Weekend Wrap Up/Superbowl Sunday

I was home this weekend with the exception of last night so I really have no excuses for eating and not taking pictures except I'm plain forgetful sometimes. I'm also feeling a bit under the weather and not in a chatty mood so I'll be brief. I also took like, 2 pictures but you get my drift. 

Friday night I made some tacos and I had 4 of the crunchy spicy goodness. 

Saturday I laid in bed all day reading Confessions of a Shopaholic from 10 am until 2 pm so my "breakfast" was also my "lunch". I made 3/4 cup of eggbeaters and had what was supposed to be 1/4 cup of FEED Cranberry and Coconut granola but it ended up being more like 1/2 a cup because I kept nomming kibbles from the bag before I put it away. I then did about an hour and fifteen minutes of We Cheer. God I love that game. 

Saturday night after cleaning my room and bathroom from top to bottom and going to get my eyebrows waxed (ah, the things we do for beauty) I grabbed a Dunkin Donuts medium coffee, regular with cream and sugar. I also grabbed stuff to make homemade queso dip but I "behaved" and got the 2% velveeta and organic blue corn chips. I also used the 93% lean ground beef and threw in some extra onion on top of the volcano salsa. It was so, so good. Hit a craving spot I've been having for weeks. I ate probably a cup of the queso and a good 20 chips or so. 

Sunday morning I woke up and had to primp to go to the skating rink and get ready to head out to see my love for Superbowl Sunday afterwards. Again by the time I ate it was almost noon and I had the same combo of eggbeaters and granola but - god that granola is good, although it tends to get stuck in my teeth easily. After gabbing with my roommates some I realized I was late to my skating lessons so I booked it out the door to return 2 hours later with another Dunkin Donuts medium regular coffee, cream and sugar. If I had thought about it the day before I wouldn't have gotten one and kept my DD Coffee treat to Sunday only (which will be the norm from now on with my lessons). I walked back home, changed and packed, then walked back to the subway and headed out to see T. 

We made a pit stop to get some stuff to make french

onion dip (I got the low fat sour cream and onion soup mix), more queso (using the same "low fat" ingredients), and stuff to make mini bagel pizzas (I got the 100 calorie mini bagels and part skim mozzarella). We also got regular tortilla chips but baked Ruffles instead of the regular kind. So, despite it being Gluttony Fest 2009 (with the addition of the pastry puff assortment - pigs in blankets, spicy beef turnovers, potato puffs and the like) we at least made a conscious effort to get better, healthier versions of otherwise "Bad" food so I'm pretty pleased. I did however end the night with a bowl of cherry gelato/vanilla ice cream because my throat was, and is all scratchy and hurty. 

Summary:

Friday Night:

4 crunchy taco shells with seasoned 93% ground beef, sprinkling of sharp cheese, sour cream and hot sauce

Saturday Day:

3/4 cup Egg Beaters

1/2 cup FEED granola, coconut cranberry flavor

Saturday Night:

1 medium  coffee from Dunkin Donuts with cream and sugar

About one cup of homemade queso made with 2 lbs of Velveeta 2% milk, 1 lb 93% ground beef, 1 small yellow onion and 1 jar of Volcano chunky salsa. 

About 20 chips, Garden of Eaten blue corn

Sunday Day:

3/4 cup Egg Beaters

1/2 cup FEED granola, coconut cranberry flavor

1 medium coffee from Dunkin Donuts, cream and sugar

Sunday Night:

I don't remember exactly but it was something like...

2 spicy beef turnovers

2 bagel pizza bites

2 buffalo chicken bites

3 pigs in blankets with mustard

A fair bit of french onion dip and baked ruffles

A fair bit of queso and tortilla chips

2 cans of coke zero

a couple vitamin C drops

1 bowl of cherry gelato/vanilla ice cream

Whew. Piggy. I also thought I wrote a lot considering I said I wasn't going to write much. I'd also like to point out that it's now 1:03 in the afternoon and the only thing I've had today has been 2 children's throat coolers and some water. Oh, and a vitamin C drop. I should eat something I suppose. Maybe there's some soup laying around the kitchen. Ew sodium but...meh, I need to eat especially if I'm going to workout tonight. 

Take That HFCS!

Two things to note:

1) I'm getting better about taking my pictures on time. I only took one bite out of my toast before remembering that I forgot to take a picture. 

2) In my efforts to cut out HFCS, or rather high fructose corn syrup - aka the devil - I went to the store today and replaced my Smuckers brand Strawberry preserves with an organic, wonderful $11.40 jar of preserves. Strawberry raspberry. The ingredients? Strawberries, sugar, raspberries, lemon juice. That's it. 

