I’m baaaack! I know its been weeks since my last post. My school obligations were getting totally out of control, so I had to put everything else on hold in order to just stay afloat. By the time the quarter ended, my house and my desk at work looked like a bomb had hit them so I had to get caught up on those things in the last few days.
So now, I feel much better and am ready for Christmas! The house is clean (thanks to me), the decorations are up (thanks to hubby)!
Over the last few weeks, I did not take a lot of food photos. I wish I had, because I ate some good stuff!
Prepare yourself for what you’re about to read. I have been on a major food bender.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
- Breakfast: Barbara’s O’s Cereal, almond milk, DanActive
- Lunch: Yan Can Restaurant Shrimp / Spinach Salad with mangoes, cashews and poppy seed dressing
- Snacks: lifesavers, applesauce
- Dinner: Black Bean and Espresso Chili with tofutti sour cream substitute, mozzarella cheese, and a whole grain tortilla for dipping
- Dessert: dark chocolate yogurt
Calories: 1766
Pics….
Breakfast
Dinner
Yogurt
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
- Breakfast: Barbara’s Breakfast O’s Cereal with Almond Milk and DanActive
- Lunch: Amy’s Brown Rice & Vegetables
- Snacks: Munched on holiday snacks all over the office (cookies, candies, etc.)
- Dinner: Glass of white wine, plus Pizza and Salad Bar at Round Table (1/2 Small Veg Pizza plus Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, marinated artichoke hearts, hard cooked egg, shrimp, beets, kidney beans, and thousand island dressing)
Calories: 2524 (ouch)
Pics….
Breakfast
Lunch:
picture courtesy HeatEatReview.Com
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Monday, December 21, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast with Earth Balance and DanActive
- Lunch: Cedarlane Eggplant Parmesan
- Snacks: Orange, lifesavers, candy apple, munchie-sweets around the office
- Dinner: Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, veggie burger, olives, beets, crackers, sprouts, shiitake mushroom dressing
Calories: 1704
Pics:
Breakfast:
Lunch:
pic courtesey cedarlanefoods.com
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance and DanActive
- Lunch / Dinner: Buckhorn Cabo Chop Salad (modified: sesame dressing, no blue cheese)
- Snacks: Dark Chocolate Yogurt, lifesavers, candy apple
Calories: 1770
Picture of that delish CANDY APPLE from Rachel Dunn Chocolates
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance, DanActive
- Lunch: Tuna Salad + Crackers
- Dinner: Rubios Fiesta Salad
- Late Night Snacks at my sister’s house: popcorn with smartbalance, 2 glasses white wine, few bites of ice cream, chocolate dipped cookie, whoopie pie cookie
Calories: 2283
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Today we had a manager’s lunch at a fancy restaurant. I don’t know how many calories anything was, but the food was so awesome. Very worth it.
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance, DanActive
- Snacks: lifesavers
- Lunch: fried calamari, small pizza appetizer, focaccia bread with butter, 2 glasses of wine, swordfish with mashed potatoes, caesar salad, and a few bites of chocolate souffle
I was so full for the rest of the day that I couldn’t eat anything.
Calories: 2556 (if I’m lucky)
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Tonight I went to dinner at my dad’s house. He’s a great cook but he had to make my nemesis food – pasta! Couldn’t help myself but to snack a bunch on the crackers & cheese and then took two helpings of the pasta it was sooo good. I also didn’t hold back on the wine – family gatherings always stress me out a little bit.
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance, DanActive
- Lunch: Helen’s Thai Red Curry
- Snacks: lifesavers, applesauce
- Dinner: Cheese & Crackers, Pasta with Shrimp, Salad with Vinaigrette
Calories: 2796 (ouch)
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance, DanActive
- Lunch: Amy’s Tamale’s
- Snacks: butterscotch hard candy, sugar cookie
- Dinner: School cafe turkey wrap with Thousand Island Dressing
Calories: 1515
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance, DanActive
- Lunch: Sushi (restaurant sushi – yummy)
- Snacks: lifesavers
- Dinner: Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, alfalfa sprouts, cucumber, beets, olives, veg burger and thousand island dressing
Calories: 1730
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Monday, December 14, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance, DanActive
- Lunch: Amy’s Brown Rice & Veg Bowl
- Snacks: lifesavers, applesauce
- Dinner: Black Bean & Espresso Chili, with tofutti, mozz cheese, whole grain tortilla, and black olives
- Dessert: Dark Choc Yogurt
Calories: 1689
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance
- Lunch: Panera Black Bean Soup, French baguette
- Snacks: Dark Chocolate yogurt,
- Dinner: tuna salad + crackers
- Dessert: Kashi sunshine cereal with almond milk
Calories: 1562
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance
- Lunch: Sunshine Cereal with almond milk
- Snacks: crackers
- Dinner: Company holiday party buffet: salad, meatballs, salmon, pasta, potatoes….. Lots of alcohol and chocolate!
Calories: 2677
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Friday, December 11, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance
- Lunch: Office Holiday Benihana Lunch: scallops, veggies, steamed rice, few bits of tempura and a super spicy LasVegas roll! Green Tea ice cream for dessert.
- Snacks: lifesavers
- Dinner: garden harvest soup with crackers
Calories: 2066
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance
- Lunch: Amy’s Brown Rice & Veg Bowl
- Snacks: lifesavers
- Dinner: Dinner out with girlfriends @ Maria Maria Restaurant in Walnut Creek (shrimp fajitas), glass of wine
- Dessert: Kashi sunshine cereal
Calories: 1731
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance, Danactive
- Lunch: Kinder’s veg sandwich (whole wheat bread, crunchy fresh veggies, cream cheese spread)
- Snacks: oatmeal raisin cookie, butterscotch hard candy
- Dinner: school cafe chef salad with thousand island dressing
Calories: 1996
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
- Breakfast: O’s cereal with almond milk, Danactive
- Lunch: healthy choice portabella frozen lunch
- Snacks: starbucks mini scone and hot chocolate; lifesavers, truffle @ work,
- Dinner: sushi
- Dessert: Kashi sunshine cereal
Calories: 1789
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Monday, December 7, 2009
- Breakfast: Morning O’s cereal with almond milk, Danactive
- Lunch: Toscana Restaurant Rocket Fruit Salad with Salmon
- Dinner: black bean espresso chili with mozz cheese and crackers
Calories: 1739
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
- Breakfast: Toast, Earth Balance, Danactive
- Lunch: Rubios Fiesta Salad
- Snacks: lifesavers, applesauce, sugar cookie
- Dinner: Os cereal with almond milk
Calories: 1725
