Excuse my random blog. The BLC is currently overloaded with newbies signing up and I don't feel like waiting. I want to make sure I record this all since I have it packed. Some of the fooods will be new to my food diary so I need all the NI and don't want to mess it up tomorrow.
Wake up and have a banana and cuppa with almond milk
Gym -- either treadmill or elliptical, whichever is free
Brekkie: Sausage Sammy and another cuppa with almond milk
Pack the rest of the coffee with the rest of the almond milk
Total calories at this point: 295
Snack: Almonds and Carrots (230 - Almonds are 190/5/18/6/3)
Lunch: Italian Wedding Soup, Cheesestick, Pineapple, 100 calorie pack of Lorna Doone (325 - Soup is 90/11/2/5/1)
Snack: Tea, Mini Biscotti, Cottage Cheese (240 - Biscotti is 130/18/6/2/0)
That totals 1090. I have 418 calories left for the rest of the evening and I want to wait on planning dinner based on how my first day back at work goes. I have leftover chick and potatoes, but also the makings of a yummy ham and cheese omellette. Who knows!
In high school I decided to become a vegetarian just for fun, to see how long I could do it. Had I been smart about nutrition... probably would have lasted longer than 3 months. But 3 months was long enough to irritate my dad.
I've decided to do my own weird challenge again. I am going to buy some unsweetened almond milk and some yogurt and bananas. Maybe another veggie or fruit item if I can keep the total under $10. I will also fill my gas tank up.
Then I am going to see how long I can go without buying groceries or gas. I have so much food in my pantry that I feel bad not using it. And it is all pretty darn healthy. Then, when I get to a need for groceries, D and I are going to try the $1 a day challenge. We are challenging our students to try it too since they often debate about poverty. We will have $7 each for a week of groceries. I bet I will last longer than he does but I don't know how long that would be. However I do know it will help me value what I have a LOT more.
Each burrito has 216 calories, 7.3 grams fat, 14.4 grams fiber, 31.5 grams total carbs, 10.5 grams protein if you use the same ingredients that I did.
Ingredients (I have included total cal/fat/fiber/carb/protein for comparison of ingredients)
1 cup chopped pumpkin (49/0/3/12/2) roasted in
1 tbsp olive oil (119/14/0/0/0) and some garlic and rosemary
1 can of kidney beans, rinsed (350/1.75/21/80.5/24.5)
1/2 cup Sargento Shredded Mexican Cheese Medley (220/18/0/2/12)
Tobasco sauce, to taste
Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy Seasoning, to taste
Ancho Chili Powder, to taste
Garlic Salt, to taste
Seasoning Salt, to taste
7 Misson Carb Balance Soft Taco Tortillas (110/2.5/11/18/5 EACH TORTILLA)
Steps:
1. Mash roasted pumpkin and beans with seasonings to taste.
2. Gently heat tortillas in microwave for 10seconds or so until pliable.
3. Fill each tortilla with mashed filling and a sprinkle of cheese.
4. Spray baking sheet with cooking spray and place burritos with fold side down. Spray the top of the burritos and bake for 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees.
I baked them about 10 minutes until lightly crunchy and then wrapped them and froze most of them for later. These aren't huge burritos but they are filling, especially with a side of fruit or veggies. Perfect post-workout mini meal!
and joined the Biggest Loser Club online. I am trying out calorie counting and have until March 24, 2007 before they recharge me for biggestloserclub.com membership. So away we go!
So tech keeps claiming to have fixed my work computer but they have not. It freezes and quits when I ask it to print. So this means I am relying on others to get a lot of my things printed. I am going crazy and stressing out at work.
Snacked a bit before lunch. Baked chips lunch bag, lorna doone 100 calorie pack, 2 kisses, and a handful of ranch corn nuts. Yup... mindless while working.
Lunch was the perfect display of stress. I started with a swedish meatball like dish (non creamy sauce), ff potato salad, non dressed and non cheesed caesar type salad (okay it was just romaine, and a single small crouton), and a quarter cup of ambrosia type salad and two bites of a meditarranean type pasta salad. Sounds like a lot but it wasn't tons of food... but it should have been enough.
Nope.... another issue arose DURING lunch (I am thinking I should just hide in my classroom with my lights out LOL).... I ended up with somee french fries, an egg roll, and a chocolate chip cookie.
I then ate through about a quarter cup of jelly bellys before thrusting the bowl on someone else.
Then I made it until dinner... TJ black bean and corn enchiladas and one ww chocolate cake with two glasses of water and 100 calories burned in DDR Wii workout mode.
So maybe I recovered.... but I apparently need have not conquered stress eating... grrrr.
So I am going to track online until my food diary comes in and then I can't guarantee it.... but I will still blog. Pending no more life drama for awhile.
Brekkie: Frozen fruit and almond milk smoothie Snack: Vitatop
