food day
I went ahead and wrote down what I was eating all day, and then counted up the calories. This is partly for my sake, to make sure I’m doing okay, and partly to be able to show those who have expressed concern over my diet (that means you, Rachel and Jason, and while we’re at it, when I don’t eat enough I hear Luke Hotchkiss’s voice in my head telling me to eat more.)
So: today:
Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled with butter, parm cheese and some pesto sauce. About 300 calories.
Lunch: 1 cup veggie fried rice, 2 cups of kale and a glass of almond milk. 550 calories. ish.
Snack: two servings of (corn) tortilla chips, an avocado and some roasted tomato salsa. 530 calories (yay avo!)
Dinner: fingerling potatoes with rosemary, parmesan and garlic on them (YUM, by the way): 220
So that’s like…1500 calories. And I’ll probably have juice and popcorn and fruit leather before I go to bed. (and yeah...I know there is sugar in some of that stuff. I'm not being SO strict on the sugar.)
Oh, by the way, I am a rock star. Today I babysat for 12 hours AND ate three full freaking meals AND took the kids to the library (I love the library) AND, while the kids were watching Mulan, I made the following things. From scratch:
~refrigerator pickles with fresh dill (locally grown cucumber, locally grown, organic dill)
~tomato soup using handed-off-to-me locally grown tomatoes, onions and squash (and basil from my balcony!)
~pumpkin spice granola (sooooooooooooo good- the house smelled like a cookie. All day.)
And now I’m going to…work on auction spreadsheets! Woohoo! (the kids are in bed).
So: today:
Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled with butter, parm cheese and some pesto sauce. About 300 calories.
Lunch: 1 cup veggie fried rice, 2 cups of kale and a glass of almond milk. 550 calories. ish.
Snack: two servings of (corn) tortilla chips, an avocado and some roasted tomato salsa. 530 calories (yay avo!)
Dinner: fingerling potatoes with rosemary, parmesan and garlic on them (YUM, by the way): 220
So that’s like…1500 calories. And I’ll probably have juice and popcorn and fruit leather before I go to bed. (and yeah...I know there is sugar in some of that stuff. I'm not being SO strict on the sugar.)
Oh, by the way, I am a rock star. Today I babysat for 12 hours AND ate three full freaking meals AND took the kids to the library (I love the library) AND, while the kids were watching Mulan, I made the following things. From scratch:
~refrigerator pickles with fresh dill (locally grown cucumber, locally grown, organic dill)
~tomato soup using handed-off-to-me locally grown tomatoes, onions and squash (and basil from my balcony!)
~pumpkin spice granola (sooooooooooooo good- the house smelled like a cookie. All day.)
And now I’m going to…work on auction spreadsheets! Woohoo! (the kids are in bed).