March 9, 2013

Still more catching up...

1% milk

Turkey bacon

Leftover chicken veggie stir-fry (see March 4); smoothie (banana, 4% plain yogurt, 1% milk,
organic honey, frozen fruit: blueberries, strawberries, sour cherries, sweet cherries, currants)

Coconut milkshake (you can see a few trays of meat in the background)

Side dishes (two kinds of marinated bean sprouts; spicy marinated tofu and potato;
daikon (?) picked radish; kim chi); some kind of clean broth; white rice

Meat awaiting the grill: marinated chicken (dark meat); marinated beef;
sausage; white fish; squid; salmon; marinated pork (plus marinated beef short ribs, not pictured)

Kalbi (marinated beef short rib) and sausage, after grilling

Notes: After a day spent deep-cleaning and tidying the condo, we had the (not so) brilliant idea to go for Korean BBQ for dinner. First of all, I forgot my camera (of course). Secondly, I gave up trying to take pictures of everything I ate, because it's the nature of a meal like this that you take a million small bites, and documenting every one of them would have completely destroyed my enjoyment of the meal. Suffice it to say, it was a buffet of (mostly) marinated meat. I ate too much and paid for it by staying up until 3:30 am, while my poor digestive system tried to deal with the landslide of food I consumed, and drinking at least a gallon of water in an attempt to quench my sodium (and probably MSG)-induced thirst. Ugh - no more buffets! The upshot, if there was any, is that I didn't order a bottomless glass of Diet Coke (yup, clutching at any small victory I can find, here!) and that I can't actually eat as much as I used to, so "stuffing myself" now means eating much less food than a couple years ago. It's still way to much to eat in one sitting, however. Especially since the side dishes were the only veggies in sight. 

March 8, 2013

Still catching up...

Leftover baked oatmeal (see March 6); 1% milk; egg,
organic salted butter, sea salt, pepper 

 

2% milk; tap water with ice; 12" ham sub on honey oat bread with swiss cheese,
lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, green pepper, red onion,
pepper, light mayo, honey mustard

Leftover shepherd's pie (see March 2)

Banana

1% milk; "chocolatey chip" Teddy Graham cookies

Notes: This was a tough day because I had a horrible morning and was totally plotting a lunch trip to McDonald's (I had coupons and everything!). I knew I'd be eating lunch away from home since I was making a trip to the mall, but when it came down to it I opted for something much healthier (and more filling, since I needed it to last me almost 5 hrs to my next meal). I also was planning to crash at home (after doing a couple hours emergency shift coverage at work) but instead decided to go out to our church fellowship. They were having an Iron Chef cooking competition, but I didn't eat a thing! Yes, I did go home and eat milk and cookies afterwards, but considering all the temptations I successfully avoided today, overall I consider the day a good one.

March 7, 2013

Continuing with the catching up... 

1% milk

Baked oatmeal (see March 6)

Leftover shepherd's pie (see March 2)

Clementines

4% yogurt (non-fruit parts only)

banana

BBQ chicken/rice leftovers (see March 6)

Leftover steak; brussels sprouts; sweet potato fries (see March 5) 

Mini seedless watermelon (split this with Wilson, I had about 6 slices, ish? 

March 6, 2013

Aaaaand, after a one week hiatus, I'm back! So let's get to work catching up on photos, shall we?

Turkey bacon

More turkey bacon; blueberries

1% milk (with our sunny yellow milk jug in the background!)

Baked oatmeal: unsweetened applesauce, organic quick oats, bananas, 1% milk, egg, baking
powder, vanilla, cinnamon, organic honey, frozen wild blueberries, frozen mango

More baked oatmeal

Leftover chicken veggie stir-fry (see March 4)

Half a 4% yogurt cup (non-fruit part only)

Steak fajitas: steak, sea salt, pepper, evoo, onions, mixed bell peppers,
packet of Great Value fajita mix; romaine lettuce, shredded carrots,
purple cabbage; PC white corn and bean salsa
(I ate about 3/4 of amount pictured)

From Swiss Chalet: quarter chicken dark meat with side of coleslaw
(had a little dipping sauce but no bun)

  

1% milk

BBQ-ed chicken thigh; lentil and carmelized onion rice; saffron (?) rice; tomato, onion,
lettuce, parsley (?), garlic sauce (?), hummus, tahini (I think) +/- a few other veggies?

Notes: We had an evening meeting to attend and I was STARVING afterwards. We went to Swiss Chalet with a group of people for a late post-meeting dinner (of course I forgot my camera, so you have these lovely Blackberry shots instead), and I thought getting my usual quarter chicken dinner would be sufficient. WRONG! I was still so hungry after I polished off my chicken (it was totally NOT an actual 1/4 of a whole chicken!!) that we picked up ANOTHER "quarter chicken dinner" (this time from a Middle Eastern/shawarma place) because I couldn't think of anything else that was quick, cheap, and low-carb friendly. I didn't realize the chicken came with a side of rice (oops). Although, as you can see, I caved to the carbs in the end, because I've had their lentil rice before and I know how delicious it it. I only had a few spoonfuls, though, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. But still not ideal. :(