As promised, here's my menu for the day:

Breakfast: 2 eggs plus 2 egg whites fried in 1 pat butter, 1 slice LC bread with 1 pat butter, several cups black coffee


Snack: 1/2 cup blackberries with 1/4 cup half-and-half

Lunch: 3 cups Romaine/spinach, 1 medium tomato, 1 Tbsp balsamic vinagrette, 3 ounces roast pork

Dinner: 4 ounces roast pork (I made a lot so there would be leftovers), 1/2 cut green beans and 1/2 cup summer squash with 2 pats butter

Snack: 1/2 cup SF jello with 1/4 cup Redi-Whip (guessing on the 1/4 cup)

And lots of water. The numbers come to:

Calories: 1,208
Fat: 76 grams (56%)Carbs (fiber deducted): 30 grams (12%)
Protein: 86 grams (29%)

My calculated minimum protein requirement is 27 grams per meal, or 81 grams for the entire day. So everything looks good, and it feels like I'm eating a lot of food.


Elaine, how is Zog this time of year? When I was there last spring (when I broke my back and was on muscle relaxants and pain killers), the sky was a beautiful shade of vermillion and turtles were flying back home from their winter's stay in Gorphin. It was lovely.