“Enchant, stay beautiful and graceful, but do this, eat well. Bring the same consideration to the preparation of your food as you devote to your appearance. Let your dinner be a poem, like your dress.”
Charles Pierre Monselet, French author (1825-1888)
Letters to Emily
Ooh, good one! This struck a chord with me today. I really like when he says devote as much consideration to your food as your appearance. I imagine if I did this, I could have some awesome meals to show y’all. And I realize that that’s how I want my food to appear to others, where you can see that I took time to create something that you wouldn’t have on a daily basis. I immediately thought of the Valentine’s Day dinner I made last year for us. It looked so pretty and delicious on top of that. I made this recipe and it took some time, but it was well worth the outcome. Love this quote.
Ok, onto yesterday’s eats and events….
Breakfast: Stove Top Oats (309 cals)
Stove Top Oats
Snack: 1 Fun sized Kit Kat (67 cals)
1 PB & J Larabar (210 cals)
PB&J Larabar
Lunch: Yesterday I broke my lunch into 2 sessions. I ate my enchilada around noon (122 cals) and then I had my salad around 2:00pm (102 cals) + 1 (end) slice of Millet bread I picked up at Whole Foods Today (75 cals)
1 Enchilada
Salad
My salad contained:
Romaine lettuce, cucumber, mushrooms, avocado
+ Baklava (225 cals)
Baklava
After work, I raced home so I could get in a little work out before our couples small group @ 7:00pm. We also wanted to drive by a house that’s for rent and we wanted to see what the surrounding area looks like. So, I had to get in and out ASAP.
Workout:
- 3 min warm-up on treadmill
- Bicep curls – 3 x 12 – 8 lbs, 10 lbs, 10 lbs
- Triceps – machine 1 x 12 – 33 lbs, dips 2 x 25
- Chest press – 3 x 12 – 12 lbs, 12 lbs, 12 lbs
- Military press – 3 x 12 – 5 lbs, 8 lbs, 8 lbs
- Bent over row – 3 x 12 – 5 lbs, 8 lbs, 8 lbs
- One arm row – 3 x 12 – 8 lbs, 8 lbs, 8 lbs
Light Stretching
Done! So glad I got that workout in…short, but good.
Dinner: The last of my snobby joe’s + some raw pecans and a sampling of the vegan oatmeal raisin cookies I made for a bake sale this weekend. (approx 300 cals)
Snobby Joes
I ate this while making these…
Oatmeal Cookies before cooking
Our church is having a bake sale and garage sale for the Relay for Life team on Saturday and I wanted to donate something. I hope they like them.
Later y’all!
Total Calories: 1410 calories
