Carb Lovers Diet, Day 5

Weight:  137.2

Exercise:  90 minute Bikram Yoga class

Breakfast

Green Machine Smoothie

I added 3 good-sized strawberries, but I felt like it was sort of a waste since I couldn’t taste them over the banana.  I would have rather just eaten them whole, or added flax instead!

Impromptu Snack

Gluten-Free Peanut butter Cookie

Damn that talented baking mother!  She was at it again, this time with the cooking class at my school.  They made delicious gluten-free peanut butter cookies (1 cup peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg=12 delicious cookies).  I had one small cookie as a mid-morning snack.

Lunch

Isn’t my lunch box cute?

Leftover Chicken Primavera

I made this last night, and the 3 1/2 cups of it I had for lunch was filling and delicious!

Snack

Greek Yogurt

This time I added 2 TBSP oats, 2 TSP honey, and a handful of blueberries.  I needed something protein filled and filling before Bikram, which I go to straight from work, so I made sure to pack this in my lunch box!

Dinner

Black Bean Tacos

• 3 corn tortillas
• 1/2 can black beans (low sodium, rinsed and drained)
• 3 TBSP shredded cheese
• 3 TBSP salsa
• shredded carrots
• lettuce

Toast the tortillas on a stove top, heat the beans in the microwave, and then portion and serve!  It was a super easy dinner, but honestly it wasn’t that tasty.  I should have taken the time to spice up the beans, and it was missing a lot of the protein I was craving.  I wish I had yellow corn tortillas, and that I could have added avocado and chicken.

They left me feeling unsatisfied, so I even had…

Dessert!?

70% Dark Chocolate 100 Calorie bar from Trader Joes

I split this with my boyfriend, so it was pretty minimal in calories, but it bothers me that I felt like I needed it.  Maybe if the dinner had been more satisfying…