check in for Saturday, August 20, 2011

[panda]

So, how is everyone doing? How's it going today? Eaten anything new and interesting (for whatever value of "interesting")?

You can check in by commenting here, or by making a separate post. Please use a warning if you're talking about specific amounts, calories, etc -- in the subject line for comments, and with a cut for new posts.

Commenting and encouraging people is always welcome (unless someone states otherwise, of course).

Comments

[panda]

I had a chicken tamale and coffee for breakfast.

I didn't make the carrot ginger miso dressing the other day, so I'm gonna try making it today for lunch, to have on a cabbage salad


trying to decide if I should have the salad with rice and tuna, or with chicken. thoughts?

[majoline]

I'm glad to hear that you're eating well! And either choice sounds good.

...I suck at decision making when it comes to food.

[panda]

Thanks

I'm sure the chicken would have been fine, but the tuna turned out to be a good choice, and easier as well. The cat also appreciated the leftover tuna juice ;)

[thegorgon]

Ooh, I love tamales! I wouldn't have thought of eating one for breakfast.

[panda]

my breakfast decisions were dictated by "things I don't have to cook"

we get local made tamales at the farmer's market, put them in the freezer, and then microwave when we want to eat them. voila, instant food.

[thegorgon]

Speaking as someone who doesn't wake up until two hours after I get out of bed, I fully support this decision making process. :D

[panda]

I don't like breakfast, it's the hardest meal of the day for me. Anything that makes breakfast easier is definitely a plus.

[panda]

ended up making the carrot miso ginger salad dressign and running out of spoons, so I just opened a can of tuna, and had the dressing over plain tuna. it was pretty good.

[majoline]

Cool beans!

[panda]

I had forgotten that GF cooking is more spoon intensive, because I have to worry about thoroughly cleaning everything I use to prevent cross-contamination. Hopefully in a couple days I'll just have more energy though, so needing extra spoons won't be an issue.

[majoline]

Woke up late today but still managed a muffin and some yoghurt! :D

*toddles off to lunch*

[panda]

That sounds like an excellent breakfast.

Onwards to lunch!

[thegorgon]

I'm terrible at breakfast, and worse when I wake up late. Go you!

[thegorgon]

...Seriously, I feel bad checking in when I'm doing a terrible job. Are there rules about that? Only posting good news, or warning for being terrible?

Today I have eaten: iced coffee, and ice cream.

[panda]

Noooo! You aren't being terrible. This isn't like some pass-fail thing. We're all here to practice eating more healthily, one meal at a time.

Honestly, I've made decent food choices today, but I actually haven't eaten /enough/ for my body chemistry, because I'm getting a food-deprivation migraine. So technically I'm not doing it "right" either. But, I can't change what I ate in the past, I can only change what I'm gonna eat in the future.

So onwards, towards an afternoon snack/dinner/whatever is the next meal for you! :)

[thegorgon]

Alright, I feel better. :)

Also, just posting that made me actually think about what I had eaten today, and so now I'm sitting down with some beans and corn and chips, for a slightly more substantial afternoon snack. Healthier eating!

[panda]

beans and corn and chips sounds like an excellent snack!

[panda]

I need to eat a snack but I have zero spoons. Hopefully my mom gets home from the grocery store soon and then I can eat some cottage cheese and slice up a sweet potato and roast it.

ETA: mom came home with gluten free snack bars, so I had one of those and some cottage cheese.

Dinner is going to be grilled teriyaki chicken and sweet corn with watermelon for desert

[sporky_rat]

had a subway breakfast sandwich for breakfast (the egg and bacon one with tomatoes) with two bottles of water and a bottle of orange juice, then another subway sandwich with bacon and chicken, tomatoes, pickles and olives for lunch. supper is probably going to be toast. i can't face doing anything else today - i helped my parents move and let my mother cry on my shoulder and visited my grandparents in pipe-in-sunshine, mississippi.

[panda]

it sounds like you had an excellent day, eating-wise!