Wow, I can’t believe I managed one whole week of food blogging! It was fun! Today was my weigh-in day but l’ll get to that later. This week was about more than the scale, so I actually made myself write up these thoughts yesterday, before my weigh-in results could influence my feelings.
So:
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Two weeks ago I was really struggling. I felt like I’d been losing the same five pounds for three months now. I was frustrated, and I went so far as to consider quitting WW, just to ease some of the pressure I was feeling. But after I posted about it, everyone really came through with suggestions and support. Writing that post and reading everyone’s comments – I don’t know, it felt like it kinda unstuck some things for me. For one thing, it took a lot of the pressure off, just knowing you guys didn’t expect me to be perfect. It also reminded me that I didn’t just have to sit there impotently waiting for the weight to come off. There were still lots of things I could do, like getting back to basics with planning and preparing and weighing and measuring, as well as re-evaluating my food choices.
So that’s exactly what I did this week. I planned out every meal for the week, bought all the groceries, scheduled in my gym time, etc. And you know what? I felt great. Eating well helped (No more saltines! Way more whole foods!), as did getting in some good workouts. But mostly what helped was feeling in control again. I think I had gotten too focussed on results, and not focused enough on the process. And the process is the fun part! Well, sort of. But the process is like your fun basement ‘rec room’, where you can watch TV and have pillow fights and make messes and do crafts. The scale is like the formal living room you gingerly step into once a week, desperately praying you aren’t going to spill tea everywhere.
The living room may look nice to the outward eye, but it’s much too fussy to really live in. You do your living down in the rec room. You do your real living in the process of the weight loss, not on the scale.
This week was a great reminder of that. And you know what? Although the food blogging was a lot of work, it was really fun. It was like showing you guys a glimpse of my rec room. So whatever the scale says this week, I’m happy. If you need me, I’ll be down here in the basement, making a mess and dancing to Madonna.
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So now, I know you’re desperate to hear the results of the weigh-in. Well, last week I dragged myself into my meeting, despite knowing I would be up. I ended up seeing a gain of 1.6, which was honestly not as bad as I’d feared. Aren’t you just dying to know how I did this week? WELL ME TOO. I showed up at my WW meeting this afternoon, only to find out it was CANCELLED! Turns out the facility we’re in booked another group in there today and didn’t give WW any advance notice. So my poor leader just had to stand there and explain to everyone who showed that there was no meeting.
So! I was originally super bummed because I wanted to see how my week reflected on the scale. But then I realized this was totally a blessing in disguise. While I don’t want to quit WW, and I won’t stop weighing myself, I think one week where I was FORCED to concentrate only on the process and not on the scale is actually a great thing for me. Because whether we admit it or not, even the most stoic among us are influenced, to some degree, by that darn number each week. Now I get to enjoy my week for what it really was: a great week of getting back to basics, improving my food choices, and challenging myself.
Amen.
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So now I want to ask you guys a favour. I want to know what you honestly thought of the food blogging / photos. I mentioned that it was a lot of work, but I also enjoyed it and it definitely kept me more accountable in terms of my food choices. So I’m giving some thought to keeping up with it.
But I’m wondering if you guys enjoyed reading it or not. I know my comments decreased drastically, but I also gained quite a few new followers / subscribers. So I honestly want to know how you guys feel, and what you want to see on the blog. Keep up with the food blogging? Keep the photos but ditch the commentary? Drop the whole thing altogether and go back to my regular types of updates? Do regular updates and just include some food photos at the bottom? Only do food posts when I try a new recipe worth sharing?
In the end, of course, it’s my blog, so I’ll do what *I* feel is right for me, but I care what you guys think too. I welcome comments from ALL of you, even all you ‘lurkers’ who never comment. :) Lay it on me!
I did it! one whole week of food blogging.
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Wow, I can’t believe it’s day seven already! This has been kind of a fun week, with the food blogging.
