Day 2

The second day of the personal challenge. Also my first day in my training for a temp job and first day for my wife to work after the challenge was accepted.

We began early I set up the alarm clock wrong and ended up waking up one hour before the time I was supposed to get up. but I went back to bed and wallow there till I manage to get myself out of the bed.

Breakfast: Cereal and Milk

One bowl of cereal and one or two cups of milk (soy for me almond for Holly). I also drank a hot coffee brewed in the coffee maker Alvaro gave us as wedding gift :D (it starts itself at 7:00 am).

One advice when eating cereal and milk to avoid over eating is to pour the cereal and the milk and put them away then start eating that way we avoid refilling our bowls and over eating.

The day went by and of course lunch hour was the worse for both of us since we couldn't eat till around 3:30 pm and I should mention that I walk back from my temp job (it's 15 blocks away XD and I walk by a wendy's on my way home...) But the temptation was avoided at least today. I arrived home and I ate Lean cuisine (some chicken with pasta and sweet and sour veggies 550 cal I think)

Lunch: Lean cuisine (me), Lean cuisine (Holly)

I had the steam package since I had plates available and she had the tray version; a little less yummy but a lot more practical when outside home.

Desert: fruity creations (water based ice cream a.k.a. popsicles 40 cal each) a banana and a kiwi during the day. (ME)

When Holly came back home we decided to walk the dog a few laps since we were not hungry. and after that we came back home to deal with computer stuffs and Dinner.

Dinner: Baked Chicken marinated in Soy sauce, white rice with veggies and angel hair and mixed boiled veggies and baked sliced potatoes.

Ingredients: For the Chicken: I used just two young chicken body parts (tights), olive oil, soy sauce, salt, pepper, ground Cumin.

For the rice: 3tbsp olive oil, 1cup Jasmine rice (or any long rice), some angel hair pasta, salt, 1/2 cup frozen veggies (corn, carrot, green peas) is easier to have the frozen but you can use fresh too.

For the veggies: broccoli, carrot, mushrooms, frozen veggies 1cup in total make around 1 1/2 cups of veggies.

for the baked potatoes: Salt and 2 potatoes.

Instructions: For the chicken I had it frozen so I left it to thaw when I arrived for lunch (3pm) in a bowl with water (I had 2 tights of chicken in a ziplock bag) another way to defrost is to leave it with the water running over the frozen chicken but I consider that wasteful. Once it was ready to be cooked I turn on the over to 400F and took a pan and put oil (2tbsp) with 1tbsp of soy sauce, 1tsp of salt, cumin and pepper. placed the chicken on top (is important to leave the skin in the chicken) then I poked the chicken and mixed with the seasoning I added half of what I had already on top of the chicken and I did that very fast. Once I was done I placed the chicken inside the oven and I let it cook. I don't know the time I cook with my nose and with chicken make sure to check that the meat is fully cooked ( I checked 3 times before it was ready).

The best to do is to skin the potatoes and dice them in 1/2 inch slices (like a fat french fry) then put them in a pan. place some oil in the pan or spray with PAM to avoid stickiness and put in the oven (they take a while to cook, when it starts to turn brown in the edges flip them and let them get a little bit golden.

The rice is just trow all the ingredients in the ricemaker, remember the ratio for every measure of rice you put 2 measures of water. and let it cook.

the veggies are chopped and put on a skillet with boiling water, let it boil for a few minutes until the broccoli is a deep green and the green peas are really green. DO NOT LET THEM TURN YELLOW.

And that was dinner. It was good, we had some left over rice that I'll eat tomorrow with my lunch.

for desert another popsicle and a kiwi :D water and more water. Remember to drink water in this weather.

In a related news Holly is cutting back on her consumption of soda and I have quited soda for two days so far. Tea is my option but also just water is healthier and better.

Mood of today is happy most of the day but sleepy, and I was very hungry at lunch time 1 till 2. I felt not hunger while I was walking back home that probably save me from entering wendy's and eating there. Also water was necesary between 10 and 11 to control my snaking desire.

Money Spent: We ate today two lean cuisines 5 dollars each. 2 tights of chicken ($1.25), rice (let's say) $1, veggies $3, cereal and milk $2, fruits $1, various spices and oil $1 . $15 to feed us the whole day two people and I have considered ice, cream and I have overpriced lots of stuff. on the mean time two meal combos at wendy's are usually 12 - 14 and that only covers one meal! and not a healthy one...

So compared with eating something from a drive though We have saved around $15 to say the least.

SAD Fact: if you want to see if this challenge is for you, try to log in all the money you spent in fast food in a month and only fast food. if the amount is over $50 per person in your household that means that you ate at least twice a week at a Fast food joint... ok the sandwich is only 350 cal but the fries are 550 cal that means that the smallest meal is over 900 cal and no vegetables. sooo take the challenge or make your own because diabetes 2 is probably chasing you as well as a heart attack and many more illnesses. beware of evil food that want to kill you