Day 18 of my "diet." Here's my food log, weight, exercise, and thoughts.
snack before exercise: 0.15 serving of housemate's smoothie.
breakfast, 10 am: 1 lb strawberries and homemade soy yogurt.
lunch, course 1, noon: baked oriental yam. yummy yummy yummy
lunch, course 2, 2 pm: big bowl of stir-fried veggies: onions, mushrooms, kale, bok choy, cauliflower, broccoli, cinnamon, cilantro, frozen peas added at end.
dinner, course 1, 7 pm: carrots (1 lb), sugar snap peas (1/2 lb).
dinner, course 2, 8 pm: giant salad: romaine lettuce, cabbage, seed mixture, date vinegar.
Nutritional information:
Calories: 1326; protein 61 g; fiber 76 g.
Weight: 126.6
Exercise: swim 1 mile. bike commute 10 miles.
Thoughts/notes:
- I'm eating less calories than usual, not sure why. I could have added beans to my dinner salad but just didn't feel like it. I love my dinner salad just how it is.
- the lunch veggies were really good. I stir-fried without water or oil! I started with the onions added to a hot pan. they sizzle and brown a bit and then release their liquid. the other veggies have liquid too, especially the mushrooms. just enough to keep it from getting too dry. I looked for some chinese 5-spice mixture but didn't have any so I used cinnamon. I'll have to pick up some of this spice next time I'm near Penzey's.
- food prep was easy today. I might be on to something here. oh, next time I won't do quite so many veggies at lunch and that will make it go faster--I got a little over-enthusiastic today.
- tomorrow I eat in a restaurant twice. I will actually eat their food in one. in the other I will eat mostly mine in my usual stealth way (order a plain salad and add my own calories). I plan to go off plan a little in the first restaurant; or you could say on-plan since my plan allows for a small amount of off-plan food. I guess I need to think of another phrase for planned off-plan, ha. stay tuned!
