day 4--what you ate today
i had the usual 2 cups of coffee (cup being 16 oz) with soy milk of the light and vanilla variety and 2 spoonfuls of sugar. i always used to use 2 spoonfuls when i used cow milk and then soy milk. when i discovered vanilla soy milk, light, i thought i would cut down by one spoonful of sugar, but old habits die hard and i often forget to stop after one spoonful. one cup at home, one more cup for the 20 minute car ride.
at school, i ate my usual 1/2 cup (dry) oatmeal with added blueberry-infused Craisens, walnuts, and some cinnamon. add 1 c water, microwave for 2 minutes, 10 seconds and viola. up until this AM, my oatmeal had golden raisens, Craisens, walnut and cinnamon. but yesterday at Target the infused Craisens were on sale, so i picked some up.
lunch was some (nasty, overcooked, institutional) penne pasta with meat sauce, a "mixed" greens salad with some kind of creamy dressing and 2 breadsticks. lots of times i don't eat the school lunches, because (1) they are boring, (2) the meat is scary, and (3) i have been eating them since 2001. but we had no good left-overs, so i went in blind and that's what was for lunch today.
while the kids were napping and i was lesson planning, i ate a bowlful of green grapes.
when i got home, i ate 2 Kraft mozzerella string cheese.
dinner was grilled chicken breasts that i had marinating in Goddess dressing since this morning, some from-our-garden zuchini marinaded quickly in olive oil and balsalmic vinegar, and the kids' favorite "Cheesy Rice"--Minute Rice with cheddar cheese, a mixture of Kraft Wisconsin sharp and Australian Cheddar.
i am also enjoying a glass of Rainbow's version of Three Buck Chuck, a cab.
during the day i tried to drink much water, as i had a horrible headache. i drank more today than yesterday, but i still probably should have drank more.
that all sounds super healthy--better than the chips i had for an after school snack yesterday and the Cherry Vanilla ice cream i had for dessert. however, dessert is still on the horizon, as it is only 5:46 and we are done with dinner and no where close to bed...
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at school, i ate my usual 1/2 cup (dry) oatmeal with added blueberry-infused Craisens, walnuts, and some cinnamon. add 1 c water, microwave for 2 minutes, 10 seconds and viola. up until this AM, my oatmeal had golden raisens, Craisens, walnut and cinnamon. but yesterday at Target the infused Craisens were on sale, so i picked some up.
lunch was some (nasty, overcooked, institutional) penne pasta with meat sauce, a "mixed" greens salad with some kind of creamy dressing and 2 breadsticks. lots of times i don't eat the school lunches, because (1) they are boring, (2) the meat is scary, and (3) i have been eating them since 2001. but we had no good left-overs, so i went in blind and that's what was for lunch today.
while the kids were napping and i was lesson planning, i ate a bowlful of green grapes.
when i got home, i ate 2 Kraft mozzerella string cheese.
dinner was grilled chicken breasts that i had marinating in Goddess dressing since this morning, some from-our-garden zuchini marinaded quickly in olive oil and balsalmic vinegar, and the kids' favorite "Cheesy Rice"--Minute Rice with cheddar cheese, a mixture of Kraft Wisconsin sharp and Australian Cheddar.
i am also enjoying a glass of Rainbow's version of Three Buck Chuck, a cab.
during the day i tried to drink much water, as i had a horrible headache. i drank more today than yesterday, but i still probably should have drank more.
that all sounds super healthy--better than the chips i had for an after school snack yesterday and the Cherry Vanilla ice cream i had for dessert. however, dessert is still on the horizon, as it is only 5:46 and we are done with dinner and no where close to bed...
d