I have a question about bread. But first, a digression. When I first started weight-loss blogging, Bitch Cakes was one of the first ones I started reading. She’s great, and really inspiring. One of the things she has incorporated into her life is clean/natural eating – as in, no artificial foods/flavorings/chemicals. I had no idea that sucralose was an artificial sweetener before I read her blog. So it’s something I’m aware of much more now, and have stopped consuming a lot of things I used to…but it’s still a work in progress. Like the sugar-free-but-not-sucralose-free jam I had this morning. So:
Arnold’s Thins. You know ‘em. You love ‘em. They have sucralose in them. WHY, AT, WHY?! So I want to see if I can find a new bread for sandwiches. I opened it up to twitter and got some responses (thanks ladies!) and now I'd like to ask you fine people as well.
I’d like it to be relatively low-calorie, but really pack a nutritional punch, taste okay, and be free of as many artificial ingredients as possible. Got any ideas for me?
Also, I know, I didn't post yesterday. I was too tired and chose my bed instead!
But I did eat well. Observe:
Breakfast:
Janetha’s Yoats again! Sooo good, kept me full for almost 5 hours!
Snack:
*1/2 cup cottage cheese
Lunch:
*1/2 cup parmesan couscous with 1 cup broccoli and 3 falafal balls, crumbled
Snack:
*serving of all-bran garlic & herb crackers and wedge of brie
Dinner:
*frittata! With lump crab, grilled artichoke hearts, onion and chive. It was pretty good if I do say so myself.
aaaaaaand:
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12 March 2010
10 March 2010
Little Bit of Meal Good
I can't force myself to construct any sort of decent narrative, so you get a list*
1. I drank 140oz of water today, and 3 cups of green tea. As Joey Russo would say, Whoa!
2. I have some award-getting and giving to catch up on, I'll do this soon! But thanks to you lovely folks for thinking of me! One day I'll improve my time management skills....maybe later.
3. I ordered a new iPod today because now my poor baby doesn't even hold a charge through the whole metro ride. :-( But yay, new toy soon! PS I ordered it online b/c it's $25 cheaper (Best Buy) and you get free shipping, and even with tax it still comes out $10 cheaper than if you bought it in-store or through Apple. Booyah. But I guess we'll see how confident I am in my choice after it shows up, hopefully in one piece, free of any tomfoolery.
4. Wow, only 3 things? I'm boring.
5. Wait, I thought of another one! Keri, WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE. Heh.
6. Okay now I really might be done.
7. Yep.
8. NOPE! I just want to ask: Do any of you watch White Collar? It's on USA so I feel a little ashamed that I'm watching what 90% of retirement homes watch all day long, but....that show is SO awesome! Anyone? Anyone?!?!
9. Okay now I'm done. On to food.
*I wrote the following this morning, when the day was young and I didn't know that my coworkers chose today to be FRANTIC at ALL TIMES...ugh.
So yesterday the uber-cool Janetha ate what she calls “PB&J Yoatgurt” for breakfast. Greek Yogurt + oatmeal. Plus other goodies.
I thought I’d give it a go this morning…by basically copying her. It’s what I do.
½ cup oatmeal (I just used Quaker instant because I’m too lazy to make steel cut, at least in the AM)
¼ cup greek yogurt (fage 0%)
1 tbsp The Bees Knees PB&Co (Scuttleboose...I can't remember where I got it, I'm sorry!)
1 tbsp Polaner’s Sugar Free Raspberry Jelly
1 tbsp chia seeds (this was my own addition!)
Mix it all together and eat. …more like INHALE. It is SO GOOD. I can't wait for breakfast tomorrow morning.
Breakfast:
*Janetha's Yoats :-)
*can of V8 (in the car on the way to the Metro)
Snack:
*1/2 cup fage 0% with 1 tbsp honey and ½ a serving of PB Puffins (the last of them!!) and 1 tbsp chia seeds
Lunch:
Falafal: 3 falafal balls (heh..balls) with 1 tbsp tzatziki, multi grain arnold’s thin
*13 Newman’s Own pretzel sticks
Snack:
*3/4 a small granny smith apple, sliced with a wedge of brie
Dinner:
*broccoli with tuna and melted cheese (string cheese :-P) I guess it was sort of like a fake/deconstructed casserole. It was pretty good!
1. I drank 140oz of water today, and 3 cups of green tea. As Joey Russo would say, Whoa!
2. I have some award-getting and giving to catch up on, I'll do this soon! But thanks to you lovely folks for thinking of me! One day I'll improve my time management skills....maybe later.
