Sunday we barbecued some baby back ribs! It was my first time ever working with them, so I bought some dry rub, and put lots of it on the ribs, and we put them in the grill for about 2 hours... The last 10 minutes or so, we poured some barbecue sauce on the top and let that dry on it...they were pretty good! But I picked the fattiest ribs so I didn't eat them because they were too fatty...next time I'm picking out the more lean side! and skimming more fat off! I had a few bloody marys to go with that, and chips...so Sunday wasn't the best food day for me! Maybe Sunday will be my one day a week that I don't eat as well? So I BBQed all day, and those bloody marys got me pretty tipsy, so no working out done on Sunday...
Monday I finished off my chicken and pasta salad! I threw away the rest of my pasta salad because I'm trying for a 50% protein diet, so having pasta salad just laying around wasn't gonna work for me. I didn't work out until pretty late, because my plan was to watch Conan while on the treadmill, and it started at 10! So around 9:30, I finished up my homework I had been working on, and went to the rec and was on the treadmill for an hour and 15 minutes! I walked most of the time, but during the commercials I jogged...much better than watching it on the couch with a bag of popcorn! (Which I read, you should never eat microwave popcorn because of the chemicals in the bag that leak into the popcorn. Another no-no is canned tomatoes, for the same reason.)
On the way home from the rec I stopped by HEB to get some milk and Ovaltine (I like to drink chocolate milk after workouts) and a couple items to eat for today. I actually found some lactose free/fat free milk with 50% more protein than regular milk! It's not pure milk but I like the benefits...It's called "Mootopia" and it's HEB Brand... (I copy and pasted an article about this milk at the bottom) I also bought whole wheat bread, grilled chicken, and a huge fruit tray.
I woke up early enough to have time for breakfast and I had a piece of toast with 1 and a half eggs (1 whole egg & 1 egg white--more protein, less calories, same flavor) on top of it... it's so delicious to smear the yolk on the toast like butter! Then I drizzled it with Tabasco. I drank 2 cups of green tea with 2 spoonfuls of honey, then it was off to class for me.
I guess I didn't realize how long I'm at school during the day, because through my second class, I was STARVING! Luckily I had my lunch planned out for me at home, so no bad decisions were made, but I couldn't get to it fast enough. I ate a chicken sandwich (6 oz. of chicken breast) on my whole wheat bread, with some BBQ sauce drizzled on it. As my side I had lots of fruits from my fruit tray. Kiwi, blueberry, strawberry, cantaloupe, grapes...lots of different colors and different antioxidants. I had a bite of cottage cheese, but I just didn't feel like eating it after that. I'm still pretty full from that big sandwich! Dinner is a mystery...I may just do a workout and have my cup of chocolate milk for dinner.
This article is from the San Antonio Business Journal...
H-E-B has developed a milk product that has 60 percent less sugar, 35 percent more calcium and 75 percent more protein than traditional milk. It has also been enhanced with vitamins A and D and it is lactose free. However, it only has four grams of carbs.
H-E-B began marketing the product under the MooTopia brand in 11-, 32- and 64 fluid ounce bottles on Wednesday. It is also available in skim milk. MooTopia is produced at H-E-B's milk plant in Houston.
H-E-B officials say they created the milk with the health-conscious consumer in mind. MooTopia is ideal, company officials add, for people who are either lactose-intolerant, diabetic, women who are past menopause or senior citizens.
"MooTopia is real milk, only better," says Bob McCullough, group vice president of manufacturing for H-E-B. "Through a patented process developed by H-E-B partner Select Milk Producers, we now can remove lactose, reduce the carbs and increase its nutritional value, while increasing milk's delicious flavor."
H-E-B is the largest privately held company in Texas with more than 60,000 employees. The family-owned grocery company has 300 stores in Texas and northern Mexico and is one of the largest and fastest growing food and drug chains in the United States.
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