Thursday, May 27 -- Week 21, Day 5

Oh, today didn't go well at all. I forgot to take pictures, and I forgot to stop eating at the end of the day. We spent the day out for homeschool Track & Field Day. I had packed a nice, diet-friendly lunch, but we were in such a hurry in the morning that I just dumped a bunch of cereal into a Ziploc. :-\

BREAKFAST:

• too many Oatmeal Squares

Seriously, I think it was about 3 or 4 times what I was supposed to have.

LUNCH:

• 2 T. peanut butter + 2 tsp. jelly on 1 slice homemade wheat bread
• carrot sticks
• peach

This was a good meal. It was enough, but I didn't want it to be. A half a sandwich just doesn't feed a grown-up well. Maybe if I drink MORE water with my meals, I'll feel fuller. No doubt.

DINNER:

• middle-eastern burgers
• 1/2 a baked yam
• 1/2 cup steamed carrots
• salad

These burgers were absolutely amazing! It was supposed to be 8 oz ground beef + 4 oz ground lamb, but I didn't find ground lamb, so I used all beef. It was 90% lean though. So mix together a pound of burger, some minced garlic, some salt, parsley, and oregano. Lamb if you've got it. I also tossed in a handful of feta cheese because I had it. Trust me - the feta MADE the burger! Shape them into a patty that will fit nicely into a half a pita pocket, because that's where you're gonna put it when it's done. Don't make it round. It won't fit.

While they are grilling (yes, grilling - that only added to their fabulousness), sauté red pepper strips, a sliced onion, and a diced tomato in a bit of olive oil until the peppers are blackened a bit. I did the peppers first for about 8 or 10 minutes, then tossed in the other stuff for about another 5 minutes.

To eat them, put one in a half a pita shell, pile as many veggies as you can on top, then squirt it with mustard. Mmm. I wasn't sure about the veggies, BUT... they were fabulous. Really. The entire burger was good. And oh ... the treat of finding a bite with a big ol' chunk of feta. Mmm-mmm.

Confession time: I ate two of them. And a hot dog. (The hamburger was better, obviously) And I skipped the salad. And then I had a milkshake.

It wasn't a good diet day. Tomorrow is a new day. Ground turkey spaghetti for dinner. I just couldn't bring myself to make calamari spaghetti. Blech.