3. I ordered a new iPod today because now my poor baby doesn't even hold a charge through the whole metro ride. :-( But yay, new toy soon! PS I ordered it online b/c it's $25 cheaper (Best Buy) and you get free shipping, and even with tax it still comes out $10 cheaper than if you bought it in-store or through Apple. Booyah. But I guess we'll see how confident I am in my choice after it shows up, hopefully in one piece, free of any tomfoolery.
4. Wow, only 3 things? I'm boring.
5. Wait, I thought of another one! Keri, WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE. Heh.
6. Okay now I really might be done.
7. Yep.
8. NOPE! I just want to ask: Do any of you watch White Collar? It's on USA so I feel a little ashamed that I'm watching what 90% of retirement homes watch all day long, but....that show is SO awesome! Anyone? Anyone?!?!
9. Okay now I'm done. On to food.
*I wrote the following this morning, when the day was young and I didn't know that my coworkers chose today to be FRANTIC at ALL TIMES...ugh.
So yesterday the uber-cool Janetha ate what she calls “PB&J Yoatgurt” for breakfast. Greek Yogurt + oatmeal. Plus other goodies.
I thought I’d give it a go this morning…by basically copying her. It’s what I do.
½ cup oatmeal (I just used Quaker instant because I’m too lazy to make steel cut, at least in the AM)
¼ cup greek yogurt (fage 0%)
1 tbsp The Bees Knees PB&Co (Scuttleboose...I can't remember where I got it, I'm sorry!)
1 tbsp Polaner’s Sugar Free Raspberry Jelly
1 tbsp chia seeds (this was my own addition!)
Mix it all together and eat. …more like INHALE. It is SO GOOD. I can't wait for breakfast tomorrow morning.
Breakfast:
*Janetha's Yoats :-)
*can of V8 (in the car on the way to the Metro)
Snack:
*1/2 cup fage 0% with 1 tbsp honey and ½ a serving of PB Puffins (the last of them!!) and 1 tbsp chia seeds
Lunch:
Falafal: 3 falafal balls (heh..balls) with 1 tbsp tzatziki, multi grain arnold’s thin
*13 Newman’s Own pretzel sticks
Snack:
*3/4 a small granny smith apple, sliced with a wedge of brie
Dinner:
*broccoli with tuna and melted cheese (string cheese :-P) I guess it was sort of like a fake/deconstructed casserole. It was pretty good!
09 March 2010
Party at a Rich Food's House
(Song is off Ke$ha's new album. It pains me a little to use that dollar sign, but I have to do her justice. I haven't actually listened to that particular song, but I'm slightly ashamed to say I like Kiss N Tell, Your Love is My Drug, and obbbviiiii Tik Tok. Sometimes I have the musical palate of a tween.)
Not much on my mind other than, I need to somehow get into the exercise groove again. I think one of the things that prevents me from going is my idea that once I’m there I have to run the fastest and the longest, and then bust my ass on weights, and then do MORE cardio and basically Biggest-Loser-Last-Chance-Workout-It every. single. time. and it feels insurmountable and I give up before I even start. I need to not set the bar so high, in that sense.
I know a lot of you are probably thinking that I should be doing that kind of workout every time, because you are! I read blogs, I see! And once I do start getting into a rhythm, it doesn’t take long before I see if I can push a little more, or sneak in a few more reps…I just hate that I set an unreachable goal that prevents me from moving at all. I need to aim lower, at least at first.
My eating is great now and I'm proud of it, and crawling out of the black hole that was January didn’t happen by going zero to sixty. In fact I’m sometimes even hyperaware of my eating, because I don’t want to start “seeing if I can eat a little less” every day, because I’ve done it before and it doesn’t lead anywhere good. Did I ever tell you about the time in grad school when I basically challenged myself to subsist on nothing but a Sugar Free Red Bull all day? I won the challenge but lost…me? Integrity? I don’t know what I lost but…it was unhealthy.
Anyway my point is that I really want to work on keeping things steady. My eating is steady (for now, one day at a time and such) and I want my workouts to be that way too…so I just need to get there.
