Hey everybody! Today I’m participating in a link up called #WIAW – What I Ate Wednesday!
Breakfast
I have a couple days off before I start my new job, so I cleaned ALL DAY. Whew. If you ever want to work your booty off, bust out the shop vac and start sucking up the corners of your house. I never knew that much cat hair/spider webs/dust was possible. (Yeah, yeah, I know – who has a day off and cleans? This girl.) When I was sweaty and gross from cleaning, I had some lunch… a turkey sandwich on whole wheat with a side salad with fat free ranch.
Lunch
Then I did some errands and some more chores before having a mid-afternoon snack of rainier cherries and a Hansen’s soda. Rainier cherries may be prettier than Bing, but I don’t think they’re any tastier. I’ll stick with my blood-red cherries, thank you very much.
Cherries and Soda
Dinner was a little bit of a treat – something way heavier than I usually eat. Matt and I picked up some sourdough bread from Boudin on our way home from Lake Tahoe, and we paired it with Italian beef with sweet peppers. I grew up eating this Chicago classic – a pot roast cooked all day in a crock pot with onions, green peppers, garlic and Italian seasonings. Spoon it over some toasted bread with melted cheese and you’re in Heaven. This sandwich came in at about 475 calories… high, but worth every bite.
Knife N' Fork Italian Beef Sandwich
Then, Matt and I watched the first episode of this season’s Breaking Bad… (OMG! Anyone else watch?! CRAZZZZZY!) and then I needed some dessert. I settled on this mini Cadbury Caramello ice cream bar at 160 calories.
Image used from Goodhousekeeping.com
I ended the day with 97 calories leftover, and I’m pleasantly full. Today was a good example of how eating for weight loss doesn’t always have to be a drag – I got to eat plenty of food that was delicious and yummy and stayed within my calorie count. I’ll now be weighing in Fridays at my awesome RD’s suggestion (my weekend bloat can screw up my whole “healthy eating” mindset if I weigh in on a Monday). I’ve also gotten some good workouts in this week, so I’m excited to see what next week’s weigh in looks like!
So, now it’s your turn – what did you eat on Wednesday? If you want to blog it, visit Peas and Crayons and don’t forget to link up!
That steak sandwich looks delicious! Well done on staying within your calories – I almost never manage it still no matter how hard I try (I think it has to do with beer…ahem!…). I just started Breaking Bad from season 1 this week, I’m still undecided about it, but everyone I know raves about it, so I’m sticking with it into season 2… Like the idea of weighing in on a Friday instead of a Monday. Good luck keeping it up!
What is this Hansen’s soda? I haven’t heard of it. And cherries are next on my list of fruit to try. Which may mean in like, 2 years. I hate the texture of raspberries/blackberries (too weird) but I am wondering if cherries will be a good one for me. Fingers crossed!