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Lazy To Overambitious

by Jenn (j3nn.net) on July 27, 2010

I put off doing a blog update all weekend because I didn’t want to get the images off of my mom’s memory card, lol. I brought her camera to the restaurant we went to with my cousin Tricia last Friday, it’s so much easier to use a small point and shoot cam than my DSLR. The restaurant was in a nice location on the river, but the food was unremarkable. Probably why I haven’t been too excited to transfer the images, lol.

I’m happy to report that I haven’t gained back any of the weight I lost while eating a semi-raw diet! When Aunt Flo was around I did gain 2 lbs, but they came back off when she headed out of town. Glad she took her baggage with her!! :D And that’s even after overindulging in sodium this weekend — deli sandwiches, my weakness. So when Monday morning came around, I decided to continue this positive downward trend and set out for a long, long walk. But first: breakfast!

I had a container of Fage Total 0% Greek strained yogurt with just about .50-.75 serving left in it, so I took advantage of not needing to dirty a dish and piled on some tasty toppings. No fuss, no muss!

I defrosted an Udi’s gluten-free blueberry muffin (240 cal) the night before…

… WOW! :o Cannot believe these are gluten free! They taste SO amazing! They’re moist, chewy, soft, and absolutely delicious. You can’t tell that they’re gluten-free, they’re THAT good. Udi’s, you rock! If I ever go gluten free, take stock out in Udi’s, my friends! LOL :mrgreen:

With a full belly, I headed outside to walk with my mom on her favorite road trail. This is where I got overambitious. We walked for just over 1.5 hours, and it damn near killed me, lol. :oops: It wasn’t just a leisurely sidewalk stroll, it was a very hilly path where eventually you hit a patch of mud and rocks — no pavement, minimum maintenance road — I wasn’t ready for such an ambitious climb. I thought it would be a breeze, but it was tough. We covered 4-6 miles, I’m not sure exactly. I tried to figure it out on mapmyrun.com but the road names weren’t matching up for some reason. My mom walks around our 1400-acre subdivision on an almost-daily basis, so she’s used to it and stayed about 1/4 mile ahead of me the entire time, lol. And she had my drink in her nap sack, Thanks Mom!! :roll: She kept turning around to make sure I was behind her, but apparently my flailing arms weren’t a good enough indication that I was thirsty, LOL. I was so sore when we got home, and even more so the next day. Even my shoulders hurt. What the heck? It was a brutal walk. I’ll have to do it a few more times to adjust, but it’s definitely not easy. I’ll master it, though. :)

After a much-needed shower and some rest, I was starved for dinner (skipped right over lunch). Turkey or salmon burgers always sound so good to me after a challenging workout, so I kept it simple and made Market Pantry turkey burgers on the George Foreman grill:

Along with a bountiful side salad with lots of Melissa’s steamed beets + Lindsay low sodium black olives. Yum! <3 salad <3

  • One Market Pantry turkey burger (140 cal) on a Food for Life sprouted wheat bun (150 cal) with 1 slice Sargento reduced fat Swiss cheese (60 cal), Heinz no salt added ketchup, no salt added mustard, and red onion
  • Side salad with a bed of romaine lettuce, a plum tomato, red onion, Lindsay low sodium black olives, Melissa’s steamed beets, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, and lots of red wine vinegar — Cento is my favorite brand. So sour!

Fish Fest

Dustin’s been so busy programming that he hasn’t had time to go anywhere with me. :( So, I went to Shop Rite with mom this evening and picked up a special dinner for him: snow crab legs. Meanwhile, I had a nice piece of grilled Mahi mahi. Crab legs are a wee bit too salty for me when I’m trying to keep my sodium intake in check, so I settled for just one bite of his and a very nice fish dinner of my own. Mahi mahi tastes just like chicken to me, anyone else think that? I swear if I didn’t know better, I would think that it is chicken. :shock: I <3 it, it's my second my favorite non-shellfish, salmon still has my heart. hehe Ok, maybe third... tuna is up there as well.

I topped it with some Bubbie Jeanne’s all purpose cooking sauce that I picked up at Mother Earth’s last Friday…

It actually reminded me a lot of Trader Joe’s no salt added fire roasted salsa, minus the jalapenos. It was tasty, but not something I’d spend $7+ on again. I think I had higher expectations when I spotted it in the store, lol.

Big piece ‘O mahi mahi :shock: I ate it all, too! :P I also ate almost a whole bunch of grilled asparagus. :oops: Told you, I’m greedy with the greens, lol.

  • Grilled mahi mahi fillet topped with Bubbie Jeanne’s all purpose cooking sauce
  • Small boiled red potato topped with Chobani 0% fat plain Greek strained yogurt
  • Grilled asparagus with EVOO + fig infused white balsamic vinegar

Calories: 500-600

Delicious. Honestly, I was feeling full halfway through, but finished my plate anyway. I only had about 300 calories from a sandwich + plum earlier, and it’s definitely not good to under-eat when my body is trying to recover from that brutal walk. I’m not being dramatic, I swear. :P I’ll probably have another small meal before I go to sleep. I’m going to tackle that hilly walk again tomorrow, so I better not P.O. my body in the meantime, lol.

I’m going to relax now, maybe load some new songs onto my iPod.

Question: What’s your favorite fish?