Okay, on to today’s food. Actually, let me first just say that I am seriously low on groceries right now, and even though I did make a plan for most of this week, I had sort of forgot to plan any further than Sunday. So today I had to scrounge a little.
Breakfast was the usual suspect: oatmeal!
They gave out these Weight Watcher smoothie samples at a meeting a few weeks ago, and I stashed mine in my desk for an emergency. I decided today counted.
It was … meh. Ok. I just drank it with water, so I will admit that it actually tasted a marginally better than I was expecting, but I don’t forsee ever actually buying these.
I dug into my lunch about an hour later. The remainder of my sweet potato and pear roast was on its last legs, so I threw it together in another salad.
With a little side of meatballs. Seriously, I have to use up all these leftovers!
Come afternoon, what do you know? I was starving again! And normally I snack on a piece of fruit, but I’m literally all out of produce at the moment. So I dug through the deep recesses of my desk again until I scrounged up these:
My coworker had brought me these to try. They’re little chocolate cookies, quite tasty actually, and 3pts for the little bag. Not something I want to live off, but they were pretty tasty, and I am a big believer in keeping a non-perishable snack in your purse / desk / car / wherever, to keep yourself from getting too over-hungry. These would make a nice change from granola bars, which are my usual choice for my emergency stash.
For dinner, I threw together exactly the same thing as yesterday, a pita pizza.
Which I will now say was actually NOT the best pre-boot camp meal. I thought I’d be okay because I ate it at 5:30 and class isn’t until 8, but nope. It just didn’t sit right. Oh well, now I know.
I’m just about ready for bed now, and chugging away at my water. I’ll be back tomorrow with my WI results, and an update on how I feel about this week of getting back to basics.
Goodnight, all!
Okay, on to today’s food. Actually, let me first just say that I am seriously low on groceries right now, and even though I did make a plan for most of this week, I had sort of forgot to plan any further than Sunday. So today I had to scrounge a little.
Breakfast was the usual suspect: oatmeal!
- 1/3 cup oatmeal
- 2/3 cup almond breeze
- 1/3 cup cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- tbsp coconut
- tbsp ground flax seed
- little bit of brown sugar, little bit of coconut butter
They gave out these Weight Watcher smoothie samples at a meeting a few weeks ago, and I stashed mine in my desk for an emergency. I decided today counted.
It was … meh. Ok. I just drank it with water, so I will admit that it actually tasted a marginally better than I was expecting, but I don’t forsee ever actually buying these.
I dug into my lunch about an hour later. The remainder of my sweet potato and pear roast was on its last legs, so I threw it together in another salad.
With a little side of meatballs. Seriously, I have to use up all these leftovers!
Come afternoon, what do you know? I was starving again! And normally I snack on a piece of fruit, but I’m literally all out of produce at the moment. So I dug through the deep recesses of my desk again until I scrounged up these:
My coworker had brought me these to try. They’re little chocolate cookies, quite tasty actually, and 3pts for the little bag. Not something I want to live off, but they were pretty tasty, and I am a big believer in keeping a non-perishable snack in your purse / desk / car / wherever, to keep yourself from getting too over-hungry. These would make a nice change from granola bars, which are my usual choice for my emergency stash.
For dinner, I threw together exactly the same thing as yesterday, a pita pizza.
Which I will now say was actually NOT the best pre-boot camp meal. I thought I’d be okay because I ate it at 5:30 and class isn’t until 8, but nope. It just didn’t sit right. Oh well, now I know.
I’m just about ready for bed now, and chugging away at my water. I’ll be back tomorrow with my WI results, and an update on how I feel about this week of getting back to basics.
Goodnight, all!
Superbowl Sunday! not that I’m actually watching it. but go Saints go!
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What a nice day! I used to kind of hate Sundays, but now they might be my favourite day of the week (except for that whole ‘having to go to work the next day’ thing.)
This morning I slept in, until 9:30 or so, and then Shaun and I took our usual walk to Starbucks, where I got a grande mild. Then he went off to work and I came home. I had a craving for ‘the classic’. To me, that’s oatmeal with almond butter and banana.