Breakfast:
*half a WW bagel with 1 tbsp The Bees Knees PB&Co, and 1 tbsp chia seeds sprinkled on top. (not a bad combo! Though don’t eat it in front of other people because the seeds-in-teeth ratio is WAY UP on this one)
Lunch:
*peach chobani with 1 tbsp chia seeds
*sandwich: ¼ granny smith apple, sliced, small wedge of brie (sliced), few slices of turkey breast, small handful of craisins
*13 Newman’s Own pretzel sticks
Snack:
*1/2 cup cottage cheese
Another “Snack”:
*Amazing Grass Chocolate GreenSuperFood drink powder
Dinner:
*WW Smart Ones Lasagna Florentine
Not much on my mind other than, I need to somehow get into the exercise groove again. I think one of the things that prevents me from going is my idea that once I’m there I have to run the fastest and the longest, and then bust my ass on weights, and then do MORE cardio and basically Biggest-Loser-Last-Chance-Workout-It every. single. time. and it feels insurmountable and I give up before I even start. I need to not set the bar so high, in that sense.
I know a lot of you are probably thinking that I should be doing that kind of workout every time, because you are! I read blogs, I see! And once I do start getting into a rhythm, it doesn’t take long before I see if I can push a little more, or sneak in a few more reps…I just hate that I set an unreachable goal that prevents me from moving at all. I need to aim lower, at least at first.
My eating is great now and I'm proud of it, and crawling out of the black hole that was January didn’t happen by going zero to sixty. In fact I’m sometimes even hyperaware of my eating, because I don’t want to start “seeing if I can eat a little less” every day, because I’ve done it before and it doesn’t lead anywhere good. Did I ever tell you about the time in grad school when I basically challenged myself to subsist on nothing but a Sugar Free Red Bull all day? I won the challenge but lost…me? Integrity? I don’t know what I lost but…it was unhealthy.
Anyway my point is that I really want to work on keeping things steady. My eating is steady (for now, one day at a time and such) and I want my workouts to be that way too…so I just need to get there.
Breakfast:
*half a WW bagel with 1 tbsp The Bees Knees PB&Co, and 1 tbsp chia seeds sprinkled on top. (not a bad combo! Though don’t eat it in front of other people because the seeds-in-teeth ratio is WAY UP on this one)
Lunch:
*peach chobani with 1 tbsp chia seeds
*sandwich: ¼ granny smith apple, sliced, small wedge of brie (sliced), few slices of turkey breast, small handful of craisins
*13 Newman’s Own pretzel sticks
Snack:
*1/2 cup cottage cheese
Another “Snack”:
*Amazing Grass Chocolate GreenSuperFood drink powder
Dinner:
*WW Smart Ones Lasagna Florentine
Haven't Met Food Yet
(Um, I love Michael Buble's new song. Plus he's adorable. And it makes me think of Hamm & Buble. "...you are on the thinnest of ice." hee!)
I really did eat things yesterday, I swear! I just went to bed absurdly early and just...too...lazy.....*snores*
So anyhoodle, here's what I ate yesterday. You'll notice a lack of vegetables and fruit. I'm trying to hold off on grocery shopping until this weekend and just use what I have for now. I've got some artichoke hearts in the fridge and a little bit of spinach left...and that's it!
Also, I've seen people eating spaghetti squash again recently and I've never had it, and I want to jump on that bandwagon - where are you getting your spaghetti squash? Aren't they not in season anymore? I mean, you can get a lot of things out of season (I'm not going to bust out into a carbon-footprint rant, fear not) but...I don't think I've seen them anywhere recently.
Breakfast:
*1 Oikos 0% greek yogurt w/ honey and ¾ cup Kashi Honey Sunshine cereal and 1 tbsp chia seeds
Lunch:
*tuna sandwich: 1/3 tuna salad (can of tuna with 2 tbsp light mayo, divided in thirds), handful of spinach, 3 bread and butter pickles, slice of avocado
*Progresso Chicken Rotini soup
Snack:
*½ cup fage 0%, 1 scoop/serving chocolate green superfood, 1/3 cup granola, 1 tbsp chia seeds, 1 tbsp The Bees Knees PB&Co
Dinner:
*Trader Joe’s Vegetable Masala patty
*1/2 cup egg subst. with 1 oz. feta cheese, caramelized onions and a little bit of ketchup
I really did eat things yesterday, I swear! I just went to bed absurdly early and just...too...lazy.....*snores*
So anyhoodle, here's what I ate yesterday. You'll notice a lack of vegetables and fruit. I'm trying to hold off on grocery shopping until this weekend and just use what I have for now. I've got some artichoke hearts in the fridge and a little bit of spinach left...and that's it!
