Food - August 23

Breakfast

Kashi Go Lean Cereal

Skim Milk

Large Banana

Snack

Protein Shake

Lunch

Egg Salad on Whole Wheat

Baby Carrots

Cantaloupe

Snack

Rice Pudding, 3 servings (SHAMEFUL!)

Pistachios, 1/2 cup

Dinner

IHOP

Danish Crepe with Strawberries and Cream Cheese

Eggs, 2

Bacon, 2 slices

Sausage, 1 slice

Snack

Raspberry Leaf Tea with raw sugar

Food - August 21

Breakfast

Greek yogurt with strawberry

Banana

Snack

Mounds bar

Lunch

Whole wheat tortilla with

zucchini, squash, onion, peppers, and avocado

Amy's Organic Lentil Soup

Snack

Rice Pudding, 2 containers

Dinner

Spinach & Cheese Calzones

Cantaloupe

Snack

Red Raspberry Leaf tea with raw sugar

Food - August 20

Breakfast

Kashi Go Lean cereal

Skim milk

Watermelon & cantaloupe

Snack

Greek yogurt with strawberry

Lunch

Whole wheat tortilla with

grilled zuchini, squash, onions, peppers, and avocado

Kozy Shack rice pudding

Kashi granola bar

Snack

Triscuits with hummus

String Cheese

Dinner

Salad with romaine, carrots, and red cabbage

drizzled with homemade French dressing

Whole wheat fettucine with homemade alfredo sauce

Homemade whole wheat baguette with butter

Snack

Red raspberry leaf tea with raw sugar

Food - August 13

I'm embarassed to even post this...

Breakfast - 400

Egg McMuffin (minus the ham) - 240

Hash Brown - 150

Sugarfree Red Bull - 10

Lunch

Deli Egg Salad Sandwich

Onion Rings, 1/2 regular order

Sugarfree Red Bull (10)

Dinner

Sauteed Broccoli

White Rice

Spring Roll, 2

Cheese Rangoon, 4? 5? 6?

Fortune Cookie

Red Raspberry Leaf Tea with 2 tsp Sugar (30)

I told you I was embarrassed, but if I only posted my good days, how would that help me?

Yeah, so, um, I obviously haven't made it to the grocery store yet.  But, on the plus side, I really limited my take-out caffeine consumption.  Usually, with that lunch, I would have a had a 32 oz Diet Coke.  I also would have had a 16 oz Diet Coke with breakfast and a 20 oz Diet Coke for dinner (in addition to my two Red Bulls.)  That's a gallon and a half of soda for the day and 550 mg caffeine.  Yikes!  I'm trying to keep my intake to less than 250 mg a day. 

At least I split the onion rings.

Food - August 12

Definitely not the best day eating wise.  I've noticed that when I start my day with caffeine, it sets me on a really bad cycle.  I'm much better if I get my Red Bull sometime between 10 and 2.  (Much later than 2 and it keeps me up at night.)  My caffeine jonesing aside, I really need to hit the grocery store.  I'm out of fruit and veggies, other than the two really scary kiwis rolling around in my crisper.  I didn't have any of my healthy and filling snacks in the house either, so I had to grab one of Jason's puddings because I was starving.  Yes, it's made from real ingredients (milk, sugar, chocolate and hazelnuts) but it's still junk food.  I'd much rather have some carrots with hummus or some nuts and fruit.  Go figure.  For lunch, I didn't have anything to pair with my soup and Kaelin ate about half of it.  Way too small to be a meal!  I was ravenous by 2.  By the time Jason made it home at 5, I could have eaten a horse (had the horse been made of soy.)  I had him stop by the drug store and pick me up some chocolate.  A thousand calories of chocolate.  Yikes!  My bad planning set me up for a bad dinner too -- fast food pizza.  I ate way too much and went to bed way too full.  Granted, my calories were reasonable (I need about 2500 to maintain weight) but it really wasn't a good way to spend 2300 calories. 

Breakfast (190)

Sugar-free Red Bull x 2 (20)

Kashi Go Lean Cereal, 1 cup (140)

Almond Milk, 1/2 cup (30)

Snack (110)

Hazelnut Chocolate Pudding (110)

Lunch (~200)

Black Bean Vegetable Soup, 1 1/2 cups (~200)

Snack (1030)

Russell Stover Assorted Chocolates, 4 pieces (280)

Lindt White Chocolate, 3.5 oz (750)

Dinner (720)

Little Caeser's Cheese Pizza, 3 slices (720)

Total ~ 2250

Food - August 11

You've probably noticed I haven't done in a "real" blog post in over a month.  Honestly, I haven't had much to blog about (plus, I was on vacation for two weeks of that without high speed internet).  I'm still running, but you can see that through my mydailymile widget.  I want to start P90X again (at least a couple of the discs), but Harper's crawling and required constant supervision.  By the time Jason gets home at night, I'm too tired.  Thank goodness he's off for the next 4 days then switches to swings (working 1:00 PM to 1:00 AM) so I'll be able to get some exercise in during the mornings.

Anyways, since I don't have much else to talk about and because I'm doing a 6 week challenge with the girls at Blog to Lose, I'm going to start photojournaling my food.  Usually, I'm all or nothing when it comes to tracking.  I'll either measure everything to the gram and have meticulous spreedsheets detailing calories, fat, calcium, etc. or I throw in the towel if I don't know the exact nutritional content of something.  I figure using photos might help me stay on track since I don't NEED exact details.  I can see it in the picture.  Please feel free to leave me some feedback or yell at me when I have a less than stellar day!

Breakfast (235)

1 c. Kashi Go Lean cereal (140)

1/2 c. Almond Milk (30)

Clementine (35)

1 c. Red Raspberry Leaf tea with 2 tsp sugar (30)

Morning Snack (140)

Greek Yogurt with Strawberry (130)

Sugar-free Red Bull (10)

Lunch (360)

Grilled Spinach and Brie on Whole Wheat with Onions (300)

Peach (60)

Afternoon Snack (270)

Cottage Cheese with Strawberry (140)

2 tbsp Sunflower Kernels (130)

Dinner (~500)

Cheese Tortillini with Homemade Cannellini Bean Sauce (~500)

Bedtime Snack (230)

Mounds (230)

Yes, I eat way too much at my desk.  I also justify eating a Mounds because coconut is a fruit and it has 3 grams of fiber.  Really, a Mounds bar is MUCH MUCH better than most other candy bars and it's dark chocolate too.  Dark chocolate is a health food!  And no HFCS!  Woo!  (See how I did that?)  I was a little light on the veggies yesterday with around 2 servings (spinach at lunch and peppers in the sauce at dinner.) 

Total of around 1735 calories, give or take.

Crispy Eggplant with Spicy Marinara and Feta

Ingredients
1 eggplant, about 1 lb, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
2 eggs
2 tbsp milk
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
1 tsp dry basil
2 cups marinara
1 cup feta cheese

Directions
1.  Mix milk and eggs in a small bowl.  Mix wheat germ, parmesan cheese, basil, and pepper in a second bowl.
2.  Dip eggplant slices in egg mixture, then coat both sides in the wheat germ mixture. 
3.  Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes.  Eggplant should be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
4.  Add red pepper to the marinara and warm over low medium heat.
5.  Top eggplant with marinara and feta cheese.

Makes 4 servings.

Mine actually looks like the picture in the book!

Recipe adapted from Better Homes and Gardens Vegetarian Cooking for Today (1993).