Committed

Today was an OK day.  I was grumpy and I have been lately more than normal.  I think it might be because I’m not turning to food when things get stressful.  I need to start meditating or taking nighttime walks (I already take walks every morning, and its my favorite time of my day!).

I saw a gastroenterologist today.  He wants to pair me with a nutritionist because of my numerous digestive problems.  But, there are a few tests that need to be run so it could take weeks or even months to get that started.  I have to admit, I’ve always wanted to work with a nutritionist.  As we already know, I have a lot of food issues (both physical, like intolerance / sensitivity, and emotional, like confusing twinkies for hugs).

Otherwise I did not have any problems staying on plan.  I’m still a little bit hungry, so I might have some walnuts and a fruit popsicle.  My food diary entries are below.

Breakfast was the usual 2 coffees and cereal w/ soymilk and a DanActive….

For my lunch I brought a frozen Amy’s Garden Lasagna (photo below).

For my snacks I brought grapes, tomatoes, applesauce, blueberries, but I ended up only eating the tomatoes and the blueberries.

I was at a loss for dinner, so I ended up doing a semi-snacking thing which I try to avoid.  I ate a few handfuls of crackers with a bean-tuna dip (pictured and described below), and then had a green salad with tomatoes, olives, and annie’s natural shitake dressing.

The bean-tuna dip was something I found in my Clean Eating cookbook.  It called for a few things I didn’t have so I just made it with 1 can of cannellini bins, 1 can of tuna, a few squirts of lemon, a shake of dried onions, salt, frozen cilantro, and some dried dill.

I should have pureed the beans, and then stirred in the tuna but I ultra-pureed the entire mix so it looked like a pate.  When I first made it, it was room temp and it just looked so unappetizing - I nearly tossed it out right then.  But I refridgerated it and came back with some crackers and it was pretty good!  If you like tuna salad, but don’t want the fat of mayo, this is a great alternative.

Fitday (not including the fruit popsicle I’m about to have):

Grams Calories %-Cals Calories 1,311 Fat 33.6 300 23 % Saturated 7.7 69 5 % Polyunsaturated 0.8 7 1 % Monounsaturated 1.7 15 1 % Carbohydrate 209.1 820 62 % Dietary Fiber 27.6 Protein 51.0 201 15 % Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat ( 23 %) Carbs ( 62 %) Protein ( 15 %) Alcohol ( 0 %)