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January 7th & 8th

Don't think I forgot about you!  Sometimes HR Ladies just need a night off from blogging.  That said, yesterday was a little taxing, but I made the best of it.  One of the healthy things that I normally do really well is get enough sleep.  Notsomuch Tuesday night.  So with about 4-ish hours of sleep, I got up and had...
Breakfast

  • Coffee with lots of 1% milk (100)

I knew I had a tough meeting first thing with someone who is, let's say, prone to screaming?  Anyway, the meeting included both yelling and throwing things.  (But HR Lady stayed calm.  Good thing she had coffee.  And look, you can throw your termination paperwork at your manager, but that doesn't change anything.)

After that, things were relatively uneventful.

Lunch

  • Trader Joe's Mac & Cheese (310)
  • Half Apple (50)
  • Pumpkin Square & Tru Whip (85)
  • 2 glasses of water
Snack

  • Almonds (80)
  • Salad w/ ham, turkey, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, oil & vinegar (150)
  • More water
Then I taught an after-hours leadership class called "Hide Your Goat: No More Drama Llamas!" based in part on the book Hide Your Goat: Strategies to Stay Positive When Negativity Surrounds You.  It's a good, quick read if you need a dose of reality and/or positivity.


Then I really, really, really wanted a burger and fries, but instead I came home and made a healthy-ish dinner.

 Dinner

  • Salad with tomatoes, lettuce, avocado (80), and reduced-guilt Trader Joe's dressing (60)
  • Nachos with reduced fat tortilla chips (160 and no weird ingredients), 2% cheddar (80), jalapenos.
  • Ghiradelli Chocolate Square (75)
  • Lemon water


 Total calories 1230 vs. 1400 goal.
Exercise?  No, straight to bed.  We'll give it a cold-weather Sophie.

Today, I had more coffee.  This time at Starbucks, but again, another employee meeting.  But there were no projectiles at this one. ;)

 Breakfast

  • Coffee (200)

Lunch

  • The rest of yesterday's salad with ham, salami, turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, and oil and vinegar that was mostly vinegar. (150)
  • Pumpkin square with Tru Whip (85)
  • 3 glasses of water

Snack

  • 2 glasses of green tea with just a little honey (30)

Dinner
Again, I really wanted barbecue, or Chipotle, or something.  But I did not do that!

  • Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, and Trader Joe's dressing (65)
  • Shrimp cooked in olive oil, with cilantro, sriracha, and lemon (200)
  • Brown rice pilaf (210)
  • 2 glasses of water
  • Black bean brownie (150)
  • Milk (100)


 Total: 1190 vs. 1400 calories
Exercise: 35 minutes on the bike, 50 crunches

 In conclusion, cold weather Kate!

Sorry if I'm not very interesting today, but hopefully I at least inspired you to do a sit up or eat something healthy.  See ya tomorrow!

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