Culinary Firsts

Workout

Much to my dismay, my ankle is still a bit too sore and unstable to be subjected to running. This makes three days of no running. Not a good beginning to the ol' training program. I've been contemplating walking, but I think just staying off of it will do just fine. The movie Click awaits me.

Food

Breakfast: kiwi, blueberries, strawberries, 1/2 large Fuji apple.
Lunch: cooked kale, banana, big veggie salad (no lettuce) with tomato, onion, bell pepper, edamame, blueberries, avocado, radish, carrot, feta, raspberry balsamic vinegar, 1 tbsp ground flax seed, cauliflower, broccoli.
Afternoon snack: 1/2 oz sunflower seeds.
Supper: steamed collard greens with a splash of raspberry balsamic vinegar; 1/2 baked acorn squash stuffed with pineapple, dried apricots, walnuts, and raisins; a canned pear.

My goal today was to not have any snacks between meals. I almost made it, but I was ravenous around 4:30.

I can't recall having ever eaten collard greens before. This is definitely the first time I fixed any. I just stuffed a bunch into the steamer with a little tarragon for flavor and then splashed on some of the raspberry balsamic vinegar right before I ate them. I was pleasantly surprised at how good they tasted. They do take a while to steam, though. All total, it was about 30 minutes.

The acorn squash is from a recipe in Eat to Live which calls for cashews instead of walnuts and more pineapple than I used. Eating acorn squash was another first for me. It tasted great!

Morning Stats

weight: 147.8 lbs
bf: 29%
bp: 108/65
pulse: 46 bpm
bg: n/a