you should um yea share that cookie recipe with me because they look bombHey, thanks! It was pretty much this recipe, but I used flaxseed meal in place of half the flour and a banana instead of apple sauce. And I added chocolate chips…and increased the amount of peanut butter a fair amount. Yeah, I think that’s it :)
seeamandarun replied to your photo: Lunch: salad (spinach, tomato, cucumber, and…
Does this fill you up, keep you full? I would like to eat less meat but I feel like this wouldn’t make me full since it doesn’t have a lot of protein.
That’s a good question! This picture is a little deceiving since it’s taken from the top; there is a lot more food in those containers than there appears to be. I looked up the stats for all the ingredients:
2 g (1 cucumber); .6 g (3 regular carrots); 2.3 g (2.5 cups spinach); 3.3 g (3 cherry tomatos); .4 g (.5 cup pineapple); .5 g (.5 cup strawberries); .3 g (.3 cup watermelon); 1g (2 tbs hummus) = 10.4 g protein
I should eat 35 - 40 grams of protein (according to an online calculator), so that’s about 27% of my necessary protein intake. Not too bad considering normally I’d add beans or lentils to my salad :)
Another thing to note is dietary fiber, which makes you feel full longer!
1.5 g (1 cucumber); 1.8 g (3 regular carrots); 1.8 g (2.5 cups spinach); 4.5 g (3 cherry tomatos); 1.1 g (.5 cup pineapple); 1.1 g (.5 cup strawberries); .2 g (.3 cup watermelon); 1 g (2 tbs hummus) = 13 g dietary fiber
According to WebMD I need at least 25 grams, so this would be 52% of my necessary intake.
Obviously your numbers would be a little different, but you’d be suprised by how much protein is in plants! You just need to eat a lot of them to benefit - which also helps you feel full. Sorry for the novel, clearly I have a lot of time on my hands :)
Oh no! Feel better!Thanks dear, I finally do feel better :)
The weather here is no joke. I never felt overheated while I was out, but the constant sun and very much un-Minnesotan temperatures really made me sick.
Interesting! It was so good. The consistency was almost sponge-like. Do you know what gives it its sour flavor?
health-over-vanity replied to your photo: 2 chilly miles on this beautiful Friday :)
Is that an alligator pinata in a Hawaiian shirt pole dancing behind you?!
Ohmygoodness I just about died when I read this, hahaha! No, it’s a bunch of clothing tied around my boyfriend’s workout thing (no idea why), but it totally looks like that from the picture. I think I love you.
colekeepsup replied to your photo: Back at it! 4*F and windy, this was a cold one.
Way to go, Killa
Ha, that’s a perfect nickname! Thanks :)
gina145 replied to your photo: Back at it! 4*F and windy, this was a cold one.
4F!! Ahh. And I was freezing when it was between 26-35F here last week!
colekeepsup replied to your photo: Two miles this morning - keeping the momentum…
You go girl
This made me laugh - thanks!
Carolyn - ha! Definitely not enough food for a whole day :)
Hahah, I didn’t realize my phone auto-corrected to ‘party’!
And to prepare a pomegranate, you slice it in half, submerge it in a big bowl of water, and start popping the little pulp sacs out. When kept underwater it won’t spray juice everywhere :)
Thanks for the support :) and yes, tomorrow would be good. I don’t really care how far and/or slow I go, I just need to start up again!
