I was so bummed when I got to work because my camera’s battery was dead, and I didn’t have the re-charger with me. But then I remembered, my office has 6 digital cameras and I used one of those. LOOK HOW HUGE THE PICTURES ARE!! I’ve spent way too long trying to re-format them to no avail! So sorry they are so big!!
In pursuit of my goal weight, I am making more of a concerted effort to incorporate more fruits and veggies into my daily meal plans. Not only are they relatively low in calories, they are high in fiber and will keep me fuller longer and of course make my meals seem bigger!
For breakfast I had one of my banana chocolate chip muffins I made the other day, and cut up a banana and a huge orange. I am a slow eater anyway, but it took me about an hour to eat all this. (But I was eating/working at my desk, so that could be why!)
My breakfast was 326 calories, 4.5 grams of fat and 8.6 grams of fiber!
Now, for people who think it takes too much time to bring a lunch to work, I made this stir fry in about 6 minutes before I left for work this morning. Put whatever veggies you want in a skillet, spray with non stick spray, or add a tsp. or two of olive oil. Saute for about 4-5 minutes, stirring occassionally. Now, I like to add things leftover from the weeks cooking, so I added 1/2 of a serving of cooked whole wheat spaghetti and added 1/2 cup of black beans from my Mexican Fiesta last night.
Just transfer to a plastic container and you are ready to go! I had my stir fry sauce at work, so I just added it when I heated it up
This is the peanut sauce I am always raving about!
So my stir fry had: green beans, pea pods, garlic, onion, 2 carrots, 1/2 serving of whole wheat spaghetti, and black beans
My lunch came in at 385 calories, 5.8 grams of fat and 11 grams of fiber.
Check back tomorrow, I am thinking about making some kind of sesame crusted chicken breasts tonight! We’ll see how it goes!
Also, day 5 of my brother Charlie’s book tour!!! Check out The Pasta Queen
Whoa, ginormous photos! 😉
I feel like I could almost jump into tha vat of noodles, too.
I need to spend a week or two at your house–so healthy, so delicious!
Oh wow, I really want to find that sauce!
And delicious, delicious, delicious!
No worries, I like big photos of food 🙂 Especially that last one of stir-fry…YUM!
Oh wow eating all the healthy and yummmy veggies and fruits…
Yay fruit and veggies!! That lunch sounds fantastic!
I haven’t had breakfast yet, and your lunch makes my mouth water! I think the pics are perfect. Feels like I just made it at my own house. Inspiration!
I am not joking when I say, I am really drooling to see your stir fry. Look really delicious and healthy too.
Cheers,
elra
Where do you work at, where you have so many fancy cameras??
I adore peanut sauce; that sauce looks great!!
Whoa, those photos are monstrous! How funny. The stir fry looks really good. Nice job getting all of those good things in your diet.
Dessert Obsessed. I work at an architecture firm just outside of Chicago. http://www.ariainc.com
The firm designs restaurants, such as California Pizza Kitchen, P.F. Chang’s, Rock Bottom, McCormick and Schmicks, Kona Grill, Big Bowl, etc…
I’m am a support staff person and sometimes the designers and architects take pictures of restaurants during construction to share with the office. So, now I know if I forget my camera, I can use one here, only they will be HUGE, just like today! Ha!
Hi Jennifer, thanks for visiting my blog!
I think it’s great that you’re documenting your weight loss journey. Many times when I think about weight loss, it’s boring food, but I think you’re doing such a great job with trying to make it intersting
Hey there!
Your stir fry looks delicious! You’re a talented woman – I don’t think I could make such a nice stir fry in 6 minutes!
Hope you have a lovely weekend 🙂
Wow, everything looks so great, fresh & healthy! I wish I ate that slowly…I probably wouldn’t eat so much then!
Supa smaht about the quick stir fry before work + beans. Peanut sauce looks beaut.
I love that brand of sauces! Yummy. Stir fry is always such a nice and fast way to get a healthy meal!
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We are trying to get into this diet mode and we appreciate you ideas. We will check out the peanut sauce too. Thanks for popping in on us recently and we will watch for your posts too. best from Santa Barbara, s
Thanks so much for visiting my blog!! I really love yours!! Sorry about the pictures– technology!!– but they look good anyway!
I’ve been struggling with “eating healthy” this year but it looks like your blog can help 🙂 Thanks!!!!!!!