5 posts tagged “dinner”

well, it was the beginning of
the end for me on friday night
when we went to have japanese. =)
tho it was my first meal out this week,
when normally, it would have been my
fifth!! not all eating out, but def buying
out. oh my!!

i tried the baby lobster dynamite
on california rolls. so i ate loads of
that and six cali rolls. much too rich
for my taste. i then shared a shrimp
tempura udon with munchkin and sweet
pea. sweet pea had noodles and munchkin
ate the shrimps! he liked the tails the best!

i thought i was stuffed, but it didn't keep
me from elevensies. or tenthirties. i had
a hand full of edadame and a kiwi. not
so bad.

today:

8.45am : 2/3 of a banana and a cup
of cantaloupe.

9.30am : half a bagel with cream cheese
and a cup of coffee at our writing meeting.
i resisted the donut holes easily as they
were cinnamon ones. 8)

12.30pm: my favorite ground pork with
pickles and rice at the taiwanese joint.
a barley milk boba!

6.30pm: chicken breast in a lemon caper
cream sauce with artichokes and white rice.
(which i asked for instead of mashed potatoes
it came with.) broccoli.

10.30pm: TWO australian licorice pieces (uh oh)
AND seven stacy's baked pita chips. i missed
this salty stuff the most, i think!

yesterday afternoon,
i had 6 wheat crackers and
a Tbsp of peanut butter as a snack.
i was allowed 8.

the bubs all ate 4 crackers, too!

dinner consisted of 1.5 c of veggie
chili. amy's medium spicy. it was
really good. i like amy's frozen stuff
and decided to try her canned foods.
was pleased with it. but i only ate about
1 1/3 of it.

1 c lemon herb cous cous. it was meant
to be just 3/4 c. then maybe about
1c of grilled asparagus bought from
the deli section of the market.

finally had some frozen yogurt
after my art class. 1/2 c with 15 choccie
chips. (my choice, doh!)

still hungry after that--i like to end
with salt, and all the fruit and yogurt
and peanut butter seem to be sweet to
me. (funny, as this is a diet to stabalize
blood sugar?) so i had 10 mini pretzels.

9am breakfast: no time to make any
french toast or eggs before the gym today.
had 1c of apple cinnamon oatmeal with
half a thick banana. a few sips of coffee
with milk.

11.30am 1 fuji apple.

12pm: sandwich on two slices of
dill rye toast. one medium tomato,
cucumber, spanich and three slices
of avocado. 1c chicken broth. 1 navel
orange.

def still full after all that at 1pm.
we'll see how long that lasts! =D

CONFESSION: i've avoided all the
salad meals. i don't like salads as a meal.
i always feel conned from it. i don't
mind it as an appetizer. i guess if it
is a good salad--but i have yet to make
a really good salad on my own.

i've also avoided the meat stuff, mainly.
there was a dinner with a beef or veggie
burger. i bought the ground meat but
didn't feel like having the burger. i very
rarely eat hamburgers. maybe once a month
at the most.

that's it for now. happy weekend to all!

i'm gutted.

it's the first time i've felt too
full since monday. i ate twice
as much rice as the meal plan
suggested. oops?

to my credit, i did put 3/4 of a cup
of rice to see how much it looked
like. like one little bowl of rice from
the chinese restaurants. oh, hell no.
i eat at least two bowls! at least!
i'm a fan tong (rice pot), so forgetaboutit.

why does the plan allow for two cups
of cardboard wheat pasta and just 3/4
of a cup of rice. wrong.

2.20pm. 6 ounces of nonfat vanilla
yogurt with a Tbsp of raisins and granola.

(i made this snack up. didn't want to eat
more baby carrots. doh! haha!)

4.50pm (NOT part of meal plan) i'm starving! ha!
ate the other fist size purple yam.

6.30pm dinner. 1.5c of white rice mixed
with some brown rice. (plan said 3/4 brown
rice) all the tofu steak and broccoli i wanted.

didn't have the 1c miso soup.

um, yeah, i'm not good at following
this plan thingy. but still, i've had a lot
of yogurt and fruit, which is better than
muffins and cookies, etc.

let's see.

2.40pm and it's been nearly
three hours since lunch. i decide
to have six ounces of nonfat
vanilla yogurt with a heaping Tbsp
of granola and two Tbsp of blueberries.

the meal plan asks for plain
low-fat yogurt and a kiwi.

4.20pm and i'm starving again!!
so i eat the other half of the ruby
red grapefruit from yesterday.

5pm and i'm even hungrier after
the grapefruit. ha! so i eat half an
asiago dinner roll. i love my carbs!

dinner at 6.45pm. 2 c of wheat pasta
with unlimited tomato sauce and up to
1c of lean ground meat of choice.

i bought some ground beef for the first
time in nearly 4 years. i never ever ever
cook meat. never. (not that i cook that
much.) it's always grossed me out. the
last time we bought ground meat was when
i was prego and m made meatballs for
me with my pasta. now that's love, cause
he's not a meat eater.

i guess i don't eat much of it myself.
i am most certainly NOT vegetarian, as
i love sausages and hot dogs (phallic meats)
and lots of other stuff. i could never prepare
the stuff. it's just dead flesh. blech.

the house still smells of the ground beef.
moo.

the whole grain penne was nastay.
it tasted like cardboard, the first wheat
thing i didn't like. but with the sauce
on it, it was edible. 2c of pasta is a LOT!
more than i ever eat. i ate about 2/3 of it.

the meal plan also called for a large salad.
i made one with avocado, cherry heirloom
tomatoes and cucumber. but didn't eat
much of it as the avocado was not good
and made the whole thing soggy.

tomorrow's lunch is half a cantaloupe
with 1 c low fat cottage cheese and
a Tbsp of raisins and Tbsp of granola.
who eats like that for lunch? maybe i'll
swap it for another day. 8)

heh. well, i broke the meal plan diet
already. but that's okay. as i said,
i am wanting to learn to eat better
in the process.

1.45pm : ate a navel orange.

3.20pm: ate 10 almonds and 10
chocolate chips. had to hide from
the kiddies, ha!

5.30pm: i'm starving! i made some
endamame (in their shells) for the
bubs and ate a handful myself.
not feeling guilty about it as i was
hungry and the stuff is good for me.

6pm: dinner consisted of 1 cup
of clear chicken broth. 1 slice
of roasted turkey. fist sized portion
of purple yam. i left the other half
for before bedtime, because i know
i'll be hungry. and 1 heaping cup
of broccoli. then i also ate about
1/4 cup of leftover gemelli pasta
from the bubs' dinners.

this meal plan is sparse on carbs
i like. it does have it in the week,
but i tend to eat noodles or rice
or bread EVERY DAY.

i didn't eat the two kiwis that were
a part of dinner. maybe as a snack
later. i'm not too keen on kiwis, but
then i didn't think i liked grapefruit, either.

i actually like most fruits and veggies.
goodness knows why i didn't bother
eating much of them. it's easier to
eat pastries and baked pita chips, yanno.
esp when stressed!

so yes, i strayed a bit.
but still ate the best i have in
a while at home, i'm sure.
i def ate more fruit today than
i do in a usual week. yikes!!