Today's meals

Breakfast: Banana and Coffee
Lunch: Whole wheat flat out wrap, topped with hummus, a tomato-basil veggie burger, fresh spinach
             * this was such a pretty sandwich, but I was famished....and ate it before I could take a picture.
Snack: cherries
Dinner: homemade black bean burger on a whole wheat bun, tomato, onions, and avocado....WOW, this was delicious! 
             
All the veggies in the pan; onions, portabello mushrooms, red, green, and yellow bell peppers.  I sauteed them up with some seasonings before I added the beans, oats, and bread crumbs.

the burgers in the pan, yummy!

Here is what I put in the bun with the black bean burgers...........

All ready to eat!!!

Sorry for the blurry shot, but I had to share.......

These "burgers" are extremely filling, even my meat loving husband enjoys them! 

July 14, 2010

I have either been having a banana and coffee for breakfast, or oatmeal and coffee.  I am SO not a breakfast eater, and I know I should be.  So I am doing my best and at least forcing myself to eat something along with my coffee.  Today it was a banana.  For lunch today I ate a tomato sandwich on whole what bread with pepper jack cheese, and another banana.  Then I snacked on some cherries...

....and dinner.... sweet potato, mushrooms and onions cooked in a small amount of olive oil and a salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, garbonzo beans, and feta.

Yogurt is not one of my favorite foods, unless made into tzatziki sauce and served with falafels (delicious!).  I know it is good for me, plus I need the calcium and protein - so on my quest for a healthier me...I'm eating it!  These tiny 4 oz servings of Greek yogurt have 10 grams of protein!  I am excited about that, what a great amount of protein in such a small container.  It actually tasted pretty good after the first few bites.  Like I said, I'm not a fan of yogurt....so I had to get past that "flavor".  It wasn't too bad, I actually kind of liked it by the last bite.  I'm happy to report it did not upset my stomach the way Activia does.

I need to decide what day will be my weigh in day, I only do it once a week...otherwise it becomes an obsession....and the scale does NOT define who I am!  So, we'll see...maybe Monday or Tuesday.

July 8, 2010

Breakfast was nothing special, same as yesterday - coffee and banana.  I need to add in some oatmeal and yogurt to make it more of a meal.  Its hard to eat in the morning.  For lunch I made a sandwhich wrap with a Flatout, and it was delicious!!!   So much better than the "snack" I had yesterday.  I filled the flatout with garlic hummus, lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, onion, garlic feta and drizzled with a tiny amount of the Paula Deen salad dressing.  It was delicious, the only thing that could've made it better would've been an avocado. 

I took a short bike ride, approximately .75 miles in 12 minutes.  I went out right in the middle of the day and it was so very hot.  I couldn't make it far, it was just too miserable for me.  I plan to do some time on the treadmill later this evening.
A few hours after lunch I was starving, after all I've only had a banana, coffee, the wrap and a pickle.  I knew at dinner there was no way I could get in the additional 800 or 900 calories (minimum) more that I need today.  So I made a salad, with a deviled egg and pickle on the side.  I topped it with hummus, and the crackers are also topped with a small amount of hummus.

The crackers are Sesame Ry Krisp, and I am in love with these things!  It's my favorite way to eat hummus!

Well something went wrong with our AC and its burning hot in our house.  So I didn't want anything cooked for dinner.  I made a peanut butter and banana sandwich on whole wheat bread. 

It was so hot I had to eat one of these Edy's Fruit Bars.  They are delicious with only 80 calories and no fat.

July 7, 2010

I love visiting blogs that show pictures of what the blogger ate that day, and that's what I envision doing here.  I'm not sure I'll blog every single meal every single day, but I hope to keep up with it a few times each week.

I know breakfast today wasn't the best, but at least I ate something.  I only had a banana, and coffee.  I adore coffee, and am not ready to give up my flavored cream.  I do not add any additional sugar to it though, and that's an improvement. 

I had class and wasn't able to eat anything until I returned home.  I made a yummy salad with a pickle and deviled egg on the side.  I did put mayo in the egg, but it was such a small amount...maybe 1/4 tsp.

I added this yummy Paula Deen salad dressing, 60 calories and 3.5 grams of fat. 

Not in the picture with the salad is the tablespoon of hummus I added to the top.

I'm not sure what's for dinner, but I did stop at the grocery store today for a little shopping.

After lunch snack was NOT impressive.  I decided to try a multigrain w/ flax FlatOut, I topped it with garlic feta and broiled.  I was going to have this along side my salad at lunch but saved it for a snack instead.  It was pretty boring, but had a lot to do with how I prepared it.  I can imagine it as a wrap with avocado, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, a Laughing Cow wedge of cheese...and who knows what else.  Today was the first time I had a FlatOut so I really didn't know what to do with it, I may even make a pizza out of one in the future.  They are just 100 calories, and the light version has even less.

My walk for the day....

Dinner was yummy, I had Quinoa with steamed spring vegetables, and mushrooms & onions that I sauteed in olive oil.  It probably looks like I'm missing the meat to most people, since I'm a vegetarian you won't be seeing that.  The quinoa has protein but I guess I could've added a veggie burger or beans.  I was satisfied with the meal, it was filling.  It can be difficult getting all the nutrition you need in a day.  Plus, I wasn't well prepared to blog about this today.  I didn't plan to do it until next week, but needed the motivation.

Bye, bye yummy pizza!

I have a bit of an obsession with this pizza, but today it must come to an end!
I am taking a break from my beloved white spinach pizza and exchanging it for healthier options.  So, this is the last box I'll be seeing for a while...