This was my breakfast EVERY WEEKEND for the first 10 months or so that I was doing WW. It’s just so filling and tasty.
Haha, I have a very active imagination. Comes in handy on the treadmill. ;)
After I got home, I threw together a little lunch, trying to use up some leftovers. So I had broccoli soup, and a few leftover meatballs from yesterday.
Something pretty funny happened while I was photographing my lunch though.
Ha ha! Bad kitty! I normally don’t let the cats on the table when there’s food there, but I was so into my photo-taking that I didn’t hear her hop up (she’s a ninja, I think.) I didn’t notice her at all until I actually saw her little paw sneak into the frame of the photo. Ha ha!
(Needless to say I did not eat that meatball!)
After lunch, I did a bunch of cleaning around the house, had a verrry long shower, and popped in a disc of Buffy. I love this show, and embarked on rewatching the series a couple of months ago. That’s SEVEN seasons -- but I’m FINALLY almost done (about 10 episodes to go!)
Dinner was nothing fancy tonight, but I cannot lie, it was super delish.
Pita pizza!
With barely a vegetable to be seen! This was the ‘meat lovers’ version! With mushrooms, olives, pepperoni, a few crumbled meatballs, and some cheddar / mozza blend.
I wrapped up the day with one of Kate’s ‘pineapple upside-down cupcakes’ from last night.
Loved this! Thanks Kate!
This morning I slept in, until 9:30 or so, and then Shaun and I took our usual walk to Starbucks, where I got a grande mild. Then he went off to work and I came home. I had a craving for ‘the classic’. To me, that’s oatmeal with almond butter and banana.
This was my breakfast EVERY WEEKEND for the first 10 months or so that I was doing WW. It’s just so filling and tasty.
- 1/3 cup oatmeal
- 2/3 cup almond milk
- small sliced banana
- tbsp almond butter
- little bit of brown sugar, and about a tsp of maple butter
Haha, I have a very active imagination. Comes in handy on the treadmill. ;)
After I got home, I threw together a little lunch, trying to use up some leftovers. So I had broccoli soup, and a few leftover meatballs from yesterday.
Something pretty funny happened while I was photographing my lunch though.
Ha ha! Bad kitty! I normally don’t let the cats on the table when there’s food there, but I was so into my photo-taking that I didn’t hear her hop up (she’s a ninja, I think.) I didn’t notice her at all until I actually saw her little paw sneak into the frame of the photo. Ha ha!
(Needless to say I did not eat that meatball!)
After lunch, I did a bunch of cleaning around the house, had a verrry long shower, and popped in a disc of Buffy. I love this show, and embarked on rewatching the series a couple of months ago. That’s SEVEN seasons -- but I’m FINALLY almost done (about 10 episodes to go!)
Dinner was nothing fancy tonight, but I cannot lie, it was super delish.
Pita pizza!
With barely a vegetable to be seen! This was the ‘meat lovers’ version! With mushrooms, olives, pepperoni, a few crumbled meatballs, and some cheddar / mozza blend.
I wrapped up the day with one of Kate’s ‘pineapple upside-down cupcakes’ from last night.
Loved this! Thanks Kate!
Saturday food, and a blogger potluck!
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I’ll try to make this quick, because I’m exhausted! But I wanted to get today’s food before I went to bed, since I promised myself I’d stick to this for the week. So here goes!
Breakfast:
Two whole grain toaster waffles, with greek yogurt and blueberries!
Delishis!
This kept me going for pretty much the whole morning, which was good. Today was actually our blogger potluck and clothing swap, so I spent the early part of the afternoon prepping my contribution: a big ol’ bowl of meatballs!
I was pretty happy with how these turned out. They’re half beef, half pork, all awesome. I made a quick cranberry relish type dip to go with them, which was just a mix of a few things in my fridge: cranberry port jelly, barbecue sauce, and salsa. Total hodgepodge, but it worked.
