Camping Eats...Or Not

Yesterday I had a my usual smoothie, but I added spirulina and brown rice protein. I felt a little weird after...are there any weird effects of spirulina? I know that it is possible to get to much Vit A.If anyone has any personal experiences with it, feel free to comment!Then for lunch I had 2 pieces of european rye bread with 2 apples. Sorry no pics, I was busy packing to go camping. So for dinner at the campsite, everyone had tacos...yuck. It was super hot, and I didn't really feel like eating much anyways, I munched on 2 cukes fresh from the garden, some strawberries, and an apple.

For breakfast today I had my usual banana cinnamon oatmeal, with some apple slices on the side. I munched on grapes until 10am.

When I got home at 1pm, I decided to make some sweet potato fries with steamed veggies for lunch. I blanched the sweet potatoes, then peeled and sliced them and placed them on a lightly oiled baking tray. Then they went into a 425 degree oven for 15 mins, I mixed them, another 15 and mix, and then keep checking and mixing them until they are your desired brownness/crispiness. For the steamed veggies I made fresh green beans, broccoli, and asparagus. The picture is rather messy...I was very hungry!
We are supposed to be getting some major thunderstorms here soon, and I love to bake when it is stormy. I am just browsing online now to decide what I want to make, I'll post it later!

Work, Work, Work

I have been working everyday for the past 5 days (8hr shifts), usually 7am-3pm. I haven't been taking pictures at work, because it is too much hassle.

Yesterday morning I just had a plain blueberry banana green smoothie for breakfast. My stomach is still a little wonky due to what I think was the rancid pumpkin seeds. I brought some old-fashioned rolled oats (10-15min) and cinnamon to work. I made 1/3 cup of oats with half a mashed banana, and about a cup of water, in el microwave! I have never cooked oats in the microwave(except when I was little). I much prefer stove top, but these were fine, and worth it to have oatmeal at work! I also had a fuji apple, my favorite kind of apple. When I got home from work I had 2 plain rice cakes, and that's it. Went to bed in order to get up early the next day for work! I know this isn't that much food for one day, but I didn't really feel hungry still due to the bad seeds.Today for breakfast I had my usual blueberry banana green smoothie, but this time I used frozen blueberries and added 1/2 tsp of the spirulina I bought a few days ago. This smoothie was to die for, I love the taste of spirulina in a smoothie! Loved the darker colour!
For lunch at work I brought oatmeal again, same thing exactly as yesterday, complete with fuji apple.

For dinner I had frozen edamames in their shells, I find these to be fresher than the already shelled ones. I boiled them in their shells for 5 mins, then rinse to cool, peel, rinse beans, and throw them back into a frying pan with a touch of extra virgin olive oil, and by a touch I mean the smallest amount. I fry them for about 3 mins or less, until they are just a touch brown (as seen below). I also had one small head of plain steamed broccoli to go with it.

Hot Sunday

Today for breakfast, as promised I had a smoothie. It was basically the same as day 1's smoothie. Except that I used a frozen banana. I really need to get a new blender, this one looks really nice but it is mental loud! Then I had a bowl of Bob's Red Mill Old-Fashioned Muesli with unsweetened almond milk, half an apple with a tbsp of PB, and an orange. My peanut butter is unsweetened and unsalted. Just pure peanuts!
I went to bed at about 8 pm last night, fell asleep immediately, and didn't get up until 9am! That's 13 hrs of sleep! Not to mention I almost always wake up early, around 6:30, even if I go to bed late. At least my sleeping patterns are back to normal and I am all caught up.




After this I went grocery shopping.
I wanted to get a lot of frozen veggies and berries, but sadly there were no good deals. So for produce I bought strawberries, broccoli, earthbound organics spinach, earthbound organics mixed greens, bananas. I usually buy a lot more fruits and veggies but, I wanted to get home and go for a picnic. Other items I bought are Brown rice protein, spirulina powder. Both for smoothies:) Natures Path organic flax plus and heritage bites, quinoa flakes, an apricot bumble bar, vanilla unsweetened almond breeze, and beans(pinto, navy, and aduki) I haven't tried the vanilla unsweetened almond milk, only the original unsweetened. So hopefully it is as good. The cereals were only $2.50 each, a major steal!

For lunch at the park, I packed a large mixed greens salad with apple slices, currants, pumpkin and sunflower seeds. I had my raspberry vinaigrette with it. I also packed the Bumble Bar. I'll let you know how it was.It was soo hot at the park. When I got back I wanted to try out my new brown rice protein powder. I made a strawberry, banana, vanilla almond milk, and protein powder smoothie. It was too liquidy(I added to much almond milk), and I could def taste the powder. I think it will be better in my morning smoothie with spinach and fruit. I also had a really small bowl of the heritage squares I bought today. Oh and the apricot bar was amazing!
That's all for food today. My Dad and I are going to go play tennis once it cools off, so I won't be eating anymore before then or after because I usually don't eat later in the day.

