Journey to Glam

Good morning everyone! I know I said I wouldn’t be around but I just got an unexpected break in my schedule…I walked around all morning thinking it was thursday and planning my usual thursday afternoon activities (my mornings are the same all days of the week) and I just realized after reading a few blogs that its HUMP day…WEDNESDAY! what a let down

I hit the snooze button one four too many times this morning and was running appreciably late…I rushed to class sans shower or morning breakfast..by the time I got out I was starving.

Class was incredibly slow today (I had already read up on what he was talking about and knew about it from another class) so I let me mind wander a bit and thought about some changes I want to make around here…

• I was listening to Bob Greene’s interview yesterday on the Biggest Loser website where he talks about eating 5-6 small meals a day and I’ve been meaning to incorporate that into my days instead of 3 big meals and very empty nutritious snack of goldfish bowls.
• Speaking of which I was reading Mizfit’s blog (who btw is amazing and if you don’t read her everyday, you have to pop over there RIGHT now!) and she talks about eating snacks that combine protein, complex carbs and some fat…i.e peanut butter + apple instead of just an apple…seeing as to how I think thats pretty SOUND advice and because I can’t continue eating snacks on whim like a 5 year old anymore and because there are birds watching out for me…I want to start being more mindful of eating 5-6 small meals and balancing them out a bit especially the snacks.
• Lastly I want to track proteins and calories and fiber in every meal but I worry I’m going to get obsessive about the numbers and no one wants that happening. Points for me are easy to track; its just one thing but three or four different things and all that inputing into website; I’m not sure!
• All of these things are only going to be fully incorporated after the MCAT…the meals are easy to get started on but all this logging and tracking – I just don’t have the time to start that regime up just yet!
• Enough rambling

Without further adieu here’s breakfast!

I’ve been craving cold breakfast over hot since its getting to be pretty warm outside but I think I need to go back to my oats…I miss them and I miss their fullness!

Orange slices for dessert, some oven roasted potatoes with ketchup and a croissant. I didn’t eat the croissant, it looked better than it tasted and after one bite I decided I wasn’t going to waste my day’s eating on that. I ate about 1/2 the potatoes pictured; worked out to about 1/4 cup of potatoes. They weren’t that good either but I was reading up on some notes for class and ate mindlessly before I could stop myself. That’s the thing about going to the dining hall for breakfast/ I end up wasting a bit b/c I’m never sure of whats in what and how it tastes till I take a bite of it and they don’t give out smaller portions.

The oranges were delicious.

My hot water with breakfast…my mom told me the other day that drinking hot water with a meal is supposed to help with digestion. I’m not sure about that but what I do know is that it somehow makes me feel fuller, more satiated…any scientific basis for this or is it just me? Chime in if you know!

Off to class #2 of 3! I can’t believe I’m done with classes in 2 weeks…geez where does the time go?