Tagged as: asparagus, boiled red potato, Bubbie Jeanne's all purpose cooking sauce, Chobani yogurt, Fage Total 0% plan Greek strained yogurt, Fage yogurt, Food for Life sprouted wheat roll, Lindsay low sodium black olives, mahi mahi, Melissa's steamed beets, salad, Sargento reduced fat Swiss cheese, turkey burger, Udi's gluten free blueberry muffins

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Fish and Chocolate Chips

by Jenn (j3nn.net) on March 5, 2010

I think Dustin’s feeling a little better, but not quite all the way there yet. I’m crossing my fingers that tomorrow is the day that he wakes up feeling great. I haven’t gone anywhere since last week and I’ve got the itch. I need to soothe it was a mini shopping spree. lol I actually need some spring nightgowns, plus we have to return the carpet cleaner that we got mom for her birthday–wrong one. :roll: Who knew they make one with multiple mini rotating brushes at the bottom? I certainly didn’t. So apparently I got the old fashioned, one spinning brush kind. My mother is obsessed with vacuums. No, I’m serious. She goes through 3 or 4 a year because she’s always breaking them! I bought her an Oreck for Christmas, she doesn’t like that one either. She has a Dyson, loved that one but broke the handle. :| Whatever floats her boat; I’m all for fetishes that keeps a house with 6 cats sparkling clean. LOL

I did a lot of picking while cooking today. :oops: Probably because I didn’t eat until 7 hours after I woke up. :shock: It was just one of those days, ya know? I defrosted some salmon in the fridge overnight, then turned it into brunch later on in the evening. Dustin requested hot dogs, so we had a food party this evening, including cupcakes baked by the vacuum slayer and decorated by moi. :D

Fridays just seem like a fish and chips sort of day to me. Maybe because a lot of people eat fish on Fridays? Well, I didn’t have traditional fried fish and chips, but I made an equally delicious version:

Salmon with gorgonzola spread and avocado drizzled with honey on a sprouted grain roll, red potato oven fries and steamed asparagus

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It’s that time of year again! The time to find beautiful fresh asparagus in season. I don’t care for the thick stalks, I prefer the very thin, tenders stalks. I think asparagus just might be my number one favorite green veggie, but shhhhhhhhhh… don’t tell lettuce, spinach, brussels sprouts or broccoli! ;)

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  • 4oz salmon filet (120 cal) pan-fried with EVOO, then placed on an Ezekiel 4:9 sprouted grain roll (170 cal) with 14g gorgonzola spread (45 cal), 22g avocado, and 3g honey
  • Red potato oven fries; parboiled, then cut and drizzled with EVOO + garlic salt + black pepper, then roasted on 400F for about 20-25 minutes on a baking sheet. Heinz no salt added ketchup on the side.
  • Steamed asparagus (microwaved with a bit of water and covered with saran wrap)

I didn’t keep track of the calories, this was my biggest meal of the day, though. It was fantastic! The salmon sandwich was salmonsational, loved the touch of honey mixed with the gorgonzola. Mmmm! And the oven fries were outrageously good, just as good, if not better than anything regular deep fried ‘tater. :P Later on I had some leftover meatballs and a turkey sandwich with 1oz turkey and1 slice bread.

While I was making dinner, mom was making cupcake batter. Swooooooooooooooooooooooon! They baked while we ate, you can just imagine how much better dinner tasted when you’re in a room that smells like cupcakes. :mrgreen:

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She made the recipe on the back of Hershey’s special dark chocolate powder container, but substituted real butter for the vegetable oil, which I highly recommend. This dark chocolate powder is excellent!

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I helped make the butter cream frosting with butter, powdered sugar and my secret ingredient:

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1 teaspoon Chambord (raspberry liquor) instead of vanilla, which makes it a light raspberry flavored frosting. :o I decided to get fancy and decorate them with a pastry bag and added some mini chocolate chips on top. I had one after Dustin and I watched a movie on Pay-Per-View (Everybody’s Fine with Robert DeNiro and Drew Barrymore — so sad!)

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Oh my! Best cupcake EVER!! The cake part was so incredibly moist and chocolaty, WOW! It actually tasted like chocolate pudding to me, it was just amazing. Dark chocolate in baking ROCKS! Totally loved it, can you tell? LOL Next time you want to bake something chocolate, use this dark chocolate powder and thank me later. :) Dustin fell asleep right after movie, he needs his rest, but he doesn’t have a sweet tooth, so he didn’t want a cupcake anyway. I mean, he will eat desserts and treats, but he never ever craves them. Never looks for a sweet palate cleanser after dinner; never adds ice cream or cookies to the shopping cart. Then again, he’s addicted to Coca Cola so he definitely gets his sugar fixes, but he says it doesn’t taste sweet to him, probably because he’s desensitized at this point. *sigh* Honestly I think he’s addicted to the caffeine more than the sugar. Terrible habit he picked up from working 36 hours straight in his teens and early 20s; he hardly ate anything, just drank caffeinated beverages and would go days without eating. If I didn’t remind him to eat now, he would still probably only eat once a day or every other day lol. :? And I thought sugar was supposed to make you hungrier? I imagine his brain must use a lot of glucose programming in 5 languages, he’s like a coding machine. It’s a little freaky, but very attractive. Nerd love <3 hehe

Alright, I'm rambling. Very, very tired--almost 5:00AM. Must go beddy byes. :)

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