I like making omelets in the morning because I basically set it and forget it. I get my 6 inch skillet out, spray with Pam and then add baby spinach, ham, 1/2 ounce of cheese and pour in the egg white – about 1/2 a cup. Then I just put a lid on it over medium low heat and go about getting ready for work. No tilting the pan, etc. After about 7-8 minutes I’ll take the lid off and see that it’s set, then just remove it to the side of the stove and I let it cool before slipping it into a ziplock bag to take to work. Then I just nuke the bag for 1 minute and out pops my omelet – perfect every time. I had my omelet with a high fiber English muffin and some fruit.
I must have gotten distracted, because when I went to test my blood sugar before working out – it was so high! I must have forgotten to take my insulin with breakfast. Doh. It was actually 11:35 – the clock on my meter only is correct six months out of the year – I have no idea how to fix it. At least the date is right!
I ended up giving myself 5 units of fast acting insulin, and then hit the gym. More squats! This time each squat was 10 reps, so 40 squats in total. Although when I think about it, it’s more like 60 squats because two exercises you alternate legs. Whew! Then finished up with my treadmill sprints – this time I increased my minute sprint each 5 minutes – 4 minutes at 4.0 then 1.0 sprinting – my last sprint was at 8.1 mph! 
Over the weekend when I was getting the steak and shrimp for my Mom’s dinner on Sunday at The Fresh Market, I happened to walk by their prepared foods and actually stopped in my tracks when I saw this broccoli slaw, kale, cranberry and almond salad. Huh. I bought 1/3 of a cup container and it only cost $2.07. I couldn’t buy the ingredients to make it. Well, I was a bit nervous about the kale. I am not a huge fan, but I thought maybe raw in this salad would be okay?
The verdict? It was delicious! Super crunchy, the dressing wasn’t overly sweet. And I could only eat half of it after eating the rest of my tasting plate.
Believe it or not people, I did not meal plan this week. I know! I spent $43 at Heinens with my Mom and Sunday and thought with stuff I have at home I can be creative. I had defrosted two chicken thighs, thinking Tony might like some grilled chicken, but in the end, a baked potato was the only thing that appealed to him. So I got my thinking cap on. What am I going to fix myself with one chicken thigh? I somehow thought of a pita sandwich, but I didn’t have any pita bread. Thanks google! I found this recipe and it couldn’t be easy enough. I do add olive oil to my pan though.
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I love the nice puffy edges:
I ended up making myself a grilled buffalo chicken pita with baby spinach and fat free ranch and Frank’s hot sauce.
This pita was so good – soft in the middle with just a bit of crunch on the outside. Love the nutritional stats too – www.caloriecount.com gives this an A-!
While I made the first one, then made dinner and came back after dinner to cook up the rest, I did notice that after the dough rested for 20 minutes, I got more bubbles than the first one – so I guess you could let the dough rest a bit if you wanted to.
Then after watching the Chicago Little League team make it to the next round, it was time to get Insane! Holy balls I forgot how hard the cardio power and resistance was and how much I am not a fan of jump squats! But, I did about 95% of the routine, which is pretty good. I was schweaty – even my arms were dripping with sweat!
And with that workout, I was an overachiever!
So Day 2 of pretty much staying on track was a success. Oh, and no wine for me last night either – woop!
I have too much going on this morning – I have a batch of granola in the oven, putting stuff together to make a huge ass taco salad for lunch and making a breakfast with one of the pitas. Oh, and I have just 15 minutes to get out the door – ha!
Make it a great day! Oh, and only 3 days left to vote for my recipe – thank you!
I have an Indian friend who makes home made Naan and she only uses flour and water, that’s it! It’s amazing.
I think I’m going to make it because my kids recently discovered Naan when hubby brought some home and now they want it all the time. Store bought is 200 calories for 1/4 of a piece!
CalorieCount gives an A-, but I prefer more detailed data. I checked in on http://happyforks.com/analyzer to compare to your nutritional info.
