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Meals – February 21

By on February 22, 2012 in Daily Meals

Here are my meals for February 21:

  • Breakfast – nothing
  • Lunch – 2 slices pizza from Whole Foods and a handful of spinach
  • Dinner – roast chicken breast, baked potato, a piece of a baguette, a roma tomato

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Meals – February 20

By on February 21, 2012 in Daily Meals

Here are my meals for February 20:

  • Breakfast – 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces toast, oj
  • Lunch – roast chicken breast, baked potato, some slices of cucumber
  • Dinner – hamburger, spaghetti, peas, carrots

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My First Trip Post Fast Food

By on February 21, 2012 in Lets Talk Fitness

In a couple of weeks I will be going on my first out-of-town trip since I gave up fast food, junk food and am trying to eat clean and healthy. I made my trip plans this past weekend and as I booked the travel I started to think seriously about the change.

Over my many years, traveling meant picking a hotel that was in a location that worked for the event I was traveling to but also was convenient to the fast food places I liked. My routine was simple…I ate mostly fast food on my trips and would generally try to “stock up” with snacks when I arrived at the hotel. A few packages of Twinkies, or Ho-Hos or some candy bars – I always had to have something in the room.

And the plane was no better- my routine here was to have a pack of M&M’s with me in my laptop bag and have a bagel in the bag if the flight was long in case I got hungry on the plane. And layovers typically meant picking up some snack or fast-food meal.

So what do I do now that I am eating better?

This first trip is 2 flights – both about 2 hours each with a layover in the middle. I need to find a good snack to pack in the laptop bag that will pass security and more importantly pass the “Linda test” (she’s my nutritionist). I would suggest popcorn but it is just too big to carry in the laptop bag. And carrot sticks are out as well as I just don’t like them enough and they probably need to be refrigerated. I guess I will have to go with a banana.

I selected a room that has a small kitchen area so I could stop at a supermarket and pick up some fruits and vegetables.  I will probably eat at a restaurant for most meals and look forward to trying new things and not going with my default of chicken fingers or a hamburger.

There are a few Smoothie King’s in the area so I should be able to continue drinking the smoothies during my trip.

This first trip will be easy – an area I know well, a good hotel setup and “easy” restaurants. The tougher trip will be going overseas to visit Till, Mark, Corsin and Darren but I look forward to the challenge!

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Meals – February 19

By on February 20, 2012 in Daily Meals

Here are my meals for February 19:

  • Breakfast – nothing
  • Lunch – 3 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces toast, oj
  • Dinner – grilled chicken, rice, peas, carrots

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Meals – February 18

By on February 19, 2012 in Daily Meals

Here are my meals for February 18:

  • Breakfast – 3 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces toast, oj
  • Lunch – small piece of grilled chicken, some potato slices, 1/3 cucumber
  • Dinner – hamburger, spaghetti, peas, carrots
  • Snack – 10 oz smoothie – strawberry, banana, apple juice

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Meals – February 17

By on February 18, 2012 in Daily Meals

Here are my meals for February 17:

  • Breakfast – nothing
  • Lunch – piece of a flat bread pizza, medium handful of spinach
  • Dinner – grilled chicken, baked potato, peas, carrots

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Maybe The Healthiest Dinner I’ve Ever Had

By on February 17, 2012 in Lets Talk Fitness

A year ago dinner nearly every night was some fast food meal from McDonalds or Chick Fil-A or Long John Silvers. Tonight I had this:

  • grilled chicken breast
  • peas
  • carrots
  • baked potato

I think this is one of my “happy meals” and it has really been shocking how much I like the peas and carrots.

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Vegetables I Like So Far

By on February 17, 2012 in Lets Talk Fitness

So it’s been a couple of weeks now since I have jumped in big into working to eat a vegetable at every meal. Here are the ones I have tried with a general analysis:

  • peas and carrots – the frozen organic bag from Whole Foods has been my favorite so far. Never did I think I would like peas but with the little steamer thing I bought, they just are perfect. I pull them out when they are still firm and not mushy and I like the taste. Originally I was using a bag of mixed vegetables but so far I don’t care for the green beans and I need to work to get away from corn as my go-to veggie.
  • cucumber – a very, very close 2nd is cucumber – specifically hot-house cucumber. I think I could eat this as a snack – I love the crunch and the hot house doesn’t need to be peeled so you just chop, wash, eat.
  • tomato – always liked tomato – i remove the seeds inside and just eat the outside. All tomatoes taste the same to me so I have been trying to go with Roma because they are smaller and perfect for 1 person so I don’t have to save any or throw the leftovers out (mums the word that people say this is a fruit)
  • spinach – here we go – spinach – who knew I would like spinach? not me! It takes me forever and a day to chew it but it is fine. Not as good as cucumber or the peas/carrots but it will do as I know it is very important. Linda told me to just add it to the smoothies and that seems to work fine although it makes the smoothies change to a nasty brown color.

I’d like to try a few more veggies next week – I think broccoli is an important one but frankly it scares me. Perhaps some celery or some lettuce although I like the spinach so I may stick with that.

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Meals – February 16

By on February 17, 2012 in Daily Meals

Here are my meals for February 16:

  • Breakfast – nothing
  • Snack – a small handful of hard pretzels
  • Lunch – 3 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces toast, oj
  • Dinner – hamburger, spaghetti, almost a whole tomato, 1/3 of a cucumber

** I tried making a carrot smoothie – used carrot, oj, banana – tasted ok but the carrot needs more time in the blender. I bought the thin carrot slices thinking my little blender would do well but the pieces of carrot were too thick. I drank about 4 oz and gave up.

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Meals – February 15

By on February 16, 2012 in Daily Meals

Here are my meals for February 15:

  • Breakfast – 3 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces toast, oj
  • Lunch – piece of whole foods pizza, handful of spinach
  • Dinner – roast chicken breast, rice, peas, carrots
  • Snack – 10oz smoothie – NEW! mango, banana, oj (kinda tastes like baby food) – no spinach in this one until i find the right mix of ingredients

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