And although its a bit runnier than I'm used to with the processed stuff it was out of this world. I'm sad that it's Friday and I have to leave my jam behind. 

Summary:

1 slice 100% whole wheat toast, double protein

2 tbsp creamy peanut butter

1 tbsp strawberry-raspberry preserves

Hah, Take That Cheerios!

Okay, so this isn't me getting away from the whole cereal thing but since it's not Cheerio's somehow I feel better about it. I polished off the last of the Raisin Bran for lunch and I'm already dreaming of peanut butter toast pre-gym - but GASP there are no preserves! I may need to make an emergency pit stop by the market on my way from the post office. 

No clue what's for dinner tonight but I have some time to think about it. 

Summary:

1 cup Raisin Bran

1 cup nonfat milk

Cure For The Cranky?

I've been excessively tired and cranky this past week and I'm not really sure why. I can only imagine it's because of my change in diet. Yes I'm still eating relatively healthy but two things have changed. 1) I'm not "frontloading" my calories anymore so that I can save room for dinner at night - and dinner usually gets consumed relatively late as opposed to the protein shake on the bus or walking back from the gym. 2) I've been eating a lot less protein in favor of cereal and pastas. My solution, or at least experiment, is to try to get in more protein so instead of cereal (which we're mostly out of save for some crumbs anyway) I went with some egg whites and turkey bacon with some applesauce on the side. It was pretty satisfying and I'm hoping that it stabilizes my mood a bit better. I also need to eat my pre-workout snack a lot closer to actually working out. I ate my snack at 4:30  but didn't get on the treadmill until 7:15 and I was really gassed. Granted I started the week 2 of the C25K so I was expecting it to be slightly harder but I wasn't sure if I was going to make the last run segment. So, here's to trying something different in hopes that it will help me feel better. 

Summary:

1/2 cup egg whites with pepper

2 strips lean turkey bacon

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

Mmm, Beef

I've been craving beef for weeks now. Even if I have a little taste I've been wanting more. I'm actually very much looking forward to going to Bugaboo Creek for T's birthday so I can get a nice NY Strip steak but that will have to wait another month. In any event, Kelly had a coupon for buy a roast, get the onions, carrots and potatoes free so that solved last nights dinner dilemma. She stuck everything in the crockpot the night before so by the time we got in from the gym food was ready (all but the potatoes actually but that's okay). I have to say I'm not a big veggie fan but there's something about roasted carrots that I love. When they're all mushy and hot I just go gaga. This picture was taken about halfway through the meal - so try to imagine maybe a 1/3 more beef and at least triple the carrots on my plate. I know it still doesn't seem like much in the way of veggies but we were kind of limited on carrots. Next time I'll request double carrots! As a treat while watching nonsensical videos on youtube I made us some decaf hazelnut coffee. 

Summary:

1 cup decaf hazelnut coffee

3-4 Tbsp coffeemate

2 packets Splenda

4-5 oz. (?) pot roast, fat trimmed

1/2 cup cooked carrots

I Sense A Trend

Yes, I'm just THAT lazy and uncreative that I'm recycling meals AND photos. Today's PB n' J is brought to you by my tastebuds who have been craving peanut butter allllll day (and a good chunk of last night) after seeing these brownies. I'm a bit of a glutton for punishment I suppose - let me go ahead and look at the tasty brownies that I know I can't have. But it's also good because it's teaching me to resist temptation and live in a real world with real food. I'm also learning to channel my cravings into healthier version of what it is I'm actually craving. So, not the brownie, but the peanut butter. 

Okay the brownie with peanut butter. But I'm going to lie to myself and say that the peanut butter is what I'm craving. Don't tell anyone. 

Summary:

1 piece of 100% whole wheat toast (double protein kind)

2 tbsp peanut butter

1 tbsp jelly

No Really, I Just Like Cheerios

I guess the fact that I haven't HAD Cheerios in ages is now made up for by the fact that 4 of my last 6 meals (snacks not included) were Cheerios and milk. If what they advertise is true my cholesterol should be doing swimmingly by now. And I'm making up for lost time with my dairy. My scale said my bone density went up 0.1%. It's gotta be all that calcium, I swears it. 

I suppose the good news is that we're officially out of Cheerios so until I order a new box that's it for that little rant of cereal. The bad news is that I'M OUT OF CHEERIOS. Not really sure what I'm going to eat now. I'm sure I'll survive but I will sorely miss the tasty tasty grains in the shape of a baby donut. 

Summary:

1 cup of Cheerios

1 cup of nonfat milk