Haut City

Hi.

I am sunburned.   I ate my first meal at 11:30 today.  It was Trader Joe’s White Mac & Cheese with a cup of mixed frozen peas, corn, carrots, and greenbeans.  Good stuff.

So I made this dish I’ve been making a lot recently.  Bear with me.  I microwaved a potato, standard, but topped it with this mixture of shredded carrots, chopped; Fage 2% Yogurt, and curry powder.  The yogurt is soooo tangy and it tastes awesome with the curry.  I also put this over chicken at night sometimes (did I mention the bag of frozen chicken breasts – 12 or so – from Trader Joes for $6? more on Trader Joes in a minute actually).  So, I ate this with steamed broccoli.

So back to Trader Joes… it is so cheap today I got: fresh broccoli, broccoli slaw, fresh cauliflower, sliced mushrooms, 2 avocados, 1 tomato, 1 lime, a garlic clove,  jar of salsa, cottage cheese, string cheese, 3 potatoes, a bag of mixed greens, and a can of black beans… all for only $29. It’s such a great place.

I’m going to Trader Joes in a bit but last time I went I got a two pack of frozen Salmon Roulettes stuffed with Spinach Florentine.  I thawed it and baked it for 18 min on 350 degrees.  I forgot to take a picture but what I found and pasted below I think actually might be it.  Really good, I look forward to having the second one.

By the way, this is me…

Hi

Today for lunch I’m having a 3oz baked potato (microwaved at work) with a topping that I put together this morning at home.  It’s chopped green pepper, Live Active 2% Cottage Cheese, Bacos, and salsa. (5 pts, 9.5 total).  I’m going to the foot doctor soon, wish me luck.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee be back!  This morning I was running late for work because I started doing a couple things from my home computer.  It did give me time to make some breakfast though, which was great because I have stuff at home and need to save money.  I forgot to take a picture, but here’s what I had:

- Egg White Omelet (broccoli, chopped green pepper, salsa, reduced fat shredded cheddar, and hot sauce)

- Two pieces of Trade Joe’s Multigrain Toast

(Total Points: 5.5)

So my roommate Stacie and I are going on a 6-wk buddy system to get fit.  We both have warm weather things to do the weekend of 12/12.  We’re going to go to the gym at 6am before work (started today!) and going together will really make sure we do it I think.  This morning I did the eliptical for 32 min (about 270 cal) and ran fast on the treadmill for about 13 min (170cal, 400 total in 45min).  I’m also giving up fries and she’s giving up pizza during this time.   Giving up fries really helped last time because I end up ordering something like a salad instead of a sandwich or burger.

For bfast I made eggwhites w/ bacos, feta, salsa, and two pieces of weight watchers wheat toast (stole this pic from last time).  This bfast is very tasty, its spicy and smoky.  200 cal.

For lunch at about 1 I got a small salad from Bistro downstairs.  You get three toppings for 3.50 its so money for midtown.  I got black olives (50 for 10), feta (45), and red onion (10) over spinach (10).  For dressing I got low fat ceaser on the side and just dipped my fork in a few times.  (No pic, sammit).  About 120cals… I saved a bunch of the feta and olives becuase it was a serious overload.  But now that I realize how few calories that salad was, combined w/ the fact that its 3:15 and I’m hungy again, I’m going to have about 5 more olives and 1 more serving of feta (about 100 more cal, total about 420 on the day).

Leeeeeean Pocket (turkey, broccoli, and cheese). Still at work and it’s only 5:30 but I’m hungry for dinner. 5pts, 20 total. No more!!

its only 3 but I’m already hungry: (Pts 7 = 15)

I bypassed the free pizza hut pizza in the hallway right next to me and went the healthier route of sushi from this place called teriyaki boy.  It’s SO cheap, especially for midtown, and it’s actually really good.  I got a salmon roll and edamame. (Pts: roll 3, edamame 1; total =

I had my real dentist appointment this morning and on the way back I was really craving vegetables (weirdo).  I stopped at the place I got the salmon et al from last week and made a side salad.  It had spinach, egg whites, avocado, tomatoes, peppers, asparagus and cucumbers (balsamic & evoo on top).  I also got a couple raspberries and blueberries for a snack later.  All of that was only $3.99 by the way – that place rocks.  (Pts: avocado 2, oil 2)