243.0

I ate about 3 cups of very salty homemade chicken broth thickened with xanthan gum around 3am (I stayed up late working). So I think my weight may have been up from that. It was delicious. The xanthan gum really gives it a thick viscosity (kinda like eggdrop soup), that is really satisfying.

Lunch: 1.5 cups homemade chicken broth (fat was skimmed off) with about 2 oz cooked white boneless skinless chicken, 1.66 oz frozen green peas, 5 grams xanthan gum and 2.15 oz sour cream

Dinner: Homemade stew made with 3 cans vegall, (lean only) chuck, and small (8oz?) can of tomato sauce. Of this I ate 16.65 oz (fitday came up with 315 calories and 36.6 grams carb, which seems pretty accurate, as one can of vegall has 35 carbs). Into this I mixed 2.86 oz sour cream and 1.38 oz homemade meatloaf (the remaining meatloaf from yesterday).

Fitday's estimated total (this probably isn't as accurate as some of my other days, but I think it is pretty close):

1,155 calories, 53.4 g Fat, 89.0 g (-12.1 g Fiber) = 76.9 g NET carbs, 77.5 g Protein

41%F, 31%C, 28%P

Wow, those ratios really put into perspective how far off today was from what I would like it to be. Calories were ok, but I definately needed my fat to be higher and my carbs to be lower... protein was OK, although I would prefer it be even a little lower than that. I have got to get my ratios right. I have struggled each day since going to the Chinese Buffet. Obviously I need to get my ratios more in line, so I can quit struggling.

Today marks 23 days that I have been tracking my food and blogging each day. I have averaged 1,121 calories per day.. which I consider to be excellent. Per fitday, when I started at 253.8 I was using 2740 calories per day and now at 243.0 I am using 2672 calories per day. At goal (140) I should in theory use 2,024 calories per day.