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Slim Sandwiches and Fluffy Salads

by Jenn (j3nn.net) on July 29, 2010

I’m really into sandwich “thins” lately. They’re just so ideal to hold a full-size sandwich for so few calories. I was excited to find Harvest Pride Slim Buns at Shop Rite the other day: they’re just 80 calories and 120mg sodium each! Of course they’re very thin, but they do the job and they aren’t mini sodium bombs like others tend to be. I still love big, fluffy bread, but it’s hard to keep my sodium under 1500mg/day and make a sandwich when the bread accounts for 300-400mg sodium. :? So sometimes I compromise fluffiness for the sake of saving sodium. But as far as I’m concerned, all sandwiches are the bee’s knees! hehe

Slim salmon burger + fluffy side salad

  • Tossed salad: bed of mixed spring greens (I LOVE frisee! why can’t I find it sold solo??), plum tomato, red onion, cucumber, Lindsay low sodium black olives, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, black pepper, AlsoSalt
  • ~3oz salmon fillet drizzled with liquid smoke and a little EVOO grilled on George Foreman grill on a Harvest Pride Slim Bun (80 cal) with no salt added mustard (5 cal)

Calories: 370-400 calories

Fruity Tooty Udi’s Breakfast

I just had to try an Udi’s gluten free double chocolate muffin that I bought at Mother Earth’s a few weeks ago. And just like their blueberry muffin, it did not disappoint in the least. It was incredible! I defrosted one the night before and had it with a bowl of yogurt + fresh fruit and some raw slivered almonds…

Gorgeous fresh strawberries

Perfect texture, perfect flavor. Better than gluten muffins? Big maybe! You can’t even tell that they’re gluten-free, so I’d say that they’re definitely on the same level as a very delicious, moist gluten muffin. Yum!!

  • 1/2 cup Chobani 0% plain Greek strained yogurt with 1 medium banana (110 cal), 4 large strawberries (25 cal), ~TBSP raw slivered almonds (45 cal)
  • 1 Udi’s gluten free double chocolate muffin (270 cal, has chocolate chips in them!!)

Calories: 520

Udi’s has raised the bar on gluten-free baked goods. So far everything I have tried is amazing. I’m hoping in the future they’ll come out with hot dog and hamburger buns and lower sodium options. I’ll keep my fingers crossed! ;)

Back problems

I haven’t been able to workout due to excruciating back pain. I think my walk on the rough terrain triggered a bout of sciatica or I might have a disk problem. Back problems run rampant on both sides of my family, in fact, I think almost everyone in my family has or has had major back problems. My father, mother, both grandmothers, aunts — geez, everyone! :( I have the worst pain in my lower back on the right side. Sometimes it subsides, but if I move the wrong way the pain takes my breath away. It’s gotten better in the past 24 hours, to a certain degree. When I lie down in bed, it flares up, but then I wake up feeling better. It really sucks that trying to make myself healthier resulted in even more discomfort. If the pain persists I’m going to try to get an MRI or something, but my MD is on vacation until next week, so we’ll see. I’m going to take it easy and try to keep movement to a minimum. Blah, always something, lol.

Tummy is rumbling, time to eat!! :D

Tagged as: Chobani 0% Greek strained plain yogurt, Harvest Pride slim buns, Lindsay low sodium black olives, no salt added mustard, salad, salmon burger, Udi's gluten free double chocolate muffins

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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?

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