Days Fifteen & Sixteen

Yesterday, I had a Kashi bar for breakfast and whole grain pasta with peas, basil, extra virgin olive oil and garlic salt for lunch.  I snacked on air-popped popcorn in the evening at work and had a little snack when I got home as well so I didn't really have a dinner.

I didn't eat anything until around 8 pm today as I slept all day after getting antibiotics and anti-nausea injections at the hospital that made me drowsy.  I'm eating veggie soup from Panera right now for dinneer.

Not typical days or days to mimic later on.

Days Thirteen & Fourteen

I've been having a lot of Kashi granola bars for breakfast and midday snacks.  I've also been eating popcorn (a whole grain) with pepper.  So good and inspired by Starbucks.  Today I also had an egg over hard around lunchtime.

Last night Andrew brought me home an amazing dinner from work -- it contained smoked salmon served cold, tapenade (a spread containing kalamata and green olives, lemon zest, garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon juice), french bread toast rounds and honey almond brie.

Took off my boot this afternoon!  Hopefully it won't start to hurt -- did feel a little strained or weird earlier.  We shall see.  Going to try to do a little something to exercise tomorrow.

Days Eleven & Twelve

For breakfast on day eleven, I had a Kashi bar and coffee.  I put another bar in my purse so I'd eat that and not be tempted to stop at Chick-fil-a in between clients (although it's on a list of the 10 best restaurant chains in the nation in terms of health).  I did stop and get a small bag of Chex Mix and a vitamin water in the late afternoon -- could be worse.  I mostly just pick out all the chex and leave the rest.

For dinner, Andrew and I went to Panera and I ordered a soup and sandwich combo -- the french onion and mediterranean veggie.

                                                                   via here

I did stop and get my first pumpkin spice soy chai latte of the season for a treat afterwards -- going to have to figure out how to make my own healthier version.

Today, I had a bowl of Kashi Go Lean cereal with skim milk for brunch and a cup of hot chai spice tea.  I had a handful of whole grain goldfish for a quick snack, and then ordered a bowl of french onion soup for dinner.  We picked up some apple cider this evening as well to make festive mixed drinks!  I've been sipping my glass and a bottle of Mike's Light Hard Lemonade (I'm a girl) and watching the game.

It's been four weeks with my boot on and it's about time to start thinking about parting from it, but I don't feel ready to get back into action just yet.  It doesn't feel completely healed to me and I don't want this to be a recurring problem!

PS.  This list is highly comforting.

Day Ten

For breakfast/lunch I had a bowl of Kashi Go Lean cereal in Honey Almond Flax with skim milk.  I sipped on iced green tea with a packet of Stevia sweetener this afternoon, and then had a few handfuls of whole grain goldfish right after I got out of shadowing at 6 pm.

For dinner, I had three tacos with corn tortillas, grilled chicken, pico, corn salsa and guacamole from Qdoba as recommended here.  I was so excited to come across this article as Chiptole and Qdoba are my go-to quick meals.  And the checkout guy said they were getting brown rice and wheat tortillas soon!  Sweetness!

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As a treat, I got myself a venti iced soy chai latte from Starbucks.  My fave, besides pumpkin spice, which apparently they have already.  I guess I'm way behind.

In other news, my new running shoes came in, but I can't exercise yet... so they're nice and pretty to look at?

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Days Eight & Nine

I went and bought a lot of whole grains yesterday because I've been craving carbs.  I bought some snacks as well as pasta and Kashi cereal and breakfast bars.  I also picked up some dark chocolate because according to Cynthia Sass, you're 'required' to have an ounce a day.

Today, I had a Kashi bar for breakfast and then was bad and had a Cookout burger for lunch.  I realize I could have ordered a chicken breast off the menu, but I never get Cookout.  I think that makes it acceptable.

Last night Andrew made us asparagus with spaghetti salsa and fresh mozzarella.  So scrumptious.  I think I may whip some more up tonight.

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Day Seven

For breakfast I had egg whites, coffee and water.

For lunch, I had a leftover Qdoba burrito -- less than half left and it included a little rice, black beans, lettuce, pico, corn salsa and guac.  Not too bad.  The only questionable item was the tortilla.

I had a very small amount of mashed potatoes for a snack.  I read an article recently that had some really good things to say about potatoes, but I can't for the life of me remember where or what it was.  Whoops.

I just had a really stressful anatomy lab test so I'm eating whole wheat tostito chips and salsa.  Just a little.

As a side note, this looks yummy:


           

Day Six

Woke up later than usual this morning and ate steel-cut oatmeal with a packet of Stevia sweetener and then went to get a venti iced soy chai latte from Starbucks on my way to GRE class for the afternoon.

Was pretty hungry when I got home and had a little bowl of peas to hold me over until dinner.

Am also drinking a diet Dr. Pepper now.

Not sure what's on the menu for dinner yet, but I'm looking up recipes on Shape Magazine's website, and was thinking about whole wheat red spaghetti. We shall see.