I’m a paparazzi, pa-pa-pa-paparazzi~ Food Diary: Day Nine

Even though I stayed home from school yesterday, I was busy working on a group project (via Skype) et being super lazy (aka watching dramas instead of updating, ho!)

I have decided to change the layout of how I post. Usually I lump all of my snacks into one big “snack” category, but I need to start tracking when my snacks are, because I find that I am still prone to the late night munchies! :( Though lately I have been good about eating healthier options vs. reaching for the salt, BUT STILL.

Food for yesterday, March 29:

Breakfast: vegan brownie. HAHA :(

Lunch : Plain greek yogurt with a handful of granola and strawberries

Snack: handful of oven fries

Dinner: spinach salad with turkey breast, boiled egg, cheese, avocado, grape tomatoes, carrot, cucumber, and garlic sprouts. 2 tbsp. ranch dressing. 1/2 cup cottage cheese.

Snack: edamame, bowl of popcorn w/olive oil

Drinks: 1 glass Diet Pepsi, 1 glass of 2% milk, water

Overall I feel pretty good about my food choices, but I REALLY need to get better at distributing my eating! Again, I am at school during the day (usually), so I have a meal before I go, and that is IT until I get home. No snacks or anything. Horrific for the metabolism, yo. So starting tomorrow I am going to bring a snack to have in between my classes. MUST COMBAT MIDNIGHT MUNCHIES.

Bad girl, good girl~ Food Diary: Day Five

I was sooooo bad today.  And I can’t even use the excuse “Oh, my bestie was in town!” because she ended up bailing on me to hang out with her FWB! Haha! We did eventually end up hanging out since she’s spending the night here, but yeah. Not till like 1:00 AM, so I can’t even attribute my bad eating to that. Heuh.

Brunch: bagel with cream cheese. Again. UGHHH I need to either make my breakfast the night before or get my ass out of bed earlier!

Dinner: Turkey breast sandwich on whole grain bread – turkey, garlic sprouts, a little cheese, tomato, lettuce, dill pickles, mayo, and a wee bit of mustard. 1/2 a cup of  cottage cheese on the side.

and then the going gets bad…

Dinner #2: (because it was too big to call it a snack, sobs) 비빔밥 [bibimbap] — or some bastardized version of it, anyway. White rice with bok choy, spinach, onion, garlic, corn, peas, kimchi, laver, topped with an egg and 고추장 (red pepper paste).

So Asian. And so delicious. Should not have skimped out on my first dinner, though D: But I thought I was hanging out and would likely be snacking later on appies or something, so… sigh.

Snacks: Nature Valley Oats & Honey granola bar, salt and pepper Kettle chips, $1 candy bag from 7/11 (I told myself nooooo, but it happened. Though at least is was only $1 candy bag…)

Drinks: a tall Starbucks caramel macchiato (Strike 2!), 2 glasses Diet Pepsi, water (close to a liter and a half~)

So, good things about today were that I got my veggies in thanks to my veggie-filled bibimbap. Bad thing is the amount of junk, especially since I used up my cheats this week! But, I must applaud myself for sticking to my “two tall Starbucks coffees a week” thing, as well as getting plenty of water. BUT STILL DJAKLEWJALKEWA.

Good news is that tomorrow, despite drinking, I hopefully will not be eating like crap. Or at least I plan not to. Sob. I am getting more hummus at the store tomorrow and hopefully getting the ingredients to bake these, which should hopefully satisfy my sweet cravings without being chock full of butter and shit.

Nom nom! Food Diary: Day Two

I originally was going to eat a delicious, wholesome breakfast this morning, but I had to get up earlier to meet up with a group to work on a presentation (ugh), my roommate woke me up at 8:30 when she got back from her boyfriend’s, because she didn’t have her keys to get in our place (the reason why she didn’t have her keys is because of fail on my part yesterday, so I couldn’t be mad, but double. Ugh.), I didn’t get back to sleep until I had to get up (triple ugh), and I couldn’t get my ass out of bed (quadruple ugh). SO, teeth were brushed, face was washed, makeup was slapped on, I put on the first clothes I saw, ponytail was hurriedly tied, and I ran out the door.

Thus:

Brunch: A turkey wrap – turkey breast on a whole-wheat tortilla, with spicy hummus, garlic sprouts, cucumber, and lettuce. An apple.

Dinner: Roast chicken, oven roasted potatoes, and a spinach/tomato salad with a little balsamic vinegar as a dressing

Recipe here. I only had half a chicken, so I halfed the recipe, and also modified it because I didn’t have red wine vinegar or fresh thyme. Instead I used dried thyme, as well as half balsamic vinegar/half apple cider vinegar. Was still delicious! Oh, and I also used three chili peppers, since I like spicy stuff :p I probably could have added one more even, but I didn’t want to get too adventurous in case it was too much.

Also, as a side note, my serving sizes are not as huge at they look in the picture ;; I had one small potato, a chicken wing, and a little bit of the breast meat!

Snacks: A piece of reduced fat banana chocolate chip loaf, a few rice crackers — I am also planning on having one more snack in a little bit, of the fruit variety. Possibly strawberries with 1/2 a cup of plain greek yogurt.

Drinks: tall Starbucks vanilla latte (strike one from my limit of 2 for the week), 2 glasses of Diet Pepsi, water

This blog is really useful for resisting temptation! :P I went to London Drugs today to pick up more olive oil, and it was a bit of a struggle stopping myself from picking up something snack-y (read: high in sugar and fat), but then I thought of how I would have to report it on the blog, and how that would mean I would have given up BOTH of my cheats for this week already and it’s only Tuesday. So I resisted. Go me.

Goals for tomorrow: eating a decent breakfast (hopefully). And drinking more water! :)