I confess that I didn’t eat much lunch, just ‘sampled’ quite a few of these meatballs. Oops.
Anyway!
The spread at Kat’s was fabulous! We started with some pita chips and olive tapenade that Kat had made.
Then got on with the clothing swap!
(Allie, Kate, and Tiffany)
I made out pretty well at the swap. I scored: 2 pairs of jeans, a skirt, and five tops. I’m so glad we had the idea to do this, it was so nice to be able to get some new clothes without spending a fortune, and nice to know that the items I’ve purchased, and only worn a few times before they stopped fitting, now have new homes.
Then it was time for dinner! YUM. This spread was amazing.
And how awesome to know everything was WW friendly, and easy to count the points for.
My plate:
(Sorry, I had to use the flash!)
~1/3 cup sweet potato/squash
~1/3 cup quinoa salad
small piece of lasagna
~1/3 cup carrot salad
2 shrimps
3 meatballs
1/2 cup pasta salad
I limited myself to one plate, which was good, because I had THREE desserts. Ha ha!
Here they are but only after I’d already started devouring them:
A chocolate pudding cake with vanilla frozen yogurt, a banana bread pudding, and pineapple ginger cupcake. All so good! Sadly this plate was more points than my whole dinner. Oh well, totally worth it!!
So fun to see everyone again. And thanks to the lovely Kat for hosting us. How cute is she in this picture?
Okay, my friends. Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend
Breakfast:
Two whole grain toaster waffles, with greek yogurt and blueberries!
Delishis!
This kept me going for pretty much the whole morning, which was good. Today was actually our blogger potluck and clothing swap, so I spent the early part of the afternoon prepping my contribution: a big ol’ bowl of meatballs!
I was pretty happy with how these turned out. They’re half beef, half pork, all awesome. I made a quick cranberry relish type dip to go with them, which was just a mix of a few things in my fridge: cranberry port jelly, barbecue sauce, and salsa. Total hodgepodge, but it worked.
I confess that I didn’t eat much lunch, just ‘sampled’ quite a few of these meatballs. Oops.
Anyway!
The spread at Kat’s was fabulous! We started with some pita chips and olive tapenade that Kat had made.
Then got on with the clothing swap!
(Allie, Kate, and Tiffany)
I made out pretty well at the swap. I scored: 2 pairs of jeans, a skirt, and five tops. I’m so glad we had the idea to do this, it was so nice to be able to get some new clothes without spending a fortune, and nice to know that the items I’ve purchased, and only worn a few times before they stopped fitting, now have new homes.
Then it was time for dinner! YUM. This spread was amazing.
And how awesome to know everything was WW friendly, and easy to count the points for.
My plate:
(Sorry, I had to use the flash!)
~1/3 cup sweet potato/squash
~1/3 cup quinoa salad
small piece of lasagna
~1/3 cup carrot salad
2 shrimps
3 meatballs
1/2 cup pasta salad
I limited myself to one plate, which was good, because I had THREE desserts. Ha ha!
Here they are but only after I’d already started devouring them:
A chocolate pudding cake with vanilla frozen yogurt, a banana bread pudding, and pineapple ginger cupcake. All so good! Sadly this plate was more points than my whole dinner. Oh well, totally worth it!!
So fun to see everyone again. And thanks to the lovely Kat for hosting us. How cute is she in this picture?
Okay, my friends. Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend
Friday food (day 4)
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Hola! I can NOT even tell you how glad I am that it’s Friday today! I feel like I’ve had such a weirdly busy week. Work’s been busy, and life in general has been busy. Tonight’s the first time Shaun and I have even really seen each other since Sunday!
Anyway, I won’t bore you with all of that. Let’s get straight to today’s dining delights.
Breakfast was basically the same as yesterday, except I mixed it up and used raspberries instead of blueberries. Tasty!
This mix had:
After that, I snacked on an apple.
Seriously, is there anything more perfect than a red apple? They’re so beautiful.
