Too many grapes?

October 13, 2008 by Maggie

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I had a rough night last night due to some kind of food poisoning/virus. I don’t think it was actually because I ate a boatload of grapes yesterday, but that probably didn’t help much. I think it was food poisoning because I felt much better afterwards and was absolutely starving by the time I got to work. I didn’t do a morning workout because 1) I needed more sleep and 2) I still felt pretty weak.

I wanted something soothing and simple for breakfast this morning, so I made oats:

a little more than 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats, a little more than 1 cup water
1 mashed banana
about a tablespoon of wheat germ mixed in at the end

I didn’t want to be too hard on my poor stomach. I mixed everything together and microwaved it for about 2.5 minutes, stopping to stir every 30 seconds. I’ve missed oats. I think I’m going to make them more often.

Mid-morning I had my first blueberry Clif Z-bar – I liked it! I love the chocolate brownie flavour, and now I love the blueberry too. I especially like to heat them up in the microwave before eating them. After I ate this I went for an my hour-long walk.

I packed lunch last night:

a salad – romaine, tomatoes, a veggie dog, onions, bacon bits, shredded carrot, and TJ’s raspberry vinaigrette… I think that was it.
leftover kare
I also had a random oatmeal cookie that I found (no pic).

Snack was an apple and yogurt (Dannon 0% Plus, blueberry flavour).

And then dinner – this was really good.

1/2 of a carnival squash, sliced into fries and baked
2 veggie dogs, 1 microwaved and 1 raw
both with lots of TJ’s organic ketchup (I had to go back for more)
tomato salad – tomatoes, onions, corn, eggplant (boiled in the microwave for 3 minutes), bacon bits, and balsamic vinegar.

I made more of the tomato salad to have for lunch tomorrow, but I added sliced veggie dogs for protein. I’m loving the veggie dogs recently. And I’m happy to say that my stomach feels much better – but I do want to get to bed early tonight to get some quality rest.

Nutrition was really good today – we learned about sugar substitutes and did some more on carbs. Our first assignment (which is optional for me since I’m auditing) is to do a food diary – so I told my professor about the site! I should probably be more precise in my measurements, but it’s a start.

Hope you all had a fabulous Monday. Question of the day – what’s your favorite salad dressing? I think mine is definitely Newman’s Own Lowfat Sesame Ginger – but plain balsamic vinegar is a close second.

Edit – I forgot to add that I had a few spoonfuls of polenta while I was cooking dinner – it’s all gone now But I’m definitely going to buy more.