RR Log 02.17.10

Breakfast:
-small glass of smoothie leftover from yesterday (before gym)
-3/4 cup nonfat greek style plain yogurt with blueberries, sprinkle of granola, sprinkle of pecans & 1 tsp. chia seeds

Lunch:
-wrap sandwich: 1 whole grain tortilla with 1 tbsp. mayo & mustard, arugula, tomato, onion and leftover steak from last night cut into strips
-1/2 cup steamed broccoli
-1/8 cup shredded raw beets with lemon & olive oil

Dinner:
-spicy stir fry with chicken, asparagus, mushrooms and red peppers
-1/2 cup short grain brown rice
-2 steamed veggie pot stickers with soy sauce

Snacks:
-1/4 cup mixed almonds, dried cranberries, walnuts & pumpkin seeds
-1 banana walnut muffin (homemade, had to make sure they were good!!)
-2 cups popcorn with olive oil, salt & pepper
-handful of tortilla chips with salsa

Drinks:
-1 cup black tea
-1 cup green tea

Exercise: Hour at the gym, almost all of it on the treadmill, watching Oprah. Intervals of running and walking on an incline (level 5 speed 4.) Did my plank exercise and some chin-ups and dip assist, I love that thing! Feeling sore in my butt today, hoping that means a tight end is in my future?

Notes: Yay! Back on my game.... I think? Still have some nighttime snacking issues.... Anyways, today I made that beet dish from a recipe given to me by the nutritionist I met with prior to my major sinus surgery last winter. It is a recipe meant for a gentle liver cleanse- to do it as a cleanse you would eat 1 tbsp. beet mixture every 2 hours between breakfast and dinner, for 3 days. Interesting! She said I should just make some and eat it whenever I want. I think she was promoting liver cleansing foods to help get the anesthesia out of my system (as well as heavy painkillers, which I used FREELY after my surgery!) It makes sense, our liver is tiny and totally bombarded with toxins, especially mine.... ahem. I figured it couldn't hurt to have some now!

Hey Danielle, did you notice I am using my chia seeds??