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November 28, 2005
Home to Salad
We had a wonderful trip, but it's a relief to be back to the familiar. Even though work is insanely busy (just got a new staff person... old staff person called out sick so entire plan for training new staff person fell through... first day back at work is 9 am to about 10:30 pm... you get the idea) I am comforted by my delicious MR-made salad. These days we're throwing 50 calories of chopped eggwhites marinated in balsamic vinegar, evoo and salsa onto my salad and yogurt mix, plus 10 g almonds, to further zone my lunch and make it more satisfying.
It's also just plain easier to do CR when I'm not tempted by old home favorites. I ate quite a bit of the Thanksgiving Day treats, including creamed spinich and Jack Daniels sweet potatoes, and the excellent wine that is always a-pouring at my dad's house. Even though I ate many fewer calories than I would have in years past, it was still enough to make me feel a bit out of sorts afterwards. The food is so delicious... all homemade by step-mother and my father, so it's hard to resist munching on leftovers while we clean up the kitchen. However, since I did a fair amount of the cooking, most of my meals were about the same as they would be at home... with the addition of some extra wine. Hey, it was a holiday!
Now I'm back on the straight and narrow, and enjoying my quotidian food more than ever. I just love my salad. I think I alarmed my new staff person by licking my plate after lunch... I forget that people aren't used to that. I promise I won't do it at the 300 member dinner! (Or at family Christmas, MoMR!)
Here's today's diet:
Morning shot of no sugar cranberry juice to wash down .5 teaspoon creatine, mixed with Diet Dr. Pepper: 20
Breakfast:
1 cup eggwhites, scrambled 125
1 teaspoon flax oil 40
2 tablespoons salsa 10
one-fourth cup fat free cream cheese 60
black Fair Trade coffee, which I now brew at home to save money
Mid-morning:
thermos of green tea
Lunch:
salad of kale, turnip greens, mustard greens, arugula, napa cabbage, tomatoes, red peppers, salsa, 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil, 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar, eggwhites 181
1 cup non-fat plain yogurt with a dash of garlic powder (I mix this into the salad, along with the dressing and the eggwhites) 110
10 g almonds 60
After lunch:
herbal wild berry zinger tea
Afternoon snack: (escaping the office to meet with new staff person without phone ringing off the hook)
latte with skim milk 120
Dinner: (grabbing Subway on the way to a meeting for work)
Atkins turkey breast wrap: 190
Veggie salad: 60
I'm skipping my quotidian glass of wine tonight both because I'll be getting home from work so late and because I had more than usual over the holiday. So total calories du jour: 976. Lots of water all day. I feel so much better when I am hydrated, and it does cut down on hunger to drink enough fluids.
It's a low day, but between skipping the wine and making up for lots of extra holiday calories, I doubt I'll be hungry. My breakfasts and lunches are so much more satisfying now that I've zoned them and added more calories.
Been thinking about lots lately, but very little time to write. About to kick off a fundraising drive for the CR Society (yes, we'll be asking you to join that too!), finishing the final details on the Kurzweil lunch auction AND the Three Hundred Member Dinner, running three campaigns at work in addition to training two new staff members. Thank the gods (or lack thereof, for you athiests among us) for the beautiful orange man who makes my lunch, makes my tea, and rescues me not only from the evils of gak-eating, but also from the terrifying centipedes that occasionally appear in our house. I am very blessed.
And I hope you have a blessed day as well.
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Posted by april at November 28, 2005 3:37 PM