Showing posts with label sushi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sushi. Show all posts

Friday, September 28, 2007

Yay! Sushi!

Woke up around 5am again this morning - got up for a couple of hours but then went back to bed and slept in until 12:30! When I finally got up I had two cups of coffee.
Doug and I had decided to go out for dinner tonight and I didn't want to eat much early on so I had a hard-boiled egg and a piece (40g) of feta cheese.We knew we wanted Japanese so went into the first place we stumbled past Shiki Sushi. After spending rather a long time trying to decide what and how much we wanted to eat we went for a small bento box each... I chose the tempura with 6 pieces a little salad and some rice (I ate about 1/4 of the rice in the picture). There was also a piece of pineapple and a couple of orange slices with the presentation - I had half of each.

And we shared the Shiki Special Sushi platter. I had 3 1/2 pieces of nigiri and 3 pieces of the tuna roll, also most of the ginger. It wasn't the best sushi we've ever had but it was very good and we both admit we've missed having rice.
Later in the evening I felt I needed a little something. I had two nsa werther's candies and a 30g serving of Planter's macadamia cashew mix. How decadent!
No idea about calories but thinking since there was only one meal and a couple of snacks I probably didn't do too badly today.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Lunch out with Mom at Bon Sushi

I should have known from the start today was going to be unusual when I decided to have yogourt and strawberries for breakfast (125ml yog & 40g berries). I also had a hard-boiled egg for extra protein and my usual big mug of coffee.Less protein for breakfast made quite a difference. By 11:15 I was quite hungry and wolfed down some of my celery, a radish and my bit of cheese as well a most of my thermos of coffee.
To make matters worse we had cookies in the workroom. I had black tea, that's my little cup on the right. I didn't have any cookies. Had they been homemade I would have had more trouble resisting.
Met Mom at the new Sushi restaurant just around the corner from work. While I had planned to have miso soup then go back to work for my tuna salad etc. I ended up ordering two pieces of maguro nigiri. The tuna was okay but there was no wasabi on the rice. I had considered just eating the fish off the top like sashimi but the lumps of rice were pretty small so I decided to eat the whole thing and skip the lunch waiting for me in the fridge at work. It was a nice treat but not the best sushi. That's actually a good thing as I won't be too tempted to go back there.
On the other hand the miso soup was as good as any I've had and I also orderd the only other non-carby thing on the menu, seaweed salad. While I'm sure there was a little sugar in the dressing it was such a small portion I wasn't particularly worried.
After bringing the bill we were presented with two small slices of watermelon. I had one small bite from the sweet centre. I'm guessing 10 grams worth.
Returning to work with fish and seaweed breath I popped two Dentyne ice mints before going on desk.
My skimpy lunch was apparent by 3:30 by which time I was having serious tummy rumbles. I had a turkey pepperoni stick and the rest of the veg I had brought to go with my tuna salad.
Still very hungry by the time I got home. Immediately put some cauliflower on to saute and warmed up 140g of the left-over pot roast as well as four of the little carrots.
Having eating earlier than usual I needed a bit more. While my carbs are way over today (58g) my calories are still quite low. I portioned out a couple of bits of cheese (60g) total and another 40g of strawberries for a total of 1,420 calories today.