Home at last (aka "ahhh")

That's a good, relaxed "ahhhh".

Get ready for a long post, because this is breakfast, lunch and dinner because I was out and about, busy all day!

I didn't run today because honestly, I hate running on the treadmill when it's dark outside. Being outside is fine at 6 am (when it's warm!) but inside gets a bit annoying. Instead, I woke up and went for a nice inclined 45 minute walk on the treadmill before showering and getting ready for work.

Last night I prepared a bowl of overnight swiss oats with 1/2 cup oats (rolled, from whole foods), 1/4 cup soy milk (nonfat), 1/4 cup water, 1 oz dried cherries, 10 g chopped walnuts, and a whole bunch of cinnamon. This morning, I added 4 oz greek yogurt, 1 sliced banana and drizzled on 1 tsp honey.
It was sooo yummy and held me over for almost four hours! (Good thing, it was a pretty hefty amount of calories!)



Total breakfast calories: ~565 kcals

For lunch at work, I had 1 1/2 cups (1 serving) of the amazing Lentil Stew I made a few days ago, (465 kcal, 10 g fat) wth a 1.75 ounce chunk of whole grain loaf I toasted. (120 kcals, 3 g fat)
Another big, filling meal!

No picture here, I was in the office at work and I figured my manager would find my food photography a bit odd.

On that same topic, I am going to try and take pictures of most of my meals when I'm back at school (tuesday!) but they will be much more scarce when I am eating in the dining hall... it's kind of hard to photograph my food surrounded by college kids! But I'll take plenty of pictures, and post recipes of my dorm room cooking =)

Back to my meals!

Back at home I snacked on a medium apple and 1/2 cup whipped cottage cheese (together 170 kcal, 2 g fat) before hauling a bunch of my belongings back to school!

We were going to grab take out, but my mom, sister and I were planning on going up to Thayer Street in Providence for a while tomorrow, and having a yummy Indian lunch at one of my favorite Thayer St spots- Kabob & Curry, (they have SO many veggie filled options!) so we decided to save our $$ and cook up something quick at the house.
We made Meditteranean Tuna Pasta with whole wheat penne, diced tomatoes/celery/garlic blend (cooked in olive oil), tuna and black olives. I had 2.5 oz of pasta (300 kcal, 2 g fat), with about 1 cup the diced tomato mix (~120 kcal, 6 g fat), 2 tbsp olives (30 kcal, 3 g fat), and 3 oz tuna (packed in water, 90 kcal, 1 g fat)
This was very yummy, but I wanted more veggies so I had a small side salad with mixed greens and 4 baby carrots (40 kcal), drizzled with balsamic. Yum! Now I'm full, and I might just have a small snack later =)




Total dinner calories: ~580 kcal


Calories today are already pretty high though (1900 kcal!); my snack/dessert has to be light!

**Note** Sorry about the weird photos, my camera was on the "ISO" setting and I just realized it. Told ya I was running around like crazy today!