Day 16

One poached egg from Vital Farms on a Morningstar mock-sausage patty and Alvarado St. Multigrain toast for breakfast. I plan to stop buying the Morningstar patties since learning that they have mystery eggs in them, but I have a large box of them in the freezer. I also plan to stop buying Healthy Choice products since learning that it's a ConAgra brand - let's say that's why I'm eating the fudge bars like they're going out of style.

Leftover Penne w/ Cheese for lunch.

Tofu stir-fry on brown rice for dinner.

A mini Clif bar and two fudge bars throughout the day.

On a side note I spent 40 minutes on the elliptical machine yesterday and again today.

Day 8

I had a packet of Kirkland Signature (Costco brand) instant oatmeal, Apples & Cinnamon flavor, with a splash of organic skim milk for breakfast. Both the milk and orange juice are Central Market Organics brand. I'll do some research into Central Market and add a post about their products for a later entry.

I was in the car with my roommate around lunch time, so ended up going to TerraBurger. It's not inexpensive or good for my waistline, but at least the food is all natural, it's humanely raised beef and incredibly delicious.

I made a tofu stir-fry for dinner. I marinated the tofu overnight (actually two nights) in water, soy sauce, tarragon, oregano and thyme. I meant to get extra firm tofu and got just firm though, so it was a little too soft for my taste. I served it over brown rice.

For dessert I had a Healthy Choice fudge bar. I bought a big box of them at Costco because they are only 100 calories and delicious (and I had a coupon). However in researching for this post I discovered that Healthy Choice is a Con-Agra company, so it's very likely that some cows were harmed in the making of these things. I'll look for a natural, low-calorie dessert replacement at Wheatsville tomorrow. I also learned that Morningstar uses eggs in their "veggie" sausage patties and I found no evidence that the eggs they use are natural or uncaged, much less pasture-raised. Ugh.