After work I decided to hit up the gym. Ok, I am not one to complain about the gym. I don’t think I’ve EVER gone and not felt better afterwards. But tonight SUCKED. Like seriously.
The first treadmill had, I think, something wrong with it because I was sure I kept feeling the belt jerk. It was stressing me out (it would cause me to lose my rhythm, and I felt like I was about to fly off!) so I told the attendant and she put an Out Of Order sign on it. I took the treadmill next to it and then that one sucked too! Maybe it was just because I was nervous, but I couldn’t get a rhythm, and I kept feeling my pants waving around my ankles, and thinking I was going to trip on them, etc. Gah. I just kept wishing SO HARD that it was spring and I could run outside. Soon, though. Soon.
Anyway, I persevered for about 45 minutes, burned about 450 calories, and decided to call it a day.
Then I ran a few errands (grocery store, wine store), and headed home for dinner.
Now let me just say that up until now you’ve been seeing Good Weekday Andrea. But once Friday hits, my food choices get a little less ideal. But I did ok tonight.
Started with a glass of Shiraz. Yum. Then Shaun and I opted for my very favourite: SWISS CHALET! I can’t help it, I LOVE getting take-out on Fridays.
I got a baked potato, and white meat. I even specifically asked for no roll on the side, because I always end up eating it even though the potato and chicken are more than enough. Anyway, I really enjoyed this meal, as per usual.
Followed this up with another glass of wine, and…
Cookies!
(Ok, the red parts are supposed to be hearts. Good job Pillsbury.)
The thing about the cookies is that I have been SERIOUSLY CRAVING sugar cookies since Christmas, and I made myself an agreement that if I still wanted them after the holidays, I could have them. Needless to say, I still wanted them. So this week I picked up this box of Pillsbury sugar cookies. They’re awesome because you can bake only as many as you want at a time, AND they’re only 1 pt each! So I baked up just six of them, and I ate three! Yup, it was awesome. Totally satisfied my craving.
Anyway, I guess that’s it for today! I hope everyone’s had a great Friday. I’ll be back tomorrow with Saturday’s food, which should be fun because tomorrow I’m attending a POTLUCK with some of the Toronto bloggers! So exciting. Can I tell you how I psyched I am to go to a potluck where EVERYTHING is WW-friendly, and has the points calculated right there for you! I can’t wait.
Anyway, I won’t bore you with all of that. Let’s get straight to today’s dining delights.
Breakfast was basically the same as yesterday, except I mixed it up and used raspberries instead of blueberries. Tasty!
This mix had:
- 1/3 cup oats
- 2/3 cup almond milk
- 1/3 cup cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup frozen raspberries, thawed
- tbsp. dried coconut
- little bit of brown sugar, and about a tsp of coconut butter
After that, I snacked on an apple.
Seriously, is there anything more perfect than a red apple? They’re so beautiful.
After work I decided to hit up the gym. Ok, I am not one to complain about the gym. I don’t think I’ve EVER gone and not felt better afterwards. But tonight SUCKED. Like seriously.
The first treadmill had, I think, something wrong with it because I was sure I kept feeling the belt jerk. It was stressing me out (it would cause me to lose my rhythm, and I felt like I was about to fly off!) so I told the attendant and she put an Out Of Order sign on it. I took the treadmill next to it and then that one sucked too! Maybe it was just because I was nervous, but I couldn’t get a rhythm, and I kept feeling my pants waving around my ankles, and thinking I was going to trip on them, etc. Gah. I just kept wishing SO HARD that it was spring and I could run outside. Soon, though. Soon.
Anyway, I persevered for about 45 minutes, burned about 450 calories, and decided to call it a day.
Then I ran a few errands (grocery store, wine store), and headed home for dinner.
Now let me just say that up until now you’ve been seeing Good Weekday Andrea. But once Friday hits, my food choices get a little less ideal. But I did ok tonight.
Started with a glass of Shiraz. Yum. Then Shaun and I opted for my very favourite: SWISS CHALET! I can’t help it, I LOVE getting take-out on Fridays.
