Today was day 5 and another good day. I'm finding that even if the meals are a little disappointing, the food I eat with them makes up for it, and I make sure to go with something I know I'll like for the next one.
Breakfast
- NutriCinnamon Squares with skim milk
- strawberries sprinkled with Splenda
- Dannon Light n' Fit blackberry yogurt
The cereal was spectacular - it reminded me of Life cereal or similar, with a delicate cinnamon flavor. The baffling thing was that they had other pieces of differently-colored and shaped cereal mixed in with the cinnamon pieces. Perhaps it was for textural interest or to get the right balance of nutrients, but I would have been perfectly happy with a bowlful of those cinnamon ones.
The strawberries I bought earlier in the week and quickly discovered they were flavorless and rather awful. I've been dreading eating them, but as I already finished all the blueberries, I decided they'd be better now than once I've let them get to a questionable freshness. The Splenda almost made them tolerable, but they still tasted quite bad, which is just disappointing.
The blackberry yogurt was delicious, though, and I had it as a midmorning snack. It more than made up for the strawberry debaucle.
Lunch
- fettuccini alfredo with mushrooms & vegetables
- Romaine hearts with 2 tbsp fat-free Italian dressing
- chunk of aged Vermont Cheddar cheese
When I ordered this lunch, I anticipated a creamy and delicious dish, but I was pretty disappointed. It was like the Cup Noodles containers (I have quite a few lunch meals in this type of packaging), to which I added boiling water and let it sit. No matter how long I left it, it didn't seem to absorb enough liquid to make the noodles tender or the sauce as thick as I'd like. The flavors were great, but the texture was closer to a creamy soup than pasta and sauce like I'd expected.
The cheese, of course, remedied my alfredo fix and proved quite satisfying. I also counted this cheese as my fat serving (a tip from my mother).
Snack
- 3 prunes
- Stonyfield Farms strawberry cheesecake yogurt
I still have another serving of strawberries sitting in the fridge, but I dare not face them. I went with the lazy and quick option of prunes instead. Theoretically, it's all the same, right?
The yogurt was good, but not as decadent as some of their other dessert-themed yogurts I've had (notably the key lime pie and chocolate underground - swoon).
Dinner
- chicken pasta parmesan
- steamed broccoli
- 3 prunes
This dish more than made up for lunch - it was absolutely delicious. The chicken was perfectly tender and juicy, the sauce was thick and great (and there was tons of it), the pasta was just the right texture - just perfect. I wonder about the amount of sodium or preservatives that go into keeping these dishes safe (you don't need to refrigerate or freeze them at all), but meals like this make me not really care - fantastic!
I even enjoyed the broccoli, which I ate before the chicken. I'm finding it easiest to eat the 2 servings of vegetables I'm supposed to have at the same time, as it's just the difference between preparing 1/2 or 1 whole cup of them. I've been using pre-cut frozen vegetables, but again... I wonder about the nutrition in that. We'll see how it works out I guess.
I really should eat something besides prunes. I'm given the option of salad or fruit, and most of the time, I've been opting for a small fruit rather than have to prepare and consume a salad. Hrmm.
Dessert
- Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Biscotti with Macadamia Nuts
This was surprisingly good. I wished that I'd made a cup of tea to dunk it in, but I ate it as I was getting ready for bed, so I didn't want to wait for tea to steep. My grandmother used to make homemade biscotti as treats for our family, and I think I may try to develop a chocolate and macadamia nut biscotti based on this one to send to them now.
One thing I wasn't prepared for after all my grumbling about cooking - I actually miss it. I really enjoy cooking sometimes, especially baking, which is why I thought I would have liked the first recipe-based diet. I think it was the skimpiness of ingredients and questionable flavors which put me off. I will have to develop my recipe repetoire toward more healthy (but still kind of gourmet) things once I am done losing all this weight - that will be fun!
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