Day Four

Breakfast: Banana
Lunch: A handful of dried fruit (cranberries, raisins, cherries) and nut (almonds and pistachios) mix. I wasn't very hungry.
Dinner: A half-sized Art City Trolly Spring Salad... btw their half size is HUGE. It had a mix of romain and spinach with mushrooms, bean sprouts, green beans, red peppers, carrots, red onion, cucumbers and sunflower seeds. The salad dressing wasn't my favorite, so I didn't use very much.

Exercise: I walked to the mechanics to pick up Andrew's car. It was really windy and I almost didn't make it their before five!

Day Number Three

Breakfast: Strawberries and a banana
Lunch: Two pieces of whole wheat toast with peanut butter* and some carrots
Dinner: A baked russet potato with Ranch (I know, bad) and a salad with Romain, cucumbers, carrots and cherry tomatoes (also a bit of Ranch).

*Shoulda stopped at one, but I was craving peanut butter.

Exercise: A walk. Andrews car is in the shop so he took mine to work, but I really felt like going to the gym, grrr.

Day the Second

I didn't get a chance to take my laptop up to campus to use the internet, sorry it's late.

Breakfast: A large banana and a medium sized peach
Lunch: I polished off the rest of the Cafe Rio salad from yesterday, but I left the tortilla (didn't feel like eating it yesterday or today-weird). I also drank the other half of the mango Naked juice.
Dinner: I ate a whole mango, half a pound of steamed Brussels sprouts and an ounce of almonds and pistachios.
Snack: Carrots

Exercise: Nada.

Day One - Again!

I kinda fell off the wagon before I really even got on! Here is my Day 1... This time it's for real.

Breakfast: Some dried cherries, raisins, cranberries, almonds and pistachios*.
Lunch: Half a Cafe Rio veggie salad (hand made wheat tortilla, Romain lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, cilantro, tortilla strips, fresh lime, green chili rice, and black beans) with a bit of their creamy tomatillo house dressing. I looove this salad!
Snack(?): About 16 oz. of mango Naked Juice (real fruit and no sugars added so it has to be OK, right?) and a medium sized peach.
Dinner: A handful of healthy pop popcorn (or some of healthy kind, don't remember the brand right off)

*We got this yummy natural fruit and nut mix from Costco. OK, technically dried fruit is not ETL and I might of had more than 1 oz. of nuts, but I did limit myself!

Exercise: Does walking around the grocery store and Bead Bath and Beyond count? We deep cleaned the apartment today and I was too tired to do anything else.

When we were cleaning we found $100 in gift cards for BB&B along with $75 in cash (all wedding gifts left in the cards we stuffed in a closet and obviously forgot about). Oh, we also found out that our dryer's hose wasn't hooked up! No wonder I always had to clean lint off the walls after we did laundry.

Day One for Jane

This morning I walked 40 minutes while talking on the cell phone with Connie.

Food Journal:
Breakfast - fresh orange, pineapple, strawberry, banana and flax smoothie
Lunch - 1 cup of Dr. Fuhrman's famous anti-cancer soup (the jury is still out) and 1 small cucumber
Afternoon snack - 1 apple
Dinner - large salad (romaine, baby lettuces, tomato, cucumber, cauliflower, carrots) with ranch dressing spritzer, 1 cup vegetarian chili, 1 slice whole wheat toast

Today has not been that hard. Probably because I spent most of my day writing a research paper and trying to make Dr. Fuhrman's soup.

Fab Fads

According to an article on cnn.com and Cooking Light magazine these are the 5 healthy food trends worth following.

1. Flexitarianism - A diet consisting of grains, fruits, and veggies and occasional servings of protein from lean meat, fish, poultry, or dairy. According to the American Diabetic Association 25% of Americans fit this description consuming meatless meals at least four days a week.

2. Locally grown foods - Community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs and farmers markets give consumers direct access to produce, meats, cheeses, breads, honey, and other foods that are produced in nearby communities.

3. Functional foods - Foods enriched with nutrients that may not be inherent to that particular food. examples are calcium fortified Orange juice or eggs and pasta with omega-3

4. Organic Food - Well Duh! This one doesn't need to be explained (Just make sure its really organic)

5. Slow Food - A trend that started 20 years ago in Italy, the idea is to choose locally grown and produced products, prepare them in traditional ways, and enjoying them with friends and family offering a more positive way to living that is a contrast to the fast-paced world we live

Some of these food trends need to become part of my new eating lifestyle.