Happy Wednesday, friends!
Stay tuned for my What I Ate Wednesday (WIAW) update, and keep reading for a few other newsworthy items!
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Here is a look at what I ate yesterday — Tuesday, June 24, 2014.
Breakfast: Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt with Peach and 1/3 cup maple and cinnamon granola
The usual. (I raved about this combo at length on WIAW #1.)
Morning Snack: Sargento Colby Jack Cheese Stick
I got pretty hungry yesterday around 11 a.m., so I reached for a colby jack cheese stick (only 80 calories) to hold me over until lunch.
Lunch: Mexican feast — officially known as the Tijuana — at Lauriol Plaza
So, remember in WIAW #7, when I had leftovers from Lauriol Plaza? Well, I ordered the same meal yesterday, and I didn’t bring anything back. I went to lunch with my team at work to welcome a new staff member, and I went completely overboard!
This picture doesn’t even capture all of the chips, salsa, and guacamole that I ate, or the tortillas for my fajitas. Fortunately, I probably only had a quarter cup of that rice. Everything else (with the exception of some of the veggies) was gone!
Sometimes, I think it is easier to keep my portions in check when I am by myself, as I was the last time I went to Lauriol Plaza. Everyone was still eating yesterday when I should have stopped after one fajita, and I didn’t really want to take leftovers back because we have so much food in the fridge at home to use, so I just kept going. And I ended up being way overfull. When that happens — and it still does occasionally, even though I am exponentially more conscious of my eating habits — I think back to how I used to eat and can’t believe that I consumed that much in one sitting on the regular.
For what it’s worth, every bite was seriously fantastic. And those refried black beans…drinkable. And the 3 jumbo grilled shrimp that come with this meal (which sets the Tijuana apart from their standard chicken fajitas) are some of the meatiest and best I’ve had.
Head to WIAW #7 for another recap of how much I love this meal.
Dinner: Wild caught sockeye salmon fillet with 1/4 cup Wegmans Citrus Soy Sauce and 1 cup broccoli
Since I way overdid it at lunch, dinner was small. I thought about not eating anything at all for dinner, but I wasn’t sure that I could make it all the way to this morning without having anything.
Unfortunately, I totally forgot to take a picture of my plated meal, but I was able to get a photo of the components.
Wegmans Citrus Soy Sauce is amazing on salmon — likely on any kind of fish. My hubby brushes a little bit of my 1/4 cup allotment on the fillet while he is grilling, and I dump the remainder on the salmon when it is finished.
(Have I ever mentioned how much I love sauce of any kind? Gravy, tomato sauce, marinades — if it’s a sauce, I love lots of it.)
Even after putting some butter on my broccoli, this meal only came to 375 calories.
As always, it was a great day of eats. (How could it not be, when I went to Lauriol Plaza?)
Thank you for hosting the WIAW link-up, Jenn!
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And now for a brief “Weigh-in Wednesday” update…
Even after eating so much yesterday, this morning I was down 0.2 pounds! That means I sustained my fantastic 2.6 pound loss from last week, and I even added to it!
I would really like to see a 1 pound loss next week to put me even more on track to losing a total of 30 pounds by Labor Day, but for now, I’m thrilled with this.
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One more thing to share…
I signed up to run two more races in the coming months!
I am doing another 5k, the Run! Geek! Run! 5k, in Fairfax, Virginia, on August 24, 2014. As I mentioned in my recap of last weekend’s race, I am aiming to finish this one in 33:30.
On October 26, 2014, I will be running the Marine Corps Marathon 10k in Washington, D.C.! There are 9 weeks between the Run! Geek! Run! race and this 10k — exactly enough time for me to complete Active.com’s 5k to 10k training.
I’m going to keep track of all of my race times and my upcoming runs on the new “Race Schedule” page that I created.
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I really couldn’t be happier with how things are going.
Do you have a type of food that you can’t get enough of? Man, I love Mexican food. And Indian food. And Italian food. I basically just love food.
Have you caught the racing bug? I think that I officially have!
Fragrance, Faith, and Fitness 
Great job! I love your race plan-it’s smart of put some time between races, and also not to just jump straight to a 10k. It may not seem it, but those 3 extra miles can hurt the first time around. But by the time you get to it, you’ll have a really solid base, and a history with 5ks-an idea of your own racing style and what works for you! I have a friend who’s doing the full Marine Corps Marathon-apparently it’s a pretty nice course! So excited for you!
Thank you! That was my thought — I want to give another 5k a try, to really try to run the whole thing, and then add another challenge with the 10k.