I’m having fun with the variation lately. I am a creature of habit, so I don’t just change things up without some sort of intervention. With the chaos preparing for my trip, the chickens, and work tiring me out, I’ve had a different past few days with food. Not preparing my food has forced me to be a bit resourceful, and some things I’ve added will stick around a bit. Like my addition of soup. Real soup, not the thick stew soup I make. I like the light soupy tomato red pepper I’ve had the past few days. I think I am going to try one of April’s soup recipes when I get back as well as invent a few of my own.

I also think soup will make a great snack. Soup is fun to eat, and I like to put it in neat mugs and eat it with neat spoons. I’m big on dining experience when I have the opportunity. Consistent lower calories tend to make me want to enjoy the whole eating experience more. Yesterday, my dinner dining experience was less than optimal, but I still enjoyed it. I had a to-do list a million miles long and didn’t have time to make and savor a nice dinner, so I picked up a southwest veggie wrap on the way home and ate it on my short commute.

I don’t eat in the car often except the occasional snack or juice on the way to work. Mainly because I would rather take the time to enjoy my food instead of being distracted by the whole stay on the road thing. It was actually kind of weird eating a MEAL in the car, and I realizing millions do it every day didn’t really help.  This is not a habit I will be adopting. Ha. At least the wrap was pretty good.

Well, let’s go over my food for the past two days and what I think I will be eating today.

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Food For June 23rd
1C Creamy Broccoli Soup, Imagine Organic
25g Brazil Nuts (couldn’t stop….ha)
16oz Odwalla Carrot Juice
Beet Ginger Carrot Kale Juice
2C Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Soup, McDougalls
2 Microwave Pasta Meals (cleaning out freezer)
1C Blueberries
Spiru-tein Travel Shake, variation 2

Calories = 1670

Food For June 24rd
1.5C Creamy Broccoli Soup, Imagine Organic
12g Brazil Nuts
16oz Odwalla Carrot Juice
Beet Ginger Carrot Kale Juice
2C Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Soup, McDougalls
2 pkts Instant Cinnamon Oatmeal
Southwest Veggie Wrap

Calories = 1269

Food For June 25rd
4g Brazil Nuts
16oz Odwalla Carrot Juice
Beet Ginger Carrot Kale Juice
2C Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Soup, McDougalls
1 pkt Instant Cinnamon Oatmeal
9 Steamed Veggie Dumplings (First time I’ve had these, YUM)

***plan for airport dinner today***
12oz Beer (…..what?  :-p)
Hummus Veggie Sandwich

Calories = 1470 (unless changes are made)

(I looked up the restaurants in the airport. Not many vegan options, but this hummus thing at Cosi looks good. I may change my mind if I see something better. I decided on the beer to loosen up a bit before flying. I may also change my mind on that, but this is my plan as of now.)

The airport I'm flying out of at 8pm today!

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My calorie average over the past 3 days is on the high normal for me, but with all the chicken coop work I’ve done a lot of unusual exercise. I feel hungry, and I feel like my calories have been lower than they are. Exercise tends to do that to me. Here is my approximated numbers. If I change my mind on dinner before I leave at 6pm, I’ll update this. Hopefully, my next update will come Monday night from my parent’s computer. :-)

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Nutrition Summary
July 23, 2010 to July 25, 2010
Daily Averages over 3 days
Report generated by CRON-o-Meter v0.9.7
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General (95%)
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Energy               |  1469.9 kcal   110%
Protein              |    54.0 g       95%
Carbs                |   262.5 g      135%
Fiber              |    31.9 g      128%
Starch             |    45.7 g      305%
Sugars             |    81.0 g      162%
Fat                  |    33.2 g       71%

Vitamins (100%)
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Vitamin A            |193002.7 IU    3860%
Lutein+Zeaxanthin  | 37350.4 µg     747%
Folate               |   848.0 µg     471%
B1 (Thiamine)        |     1.9 mg     172%
B2 (Riboflavin)      |    10.2 mg     788%
B3 (Niacin)          |    19.4 mg     129%
B5 (Pantothenic Acid)|    18.1 mg     362%
B6 (Pyridoxine)      |    19.3 mg    1209%
B12 (Cyanocobalamin) |    51.8 µg    2592%
Vitamin C            |   462.2 mg     770%
Vitamin D            |  3635.0 IU    1817%
Vitamin E            |    17.3 mg     144%
Vitamin K            |   869.3 µg     966%

Minerals (100%)
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Calcium              |  1387.7 mg     139%
Copper               |     2.1 mg     103%
Iron                 |    21.7 mg     145%
Magnesium            |   723.5 mg     226%
Manganese            |     6.7 mg     168%
Phosphorus           |   837.4 mg     120%
Potassium            |  4027.1 mg     115%
Selenium             |   316.7 µg     576%
Sodium               |  1586.7 mg     317%
Zinc                 |    14.5 mg     121%

Amino Acids (86%)
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CYS                  |     0.6 g      264%
ILE                  |     1.0 g       84%
LEU                  |     1.6 g       72%
LYS                  |     1.2 g       70%
MET                  |     0.4 g       73%
PHE                  |     1.0 g      105%
THR                  |     1.1 g      134%
TRP                  |     0.3 g      113%
TYR                  |     0.7 g      145%
VAL                  |     1.1 g       65%

Lipids (44%)
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Saturated            |     4.7 g       23%
Monounsaturated      |     7.5 g       30%
Polyunsaturated      |    10.4 g       42%
Omega-3            |     2.3 g      206%
Omega-6            |     7.7 g       70%
Cholesterol          |     2.1 mg       1%