So cancel that, it didn't cool off. We are going to play tomorrow morning. I also had a bowl of the 2 cereals I bought today, mixed dry. with peppermint tea.

Zombie Day

So I set my alarm for 4:30 am, thinking I would bike to work. Wrong! It was cold and dark, and kinda rainy from yesterday, also I was dead tired and hit the snooze button. So when I did get up I made myself a spinach, apple, raspberry, banana, and blueberry smoothie. I used half a banana and used the rest in my banana old-fashioned oatmeal, which also had cinnamon and bit of honey. I drove to work thank goodness!

When my sleep pattern gets messed up, so apparently does everything else. I rarely eat bread/toast, and I did 4 pieces in total while I was at work! Horrible! My intentions were originally good I had 1 piece of toast half with jam half with honey and my own granola bar with tea, as my snack. Then before my break was over I had another piece of toast, and a quarter of an apple with PB. This is where I become ashamed! Then a bunch of freshly baked muffins accidentally broke as we were putting them out for display, so of course I nibbled on those throughout the day. Probably about 2 in total..

Then somehow I figured, I still needed more food. I had our homemade hearty lentil and vegetable bean stew, which is very healthy, but I wasn't even hungry and of course, I had my 3rd and 4th pieces of bread! Dear lord this day was a failure. Then I felt crappy and bloated until 2pm when I got off work. At 2 before I left I made myself a simple banana, apple, and ice smoothie, to sort of refresh me.
PS: sorry for the bad pictures, I was in a rush taking them at work, because my co-workers think I am weird/anal for taking pictures of my food! haha

When I got home, I was so dead tired I could barely get out of the car. I went and read and dwelled over this day of overeating and wayyy too much carbs! But, it really is only one day, and I have to cut myself some slack, especially when I am overtired and not even thinking/functioning normally. So I am not eating anything for the rest of the day because I am still so full, and I really have probably eaten double my normal calorie intake. Tomorrow is a new day, and I don't want to let myself worry about today because I know then I will think "whatever, I already messed up."

Anyways, enough about food. I am so sore from yesterdays mini-muscle workout, my calves and pectorals hurt so much form the calve raises and push-ups. Even though I stretched and ate protein... Also my hamstrings really hurt from biking. Tomorrow morning I plan to have a smoothie for brekky and that's it and do some stretches and maybe do some shopping and packing, even though I don't move out until the 25th. Until then, Tata for now.
Tomorrow will be a much more respectable post, trust me.

First Day of Food Journal!

So I am so excited, I couldn't even wait until the end of the day to post.

For brekky I had a mug of my breakfast looseleaf tea. It has peppermint and green tea, my favourites.
Then I made myself a spinach, apple, banana, and blueberry smoothie. It worked out perfectly, not to sweet, but I still couldn't taste the spinach. I used about a handful and a bit of spinach, 1/3 of an apple(peeled), half a banana, and about 1 cup of blueberries. The consistency and amount it produced was really good two, especially considering this is only the 2nd green smoothie I have ever made. I had this with a small bowl of puffed quinoa cereal and plain unsweetened almond milk, with a few fresh blueberries from a local farmers market. I usually load my cereal with blueberries, but I already had plenty in the smoothie.
After this, I decided I wanted a little bit more so I took out a small granola bar from the freezer(part of the batch I made a few days ago) and had a half glass of plain unsweetened almond milk. The granola bars are just okay. The have old fashioned rolled oats, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, currants, dates, and cinnamon for spice. I used water to bind these and didn't add anything for sweetness besides the dried fruit.
Overall, I'd say this was a pretty good breakfast for day 1. Now I am off to do some calve raises, hamstring and glute exercises, as well as abdominal and oblique work. Plus push-ups. Unfortunately there is supposed to be a thunderstorm and rain later today, so I probably won't bike to work. I love rain and storms, but I wanted to get in some cardio. Oh well!

Before I biked to Cyclepath to get some fenders put on I had a snack of Mary's Organic Crackers and a nori sheet. These crackers are so good. They are wheat and gluten free, with no added oils or fats!

Getting fenders put on at Cyclepath took forever! I got home at about 1:45 and had to be at work at 3. I originally planned to have edamame beans, steamed broccoli, and brown rice. But due to the rush factor I made quinoa instead of rice. It was still really good, except for the fact that I had to scarf it down. Then at about 5:30 at work I had an organic mixed greens salad with currants and a rasberry vinagrette. The rasberry vinagrette I get from our local farmer's market(it's a local company).I felt pretty silly taking a picture of my salad at work! I don't know how this will work in the future. Otherwise day 1 went really well, I worked until 10 pm, however I accepted a 6am-2pm shift for tomorrow! That means I have to get up at 4:45am! I guess we'll see how that turns out.