I bravely stepped on the scale Sunday and I now have 20 pounds to lose. Christ on a Cracker!
I'm hoping like, 10 of those are just from being bloated from the plane ride. That's totally realistic, right? It couldn't have possibly been all of the hula pie, Lappert's ice cream, mai tais, kaluha pork nachos, or that morning I ate chocolate covered macademia nuts and bacon for breakfast.
Okay, so back to trying to stay under 1400 calories, as suggested by the trainer, who might actually kill me when I see her on Wednesday.
Breakfast was a poached egg (80 calories), a piece of whole wheat toast (70 calories), a glass of water, and two cups of hot tea with sugar (50 calories) while trying to combat jet lag and Daylight Savings Time without using coffee, because my stomach was not feeling so hot.
I think I would have done better if I would have slept on the plane, but I only got about 4 hours because there was a lady that had a serious coughing issue. Like, every 30 seconds. Another passenger and I tried to think of a subtle way to suffocate her with a pillow while she slept.
For lunch, Chris made us some pork chops (250 calories), and I made the sides. I did yummy green beans with shallots, garlic, and olive oil (60 calories). Note to self: use more shallots in cooking. But not more Windex, even though it would make the food streak-free.
Don't these look fresh and lovely?
I also made Skinnytaste's creamy cauliflower puree. I don't have an immersion blender (but my birthday is next month, people!), so I used the potato masher, which worked just fine. The recipe calls for 4 cloves of garlic--I think I'll take that down to 2 cloves next time. (60 calories)
So this was my lunch. Not too shabby. The green beans got a little over-caramelized and wilty (but still tasted yummy) so next time I'll do 15 mins at 350 instead of 400. I also had 4 glasses of water and two more cups of hot tea with sugar (50).
Dinner was Roasty (260 calories), which is the incredibly complicated recipe of chuck roast + packet of onion soup + can of reduced fat cream of mushroom + water. Sides were whole grain egg noodles (180 calories) and a salad of watercress, tomato, and homemade dressing (25 calories). Aaaand 4 more glasses of water, while I convince myself that my weight gain is all due to dehydration.
Dessert was two pumpkin squares (100 calories), lite whipped topping (50 calories), and a piece of reduced fat cheese, because cheese is delicious (50 calories). Plus more water. I also rode the exercise bike for a half hour.
Total Calories: 1235
We'll give it a Johnny Weir, wearing...whatever this is.
I'm hoping like, 10 of those are just from being bloated from the plane ride. That's totally realistic, right? It couldn't have possibly been all of the hula pie, Lappert's ice cream, mai tais, kaluha pork nachos, or that morning I ate chocolate covered macademia nuts and bacon for breakfast.
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| I feel ya, Kate. Good luck on your 25 hour flight to New Zealand next month. |
Breakfast was a poached egg (80 calories), a piece of whole wheat toast (70 calories), a glass of water, and two cups of hot tea with sugar (50 calories) while trying to combat jet lag and Daylight Savings Time without using coffee, because my stomach was not feeling so hot.
I think I would have done better if I would have slept on the plane, but I only got about 4 hours because there was a lady that had a serious coughing issue. Like, every 30 seconds. Another passenger and I tried to think of a subtle way to suffocate her with a pillow while she slept.
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| True story: while trying to cook something with olive oil, I grabbed Windex instead. I am a little bit disoriented. |
I also made Skinnytaste's creamy cauliflower puree. I don't have an immersion blender (but my birthday is next month, people!), so I used the potato masher, which worked just fine. The recipe calls for 4 cloves of garlic--I think I'll take that down to 2 cloves next time. (60 calories)
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| I'm using the Skinnytaste photo, because mine wasn't as pretty. |
Dinner was Roasty (260 calories), which is the incredibly complicated recipe of chuck roast + packet of onion soup + can of reduced fat cream of mushroom + water. Sides were whole grain egg noodles (180 calories) and a salad of watercress, tomato, and homemade dressing (25 calories). Aaaand 4 more glasses of water, while I convince myself that my weight gain is all due to dehydration.
Dessert was two pumpkin squares (100 calories), lite whipped topping (50 calories), and a piece of reduced fat cheese, because cheese is delicious (50 calories). Plus more water. I also rode the exercise bike for a half hour.
Total Calories: 1235
We'll give it a Johnny Weir, wearing...whatever this is.
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| He probably eats 1400 calories a week. |