* Below values per 100g of recipe:
Energy (calories): 174 kcal
Protein: 11.28 g
Fat: 10.24 g
Carbohydrates: 11.98 g
* Good points:
Copper: 0.964 mg = 107% my RDA
Magnesium: 141 mg = 34% my RDA
It’s rich in other minerals and vitamins you can check yourself, so looks worth to try. Thanks for this simple recipe.
Thanks – I will check out that out. 😀
I love Naan bread like Lori and Indian food. Never thought of making it myself and it looks super easy.
I love getting the overachiever Fitbit messages LOL Haven’t got enough of that lately but am working on it.
Good to see you are back to your exercise routine, you go girl!
Thanks – it definitely is motivating when I see that! Although have you ever gotten messages saying “do you have your fitbit on? you haven’t moved much today.” Ha!
I have an “epic Biz fail”. My bread did NOT work out but my Indian food Rocked!
No! Did I catch you before telling you the amount of water??
The bread looks awesome!!!
I’m so excited that I found a way to vote 2x each day – I just use my personal and business emails – wish I would have been doing it all along!!!
Thanks Kim! 😀
NAAAAAAN!!! I love naan bread 😀 Now I want indian food.
Drool. This bread looks ridiculously good!!
I pinned that bread!! I wonder if I could sub in some whole wheat flour?
Absolutely – and in fact I don’t know why you couldn’t use all ww flour!
Ah, that bread looks so good. Good for you for getting insane!
I went on a short vacation with the family. I was reading a bunch of health related books. One of them is “What to Eat” by Luise Light, from 2006. She was the nutritionist in charge of creating the food pyramid, back in the late 80’s.
What an eye opener. When her teams of experts made their recommendations, they looked NOTHING like the actual USDA pyramid, which caved to industry pressures.
The #1 shocking thing to me? (and depressing, truth be told): 2 to 3 servings of grain per day. That’s it, for women. Probably 2. Her recommendations were 2 (for women) to 5 (for very active teenage boys). And the USDA printed 6 to 11!
I am trying to come to terms with that, and I’m hoping that by cutting my grain to 2-3 per day and ONLY going with whole grain, that it will help me get out of the 150s.
Oooh, I so need to try that bread! I have made SO MUCH RICE lately as our starch, and I am getting sick of it…this would be a great way to change things up.
That naan bread looks just awesome! And I love how easily it comes together! I’ve been winging it a little more these days (in terms of dinner). Its nice to use up whats in the pantry. I’ve also had to get very creative with Kaylin’s lunches because her new school has a lot of lunch requirements in order to keep the kids healthy (which I love!). Is that a Diet Coke shirt you’re wearing? Too funny. Going to vote!~
Ha – yes it is! It’s a little small so I only wear it around the house, but I love how comfy it is.
You never cease to amaze me with how much you get done in the mornings before work! 🙂
Ha – thanks Christine – the secret is trying to be quiet so I don’t wake up Tony – which is hard sometimes! I used to be the worst morning person. I literally timed it that I could sleep in until 8:15 and make it to my desk by 8:45 (well, my commute was only 11 minutes then).
But I am loving the 90 minutes I have before work. I am up at 6:30, leave the house between 8 and 8:10 – perfect ME time. 😀
Woo hoo! A bread recipe I can make that does not involve the oven. I have been craving many of your bread products these days including your deep dish pizza. However, with our temps 99+ the heat index 0f 110 and our house without a properly functioning A/C I just sit and drool at some of your post. I will be making something tonight that involves this naan recipe 🙂 Thank you! How many days after voting is over before you get the results?
I find out August 29 if I made the top 4 – I wish I knew if I was even close by now! You will love this – I had a naan breakfast panini this morning with egg whites and spinach – so good!
You forgot to remind us to vote! 😀
Duh. I see it, nevermind 😀
No worries – thanks for your votes!! 😀
Your pita looks awesome! Good job with the nighttime workouts! I’d never have the energy!
I have to tell you Dana, that when I work out at night, I don’t overeat at dinner and I skip my evening wine, so it’s a win/win. Oh, and I sleep like a log afterwards too!
Can’t wait to try making this bread!
Okay, from the people who tried it, I guess you need to add a bit more flour to it – I guess I am just used to adding enough flour to dough until it feels right without actually measuring it. Let me know if it works out for you!