Frozen meal challenge - fish

Today's meal was 290 calories of awkwardness. Microwaved fish is just gross. If this wasn't an incentive to drop the seafood from my diet I don't know what is. The pasta portion was okay but I'm so over pasta. Here's the thing, when the majority of your diet has a veggie base, pasta is the bulk of what you'll find when you buy mainstream (i.e. Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, etc.) If I can stomach frozen meals after this, I may have to branch out into Amy's and other healthier lines. I won't go into detail, so here's the link to the Lean Cuisine site: Parmesan Crusted Fish Final judgment: I will not buy again.I tried the fish and thought that by mixing it up with the pasta it would unleash the deliciousness of it all - NOT!
What you see on the iTouch is a free Starz series I downloaded last night. It's free this week, folks. Check it out! I love the freebies on iTunes. Sometimes you wind up with cool music, videos, etc. Oh, don't ask me about the show. My sistafriend swung by the media center and we gabbed during my entire lunch break.

Moving on, and it's weird that I'm logging my meals randomly, but I seem to be thinking as such today, so here's breakfast. I awoke craving cheesy eggs. Okay, actually, I came home from work last night craving cheese and eggs. So this morning I scrambled up two eggs, a la microwave, added a slice of cheese and slapped it between two slicees of Arnold Sandwich Thins. Please buy these 100 calorie treats. The bread is soft, tasty and works with anything - veggie burgers, eggs and honey even slaps his sandwich meat between these little slices of heaven. It shocked me a bit because he requested that I buy it again when I went grocery shopping this past Sunday. Can you hear the Scooby Doo "uh!?" I added a side of grapes and I was a happy camper.
Let's tackle dinner. I borrowed this recipe from Healthy Tipping Point. Caitlin has blogged about these enough times to get me to try it. It's an artichoke/sun dried tomato/grilled cheese sandwich. I love everything except for the tomatoes. You win some, you lose some. But big ups to Caitlin for expanding my repertoire. I think I ate too much bread today. I've yet to blast my calories limit but I cannot remember the last time I had bread at every meal. Time will tell. Honey will be home soon and then it will be time to go insane.

KEEP PUSHING PLAY!

Saturday Mornings

I adore my honey but as an only child I find myself relishing the moments alone with my thoughts. Saturday morning is MY time, rather ME time. Every other Saturday I go Buff Natural Nail Bar. As a side note Buff is "green" nail salon where the nail technicians are golden, the coffee/tea/snacks are sublime and the neck wraps are heavenly. If you live in the North Carolina Triad make an appointment today. Back to me. ME mornings involve breakfast at Panera which may last less than an hour but can make the majority the the week's drama disappear. It's me, a book and this delicious breakfast.It's so simple: egg, with a little pepper and Vermont cheddar on Ciabatta bread. Yum, yum, yum, nosh, nosh, nosh. I eat this along with Panera's fresh squeezed OJ. In my opinion, this is perfection. Not just the meal but the entire experience. My Saturday mornings usually include an early morning workout but on this birthday weekend, just me, my book and my Panera breakfast.

I had a hair appointment this Saturday and I knew I'd be hungry after so I picked up a snack. I've been reading Healthy Tipping Point and Caitlin, the author, has a slight obsession with pumpkin. Consequently, she has me wanting to try recipes that call for the big orange ball. I totally understand the pull of pumpkin but I only seem to enjoy it around Thanksgiving and Christmas when people are making pumpkin bread like crazy. Today I noticed that Panera sold a Pumpkin Muffie. Everything at Panera is yummy so I didn't hesistate to try one. Let's just say that I wish I bought three. O-M-G! So delicious, moist and in a word - perfection. Somehow Panera found a way to merge a pumpkin muffin with a cookie. It's a little oily as you can tell from the bag, but if you're out and want a snack - pick it up. By the way, it's 270 calories so if you're a counter please take that into consideration.

Please ignore the car mess. I attacked the muffie as soon as I left the salon.

Monday is the beginning of week 2, yes, I'm still on week 2 of Insanity. My back seems to be okay and my cardiovascular system appears to be back on point. It's time to keep pushing play and this time I hope to hit it nonstop. Wish me luck.