Day 11

I decided to change things up a bit and have eggs "over easy" today with two pieces of Alvarado Multigrain toast (dry). All the eggs this week are from Vital Farms because my work connection is incubating eggs in hopes of birthing more breeders.

For lunch I had tuna again (same batch as yesterday) but I put some Peppadews on it this time. They're pretty far from local (they come from South Africa) but they taste lovely. I also had some Healthy Choice Chicken Tortilla soup that I bought before Christmas when I was starting to get lazy about natural foods.

I had to work late so I grabbed a carnitas (pork) burrito from Chipotle. It's not great for my waistline* but it's natural, humane and ridiculously delicious. I usually get chips too but skipped this time for caloric reasons.

I had two mini Clif bars during the day and a fudge bar when I got home. Incidentally I'm not like a Clif bar freak, I just bought a big box of these mini Clif bars for my train ride back to Michigan at Christmas and now I'm trying to go through them all.

*Not only is the giant wrap and rice high in carbs, but I like to get sour cream, cheese and guacamole on it. Granted I tell them to go easy on those things, but that doesn't usually slow them down much.

Day 10

I'm happy to report that I made it through another day having had all homemade meals. I did however have three 100 calorie mini Clif bars and two Healthy Choice fudge bars as well. I mention that because one of the reasons I started this blog was to keep track of what I eat in the interest of weight loss, but since I decided to shoot only meals instead of every chip or piece of candy I eat, a fair amount of calories are getting lost in translation. So... I think I'll start taking snaps of snacks too.

My schedule today went something like:

Eggwich at 9:00 (picture re-used)

Clif bar at 11:30
Tuna w/Lime & Horseradish on best bread in the Universe at 12:00.

My favorite bread is Alvarado St. Sprouted Multigrain but it creates something of an ethical dilemma for me. On the one hand it's all-natural, healthy and delicious, but on the other hand it has to travel all the way from San Francisco (frozen in transit and at the store) so the energy cost is high.

The tuna was a mix: one can Chicken of the Sea, the other can Central Market brand. Both Albacore packed in water. According to Seafood Watch if the tuna was caught in the US or Canadian Pacific by troll or pole and line then it's sustainable. How I'm supposed to know where and how canned tuna was caught is a mystery to me. (If you squint you can read the recipe for the tuna on that little piece of paper next to it. Add mayo too, I forgot to write that on my cheat sheet.)

Clif bar at 1:30
Clif bar at 3:30
Chili (usual recipe, beef from Niman farms) w/ brown rice at 7:00

Fudge bar at 7:30
Handful of raw almonds at 8:00
Fudge bar at 9:00

I think by most counts that was a reasonable menu - but I would rather strive for something like six small, balanced meals a day (as prescribed by Body for Life and other programs). Unfortunately I have a hard enough time deciding on what to eat for three meals a day and I prefer to limit meat intake, so coming up with six small, balanced meals is a bit of a daunting prospect.