Day Three

Well, I ate healthy stuff today. But I forgot to eat lunch. I got busy cleaning and folding laundry and forgot to stop for lunch. I realized I skipped lunch around 2:30 PM. I grabbed a banana and big glass of water and sat down. So here's what I had today:

Breakfast:
* 1 egg, 1/2 avocado on an Ezekial English muffin
* Fruit salad made of jicama, apples, carrots, orange and lemon juices, cinnamon and cayenne
pepper
* 2 cups coffee with Truvia™ and almond milk

Mid-afternoon snack:
* Banana
* 32 oz. glass of water

While I made dinner:
* some Naan bread with roasted red pepper hummus

Dinner:
* Chicken vindaloo over jasmine rice, mixed vegetables
* 32 oz. glass of water

This was my first time making vindaloo. Have you ever had it? I found a recipe and modified it slightly because my guys don't handle that much curry too well. I decided I may have to make this dish often just because I like to say vindaloo. Try it. It's fun. I've wondered what chicken vindaloo was since I was in high school. I used to watch this really funny British show called "Red Dwarf". David Lister ate it all the time. Seems I remember one episode where his vindaloo attacked him...

Skipping a meal is bad news bears, I know. I didn't mean to do it. It just happens when your Sunday is your Saturday and Sunday rolled into one stupid package of "must-do" stuff instead of spending time with my family or training.

Oh, that's another thing. I should have run today. It didn't happen. I just ran out of time. I'm going to try to fit it in sometime tomorrow.

Healthy is hard

Let's face it, people. Changing a lifetime of bad eating habits is no laughing matter. This is serious business and it's tough as hell. It's totally going to be worth it once I have these new habits in place. In the meantime? Ugh.

Yesterday I did well for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast was a small smoothie (spinach, avocado, strawberries, blueberries, banana, blueberry/pomegranate juice and almond milk), one egg and cheese breakfast taco and a cup of coffee. For lunch, I had a beautiful salad (spinach, tomato, mushroom, radish, zucchini and sunflower seeds), 1 cup of cold quinoa and a small coconut water. Then came dinner...

When I decided to start this challenge on Friday, April 16th, I forgot we had tickets to a Springfield Cardinals game. I also forgot that after being at school until 4 PM, I had a client at 4:15 which meant I didn't have time to go home and eat. I also had no way to bring something healthy to eat after my appointment. Crap. By the time I got to Hammons Field at 6 PM, I was so hungry. So, I cheated and got nachos. The thought of eating processed cheese was, to me, way less nauseating than eating a hot dog, brat or hamburger. Blech.
After the game, we went to Ruby Tuesday's and I ordered their bison burger. Still not the best choice, but one I can live with.

Today I had:
Breakfast: 1 egg, spinach, tomato and avocado on an Ezekial english muffin, 2 cups coffee (I had a 9 AM meeting and that 2nd cup was vital).
Lunch: A cup of orange lentil soup and the Mediterranean platter from Tea Bar and Bites. The Med platter has become my go-to when I'm at work because it provides me the energy I need to get through a full work day without being too heavy. The platter is pita with hummus, tziki and olive tapenade. Delicious!
Dinner: Fail. Veggie pizza from Pizza Hut. I definitely had a choice here. But I let the events of the day get to me and opted for comfort over smart. I'll regret this tomorrow when I go out for a run. Yes, I know these things before that pizza touches my lips. No, I do not change my mind.

Tomorrow is another day. I'm honestly pretty happy with the fact that 4 out of my last 6 meals have been healthy. I can't spend so much time beating myself up over my diet. I have too many other things to do.

I Ate This

I'm participating in a nutrition challenge. You can read about it here. Here is my email to Christine, A.K.A. The Holistic Guru: Queen of general bad a$$ nutrition tips.

Christine,

First of all, thank you for doing this again! Some of us seem to need an almost constant kick in the arse to do this stuff right.

I've been thinking a lot about what my goals are for this challenge. I thought about keeping a food log, but the last time I tried that, it stressed me out and I ended up eating worse than when I started. Here's what I came up with:

1) Continue to stay away from the non-dairy creamer in my coffee. There's nothing good in that stuff, but it's hard. I like the way it tastes. My coffee tastes weird without it. But I've been at this for 4 or 5 days and have to stay strong. If I can change my coffee, I can do anything!

2) Have more smoothies for breakfast instead of cereal (or waffles, yum). I feel better when I start my day that way, so I need to go with that.

3) No more soda. I've started drinking it fairly often since I started school. Mostly on school days, during my last class on days that I have to go to work right after class. Will try the seltzer alternative you told me about yesterday. :)

4) Get away from the Gatorade. I drink it to break up the water monotony or when I'm out of coconut water. It's full of sugar, I know. So I have to leave it alone.

5) Take my lunch to school. If for some reason I can't, only buy the raw veggies and fruit; no french fries or "grilled chicken".

6) Get my family in on as much of this as possible. BUT... I have to remember that I can't change other people's habits if they don't want them to change. The kids are a different story... I'm the mom. I can force them to do it no matter how much they complain. ;)

I'm in for Friday to Friday!

Thanks again, Guru!

Love Peace and Taco Grease,
Amy

*The picture of green stuff at the top is quinoa. Nomnomnom.