoon. Last weekend, we celebrated our first anniversary. I can't believe it's already been a year!

I have put on some weight since the wedding. To help me become healthier (and lose weight), I am using My Food Diary, a site suggested by a friend. It kind of reminds me of Weight Watchers e-Tools. However, I feel like it gives me a LOT more information that will encourage me to eat healthier foods. On WW, you could technically spend your points eating very unhealthy items, and the computer wouldn't tell you differently. (Unless they have changed the program since I last used it.) On MFD, for every food you enter, it tells you how you are doing with your calories for the day, fat grams, saturated fat, etc. It also then adds it up per meal and the whole day. I am going to try to post my daily results on here fairly regularly to keep me accountable.

DAILY TOTALS
Food Description
Totals Percentage of Calories†	1,199	25.5 18%	5.7 4.1%	0 0%	81	3190	192.1 62%	29.3 9%	67.5 22%	10-35% of calories. The ideal range is 10-15%.','#CCFFCC', 250,'#000000')" onmouseout="hideddrivetip()" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;"> 62.4 20%	33049 ††	177.2 ††	1126 ††	34.5 ††
† Typical Percentages: Fat 20-35%, Carbohydrates 45-65%, Protein 10-35%, and Saturated Fats less than 9% †† Incomplete data

I got a red (unhealthy) box for calories because I was ONE calorie under for the day. Silly!! My other red box is for sodium. I had canned soup at lunch and used it to make our chicken crockpot dinner. Luckily, I don't have high blood pressure, so it's not that big of a deal. I plan to keep my sodium level lower today.

The light green boxes are "healthy," and the dark green boxes are "very healthy." I'm quite pride of how many dark green boxes I got yesterday! :-) Yeah!

Even if you are not trying to lose weight, I highly recommend MFD. It makes you think more about what you are eating and if it is really something that is healthy for you to be eating. If you have any questions about MFD, please don't hesitate to ask!

Oh, also, there is a "forum" with message boards. I have gotten several yummy recipes (that we've already tried and liked) from the boards. There are also groups you can join. As well as having the food tracker, there is an exercise tracker and measurement tracker. MFD does it all!

If every day were like today ...

You would lose 1.6 lbs per week.

At a glance ...
	Notes
	A high-fiber breakfast can help you lose weight and reduce your risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
	You met your water consumption goal!
	You have eaten fiber-rich foods. This is a good indicator of a healthy diet.
	Saturated fats only accounted for 4.2% of your calories. Good job staying below the 9% limit!
	You consumed 1129 mg of calcium. This is 113% of the recommended daily value (1000 mg) for adults under 50 years old.
	You consumed 177.2 mg of vitamin C. This is 161% of the recommended daily value (110 mg) for adult women who drink.
	You consumed 33049 IU of vitamin A. This is 1,102% of the recommended daily value for women.
	You consumed 34.5mg of iron. This is 192% of the recommended daily value for pre-menopausal women.

	No exercise.
	You consumed 3193mg of sodium. Ideally, this number should be below 2300mg.