I got a baked potato, and white meat. I even specifically asked for no roll on the side, because I always end up eating it even though the potato and chicken are more than enough. Anyway, I really enjoyed this meal, as per usual.
Followed this up with another glass of wine, and…
Cookies!
(Ok, the red parts are supposed to be hearts. Good job Pillsbury.)
The thing about the cookies is that I have been SERIOUSLY CRAVING sugar cookies since Christmas, and I made myself an agreement that if I still wanted them after the holidays, I could have them. Needless to say, I still wanted them. So this week I picked up this box of Pillsbury sugar cookies. They’re awesome because you can bake only as many as you want at a time, AND they’re only 1 pt each! So I baked up just six of them, and I ate three! Yup, it was awesome. Totally satisfied my craving.
Anyway, I guess that’s it for today! I hope everyone’s had a great Friday. I’ll be back tomorrow with Saturday’s food, which should be fun because tomorrow I’m attending a POTLUCK with some of the Toronto bloggers! So exciting. Can I tell you how I psyched I am to go to a potluck where EVERYTHING is WW-friendly, and has the points calculated right there for you! I can’t wait.
day 3 and the food keeps coming!
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Hi guys! I am seriously POOPED today. I’m so glad tomorrow is Friday.
Okay, let’s get started.
I decided to switch up breakfast just a bit so you wouldn’t have to look at another picture of pumpkin oats. So today we have:
Blueberry oats!
This mix had:
Grabbed my usual grande bold on the way to work, and a good thing because I ended up in a looooong meeting. Luckily I got out in time for lunch. Basically an exact repeat of Tuesday’s dinner:
Broccoli soup, and a sandwich thin spread with almond butter and apricot preserves. I’m loving this combo, so you’ll probably see it again. :)
Later I had an apple, but – FOOD BLOGGER FAIL – I forgot to take a picture of it until after I’d eaten it. But fear not!
I still managed to get the picture. :)
Later I had another coffee, surprise surprise.
After work I had PLANNED to go to the gym, but I ended up having to work late and then still had to go to my friend’s to cat-sit. Boo! BUT I left all my gym stuff at work so will definitely be going tomorrow instead.
When I got home, it was almost nine and I was super tired, but I wanted to make something interesting to post, so I used a quick recipe I found in Great Food Fast.
Roasted Sweet Potato and Pear (and Tofu!)
Oh man, this one’s a keeper!
First I chopped up two large sweet potatoes, and half a brick of tofu (the tofu is not in the original recipe, but I wanted some protein so I could eat this as a meal, rather than a side.)
In a small bowl, I whisked together:
Baked it all in a 400* oven for maybe 20 minutes, , tossing it all around a couple times. When it was close to being done, I took it out of the oven and added two chopped Bartlett pears. Put back in the oven for maybe ten minutes.
This was really good, but about half-way through I got the bright idea to drizzle a little balsamic glaze over it (plain balsamic vinegar would work just as well) and suddenly it was OVER THE TOP DYNAMITE. Seriously, so good. The sweetness of the pears and the potato, combined with the spiciness of the cayenne and the ginger, with the punch of balsamic?? Seriously delish. Will definitely make again.
To wrap up my evening, I had another good idea.
Greek yogurt topped with lemon curd! This was an attempt to recreate my favourite Liberte Mediterranean lemon yogurt. Sadly, it didn’t quite work, BUT it was mostly because I was disappointed in the quality of the lemon curd I bought. I am more convinced than ever that with the right lemon stuff, this would be amazing!
Okay, my friends. I have a few things left to do this evening (like remove my giant collection of oatmeal bowls off the table before Shaun kills me), so I shall bid you all adieu! Hope you’re all having a good week, and if not, don’t worry, because TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!
Okay, let’s get started.
I decided to switch up breakfast just a bit so you wouldn’t have to look at another picture of pumpkin oats. So today we have:
Blueberry oats!
