sunday morning August 11, 2008

that happens to be the title of my favorite maroon 5 song. but it wasn’t raining yesterday so the lyrics don’t seem super appropriate here. anyway, sunday morning i made the best bowl of oats ever

- 1/3c. oats
- 1/3c. soymilk
- 1/3c. water
- small banana
- vanilla & cinnamon
topped with:
- 1oz. toasted walnuts
- blueberries
- maple so-yo icing

all of the flavors together were outstanding. the banana i used was very small but there weren’t enough oats to sustain it so the next time i made it (this morning, monday) i used 1/2c. of oats. i skipped the “icing” today, too, because it was too weird tasting. i am not a fan of soy yogurt unfortunately. yogurt is something i crave so it might make cameo appearances from time to time but i will continue to avoid eating it for the most part. today i also put the blueberries in while the oats were cooking instead of as a topping. both ways were good, i guess it’ll just depend on how ambitious i’m feeling any given morning.

another reason to have had 1/2c. of oats was the satiety factor. i was hungry again sunday after about 2 and a half hours. so i had the frozen kashi entree i got at whole foods, black bean and mango

i really hate onions but i ate them as part of this entree and it was ok. i couldn’t taste them mixed in with all the other flavors. but from now on i will only buy this if i’m desperate for something quick and easy because of that.

after i ate that, i decided i wanted some kashi h2h. just because. i love that cereal so much it is super dangerous to have it just sitting there when i could be eating it. i’m working on resisting…

and i’ve already confessed to sunday night so this post is over.

weekend August 11, 2008

another short weekend ends rather unceremoniously. i’ll start where i left off saturday. that lunch i had really filled me up and kept me completely un-hungry for way too long. it was 830 before i felt anything. so i had a heaping bowl of kashi h2h with pecans and blueberries in soymilk

i was full, no lies. but that was when i started to get hormonal and crave-y. the sweetness of the cereal made me want to forget it immediately. so i cracked open two things: a can of amy’s spicy organic chili with tofu AND a bottle of riesling that has been sitting in my fridge since february. i suppose i was waiting to open it for a special occasion that never came along or perhaps to wait to drink it with someone special who also never came along. instead of holding out, i decided to just start drinking it with myself because i bought it at a wine tasting in california so i knew nobody else would even enjoy it as much as i could. it was the perfect olympic-watching companion.

here’s the first glass along with the bottle

glass #2

glass #3

it’s a good thing i took pictures because i thought that was the last one. but my camera doesn’t lie and there was a fourth glass pictured like so:

who knew watching the olympics would be so much fun on a saturday night? i got to watch michael phelps win his first gold medal and completely smash the world record that he set himself… that’s why i love athletes and like to pretend i am one.

after all the wine i really wanted something cheesy, of course. but it was not to be. i toasted an english muffin and called it a night. luckily i didn’t get the spins while i was trying to fall asleep and also managed not to wake up with a headache. i still have about 1/3 of the bottle left which should be gone in no time.

i had breakfast, too :) June 11, 2008

breakfast was yet another modified version of the purple power smoothie. i wanted a smaller one, only about 6oz. of liquid and i was trying to figure out a way to take the milk out while still having enough substance in the drink. solution: applesauce! it worked. today’s power smoothie looked like this:

i know, totally unappetizing. but i like it because it packs all of my vitamins, nutrients and nutritional supplements into 225 calories. which means i had room for 1c. kashi go lean with 1/2c. of soymilk and 1tbsp. of pecans.

and i’m actually still satisfied nearly 3 hours later. kashi is pretty good for that, i love the balance of carbs, fiber and protein. i added the pecans for fat and voila! the perfect power breakfast.

monday morning June 2, 2008

sorry for the super uncreative headlines, i should be better at this (what with my journalism degree and what not) but i’m in a rush because it’s lunchtime and i’m hungry! but i really want to catch up on my blogging so i can be accountable.
breakfast was a bowl of kashi with the last of my nonfat milk. it was just about 1/2 a cup so i gave myself full calories for it. total of 185. lots of protein though! i’m trying to increase my proteins each day because i’ve noticed some carb-loading going on which is no bueno.

it was so light in calories that i just had to supplement with an iced grande skinny vanilla latte. my fave! for 80 calories, why not?

that’s it so far, i packed some interesting things for lunch and i’m excited. but mostly hungry.