Here was today’s plan:
Breakfast: Dried Figs, Grapefruit, Raspberries, Flaxseeds
Lunch: Wild Rice, Spinach
Dinner: Amaranth
Snack: Apricots, Pistachios, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds
Once again, I did not eat all of this. These next 4 days the focus will definitely be preparing the food the night before and then eating all of it.
Part of the beauty of meal plans is supposed to be that you can prepare food the day before and not have to rush in the morning, right? I seem to have forgotten then, because today I arrived at work with no breakfast and only half of my lunch. Lesson learned. Here was today’s plan:
Breakfast: Pineapple, Kiwi, Carrot-Apple Juice
Lunch: Brown Rice, Broccoli
Dinner: Brown Rice, Tomato + Red Pepper + Onion + Garlic + Mustard Seeds sauteed
Snack: Hummus and carrot sticks
I did run home on my lunch break to make up for some missing food, which helped, but I still didn’t eat all of this.
Day two! Here’s the plan this time:
Breakfast: Banana, strawberries, and fresh-squeezed orange juice
Lunch: Sweet Potato and Almonds
Dinner: Quinoa, chard, bamboo shoots, and winter squash
Snack: Millet and almonds
Once again, I didn’t eat all of this. I started off really well, though! I woke up well, went to work juicing my oranges, cut up and washed my strawberries, and then turned my attention to the millet. There is this website I’ve encountered that promises me I can pop various grains in the same manner as popcorn. I have yet to get this to actually work, though. It tells me amaranth, quinoa, and millet are all poppable. To some extent I believe them. The process involves heating up the oil, and while you do that, you put 3 grains in the oil. When they pop, you know it’s ready for the rest. They always pop. It IS possible! BUT, every time I add all the grains, it’s just a big mess of oily, grainy fail. It doesn’t pop, it burns, etc. This time, with the millet, when I noticed it wasn’t working, I tried toasting it instead. Turns out, this isn’t tasty or edible really. Mandee has an air-popper, and this weekend we’re going to try some grains with that. This same site claims air-popping will work for these grains as well. If this works, I’ll pick up an air-popper this weekend when I go to BB&B with my mom. The one they have is the same popper Melalvai has and she said she’s been very pleased with it and that Nelalvai uses it nearly daily, so that’s a good sign. I will keep you all posted on how that goes.
The last attempt at food didn’t last long. I got sick, so my diet consisted of a bottle of orange juice and a bottle of NyQuil for a few days. So… I’m back again and starting again! I have more-or-less the same plan, but I’ve tweaked it a bit. Here was today’s plan:
Breakfast: Blueberries and Grapes
Lunch: Buckwheat and Lima Beans
Dinner: Avocado Rolls and Side of White Rice
Snack: Walnuts, Peas, and Potatoes
So, that was the plan. I didn’t actually eat all that. And initially the plan was to include asparagus with lunch. Unfortunately, i picked up a can of asparagus because I didn’t know how to best prepare fresh asparagus with only a microwave to assist me, so I got the can. Big mistake! For future reference: Canned asparagus is VILE. Ugh. It made me not even want to think about regular asparagus for a while, even. So, I’m leaving that off for a while.
This new plan leaves room for a bit of a whatever-I-feel-like snack in my calories, which I think is very important.
Another thing I think is important is having most of my food during the day. While I’m at work. When I get home, I really have no interest in eating. A dietitian/nutritionist (I forget which she was) told me once that it’s best to eat more earlier in the day and taper off as the day progresses, so she said it was OK that I do this.