This mix had:
- 1/3 cup oats
- 2/3 cup almond milk
- 1/3 cup cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, thawed so they got all warm and juicy
- tbsp dried coconut
- little bit of a brown sugar, and about a tsp of coconut butter
Grabbed my usual grande bold on the way to work, and a good thing because I ended up in a looooong meeting. Luckily I got out in time for lunch. Basically an exact repeat of Tuesday’s dinner:
Broccoli soup, and a sandwich thin spread with almond butter and apricot preserves. I’m loving this combo, so you’ll probably see it again. :)
Later I had an apple, but – FOOD BLOGGER FAIL – I forgot to take a picture of it until after I’d eaten it. But fear not!
I still managed to get the picture. :)
Later I had another coffee, surprise surprise.
After work I had PLANNED to go to the gym, but I ended up having to work late and then still had to go to my friend’s to cat-sit. Boo! BUT I left all my gym stuff at work so will definitely be going tomorrow instead.
When I got home, it was almost nine and I was super tired, but I wanted to make something interesting to post, so I used a quick recipe I found in Great Food Fast.
Roasted Sweet Potato and Pear (and Tofu!)
Oh man, this one’s a keeper!
First I chopped up two large sweet potatoes, and half a brick of tofu (the tofu is not in the original recipe, but I wanted some protein so I could eat this as a meal, rather than a side.)
In a small bowl, I whisked together:
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp minced ginger (I buy it in a jar and keep it in the fridge)
- 1/8th tsp of cayenne pepper.
Baked it all in a 400* oven for maybe 20 minutes, , tossing it all around a couple times. When it was close to being done, I took it out of the oven and added two chopped Bartlett pears. Put back in the oven for maybe ten minutes.
This was really good, but about half-way through I got the bright idea to drizzle a little balsamic glaze over it (plain balsamic vinegar would work just as well) and suddenly it was OVER THE TOP DYNAMITE. Seriously, so good. The sweetness of the pears and the potato, combined with the spiciness of the cayenne and the ginger, with the punch of balsamic?? Seriously delish. Will definitely make again.
To wrap up my evening, I had another good idea.
Greek yogurt topped with lemon curd! This was an attempt to recreate my favourite Liberte Mediterranean lemon yogurt. Sadly, it didn’t quite work, BUT it was mostly because I was disappointed in the quality of the lemon curd I bought. I am more convinced than ever that with the right lemon stuff, this would be amazing!
Okay, my friends. I have a few things left to do this evening (like remove my giant collection of oatmeal bowls off the table before Shaun kills me), so I shall bid you all adieu! Hope you’re all having a good week, and if not, don’t worry, because TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!
day 2 food blogging, and boot camp measurements!
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Are you there, blog? It’s me, Andrea. As promised, here are today’s fancy eatings. Ok, not so fancy.
First up, same as yesterday, pumpkin oats.
Same mix as yesterday.
By the way, I am totally lazy and cook my oats in the microwave!
Grabbed a coffee on the way to work, but I’ve decided I’m not going to photograph and post those, because a) they’re just coffee, I never get anything exciting, and b) I literally get the same thing every frigging day. So just imagine me a drinking a grande bold.
For lunch, I had the same thing as yesterday (the crab, avocado, brown rice salad.) But, funny story: lying in bed last night I realized I was all out of lettuce. So I was all DAMN! And then I started thinking of what else I could have for lunch tomorrow, and figuring I’d just grab Subway. But then I thought, “Andrea! Step away from the saltines! You had a plan, now how can you make it work?”
So what I did is I packed all my salad toppings, including the dressing, in a smaller tupperwear, and on the way to work I bought a container of lettuce.
Ok, I guess that story isn’t THAT funny. But I was pleased with myself for how I dealt with the situation.
A quick pic:
Later I snacked on an apple with almond butter. Check this arty shot out:
Looking at this picture makes me want to stick my finger (or a spoon I SUPPOSE) directly into that jar. Mmmmm.
