May 7, 2008
Stuck in the city
Posted by trustmyintuition under Breakfasts, Lunch | Tags: PB and J, red cabbage salad, steel cut oats |This morning I had a bit more time to spare. I didn’t have to get the bus until 10:13 for my noon class. With this in mind I planned a somewhat different breakfast than the past few days. The only difference was I used steel cut oats instead of rolled. haha. I enjoyed my chewy oatmeal with the same mixins and toppings though. 1/2 cup soymilk, 3/4 cup water, banana, cinnamon, flax, wheat germ, walnuts, PB spoonful, and agave nectar, which I mixed in this time instead of drizzling it on top. Perfect for 471 calories, 16 g fat, 16 g fiber, and 18 g protein.
Usually I take the express bus to school because it takes me straight there, but the last one is at 8:00 am, and I wanted to sleep as long as I could especially since I didn’t have class until noon. After today, I’m thinking I would rather go to bed earlier (once I get into a routine again) than deal with the craziness of the city while transferring to another bus. I was supposed to get off of the first bus and walk to catch the transfer, but as I was walking, I saw that bus go by! It was EARLY by about 3 minutes!!! I don’t know my way around the city very well, and it kind of intimidates me! I was freaking out not only because I felt unsafe, but I was going to be late for class. My mom looked up info online for me and helped me over the phone. I finally got onto a bus that was going where I needed to go, a half an hour later. I was ten minutes late for class, which wasn’t too bad. Whew! So, from now on I think I may just take the express bus to save myself from all that. I will go to the library and study for three hours before class I guess! After an hour and fifty minutes of class (well an hour and forty for me), I went to the park to eat my lunch since it is a beautiful day. It was nice but ended up being a little too windy that my napkins couldn’t handle it! I surely enjoyed the fresh air and scenery though! For my lunch I packed a PB (first time using TJ’s creamy-soooo good!!!!) and TJ’s strawberry preserves (also excellent) sandwich on TJ’s sprouted wheat, kiwi, grapes, and red cabbage salad that I made last night! this was 562 calories, 21 g fat, 15 g fiber, and 20 g protein.
I figured my textbook wouldn’t like the wind too much either, so I moved inside to the library for that. I saw the computers though and decided to blog instead, so that’s where I am right now! It’s time for me to head to the bus stop though, and then to the gym directly after getting off the bus, so I will see you later for dinner!
(Note: I just posted this (two and a half hours later than I wrote it) because I just got the pics uploaded)


May 7, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Yikes!! I’d say that you should DEFINITELY take the express bus from now on - glad you made it, after all that!
Mmm, your oatmeal breakfast and your PBJ lunch look wonderful - great fuel for your busy day!
“See” you for dinner!
May 7, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Ugh, why are buses always super early or super late? Stupid things, I swear!
May 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I love TJ’s peanut butter.
May 8, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I love eating outside! What is in the cabbage salad? I’ve never had cabbage so I’m interested..
May 10, 2008 at 12:11 am
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The cabbage salad is made with a whole head of red cabbage, 2 Tbsp sugar, 2 Tbsp molasses, 2 red onions (I used half of a huge white one b/c that’s what I had), 1/2 cup red wine vinegar, and a Tbsp vegan margarine. Recipes call for more sugar (brown sugar), and more margarine/oil, but I cut down on those ingredients. I went off of Jenna’s mom’s recipe http://eatliverun.com/?page_id=939