Its a good feeling to go out and eat at a brew-pub that I absolutely love and exhibit 100% self control in not ordering what I'd really like to order... Beer battered fish & chips, with a nice pint of beer.
Yum!
I've given up "Thai Friday", my one day each week that I get a bowl of red curry over the largest mound of jasmine rice I can find. (Probably around 2-3 cups of cooked rice. I could eat rice for days and not get sick of it!) Ahhh... and the Thai Iced Tea... that usually spells doom for any weight-watching individual.
The hardest part wasn't the food I was giving up, though. I think it was the routine. Friday is my volunteer day of the week where I devote myself to Art, Art History, and Art Education. So, after a day of research requests, helping people find resources for docent studies, museum publications, artist files, or just delving into the stacks of books well over 200 years old (and taking as many notes as I can), I really like to read and reflect on all the new things I learned... over my curry and Thai iced tea.
Instead of giving my
body more
fat and carbs than it could possibly consume in 24 hours, I went to Gordon Biersch with a friend and selected something very weight conscious for lunch.
Today's Food:
Breakfast:
1 Banana
4 Almonds
1 Triple Grande Iced Non-
fat One-Pump-Vanilla Caramel Macchiato (easy on the caramel)
Total = 267
calories, 4 grams
fat, 50 carbs, 10 protein
Lunch: From Gordon Biersch
1/2 Turkey Sandwich (declined the spicy mayo and asked for light on the cheese)
- 1 slice Sourdough
- 1 slice pepper jack cheese
- 2 tomato slices
- 1 cup mixed baby greens
- 5oz Sliced turkey
1 cup Clam Chowder (yum yum!)
16 oz water (I'm always forgetting to add my water intake into this)
3 French Fries (stolen from the friendly plate next to me)
2oz Marzen (beer - tasted from the friendly glass next to me)
Total = 596
calories, 19 grams
fat, 45 carbs, 51 protein
Dinner: Leftovers!
2oz Linguine
1/2 Cup meat pasta sauce
1 Mug Jasmine Tea
Total = 337
calories, 6.6 grams
fat, 55 carbs, 13.8 protein
Today's Total = 1196
calories, 30 grams
fat, 151 carbs, 77 protein
I think I'll have an 8oz glass of chocolate soymilk to help keep the
hunger at bay until morning.
Thanks for the info, funky. I think I need more
strength training for sure. I did make sure that I selected a very challenging variable program on my bike last night. The difficulty goes from a scale of 1-10 (10 being similar to wading through semi-viscous jello or sludge) and I made sure I spent some time up at 10. The muscles in my legs were screaming with the effort, so I know I was really working them. I like to push myself to see how well I can do.
Walking or bike riding tonight? Not sure yet... my poor bum is bruised from last night's biking.
