Lizzie Day 8 + Mashed Cauliflower, Popcorn

Day 5 – Thurs May 3:

Weight: 119.0

Exercise: Jillian Michaels’ Ripped in 30 Level 1 dvd (30min), 2.4 mi run (20:24)

Food: 1372 calories. 21.5% protein, 17.5%fat, 65.2% carbs.

I ate oatmeal with milk, cranberry juice, dark chocolate toffee bar (1.5 squares), coconut water, protein smoothie (yogurt, banana, frozen berries, orange juice, chia seeds, whey protein, NanoGreens supplement), hard boiled eggs, grapes, Pop chips, mashed cauliflower, and a stir fry of chicken, onion, bell peppers, and carrot with jasmine rice.

A very healthy, satisfying day, though I was very full after the stir fry dinner. :/

Deeeelicious stir fry!

 

Day 6 – Fri May 4:

Weight: 120.0

Exercise: none

Food: ~1700 calories (this is a very rough estimate due to eating out)

I ate oatmeal with ½ banana, hard boiled eggs, orange, green juice from a shop called Earthly Juices, Pretzel Crisps, 2^nd half of yesterday’s protein smoothie, Pop chips, dinner at Sutha Thai Kitchen – chicken tom yum soup, eggplant with pork, and a few bites of pad kee mow and spicy squid with jasmine rice, then jelly beans.

G4 juice - pineapple, lemon, grapefruit, parsley, apple, spinach

Day 7 – Sat May 5:

Today I went to the KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta, which is a 11 hour long concert with 10 bands in Irvine.

Weight: 122.0 (filling up on Thai and jelly beans did me no favors!)

Exercise: none

Food: ~1700 calories (huge guess)

I ate jelly beans, finished my Earthly Juices drink, oatmeal with milk, freshly baked roll that Bach’s dad made, Bun Thit Nuong at Pho Pasteur (one of my fav foods of all time – vermicelli noodles, grilled pork, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, bean sprouts, peanuts, fish sauce), more jelly beans, orange, ½ Larabar, from The Lime Truck at the concert – ½ Yum Yum Lamb Sandwich and ½ crispy bok choy (soooooo good!), a few bites of soft pretzel, Kashi peanut bar, another bread roll, small glass of orange juice

Day 8 – Sun May 6:

Weight: 121.5

Exercise: Wahoo’s 5k race

Food:  ~2000-2200 calories (today was basically a cheat day)

I ate a Gatorade energy bite and a banana before the race, then a fish taco and a few sips of drinks at the expo. We went to a Sunday brunch buffet at Citrus City Grille in Orange that was really good. My first plate I filled up on fruits and veggies, and then I also had ceviche, bread, small carnitas taco, egg Florentine, ½ slice of French toast, and a couple bites each of a chocolate cake bite and crème brulee. Later I had (way too many) jelly beans, a Laraball, tortilla chips with homemade guacamole, lots of homemade popcorn with some oil, butter, and sugar, this Vietnamese taro dessert, and leftover stir fry with jasmine rice.

Unfortunately I ate out the last 3 days, which meant that I ate a lot more and I was not in control of my calorie counting. I had been so good and not eaten out for over 2 weeks. Now I’m back to my starting weight :/ I’m going to not eat out for awhile and plan better when I do!

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Mashed Cauliflower!

This week I made mashed cauliflower for the second time, it’s surprisingly delicious! And very simple. All I did was chop up a large head of cauliflower and boil it in a large pot. Once it was very soft I drained the pot and then started smashing the cauliflower with a wooden spoon, and then used a stick blender to puree it to the consistency of mashed potatoes. Then you just add 1 Tbsp of butter plus lots of minced garlic, salt, pepper, and whatever other seasoning you want. I also add rosemary and thyme. The whole dish is only just over 300 calories, and it probably makes 6-8 servings!

Looks like mashed potatoes, doesn't it?

Popcorn!

I bought bulk popcorn kernels months ago and I was excited to use them today for watching a movie at home.  I had the best results popping them with this ratio – 4 Tbsp (1/4cup) oil and ¾ cup kernels. This makes a huge amount! Use the biggest pot you have a cook the oil with several kernels. When the kernels in the pot pop, immediately put the rest of the kernels in and put a lid on top. Shake the pot and cover back and forth over the burner to get the kernels moving, and keep shaking it for a minute or two until it stops popping. My pot was overflowing with popcorn! Then just season however you want. We seasoned our bowls individually, with our choice of melted butter, salt, sugar (for kettle corn!), cinnamon, or cayenne. Even better, the kernels for our huge batch cost around 20 cents.