strike action and an extra long day at work

Started today with coffee and a double scoop of Whey Gourmet chocolate protein shake.Had a pretty good workout at the gym and came home just in time to make a dinner to take with me to work and eat a quick lunch. Lunch was a little lox, a chunk of cream cheese, radishes, jicama, celery and a couple of mushrooms.
An hour after I started my shift we walked out for three hours. I had a hard-boiled egg.
And a coffee.
I had made a wrap for my dinner. Turkey and corned beef, a little red onion, cucumber and some lettuce on a high-fibre wrap. There I am on a bench, eating outside the library.

By 7pm I was tired and my knee was throbbing. I had my yogourt and a 30g chunk of swiss cheese.

When I got home I was still fairly hungry - looked a the sardines but decided on the kipper snack.
Feeling pretty sorry for myself - having lost 3 hours of pay while having to stand in place in front of my work... I chose one serving, four tiny sugar-free cookies. While not actually low-carb since they're still made with wheat flour a serving only has 100 calories and pretty much filled the bill for something nummy.
Totals today, 1,443 calories and 50g of carbohydrates.

fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads

The day started innocently enough with some flax cereal and a cup of coffee.
A week ago last Sunday, Barry brought a bag of these little Piller's pepperoni tidbitz which are flavourful and very chewy - and therefore a satisifying snack. More fat and calories than a hard-boiled egg, but less than an ounce of mixed nuts. Go fig. And coffee.
Okay, here's where the fishyness begins. Last night in order to expedite the eating of a very ripe avocado I prepared tuna salad for my lunch today. Can you find what's missing from this picture? That's right! The avocado spent the day on the kitchen counter.
In the late afternoon I finished up my little thermos of coffee and had half a coconut Atkins bar. It was actually a little heavy, I had a touch of heart-burn afterward.
Got home and Doug had taken two big fillets of basa out of the freezer for dinner. We also had some green beans and a side salad. We've been paying a little more to get packaged Herb Salad. I really love the hit of dill and cilantro. Once the garden gets going I should be able to make my own.
As is frequently the case when we have fish for dinner I was noticeably hungry in only a few hours. Looking in the fridge I saw some lox trim that had lasted (ie not been scarfed down immediately) a surprisingly long time. I had about 50g of lox, 50g of cream cheese and four celery sticks which I assembled and ate over a period of 15-20 minutes. I still don't feel particularly full, but am satisfied. It didn't occur to me until I was weighing the lox that today had been awfully fish-heavy. Oh well.

1,643 calories and under 30g net carbs. Not too shabby.

Once again our day begins with coffee. I've thought about leaving it out but my big mug with cream accounts for 60-odd calories and 2 carbs. so it does matter if I have one, two or three mugs.




I waited quite awhile before being awake and hungry enough to want some breakfast. Was on the verge of sauteing some mushrooms for my favorite fritatta when it suddenly occurred to me that not only was there some asparagus left but we had a little package of lox trim in the fridge. Two large fresh eggs, add the boursin cheese (which is almost all used up for awhile, I promise) and voila! A little salty, between the lox and the cheese I didn't need to season the eggs or asparagus at all. Otherwise gorgeous and delish!

Diet cola.

Since we're both working Sundays, Saturday has become chicken dinner night. I had a big slab off the breast, 1/2 cup of broccoli and the usual side salad.


After dinner, tea. I take mine straight up and managed to drink most of the pot.





When I filled out fitday for today I was stunned to have a total of about 850 calories and 14g of carbohydrate. Now I don't usually worry about not eating enough but that's way too little for a big busy person like myself.

Hey! I remember we have that great specialty cheese and fruit in the fridge. I worked out some calculations using fitday and came up with three thin slices of apple (20g), two grapes, 50g of strawberries and a big 80g of honeydew melon which gave me 16g of carbs with 2g of fibre for only 65 calories. Way more carbohydrates that I'd usually have for a snack but my net total for the day is still just 30g and I'm actually under 1,200 calories.

While I did weigh and eat all the fruit on the plate below, the cheese was for both of us and I had a little less than half of it. Guessing I had about 90g (3 ounces) of cheese.