Also, I've seen people eating spaghetti squash again recently and I've never had it, and I want to jump on that bandwagon - where are you getting your spaghetti squash? Aren't they not in season anymore? I mean, you can get a lot of things out of season (I'm not going to bust out into a carbon-footprint rant, fear not) but...I don't think I've seen them anywhere recently.
Breakfast:
*1 Oikos 0% greek yogurt w/ honey and ¾ cup Kashi Honey Sunshine cereal and 1 tbsp chia seeds
Lunch:
*tuna sandwich: 1/3 tuna salad (can of tuna with 2 tbsp light mayo, divided in thirds), handful of spinach, 3 bread and butter pickles, slice of avocado
*Progresso Chicken Rotini soup
Snack:
*½ cup fage 0%, 1 scoop/serving chocolate green superfood, 1/3 cup granola, 1 tbsp chia seeds, 1 tbsp The Bees Knees PB&Co
Dinner:
*Trader Joe’s Vegetable Masala patty
*1/2 cup egg subst. with 1 oz. feta cheese, caramelized onions and a little bit of ketchup
08 March 2010
Carlito's Weigh
I’m back! Haha, I took a break Sunday because…you can guess how one feels after spending a night with her old college friends? Fun, but…I was a little slower than usual on Sunday!
The rest of Saturday’s eating was okay…I had lunch out with other old college friends, I got a sandwich called The Rhysdale: “Smoked turkey, cranberry spread, herbed cream cheese & petit greens” It was really good! And, okay, I got it with sweet potato fries. Which were delicious. But I left some of everything on the plate, even though I wanted to inhale it!
Dinner wasn’t really dinner, it was grazing at the food set out at the party. I ate a little more because I was also drinking (see: Sunday, slow moving) and I didn’t want things to get unfortunate! I had some grapes, a few potato chips and tortilla chips, a small piece of cheese, LOTS of cucumber slices and baby carrots, a few dips of hummus, wheat thins, bread/cheese things called mozzarella bites, oh and a few bites of this cheese dip stuff. It was all pretty tasty. I drank more than I normally do, but definitely not to the extent that I did in my actual college days! So I’m okay with it, and choosing to ignore the amount of calories I may have ingested that night!
On Sunday, after driving home, I had breakfast/lunch, (Trader Joe’s chicken tikka malala and a piece of tandoori naan) and then tried to stay awake…and failed. I took a really long nap. Then I did a little housekeeping, drank a chocolate greensuperfood mix, then went to bed.
But true to form, I got on the scale this morning!
214.8
I’ll take it! It’s 2 pounds less than last week and includes a day off AND night of drinking, so I can’t complain!
(oh also, you’ll notice I’m posting this a bit later…I took a mental health day from work – after a weekend?, you say skeptically…yes, after a weekend, I basically have anxiety every time I go into work so…I didn’t really feel like it today)
Now I’m off to go see if I can make my day somewhat productive. We’ll see how that works out!
The rest of Saturday’s eating was okay…I had lunch out with other old college friends, I got a sandwich called The Rhysdale: “Smoked turkey, cranberry spread, herbed cream cheese & petit greens” It was really good! And, okay, I got it with sweet potato fries. Which were delicious. But I left some of everything on the plate, even though I wanted to inhale it!
Dinner wasn’t really dinner, it was grazing at the food set out at the party. I ate a little more because I was also drinking (see: Sunday, slow moving) and I didn’t want things to get unfortunate! I had some grapes, a few potato chips and tortilla chips, a small piece of cheese, LOTS of cucumber slices and baby carrots, a few dips of hummus, wheat thins, bread/cheese things called mozzarella bites, oh and a few bites of this cheese dip stuff. It was all pretty tasty. I drank more than I normally do, but definitely not to the extent that I did in my actual college days! So I’m okay with it, and choosing to ignore the amount of calories I may have ingested that night!
On Sunday, after driving home, I had breakfast/lunch, (Trader Joe’s chicken tikka malala and a piece of tandoori naan) and then tried to stay awake…and failed. I took a really long nap. Then I did a little housekeeping, drank a chocolate greensuperfood mix, then went to bed.
But true to form, I got on the scale this morning!
214.8
I’ll take it! It’s 2 pounds less than last week and includes a day off AND night of drinking, so I can’t complain!
(oh also, you’ll notice I’m posting this a bit later…I took a mental health day from work – after a weekend?, you say skeptically…yes, after a weekend, I basically have anxiety every time I go into work so…I didn’t really feel like it today)
Now I’m off to go see if I can make my day somewhat productive. We’ll see how that works out!
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