There is a theory that you should eat this way. Breakfast being your biggest meal, then a lighter lunch and even a lighter dinner. I believe my day went like this:
Breakfast like a Prince, Lunch like a Pauper and Dinner like a King! In the whole grand scheme of things, I met all my goals except going over in the grams of fat department by a mere 9 grams. But I am not sure it makes sense to have such a high meal at night, when hours later you are just going to bed!
Breakfast was my typical egg sammie – 1 Arnold thin, 1 egg, 2 pieces center cut bacon and 1/2 ounce of Swiss. I’ve been trying to drink more water and filled up a big glass with breakfast!
In trying to clean out my fridge with what’s left, I had three of my chicken potstickers left. Then I noticed in the back of the fridge I had these:
It’s a love/hate with these noodles – either you love them or hate them! I give them a brisk rinse under cold water and they are good to go. I had 1 jalapeno pepper left, some broccoli slaw and bean sprouts – a spicy Thai soup was born! Only problem? This whole bowl comes in at only 217 calories!! The base of the soup was this:
Mixed with 2 cups of water and then I just simmered everything with the sliced jalapenos for about 10 minutes.
This took me forever to eat! It was nice and spicy! We had food leftover from a meeting and I did sneak in a small slice of sausage pizza for about 161 calories! 😀
I had no clue what to make for dinner so we decided to go out! I had a buy one get one 1/2 off entree. Just so happens they had a beer special – Sam Adams light for only $2!
Tony got a draft beer and I really wanted to steal this glass!
I ended up getting the chicken fajita plate – I had 3 corn tortillas, all the guacamole, 1/3 of the refried beans and none of the rice – and about 3/4 of the chicken pepper mixture – happily with no onions!
See that pickle at the top of my plate? Every time we go out, Tony gives me his dill pickle because he knows I love them so much!
No exercise today, but I plan on hitting the gym hard tomorrow! (Any pep talks would be greatly appreciated!)
Stats for the Day
- 1463 calories
- 71 fat
- 119 carbs
- 94 protein
- 21 fiber
- no exerise 🙁
Gotta scoot – the Office is on! See you tomorrow night – only one more day til the weekend! 😀
i really like that meal philosophy, it makes a lot of sense. i usually do things the opposite, which is probably why i’m having the derndest time losing weight!
good luck at the gym tomorrow!
Oh, I just tried those noodles recently! I *love* them with spaghetti sauce…finally feel like I can get a decent amount of noodles! (Although I’ve always preferred the sauce part, since we make ours very meaty.)
I checked our store for the chilean sea bass, and no luck. I like all different kinds of fish, and we live right near the ocean, so you’d think it would be easier to incorporate into our diet! Frugal hubby, though, does most of our shopping and cooking, and the kids don’t like fish, so not much fish on the menu. I ought to pick it up for the weekends, though, when I do more of the cooking.
Thanks for popping over, and congrats on your great a1c! I think that managing diabetes with insulin must truly be a juggling act. (I did so briefly when pregnant both times, but the hormones had my blood sugars constantly going up, so I didn’t have the lows.)
Think of the muscles you will be defining at the gym!
Your dinner looks so good – I made chicken tacos last night and still want more after seeing your picture…love Mexican food!
You can do it!!!
Yum! What a delicious day.
And aren’t Arnold Thins the neatest thing ever? Love them!
Get that exercise in! Good luck at the gym, work hard! ♥
wasn’t the office super funny last night?? i love all the nbc shows on thursday night except community, just CANNOT get into that one at all!!!
i wish i could switch my day around and breakfast like a prince but i LOVE eating my big meal at night. oops!!!
GET THAT EXERCISE TODAY!!!! you will feel amazing after you’ve rocked out a great workout!!!!!!!!!!!
I still need to try those noodles for myself! I like weird foods so I’d probably end up liking these as well 😉
Good luck with the gym today! Just think of that endorphin rush!!
I use this analogy or whatever with my patients (not sure if you know this about me but I taught diabetes classes when I was working as a clinic dietitian in Vegas): Most of what you actually do is in the earlier part of the day and food is energy, so you actually want your energy (or to fuel) the activity that you do. Most of the time we wind down by evening so there is not as great of a need to fuel this part of our day. Most energy expenditure occurs during the day and we want sufficent energy for this.
On the other hand with diabetes management it is a consistent carb diet and carbs should be the same (roughly) for all three meals, the difference being any additional calories from fat and protein, so you can still have a bigger breakfast and smaller dinner and keep carbs consistent. Only thing to remember is the inclusion of fat/protein (not huge amounts of course) in the evening to slow glucose absorption and sustain glucose levels throughout the night while you sleep.
Also the thing to keep in mind is that an eating schedule must also reflect your actual daily schedule so people working night shifts have to alter their meal times accordingly (like I said I came from Vegas so I was constantly reworking meal times for people!).
Wow – thanks for all the info! 😀
I breakfast like a pauper, lunch like a king, and dinner like a king.
Haha!
Hope you get some work-out in! Remember that refreshing shower after a good sweat…the BEST feeling ever! 😀
I love having a nice big breakfast on the weekends – I really do eat less later on then. Looks like a fabulous dinner, now I’m craving Mexican!
lol, I was wondering about the pickle…seemed an unusual addition to the fajita plate. 😉
I def have King dinners but it is so hard to dial it down after eating that way for … well, forever.
Plus, dh can’t always take, no lets be honest, Won’t always take enough time to eat a decent lunch so instead he grazes on his lunch all day long. This means a big ol’ hungry man comes home wanting a generous dinner. lol Telling him to eat a bigger breaky & a smaller dinner would probably be jaw dropping.
Pep talk? Ummm, I haven’t worked out since Monday & tomorrow is Friday (Eeeeeeeeeek!) so work out extra for me! Did that help? lol
I’m taking a long walk tomorrow pushing the 50lbs of boy & stroller – promise – so I’ll be working out with you…just long distance.
Have a great week!
Lynn
I would have gotten the same thing for dinner!
The kids have no school tomorrow, so I may have a cold one tonight!
You still didn’t do bad calorie wise, and your lunch was so low, so I think you did great!
I am trying to motivate myself to go the gym tonight – I’m thinking of how good I feel after I go…and how the endorphins last for 4 hours. 🙂
I’ve never heard that theory, but Johnny and I were just talking about this today. With his huge work project coming up, he’s been working at home to program to avoid the distractions of the office. We’ve been eating a bigger meal in the afternoon together and lighter dinners. I’m not sure I like it though, b/c I’ve never been a snacker and I can’t stop myself from munching on any and everything at night!
I have a buy 1 get 1 free coupon for Mexican! Thanks for reminding me – maybe we’ll use it tomorrow.
You almost lost me when I saw the tofu… Thank god you had a beer to kill that awful aftertaste 😉
You have the same aversion to tofu as my husband! 😀
Yummy eats- I used to loooove Sam Adams Light, but I’ve gotten sick of it lately!
Just think how good you feel after breaking a sweat & meeting your exercise goals for the day! That’s how I convince myself!