Another unphotographed coffee after this.
This evening I had boot camp, and on boot camp nights I don’t do a real dinner, just two kinda large ‘snacks’. So pre-boot camp I had this delish baked sweet potato topped with salsa.
And I was still a bit hungry, so I had a few dried apricots. ( + 1 or 2 more that didn’t make the photo!)
And after I got home from boot camp (a mere half-hour ago!) I had this little treat:
This was 175 g of plain yogurt (yes, weighed on my scale and everything!), sweetened with 1 tbsp. honey, and topped with some frozen mixed fruit, thawed (mango, peaches, pineapple, and kiwi). And a generous sprinkling of dried coconut.
That’s it guys! Another delicious day!
OH, wait, I promised you an update on my boot camp measurements.
Sooo, according to the scale we use there, I was down 3.4 lbs, which was great. And here are my measurements. This is for 4 weeks.
Upper arm, left: 12” / 11.5
Upper arm, right: 12 / 12
Chest: 37.5 / 37
Waist: 35 / 34.5
Hips: 42 / 40
Buttocks: 45.5 / 45
Upper thigh, left: 27.5 / 26
Upper thigh, right: 26.5 / 26.5
Not too shabby, right? Now I only have one question, what the heck am I doing with my left thigh that I’m NOT doing with my right???
First up, same as yesterday, pumpkin oats.
Same mix as yesterday.
- 1/3 cup oats
- 2/3 cup almond milk
- 1/3 cup pumpkin
- 1/3 cup cottage cheese
- little bit of brown sugar, little bit of pumpkin pie spice
By the way, I am totally lazy and cook my oats in the microwave!
Grabbed a coffee on the way to work, but I’ve decided I’m not going to photograph and post those, because a) they’re just coffee, I never get anything exciting, and b) I literally get the same thing every frigging day. So just imagine me a drinking a grande bold.
For lunch, I had the same thing as yesterday (the crab, avocado, brown rice salad.) But, funny story: lying in bed last night I realized I was all out of lettuce. So I was all DAMN! And then I started thinking of what else I could have for lunch tomorrow, and figuring I’d just grab Subway. But then I thought, “Andrea! Step away from the saltines! You had a plan, now how can you make it work?”
So what I did is I packed all my salad toppings, including the dressing, in a smaller tupperwear, and on the way to work I bought a container of lettuce.
Ok, I guess that story isn’t THAT funny. But I was pleased with myself for how I dealt with the situation.
A quick pic:
Later I snacked on an apple with almond butter. Check this arty shot out:
Looking at this picture makes me want to stick my finger (or a spoon I SUPPOSE) directly into that jar. Mmmmm.
Another unphotographed coffee after this.
This evening I had boot camp, and on boot camp nights I don’t do a real dinner, just two kinda large ‘snacks’. So pre-boot camp I had this delish baked sweet potato topped with salsa.
And I was still a bit hungry, so I had a few dried apricots. ( + 1 or 2 more that didn’t make the photo!)
And after I got home from boot camp (a mere half-hour ago!) I had this little treat:
This was 175 g of plain yogurt (yes, weighed on my scale and everything!), sweetened with 1 tbsp. honey, and topped with some frozen mixed fruit, thawed (mango, peaches, pineapple, and kiwi). And a generous sprinkling of dried coconut.
That’s it guys! Another delicious day!
OH, wait, I promised you an update on my boot camp measurements.
Sooo, according to the scale we use there, I was down 3.4 lbs, which was great. And here are my measurements. This is for 4 weeks.
Upper arm, left: 12” / 11.5
Upper arm, right: 12 / 12
Chest: 37.5 / 37
Waist: 35 / 34.5
Hips: 42 / 40
Buttocks: 45.5 / 45
Upper thigh, left: 27.5 / 26
Upper thigh, right: 26.5 / 26.5
Not too shabby, right? Now I only have one question, what the heck am I doing with my left thigh that I’m NOT doing with my right???
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