Snacks + Dinner

Man, I ate too much today!!


I left work at 3pm and headed to Queens to pick up my parking pass and buy my $160 textbook for my Nutrition course. I decided not to have my yogurt at work so I was pretty hungry when I got home.

The solution? A smoothie! 1 cup of low-fat yogurt + 1/2 cup frozen blackberries + 1/2 cup frozen raspberries. It was thick, and rather yogurty, but delicious. Yet it only satisfied my hunger 80%. I wanted some carbs, but knew I was having a lot for dinner, so I tried to find other distractions.

For dinner we had my college roommate over. She's of Middle Eastern decent so we did a Mediterranean feast for her. I think she liked it!

The Menu:

Homemade grilled flatbread:



And whole wheat couscous tossed with grilled zucchini and squash and curry-cumin marinated chicken. There was tons of plain yogurt involved in true Middle Eastern style!



I also had two 3 oz glasses of wine, one while cooking and one with dinner:



Husband decided to mix the couscous, veggies and chicken all together so it was really hard to judge how much I had of each. I estimated 3/4 a cup of couscous and 1/3 a cup each of zucchini, chicken, and plain yogurt. I also ate too much flatbread - but I did weigh it before hand and am guessing I ate about 2.75-3 oz worth, roughly 200 calories.

Friday Recap:

Here's summary of calories for the day. I'm still under 2,000, which is my daily target now that I'm in maintenance, but since I've felt like I've gained a little, I wish I wasn't quite so high. Leaving out the wine would have helped!

Kashi bar	140
Cereal	100
Fiber One	30
Strawberries	50
Banana	75
Milk	90
Roll	150
Turkey	55
Chez	80
Avocado	30
Veggies	15
Hummus	40
Apple	100
Yogurt	130
Blackberries	50
Raspberries	40
Nibbles	75
Wine	150
Chicken	100
Marinade	25
Couscous	125
Flatbread (?)	200
Zucchini	20
Yogurt	50
Beer sip	25
Total	1945
Exercise	-500
Net	1445