Snacks + Dinner

Man, I ate too much today!!

I left work at 3pm and headed to Queens to pick up my parking pass and buy my $160 textbook for my Nutrition course. I decided not to have my yogurt at work so I was pretty hungry when I got home.

The solution? A smoothie! 1 cup of low-fat yogurt + 1/2 cup frozen blackberries + 1/2 cup frozen raspberries. It was thick, and rather yogurty, but delicious. Yet it only satisfied my hunger 80%. I wanted some carbs, but knew I was having a lot for dinner, so I tried to find other distractions.

For dinner we had my college roommate over. She’s of Middle Eastern decent so we did a Mediterranean feast for her. I think she liked it!

The Menu:

Homemade grilled flatbread:

And whole wheat couscous tossed with grilled zucchini and squash and curry-cumin marinated chicken. There was tons of plain yogurt involved in true Middle Eastern style!

I also had two 3 oz glasses of wine, one while cooking and one with dinner:

Husband decided to mix the couscous, veggies and chicken all together so it was really hard to judge how much I had of each. I estimated 3/4 a cup of couscous and 1/3 a cup each of zucchini, chicken, and plain yogurt. I also ate too much flatbread – but I did weigh it before hand and am guessing I ate about 2.75-3 oz worth, roughly 200 calories.

Friday Recap:

Here’s summary of calories for the day. I’m still under 2,000, which is my daily target now that I’m in maintenance, but since I’ve felt like I’ve gained a little, I wish I wasn’t quite so high. Leaving out the wine would have helped!