Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!
First, I would like to apologize for not posting at all yesterday, but what an exciting day I had!! I felt like a dog yesterday (sore throat, headache, etc.), but today I am feeling much better! On Saturday, Brian told me had tickets. Tickets to what? Well, the Pen’s game, of course! They were winning the series 3-1, and only had to win one more game to move on to the next series. He won them on Ebay! How amazing is that?! I didn’t believe him at first. We went to one last year, and they lost against the Ottawa Senators in the first series 
I didn’t want them to lose again! So, we left Sunday at 10 am, and did not get back home until 6:30. For those of you who do not know, then Penguins won! 
It was the most exciting game I’ve ever been to. I was so nervous, and it was neat because our seats were on the end, first row in the balcony, which are almost right on top of the net, and every goal of the game was scored at our end!!! Here we come Philadelphia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We ate dinner and then watched a movie (Rendition-it was very good!), and before I knew, it was time for bed. I had to get everything ready and my lunch packed for school today, take a shower, and get to bed asap since today was an early start for me. I woke up at 6 am after getting only six and a half hours of sleep. I’m feeling fine though! The first day of the semester was good! I’m looking forward to my classes. My work load won’t be terrible because I’m only taking two courses, but they are both pretty challenging. I went to the gym afterwards, right when I got off of the bus and did the usual 60 minute workout. 35 treadmill, 5 Stairmaster, stretching, abs, pushups, 10 ET. It felt great and really worked up my appetite! So, here is what I had for my past seven meals while I was on a blogging hiatus!!
Saturday night I made a salad (the same salad as Friday) with a pasta dish of about a cup cooked whole wheat penne, 3/4 cup sliced mushrooms, the rest of the V’con broiled tofu I made a while ago, kale, and low sodium soy sauce. Very quick and delish. My dinner was 595 calories, 25 g fat, 19 g fiber, and 29 g protein.
Sunday morning I ate a late (10:30 am) breakfast out of containers at Brian’s house. I packed food with me! I had PB and blueberry preserves on TJ’s sprouted wheat, about 3/4 cup plain silk soy yogurt with a Tbsp wheat germ and a Tbsp flaxseed meal, and a banana. (No pic, sorry). This meal was rather calorically dense because I knew I’d need the fuel for the game! It was 645 calories, 24 g fat, 15 g fiber, and 28 g protein.
Brian and I planned to cookout at the game, so he packed his burgers, some Pepperidge farm whole wheat hamburger buns, and mustard, whereas I brought a Boca burger, 1/4 of an avocado, fresh spinach, and an orange from home for myself. So, at 12:30 (I know, so close to breakfast, but lunch was small and I was comfortably full!) I put my Boca burger on a bun with the avocado, spinach, and some mustard and my orange on the side. It was not a good orange How disappointing, but if that was the worst thing that happened to me all day, that’s not bad at all!! Lunch was about 350 calories, 9 g fat, 11 g fiber, and 26 g protein. No picture again, sorry!
And onto dinner…I heated up a frozen portion of snobby joes in the microwave. I put about half of it in my last La tortilla factory garlic and herb tortilla and had the rest on the side (because it wouldn’t fit) along with an orange bell pepper (I LOVE these!), a kiwi, a salad (spinach, iceberg salad blend, 1/4 avocado, tomato, cucumber, onion, some of the orange pepper, and 2 Tbsp Annie’s Roasted red pepper vinaigrette), and a glass (almost a cup) of plain soymilk. It was exactly what I was looking for as I was in no mood at all to cook at the time after a long day. Brian also had some sloppy joe and liked it! 
510 calories, 19 g fat, 28 g fiber, and 25 g protein.
I missed my oatmeal yesterday, and had a nice creamy bowl for breakfast this morning. I made it the same way I did on Saturday with 1/2 cup rolled oats, 1/2 cup soymilk, 3/4 cup water, a sliced banana, 1 Tbsp flaxseed meal, 1 Tbsp wheat germ, 1 Tbsp walnuts, cinnamon, a spoonful of PB, and agave nectar. Perfect. 480 calories, 16 g fat, 15 g fiber, and 17 g protein.
My packed lunch at school consisted of a pb and blueberry preserves sandwich on TJ’s sprouted wheat, 1/2 cup plain silk soy yogurt, baby carrots, a kiwi, and a orange (this one was nice and juicy!). I ate with a friend outside. It was beautiful outside, and added to my enjoyable lunch! (Another pictureless meal ) 587 calories, 21 g fat, 17 g fiber, and 24 g protein.
After the gym I made myself a mexican style dinner in the spirit of Cinco de Mayo! This made my decision on what to make for dinner very simple! I had a burrito and a salad. I used one of my new Ezekiel sprouted grain tortillas (loved it!) and added sauteed 1/2 cup black beans, white onions, and red bell pepper. Then I added some chili powder and hot sauce and topped it with tomato, 1/4 an avocado, salsa, and some vegan gourmet cheese. I decided to add the cheese at the last minute and didn’t feel like messing around to melt it, so it wasn’t melted. Still good though. This burrito was difficult to wrap up, and a lot of the filling fell out while I was eating it! I’m not too good at making wraps, burritos, etc. work. haha. It was still great! My salad consisted of iceberg salad blend, the rest of the red bell pepper, 1/4 an avocado, tomato, onion, and some more salsa! Great dinner at 571 calories, 23 g fat, 22 g fiber, and 23 g protein.
I had a banana bread muffin and a cup of unsweetened applesauce with cinnamon for my evening snack. Yum! 253 calories, 1 g fat, 8 g fiber, and 3 g protein.
Time to do some reading and get to bed somewhat early tonight!
