Got a little hungry for a snack, but decided to just eat lunch early... however lunch took longer to prep than anticipated. But I easily made it to 1230 without dying or overeating at lunch. Good lesson, slight hunger usually goes away, especially if I drink some water!
Lunch (1230PM): Cooked up a London Broil top round steak. Just marinated and broiled in the oven -- looked up calories to be 150cal for a 3oz serving (totally trimmed and no extra fat in marinade). Served with a Trader Joe's Vegetable Couscous (250) and extra broccoli, spinach and 3 cherry tomatoes. I suppose with the extra veg it totals about 425cal. And verrrry filling.
Cooking notes: The London Broil steak weighed 14.25oz raw and 9.7oz after it had been broiled to medium. I portioned out 3.1oz servings, some weight was lost with the juices. Internet indicates 3oz of top round is about 150cal. The TJ's couscous was pretty good -- convenient, but couscous with veggies wouldn't be that hard to make ahead and freeze. With 28% of RDA sodium, it won't be a staple for me. Also, by the time I added extra veg (and could have added more, like artichoke hearts and mushrooms), it could have been two servings. At any rate, it was tasty, but probably not worth the extra $.
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| Tasted better than it looked, but still scary... |
Snack (330) - Slice of bread with some artichoke dip (200)
DInner (645) - Chinese Food, tried to keep it light today to compensate. However, there's no compensating for the sodium which I could reeeeeallllly taste now! It was almost offensively salty to me (though I got used to it) and everyone else thought I was crazy! Ordered to share laughing buns, a stirfried chicken dish with veggies and eggplant in black bean sauce (which was breaded and fried, like tempura) Anyways, no idea on calories -- ate 3 slices of eggplant, about 2/3 cup of chicken mix, one laughing bun and 1/4cup of rice. Doing a little internet research, I'd guess eggplant was 300cal, chicken was 200, 150 for the bun, and 60 cal for the rice.
Forgot to take a pic of the eggplant... here's an approximation.
Late - Cooked a strata recipe and taste tested right through most of a serving (200)
Daily Total: 875 Chinese .... with estimates I'd guess 1785 for the day, but estimates might be off.
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