Thursday, April 29 -- Week 17, Day 5

We had a birthday yesterday, which explains the lack of a healthy-food post. Consequently, we bumped yesterday's menu to today, and will be skipping what was supposed to be today's menu. I can't bring myself to eat fish just yet. All in good time ...



BREAKFAST:

Original:

• peaches and cheese breakfast
• 1 slice raisin bread
• 1 tsp. margarine
• 1 cup skim milk
• coffee or tea

My adaptation:

• Whoops! Where DID the morning go???

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LUNCH:

Original:

• 3 oz sliced roast turkey
• 1/2 medium tomato, sliced
• lettuce leaves
• 1 slice whole wheat bread
• 1 tsp. mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup chocolate-flavored low-calorie milk pudding

My adaptation:

• 3 oz sliced deli turkey
• 3 slices tomato
• lettuce
• 1 small (6") tortilla
• 1 tsp. light mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup chocolate-flavored low-calorie milk pudding

I thoroughly enjoyed every bite of this meal - even the lettuce and tomato on my sandwich! Very refreshing. The only reason I substituted a tortilla for the bread is because I thought we had bread, but we don't. Very very good. And 3 ounces of turkey is a lot to cram into that small tortilla!

I'm also looking forward to dinner tonight! Beef! :-)

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DINNER:

Original:

• 1 cup tomato juice with lemon wedge
• 3 oz sliced broiled steak
• 3 oz. baked yam with 1 tsp. margarine
• 1/4 cup steamed onion slices
• 1/2 cup steamed spinach
• green salad with lemon juice and herbs
• sparkling mineral water with twist of lime

My adaptation:

• 3 oz steak
• 3 oz baked yam with spray butter
• 1/2 cup corn
• 1/2 cup green beans
• green salad with cream dressing
• water
• 1 cup Pepsi

First of all ... tomato juice is just gross. Not that I would actually know that, having never tasted it. Amendment: the idea of drinking tomato juice is just gross. I was seriously under on my calories today, so I just had a glass of Pepsi for a treat.

I also don't understand the point of just eating a pile of onions, steamed or otherwise prepared. And spinach .... raw, yes. Cooked, not yet. Also, I should mention that I saved my salad for last, because it's the only food I was eating that wouldn't get cold. We ran out of time and were running quite late for guitar lessons, so I threw my plate in the refrigerator, intending to eat the salad when I got home. But I completely forgot about it. So I didn't actually eat the salad in the photo.

At this point in the day, I had only consumed a little over 800 calories. I'm not sure what happened. I guess skipping breakfast probably had a lot to do with it. So, since I'd had a good bit of fruits and veggies today, I rewarded myself with a modest-sized piece of birthday cake. I'm easily still under the 1200 daily average.

It's really easy to have a good diet day when you like most of the food suggested for that day! Tomorrow's menu looks good too, but dinner includes steamed kale. We'll see how that goes. I do not intend to make a substitute. I will try the kale.