Day Six Slump

Is this the day six slump? I can't say that today is going as well as my other days have. The only difference I can think of thus far are: 1) I forgot to take my garcinia cambogia, 2) I drank more coffee than usual (well, I don't know, actually; I did have that extra serving of coffee the day that I "lost" 40 minutes of sleep...speaking of which, Sleep Cycle be damned. I have been turning it off when my "recommended" alarm sounds and going back to bed). I'm currently drafting this post after lunch and I'm not feeling so hot. If you know me well, you know that my stomach almost always hurts and that, like John Mulaney's girlfriend now fiance (another one bites the dust), I'm pretty vocal about it.

I've been bragging about how much better I've felt since I went vegan, but today, well, MY STOMACH HURTS!!! I'm also nauseous, which feels like the "took-a-multi-vitamin-without-enough-food" kind of nauseous. 

Here are today's totals, with a breakdown of each meal:

Totals	895	168	18	27	2,023	21
Your Daily Goal	1,200	150	40	60	2,300	45
Remaining	305	-18	22	33	277	24
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar

I did better with carbs, but I realize I didn't eat much. You'll see why.

Breakfast:Cinnamon Toast Crunch with almond milk (standard measly serving, eaten in the bathroom while straightening my hair. Gross, I know). I was too lazy to make coffee today so I stopped at Dunkin Donuts on my way to work. If I had time, I would have gone to Starbucks. Whenever I ask for soy milk at Dunkin Donuts, they look at me like I asked them to lighten my coffee with unicorn pee. I settled for a black coffee, 20 oz., with 2 Splenda. OK, yeah, I'm feeling pretty jittery. And nauseous. And gross.

Oops, I Googled this at work. 

Lunch: Blue corn chip saladdddd (drag it out for extra ugh)

I made the same salad that I had for dinner last night and transporting it to work required two food storage containers and sandwich bag (for the chips). Once I dumped the chips on the plate, it was clear that I had not packed enough. Once I dumped the container of the lettuce on top of the chips, I felt like Peter Rabbit. Maybe I didn't use enough last night, but this looked like a truckload of lettuce. On top went the black beans, salsa, diced tomato, and sliced roasted red pepper. I had just mixed them altogether in a separate container.

I neglected to take a picture of this, but eating it seemed like climbing the Mount Everest of food. I ended up packing some of the lettuce away because I couldn't even get to the best part: the chips. I ended up throwing half of it away. This time, it wasn't so much because I was full; MY STOMACH HURTS!!!, remember? Maybe it's the black beans. Maybe my stomach missed hurting. All I know is I have a class to teach in 13 minutes and I feel like I am going to DIIIIIIIIIIIE.

Twelve hours later...

I'm Friday slacking it. I almost forgot to post. I neglected the gym to come home and watch Freaks & Geeks in bed because it's cold and raining. But on the plus side,

1) I finally took down my Christmas tree. It's a Christmas miracle.

2) I cleaned out all of the receipts I've been hoarding. I sure did spend a lot of money at bars (how was I possibly back at my college haunt, Olive Branch, that many times?), liquor stores, Michael's, and Number One Chinese in 2013. Awwww man, now I'm waxing all nostalgic for Olive Branch and I was just there 2 weeks ago.

3) I took the clean dishes out of the dishwasher and put most of the dirty ones into the dishwasher.

4) I resisted the temptation to go out/stay in and drink beer/wine. 

All hail me, for succumbing to adult responsibilities!

I finally remembered to take my garcinia cambogia when I got home from work up from my TV bingeing session. I'm feeling a little hungry now, but it's bedtime so that should go away soon...

Snack: Before I left work, I had an oatmeal banana bite. I microwaved it for 30 seconds again. I think it somehow got burned in the microwave. Or maybe these need to get tossed. They sure smell good, though.

Dinner: Guacamole quinoa and arugula 

Even better as time goes on...one more serving left in the fridge.

Well, I think I'm going to either go to bed or come up with next week's meals and see what I need to get at the grocery store tomorrow. I could stop by Trader Joe's since I'm heading down that way tomorrow, but I won't be going home afterwards and it's actually going to be warmer than refrigerator temperature...

Well, I'll figure it out. Happy weekend!

Day Four

There are quite a few things that I'm not doing well with in the new year, and waking up for work is one of them. According to my Sleep Cycle app, I should be waking up around 5:15 or 5:20. According to sanity, no. I not only turned off the app and slept until my emergency clock radio 6 AM wake up call, I snoozed until 6:08. I should probably stop staying up and overdosing on Netflix, but last night I decided to start Coming to America at 10, soooo...(Side note: Subways in 1988...!!!)

Here are today's totals:

Fats: 25 g
Carbs: 250 g
Protein: 55 g
Calories: 1,323 ...but I burned a whopping 42 at physical therapy, giving me a net of 1,280!

aaaaand Ziplocs! wooooooooo!

Oh, yeah, that's another thing I'm not doing well with in 2014...getting to the gym. But it's so collllllld, and I didn't even get done with physical therapy until close to sevvvvveennnn (read in a whiny voice). To make matters worse, I went to Target instead of the gym...but I needed food storage contaaaaainers and extra measuring spoooooons! (I also stood in the cheese aisle like I was sneaking a peek at a peep show).

I'm not going to include individual nutrition facts for any of today's meals. Although miércoles is usually la noche de los tacos, today was el día de las sobras. (Side note: Two new years resolutions I should have: A) Avoid Target at all costs, B) Pick up Duolingo again).

Breakfast: Banana oatmeal bite, standard coffee/almond milk

I popped this in the microwave for 15 seconds and then another 15 seconds and it was much better. The outside was still a little dry because I flubbed up the recipe but...

Lunch: Guacamole quinoa and arugula 

This was actually really good mixed together with arugula and served cold. The reviews on the recipe website were right; this tastes even better the next day because it gives the flavors time to come together. As has become the norm, I was too full to finish it so I probably only ate half. I saved the rest and as has always been the norm, I was hungry again by my "break" at 2 PM. I polished the rest of this off then. Side note: Along with the other flavors, the onion gets even more pungent on Day 2. It's a good idea to have gum on hand, or to have coworkers who have gum on hand who don't want to smell your stank breath (sorry, guys). 

Snack #1 (I worked a longer day today so I needed extra snacks): Bakery on Main Chocolate Almond Granola Bar

These made their way in to work with all of the post-holiday goodies, and I hid one on my desk because I saw that it was vegan! I've been craving chocolate something awful and this granola bar saaaaaaaaved me. It was so good and it's also gluten-free. I definitely need to check out more products from Bakery on Main (I was tempted by their gluten-free granola at Target...but they're also an expensive line). This bar - and I believe the granola as well - had only 140 calories (sure beats the 360 calorie Special K bars I was scarfing down).

Snack #2: Zucchini and Hummus

I hate zucchini. I love hummus. Together, they work. I made sure that I coated each strip of zucchini in a wad of hummus so big that it was all I could taste. 

Dinner: Moroccan bean stew and couscous

Maybe it's not just chocolate I'm craving, but sweets. The cinnamon in this stew gives some, but not enough. I thought that golden raisins would be awesome on top of this, but I don't have any. I threw about two tablespoons of low sugar Craisins in and it helped. You know what I don't like in this? Fennel seeds. Yuck, yuck, yuck. Never again. 

Well, this was short and boring, but I'm going to try to get to bed earlier tonight. Maybe I'll let Sleep Cycle control my morning. Or maybe I'll let a marathon of Freaks & Geeks control my night (if it results in dreams of James Franco, I'll settle for the latter). 

Calories: Zero